Archive for April, 2009

The Swede is Meeting the Family

22, Apr 2009

It is happening! The Swede is going to meet my family in India. It is the first time for me that not only am I introducing a boyfriend to the family, he also happens to not be Indian. What will happen?! If you are part of an interracial couple (I hate that word) or a [...]

SVT Accidentally Publishes that The Pirate Bay Party Acquitted

17, Apr 2009

Major fail! SVT, Sweden’s Television station publishes two articles: one that the Pirate Bay is guilty and the other that they are innocent. Here is the image below. A translation will follow. Original text: Friande dom i Pirate Bay-målet De åtalade männen bakom fildelningssajten The Pirate Bay friades i dag av Stockholms tingsrätt. Männen åtalades [...]

To Go Dutch or To Not Go Dutch… That is the Question

15, Apr 2009

In previous posts, I discussed how one should pay for date nights. Do you go dutch or does one person pay for everything? In all this talk, I failed to explain the concept of going dutch; foreign to both the Swedes and the Dutch. What is this funny idea from the lower country called The [...]

More funny things about Swedes

12, Apr 2009

When I was back in the US visiting the Swede’s former roommates (also Swedes), they have some distinctive Swedish traits. Now these guys are not the average Swedes because they neither have great fashion sense nor have funny hair. We call this genre of Swedes, the programmers and dorks. They dress like normal Americans many [...]


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