Now

# October 26

I passed my SFI C exam 🎉. I feel like I can say “I speak a little Swedish” now. I’m continuing straight in to SFI D, which will likely take another 6 months to work through.

We registered for NFC next year which I’m already looking forward to.

I’ve been enjoying cooking, and I made a very tasty “tarka dhal” lentil curry from scratch using this recipe.

Sitting in the SFI C exam (photo taken before exam conditions started)
Halfway through making a lentil curry

# September 26

I visited the UK to celebrate some friends getting married 🤍.

We've lived in Sweden for just over a year now, and I wrote about our experience so far 🇸🇪.

My nationella prov (language exam) is scheduled for the middle of September, and I'm practicing a lot for it.

I got promoted at work, and I'm figuring out what my new role as a senior staff engineer looks like day-to-day.

It's autumn in Stockholm, which is my favourite season 🍂.

The back of Edinburgh Futures Institute during the Fringe Festival
A bridge over the Tyne in Newcastle

Watching


# July 26

Feeling inspired to improve my site, and self-host more stuff.

Soon I'll take my first Swedish nationella prov (language exam), which I'm a bit nervous about. I struggle with panic and don't perform at my best in exam environments.

Started strength training and I've been enjoying building a workout set and tweaking it to my liking. Hevy is a cool app for tracking workouts.

Visited Oslo recently, which was great, and I'm working on a gallery for this site to share pictures of my trips.

A famous lighthouse in the Oslo fjord
Oslo city hall

Watching

Reading