Tue, Sep 2nd: 1 week left..
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mood: stuffed ^^;

I feel so full I can hardly move... I went to eat pizza with my coworkers today after a staff meeting. Had icecream for dessert ^_^ This day has in short been pretty crazy - I was just so busy and I had two meetings to go to, and two of my coworkers had to go home because they were sick, so I was really stressed out. Nobody can stress out like Vivi can... There's just so much to do, and of course I'm quite a perfectionist, so it's difficult to get all my tasks done properly while at the same time being bombarded with questions and requests from customers. I'm always busy but now it's just one week left until my vacation, so of course there's a ton of things I HAVE to do now before I leave :P In less than one week now I'll be on the plane on my way to Japan... I AM a bit nervous, but it's not so bad since I've been to the doctor and gotten some little pills against my overwhelming fear of flying long-distance. Also I've been reading my Rough Guide and checked out some internet sites and planned many things I want to do when I get there. I'm also bringing some books and the first season of Star Trek : TNG on DVD - I'll be there for 4 weeks and it's after all my vacation, so I'm going to relax too!! Of course I plan to do a lot of shopping, so I found this site very helpful - gave me some ideas of new shopping malls to visit. I've been to EST only once before, but I'll definitely go back there - thankfully, the site assures me that even though the mall "targets women from teens to the late twenties, more sophisticated women are welcomed, too". Lol.. sophisticated ^^; HEP Five and Nanba Walk are some of my favorites, so I'll definitely go there again too. I've found a reasonably priced apartment type hotel to stay at, so I'll have my own tiny apartment with unit bath (bathtub! :D) and mini kitchen - I hope it's not too shabby. So basically, I still think maybe I overdid it a bit when I decided to stay there for 4 weeks, but I'm pretty excited about leaving anyways :)

Wed, Aug 27th: Oslo
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I live in the 4th most expensive city in the world.. haha. Or maybe not so much haha...

Thu, Aug 21st: rain & thunder
07:11 PM GMT [link] [No Comments]

mood: tired

It was so hot at work today, and I felt like I was just about to get a headache - no wonder because when I was walking home the rain started pouring down and there was thunder too. I had an umbrella in my bag, but when I tried to open it it actually fell apart :P Cheap stupid umbrella.. I had to stop by the nearest shop and buy a new one. Now I'm glad to be home and dry and comfy :)

I finished watching the first season of Babylon 5 and am having serious withdrawal symptoms now.. haha. Thankfully a friend lent me season 2 of The IT Crowd on DVD and it's just so funny x)

Sun, Aug 17th: It was the dawn of the third age of mankind...
10:58 AM GMT [link] [2 Comments]

mood: lazy

I've found a new hobby - sitting around every evening just watching episode after episode of Babylon 5 ^^; I borrowed the first season on DVD from a friend, and since it's been years since I saw it I really enjoy rewatching it. It's the most relaxing thing to do after work - after 3-4 episodes my mind is totally removed from all the stress and worries of my job, and I can actually fall asleep more easily, haha.

I've finally started reading Breaking Dawn. For some stupid reason, the publisher refused to send us the books before the publishing date - which meant we could not start selling it from the actual publishing date, but had to wait 2 weeks for the books to arrive from England :( I'm enjoying the book so far and it's delightfully huge :) Next book to look forward to is of course The Tales of Beedle the Bard!! I never thought that we common mortals would ever get to read it. Of course I want this edition..

I went to Denmark to visit a friend last weekend and had a really nice time. Upon arrival, though, when I was going to switch on my phone after the flight, I realized that I'd forgotten to memorize my new pin code and of course I hadn't written down my friend's phone number anywhere :P This was troublesome because I didn't know when I'd arrive in her town and I needed her to pick me up because I'd never been there before.. Eventually I found a combined internet/phone booth, and found her dad's phone number, so I could call him to ask for her number. Of course, on the top of it all, I had to wait one hour for the stupid train. When I finally arrived, it was around 1 o'clock in the morning and I was pretty exhausted. The next day was great though, we went to Copenhagen and the weather was nice. Found the botanical garden which was really beautiful, and did some shopping. On Sunday we walked around the little town where she lives. It's very pretty and there are some really cozy looking houses there - but it was strangely quiet. Hardly any people out and about, and almost no lights on in the houses at night.. really weird. On Monday I spent some time in Copenhagen before getting on the plane back to Oslo. I looked around in some shops, but didn't buy anything! *gasp* The things that I liked were all rather expensive, and I'd rather save my money right now so I can have more to spend when I go to Japan..



Near the harbour area.



Nice Danish houses :3


A little green area between my friend's apartment building and her job - must be so nice to walk through here every day!

Mon, Jul 21st: The Host
12:08 AM GMT [link] [1 Comment]

I spent this Sunday in the most luxurious way possible - just reading, aaall day x) I bought The Host by Stephenie Meyer, and although it's not a part of the Twilight saga it's very engaging - difficult to put down! Too bad I have to work tomorrow - I'd rather just sit around and continue reading :B

Tue, Jul 8th: Zelda
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Things are looking much brighter at work now :) The shop looks nice actually. A few things left to fix, but things are basically back to normal. Still busy, but normal busy ^^; A lot of running around, but not so much hauling and carrying and cleaning etc..

I got Zelda : Phantom Hourglass for Nintendo DS yesterday. So far I'm having a lot of fun, solving puzzles and sailing and running into everyone's houses :D It's also fun to blow into the mic to extinguish candles and yell into it to get someone's attention! Although I'm sure I'll soon be stuck at some difficult temple or stupid boss and I'll be so angry I'll want to throw the DS into the wall..

And I decided to go to Japan.. for a month, in September. I'm terrified at the thought of flying but I so badly wanted to go there again.. And Finnair had super cheap tickets, so.. now I'm both nervous and happy :)

Thu, Jun 19th: waiting for the weekend...
08:12 PM GMT [link] [2 Comments]

I'm so incredibly tired - everything in the store has been a mess and we had to delay the opening 2 days. I worked 13 hours on both Mon+Tue :P We finally opened yesterday, but it's still pretty messy in there. A lot of things went wrong and it'll be weeks before everything's back to normal again.. I can't wait for the weekend! ^^;