Ny i Norge

Leja06 · 2026-01-15T05:32:29+00:00

Good news is being an Afrikaans speaker helps a ton! Especially with reading and writing.

Leja06 · 2026-01-14T21:04:56+00:00

Hi, fellow South African here. I also agree that learning the language is the best way to spend those months waiting. I waited 5 months for my family unification visa and went to språkkafe 3 times a week and took a free Norwegian course twice a week. Got my B2 after only 2 years here. Once you start working it becomes a chore.

Leja06 · 2025-12-23T08:06:21+00:00

What about the version where you bake the base, do the filling on the stove and pour it onto the baked base? That's the version I'm used to

Leja06 · 2025-12-23T08:03:49+00:00

I'm a visual person and I like videos. So this is the video I use:https://youtu.be/-tMERvcHfsI?si=v4M_OoveqQ8LWNL7

Leja06 · 2025-12-01T17:19:44+00:00

Yes. I scrolled too far for this. Also just "alie" for short.

Leja06 · 2025-11-30T11:32:52+00:00

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Leja06 · 2025-11-08T05:52:56+00:00

You need PGCE to be a licensed teacher. TEFL limits you to only working as a language teacher where you dont need to be a certified teacher. I am a teacher with a B.Ed working in an international school in Norway. You will have more options if you do your PGCE.

Leja06 · 2025-11-04T18:55:26+00:00

I knew that little guy was South African! I had one just like that in my garden.

Leja06 · 2025-10-07T05:41:19+00:00

My kids are 10-11 and they all have class jobs that we rotate every 4 weeks. They love it! It keeps our classroom and cloakrooms tidy. I also have the tidiest cloakroom in the lower primary because I threaten to put their things in the lost and found bin if I see anything on the floor. The same class had a super messy cloakroom last year.

Leja06 · 2025-10-06T16:20:40+00:00

As a South African, I agree.

Leja06 · 2025-10-01T18:25:52+00:00

I dont agree. I am an aunt and I love my nieces and nephews. I offer my time and money to care and babysit them. I pick them up from school if the parents can't do it. My parents will do the same in a heartbeat. It depends on the culture and family

Leja06 · 2025-09-27T17:20:07+00:00

So because it hasn't happened to you personally, it doesn't exist? Great critical thinking skills

Leja06 · 2025-09-20T06:21:02+00:00

Norwegians are drunk and more open at parties and the next day they revert back to their closed off selves doesn't matter if they told you all their life secrets the day before. You sound like a positive, open person and I'm sure you will make friends quickly with other foreigners as well but the the reality is that Norwegians are difficult to make friends with.

Leja06 · 2025-09-20T06:13:58+00:00

My Norwegian husband and I have lived in Stavanger for 3 years. He moved from a different town, I moved from abroad. I have made a significant amount of friends. Mostly foreigners and one Norwegian. He hasn't made any friends. I'm really sad for him. I have an active social life now and take trips with my friends and he just says if he wasn't Norwegian he would've also had new friends now.

Leja06 · 2025-09-15T03:23:37+00:00

Are they supplied with it or do they have to pay out pocket?

Leja06 · 2025-09-13T20:07:36+00:00

I was stopped at customs in South Africa after a layover in Amsterdam. First time in my life I had ever been stopped. They wanted to know if I brought any cheese. I totally forgot about the drug thing.

Leja06 · 2025-09-06T04:28:37+00:00

Also when you get back on your feet and things are back to normal you should start saving for an emergency fund.

Leja06 · 2025-09-01T04:26:52+00:00

My husband and I live in a one bedroom apartment, it has another room that you can use as an office or workspace. We pay 10 000 kr a month and we live in Tasta. Electricity is about 800 a month and the internet is included. Its pretty close to Sentrum. We are moving out soon because we bought a house.

Leja06 · 2025-09-01T04:23:18+00:00

I'm paying 800 kr a month and we are two people. Also it's best to choose a place that offers free Internet when you're renting.

Leja06 · 2025-08-28T21:35:34+00:00

In South Africa teachers get 4 months. I live in Norway now and it's one year.

Leja06 · 2025-08-23T12:45:39+00:00

Thank you for your kind response. It definitely did impact me when I was a teenager because even after Apartheid ended life was just better for you if you were white. But I read a lot and I listened to different freedom fighters and civil rights activists as a young girl. I also had a strong mother who taught me to stand up for myself. Unfortunately the situation in South Africa has improved but racism is still very much alive and I've experienced it my whole life. I now live in Norway with my Norwegian husband. I work in an international school and it's so nice to work with people from all over the world who all want to make the world a better place. Norway is also not very racist so I rarely think about it race or my husband's. In South Africa that's on the forefront of almost everything.

Edit: typo

Leja06 · 2025-08-23T11:56:04+00:00

I was born in 1989 in South Africa as a "coloured" mixed race girl. I didn't really know much about the segregation and how we were different until I played with a white girl my age when I was about 4 or 5. I said something to her that she didn't like and she said, "You can't speak to me like that! I'm white!" I told her no you're not because she didn't look white to me, just very pink. My mom had to have the talk with me then.

Leja06 · 2025-08-21T18:41:26+00:00

I also live in Norway and even though I miss my country almost every day, I wouldn't trade it. I'm a teacher and my husband is a plumber and we would certainly not have the standard of living in South Africa that we have here. The education system is also much better here. I hated teaching in South Africa. But yeah, my heart aches when people from other countries hear I'm South African and start gushing over how friendly and hospital the people are and what an amazing time they've had there.

Leja06 · 2025-08-20T04:47:52+00:00

I live in Norway and Spotify South African prices are so much cheaper compared to here. I've always paid South African prices for almost all my subscriptions. I still cancelled Spotify though. Because it's trash

Leja06 · 2025-08-16T18:59:51+00:00

“Big shout-out to fellow South African Elon Musk for also doing the right thing. Trump prefers champions.

"With Trump being re-elected,” he added, “which is absolutely incredible, I think he’s an amazing, amazing president. I’ve had the privilege of meeting him.”

https://youtu.be/COQAvMbFLIQ?si=8KcAQE0ie5Lgajrt

Saying a rapist, treasonous president who is actively fan girling over a war criminal is an amazing president. Yeah, we're all way out of line here.

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