Soaking wet

That's how the day is! Today it's the first Russ day but I will not be joining the others since it's raining outside and it's a bit cold, too. There will be other opportunities for that later on. 

This is the pink shirt I bought at Vero Moda when they had sales. I hadn't had the chance to show you yet, so here it is!

Today I met Doribeth and we went for coffee in Bakklandet. I think that neighbourhood is one of the cosiest in the city! Diana couldn't make it. She and her husband are sick with flu. There must be a bit of an epidemic, Jonny is a bit sick as well.

We sat at Choco Bocco for a couple of hours. I love that place. There are several rooms and there's a lot of couches with pillows, so you can sit there for hours! And each room is different. Unfortunately all the couches were busy - something that happens when everybody is at coffeeshops because it's raining outside.

The coffee was nice but not as nice as a frapuccino. I have to give up on the thought that we'll ever have Starbucks in Norway though. Apparently, American companies have to pay a lot of tax money to the Norwegian government in order to establish themselves here. This is something that I understand: it would be silly of Norway to let USA make profit here and then bring all that money back to the US. Norwegian money should stay in Norway! But the negative side is that American companies might not find it profitable enough to venture in Norway. Well, well.... at least Frida still has really good coffee!
Oh, and we went to the mall and saw two Norwegian "celebrities": Ole Edvard Antonsen (he is one of the best international trompetists) and Stine Marie from Paradise Hotel. For our ears only... in real life she's short and has really weird eyebrows! Shhhh...

Some days it's better not to wake up

Like today. Because everybody can have access to this blog, I will not discuss the first reason why I think today is a shitty day. Let's just say my professional life is not what is should be.
The second reason is that Barcelona lost against bloody Inter Milan, and the worst is not just that we're not making it to the Champions League finale but that it was a very unfair!!! We needed to score 2 goals and used almost all the game trying to do so. In the end, we had only 13 minutes left and I had given up all my hope when suddenly we scored!! The rythm startet to be frightening high, the Catalan supporters were cheering like crazy and then... BOOOM second goal!!!! I was in extasi when the motherfucking referee annuls the second goal!!!!! I don't wanna raise any controversy but...  I HOPE HE BURNS IN HELL!!!!!!!

To be honest, I already got a bit tired of being sour all day, so I don't really want to go into details on why this was so unfair. I am just exhausted of being so mad.

I later spoke with my family on the phone and my mum said my sister and her were on TV. I found the clip on the internet:

These are my mom and sister!! :-)
Blog you later!

Today's thoughts

Hello all! The weather here in Trondheim is so tricky. Last night it was raining heavily and even snowing a little bit. In the morning it was cloudy and right now the sun is shinning intensly. I hate the weather in this city!

For a couple of days ago I did iron the stickers in my russebukser! I have to make a post when I wear them, looking forward to it! Though I must confess I'm a little scared too. It's going to be weird for me since I am 25 years old and the others are about 18-20. But who cares, I get to experience the mood and the wayward!

I was planning to grill the day before my birthday with all my friends, I just hope the weather will be nice and warm - not like last year. I think grilling outside in the park is super cosy!!!!

I got these earrings from Diana

By the way, I wondered what's all the fuzz about this Justin Bieber kid? "Baby, baby, baby, uuuhh"... please! The song is lame and he's got child voice. He's like Aaron Carter with a stylist. I don't get why he's on the media all the time. Do you guys like him?
Nothing else to talk about today! Champions League tomorrow: Barcelona - Inter Milan! We're sure gonna be watching. "Ens hi deixarem la pell!"

More Saturday fun

Tequilaaaaaaaa!!! Aaaarrrr!!!

Diana: "Strawberry Daiquiri... aaaarghhh!"

Me: "Drink slowly, girl!"

Party at Diana's place

Hellooooooo!!! How's the hangover? Mine's actually kind of good considering we did lots of tequila shots yesterday!

Here's some pictures of yesterday's party at Diana's place! I bought a new dress!!! This is from the Charlotte Thorstvedt collection for Bik Bok! For the non-Norwegians, Charlotte Thorsvedt is a model and TV-host. She was the first Norwegian MTV hostess and she conducted the first season of the Norwegian X-Factor.

I loooooooove all her collection!!! I had a hard time deciding what to buy!

Diana made lovely strawberry daiquiris! Mmmmm!!
Do you like the dress?

Shrimp cocktail

Hi again! Everyone who knows me is aware of the fact I do looooooove shrimp cocktail!!! So today we made some at home! It only has shrimps, lettuce and boiled egg, but it's goood...

The pink sauce is homemade! I used mayonnaise mixed with ketchup, a bit of lemon juice, two drops tabasco and a sprinke salt. Delicious!

Happy Sant Jordi!

Happy rose-day everyone!

Sant Jordi is a Catalan tradition celebrated every 23rd April. The legend talks about a dragon threatening a village. The village's king then establishes that a random raffle will decide who will be offered in sacrifice to the dragon so that in return it will stop harassing the rest of the villagers. One year, the elected person is the village's princess who is then rescued by a brave knight named Jordi (Catalan for George). Jordi kills the dragon and from the dragon's blood grows a red rose.

That's why every 23rd April boys give girls roses and girls give boys a book. You can also give a rose to your mom to show her how much you love her! Or to your classmates, co-workers, best friends...! The colors of the roses are said to have a meaning too. Red is for love, yellow for friendship.. and so on, though I don't know all the meanings really. Nowadays there are all sorts of colors, even black, blue or multicolored roses! Today it's definetly the best day to be in Barcelona!

Read more on:

http://www.gencat.cat/catalunya/santjordi/eng/catalunya.htm

This is an example of the multicolored rose, named the rainbow rose.

Flamenco fashion

Hi again! I was checking out my Facebook (which is something I do about 20 times a day) and I saw my BFF posted some pictures about the Feria de Abril. This is a southern Spanish celebration, where people get together in their best Flamenco costumes, drink, eat and dance. It is very typical Andalusian and my friend Vero - who lives in Sevilla - never misses the chance to impress with her creations! She has been sewing her own costume for the second year now! Isn't she talented?? This is by far the most original Flamenco dress I've ever seen!

Sex and the City 2

Once upon a time in a city called New York...  Soon we'll be able to hear those words again when Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte come back to our screens with the sequel to the Sex and the City movie. The film will arrive to Norway in June and I hope I can make it to the premiere in Trondheim!

Here's the movie cover:

Have you seen the trailer yet? If not, type YouTube in your browser and watch it because it looks pretty exciting! Aidan's back!!!!!! And that means DRAAAAMAAAAA!!! Loves it!

Discount shopping!

Today I went shopping with Diana! I casually got to see a Facebook event on 20% discount at Vero Moda today. A colleague of mine had received an invitation, so I told Diana and we went shopping! Luckily few people had heard about this so we could shop in peace.

Shirt: H&M

Purse: Vero Moda

I think H&M has really nice nailpolishers, so I got these two to add to my collection (see below). 

I also bought a really cute light pink shirt that matches the earrings on the previous picture. I'll show you another time though!

What have you done today?

Lønningspils!

Good afternoon! I woke up for about one hour ago. I went to bed at 5am yesterday. First I went out to meet my co-workers for a lønningspils - which is when people who work together gather for a beer to celebrate they got their paycheck! We acutally got our paycheck a week ago, but hey... every excuse is valid for a beer!

These are Caroline (left) and Inride (right)

We sat outside at Mormors, which is a really cosy place decorated as an old house. We weren't that cold despite the weather because they have those huge lamps that make heat, so it was very nice to sit out. Beer is so cheap there! Half price of what we'd have paid somewhere else! So yes, I drank beer all night long. (I still hate its taste though!).

After Mormors, Caroline, her sister and I went to Lille London, an English style pub. Inride and a friend of hers decided to go to Downtown. I hate that place. It's way too crowded, it's expensive, the dancefloor is too small for all the people and it's full of Pakistani men with way sleazy hands!

I came home around 1:45 am because I didn't want to wait until 2am when discos close and everyone is inthe street on their way home. I have a tendency to get a bit paranoid when I walk home at night. Everytime I hear some noise I feel like a ninja! When I came home I sat down with Jonny and Espen and we'd play Peggle on the Play Station and watch really funny videos on YouTube! At 5am I was halfway dead on the couch, so I went to bed. I don't know how long the boys were up but my guess is that until the morning!

Monday tomorrow.... :'( boohooo. I really do not look forward to working. There's a guest in the hotel that smells like fishballs and who had shitted on the bed and everywhere in the toilett. Whenever he opens his roomdoor the whole corridors smells like poo!! And he's checking out tomorrow so I really don't want to have to clean that up!!! :'(

Something else

Good weekend! I was gonna title this post something stupid like 'Lord of the ring' but I thought I'd have better judgement and write something else. So I titled the post 'something else'. Didn't know what to write, I suck at figuring out post titles!

Today is saturday! I wanted to show you the lovely ring I got from Diana when she was in the Canary Islands! It's a dragon and the ring has that aged look, I love it! I also got a similar one with a butterfly but it is a bit big for my finger, though I will wear it, too!

T-shirt: Mango

Jeans: H&M

Today I'm having a night out with my colleagues from work. I think we'll start the night at Mormors. I haven't been there for ages! I love that place! It's really cosy and old days and the alcohol is really cheap! Enjoy your night, everyone! 

Dori's party pictures!

Here they are! The pictures from saturday's party at Doribeth and Christian's place!

This is my Jimmy Choo top!

This is Christian's friend Kalif and he is a hip hop artist.

Did you like the Jimmy Choo?