My Confusion and I

I have now been a volunteer in ambulances in Israel for about 6 months actively. During this time I've seen many drunk people, old people with high blood pressure, people with stomach ache and people who I really have no idea why they called the ambulance at all but I've also seen really ill people. Some people with problems breathing and would probably stop breathing if we didn't give them oxygen, some people without a pulse, and therefore the need of CPR, and car accidents. Luckily the CPR I've done was successful and I can live my life knowing I've saved someone else's life but I've also seen people die. The first time you see someone die you don't really know how to react. My reaction was to first calm the family down because that was all I can do. However, the things going on in my mind was "oh my god, what just happend?" Did I do something wrong? What did I miss?. I couldn't get it of my mind even though we did everything we could. I...

Olympics started just a couple of days ago which is really exciting especially this year when I've been a  bit more involved with what is going on. I am doing an internship which involved working with the petition about having one minute of silence for the 11 men that were murdered during the Munich Olympics 1972. This cause became a big topic and created a big discussion about if it's right to hold a minute of silence or if it is too political. The IOC said no to the minute of silence which created a even bigger discussion. Shouldn't the IOC honour their athletes that were murdered? Personally I think they should, just for the fact that we need to show the world that we are not accepting terror and whoever the people are that get murdered we should remember them for what they were; athletes that were competing in the biggest sports event in the world. Now-a-days most events in the world become politcal and every single thing they do is considered to be political. The Eur...

Living with people can be frustrating sometimes. You see each other all the time and even though you might have your own room there is not much privacy. People hear when you come home, leave, if you're on the phone and even where in your room you are. This creates a atmosphere when people often have the need to know everything that is going on in your housemates lives. It's inevitable not to. The problem isn't knowing things about everyone, the problem starts when you want your privacy and therefore choose not to tell your housemates what you are doing. We have our right to privacy but because housemates know so much about each other it can get to the point when rumours are created. Rumours usually start of as a joke, two people making up stupid things and then choose to share it with other people. What most people don't think about is that this can actually hurt the person you are gossiping about. It doesn't just affect that person, it affects other people too. ...

I wouldn't say that I love sports and that I follow it but I do enjoy watching football and other sports. That is something that I've got questions about a lot. From where does my sports interest come from? Honestly, I don't know but I think it has to do with growing up with a brother that loves sport. I don't live with my brother now and I haven't for the last 3 years but I still enjoy watching sports and I know many other girls that do. I've played football, been a referee and also tried out other sports, does that make me a sporty girl? Probably not since I've never been good at it but it has made me a girl that actually cares about sport and there is nothing wrong with that. Many girls enjoy to watch sports and it shouldn't be such a manly culture around it. Sports is for everyone to enjoy and it shouldn't matter if you are a boy or a girl. Unfortunately there's a lot of jargon in sports that can make girls feel uncomfortable which make me...

A couple of weeks ago it was the christening of the Crown Princess' daughter in Sweden and last week UK celebrated the Queen 60 years jubilee. These 2 events made me think of why there is such a fuss about the monarchy. We take our time to celebrate them and honour them for their service to the country but what do they actually do and why do we take our time to focus on someone else's life? The royal family is suppose to represent the country without having  a connection to a political party but how can they represent a country when they don't live in the normal society? The royals are born into a family which is protected and they never get a chance to live a real life. Where ever they go they will be treated in a special way and this will affect their view on the world and therefore won't be able to represent the people. You can't represent something you don't know. I'm not saying that the Royal Family never do things us commoners do becuase they do go to...

I have now finished my first year of university. It is a strange feeling knowing that in two years time I will be done with university and moving on with my life but it is also a good feeling knowing I've been through another year filled with experiences and new insight on life. One thing I knew before university but never really appreciated as much as now was the value of friendship. This year I've made friends that I want to make an effort to keep in touch with. I had fight with friends but sorted it out because it was more important to me than leaving it and just staying friends with the people I got along with and the most important thing, I've learnt who I can trust. Being a friend is not just finding someone else funny and listening to them talking about interesting things, it is also about hearing someone complaining about the same thing over and over even though you give them advice what to do. It is accepting that this person might never take your advice but you w...

It is really easy to say things to other people but it is also easy to say it without meaning it. We all had this moment when someone asks you what you think about her/his new shirt and you don't like it but decide that a white lie never hurt anyone. That is a problem. We are too afraid of hurting someone or, even worse, getting hurt. This leads to us lying to other people instead of trying to be honest. By lying to other people you might even end up lying to yourself. You can't always satisfy the people around you and sometimes it is better for them to actually here what you think. By being honest you might end up having people disliking you but who would want a friend who is two-faced and doesn't actually like you. However, there is a line between being honest and being rude. Being honest is talking to the person you have a problem with so you can sort it out and move on. Being rude is telling that person you don't like him without giving him a chance to change or ex...