thelifeofloui

So I totally failed my exam this morning. Definitely secured my first F...ugh.

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On my way home I bought some fried chicken take away to comfort myself, and I basically spent the rest of the day sitting in my arm chair watching youtube, playing BBS and watching anime. I finally started watching Yuri!!! on Ice and......I love it. Haha I kneeeew I would love it! Aaah <3 <3

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So despite the shitty exam this morning, today has been quite nice. I still haven't revised my Korean today though...hmm think I'm gonna skip it today. But I feel like I finally memorized the native 1-10 numbers...let's see here...

하나, 둘,셋,넷,다섯,여섯,일곱,여덟,아홉,열. Yes...I got 'em.

But someone needs to inform me why nr 8 has a silent "b" in it........ -__- 

It's been a slow weekend. Yesterday I attended a seminar about adoption, called #Flipthescript. Super interesting and eye opening. Then I met up with Iris to have a study session together at my place. We did get some stuff out of the way....but we also just sat here chillin and eating ice cream and cookies while drinking tea. It was lovely.

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Today I tried to finally take this course seriously (the day before the exam lol) but...I still don't really get it. It will be a miracle if I pass tomorrow. The worst thing is that I have 3 different exams on this course, which ends in mid January. The fact that I'm already lost 2 weeks in is not a good sign haha

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After the exam tomorrow I'm gonna curl up in my arm chair and eat my sorrows away while watching anime and playing video games.....can't wait.

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On another note....it's exactly one year since me and Sofia had our EPIC long weekend trip to London. One of the best trips ever. Uuugh I wanna go back so bad...I miss my London.

 

I feel like the past 36 h or so has been....one of the wildest rides ever. 

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I, as many others, sat up late watching the presidential election on Tuesday night. It was very cozy, laying in bed with my tablet and listening to the news reports on the TV in the background. But then I got super tired and fell asleep with the TV still going, with low volume. I woke up at around 1:30 ish and decided to turn in off, feeling reassured that when I woke up later that morning, I'd wake up to good news. 

But no. The first thing I did when I woke up a few hours later was to check the news. At first I couldn't sort it all out (since there was SO many articles going around), but when I read the sentence "The streets of New York are completely silent"....then it hit me. He had won. I texted Mom "Are you awake?" and then called her. Chocked, we talked about what had just happened. And the only thing going around in my head was just that "this CAN'T be happening". 

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I got ready to head to Uni and as I stepped outside, I got struck by the next chock. Snow. A LOT OF SNOW. And I immediately got 10x happier. This is my 3rd winter in Stockholm, and I've never seen this much snow here. It was so beautiful.

 

So I got to Uni safely (basically no roads had been plowed because Stockholm suck so that was an adventure in it's own), had my class and then went back home. Most of the class I spent looking outside though. I mean, can you blame me?

 

And the snow just kept falling, and piling up. When I read that ALL busses had been cancelled (before it was just some of them that had been cancelled) and that the subway had major delays etc I got a little bit worried how I was supposed to get to Sofia's. We had decided to have a cozy night at her place with a nice dinner and hot chocolate. I left my apartment and met up with her at TC and then we went out to her place. We had to change trains in Åkeshov, and the snow on the platform hadn't been shoveled away so we had to step out in ½ meter of snow. It felt like a joke, and I couldn't stop laughing.

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But yeah, we had a fabulous evening together. We talked about the presidential election (ofc), how Stockholm sucks and handling typical Swedish weather (read: snow) and just other random things. Oh and scented candles. Specifically pizza scented candles. Which we have copy righted btw.

 

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No but all in all, it's almost been a surreal last 36h hours. They say that yesterday's snow broke all records for  Stockholm for the past 111 years. It's like the weather gods felt the shift of power across the Atlantic Ocean. I feel a weird mix of feelings at the moment. Worry, hopelessness, anger...but also a sense of community in this chaos. And that's a precious feeling I'm gonna hold on to in uncertain times like this. 

It's been a cozy kind of Monday. I think it's all due to the weather. It was so beautiful outside today around noon. The snowflakes slowly swirled down with the sun's orange beaming light in the background. Sun and snowfall at the same time is a wonder I can appreciate~

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So I met with my classmates at Uni today to work on a group assignment. Think it turned out OK...we'll see on tomorrow's seminar! 

 

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After getting home I literally chugged 1 litre of tea. I just couldn't help myself. It was amazing.
And in exactly one week we have our first exam on this course. Ugh. I'd so much rather study Korean than studying for that test....which I am. Found this collection of Korean lessons online and so I'm doing one lesson each day. I skipped the first ones since I already can read Hangul since way back so today it's time for lesson 12! 화이팅!!

Okay so I don't know why I completely forgot to write about our epic brunch me, Sofia and Satsuki had two days ago....but better late then never! 

So we went to Sthlm Brunch Club (my new favourite place, maybe??), for a big, warm, nice brunch, perfect now when the weather is getting colder!

I got the salmon and avo bagel and the american pancakes with maple syrup and bacon. SOO yum!

Sofia had the Full English set with a very berry smoothie on the side. And Satsuki had their "Brunch Club Club Sandwich" together with their mangorange smoothie. All of us were more than satisfied after we left. Can't wait to go back hahaha!

 

Last night me, Sofia and Satsuki had a small Halloween party at my place. We made tacos and then watched a horror movie ("Babadook", scary af) followed by a movie starring TOP, called "Tazza: the hidden card". Really good movie and TOP was just...wow.

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We had such a fun evening together, and of course took tons of (ridic) pictures!

 

Woop so I this eveing I booked tickets to go and see Dan&Phil's "The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire" in December! I love those two guys and I just...I'm so excited. They were touring in the US during most of the spring so I couldn't really run in to them in London (like that was ever going to happen but whatevs) but NOW I actually get to see them, in my hometown!! It's gonna be amaaaazing~

 

Today I finished writing my essay! Or, well....kinda finished. I just need to tweak it a tad bit more, then it's completely done. Feels good.

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So after getting home I continued on my "guilty pleasure"- reward: The Twilight series (I actually rewatched the first movie last night hehe). Go ahead, laugh. I don't care. I am a grown woman and I can stand for this. The movies are easy to watch, the nature in the movies are just goooorgeous and very esthetically pleasing. So yeah, I enjoy watching the Twilight movies. Sue me.

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Between watching New Moon and Eclipse I also had a looong chat with both Mom and Dad on the phone. It was such a great talk. I miss them alot. Then to reward myself I went and bought a pizza. What an evening <3

 

So I took the day off today, from writing my essay. I have a whole week until I have to hand it in so...I'm not gonna stress with this one, like I usually do. 

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I went to the city, doing some window shopping, and after I got home I cleaned a bit. It was quite overdue. I finished Ventus's arc (?) yesterday (and then watched Captain America: Civil War <3) so no gaming today...I'm gonna wait with Aqua's arc (again ?? ) until I'm completely done with my essay.

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So yeah...nothing exciting going on here really. I'm just...content with life atm :)

 

 

Last night me and Satsuki went to Sofia's place to cook Palt!! We've been hyping it since summer and we wanted Satsuki to experience the REAL taste of Norrland! And honestly, for it being our first time ever making it, I'm actually pretty impressed by ourselves! The palt tasted just as it should, and for dessert we made a very fall-appropriate apple pie. We sat there, enjoying our palt coma, talking about random things while listening to music. Such a great evening.

 

Been kinda in a dream state since BTS dropped their new album, WINGS. Like, their single "Blood, Sweat & Tears" is one of those songs that makes you think "What was my life like before this song...?". Kookies song makes me feel....a lot of things at the same time. It's just so good. And "21st Century Girl" makes me wanna bounce around. I wasn't ready for this. I feel attacked. In a good way of course.

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Finished watching a K-drama today, "You who came from the stars". Reeeeaally good!! The bad guy looked like T.O.P's evil brother. And THAT is an accomplishment. 

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Studying is....progressing slowly. I'll start writing my essay on Friday and I KNOW I always keep saying how I am never prepared and how this/that course has been the one I've done the least studying for...but this course might take the cake. I, honest to Gackt, don't know what I've been studying the past weeks. How am I gonna write an essay about that?! But for some reason, I'm not that nervous...I think that's what happenes after a few years at Uni. I'll make it work somehow.

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Been having some awesome days with my dear friend Ina, who's been here visiting since Thursday. We've been eating a lot of good food, had looong breakfasts, done some shopping and, of course, some serious Pokémon Go playing. We've been running around Gamla Stan alongside the kids, catching some new mons and grinding like hell. We imagined our young selves, nerding over Pokémon and wishing they were real and all...and even though they aren't real (yet lol), catching Pokémon together like we've been doing these past few days was almost like a wish coming true.
Staying up late, laughing until we're crying from a joke made by an old class mate 14 years ago, having to force ourselves to shut up to get some sleep or else we keep talking all night long = standard. 

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Also, yesterday we had a lovely fika with our old friend Amanda. Always such a great time seeing her. Reminiscing about old times etc. 

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I only took a few pics these past days, but I think this picture of my epic taco tub will have to summarise this post. 

 

Yesterday, me and Sofia went to Yasuragi Hasseludden for some AW. Well, not real AW I guess, more like AU (after Uni, (not alternate universe you nerds)).

Anyways, we got of the bus out to Hasseludden and arrived to the spa just before 17:00. We got our yukatas and stuff and then got changed. Before going to the hot springs and the pools, we went to the spa lounge Kyarabi for some raw food bites, smoothie and tea. It was basically only the two of us there so we sat there chillin for a while, talking about feminism and social anthropology <3 

 

After that, we went to the pool areas. We started at the outdoor pools (there was like...five of them! Three of them were next to each other, and the other two were at different levels further beneath/behind them...difficult to explain).
At first there were quite a lot of people out there, but then they started leaving one after another, and in the end it was just us two there! It felt like it was our private onsen....so luxurious. 

We tried the other big, indoor swimming pool too and since we were alone there as well, we played around a little like proper kids haha! It was so much fun. 

When it was time to wrap up this amazing evening we washed ourselves "japanese style" in the shower room (sitting on a small foot stool, pouring water over ourselves with a bucket) and then slooowly got ready to head back home to Stockholm.

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The entire evening yesterday almost felt like...kinda honey moon-ish haha! Like, just me and Sofia (like literally since we didn't see that many people aside from the beginning when we got there), and just relaxing, eating, talking about everything between the war in Syria, One Piece and BTS. It was PERFECT! I can just see us two doing this over and over again, both at Yasuragi but also at different places all over the world. Since I know how much she loves these kinds of things too, it feels even better for me. Aaaah I'm rambling, but let's just say it was an amazing evening, with my amazing best friend <3

 

Yup. Just like the title says, today we (me, Satsuki and Sofia) went back to Berns to enjoy their aaaamazing Brunch. Me and Sofia felt that we just HAD to take her there while she's still in Sweden. 
I feel like I've been out eating brunch alot lately...but Berns...that's just...in a completely different league.
Didn't take that many pics today, since it's my 3rd time there and all my pictures just look the same every time hahaha. But here's some of them:

 

 

Despite spending over 6 h at Uni today, it was a really fun day. Probably because I spent it with my awesome classmates. Our seminar(s) were really interesting today as well...kinda feel a bit more motivated to start taking this course more seriously. 

 

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But not tonight. Because tonight I'm gonna play KH BBS until I fall asleep <3

 

I've been trying to get some stuff done this weekend, that I've been postponing for no reason at all. So yesterday, after I got back from the gym, I made a "to-do-list" and then started checking things off that list as the day rolled by. And the things I didn't do yesterday, I did today instead. So it's been quite a productive weekend, even though I didn't nearly get as much studies done as I should have....

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Besides that, after skypeing with Dena yesterday I got some OP feels and started reading the manga again (I was like 35 chapters behind wtf?!). It's just so....epic. It's epic. Aagh <3

 

To celebrate that we finished our first essay, the girls and I had decided to go to Sthlm Brunch Club for a well deserved, huge brunch. It was our first time there, and their menu had several delicious-sounding dishes! I decided to get the eggs benedict and one of their "insta shakes", called Strawfle (basically strawberry waffle).
And oh my gooood....the food was amazing! Their smoothies got the stamp of approval from my friends, aswell as their pancakes. The long wait (standing outside in the cold autumn wind for about 40 min I think...) was totally worth it. We could've timed it better, but either way, it was such an amazing way to start the day. Now I only have to drag myself to class between 16-18....I'm still so full hahah!

 

The title says it all. 

<3<3<3

 

The reason I've been MIA the past few days (or rather, the past week maybe) is because I've had my mom over visiting....and at the same time trying to write an essay. Yup. But I think I managed it pretty well, considering me and mom still had an amazing few days together and my essay is already finished. Hehe.

So yeah, here's just some random pics from the past few days with mom <3

 

I wish this post was about FF XV (which used to be called FF Versus back in the day) but no....no.

Although, it's about something good at least. You see, I started running low of one of my ride or die perfumes, Versace Versus, earlier this spring, and then happened to come across it while I was in London. So I bought it (super cheap as well!). Now when I was about to throw away my old bottle, I realized that my new one is waaay bigger! And I had no idea! So it's like a super win-win. It was cheap, and bigger than the old one. Awesome.

 

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Only thing is my emotional attachment to my old bottle. Becuase, I bought my original small bottle in Shanghai almost 5 years ago when we we're moving to Japan. So it has all the Japan feels and stuff you know. But, the scent itself is full of "Japan-feels" and whatnot so...I guess I'll live.