Cravings

The snow has finally started to melt, but I'm not content yet. I want to be able to wear light outfits and flip flops everytime I go outside. I want to be able to eat ice-cream without getting a "body-freeze". I want to be able to forget that it's late, because it's still light outside...I want summer. ♥

Powerwalking with sis last summer ^_^

Jie Jie & Mei Mei night

Since it was only me and sis tonight, we decided to make it easy by making a 5 min express visit to Coop buying their take away instead of standing in the kitchen trying to cook something ourselves. And I must say that was a very good choice of us to make, because dinner was delicious and there were no dishes to take care of afterwards!

Not to forget the most important part though: who has the time and energy to cook even the simplest Mac n’Cheese (even though mine is super good, haha!) when the season premiere of Gossip Girl is aired? Not me at least . ^^

A vegetarian bean-box was what was for dinner tonight. Mmmhmm, I must say. ♥

Proud of myself

The best thing about school is when you receive a good grade. Not only does it show that you have put an effort into earning that grade (with exception to those super-talanted slackers that we "real humans" don't like very much), but also that you have learned something, and being confirmed of that is just the greatest feeling.

This week I got a 7 in Economics and a 6+ on an English paper. So sorry to say this, but I am proud! :D

Hahaha...I will try not to smile like that though.

Like a tired zombie -.-

Wow.

I think these previous days have been more hectic and exhausting than test week last fall...Besides doing volunteer work for 6.5 hrs in two days, I had school to cope with. Which in other words means: assignments to hand in before I have a chance to sit down. Seriously, ever since Tuesday, I've been like a half dead zombie walking around...:/ But luckily it is Friday today, so I am going to really really recharge my batteries so I'm on the go again for Monday. I just have two lessons, ½ a Chinese class and a visit to the gym before I can do that...But I'm hanging in there!

Friday's breakfast...

and a very tired Sandra.

Good memories...

I can't get over the good memories I have left from Friday's visit to the gym where I saw an Austin Nichols look-a-like (aka Julian in One Tree Hill). I mean, is it even legal to be that hot?

Gaaah...drooling! O_O

Dragon Palace with the girls

There are days when you never want t get up. When it is so much nicer to just lie under that warm duvet, humming and continuing to dream sweet dreams...But then you realize that you have to get up, and then it's not as nice anymore. It gets even worse when you check the termometer which shows -11.5 °C...But "never mind" you tell yourself, because it just occurs to you that you're having lunch with your lovely friends that day...Thank God for those friends. ♥

We went to Dragon Palace this time...

A bit blur, but I like this picture of me and Shilan :)

Beautiful Lewar and Tarane

All in all, we spent 3 hrs and 10 min there (crazingly enough, yes), which totally made us break the record! ^^ But what can I say more than that we...talk a lot, eat a lot and laugh a lot? Hehe ^_^

Sexy black heels

Sexy black heels, need I say more? Seriously, I've been searching and searching for decades for the perfect pair of shiny black heels...so when my lovely mami came home with this little present yesterday...Aaaw, she's the best. ♥

SEK 499 from Depache...

Actually they are a bit too big, but who cares - I love them! :P

Monday morning

Then it was Monday morning again, however, I'm not too bummed since I have one week of break ahead of me. A well nedded one, indeed.

Now I'm going to get some breakfast before I get down to today's TO-DO LIST:

1. Reschedule mydentis appointment. (The poor dentist apparently broke her arm. :O) [x]

2. Vacuum clean the whole apartment. (To prove to mami and sis that I CAN do housework...-.-) [x]

3. Schedule lunch with Shilan and Lewar. (I heard the girl were up for some Chinese. :P) [x]

4. Show you my drop-dead-gorgeous present mami came home with yesterday. ♥ [x]

Milk and cookies

I remember when I was little and used to drink milk to almost everything. Nowadays that doesn’t happen very often, but there are of course some exceptions…

Milk and cookies - an invincible combo. ♥

Semlor from heaven

There is no better way to celebrate Semledagen/ Fettisdagen than with a big fat chocolate semla…Just the way it’s supposed to be. ♥

In Sweden Semledagen/ Fettisdagen (fatty day) is celebrated on one Tuesday in February every year (but of course they sell semlor way ahead in January already -.-). And on this day you are suppose to indulge in semlor (= bun with a layer of almond icing and whipped cream in between). However, if you want something else than the “traditional semla”, Forsa Hembageri makes the best chocolate and blueberry semlor in the whole Uppsala. - Just so you know. ^^

One semla costs SEK 26, but it’s sooo worth every Swedish krona. :)

Double celebration :D

Happy Valentine’s Day…or Happy Chinese New Year?

It’s hard to know what to start with. The only thing I can be really sure of though is that these two celebrations both stand for happiness and love among your closest. So we should all be nice to one another today (OK, we always should), and also we should be happy (and eat a lot of good stuff, haha).

I am of course celebrating this “double celebration” with my small, but lovely family, and my cute mami is taking us out for dinner tonight. “On days like this, who wants to cook?”, she says. Haha, I agree.

Anyhow, before I go, I wish all the readers of this little blog Happy Valentine’s Day and also, Happy Chinese New Year!

Near death experience

OK maybe it wasn’t a real “near death experience”, but at that moment all I could think of was “I’m going to die. Oh God, I’m going to die soon!” So what caused this traumatic experience? Spinning.

I’ve always wanted to try spinning, and since they have spinning classes at Friskis & Svettis (the gym I go to), I thought I should try it out. So, after asking my “experienced” friends what level, me as a beginner, should take (start, basic, medium, or intense), they all said I “would be able t do medium”. Hmmpff! Luckily, I survived medium! I could barely walk nor breathe when I left the class. All I could feel was the taste of blood in my mouth. Which I suppose isn’t very good.

Conclusions:
1) Do not take friends’ advice when it comes to working out.
2) Don’t ever take the medium level if it’s your first spinning class.
3) I am staying away from spinning for a while.

Me, before knowing what I was getting myself in to.

Inspired

Sometimes you just get inspired, and this morning I got inspired by the adoreable hat I tried on yesterday (remember the white one with the black ribbon on it?) and one of my favourite bloggers - Foki.

Maybe my ribbon isn't as big as the ones she uses (and I just saw that it's quite hard to see mine on the picture as well ^^), but still. Hehe. :)

Only looking, not buying

Today I had the privilege of ending at noon, so I met up with my dear jie jie (which means big sister in Chinese) for some shopping together in town. Or at least that was she was planning on doing. I’m (sadly enough) quite broke at the moment, so I just looked (YES, I AM CAPABLE OF JUST LOOKING) even though it hurt at some moments…

Like when I tried this adorable little thing.

But as always, you can’t have everything. OK then, now I’m off to bed. I need some beauty sleep and a well rested mind (if that’s ever possible these days) for my economics test tomorrow. Wish me luck!

I'm sponsored

Wohoo!

This morning I received a text message from my godfather confirming that he will sponsor me when purchasing my very own netbook, which I am very much in need of. I just have to say that I am so glad and thankful for having such a generous godfather that is willing to spoil me from time to time. ♥

After all, he only has one godchild I told him. Haha! (The picture is from the Budapest trip last year, which he also sponsored me with!)

So now I am on my search for a cute little laptop. I think I know which one I want, but I will look around a bit more before deciding. However, I can say that I now know the reason for why I always have to be cute and nice (as my sis put it) - because that will get me sponsored! :D

Tired

Been studying the whole day. I am so tired. End of story.

Muffins own apple-pie

We often come across funny (and also weird) expressions in life, and sometimes we have no idea why or for what purpose these expressions really…aim for. But in a way, that is what makes them so funny (and weird) I suppose.

So today, as I was just having a normal day in school, one of these expressions written on a wall caught my attention. It said “muffins own apple-pie”. Okaaay, I was thinking. I just couldn’t wrap my mind around understanding (and still can’t) what that person writing that would gain from doing so.

- Other than adding to the destruction of the school walls, I mean.

Afro dance at Friskis & Svettis

Aouch. My body hurts.

I know I can only blame myself for working out three days in a row, but sis and I have been wanting to try Friskis & Svettis’ Afro dance for quite a while, and since it’s a new thing, they only have it once a week. So we were like: why wait another week when we can go today?

Well well, even though my body aches all the way from my shoulders and down to my feet, Afro dancing was pretty fun. I didn’t get the adrenaline rush like when I’m running on the treadmill, but the hour just disappeared so I guess I still had a good time, haha. ^^ When I think about it, I think I’m going to try it again in the future actually.

Sandra's look of the day :)

Forgetful me

Aargh, I’ve become so forgetful lately! I just saw (or jie jie told me the other day )that I have an expired 10-times swimming card for Centralbadet lying around…-.- Not even slightly OK, Sandra.

I just don’t get it. Me, who usually will make people shake their heads with my perfectionism for keeping everything organized with all of my lists, and my from time to time, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) that makes some think I’m crazy, hehe.

But maybe I can still use it…^^ I payed quite much for it, so why not just try flirting with the reception guy and see if I get in…? God, I’m horrible, but it’s not such a bad idea actually! Haha! Anyway, I’m off to the gym now. And I am going to make sure that I always will remember where I put my gym card so that one won’t expire without my knowledge as well.

Spotless

Yesterday I had progress talks with Faf (Fredrik - but we call him Faf) and he was almost “concerned” about my abcence from class…^^

No black = 0.00% absence

What can I say. I’m just extremely good at attending class. No secrets, I promise. ♥