DonShuriken

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

Sorry for late reply, I've soon finished my service and the last couple of weeks have been hectic.

I hope all your exams went well. I've just finished 3 exams myself, and I think i failed at least 2 of them. No worries though, they don't really matter in civilian life.

Never seen anything of FMA, but I'm planing on reading at least some of the manga (as far as it's been published in Norwegian at least).I'm watching Chaos Head and Toaru Majitsu no Index myself, but with very slow progress. Both are pretty good, though.

Yeah, you never loose anything from trying, at least not in the Army. TMBN is quite a lot easier than KJK as well. Most people will be able to join if they want to.

I think SBBN might be interessting. Some of the companies and platoon might be harder than other, i really don't know ;)

5 Dager Til Dimming! (DTD)

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

No problem, I've been quite busy myself lately. Military service soon over, but first it's mønstring -.-;;

As for anime I've finished Clannad After Story, quite beautifull and a worthy succeder of the excellent Clannad. You should really watch both. Now I've started Toaru Majutsu no Index and Chaos Head. Both seem promising.

I'll be quite frank with you - KJK or anything "jeger" related is usually excruciatingly difficult. And having a small misadjustment walking now will make the world when you're matching 60km a day with a 30 kg backpack, weapon and full combat gear.

SBBN is a way more normal service. I don't really know anyone serving there, but I've met qutie a few sambandssoldater during excercises and I've been to their base at Heggelia in Bardufoss. Most of them seem to have an OK service, although I doubt they're the very elite ;) But I'm really not one to talk myself... If you want to go IntOps the most sought after personell is usually samband(SBBN), sanitet(SANBN) and ingeniører(INGBN), as these functions are nearly allways needed in any armed operation.

Not to burst your bubble, but I doubt you'll be allowed into KJK after serving a year in SBBN. I know they've got a proffesinal force as well, but as I know it's mostly (pretty exclusivly) reqruited from other special forces (KJK, Fallskjermjeger, etc.)

Pretty mush any batalion in the Norwegian Army has a couple of Grenaderer, but if you wanna go IntOps I'd apply for TMBN and tell them you wish to go abroud.

As stated; SBBN is in no way very hard. Rather more relaxed indeed.

I wish you all the best, rekrutten is the most memorable time of the service in msot cases.

As for me I'm, as mentioned, nearing the end of førstegangstjenesten. 2 weeks ago Velferden aranged a trip to Svalbard which I enjoyed immensely (driving snowmobiles, dog sledges, enjoying the midnight sun - all great!). If you ever get the chance I'd recommend you to go. Next week we've got the "dimmeball", then some finishing tests and such before it's summer vacation :D

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

Well, then you know it's a good place to be. Wish you all the best with moving and stuff. Where in Oslo are you moving? I'm on the quite opposite side of Thorshov myself...

And I'm back in the army now. Been here 6 days now, but it's been rather relaxed. Hope school's good.

Well, you might concider labeling it, then ;)

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

I'll have to say - Karin's a lot better than first expected! It has this marvelous mix of drama and humor making sure it's never too serious but no the oposite either. Me likes!

Still looking good. I'll have to ask - is that a bottle of liquer on your desk? Sure looks like it :p Would imagine keyboards etc. are hard to make with all the small details and stuff. Looks like you've managed quite nicely though.

I live in Oslo now with my family(though I spend most of my time in Troms), but I plan on going to NTNU in Trondheim to study and that's where I'm looking for a place to live so I'll be moving cities next year. Oslo's an awesome city though, you should look forward to living here ;) Lot's of pretty good anime/manga related stuff like Outland, NeoTokyo, Animeaften og Mangakafee, as well as Soracon and Desucon. Wonder how that will work out in Trondheim - at least I know it's an Outland up there.

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

Me neither :o maybe I've gotten too old, don't recall getting any the past few years either. Vacation's good enough for me, though ;)

Slam Dunk would be that basketball anime? Heard some good about it, but it really doesn't seem like my kind of show so I haven't bothered.

I'll have to say you're quite skilled at 3D. Much better than anything I can come up with, that's for sure! What kind of programs do you use? And if it's what you hope to do for a living I guess it makes sense that you're good at it ;) Still think it's awesome - post some more if you make any (some anime-related would be neat :P).

I'm looking for a flat to move into when I start studying next year. Stuff's rather expensive O.o Otherwise I'm just relaxing and having a good time with friends and family before returning to the army.

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

Been a while, yeah. Sounds sweet with some more anime-space, no way one can have too much of that.

Dunno how they do the inkallinger, really. That's like 4000 levels above me ;) Just wait and see, I'm surte it'll sort itself out...

I haven't watched much lately. Finished Zero no Tsukaima some days ago and started Karin. I'm also watching Monster, but with slow progress.

In other news the NATO excercise Cold Response 09 ended a week ago. Probably the best excercise as of yet. Now I've got leave comming up in the end of the week, looking forward to it!

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

You're welcome. Don't hesitate to ask if it's anything you're wondering about I might know.

Good luck waiting, then. I heard on the radio that Vernepliktsverket shipped all the inkallinger some days ago, and that every candidate for military service in 2009 should recieve them by the end of March.

I've heard about many of those army books, but never reallt bothered to read any of them :p Fremmedlegionen would be the French, no?

I had a real urge to see some "real" anime for some time now, so I started the second season of Zero no Tsukaima a week ago, and it's enjoyable :)

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

Yeah, I believe Fjernoppklaring to be quite hard, but oif you're looking for a challenge it might be an option. As for other things you might apply for during førstegangstjenesten Fallskjermjeger would probably be among the hardest. Look into it at www.fallskjermjeger.no Anything called "jeger" is pretty hard - you could look into art.jeger (http://www.mil.no/haren/styrker/artbn/start/lokbat/) and grensejeger (http://www.mil.no/haren/styrker/gsv/start/grensekomputd/) during førstegangstjenesten

Most of the special forces would require you to go intops. I know a few people who's gone intops and some of the people in my platoon has applied to go abroad. I think it's an excperience of a lifetime, but you'll have to be motivated and willing.

I just finished Lain, it was quite good, but I prefer Dennou Coil (they're quite similiar)

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

Hi and sorry for a rather late reply - I've spent the last couple of weeks away from my barracks and any decent internet connection.

Too bad about your flat-footedness. But believe in me - walking problems you might never notice in your normal life will often become painfully oibvious when you join the Army. Some of the people in my platoon experience quite large problems with their feet. You should also take note that many of the special forces (jeger, oppklaring etc.) have a service that's much harder than the joining requirements. If you want a real challenge IntOps or something in the line of fjernoppklaring (www.fjernoppklaring.no) might prove interesting...

I'm not wahtcing anything these days. Tried to watch Akane Maniax, but it turned out to be totally sucky so i dropped it. What about you?

from wolflw

Konnichiwa!

Well, the original TV-airing did not show the episodes in chronological order, but the DVD did. Read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Melancholy_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya_(anime)#Episodes

Yeah, I've had it on my computer for quite a while, and i thought it was about time to watch it.