New job

July 13th, 2008 Peter Korkala

Tomorrow I should’ve started my new job as a core driller, but unfortunately I’ll start my new occupation with being sick. Well I’m not sick as in being ill like having a headache or something, but my left elbow is broken. The last week (about three weeks ago) on my earlier job (Kopparbergs Brewery) I fell down a stair and broke my elbow, and got a gash in my head (about 3 cm).  But on Tuesday next week I will go to the hospital to remove the plaster, and then I’m going to start my new job for real!

Tags: job, core drill, plaster

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Cassel’s Donation in Grängesberg

July 11th, 2008 Peter Korkala

Yesterday we went out on a trip to Grängesberg, another small village about 25 km north of Kopparberg. Here are some photos of Cassel’s Donation in Grängesberg:

Tags: Sweden, photos, Grängesberg, Cassels

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The church in Kopparberg

July 10th, 2008 Peter Korkala

The church in Kopparberg was begun in 1635, more than 370 years ago. In February 2006 the church was voted as the most beautiful church in Sweden. The voting was held by a magazine called “Året Runt”. The church’s name isn’t “Kopparbergs kyrka” (kyrka is the swedish word for church) but Ljusnarsbergs Kyrka. Ljusnarsberg is the name of the municipality.

Tags: Kopparberg, Sweden, photo

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The old courthouse in Kopparberg

July 8th, 2008 Peter Korkala

The house with the clock tower (do you call that a clock tower even if it’s not that heigh?) is the old courthouse of Kopparberg. Kopparberg is the seat of Ljusnarsbergs municipality in which I live - but I live in a tiny, tiny village located 15 km north of Kopparberg. Today the tourist information bureau is located in the old courthouse.

The sky in this photo is very overexposured, but it have to do anyway. I took this photo earlier today when I was in town to make some grocery shopping. (Heres a link to the same photo, but with a better sky, thanks Photoshop.)

Help me improve my English writing

And by the way, please correct me if you find something wrong, or a strange expression, in my posts. One of my purposes with this blog is to get more experience in writing about all and everything in English, and I’ll be glad if you tell me when I type something wrong, (i.e. misspell a word or use the wrong grammar).

If you do that, you’ll help me improve my English writing. Thanks in advance!

Tags: Kopparberg, Sweden, photo, tingshuset

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Rainy day

July 7th, 2008 Peter Korkala

Today I woke up to a cold, rainy day. The thermometer tells me to not wear shorts today, +8 degrees C is not warm. The rain is pouring down. Welcome to an ordinary Swedish summer day.

This is a view from my kitchen window, looking towards the main road.

Tags: Swedish summer, photo

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EntreCard tryout

July 6th, 2008 Peter Korkala

Today I signed up for EntreCard. I’ll give it a try, since a couple of blogs I’m reading are satisfied with the result.

My goal with EC is definitely not to cash in a lot of dollars - I want to be a part of the “EC community” and maybe gain some more visitors. As a bonus I’m going to find new blogs that I will love - and I’ve already found the first one (added to my blogroll): Photos from Northern Norway.

Update: I thought I might add my own EntreCard to this post. I made it up from the 3d-flag in the logo bar and the photo in my previous post. It will work for now.

Tags: entrecard

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View over Lake Vasman

July 4th, 2008 Peter Korkala

Here’s a photo I took last summer (May, 12th, 2007):

The lake is called Vasman, and this photo is taken just outside the town Ludvika, from an old mining fascility. The view from here was stunning!

This is about 35 km from my home. Here are a lot of lakes everywhere.

Tags: Ludvika, photo, Vasman, view, Sweden

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Mustasch - Double nature (Interphace Radio Edit)

July 2nd, 2008 Peter Korkala

I just have to share this great song:

Mustasch - Double nature (Interphace Radio Edit)

If you would like to listen to it at YouTube you’ll find it here.

Mustasch is a good Swedish hard rock band, and this remix is done by a guy who’s called Interphace (also Swedish).

Tags: Mustasch, music, youtube

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Sunset at midnight

July 2nd, 2008 Peter Korkala

About one month ago I took this photo on my way home from work. I was working the evening shift, and I believe this photo was taken about 11:30pm. During summer the nights are not that dark here (it’s called White Nights), and further north - above the polar circle - the sun don’t set until sometime in August.

Tags: white nights, polar circle, sunset

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A couple of new blogs

July 1st, 2008 Peter Korkala

Today I’ve adde a couple of new (for me) Japan-related blogs to my blogroll: MichaelMcKinlay.com, Mottekaero jDonuts and Nick Ramsay’s Blog.

It’s very fun to read these blogs, and the owners seem to be very nice people. You have to love the net - It doesn’t matter if you’re in Sweden or in the USA, you can still be a part of (or at least read about) the daily life in Japan!

Tags: Japan, blogs

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Rainy mountains

July 1st, 2008 Peter Korkala

Rainy clouds over the mountains in the Ludvika area (central Sweden).

Tags: Ludvika, Sweden, photo

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