Sunday shopping before take off

plant/pillow

Last day for me and Chris together for a while and we spend it watching dvd's, cleaning and shopping. I bought a suitcase, a plant and some pillows.
First day of school tomorrow after the break and i'm excited! Not so excited leaving Chris but time will probably fly for both of us.

Too long time without it...

Love

Finally! Not having sushi for almost a 9 months is a loooong time. This plate only cost 170kr (23 dollars) and was enough for both of us. Only one day left now with Chris before he's take off...

Swedish blog

http://andreaahlin.blogg.se

I've started a new blog. It has much better quality then this one but it's trickier to design. I have to work with css-kodes which i'm not very familiar with. I'm not going to update that one as often as this one as I'm only going to put my best photos, school work and so on there. A little bit lika a portfolio. It's going to be in Swedish but if you're not a native Swede you can try my translation button down the right menu.
The blog is called kort och gott which is pictures and goodies - like all my recipes of baked goods =)
I've been working alot on all the travelling photos this week. I think they turned out pretty well. What do you think?

Good but sad news

Chris just found out that he is going to start working in Norrland for the same company as before but in another position. Good news except that they want him to start on Monday. Not so much for telling in advance. I'm going to miss him like crazy now after living together for 2,5 month. Buhuu...

I like to post-it, post-it...

A light switcher

Basket of friut/computer screen/cooking book/clock

A cookie box

Post-its everywhere!

I've been putting up post-its all over the appartement with Swedich words for Chris to learn. It's definitely more colorfull in here then normal =)

A precious human life...

Every day, think as you wake up

" Today I am fortunate
to have woken up.
I am alive,
I have a precious human life.
I am not going to waste it.
I am going to use
all my energies to develop myself,
to expand my heart out to others,
to achieve enlightenment for
the benefit of all beings.
i am going to have kind thoughts towards others.
I am not going to get angry,
or think badly about others
as much as i can."
His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama

Philip send me these wise words written by the Dalai Lama as a christmas gift from India. I put it up on the wall in hope that i might read it once in a while and reflect upon my life and how furtunate I am. I wonder why Philip thought I would need these worlds..."expand my heart to others"..."not going to get angry"..."have kind thought toward others"...=)

Wait a minute...

I just red what i wrote here earlier and i realized that it's quite funny how i suddenly find a 6h drive extremly long after travelling in Asia for up to 40h on trains and buses on the worst roads you can imagen. Not to think about the cages with chickens, constantly staring men, puking children and 3h long stops in the middle of nowhere without explanations; that you have to put up with. Here i freak out if the bus is 20 min late. Over there it's more likely the bus will be 3-6 h late. But i guess everything is different when you're home, back in the punctual reality.

Sleeping bed. Your lucky if you get the top one because if you don't you'll probably end up having illegal train riders sitting on you during the night.

Hours after hours of constantly staring men.
Don't be blond in india.

We arrived in Delhi on my birthday after a 40h train ride (not the same as above). This time we acctually ended up next to a nice Indian familly. I think both of the young girls got a crush on Chris.

Chinese trains are an upgrade. People are serving you tea and classical music is playing in the morning.

My favourite busrides is the one on the top of buses, like here in Nepal. The most thrilling ones are also the most dangerous ones. Nepal have the most bus accidents per capita in the world.

The roads in western Tibet is not great. Count
on getting at least 5h late.

Chris looks happy but this is probably the worst busride i've ever done. 35 h on a horrible, dirty, bumby bus going from 1200m above sealevel in western China to 5200m in western Tibet. A German guy died doing this illegal trip the year before. I had never herd about altitiude sickness. I have now.

Long drive

Jammed

Tired Chris

6h drive back to Norrköping and i have no idea how we're gonna fit everything in this tiny flat.I think we reached the limit of filling the car...
I'm really tired and could probably go to bed straight away but packing up and making food is on the top of the schedule. Then i've also promised my driver a massage...

Header

This is what i've been working on for Chris today. A header for his website.

Last day in strömstad

Dajmcake

Last day in Strömstad and negative -25° outside. Me and Chris went to a flee market and almost frooze to death on the way there! We also almost bought a wooden spoon but decided not to for some reason. We've been working on Chris website when we really should have been packing for Norrköping tomorrow. I baked this deliciuos dajmcake and we opened presents Philip had sent from India.

Time is on my hands...

Adicting

Cleaning, baking bread and muffins, running with Isa, editing photos....and watching desperate housewives. There's 5 seasons to go through so i don't have to be worried i'll ran out of episodes.

Getting ready for going back

Apple pie

After 3 weeks of holiday I'm so ready to go back to school again. There's another 10 days before it starts but me and Chris are probably going back to Norrköping on Saturday. I've been baking (a normal sign that i'm pretty bored), writing a CV and working on my new blog today. Blogg.se have a much better quality for photos then blogspot.com does. I'm still going to have this one but i'll put up my best photos/schoolwork on the other one.

Winter wonderland

Chris

not the best trekks - but good enough

snow + sun = ♥

Me and Chris went cross country skiing on the golf corse today. It was beautiful, i just love beeing outside when it's like this! Chris said after that "it wasn't his thing" but i'm not giving up - he will like it one day!

January walk

Line and Isa

Sunset

boats in the harbour

Nice colors

Snowy harbour

Took a walk around the harbour just before sunset. Very beautiful but cold. Earlier today me and my parents went skiing. Don't know how long this snow will last but we better enjoy it while it last.

Welcome happy new year!

Johanna, Heidi, Robin and Chris

Celebrated New Years Eve with Johanna and Robin in Grebbestad. Nice, quiet evening with good food and company. Johannas new puppy Heidi was supercute and very energetic.
Happy New Year 2010 to everyone!