An old favourite
Incredibly beautiful!
Monday 23 December 2013
Friday 20 December 2013
15hrs
A few snapshots of my journey yesterday
Yo! I'm back home, safe and sound, after a very long, and exhausting journey. Thankfully though, I travelled with Oliver all the way to Stockholm. It's always nice to have someone to talk to when traveling.
I have had a productive morning so far. I got up early to go to my dentist appointment, I then went to Blomsterlandet to buy a few bits and pieces to decorate our house with. I then vacuumed downstairs. In a few minutes, my mum and I will head out for lunch and perhaps a cheeky bit of Christmas shopping. Later today I might meet up with a friend for a cuppa :)
Peace!
Wednesday 18 December 2013
Homeward Bound
Photo compilation of my term, starting from Fresher's week to the last week
Every time I sit down to write one of theses posts, it blows my mind when I think about how fast time goes by. I mention this a lot, but it genuinely freaks me out and it is interesting to see how much it affects me.
This first term of second year has been a hectic one. I have had a lot of assignments, which have affected my social life. I haven't been able to be fully social, because I have focused on my studies.
Thinking back on my fresher's week, I think this year was a lot better than last year. I went out pretty much every single night and had a blast, but obviously had to pay for it the three following weeks, when I had a horrendous cough. It was so bad, that at night I would hyperventilate because I wasn't getting enough air into my lungs, which would make me cough even more. Ugh, it was awful!
Half way through the term something horrible, yet expected, happened. This greatly affected my mood, my appetite, my studies, and my overall outlook on life.
Now, almost two months later, I am not myself completely, but I am trying to get back to the stage where I am happy. I have good days and bad days, but thankfully mostly good days.
Tomorrow morning I am homeward bound. Cheers!
Monday 16 December 2013
Music Monday #66
The Snow Angel - Mike Patton
This song is just so beautiful and powerful that I linked the 10-minute version because I can listen to it forever.
This song is just so beautiful and powerful that I linked the 10-minute version because I can listen to it forever.
Saturday 14 December 2013
Queen B
On Friday morning my whole Facebook feed was jam-packed with posts about Beyoncé's newest album, which was released exclusively on iTunes. Physical copies are expected by 21st December. It is a visual album and includes 32 tracks; 14 new songs and 17 music videos.
I decided to have a listen, and the first song Pretty Hurts immediately caught my attention. I was really enjoying it, and went on to listen to the rest of the album.
The roster of collaborators includes Jay Z, Drake, Frank Ocean, Pharell Williams, Timbaland, her daughter Blue Ivy and more.
At the press release, Beyoncé said she was bored of releasing music the traditional way!
In my opinion, I think that this way of releasing new music is only possible by the biggest stars who have the biggest fan-base, just like Queen B. I like that she released it this way! It was unexpected and a surprise for many.
Thursday 12 December 2013
Funny Story
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| The beautiful library. My second home. |
This shows how awkward my life can get:
Last week on Friday, when Katrina and I were in the library, something fairly awkward yet funny happened. We were sitting on the 4th floor studying. We decided to go down for a short coffee break, so we leave all of our stuff on the desks. After the coffee, we take the crammed lift back up. We walk out of the lift and head towards our desks when I hear Katrina say "We're on the 3rd floor." I didn't think much of it and told her "No, we were sitting on the 4th floor, remember?"
As we walk over to our desks, I see 4 people who have joined us at the seats next to ours. I walk to my desk and my stomach sinks. My stuff is gone; my computer, my books, my bag, everything. I look up at Katrina and she has the same look on her face. All of her things are gone as well.
Shit, I think, these new people have taken our stuff and hid it somewhere. I can see that they all exchange a look with each other, whilst giggling and smirking. I then ask the one who is closest to me "Do you know if anyone has taken our stuff?" she answers "No, sorry" with a smile on her face. I think, this can't be true.. they must have moved our stuff somewhere as a joke.
I then look up at Katrina, and it hits me. We're on the wrong floor. We briskly walk away from the scene, and head towards the staircase, which is cut off from the rest of the quiet library - a safe-haven for when you want to laugh. Which is just what we did, we burst out laughing and notice the sign on the wall that says we're on the 3rd floor. We laugh even more and hurry up the stairs to the 4th floor, with our stuff, of course, still there.
The only reason I even thought we were on the 4th floor from the beginning is that the 3rd floor looks exactly like the 4th floor in my opinion. Same layout, same size. Not much is different. So it is easy to be mistaken.
Monday 9 December 2013
Friday 6 December 2013
Quirky Facts #10
The world famous monolith known as Uluru is located in the southwestern corner of Australia’s Northern Territory. Geographically speaking, it is close to the centre of Australia and is best accessed from the town of Alice Springs.
source: here
- The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
- The reason that we hate the recorded sound of our voice is because our skull changes the resonance of our voice from within and creates more bass. When we hear a digital recording of our voice, although slightly unfamiliar to ourselves, it's exactly how others hear it.
- Licence plates in the Canadian Northwest Territories are shaped like polar bears.
- Nutmeg is extremely toxic. Excessive consumption of the spice can lead to death.
- There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
- South Africa has the longest wine route in the world.
- Furthermore, South Africa has the oldest wine industry outside of Europe and the Mediterranean, featuring Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cinsault, Riesling, Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage.
- The giant rock Uluru, also reffered to as Ayers Rock, was created over some 600 million years. The Aborigines have been in the area for the last 10,000 years. It originally sat at the bottom of a sea, but today stands 348m above ground. One of the most startling facts however, is that roughly 2.5km of its bulk is underground.
Wednesday 4 December 2013
December 2013
Helen and I looking exhausted in Helsinki airport, before we boarded our plane to Stockholm. August 2013
I have been really bad at updating this blog apart from my weekly music Monday's, frankly because I haven't been doing much and I have no inspiration to do anything.
Apart from going to the cinema last Thursday, I wrote a sociology essay on Arlie Hochschild's claims regarding the broader social effects on the commercialization of human feeling, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Quite an interesting topic, but not my best essay…
On Sunday the 1st of December, the first of Advent was celebrated with a bunch of friends at Sofia's and Lauren's flat. We ate cookies and æbleskiver (Danish pancake balls) and drank Christel's homemade mulled wine. Afterwards we headed to Wagamama's to stuff ourselves with some tasty ramen.
On Tuesday I got my psychology essay and report back. They are both good grades, but it bothers me that I could have gotten a better grade because of the small, stupid mistakes I made, which I even knew about before handing them in but didn't do anything about because I was lazy and fed up. Meh!
I have also started my Christmas shopping. I have bought Oskar's and my Dad's presents. Once I get home I'll buy my Mum's, and at Heathrow I'll buy Natalie's. My flat has organized Secret Santa, and I'm done with those presents as well. I just need to find wrapping paper :)
Pip pip
Monday 2 December 2013
Music Monday #64
On Thursday, I went to watch the second installment of the Hunger Games series, Catching Fire. It was unbelievably good - it completely exceeded my expectations! It is safe to say that the first movie was kind of a disappointment. However, everything in the movie resembled what I had previously imagined while reading the book, it felt like the producers had read my mind and replicated everything and put it into the movie!!
Upon returning from the cinema, I immediately searched for the soundtrack, and I've been listening to it non-stop ever since.
A few of the songs:
Atlas - Coldplay
Elastic Heart - Sia ft. The Weekend, Diplo
Who We Are - Imagine Dragons
Devil May Cry - The Weekend
Just Friends - James Newton Howard
A Quarter Quell - James Newton Howard
I Need You - James Newton Howard
Arena Crumbles - James Newton Howard
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