football coach!

juan (a good friend) and I just got offered coaching a football team earlier today. the boys are 11-12 years old, and just went over to 11-man teams. it's of course a big challenge, we've never been doing any real coaching, but it's sure going to be a lot of fun. we both love football, we think very much alike, and we love working together. I have no idea how good they are or what kind of kids they are, but our goal is to have fun, make them a good group and good people, and of course try to improve the football skills. maybe we'll get far?

I must say I'm really excited about this, and I think we can make up for our lack of coaching skills by our love and knowledge of football and also our genuine interest in people and their personal development. we have to combine discipline with creativity, order with chaos, and fun with some more fun. it's gonna be great, and I'll probably be writing a lot about this. hope you won't be bored! :)

whover did the dishes...

... didn't do a good job.

good news: I know who it is
bad news: it was me :(

how do you make statistics fun?

presenting something that has been done many times in a new or interesting way is not easy. you don't always have the time, energy, or creativity to come up with something new. and statistics is just the archetype for boring presentations, how fun is it to see a few numbers here, some diagrams there and a pie chart over here?
being faced with such a challenge for the reflection meeting tomorrow (presenting the number of study circles, children's classes and devotional meetings), we took a different approach. with inspiration from new york, the help of google earth and a lot of our own craziness, we've made a different sort of presentation of how things are looking in the stockholm cluster. instead of just seeing a few numbers and a diagram, you now fly over the entire greater stockholm area, and can see where each study circle/devotional/children's class is taking place, accompanied by some music.
not only does this give you a greater understanding of how things are looking, you'll also be able to know where you can invite your friends, because you've seen it on a map. it's much easier remembering when you've seen the actual building than just trying to remember that there was a devotional somewhere in sollentuna.

I'll put the presentation online so you can have a look at it. it's very easy to do, just takes a bit of time and searching, but the results can be quite amazing, and also very helpful for those who really aren't into statistics and numbers.

statistics

here's the list of top 10 most visited sites in sweden this week (unique visitors):

1. msn.se - 5 926 486
   
2. aftonbladet.se - 4 027 838
   
3. blocket.se - 2 776 671
   
4. eniro.se - 2 145 536
   
5. hitta.se - 1 994 636
   
6. expressen.se - 1 814 398
   
7. svt.se - 1 128 838
   
8. lunarstorm.se - 1 056 853
   
9. dn.se - 982 635
   
10. e24.se - 906 153
    

source: kiaindex

ads? am I a sellout?

so I just added some ads from google to my page, small one at the top and a bigger one down right. is it annoying? not really. is it making me any money? not really. I'm not forcing you to click the ads, and I'm not expecting anyone to do it either. but I'm thinking why not try to make a little money while I am doing something I enjoy? I'll be blogging for quite some time, but don't really think this will generate any sort of income. but one cent here, two cents there, and a dollar here might in the end be at least a little bit. we'll see how it goes :)

nordic youth conference

the annual nordic Baha'i youth conference is this year held in lillehammer, norway, between the 5-9th of april. the program looks extremely interesting, and I'm sure it's going to be great. to check out more, go to www.nordicbahaiyouth.com, and don't forget to sign up!

the hostess!

no mention of my home can be complete without the mention of my dear sister/cousin rebecca. her blog can be found here. I'm renting the apartment from her, and she made a more than excellent job in preparing it for me and my arrival. eternal thanks to you rebecca! <3

(no, she's not framed.)

y mi casa...

and here's my place. first, the hallway:



the living room:



and finally, my bedroom:




(yes, that's a double bed)

can't be bothered with the kitchen, it looks like any random kitchen...

game evening pics

here are two pics from the game evening. not the best of quality, but it's action ;-)

a month!

yesterday was a month since I moved in to my own apartment. it's nice and cozy, and I've finally started to make it feel like my place. have had a couple of friends over, and more are welcome. just gimme a message that you're coming :)

what I especially like about it is that it's so close to work. it takes me about 8 minutes to walk, compared to the 50 minutes I had to go by train/subway from my parents' place. of course, there are benefits of staying there too (dinner always ready when you get home), but it's a natural step towards maturity and independence. and I sorta like it.

I'll post a few pics so you can see what it looks like...