25 years old

I turned 25 years old a few days ago!
Not that I care...BUT it makes me grasp everything I have achieved so far at such young age, it feels a bit unreal.
However when you have created so much output in such a short time, you sort of get addicted by the speed that you want more. Like a drug.

But thankfully I'm aware of my greediness so I can mitigate it by myself, trying to!

Can't believe how much I have travelled this year, must have set a personal record...
Time to take a paus and grasp everything I have done and show appreciation for it, but how do I show appreciation except for awareness?

- China
- Japan
- Switzerland
- Italy
- Monaco
- France
- Germany
- U.S.A

going to the States again in a few days!!! See you there!!!

Bling it on rocks

Can't wait to try this nailpolish on!!! I bought it from Sephora 25USD!
Can't wait to wear them for New Years Eve to celebrate the upcoming 2013 in New York City.
Any tips of where to go if it's just me and my boyfriend?

Also hotels in NYC for NYE is extremely expensive... :-(
I would totally be satisfied if I could stay at a nice hotel room with a nice view and just drink champagne and look pretty. Unfortunately all the small rooms at the Standard Hotel are totally sold out :-(

http://www.nailsinc.com/nailpolish/bling-it-on-rocks/1191/

Apparently Gwen Stefani wore this for the MTV Awards, hehe

Shopping in the USA

USA made me become a shopping freak!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The first day in Philadelphia was spent on Walnut Street with all the fancy shops such as Intermix, Ralph Lauren, Juicy Couture, etc. The best thing is that most shops have some sort of campaigns, like buy 100USD, get 20% off or something like that which is amazing (because I hate to pay full-price for things, lol).

I managed to buy;
- a mint green cashmere cardigan from J Crew
- a beautiful blue glittery bracelet from J Crew that I plan to wear for New Years Eve!
- a formal office blazer at Banana Republic that fits me perfectly!
- tons of Sephora makeup (Philosophy, Ole Henriksen, Lancome, Nailpolishes, Laura Mercier, makeup is SO MUCH cheaper in the US compared to Sweden)
- a Marc by Marc Jacobs sweater at Bergdorf Goodman's, I love that department store, soooo elegant and classy, the shop assistants are not as snobby compared to Barneys
- Tory Burch blazer and jacket (love the design, but a bit suspicious of the quality)
- LOTS OF SNACKS (Nature Valley, Reeses peanut butter chips, cookie mix, etc.)

The sad thing is that shopping is addictive, when you start you can not stop, not even when I came back to Stockholm. I have been sitting in front of my laptop every single evening browsing all US-based webshops ending up buying even more stuff that I did not plan to such as;

- More makeup during Black Friday (bodyshop, Laura Mercier, etc.)
- the cutest UGG earmuffs
- Parajumpers Long Bear jacket (on sale!!!)

Still looking at things to buy.....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, you can see some of the shopping bags in the background.

Wonderful trip in US - See you again 21st Dec!

I'm in the States!

Sorry for not blogging anything lately...I don't even know if there are any readers out there waiting my blog posts desperately, if yes, let me know and I will try to blog a bit more often hehe.

During the past days I have been thinking to preserve my wonderful memories in this blog so that I can always come back in the future and be proud of all my wonderful experiences that I have gained. At such a young age and I have already gained so much wonderful experiences, sometimes it is even hard to imagine. My appreciation of my at-the-moment-wonderful-life should be reflected in how I treat other people in my environment. By being caring and generous to people around me is very important to me in order to for me to feel that I'm giving back, but also it makes me feel like a good person!

I refuse to let things get on top of me and make me a snotty person!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even if I feel so spoiled right now, sometimes I even feel that I don't really deserve it, that's why I need to find ways to give it back to the people around me. Especially, to my mum!!! However, giving back to her means that I won't shop so much when I'm here in the US (which is extremeeeeeeeeeeely difficult because I LOVE the shops here!!!!!!!!)

I'm so happy to be here in Philly (first time here) and visit my boyfriend who works here temporarily! It's fantastic to recognize all the food brands that I craved about when I lived outside Detroit six years ago. 20 different selections of Ben & Jerry's icecream, or my favourite chewy cookie brand, mac & cheese, etc.

Everything is fantastic!! Now I'm going to have some breakfast in the hotelroom with pentry where we live, then take a shopping stroll when the shops has opened, still 2 hours left....then I'm going to have lunch with my bf at the Reading Terminal Market where I hope to see some Amish people :-)
See you later

Summary of my Summer trip

So we went to Lausanne, an area named Lavaux which is the wine district. We stayed with my boyfriends dads family and it was a great pleasure to enjoy Lake Geneva from above (a hillside villa overlooking Lake Geneva and the wine district), such an amazing view!
We took off to nearby places such as Ouchy and Montraux(if I'm spelling it right, not good at french hehe). Switzerland really impressed me, such a beautiful country it is!

Day 3 we left Lausanne behind to begin our roadtrip journey, our plan was to drive to Champery (Swiss ski resort close to France), Italy (Serravalle outlet and Portofino area), Monaco, onwards to France (Nice and Cannes). Our partner in crime - a Porsche Cayenne S, such a fancy car but so big. Sometimes it was very difficult to find parking lot due to the size of the car, and do not talk about the car on tiny small mountain roads, I was so scared...

My favourite was Cannes, so beautiful environment and fantastic shopping!

But we had a wonderful journey and I would do it over again if I can. However, I must say that Italian riviera is not too price-worthy, it is even cheaper on the French riviera such as Cannes. I was chocked with the prices...what about 6€ for a small watermelon juice? But alcohol was cheap..surprise?

Summer trip 2012

Hello guys! Now I'm finally back in Stockholm! I was away for approximately 10 days and my route looked like the following Lausanne (Grandvaux) - cities nearby such as Ouchy and Montreaux - Rapallo/Portofino/Santa Margeritha - Monaco - Nice - Cannes - back to Lausanne.

Fantastic time!!More details of the trip will come. Want to remember this fantastic trip forever!!!

Work Dinner @ Josefinas

I had löjrom (white fish roe) for starters, beef for main, chocolate cake as desserts. My colleague chose the fish. We were at Josefinas, Stockholm's club where all Saint Tropez wannabes hang out at. Service was terrible. But I honestly have to say that the place was beautiful, too bad that the service and crowd was a bit "different". Josefinas is huge, perfect when you are a group of friends who wants to have some drinks in a nice environment. They have different colour lamps that lights up the place at night. Expensive prices though.

Josefinas is located opposite Vasa museum.

Powerplate

The best machine ever, while I'm sitting and lifting weights, my body (the behind part especially) is vibrating at the same time when sitting on the Powerplate.
The Powerplate uses the same tehnique as treatments to reduce cellulities. Usually I'm just lying on this machine....when your body starts to itch you know something is happening :-)

Clint Eastwood and Claudia Schiffer are fans :-)

Midsummer 2012

So fun to visit Stockholm's idyllic archipelago and celebrate Midsummer!
So much fun, I got to try shooting, run and drink shots while spinning around a pole and run back, etc. Drank lots of wine and jägermeister...>_< Over and out.

Saaaaaad

My iPhone got stolen at Rose Club in Stockholm. Apparently not even Rose is a safe place...
So sad that I can not update on Instagram any more :-(
I guess I will buy a new iPhone after one/two weeks. However, I deserve to suffer some time before I buy...

My favourite apps are;
- Fancy (to stay updated on all the cool stuff)
- Instagram (totally addicted)
- Decopic (playing with pictures, being creative)
- Piccollage (creatng your own collage with a snap of your fingers)

Balcony Makeover

Love this new balcony!!! Went to IKEA and bought everything there :-)
Now we also have new plants where we grow our own tomatoes, basil, mint-leaves, etc. So cooooooozy!!!

Lonely

Today when I was grocery shopping I stood behind an old man in the line, he looked so sad. I started to wonder if he felt lonely. Then I thought about myself, how lucky I am.

And then I started to wonder about faith; there are some people who are really happy/lucky/successful in the start of their life and then fail miserably. There are also these people who are just miserable start of their life and are suddenly brought up from the dark pool (I am a great example of this).

Since life requires balance, you won't be experiencing happiness all the time. However, I think of those people who started so lucky but then failed. They must be in the worst situation... :-(

So sad to see. I had a former colleague who was part of an organisation that brought home random old people (70,80+) for cake and coffee. I think it sounds like a great idea where many interesting topics can be exchanged.

Or you can just be Olivia Palermo, just lucky and happy (and superpretty) 100% all the time.

How cute are these? LOL

Seems like these can be found at taobao...

Too much?

Hehe honest opinions please, do I look like a Ms. Chanel on crack?

Imagine just 9,10 hours away there are so much new things to explore, it's like becoming a baby again and look at the world with new eyes. This sounds cheesy, but I certainly find so much inspiration when I'm in a foreign country. After my Japan trip I have seen a whole new dimension of what good service is supposed to be. I try to applicate what I have seen in Japan to my regular life here in Sweden, for an example, focusing on the nice details when returning a favour or give good "service" to your friends, etc.

One negative aspect though is that if you are well-travelled you also become so well-informed, and it makes you disappointed with things in your daily life. Swedish service is sh*t compared to Japanese service and I have to cope with it while paying tip here because it's a stupid norm...

Berlin!!!

Ahhhhh, going to Berlin end of August!!! Can't wait, never been to Berlin!
Booked this hotel located on a fantastic location on Friedrichstrasse, which is like between the two main shopping roads in Berlin!

Booked this hotel  http://www.maritim.de/de/hotels/deutschland/proarte-hotel-berlin 

Got a great deal ;-) hehehehe, so more money saved for shopping and sauerkraut!

Switzerland!!!

Yay!!! I just booked my tickets to Geneva, Switzerland. Going to visit Lausanne and the Alps, later on we're visiting the riviera of Italy and France. Can't wait to see Portofino, looks amazing from the pictures, and I can't wait to eat autenthic Italian food!!!!! Ham, proscutio, cheese, wine, antipasti, Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Sorry for bad blogging

I remember a few years ago when I couldn't stop blogging. Those were the days! Everyday I had interesting topics to share and my blog was also much more popular at that time.

It's so much fun to go back and read archive posts because it makes you remember all the great memories that you have experienced. Everyday is unique, I should become better to put those days into words.

This summer will be amazing, and I promise there will be many updated blog posts!!! I'm sort of pissed of that I didn't blog about my Tokyo trip in details, because it really was an amazing trip that I want to remember forever.

Anyway, I have not really been up to anything lately except studying for Swedsec license during the weekends. I have also discovered how easy it is to make your own mashed potatoes!!! It's delicious!!!

I blend potatoes with carrots so that it becomes more healthy :-)


Enjoy this fantastic photo of me at the Korea Airlines Lounge in Narita Airport (tokyo). So tired, so ugly, so round, so surprised when I see E taking photos of me >_<

Promise you will see better photos in the future!

Buy Yoghurt!!!

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=real-males-eat-yogurt

When I read the article I went straight to the supermarket after work to buy yoghurt.
If this will make my skin look better and make me more attractive I sure will follow this yoghurt-diet!!!
Better than any expensive cream in the world!!

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