They Call Me Sweden

The Local’s website has been messing with me, telling me that I’m offline when I’m not. Well well. I had the best weekend, even though that the situation with my stomach is the same. I also forgot to take the Omeprazol or whatever it’s called yesterday so it might be worse. However, I’ve laughed a lot this weekend. On Friday my friends and I went to a masquerade, usually I love to dress up but this time I settled with a fancy masque and a LBD. I was quite pleased with the result but I think some people thought I was dressed as Lady GaGa! My friends were dressed as David Bowie’s alter ego Ziggy Stardust, ’space princess’ and Alice in the wonderland.

On Saturday I went to the Amnesty academy at Sensus having a course about Amnesty’s Dignity campaign which lasted the whole day, thereafter some of my colleagues and I went to the pub Carmen. Carmen is absolutely not a fancy bar, it’s one of those ‘cheap’ and unpretenious bars, but it’s a perfect place when you want to take a glass and talk without getting disturbed by loud music. How many places are there that doesn’t play any music at all? I must say that I’m so happy that I’m able to have such a relaxed relationship to those that I work with. They’re amazing and I’d hate to work with people that I couldn’t stand with as the colleagues are such a huge part to the job.

Anyways, I hope that my best friend hasn’t fallen asleep by her study books so that she can meet me for a ‘fika’ later tonight. Why isn’t there a translation in English for that word?

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Sometimes calm weekends when nothing really happens are what you need the most. Then one realizes the need to reload and to melt what has happened during the past week. Except from Friday evening I haven’t done much at all. The visit at IKEA resulted in a new coverlet, rug and a coffee-table to my room. A long with my new pillows from H&M’s new Home showroom my room is a lot more cosier and nicer to be in. I’ll try to take a photo of my room tonight and then I could upload it here. And I really enjoyed the Home showroom, I must say that I was really amazed and impressed by all the special designed stuff they had. When my next pay check comes in October I think I’ll go there and buy a bit more!

When we came home from IKEA we ate dinner and then we watched The Pianist. This is one of my favourite films of all time, Adrien Brody illustrates the main character Wladek’s opinions and feelings perfectly just with his body language. It’s a film I never could become tired of and watch all over again, because even though you know the beginning, story and end it’s always exciting to watch it. Personally I have always been interested by the holocaust, I have no clue why, but I have read so many books, films, documentaries etc. about the subject.

Today also was a nice day, I bought the new book Knit Two by Kate Jacobs and a notebook. I think I really miss to write on paper, if you know what I mean. Then my boyfriend and I took a walk with his dog.  But now I have to go as I must cook dinner tonight. Talk to you soon.

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You can’t imagine the feeling I’ve got right now, my grades are set and it’s only a week left until I graduate. Feels so good! Finally I don’t have anything specific that I need to do so now I have time to have a personal life! To hang out with my friends for instance.

Anyhow, now I’m sitting in my friend Filippa’s kitchen who is host for her birthday dinner!  She’s turning 18 so she’s the youngest in our gang. Now Linn is popping up the champagne (or sparkled wine really, but who cares…) so now I should be a bit more social.

Birthday girl Filippa!

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So far the long weekend has been awesome. I’ve been to  student parties two days in a row, that’s always nice! On Wednesday I followed my boyfriend to his childhood friend’s party which had a theme of “famous couples”. We were Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, have to put up some pictures later – I was almost a copy of her! Yesterday one of my best friends had her party and I chose to have my converse so I could dance all night! So, two days of pleasure, but that’s over now. Unfortunately. I have to continue to write my social studies essay… But not so much left . Should get started now! Talk to you later and then I should upload som pics from the party nights!

Oh god, Marilyn was so gorgeous! My friends sometimes say that I’m alike her and I’m honoured to have any similarities with her beautiful look!

P.S. Readers, could you please improve on leaving comments?

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