Finally a blog

Let’s no get in to my decision making. Wow wow! That was a trip I didn’t expected on. But like I told you I was thinking a bout changing over to theater design. I was really lost and not sure. So I ended up e-mailing a teacher in the school who I look up to. She is the Head of the fashion apartment and did my entry exam. She called me in to he office and we had a good talk how , the fashion industry is going more and more theatrical and how a can get more from learning fashion design then theater design. She also said that she likes the way I look at fashion, I’m not in to the logos and I’m not afraid to try new things. I’m exactly the student she wants to see at NABA. And she understand that I can feel bad among the fashion kids because most are like she calls it fashion victims. So I am still doing fashion in Milan. And may be if I get lucky a can go to the UK for an exchange program and learn there. There was this school in Perth I was looking at but I’m not sure. I have to select 3 school and maybe a can go to one of them. To make sure I pick the right school for me I have to take a good look at them and what their teaching ethic are. But will see what life will lead me too.

My family is great. Frissi is returning to Reykjavik, because he had quited his job back at Hofn. Jon and Gaua are still there with there own hamburger joint. Valli’s company is growing. My Father I think he is trying to change his life, but he still is the same and Mother is now living officially alone. The last bird has flown out of the nest. Why do I say that? Because when get back to Iceland, I will not be living with her when I get back to Iceland this summer. I will be living with my boyfriend. Yes that’s right, I have found the love of my life. It’s strange but true. His name is Daniel and he is 23 years old and his work is tearing down houses, but he is thinking to go and learn the carpenter. I haven’t been looking for any one in my life. We meet by accident over the Internet. I was trying to look for some friends in Denmark (the country), because I was making a stop there for 9 hours when i flew home to Iceland over the holidays. We stared to sen each other e-mails just for chit chat. I stared to think this boy is really nice and said to him one day: I would like to meet you wile I’m in Iceland. And we went to the movies. I was getting to like him more and more every day. He was clearly into me, or how would I say it? He respects me, and he thinks I am the most beautiful person he had ever seen and before I knew it i was introducing him to my family and friends. It was hard to say good bye when I had to go back. But like 2 or 3 weeks later he was in Milan for the weekend just to meet me, that weekend I went from having a crush on some one to being in love. We both think these feeling are to special to ignore them but that we also don’t want to ruin each other plans for the next years so we are going to stick with that being in long distant relationship. Gaua say that, that can even make the relationship even stronger. Her and Jon for the first year or so they barley meet and just some times spoke over the phone, because she was working out at sea at that time, and they are still together to day. I think I have told you that they are getting married in August this year. Right now I’m working on the dress and it should be ready by the end of June. I will send you some photos from the wedding.

So because Daniel has just bought his own apartment and that we spent so much time separate he asked me to move in to him, so we can spend more time together. I think it a good thing so this way we can she what we are working on to hold on to in the long distance relationship. But I’m really happy, and I’m sure of it you will like him. He’s hard working, responsible, cam and genital, polite, sweet and nice. But now I’m off it’s is getting late here. I hope to hear from you soon. And I will right soon again. There is much going to happen the next few months.

Oli TheStar is out......

I'm so bad writing here on my space. I guess it's because of my bad English. But well at least I'm doing some thing. Well in my news to day is that I'm back to Iceland. I'm just here to do some work I had to do and I will be back to Milan one day. I just have more important things to do here so I got a break from school. Nothing much is going on in my life. To night is the final in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki. We did not get in to the final this year. Only countries from the east of Europe and some country say that there is too many people supporting each other from that area. And that is why all the 10 countries are from east Europe that got in the final from the semi-final on Thursday. I heard in the radio that Pall Oskar (Singer and a Eurovision fan) said that in the year 2009 the contest is going to be changed. Two contest East Europe and West Europe (or some thing like that) top 10 from each contest in to a one 20 songs contest. Well that dose not changes any thing from my point. Still there are many people voting in the east Europe in the final unless they change it over to a jury or only the countries that compete can vote in the final. I guess it's still just a idea and all in working progress. But it's going to be fun to see what country will win to night. Don't think about the country think about if you like the sing or not when you are going to vote to night.

Well my dear friends ones again, I'm leaving Iceland to go to Milan. This time I'm going to go for one month. First I arrive in Milan the 28th of June with my mum and my brother. We are going to spend time together for one week or until the 5th of July, travelling around Italy. Then I have summer courses in Fashion Styling from the 12th to the 27th of July. I will return to Iceland the 31st of June.

I have had a really relaxing time here at home and have been focusing on my live and what is the most important in my live and for me. I went to a summer house with my friend Jónina and we putted bubble bath in the tub, it was so much fun. Well I gota to some more stuff.

Óli TheStar is out…..

I think it time to blog some thing. Well where to start…..

I whent back home to Iceland in September. Well Going home was really fun. But the day before I had to go home I felt like id did not want to go back. But I knew I was coming back to Milan. So when I got there I had I great time. Went to a children's birthday party to Oli (the son of Jon and Gaua). And went to meeting with Al-Anon and my meet my friends. But the time I had to go back I did not tell any one but I really did want to, but I did know why, because I was having good times in Milan and my fashion program was about to start. Well I went any way. I knew I had to of I like to make my dreams come true. There is no use sitting around in Iceland and doing nothing and just dreaming and telling every one what I like to do with my life. But back in Milan. There was more difficult times waiting for me. I stared to get depressed, I did not like to socialise and the DVDs where my friends. I called my mum every day or my friends. But I did not understand why I was acting like this. I lost all interest in my studies. I was getting behind on my studies and I felt like all the other kids where doing it so professionally. I really felt bad. Some times I just wanted to die. So one day I got the courage to send an e-mail to the international office in my school and tell one person about how I was feeling. She acted quickly. So I had meetings wit her at international relations office in my school and a head Master of the fashion department. Well they told me this. Do I enjoy begin here and I said no so they asked why and I told them about my dream. Then they said the think my main problem is still the language coming here not knowing one word is hard and I have to give it time. Then they added that they think I'm one of the most talented student in the school. They I have seen my portfolio and my entry exam and they would to any thing to keep a student with my talent in the school. WOW! That not all the head Master of the fashion department told me also that she thinks I`m maybe doing thins slowly but my work is really good and needs a good artist do be like I am. She also said that she think if I will give Milan time like 5 or 10 years she thinks I can make it internationally. Oh my goodness! Wow I just did not know what to say. Then she said I have a sickness which all the best artist gets a sickness think you are not good enough.

Let’s talk about Christmas. My dad came over to me here in Milan and we did some city sheeting (I think I write it like that). We had Italian Christmas at my hostess mum place on Christmas-eve and Christmas day at her daughter place. Then on boxing day we invited all of her family to an Icelandic Christmas dinner. My dad stayed in Milan for 3 weeks and then I had some Italian classes and NABA stared again. There were exams in February but I got sick with fever over 40. So that means I have to do all the exams in June. I’m now up on my feet and have some thing about my life to take a look at when you have nothing to write about it is a sine you not enjoying you life. I think so here is the link to my picture site and you can taka a look at some photos. And I hope I will soon but pictures of some of my work. Now I'm off.

http://picasaweb.google.com/olihelgi
Oli TheStar is out.......

Well well well. I think it time for me to tell you some thing what I have been up to. Well I have been having a tuff time here, no friends no fun. Just staying at home watching DVDs. It suck I tell you. I the most of July I was just crumpy. Every one asking aren’t you having the time of your live there and isn’t just great. NO!!!!! I wanted to jell out, but I keep on smiling yes it is, I’m fine. I hated every thing even when it was fun. I want to La Scala theatre to se the opera Dido and Aeneas. And I didn’t even enjoy it. I got mad at the girl in McDonald because they were out of milkshake. Everyone and everything was against me, r that what I thought. I just wanted to go home. To a familiar place. Well I still keep on hoping things will be better and I keep on thinking back to the hard time when I was exchange student in Australia.

School was going great and still is. I just finished Leonardo da Vinci the language school and will start tomorrow at NABA. My last exam in Leonardo da Vinci was 80 out of 100. That is my highest grate on till that point. Great!!! Tomorrow I have 2 exams one written and one oral. That is so NABA know what level in Italian I gota be in. For the next 3 weeks I will learn technical Italian language in fashion and some fashion history on Italian (I think…). Then I got my entry exams the 19^th, 18^th and the 20^th of September. So tomorrow is a big day school from 9 am to 6 pm. I will tell you more about it when I know more how it is but nest 3 weeks are going to be really busy for me.

Well back to what I have been doing. Well I haven’t been has busy doing stuff has I was be fore. I just got tiered of trying to make friends and it wasn’t working out. So I found my friends on DVD hehehehe…. Well I went to France the first weekend in August. I went to a student curse in finding my higher power. It was a camp where we did some studying, praying and had some discussions about the religion. I had so much fun there I meet my Icelandic friend Haukur and my hart jumped over joy seeing him. I meet a lot of people around the world and got new friends. I was asked to share my experience on praying to every one. That weekend I just had the time of my life just like when I went to AFS camps in Australia.

The weather here is changing it getting cooler we hare having around 25°C. It’s a nice change from 40°C or even over 40. Milan is really big and I am still feeling that I’m not much as a city child as I thought I was. But still I liked Perth and London. Then way am I so scared in Milan. Well let all hope I will meet some nice people soon. Well I’m not going writing cuz I haven’t done more stuff to say so just wish me good look in NABA Ciao.

Oli TheStar is out…….

I tried to make this trip to Italy more fun, because I really homesick so I singed up for a trip to Torino to go on a Paired. Where I went alone on a bus for an hour and was waking along in this new city and didn’t know where to go. There I meet a woman called Lola and a boy called Fabio. They came also with the bus from Milan but they are from another town called Verbaina, north of Italy. They were really nice. Fabio asked me if I was alone and I said yes and he asked me if I wanted to join them and before I knew it I was holding a big flag and waking along in the paired. People were taking pictures of me like I was famous and later in the night a gay walked up to my and said some thing on Italian and I didn’t understand him but Fabio started to yell out FAMOSO, FAMOSO! And later I found out that this guy wad saying that he saw me on telly this evening. And he notes my cool hair style. Mamma mia that didn’t take long too be famous. I had great time there ad didn’t get back home to Milan on till like 6 in the morning. They didn’t speak any English so I had to really try my Italian.

Well School didn’t go so good. They have these levels in the school and one level is for 6 weeks and is separated in to three two weeks program. So the 1^st level is level 1, level 1a and level 1b. Every 2^nd Friday we have an exam and if we pass the exam we can go on to the next level (to pass you have to get over 50 out of 100). I had to repeat level 1a two times. But the 2^nd time I was the 2^nd highest in my class with 71 out of 100. Next Friday I have an exam in level 1a. Hope I can pass. Italian is really hard and I so often just want to jump on a airplane and go back to Iceland where every thing is normal for me.

I been to a lot of stuff here to make it fun and tried always to meet new people but some how it’s doesn’t work. Popularly because of my bad Italian and no one speaks English. I been to a museum about a great theatre here called the La Scala. That was s much fun, and to she these great buildings they are amazing. They are so decorated with statues and just amazing. Actually, I’m going to a show in La Scala next Friday with my hostess Concetta. I can’t wait. I been to a catholic cathedral and wow they are beautiful they are so much decorated. And I have seen the last supper by Lenardo da Vinci. It’s strange to see a famous art work like that. I have been to a museum about Leonardo, Mosart, transport in Italy and many other things. I saw a big submarine it was so cool. This Saturday I just came from Genova and that is a beautiful city. It was ones one of the biggest sea industry cities in the world. That city is a typical Italian city with narrow streets and all the old sidewalks makes you feel like you are in a movie. I took some pictures and I will put them on the web. Well tonight Italia is playing against French in the world cup games in soccer. Italians are really in to soccer and every time the have won a game the celebrate all night and honking there horns on ther cars all night so people like me that doesn’t celebrate stuff like that, and ant’s to get to bed on time. We don’t get any sleep.

Oli TheStar is out....

I think it’s time to write some thing what I have been up to. Well I finally graduated from FB College and I’m on my way to the real world to be famous in this big world. So I was accepted in to a school called NABA and it’s in Milan in Italy. I’m going to learn there fashion and textile design. But now I’m there to learn Italian because the school is on Italian and if you going to live in Italy you have to speak Italian not many people speak English here.

So back in Iceland I had a great graduation party or my mom was the hostess on this party. I had a great time and I also had a good bye party where we and my friend went on a private bus to a bowling ally and we had some drinks and did some bowling. Then we went to NASA one of the few good clubs in Iceland and we did some dancing.

Well then it to my trip I was on the airport trying to say good bye to my mother and my friend Erna Loa when my mobile phone rang and it was a journalist and want it to take an interview with me. So what up with Oli? And I told them the whole story. Then it on my way to London and I made I to nights stops there. On Saturday I meet my friend Frikki and we had some pizza and said our good byes. Then I wanted to go wild. So I went to a club stopped there for like 15 minutes and went to a play called Mary Poppins. It was so much fun I love the theatre but to see a play of a movie that I loved as a child was like like….. it just made me a child again. Then after the play I had to get the train back to may hotel which was a far away from town and it takes like 20 min. So it was getting late and I was thinking the whole time what doesn’t kill me only makes me stronger. Then I got safely to the hotel. I stared to pack and forgot few things in the hotel. I been trying to call but like there number is out of order. Stupid hotel. So I will never get these things again. =( I went to Heathrow airport and tried to make it fun there because I came really early and the didn’t let me take my had luggage with me so I had to carry my laptop around the airport in a plastic bag. Well I slept the whole way to Milan on the airplane. When I got to Milan I took the bus to the city centre and taxi from there to my new home. I realised when I was having tea (dinner) I had forgotten some things on the hotel and went to my bed room and called mum and stared to cry. Some of these things were really important to me. Ok that’s not all the first moth was really hard for I tried to make friend but never worked. I did get any of this stupid Italian language and no one even tries to speak English. It was all so NOT going my way. I tried to remember all the bad things in Australia but to compeer them together OZ was so easy. So for now Ciao Bella!!!

Óli TheStar is out…..