Today we will bring our dinghies back home from the shore. The snow fell a bit yesterday, so we wanted to get it over with ASAP.

Tomorrow, on Saturday, will I be at school for most of the day. The reason for that is that we are going to have a “open house” as it is called in Swedish – all the ninthgraders are checking out highschools and tomorrow is when we present our school. I will be demonstrating the robot that I and a few others have built. I blogged about this robot not so long ago.
The current state of the robot is…misery. It doesn’t work with required precision, and the drawings become really messy. Hopefully I will be able to investigate it before everything starts.
Today we also had chemistry and I got a test back that I had. Highest grade!

Since I’m in the third and last year of highschool I am thinking quite a lot of what I will do afterwards. The most probable way to go is to become a Master of Science in Robotics Engineering. One of the major reasons for studying that is that the course is given in my hometown, Västerås, at Mälardalen University.
Another thing to consider is the millitary service, called “Värnplikt” or more commonly, “Lumpen” in Swedish. In Sweden, every man has to go through a recruitment process, and about 10% of them become recruited. This may sound strange, but Sweden hasn’t been in a conflict for over 150 years!
If I want to do the millitary service, which is supposed to be a very good experience, I have about three things that sound interesting. (Now will my English skills really be tested in these attempted translations that follow)
1. Officer in the Amphibious batallion; Skipper
Driving a ship in 50+ knots around the archipelago is really cool. Well, really, it is one of the things that I think would suit me the most. I am a sailor and I like technology. This lets me to get out and be on the sea and study hard to get the “Stridsbåt 90″ go where I want it to.
2. Intelligence Assistant
Learning a lot about international affairs and a general knowledge of intelligence. Seems to fit me too.
3. Interrogation interpreter
A year of full-time studying of the Russian language! If there’s anything I see like a challenge this would be it. This is supposed to be one of the most difficult things to become in the military service. I even heard that the final test is to be in Russia for a few weeks and talk and act like you are a Russian. Beat that!