I just have to write about this fantastic musician from KL. His name is Reza Salleh and I first saw and herad him at a Open Mic show at Liquid Bar last sunday. Open mic […]

Where to start? Time is passing by quickly now as always, I am leaving KL in less than a week. So weird to think about and I do not feel ready for it at all. […]

Time is really closing in on me. I’ll be leaving my beloved KL in matter of weeks, 17 days to be exactly. SEVENTEEN DAYS!!! Can you belive it? I am so NOT looking forward to […]

I had a fantastic Hari Raya, I can´t begin to describe how good is has been to have these days off from work. I really needed it. So what have I been up to then? […]

I am happy to tell you that the Norwegian selection mission is coming to Malaysia by the end of this month. They have confirmed to select 150 refugees from Myanmar for resettlement and will be […]

Hey you all, My last stories from KL was quite depressing I think, but real though and a part of my everyday life here. I spend a lot of time thinking about the the I […]

Just to give you an insight in and a bit of understanding of what I am dealing with in my daily work here at the UNHCR I’ll give you some short summaries of my memory […]

Perhentian……. Paradise white-sandy beaches, clear-blue and warm water, sun-shine all day, snorkeling with turtles, sharks, stingrays and all other kinds of beautiful creatures whos residence is under water, excellent sea-food barbeque every night, cold beers […]

Hey you all! To day on the 4th of October the cinnamon bun is being celebrated all around Sweden (that might be a small exaggeration, but let’s face the fact -it is in the calender!). […]

I just realised I haven’t written anything in a while, time goes quickly when you’r having fun 🙂 Since last time I have met a lot of new people, our ’gang’ is expanding as there […]

In order to see the pictures you have to go to: Gå tillbaka till resan: Praktik 2006: UNHCR Kuala Lumpur or you could go directly to www.backpacking.se, Direktsök användare and write in tmunkvold and you […]

This weekend came fast and went fast… Have been up to nothing much realy. Did the typical tourist-stuff yesterday together with Melanie , the french girl with whom I’m sharing appartment, Michael, an austrian guy […]

My head and mind are realy empty to day after being sick for the last two days. Been lying in my bed with fever and pain in all my bones. At one point I was […]

The UNHCR office in Kuala Lumpur can register up to 300 refugees a day. Due to a 15 000 backlog from previous years the official line at the moment is that UNHCR KL has suspended […]

It’s so sad and so hard when you see the desperation in the refugees eyes, pleeding you to help them, to send them a way and give them a better life. So hard when they […]

To make sure you’ll have a successful day at work in the UNHCR office you’ll need one computer, one black pen, a bunch of paperclips, a stapler with plenty of staples in it, a highlighter […]

I have had a nice, long weekend here in Malaysia Borneo, I am so content right now 🙂 We girls have split up for the day. I have been sleeping and reading all morning and […]

I just feel I need to write something about Malaysias migration policy as it really scares me… Malaysia is host to an estimated 2,6 millions migrants. As I mentioned before Malaysian laws do not recognize […]

Finally it’s weekend and I can sleep as long as I want to 🙂 I can most certainly assure you that that is needed as things have been quite hevy down here this last week. […]

So, as a compromise and as I will be speaking and writing english most of the time while I am here, I have decided to write mostly in english in my traveljournal as well. You […]

Eftersom vissa av mina svenska kompisar har svart att fatta vad jag skriver sa blir dagens lilla uppdatering pa svenska ;} Har nu legat pa stranden har i Ceherating hela dagen o ser nu mera […]

Ja men da saa…da var jeg endelig paa plass :} Ble sinnsykt mye stress paa vei fra Umeaa ettersom flyet til Stockholm fikk tekniske problemer, saa jeg kan nesten si at det var flaks at […]