Noterar att FK har lagt stora resurser på sin kampanj för att marknadsföra sitt nya jag. Helsidesannonser i landets morgonpress och tv-reklam. Undrar vad kalaset kan ha gått på? Blir det någon skillnad i sak? Med betydligt enklare medel och med mindre resurser hade någon av landets alla begåvade och arbetslösa IT-Ungdomar kunnat görs jobbet med omstylingen för en spottstyver. Se inte detta som ett påhopp på alla de som sliter och jobbar i myndigheten, de gör nog så gott de kan. Det är resurserna och uppdragen från regeringen det är fel på.

Här är ett exempel på hur det skulle kunna se ut:)

Regeringen har upptäckt att Svenska folket har kommit på dess slarv med försäkringskassan, vilket leder till att deltidssjuka blir arbetslösa och oförsäkrade och tvingas gå på försörjningsstöd. För att skyla över detta tar de till ett gammalt knep sedan valet 2006. De sätter “nya” framför och vill få oss att tro att nu blir det bättre. Kolla kassans hemsida, www.fk.se. Kan man blanda ihop partiets kampanjstrategi med statliga myndigheter på det viset? De gjorde det med nystartsjobben där Moderaternas kampanjbyrå gjorde jobbet åt staten. Känns typsnitt och layout igen från Moderaterna? Kika på nystartsjobb.se.

Jag bidrar med ett annat förslag inom ett annat område där regeringen misslyckats. Regeringspartiernas färger finns representerade.  Bara för regeringen att använda rakt av. Jag tror att loggan på ett bra vis kan representera myndighetens nya uppdrag.

Malam ini diriku resah dan gelisah…ditemani sunyinya malam, diantara lelapnya manusia…diri ini bertanya-tanya, apakah sang rusuk kiri yang hilang, telah berada di alam mimpi?????? Apakah sang rusuk kiri mendapatkan karunia yang terbaik dari sang khalik hari ini?????(semoga)…

Ketika Jari dan pikiran ini terhenti mencurah & tercurahkan malam ini, diri ini hanya bisa berharap semoga sang khalik memberikan karunianya untuk mempertemukanku dalam mimpi kepada sang rusuk kiri yang hilang…

As I posted a few days back, one or more of the oscillators for the SG on the $SPX is about to have a bullish confirmation. It could/should happen early in the week. I’m not sure it’s going to happen and I’m not sure it’s going to mean much.

As everyone knows, there are some serious problems going on within the market today. This last rally leg has occurred on increasingly lighter volume. The financial sector and the small caps are not participating overtly and the $COMPQ is not participating covertly. This past Thursday, the 11th, the $COMPQ drew within 11pts of its rally high of 2190 set on 10/23, but did so with only 43% of the stocks in that index holding above their 50MA’s. Look at the $NAA50R and notice that only 38% of the stocks within the $COMPQ are currently above their 50MA’s. There is just no participation. The $COMPQ is being carried up by fewer and fewer stocks. You could say that this is what happens at bottoms and maybe that’s what’s going on, but I’m skeptical.

And don’t stop with the $COMPQ. Take a look at the $SPXA50R, the $NYA50R, and the $NDXA50R and you will see the same kind of disparity. I can only imagine what I would find if there was a way to track similar data inside the $RUT.

How hard is it to pump the $INDU with its 30 stocks? Not hard at all. How hard is it to pump the $NDX with its 4 stocks? Not hard at all. It’s no simple feat to push the broader indexes to new highs with fewer and fewer participants, and yet it is being done. How long can this go on? Probably as long as the pro’s want it to go on. But one thing is certain. Either participation improves or the markets will collapse under their own weight. Period.

And then there’s the COT Report. According to the latest report, the S&P large contract commercial hedgers unloaded 5,504 long side contracts but only covered 1,467 of their short contracts leaving them net short, as of this past Tuesday, 62K contracts. That is the largest net short position they’ve had in quite some time. It may be the largest net short position they’ve had since the late May or early June. I think that is the case but you can check for yourselves. Essentially it’s like this: The more the big commercials sell, the more they make. It is a win/win situation for them but clearly they are betting more heavily on the short side now than they are on the long side.

And then there’s the $. If you ever hear one of the Fed Heads say that a weak $ has been good for the economy, then that will be the day the $ starts to strengthen. Until then, expect the $ to weaken further and as the $ weakens, our markets tend to go up. But then there are all those big players in the futures who have bet that the $’s slide is near its end. Time will tell.

I have added several new tools to my tool kit. One is the Summation Index and I find that I’m becoming more and more concerned with the lack of confirmation by the Summation Index with regard to this last rally leg. In the past, the Summation Index has confirmed each of the rally legs by making an abrupt U-turn and heading up with the rally. It isn’t doing so this time. It tries but just can’t seem to get going. That should be no surprise with the lack of participation. This has to change…soon. The Summation Indexes for the $NYA and the $COMPQ have to break out of their sideways paths one way or the other, up or down. If they don’t very soon head up, then they’re just going to head down, with the market. I am watching the Summation Indexes like a hawk and you should be, too.

Along these same lines, I have started using Bollinger Bands with the $NYMO and the $NAMO. As interesting as the $VIX with BB’s.

I’ve also added the following tools:

$NYUPV
$NYDNV
$NYUD
$NYAD

I mentioned a couple of these the other day and this weekend I’ve been back testing them to the first of the year. They give some very interesting signals. I have had trouble in the past calling climax signals on the SG’s but with these tools I don’t think I’ll be having that problem anymore.

I highly recommend you go to Stochcharts, pull up landscape-size charts of each of these along with a chart of the $SPX and establish parameters for extreme readings which you will find lead to either buy or sell signals. One thing I will tell you about $NYUPV is that early in the year sell signals came when it would hit the 1600 area or higher, but after the middle of May sell signals started hitting when the $NYUPV hit the high 1200’s to low 1300’s and even in the 1100’s. I’m not exactly sure why this is.

I have found that when two or more of these gauges hit extreme readings, then the buy or sell signal that is generated is very powerful. Many times, if not every time, the buy signals come after heavy distribution days where the indexes come down hard on volume and close at the lows. September 1st and October 1st come to mind. Inversely, the sell signals tend to come when the market rallies hard and closes up at the highs. You can easily see this in the last week of October through to the close on November 13th.

As of right now, three of these gauges gave ’sell’ signals on November 9th, $NYDNV, $NYUD, & $NYAD. It will be interesting to see if these signals prove to be correct and if they lead to a buy signal in the days ahead.

Lowry’s Data is updated.

Det första avsnittet av nya V-remaken sändes igår på ABC channel i USA. Medan många har gett det första avsnittet hyfsat bra betyg har The New York Times istället valt att slakta hej vilt. Smaken är som baken?

I väntan på att avsnittet dyker upp här i Sverige (eller på en hemsida nära dig) kan vi alltid roa oss med artikeln “6 reasons fans of the old V should watch the new one”:

- Giant freaking spaceships
- State-of-the-art visual effects
- Smokin’ hot evil lizard queen
- Social commentary
- A similar story
- Smokin’ hot ass-kicking female protagonist

Läs hela artikeln på Scifiwire.com

hanya dirinya

aku menyayanginya
sangat menyayanginya
aku mencintainya
sangat mencintainya

tapi aku tak bisa bersamanya
karena ku tak berhak atasnya
aku tak bisa memilikinya
karena ku bukan miliknya
hatiku untuknya
hanya untunya
cintaku untuknya
hanya untuknya

tapi aku tak boleh mencintainya
karena ku tak boleh merindukannya
aku dan dia tidak bisa bersatu selamanya
dan tidak boleh untuk selamanya
sepanjang hidupku dan hidupnya

Ok, I have been really busy, which is why I haven’t posted anything in a really long time. TT^TT I usually start on posts and don’t have the time to finish them, so I end up deleting them. (Weekly Stuff posts) I planned to add my little first impressions on the fall anime in a Weekly Stuff, but that just failed. So, I’m not going to do them. DX

New Header:

Dango, dango, dango, dango, dango, daikazoku~

Here is a really simple header since I can’t really think of anything else to put on it. Yup, dangos. I had to somehow mush together two images that I got from a dango gif. So I had to redraw parts of the dango. X3

Recent Art:

Why am I including this 11eyes stuff? IDONTKNOW!!?!??!?!! The 11eyes anime adaptation isn’t good, but oh well. *shrugs*

Heh, it’s been awhile since I’ve uploaded stuff to DeviantART that is not homework/random sketch related. XD Well, this is still a random sketch, but it wasn’t scanned! I’m still not good with using my drawing tablet, since I have not-very-well-done lineart. ;A;

I actually got the time to make my own reference image! I’ve used it in quite a few places already, including the About page. It’s not a really well done picture, so I plan on changing it out, but keeping the info stuff. >w<

Oh, and I finally decided to make my LiveJournal an art blog. It’s called Kawaii Neko. Yah, random name, just like my Panda Kitsune blog. Wait, why are they both animals? I just changed the header since I don’t feel like looking for another theme. It was the same thing for my Blogger blog; I just kept the TicTac theme and tweaked it.

Anyways I will upload smaller sketches to my Picasa Web Albums account since I don’t think I should spam my DeviantART with any more random sketches. XDDDDD

Upcoming Past Events:

Well I might as well do something with this screencap I took a long time ago. Not related to anything at all though.

1) I can’t really think about what will happen in this month as I always do every time I write my Upcoming Events section and 2) why not talk about what the heck I have been doing during my blogging absence? ^^;

So the 1st two weeks of October was my school break. My school runs on a block schedule, so we have a break at the end of every semester. I spent my break marathoning anime, the occasional study Chinese, and eating a lot of popcorn. I didn’t even had any homework over break, and I had all of that free time, and yet I barely even blogged. I don’t know, maybe I was really lazy. =/ Well I marathoned Umineko no Naku Koro ni (so I’m caught up now), Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Shakugan no Shana (both seasons), and Saki. And during that time I was munching on popcorn.

And for the last two weeks of October, I was pretty much busy with school projects and such. Uh, let’s see, I took my PSAT’s during that time. (Man, I hated the time limit!) And, um, yeah…what else did I do?

Oh and yesterday was Halloween. Luckily I didn’t have to pass out candy this year. My little brother did it since he didn’t go trick-or-treating. (Well I didn’t either, but I was occupied with schoolwork….)

I’m still on a blogging break, and most likely won’t get the chance to blog with all of this school stuff. I don’t know when I will be able to blog like normal. Since when did I have a normal blogging schedule!?!?!?!

So it’s been a month since I last put some words on this page and a lot has happened since then. Most of you reading this I guess already know, but for you who don’t, I am the happy new owner of this sweet as van:

Except from the usual “fishing expeditions” of the rocks with Rik as a teacher of a new style of fishing (for me that is), I have participated as a helping hand for an Auckland based photographer that came out to Bethells Beach to complete a personal art project. It was only for one day and no money involved but I connected with some good people there.

One of these guys share the interest in fly fishing and possess knowledge of the Taupo area which is supposed to be one of the best places to go on the north island for trout fishing. We’ve been talking about going down but that is yet to be a future trip.

More recently, I finished building the bed for my van the day before Riki’s mom came up from Nelson to visit us for a weekend. The verdict? I love to sleep in my van and Riki’s mom was really nice.

So after experiencing the beauty sleep one could get from crashing in a van, i decided to make the roadtrip down to mt Ruapehu and Turoa Ski field as the mountain had a base of almost 2.5m, up to 3m at the top. As I came down to Ohakune which is a small town just before the mountain, I got the info that the ski field was closed due to snowfall. Powder was all that went through my head at this point, so me and my hard on went to a shop and I could get sorted with a new board before I went to a motor inn to camp for the night..

After the trip to Turoa (which you can see in the movie below), I went back to Auckland one night before the gang hit the roads up to Karikari for the weekend. The gang for this trip was me, Rik, Michelle, Stefan, Sheridan, Ben and Arden. The boys main goal of this trip was to catch a lot of fish as it is supposed to be mean of the coast up north. To our disappointment we ended up fishing for 2 days without catching a thing (I did caught 3 specimens of something that I can’t even remember the name of but it is not really considered a catch..), while apparently the west coast of Auckland was calm as, producing good catches of snapper during our weekend away, some 1000 miles up north..

Läser Expressen om att den ensamma mamman hittade en knöl i bröstet.. och nu går hon ut och säger att vi alla ska känna igenom våra bröst.. precis som alla andra gör den här månaden.. för att sluta i det stora jippot “Rosa Bandet galan 2009″ som går av stapeln i Malmö..

Hon säger så här:

– När jag kom dit gjorde de en mammografi och därefter en biopsi (ett vävnadsprov). Sedan fick jag vänta på svar, det var två väldigt långa timmar. Men det var skönt att slippa gå hem och vänta på svar på posten.

Jag säger två saker om det här:
1. De skickar ALDRIG ut ett brev med svar på en biopsi.. dessa berättas alltid av en läkare.. för de vet aldrig hur en patient tar ett besked..
2. Två timmar.. jag fick vänta från den 22 maj när jag gjorde biopsin.. fram till den 8 juni.. då snackar vi ångest… Den tiden har jag förträngt.. glad att jag faktiskt bloggade då.. så jag har lite av mina tankar nedskrivna…

En tumör är alltid en tumör.. den kan vara snäll (benign) eller elak (malign).. en tumör är en knöl.. och behöver alltså inte vara cancer..

Artikeln fortsätter att berätta att Ulrikas läkarna beslutade att p.g.a. tumörens storlek att operera bort den… och Ulrika säger att hon inte trodde att hon skulle få bröstcancer.. fast hennes mormor fick det på äldre dar…

Hon avslutar med att rekommendera alla kvinnor att känna på sina bröst.. vilket jag också gör… men jag tar med männen.. eftersom män också kan få bröstcancer..

Den andra kändisen som går ut och talar om sina tuttar är Lulu Carter.. Hon ska plocka ut sina.. enligt en stor intervju i Expressen..
Fast det gör hon egentligen inte.. hon plockar ut ett par… för att sätta in ett nytt par..
Hon säger så här:

Jag är bara en 164 centimeter och jag hade jättesmå bröst. Jag var helt nöjd med dem, men sen när jag blev gravid fick jag helt plötsligt större bröst och kände att det var härligt. Jag kände mig så kvinnlig. Efter att jag ammat klart mina barn så förvann de där mysiga, runda, kullarna och då saknade jag dem så mycket. Så jag bestämde mig för att få tillbaka mina tuttar och har haft dem i 15 år.

Jag är 157 cm lång och har också alltid haft små bröst… utom då jag ammade.. och sen när man slutade så fick man en knöl i det ena bröstet och det var bara att ta bort det… för det första så vill jag känna mig kvinnlig… men framför allt vill jag känna mig hel.. vilket jag inte gör idag… så här kan man prata om saknad…

Till Media vill jag säga:
En artikel om möjlig bröstcancer.. en om fejkbröst… när ska ni skriva om alla kvinnor som har haft bröstcancer och som kan berätta den sanna historien bakom sjukdomen.. istället för det där glamorösa som alltid sägs i oktober..

Till alla kvinnor och män vill jag säga:
KLÄM och KÄNN en gång i månaden och inte bara i oktober!!!

Läs även andra bloggares åsikter om pysan, ensamma mamman, Ulrika, bröstcancer, tumör, godartad, läkare, väntan, Lulu, fejkbröst, plocka ut, stoppa in, gamla, nya, kvinnlig, saknad, små, amma, känn, kläm

Sorry for the wait but here’s some bits and pieces from my flight over here and a small tour of the beach. Have had some troubles with my memorycard so I won’t be filming very much at the moment but I’ll try and get new ones as soon as I can.. Stay tuned!

/Later

IWC:s nya aquatimer är ju en jäkla misstag jämfört med den äldre modellen! och 44 mm?! Gamla nyheter men fick syn på den nu och var tvungen att yttra mig i frågan.

Nya modellen

Äldre modellen

Oops, I’ve been reaaaaaaally inactive lately. ^^; Watch me skip Weekly Stuff for 3 weeks in a row before doing another one. Actually I think a lot of stuff happened the past few weeks that I didn’t mention in the Upcoming Events section of my September Monthly Update. Oh wellz. *shrugs*

And while I’m at it, I should probably “officially” announce that I am on a hiatus. (Though it is extremely late for me to say that. XDDDDD) Well next week I have mid-terms and after that I have a one week break. Though I’m pretty sure my parents want me to use that break for serious Chinese studying. -__- Which is why I partially dislike breaks because my parents give me other stuff to do.

I don’t know how long I will be on hiatus. I would probably skip Weekly Stuff posts, but I’m definitely going to post something for WxxS! chapters and Monthly Update.

Anime:

Shugo Chara Doki - ZOMG CHARACTER SPAZZ TAIMU~~!!!!! Amu! Ikuto! Dia! Yoru! Hikaru! MINNA~~~~~!!!!11!!!! *huggles* Still happy that the Shugo Chara anime is on plot stuff. I keep on forgetting that there is going to be Party! that will disappoint me. Anyways character spotlight this week for me is Dia and Hikaru. More Dia screentime makes me happy, since she is really cute. >w< And for Hikaru, he’s just an adorable emotionless little shouta. XD

I caught up on some current anime, like Haruhi Suzumiya and Sora no Manimani. Ironically after I caught up to the new Haruhi episodes, KyoAni is now going to re-air the old ones so I can’t add Haruhi into Weekly Stuff now. XDDDDD But I will include Sora no Manimani here. I’m just unsure and unaware about how often the subs will be released.

Manga:

“Why does CLAMP release their chapters with only 15 pages?”

I do wonder why? Keh, I don’t really expect anyone to answer me directly though. -w- Anyways, yay for CLAMP chapters this week!

(I’m going to stick with short comments on manga chapters, particularly CLAMP with it’s limited chapter pages, because I don’t have much thoughts on chapters in the first place. )

Kobato - I’m thinking more about the anime right now than the manga. Can’t wait for it, and Kobato’s voice in the PV sounds so cute~! X3

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles - Ooh, I’ve heard it’s about to end soon. o_0 I wonder how it will wrap up.

xxxHolic - Watanuki is sooooo different now, I can’t get use to it. And there’s more Watanuki and Doumeki conversations. It keeps on making me think about the Watanuki Doumeki pairing. (Which to me is wrong since I’m not a yaoi fan o_0)

Events:

Last week was Spirit Week for my school. Monday was Crazy Day, Tuesday was Superhero Day, Wednesday was Impersonation Day, Thursday was Represent Your Year Day (we have different colors  for each grade, so we come wearing school colors), and Friday was Pirate Day. I only participated on Rep Your Year Day and not very much on Crazy Day (All I did was wear a bell hair clip and tied a ribbon around my neck XD not crazy at all). The freshmen this year don’t have much school spirit. Even in my middle school, my grade had no spirit. (When everyone in my middle school did The Wave, my grade became known as the Wave Killers)

Also my friend and I joined the Anime Club that was in our school. They said that all we do in the club is watch an anime series when the club meets. I don’t mind that it’s not really great, but it looks fun talking with people who have the same interests. A lot of them are really enthusiastic, like when I was suppose to write down series I wanted to watch/rewatch some of them were like “I’ve seen that series!” and so forth.

Next week is mid-terms (as I have mentioned before) and I also have a martial arts belt test on Friday. I’m more nervous about the belt test than my school exams, since I’m sure I’ll do well on those. I’d explain a little bit more about my martial arts program, but it’s kinda hard to explain without saying specific locations and stuff. So to sum it up, let’s say I’m testing at “a different school” though it’s the same martial arts program. (There are quite some people I am unfamiliar with o_0)

Random:

LiveJournal - I made a LiveJournal account to, again, see what it is like. I seriously need to stop making online accounts. I have waaaaaaaay too much. I’m not sure what kind of blog I should make it. I don’t even know what to title it, but it would obviously be Japanese words. Like how this blog is Yasashii Uta and my Blogger blog is Panda Kitsune.

Twitter Followers - It is hella annoying when you find followers who randomly follow you and are following over 1,000 other people as well. It is sooooooo stupid. I mean why would you want others to follow you so badly? To stalk you or something!?!?

Squiby - Heh heh, before I was “in to it” but now I’m like meh. Squiby is basically a place where you can adopt adoptables and share adoptables you have made. It’s just a little tiny amusement thing to me. Anyways this is my Squiby account.

Online Accounts - Oops, like I said before I have too many accounts. One day I will make a post about my accounts and little “representative characters” for each one. Heh heh, one day…

SaiMoe - Just figured out that I can find out SaiMoe results from the Moetron blog. I don’t plan to vote in SaiMoe, but I like seeing my favorites win. (Aw, Azu-nyan and Nagisa are going against each other. But I guess I want Nagisa to win.)

Eeps, another picture short post. I didn’t feel like getting other manga pictures and having to fill up the space again with more “thoughts”. Lalalalala gomen.

Hooray~! I’m really happy that I have 1,000 views now, and I’m a little “shy” at the same time. X3 And I’ve been blogging for, let’s see, about 2 months now? XD

I don’t really have much to say. *shrugs*

Oh truthfully probably 50 of those views were from me viewing my blog in my other internet browsers. >:]

And now I’ll show a quick view of my stats since I’ve go nothing better to comment about this achievement. XDDD

Top Referrers: Currently the #1 referrer is Random Stuff About アニメ! (Rin, do you visit my blog like everyday or something!? XDDD)

The 2nd referrer is from my Twitter. It seems that most things on the internet with my screen name (Azura Mizuiro) has to do with my Twitter.

And after that is from one of Simplicity’s Weekly Extra posts. (That was the 1st time I commented on Simplicity with my screen name linking to Yasashii Uta)

Search Terms: Most of them has to do with “Watashi ni xx Shinasai”. (w00t! *w*) But I think people reach my blog from searching images more than the actual word searches. (Actually Kitari’s WxxS posts are more well known than mine. XD)

Most Viewed Posts: *is too lazy to post links to them; just look them up in my blog*

They are Weekly Stuff: Back to School Life (most likely viewed because of the amuto <.<), Monthly Update: August 2009 Edition, Watashi ni xx Shinasai! – Chapter 3, Welcome to Yasashii Uta!, and the About Me page.

Top “Clicks”: That just seems like a weird way to name it o.0 People actually don’t click that much links out of my blog.

Anyways the top 2 link-outs are to MyAnimeList and DeviantART. ^_^

On average I get about 18/19 views a day. It might not seem like a lot, but I’m satisfied with that amount right now. My views have definitely increased each month since I started blogging.

Finally I would like to thank all of my viewers and commenters for coming to my blog~~~~!!!! *huggles minna* <333333333

Keep visiting Yasashii Uta! =D

NYA has been pretty awesome so far.
It’s slightly bizarre thatm after being hosted by the Apex hotel in Dundee for 6 years, we’re in a sprawling University campus in Stirling. Usually everyone would be on top of one another, everything would happen within 2 minutes walk of each other. Instead, there is a good 10 minute walk from Accomodation to many of the places we are using, not much, but it gives you an idea of how much bigger the space we have is.
Usually, where I would sit during NYA to relax and reflect would be filled with 300 other NYA delegates and staff trying to catch up with friends, make new ones or refelcet on happenings as well. Instead, I find myself just now reflecting in a huge lobby, that is silent apart from the A.C. It’s wierd. But I quite like the silence.
I’m posting a wee bit on the NYA2009 blog aboutgeneral happenings etc, but on here I wanted to be selfish and reflect on the parts of the weekend that I’ve been directly involved with so far, specifically the social media aspects, sport, a worship session and relationships.
As I previously blogged, i’m delighted this year to serve the NYA through 3 mediums I’m passionate about: Sport, photography and social media.
I’ve really enjoyed being a part of the social media side of things, wandering around talking to people about their impressions of the weekend and what they have enjoyed so far, we’re hoping to put together a blog post and a video of such thoughts before the end of the weekend.
Sport, I love sport, today we had 3 hours of sport: Ultimate Frisbee, Badminton and Golf. Everyone seemed to have a good time and there was some good banter going around, i’ve always maintained that sports are great for people getting to know one another…a great tool for Youth Ministry.
Photography. Today I led a worship session exploring the idea of worshipping or praying, using a camera as a medium. It’s been interesting preparing that slot, exlporing within myslef what worship is, how I worship, what prayer is, how I pray, does photojournalism inform this idea of worshipping through a lens? Later I’ll write a blog post about that session, would be good to get some feedback on my thoughts!
Tonight we’re having a bit of a fancy meal and a fun presentation ceremony, will be a good night, I’m sure I heard mention of a ceildih and a Jazz band!!!
I’m loving being a part of NYA2009, its one of those events where I can’t wait for it to happen, but at the same time I don’t want it to end!!!
I had some good chat last night as a part of my role as a ‘Houseparent’. Chatting to some folks about what NYA means to them and how it has influenced their lives. The number of young people, myself included, who have been so positively influenced by this event is astounding. Without doubt, the long lasting legacy of NYA will be a long list of lives changed for the better, people inspired and enabled to serve God.

Peace Out

Today is the day!

The Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly starts today! As I’ve previously blogged, this is an awesome event! Close to 300 young Christians from around Scotland will be gathering in Stirling as of this afternoon to spend a weekend together exploring what it means to be Christian in Scotland in the 21st century and how we interact with the rest of the body of Christ.

There is so much going on this weekend, I can’t begin to describe it all! I’m excited about my contribution, I’m away to go for breakfast so can’t describe it all fully just now. But basically, I’m serving NYA with 3 of my greatest passions this weekend: I’m leading 9 hours of sporting activities over the weekend, I’m doing a session called ‘worship through a lens’ and I@m part of a team blogging and twittering about the weekend. It’s great to be able to use my passion to serve a community that has given so much to me over the years!

Must dash, food calls!

Peace out

Welcome to the family! ♥ De ska jag använda redan i eftermiddag/kväll när jag ska iväg på en liten utbildning inför kyrkovalet 20 september. Dessutom ska de få åka till Stockholm imorgon och dansa till Håkan Hellström

This weekend, the Church of Scotland holds its National Youth Assembly (NYA), held this year at Stirling University.
NYA has been an important part of my life since I first went in 2000. It was at NYA2000 that I gave my life to Christ and embarked on the incredible journey I’ve been on for the last 9 years. This will be my 7th NYA since 2000, I’ve attended under various guises: delegate/ staff/ organiser.

So what is NYA? It’s a youth event run by the Church of Scotland for 16 – 25 year olds. Over the course of the weekend we debate issues facing the Church, attend seminars designed to help us with our faith journey, have ceilidhs, eat together, generally just having fellowship with other Christians at the same stage of life as us.

What is it about NYA thats made it so important to me? As well as the life changing event of giving my life to Christ in 2000, each and every year I’ve attended has changed me for the better. When I first attended, I was 16, severely lacking in self – confidence and entirely unsure of who I was and where I was going in life. It didn’t change instantly, but as the years passed I grew in confidence and was much more assured of who I was. Was it NYA that caused this change in me? To put it simply, yes. The part of the event that changed me the most has always been the people I meet there. Some of my closest friends are people I”ve met through NYA. Indeed, the 2 most inspirational people in my faith and professional journey I met at NYA2000: Paul Beautyman and Steve Mallon. Amongst the many people who have inspired, mentored and encouraged me, their ‘investment’ in me has had the greatest affect on me (not to belittle the many other great people who have taken me under their wing!). Over the years I’ve met hundreds of young Christians at NYA, I can only hope I’ve had half the impact on their lives as they’ve had on mine.

Many of the debates and seminars over the years have encouraged me to explore my faith in relation to real life, how does what I read in the Bible connect with life? The many, many conversations, debates and people I’ve experienced over the years have enabled me to have what I think is the greatest asset in my approach to faith: an open mind. I don’t always agree with what people say or how they approach faith, but instead of being abrasive, I love having the opportunity to be able to chat to people and hear their story and how they got to have the approach they have.

I believe know that I have matured so much in the last 9 years. My involvement in NYA, and everything that has come out of that (General Assembly Youth Reps, World Youth Day, Impact, many friendships and much more) has grown me so much more than anything else I could have been involved in. I can’t think of anything else I could have been involved in that would have allowed me to be pushed out of my comfort zone so much, to learn so much, to grow so much. I’m eternally gratefully for NYA and for everything it has led to in my life.

I can’t wait for this weekend, although I’m a little sad that it will be the last NYA I can ever attend as a delegate. After this year I’ll be too old! I hope I’ve matured enough to move on from this chapter of my life in a positive way. One of my characteristics is that I’m incredibly nostalgic. I love revisiting memories and photos, thinking back to the awesome things and people I’ve experienced. Without doubt, my days as an NYA delegate will be up at the top of the list of happy memories.

If you’re there this year, I look forward to seeing you. If you’re not and have been before, we’ll miss you, if you’ve never been, I’m sad for you!

Keep an eye out over the weekend on my blog, the NYA Blog and on twitter (#nya2009) to hear about whats going on this year.

Peace Out

Pressmeddelande söndagen 30 augusti 2009:

Under helgen har vi ockuperat Västbodaskolan i Farsta. I lokalerna, som sedan två år stått tomma, har vi under helgen arrangerat spelningar, bio och haft ett café. Ockupationen avslutades under söndagen.

I protest mot att fina lokaler överallt i Stockholms stad får stå tomma och oanvända valde vi att under helgen 28-30 augusti ockupera Västbodaskolan i Farsta. Tillsammans ordnade vi konserter, filmvisningar, basketturnering, graffittiworkshops och hade ett café öppet. Under hela tiden som ockupationen pågick besöktes den av en massa Farstabor.

-          Vi som arrangerat ockupationen är jättenöjda. Det var hela tiden en massa besökare i skolan och alla verkade positivt inställda till att vi gjorde det här. Det enda som känns upprörande är att lokalen nu när vi är gått återigen kommer att stå tom, och att maktfullkomliga politiker kommer undan med att låta det vara så, säger Daniel Wiklund som var med och ockuperade skolan.

Nedläggningen av Västbodaskolan var kantad av omfattande protester från Farstabor, elever och lärare. Aktionsgruppen Rädda Västbodaskolan samlade in mer än 12600 namnunderskrifter och det hölls både demonstrationer och skolstrejker. Lärarna ansökte om att få ta över skolan men fick avslag och 2007 lades den ner. Efter det har det kommit flera förslag om att överlåta lokalerna till olika verksamheter, men det har varje gång fått avslag med argumentet att rivningsplanerna är klara och att bostäder ska byggas på området.

-          Nästan alla som besökte oss hade någon sorts anknytning till Västbodaskolan. De har gått i den, varit med i aktionsgruppen för att rädda den från nedläggning, skolstrejkat i den och haft sina barn i den. Alla var de lika upprörda över att lokalerna under åren som gått fått stå tomma och oanvända, och glada över att någon gör någonting åt saken, fortsätter Daniel Wiklund.

Vi vill tacka alla som var med och gjorde ockupationen så lyckad som den blev: de som lagade mat, gav oss möbler, fixade med bioutrustning, styrde en basketturnering och eller bara hängde i skolan under helgen.

Lördagen har precis som fredag varit riktigt lyckad. Denna dag var det fler människor som besökte skolan och det fanns också fler aktiviteter anordnade. Bl.a. har vi haft en basketturnering, haft graffittivägg på skolgården, låtit yngre testa på att DJ:a och i samarbete med Piratbion ordnat bio i lokalen. Antalet vuxna som besökte skolan var ungefär detsamma som igår, men det var mycket fler barn som kom denna kväll. Precis som föregående dag har responsen varit jättebra från samtliga besökare. Vi har under hela dagen sluppit polisen.

I högermenyn finns länkar till vårt Flickrkonto, och där kan dagens ses i bilder.

För den som missade fredagen finns en film, vi tackar Dagens Konflikt för det!

På webben har Vertigomannen, Yelah, RF, Toffer Svensson, Dom ljuger, Andrea Doria och Samhällsfeber skrivit om ockupationen. Läs gärna vad de skrivit.

Vi visar film (gratis såklart) kl.20

Nån gång under kvällen ska vi också försöka dra igång en basketturnering. Är du intresserad? Kom förbi och fråga efter Christian.

Vill man grilla korv så är det bara säga till någon av oss så sätter vi igång grillen. Har man inte egen korv så har vi både kycklingkorv och vegetariskt alternativ.

Givetvis har kaféet öppet hela dagen och kvällen.

Välkommna!