About me |
Do you remember in school where they sometimes told you to do those essays where you should describe yourselves in 200 words. I use to hate that. And now I sit here by my computer, with the same task, writing something about myself. You want it to be personal, but still not too personal. You want to tell things you’ve done or want to do in your life, your beliefs and thoughts, however telling everything would probably be a real drag to read. I think the best way to understand who I am, is to read my travel reviews, cause that is thoughts taken from log written straight from my mind, heart and soul. For this very reason it’s sometimes a very scary thought to let other people read what you write. People who have the urge to express themselves, have to open their hearts, and in return hopefully people eyes. Cause those who can share feelings this way are open to emotions that most people are either not aware or unable to express.
The 7th of May 1977 I was born, Malin Andersson, a little screaming thing all blue in the face. I grew up in Bjarred, a small town by the ocean, at the southwest cost of Sweden. To me Bjarred is still what I call home, even if I’ve lived in Lund for quite some time now.
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 Through my childhood and my teenage years I’ve always have had the passion for travel and training. My parents took my sister and me on all sorts of trips and for that I will always be greateful. My training consisted mainly of gymnastics and dancing, but I’m also one of those persons who has tried many, many other sports. 
I get all my energy from my training. If I have to sit still for a long period of time, then I will get restless, tired and annoying. Long flights, an eight-hour exam or too much time in a car makes me go crazy.
After many years competing and being an instructor in gymnastics, I finally decided to quit and with some friends from my gymnastic club we started our own Dance and Aerobics studio called Companiet. I worked there for several years as an aerobic and dance instructor, a member of the board and as a cashier. During the last few years I’ve lived in the University town Lund and now I’m working as an aerobic/spinning/box-instructor for Nautilus. Though I can also be hired as a guest instructor, so if you are interested don’t hesitate to send me an e-mail. The latest sport that I brought into my life is MTBing, and climbing or trekking mountains. In fact everything involving outdoor sports and adventure is very high up on my list of things I do on weekends and holidays. I’m a student of the University of Lund, where I study Business. Christmas 2002 I’ll be done with my studies here in Lund, however I’m planning to take my masters abroad where I'll look more into human rights, global questions and journalism. I would like to work with international issues, mainly involving undeveloped countries. My master degree will have to wait 1-2 years though, cause right now I’m in the middle of plans to for fill a dream I’ve had; To go and work as a volunteer in Africa and hopefully somewhere in South America too. I've always wanted to work as a volunteer and after my trip to Tanzania and Kenya in December 2000 I decided that it was Africa I wanted to go to. Not only because I’ve always wanted to work as a volunteer, but also because it will be a useful part of my education in international issues.
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Besides my Business degree in Lund I also study design in Copenhagen. Since I was a little child I’ve loved to work with my hands; drawing, painting, ceramics. My main way to express myself is still writing, but it's very relaxing to express yourself through art too. In many situations I think art can express feelings that can’t be spoken or written in words. Art is far more passionate and dynamic and that is why I love it.
My main inspiration in both art and writing, well actually my entire soul, I get from the nature. Nothing can be so beautiful, calming or frightening. I love to be out in the nature, but I also have a great respect for it. Humans are just a little part of something much greater and nature phenomenon is one of those things that we just can’t control. It scares me, but it also makes me love it even more. I need to live close to the nature. I still don’t know where that should be. I love mountains, they bring out the adventure side of me. But I also know that I never can live without the ocean. |
I need the ocean to be interacted in my everyday life. It makes me calm, happy or comforts me when I’m sad. My best friend Laurel told me, just a week ago, that when she was a child she told her mum that she liked the ocean because looking at it made her be able to turn her back on the rest of the world. She was a very intelligent and fantastic girl already as a child. The ocean is just there, stretching out to horizon. It looks empty but there is so much under the surface giving you the answers you might be looking for. I could never live without the closeness to that gift from nature.
As you can gather, from this web site, I love to travel. It such a big part of who I am, in fact right now it has come to the point where travelling, the thought of a new or an old trip totally controls every aspect of my life.
I find it easier to spend time with people who share my passion for travelling, or a least have a basic understanding. I think its hard to make myself understood to a person who almost never leave their home town. Then I find it difficult to explain why I feel an urge to stand on a mountain peak with the a cold wind almost ripping me apart, or getting up at 5 AM after 2 hours sleep just to see a sunrise, or spending hours and hours by my computer doing research about some trip or climb that I want to do.
Almost all of my adventure friends live in other parts of Sweden or the world, which often makes me really sad. I write a lot of e-mails, I try calling them a lot. But it will never be the same as seeing them, talking about our latest adventures or planning new ones.
The last year many people have told me that I’ve changed. Some like it, some don’t. It’s true though, I’ve changed, but I’ve never felt better than I do now. An old friend told me the other day that she doesn’t think I’ve changed, I’ve returned to who I was when she first met me five or six years ago. The summer of 2000 (last summer) I realized that too. I came to a place in my life where I realized I wasn’t happy. Something was missing. Today I finally understand. The thing missing was me. |
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I constantly make choices that effects my every day life, my friends and family. Both in good and bad ways. I’ve lost friends, boyfriends because of it, but also gained many new and dear friends. I find it really interesting to meet new people who live where you are not. However I also set myself up to get hurt, cause missing dear friends is sometimes a greater pain than I can bare.
My closest friends here in Lund understand why I choose to do the things I do. Sure, they call me crazy and insane sometimes. But they seem to understand, which is a real comfort for me.
