…but where would they live?
As this year comes to an end it is important to reflect over what actually happened this past year. It all happened so quickly that I was barely able to catch my breath between last year's New Year's and this year's. So what did happen this year? I mean other than Miley Cyrus breaking up with... Continue Reading →
I recently started a new volunteer job at the red cross. I took the job because due to my busy schedule, it has been very difficult to devote much time to my regular volunteer work and I felt like, there had to be more that I could do on a day-to-day-basis to help. I am... Continue Reading →
Today I learnt a lesson from a man, who had nothing to give. I am not a materialistic person. I do not care what car you drive, how big your apartment is or how many ice cube trays your fridge can hold. It virtually means nothing to me, of course if you invite me to... Continue Reading →
As a person you evolve. It is not possible for you to remain the same, you get older, wiser, more experienced. As you progress in age and in wisdom, you should never feel like you want to be 16 again, or 18, or 20 or 23 or 45 or 78. Better yet, you should feel... Continue Reading →
There about 21.0975 reasons to not do anything you ever wanted to do. There are also about 21.0975 reasons to do exactly just that. There are also about 21.0975 different sorts of pains, that you can feel, all at once, all while you are doing something you absolutely love-hate. 21.0975 meters, that's how long I... Continue Reading →
When I was little my parents always used to say, "until you are married, the pain you feel now will be gone". It was their way to let me know, that first of all, I apparently had to get married for all my little bruises to heal and secondly that no pain will last forever.... Continue Reading →
My mom and I probably saw one too many Hollywood-wedding-movies, because as we experienced during my stay in Vienna, shopping for a wedding dress, is just not that much fun. I am not a good shopper anyways, I do good by myself, because I only have to listen to myself, but when other people are... Continue Reading →
I love my family, I really do, I think they are amazing. Cooko but amazing. So I was uber excited when finally, after a year's time, I was able to visit them again. I had so many plans that included cuddling my niece, playing with my niece, eating ice cream with my niece, taking pictures... Continue Reading →
I never check the 'I want a travel insurance' box, because I never think about not making my flight, canceling due to sickness or any other unexpected happenings. It's only 10 bucks extra but when checking that box, am I not in a way already asking for trouble? To me checking that box indicates, that... Continue Reading →
I sometimes wonder about people. I wonder about their outlook on life and their ideas of what life should be like. I am equally impressed and disgusted by their actions, depending on who is acting and who is reacting and in what way. We raise children, planting the idea in their heads that they can... Continue Reading →
When Gollum looses the ring (yes, THE ring from lord of the rings), he gets really mad, angry even, almost uncontrollably. He does that, because he can't help himself, he was so drawn to the power of the ring, that being without it, is just madness to him. I tell you this, not only because... Continue Reading →
I am fashion major. I mean, I actually went to school to study fashion. I did minor in marketing, but bottom line, I am a fashion major. I am not very talented when it comes to envisioning a piece of clothing, when I put it on paper and then sew it, it literally NEVER turns... Continue Reading →
As Valentine's approaches, I find myself wondering about love and life. Before I met A, my life was kinda... funny. Yes, I believe, funny is the right word to describe it. Like everyone encounters at least once in their lifetime, I too fell for the wrong person, believing that this person was THE one. If... Continue Reading →
The new year is just two weeks old and I can honestly say: WOW. What the h... did I do that for? And why? For instance, only this week I did some pretty stupid things, and when I think about it, I do wonder: WHY? I really did - do the stupid things, I mean... Continue Reading →
It's been a year. 365 days ever since my grandma died. She was a true super hero and in my heart she will always be just that, the hero I want to live up to. As we get closer to Christmas, the heartache gets bigger. Part of me is hurt, because of all the promises... Continue Reading →
I started walking in March of 2012. Mainly to heal myself, to be honest. Losing my grandma had a deep impact on me and I felt so helpless, I didn't know what to do with myself. So I did the one thing, I knew how to do: walk. And then I started running at the end... Continue Reading →
A few years ago, mid-summer, in the early morning hours, I was driving home from a friend's house. I was driving on the country side, the streets were barely lit, all the stores along the road were closed. It was a quiet night, in fact almost magically quiet. I must have been driving for about... Continue Reading →
If I can say one thing about myself with certainty, it's that I am not sporty. In no way did I ever enjoy the occasional run, the quick weight-lift work-out, the pilates/yoga/thai boxing/zumba class or the fancy stationary cycle. I was a chubby kid and gym class was - to say the least - not... Continue Reading →
When moving to a different country, or state for that matter, you get to experience a new culture, new customs, you get to meet new people, enjoy a life that otherwise you would have never known. It's fun, it's exciting, it's amazing and yes, it is freaking scary. So what did my marketing-teacher in high-school... Continue Reading →
In the summer of 2006 when I found myself in Germany, experiencing my very first summer away from home, I realized something very crucial, in fact so crucial, the realization still follows me everywhere I go. The circumstances, as to why I was where I was, are easily explained. I was 18, seeking for an... Continue Reading →
I am back home (= with A, where I belong; where it's rainy and cold at the end of May; where my hamster snores loudly; where I know, I have all the time in the world to be with the most wonderful man I know). I somehow survived the last week and a half and... Continue Reading →
Let me start this by saying: My lovely mom and I have been planning this for almost two months. So I am very happy to finally being able to post this (also, THIS is the reason, why I wasn't posting more frequently in the last month or so - out of fear, I would say... Continue Reading →
March 20th, 2012 is when it all began. I am not able to tell you the reason as to why I did it, but I started walking. Now in all honesty I can say, I am not a very sporty person, I am by no means athletic and I am not very fond of sore... Continue Reading →
As my birthday is right around the corner - only 3 days away - I can't help but to think back 6 years ago. I turned 18 that spring(ish - not sure what the 1st of May counts as... Late spring, early summer?) and my friend Corona (that's obviously not her real name but protecting... Continue Reading →
Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. - one of my favorite quotes from Mitch Albom's 5 people you meet in heaven Prologue: This post is not about A & me, not about a memory we share. It is about an encounter, I feel I... Continue Reading →
There are many wrongs in this world, Southern hospitality isn't one of them. - That, I realized in the summer of 2010. Early on a Wednesday morning mid July did A and I pack up our suitcases into A's car and were on our way to the warm and southern arms of Georgia. We could... Continue Reading →
Prologue: This is - for a change - not about A and me, it is about my friends and me traveling to Vegas, having a wonderful, well deserved birthday vacation with some memorable episodes. In December 2008 I celebrated Christmas with my mom's extended family in L.A. and San Francisco. I had my big brother... Continue Reading →
As you know from my last post: We traveled to Copenhagen for the day. Here is what happened: Episode 1, 9.30: leaving the boat We got off the boat and quickly moved towards the surrounding buildings. Since Monday was so crazy, we had forgotten to go to an ATM and get some cash out, so... Continue Reading →
Moving out - done. Moving in - done. Settling in - done. Now it's time for fun, right? That's exactly what A and I thought. The decision was easy, a cruise-trip from Oslo to Copenhagen with DFDS Pearl Seaways leaving Monday afternoon and coming back Wednesday morning. Neither A nor I have never spent an... Continue Reading →
Update: If you need learning materials (text books as well as sample tests) for passing your bergenstest, please visit this webpage, which offers great guidance so you too can manage the bergenstest in no time! https://bergenstesttips.wordpress.com/ The plan for me, moving with A to Oslo was, to start studying at the University of Oslo. I didn't... Continue Reading →
It's been two very long months since the funeral. Let me start off by saying that I do believe that my grandmother is at a better place now and that I am sure, that she feels painless and maybe even carefree. Maybe even happy. But then again maybe we just tell ourselves those little lies... Continue Reading →
Three years ago, when I came back to Austria for good it was partly because I learnt that summer that my grandma had cancer. My world trembled, I felt lost and scared. I wanted to call my grandma but I didn't know how to, I didn't know what to say, I didn't want to do... Continue Reading →
This year was full of surprises, good ones and not so good ones. It was a challenging year and they say, that's the only way you can grow, sometimes I wonder what 'they' were thinking, when they started those rumors... Last Thursday we flew to Vienna to pay our respects to my late grandma. She... Continue Reading →
Telephones are a funny invention. They were build so people wouldn't have to write all the time anymore or would have to travel just to talk to each other. They were build to make lives easier. Lately I came to realize that phones do not only do that. Nowadays you can write texts, read your... Continue Reading →
As you guys may know (if you didn't know up to now, you now know), I have been alone in Norway for the past couple weeks. A's pursuing a life-long dream of his: getting his phD in one of the most amazing schools in Europe. So being alone in a still somewhat new surrounding, with... Continue Reading →
I bought my ticket to Vienna in September. A 3-day-trip all by myself. I was so excited I couldn't sleep for days and so was my family. I received endless emails, concerning my flight, my plans, who was going to pick me up, what I wanted to do, what they wanted to do and so... Continue Reading →
So much free time and nothing to do. Uhm, no, not here. Not in this place anyway. I walked up the stairs into the entrance hall, shaking my umbrella, so it wouldn't drip everywhere, what a miserable weather. I then open the door and enter the chilly room, I guess heating the staircase wouldn't make... Continue Reading →
My grandma is the greatest woman I have ever known. She's a strong-headed woman, a stubborn woman, a woman with so much love, words wouldn't be able to express it. A family-person, a great cook (aren't all grandmas?), a wonderful story-teller, someone who always listens and has the biggest of all hearts. She's been always... Continue Reading →
Thursday morning, 6 am. A got up and took a shower, while I slowly rolled out of my super warm and cosy bed and ever so slowly made my way into the way too chilly kitchen. I put some water in a kettle. When it overflowed, I turned it off and put the kettle on... Continue Reading →
Did you ever find yourself in a foreign country looking for something, knowing, that if you were 'home', it'd be in Walmart's aisle 5? A and I have been trying to get used to Norwegian customs. Pre-cooked chicken bagged up in some kind of soggy sauce, they got it. Pre-made dinner, probably cooked last year... Continue Reading →
I have told this story about a 1.000 times already and for me it never gets old. Here is what really happened Thanksgiving 2008. I was working late that Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving. Ms. Rach (who just recently moved 1 1/2 hours away) and I agreed to meet at her house (where I have never... Continue Reading →
I want to be a firemen, a policemen, a ballerina, a vet... When you are a child the choices are endless. For me, there was only one choice. I hated books when I was a child, especially at Christmas. On Christmas Eve my brother and I would avoid any packages that would slightly resemble anything... Continue Reading →
It all started with a movie called 'the ghost rider'. I'm sure you heard of it, Nicholas Cage saving the world from Mephisto and his son. After that we watched the more current stuff, the X-men origins (and I finally know how Professor X landed in his wheelchair). I understand now how Magneto and Professor... Continue Reading →
We have been together in Oslo for about a month now and my calendar is stuffed with appointments. Tons and tons of appointments, every day. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I have to go several doctor's appointments and it's certainly not like I have that many job interviews or several meetings or anything... Continue Reading →
A 14-hour-car-ride just to see some alligators? Yes, we actually did do that. But let's back up a little bit. No, we didn't drive all the way to Georgia just to see some alligators (although that seems like something A and I would do...). We actually were invited by A's dad to come and visit... Continue Reading →
A was in NYC for business, I just tagged along for the fun. We left Philadelphia on Monday afternoon and planned on having a nice dinner in NYC and crash early since A had to get up super early the next morning for his business-thingi. After getting settled in the hotel, we decided to go... Continue Reading →
A zoo is a wonderful place for little children. Not only do they get to see animals that otherwise they would only see on TV but they also get hands-on experience with their fellow-zoo-goers. Sometimes I wonder if the actual animal is really behind the electrical fence/glass or in front of it. The masses of... Continue Reading →
In February 2009 A and I were snowed in. The snow was so high, we couldn't even get out of the front door and it seemed like it was never going to stop snowing... EVER. So all we could do, was sit at home, play games, surf the web and of course watch TV. I... Continue Reading →
A fish may love a bird and they would live in Paris. Paris is wonderful. It is not only the city of lights but furthermore just a great memory of yet another new year with my beloved A. We went to Paris on Jan 1st and stayed til Jan 5th at Hotel Kensington, right across... Continue Reading →
A bird loves a fish 