purchase of the day

I have a fetish for pens and notebooks,and one of the few things I miss about going to school is taking notes..im not talking about the part where you're in lectures and try to pay attention to what the professor says while also taking notes..im simply talking about the writing-part....ahh,i love pens and notebooks..i know,im sucha nerd:-)

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Life lessons. About Living abroad & The Terror Attack.

As long as you live, you learn. Whether you pick up on the lessons that life is trying to teach you, or not, that's a whole different story...life hasn't changed much, yet my views and how I see things have..so in some sense, life has changed a lot..

When you've lived in one country for the most part of your life, and then move to another, you're bound to make comparisons, and for most people there is always something that you have back home that you feel is much better than what the host country offers..it could be trivial stuff, like certain food, or it could be more basic stuff,,,like, a toilet (not even a clean one, but just...a toilet). For me, I've come to understand that the things that I miss from my home country (Norway) are true blessings...the things Norway has to offer is more luxurious than anything I can think of:

FRESH air 

PURIFIED water 

Beautiful NATURE

Being surrounded by skyscrapers (i.e New York City, Hong Kong, Vegas) may be nice for a weekend or so, and modern architecture may be fascinating. But, when it comes down to it, it's all man-made. Being surrounded by beautiful nature, fresh air, and having access to purified water.....- priceless- . In my opinion, if you have easy access to this, you're rich,,and I don't mean that in monetary terms...I mean that you're blessed, because you are surrounded by the luxury that mother nature has to offer, and not what Mercedes Benz or what Chrystal has to offer.

The 22. of July 2011
A date that turned Norway 360 degrees. A rude awakening, and a lesson to learn. Come on!..when we first heard about the bombing we all assumed that it was the work of islamic radicalism, and president Barack Obama was quick to extend his personal condolences, and assured that the United States would support Norway in its investigation on the occurrences ...then, it turned out to be the action of one extreme, right-winged, caucasian, man- ---or person..- not much of a man...

The entire country was, and still is affected by what happened--and I can tell you this: of all the things that has happened in my life, I have never felt more proud to be Norwegian than now. There is a lesson to learn from this, and from everything else that happens in life. And, the way we react, and respond to such occurrences is how we portray what we have learned. Norway responded by standing united, encouraging more democracy, openness, and understanding. We all mourned for those who lost their lives...the city of ♥slo was, and still is, covered in roses. Although the person (I'm not even going to write his name)  who caused all the harm has gotten much media attention, even more attention  has been given to the love that these occurrences has brought out in people....

♥slo

*cough cough*

I bought this bottle of cognac for the Tiramisu-and-nail-polish-girls'- night I had with some of my colleagues a while ago..was gonna repeat the event, but when my boyfriend was here a couple of days ago,he sort of emptied (almost) the bottle...and now that im sick and coughing my lungs out, Im thinkin'...screw it, I already have a whisky-voice now,might as well finish it off with some cognac in me tea..can't get any worse,right? ;-)

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Stuff

If you follow any fashion blogs, you know that there's always posts about the blogger's newest purchase...a new purse, sweater, new dress...etc...well, I bought something new too, and apparently I'm so excited about it that I have to share it with the world..=P

1) A dishwasher-sponge thing where you fill the handle with soap..amazing! (---although, I haven't tried it yet, but the idea is cool, lol)...2) Flushable toilet wipes...pretty amazing =P--- 3)and insect spray..not so amazing, but I kinda realized that using half a bottle of antibac surface cleaner becomes kinda expensive after a while (that's approximately 2,50€ per insect killed)...

I did buy something else than dishwater sponges, and toilet wipes this summer, though. My first Mulberry =) The quality of the camera on my phone kinda sucks, so the color isn't accurate here, but it'll have to do. Like I've mentioned before, I'm a sucker for bright and happy colors so I couldn't resist getting this one. 

Having done a bit of damage before my vacation even started, I felt kinda bad buying this. But, then again, at this point of my life I really don't have any commitments that require that I save huge chunks of money. I save a little here and there, add some more to my first-home savings account, and go crazy with the rest! Hey, I live and work in gloomy Dublin, and my family, friends, and boyfriend are miles away..I gotta take care of myself somehow!=P

Back from Summer Vacation

Ok, so right after I say that I'm gonna blog more often, I go on a three-week-vacation =P Tell you what,  I'm not one of those fashion bloggers who actually make a living out of this, so I only write when I'm inspired (aka, when I feel like it=P).

A short summary of how life has changed since last time...

My sister got married

Then I went on a roadtrip with my sister and her husband (omg...huuusband), my cousin from the States and her husband, and my boyfriend..oh,my brother, and David from Australia, who is my sister's husband's cousin came along too =)

Trondheim

Geiranger

I don't remember the name of this tunnel, but in the middle og the tunnel, it's lit like this...pretty neat =) 

Jostedalsbreen/ the Jostedal glacier

with happy cows wandering around the area

Taco for dinner, yum!

On or way back to Oslo, we heard about the bombing...and then a little later..about the killings at Utøya.

After the roadtrip, we were home for a day, or maybe two--can't remember..then the same crew (except from David) went to Egypt. 

the hotel

The guys

the three musketerettes

At one point I got sick...threw up and was nauseated almost the entire day we were in Cairo..couldn't keep the food down, but had to eat something...thank god for the Swedish Wasa crisps that my sister and her husband had brought with them from norway, and of course..Norwegian caviar.

cheezy..yeah, i know.-

Me and Nina...boarding the plane or our way back to Oslo

After Egypt, we were in Oslo for a day, then headed on the DFDS "cruise" to Copenhagen.

And with that,,we ended our summer vacation...back to my parents' house for a night..and then we all went back to our daily lives again the day after,,

Vinnie, and Nina,,,we'll meet again in Asia next year ;-) Looking forward to it already.