ESN- yearbook 2011

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Yearbook 2011 University of Agder

jan feb march april may june july august september october november desember

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Happy you packed your bags and went to UiA?

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ontentsthanks for choosing UiA! p. 4the International office and all those adventures p. 5the editor speaking! p. 5esn-awards p. 6

esn-people on their best experiences with norway p. 7

Images: p. 24

Winter p. 26Parties p. 27 social p. 28

Potlock p. 29

the girls behind the Yearbook:(f.l.) Ingrid s, Ingrid G, Monica and

Kristina.

We hope you like the year book!

thanks to all the people contributing, especially to our eminent photographers, who captured good memories for us all to share. Use the last pages to write something rememberable. see you soon! - the Yearbook-girls

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Layout and design: Iris engen skadal

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We have had a lot of fun with you guys! You are a crazy and fun group of people and we are happy that we got the chance to get to know all of you. We hope that you will remember your semester here in Kristiansand as the best semester ever.

We have tried our best to make it a little bit easier and we have also tried to arrange a lot of activi-ties, we hope you liked them:) You have given us so much to remember and by being so great you

inspire us to continue in esn and try to do an even better job next semester!

We also want to thank everyone in esn, meaning board members and buddies, and the International office for all the help! Hope you have had a great semester and that you will enjoy looking through this yearbook:)

Dear international students!We in esn Agder just want to thank you for choosing UiA as your place to study!

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Greets froM tHe esn AGDer BoArD 2010/2011: Lene Marie realfsen, Ida Aspaas Karlsen,Ingjerd Hals rød, Lars Inge Leirflåt, eirin Kofoed, Miriam eid, Ingvild schie, Bent Magnus Bentsen.

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Very often, student exchange is just the beginning of the adventures of a lifetime, and I hope that this has been the case for you.

I wish you all the best of luck in whatever the future may bring. Please keep norway in your heart, and keep in touch with each-other and with me. I hate to see you go, and I hate to say goodbye, so instead I will say “Vi sees” and “kom tilbake.” I would also like to send a special thank you to esn, which has done an outstanding job this year. thank you also for putting together a yearbook. I’m sure it will bring much joy for years to come.

I am so grateful that you chose to study at the University of Agder, and I hope that you have made memories for life here.

InternAtIonAL offICe: tonje nielsen rørly, einar Meier, Pål Grandal, Janne strøm-fladstad, svein Pedersen, terje thorsdalen, tor erik Christensen. foran: Clare Jortveit.

We hope you like the result and will keep this book as a good memory of your stay in norway.

Hey!I want to start by saying that this semes-ter has been great! It’s been a privilege getting to know so many of you, although I wish I got to know you all.

I hope you’ve enjoyed your semester on exchange here in norway and that you will come back sometime in the future! thank you all; exchange students, esn board, buddies, and everyone else for making this semester amazing :)

the yearbook committee has had a great experience making this yearbook for you.We hope you like the result and will keep this book as a good memory of your stay in norway :)

Best regards, Monica omdal Ødegård

the editor speaking!


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Wall-of-fame 2011

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Bent Magnus Bentsen // norway

the International Pubs!

Ingjerd Hals r d // norway

the best memory from this semester is from the“studentcruise” with the esn board. the people in the board are fantastic and I have every moment with them! Im gonna miss them next year!

eirin Vikki Kofoed // norway

the many good parties :) especially the one at my place where so many people showed up. Also, I of course liked the potluck dinner a lot. :D

Ida Aspaas Karlsen // norway

Great semester, working with the best, most enthu-siastic team ever! the student cruise to Denmark was a night to remember, with sloggi & Co!

- and their best experiences with esn and s rlandet

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Ingvild schie // norway

the oslo trip in the autumn semester, where I got to know some of the exchange students a little bit better AnD all the jummy food at the Pot lock!:D

Miriam eid // norway

I have many great memories, but to mention some; potluck, 8th of march, thursdays at Harveys & esn board meetings;)

Lene Marie realfsen // norway

to see all the excited people arriving to Kristiansand is always fun:) of course there has been a lot of great parties to;) Also to work with all the amazing people in esn is something I will always remember!

Lars Inge Leirflåt // norway

My favorite memory is the Karneval and all the great costumes :) And of course Dimas teaching people to dans :p


Kristaps Auzāns // Latvia

You know what is really bad way how to start studies in foreign country? It is to oversleep in first day. And that was exactly what I did. I was really terrified and ready to buy back ticket to Latvia. However, every-thing turned out well.

Linda steinberga // Latvia

Had a wonderful time here that I won’t forget; a lot of experience, a lot of new people from different countries, a lot of travelling, a lot of adventures, a lot of unforgettable memories. Definitely fall in love with norway :)

Kristen Lea Chadek // UsA

My favorite memory here would be of course all of the parties and everyone I have met. : ) Also, my trips to Lofoten, Poland, and Ireland.

Jolanta sabo // Poland

there are so many interesting things that can happen during this time, that I cannot remind everything:D But...I am sure, that I will never forget sundays composed of (KIWI) lunches and movie evenings in the company of my new family from Kristian VI’s gate:D

- and their best experiences with esn and s rlandet

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Adeel Ahmed tariq // Pakistan

Pakistan presentation at otsia when we have all presented Pakistan. It was looking great and we have enjoyed it all. representing you country is no doubt a great honor for everyone so that made us all proud.

Carsten Buchm ller // Germany

there are too many special things to list them all, soall I can say is that I had an enjoyable time in Kris-tiansand at the UiAduring my two semesters here and I will definitely come back for a visitsoon!

sultan-ul-Arfeen // Pakistan

nicest memory about this experience at UiA is, it provided me the opportunity to meet someone special from czech republic and as a result spring started quite earlier and sun started to shine everyday for me :)

Ieva Zunde // Latvia

My favourite memery is the time spent with our dorm’s “family”, as we call ourselves. since the very first sunday in Kristian IV’s gate we have had our common sunday lunches and movie evenings. We have become like a real family, being there for each other. Wonderful time with great people!

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Dion Isaiah Hargrave // UsA

the best memory I had is having the luxury of meeting beautiful people all of over the world. I got to know not only internationals, but norwegians. Here in norway I can be me

Corine Groeneveld // netherlands

My favourite memory is the memory of being together with all the international students.sharing, laughing, partying, enjoying. thank you all for this amazing time! Love you xx

Christophe Lesschaeve // Belgium

the greatest memories I will have are about the par-ties I had with the best people in the world - pure awesomeness.

Angelika Dulnik // Poland

All semester was amazing, I was able to learn a lot :)

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Diane Guerrier // france

My favorite memory was the day we all came down-town to watch the light of the big Christmas tree of Kristiansand, we wre all together, listening to the song and being happy.

Jayne Bartek // UsA

the 5 minutes I spent at the carneval preparty as a playboy bunny.

Javier Gómez Corrales // spain

I have many memory about this year like my first time with skys, the snow hole trip, when we went to oslo for watch sky jump and cross country sky + Guetto Party at roligheden where I was talking to one special person for me!

Glenn Joostens // Belgium

thursdays = Legendary Preparty + dancing people off the tables in Harveys + filling up in McDonalds + get-ting off track by arriving at someone’s afterparty or have an own afterparty…w/ ketchup…and a lots of it! Ps: you’re kinda drunk the whole time!

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Jess openshaw // Australia

oUtDoor eDUCAtIon laughter, language barriers, & adventuring around such a beautiful country! “the reindeer, during each shit session, produces 50-70 shit balls.” Carmen & Marco walking me home German sandwich style. All of the awesome personalities:-) KULtoPIA volunteering! Yewww!

Lydia Miles // england

Camping in the snow at the World ski Championships in oslo

Kerstin Heinen // Germany

Best memory of the wonderful year in norway? All the great people I met, sun &summer, Jegersberg, roadtrip through norway, Kjerag with its breathtaking view on top, Preikestolen, tromsö, oslo ski wm, reindeers, Lofoten, dogsledding, elks and….the green-green sky: tHAnKs nortHern LIGHts. tHAnKs norWAY.

Justyna Dutka // Poland

trip to Lofoten – amazing week with breathtaking northern lights, magic landscapes, reindeers and play-ing jungle speed:)

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Marco Ginal // Germany

I had fun by dressing up for Motto Parties like the Hippie Party or Carneval. fun on AWesoMe Pre Par-ties. fun by making Movie nights with great people in my room. And of course being a slice of the “sand-wich” and everything connected with that!

Matthias Dengler // Germany

A really fantastic group trip to tromsö, very nice peo-ple from all over the world and a countryside I wanna see later again.

Marilyne Dupuy // france

My favourite memories is when I organized my trip to riga and stockholm the second week i was here with totally stangers who will become ones of my closests friends here.

Marek Garbarcik // slovak rep.

the best moments were the very first weeks when all of us were shyly getting to know each other, ask-ing our norwegian buddies thousands of questions, exploring the beauties of Kristiansand or meeting all together at the parties, classes or first trips.

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sara Miguel Parra // spain

I have a lot of memories in this semmester but maybe one of the best one is the hippy party because it is where I met the rest of the exchange students.

Anna Hegedűs // Hungary

My trip to Lofoten. I reached the very northern point of my life, and I was so lucky that I saw the northern Light. We had one day with a snowstorm but we could find a cosy cafeteria where we spent the whole day. And I saw reindeers.

Jin Ahrum // south Korea

1. I and dimas played sled with normal norwegian people. We joined a big group sledding and had so much fun. 2. I learned many polish words especially swearing(like ‘KUrWA’) from ewelina and Ana and when we meet, we greet with ‘sZtAMA’!

sisse skov-Larsen // Denmark

My favourite memory is from our orienteringtrip in Baneheia in the start of the semester, where I experi-enced the amazing nature surrounding Kristiansand! this city is hiding it beauty :) I love the breath taking moments of norway!

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Camille Chardonnet // france

When I met my friends from last semester in Germa-ny for Carnival at the beginning of march. that was just AWe-so-Me to be all together again. erasmus for ever!

ester selien Boot // Holland

the first time I made a fire in the snow and baked my own pølse med brød with ketchup!

Dorela Kraja // Albania

My favourite memory is snowing, hhaaahaa (its a joke).It is important and wonderful to remember the visits in schools in Kristiansand (because I study math edu-cation).

Carmen Brunnengräber // Germ.

that I met really really nice people, that esn does a great job for us internationals, that it could get cold in a tent when it’s under 0 degree. the nature of norway is unbelievable beautiful and right at the moment I enjoy a great music-festival in Kristiansand “Kultopia”


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ewelina Bartoszczyk // Poland

My favourite memory is the meeting with Ahrum Jin for the first time. I didn’t hear exactly how to pronounce her name so I kept saying Adym and it was funny because this name was similar to polish male name. so when I found out that I have to spell it with “r” we were all laughing.

Katja Lamich // Germany

I don’t have one special memory. for me it is the whole semester by itself, which has been great and special all the time! It was the best decision I could make to go to norway: love the time, this country and the people around me!

Julia Juzar // estonia

It was on my first evening, when we went to IKeA for buying homestuff. But all other guys left from store. so I was wandering, but Monica and Kristina are waiting for me. It was so nice, they saw my home and helped to bring my bags.

sandija skudra // Latvia

there’ll be so many good memories as every person and event will be associated with something positive. Unforgettable International Pubs, preparation, group work, our traditional sunday lunches, movie nights and of course parties :) - amazing people having amaz-ing time here.


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Alicja Patecka // Poland

the best memories are mostly connected with com-mon cooking;P travelling with Barcia, with plate in one hand and chair in the other for sunday’s lunch, which we have even started to call ‘family lunch’:)

Ben Peter sanders // england

Going to oslo to see the World ski Championships and going up to the rondane national Park and ski touring for 1 week. the views were amazing and the weather was brilliant and I went with all my new friends from the friluftsliv (oudoor education) course.

Barbora smoleňová// the Czech rep.

IMost of my memories are connected with our “family” and often hilarious sunday lunches, meet-ing incredible people who made me look at the world through different eyes :-), discovering the beauty of norway or one of many endless chats with my awe-some flatmate Ali :-)

Lena Weinert // Germany

Wild camping with our “outdoor education course” in oslo while ski World Championship --> camping at Holmenkollen area, watching skijump, cross-country competition and medal ceremony downtown and camp-ing in deep snow=)


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Maud Koster // Holland

I would say the night we had the pub quiz at øststia. My team called the tusentakk team had the luck to answer most questions right. It was a great evening because it was as though everything fitted, everybody was feeling good. It is hard to describe such a mo-ment.

Marta Zakrzewska // Poland

I had to come to norway to learn how to make Polish dumplings. It was my first time when I took part in preparing Polish dinner in Kristiansand.

sarah schwarz // Germany

the “free bowling” evening, which I really enjoyed, because I could meet all the other exchange students and we had a lot of fun. one special memory was my trip to oslo, where I got to see the world championship in skiing and one of the award ceremonies, thank you all for the great time!

Jozef Matasovsky // slovakia

I love to remember the very early time as we arrived to K-town and started to get to know each other as well as the city itself. I love this feeling whenever I come to a new and unknown placeand what i felt here was even more exceptional.


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olga Krjazeva // Latvia

I will have nice memories about trips around norway and especially trip to Lofoten islands (can just agree with others: 44 hours in the train, 8 hours on ferry - but it was worth that). And of course, I will rememer great people I met during erasmus period.

Vainora Drilingaite // Lithuania

I know that at the end I will be crying cause I will miss people, living style, partys, nature, northern lights, all the phenomenas that norway has. this semester the greatest moment was when some students from last semester came to Kristiansand.

sandra Kozłowska // Poland

Potluck dinner! :) that was a great opportunity to know each other more as well as taste international delicious dishes from all over the world. It is really hard to judge which country prepared the best food, as every dish I tasted was amazing!

Jana seegler // Germany

I’m so glad that I choose norway and that I met so many nice people.the semester is not over yet, so I will have a lot of more nice memories, like the trip to stavanger.the whole semester is a great memory-all the pre partys and wonderful nights in the clubs,especially Havana and Pir 6.What I will never forget are our sunday lunches. thanks guys! :o)


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Maciek oswit // Poland

My best memories from that semester are connected with great people I met here and all of the parties I attended/hosted. Learning dirty words from Kristen and Jayne. Also our sunday dinners at Kristian IV gate; preparing meals together, and then joking with the others.

Dimas Mukhlas tjitrodimedjo // Indonesia

My favourite memory from this semester is esn mov-ing day because I have to climb really high fountain in the city center just to wave esn flag and second is my first skiing trip, I hit one friend from Grimstad and one dog..

Ilka Ponsot // france

there are so much awesome memories from this se-mester that it is difficult to choose one. However, my best one will be the sunday lunch with Kristian IV’s gate family. We got to know each other, that was defi-nitely a wonderful time with great friends, I will miss it! I really want to thank you ALL for this!

Marcus Krahenbuhl // england

seeing the northern Lights with the boys, or being bought pints by random norwegian strangers who like the accent.


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Julia rawnsley //

Martin Lusticky // Czech republic

Martin Heron // francethe Christianssands “CB” Bryggeri

nadia Gomez rabago // MexicoMexican sunday lunch at Kristian IV Gate!

the best experience was in rondane national park where we have seen the nordic light

Benjamin susman// UsAWhen the snow started to melt.

My favorite memories are of the pre-parties! :)


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Koralegama Gunarathna // sri Lanka

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Muhammad Z. Khan // Pakistan

there are lots of good memories I had so far one of them is in last semester when I had a great potluck dinner at my Professor’s home (Professor Andreas W. falkenberg and Professor and Joyce falkenberg). I enjoyed lot of international dishes along with my friends from different countries.

Pascal, Daudi // tanzania

God is awesome!

Murray W.-sinclair // england

just all of the trips with our course :)

Marina Popovic // serbiaCooking course was great experience


susan Davis // UsA

All the pre-parties :)

sebastian staszałek // Poland

We went to the small city in Lofoten for a half a day to visit it and do “something” there, only one bus in the evening to come back....

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winterjan feb march april may june july august september october november desember

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partiesjan feb march april may june july august september october november desember

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socialjan feb march april may june july august september october november desember

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potlockjan feb march april may june july august september october november desember

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