Homesick and tv series addicted

Hi there!

This will probably be a short and random post. 

First I just wanted to ramble a little bit about having the strangest feeling of "homesickness" to return to Japan. Isn't that crazy? I lived there for one year and now I feel homesickness to go back?? I think it sounds weird. It varies from day to day and yesterday was kind of a "bad" one. I just can't stop thinking about how my life was there and all the things and people that I miss. Here it feels like i'm doing things that I'm suppose to do and I do it because of that. I want to get my bachelor degree so I have to study, I have to have money so I work. I have fun with my friend because I want to of course and I'm not saying that I don't love being here with them and my family, that is the best thing here in Sweden. But it's just that I feel like I'm "stuck" in a place where I don't get challenges. I want to move on to the "next step" even though I'm not really sure that that step is... I know.. it sounds weird doesn't it? Anyhow, nothing to do but to try to stay positiv and find challeges in the beautiful every day life I have here to! 

Secondaly I just wanted to say that I recently have begun to think if it really is a good thing to be so into series  as I am.. I really love just to relax and watch series as soon as I get home. Actually when home I just watch series like.. 80% of the time... doesn't sound to good righ? Lately I'm afraid that I'm just watching "other peoples lives" and not really living my own.. but yeah I'm probably just reading a bit to much into it all, nothing wrong with spending you free time doing things you like....right? 

That was my thought and troubles for today!

Hugs!

〜Living the dream〜 

Good morning Monday!

Good morning!

Mondays always seem to be the hardest but today I decided to star with energy and stay positive! And this Monday already seems better. 

       

Didn't really have time to eat breakfast at home so I decided to drop by my favorite place *espresso house* and eat, relax and do the studying I didn't have time to do yesterday. 

Decided to go with a chai latte and a ham sandwich and that's not a bad way to start the day! 

     

                               

  

Last weekend I did some awesome shopping with my mom, was an amazing day! My dad were away with some friends from work on a weekend trip to Kiel so we decided to have a nice and well needed mother and daughter day. This is the kind of thing I would miss if i move to Japan in the near future. Guess you can't get it all! 

Today I will meet some friends and plan for our group assignment, later from 13 to 16 I have a seminar and tonight from 18 to 20 I have a lesson with my student. Long Monday but I think it will go smoothly! 

What are your plans on a Monday like this?

Hugs!

〜Living the dream〜

Evening update

Hi!

Having a good weekend? Mine is busy! 

                    

   

Right now I'm enjoying a cup of hot chocolate with whip cream! Best on rainy days and today was one of those days!! So typical Swedish summer.. I want the real deal already! Which is a surprising thingcoming  from me. Say, 2 years ago (before Japan then) I was a autumn person and didn't like summer that much. Just got sun burned and I didn't really like the summer fashion and clothes. But that has change. Now I want to have good warm weather so I can wear all my new nice summer clothes and SHOES. Sooooooo want to use my summer shoes. But still the weather here is to cold and rainy for that. 

    

  

Otherwise it has been a normal week. Seminars, working two part time jobs and trying to keep up with all the necessary studies. Oh, I got a call from my job at Volvo and they said that they had expanded my summer job from 6 weeks to 11! Which is awesome news to me. More job means more money meaning I can go back to Japan faster! Planing a trip there after this summer, just can't wait longer! Even if the trip it might just be for a couple of weeks it will be better than nothing! 

Now I will go to sleep! Have to work tomorrow and in the evening I'm meeting up friends for a nice dinner and later we will go to a nigh club to see my friends boyfriend and his band play. Looking forward to it a lot! 

Sleep tight everyone! 

Good night! 

〜 Living the dream 〜

So we enter May!

Hi there!

Finally starting to feel alive again after the exam I had this Wednesday. It was the hardest exam I have ever done and it DID NOT go great. I think the risk of me failing is very high. Sadly enough that also means that I may not get my degree this summer because the re-exam isn't until August, which sucks! But nothing I can do now so after one day of comfort eating and on day of party I feel like I can finally let it go. Just wait for the results and then take it from there. 

    

  

Also on the 30th of April was a holiday called "Valborg" here in Sweden. Today it's a spring festival butbasically it's a day when young people get drunk and usually go to watch a big campfire! It's also common to go and watch "Chalmers Cortégen" which is a kind of parade held by all the students at Chalmers University. It's a fun event but this year I didn't go. But I did however meet up with some friends and went to a party at a dorm. Super nice evening! 

   

   Traditionally Valborg comes from Germany but was later adopted into Swedish culture. It has it roots as a spring festival in the nordic folk tales know as "Asatron" as in believing in the gods Thor, Oden and so on. But the high Christian society at that time saw the "new" tradition as "devil work" and it was branded as a  traditions for "witches and evil spirits ". Therefor to keep the witches away they begun to light big campfires on high hills, which lead to the campfires we still have today on Valborg! So, in Sweden the tradition of "Valborg" became associated with the tales of witches and a like!

     

Well, back to now! Besides from Valborg celebrations I did go to a Hanami (japanese teamed flower viewing) at Botaniska trärdgården which is a big public garden that you can go to. They Had a Japanese hanami event and I saw it as the chance to wear my yukata (was pretty cold though!) and have a nice time with my friends and family! 

   

   

   

  

As for today, me and my family went to look at the new apartment my grandmother and grandfather are moving in to, I LOVED it! Sooooo want to move into my own apartment when I saw theirs... JEALOUS! 

                               

As a consolation prize I bought myself these super cute small bowls, aren't they lovely?! 

Only problem is we don't have enough room for them in the kitchen... I have to much of my own stuff  by now as my mom seems to agree with when saying  "Well, the only thing you need now is the apartment, why don't you go for that one next" and she totally have a good point of couse. If only I had the money! 

Let's end it here for now!

Hugs!

〜Living the dream〜