Friday, friday, friday

Isn't it just great?
How is it possible to get so exhausted every weekend after school's over? I still have a few things that needs to be done before Sunday but I wrote them down so it shouldn't be a problem.

I'm bit bored... I don't know why 'cause it's great to see my family again and stuff. Maybe this weekend didn't began so well from the moment I stepped inside at moms, but my neck hurt too much from carrying three heavy bags for 30 minutes and I've had a headache since noon. I just wanted to get to dads as soon as possible and chill.
We're finally here! Dad's busy with band stuff though, my sister is locked inside her room listening to Michael Jackson. The only person I'm talking to right now is my lovely stepmother. <3

-V

Mianheyo! My fault

Before I write anything else, I'd like you to take another look at the entry Home sweet home, 'cause I made a little mistake.

あいてる　acutally means "free" and not "sit". ごえめんね。 But like I said, I'm not sure about the spelling. I assume that あいてる is the -ている form of the verb あく。 Hmm.... anyway, I will write when I've asked my friends ^^

Anyway...
I listened to a new podcast today in which they were talking about the difference between the Tokyo dialect and the Osaka dialect.
Here's the conversation:

・ こんどの月曜日あいてる?
・　あいてるよ！
・　うめだで買い物したいなと思っていてんけど。　一生に行かへん?

Translation
- Are you free this coming monday?
- Sure, I'm free.
- I was thinking about shopping in Umeda. Do you wanna come?

こんどの月曜日 - this coming monday
...で買い物 - shopping in...
したい - I want to do (-たい form of the verb する which means "to do")

Okey, here's the Osaka dialect: 一生に行かへん?
In Tokyo, they said on the podcast, you use the -ない form.
たとえば、"一生に行かない?" but in Osaka they use へん instead. ^^

Do you understand?
Ne, take a look at the last sentences in the conversation again.
If you were to say "I was thinking of surfing at Suma (a beach in Kobe). Do you wanna come?" what would that be in japanese?
Here comes two other examples too. (If you like you could try in both Tokyo dialect and Osaka dialect)

- "I was thinking of playing soccer in the park. Do you wanna come?"
- "I was thinking of having pasta at an italian resturant. Do you wanna come?"*

*hint: having pasta - to eat - want to eat

Give me a comment with your answers please :]
がんばってね。

-V

Home sweet home

Yay, it's getting late but I don't mind. Slightly tired though, but I'll go to bed veryvery soon :] Just need to write a letter for the internship I want to take in my 3rd year.
My apartment is getting so cozy, I just had to say that. When coming back here on Sundays is like coming back to inner peace. This really is my sanctuary, and today I got my "bar table" so no more eating in the couch or on the floor xD A small place with candles lit everywhere.


It looks incredibly small on these pictures though, hehe. It's bit bigger in real life plus I wont upload pictures of my kitchen and bathroom :]

Anyway... Today has been an... OK day.
I started listening to some japanese podcasts for about two days ago (the ones I wrote about yesterday "Learn japanese with Beb and Alex") and I came across lots of things I had no clue about. Sometimes it's good to look back on the very basics. Okey, I'm gonna give it to you right here (all written in kana):

しつれいね。- You're being rude.
ひさしぶり - Long time no see
しょくじ - food
じゃ、またこんどね。 - OK, next time then?
・ここテーブルあいてますか。- Is there a free table?
・どうぞあいてるおせきどちらでも。- Please, sit anywhere you like.

あく - to be free (this confuses me a bit though, but I'll tell you the right thing as soon as I can)
おせき - seat
どちらでも - anywhere

・ごちゅうもんはよろしですか。 - Are you ready to order?
・．．．でもらえますか。 - Can I have...?
・はい、かしこもらえました。 - (polite) Yes, I understand/I took your order

Hope you will find it useful ^^ Guess that's all for today. Now I gotta write that letter...

Take care everyone!

-V

Cozy evening

The scent of sea breeze is overwelming in here, but it smells so good.
I bought this liquid that you drop in some water, put over a candle and after a while it smells fantastic, hehe. What's it called in english btw? I don't even know what swedish people call it. Hm...
Anyways...
Recently I have become a regular visitor in the "I-miss-so-many-people-right-now"-hole. It's... I don't know, it has good and bad feelings with it. The bad feelings are that I feel sort of lonely, a bit depressed and can't stop thinking about these people (do I sound like a stalker btw? xD). But the good feelings are that I love them so much! And those feelings are so much stronger, that's why I cling to them ;]

Uhm, yeah... I learned something new in japanese today btw, something I've been thinking about and struggling with for sometime.
The word くれる which means "to do something for me" (I think).

たとえば

・　教えてくれる = tell me
・　読んでくれる = read for me

エトセトラ、エトセトラ。
I think :]

And I've also been studying korean as much as possible, it's so much fun! And I want to improve my korean skills for 葵くん who helps me so much. ありがとうね、mi amiga ;D

A'ight, think that's all for tonight!

Take care everyone!

-V

Vanilla & nostalgia

Okke, like always (the majority of my blog entries) I'm in school for the moment. No I'm lying, but in my previous blog I tended to update only in school, and almost every entry began with "I'm sleepy". What a life back then! -thumbs up-

しかし、We're writing and doing research about venereal diseases and it's actually very fun since we will do posters and stuff of the information we get. Sort of... hehe.

And...

this is...

love!

I don't know why but I just love it so much! Real nostalgia to me. I used to listen to this song with a friend of

mine a lot for about two years ago.

And if you're not into "dirty techno music" at least give it a try from 0:50. It's pure love xD Sorry!

家にいる！

「Learn Japanese with Beb and Alex」というpodcastを聞いている。面白い！
ねぇ、今日は楽しかった。We got an exchange student from Texas in our class. She will (hopefully) go with us most of the time while she's here. とてもやさしい。
Hm... One week passed so fast, ne. It's Monday again already.
I came back to the apartment yesterday though. Had my issues during this weekend... I don't know why I got so upset and frustrated at mom's, I'm so sorry about that, 本当にごめんね。
A lot of fun things happened too though. I went to the releaseparty for Hollow Breed (you really should see their MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/hollowbreed). It was awesome! I met a few people whom I haven't seen in a while.
It's funny how you realise how much you've actually missed a person when you get to see him/her.
変だね．．．

But anyways! Vero and I took a walk yesterday evening, we had no idea where we were going but at least we ended up home, hehe.
The sky was awesome when we got to the top of that hill.
Somehow I tend to get very emotional at views like that. Don't know why though... It's those times when I wish I could fly. Would life be better/easier if I could? (silly thoughts...) Not that I should complain about my current circumstances, oh no. I'm just curious.

Hm... yeah, maybe I'll get to know one day ;]

Hope everybody else are doing great!

I'll write more later.

気をつけて！

ヴィッキ

Weekend!

Gosh, I am so sleepy! But weekend has finally arrived so hopefully we will have the time to rest.
I still have a few things to do. Schoolstuff... However, it has been a very good week though. I really enjoy my new life in the apartment and photos are to come but not yet :]
School has been so much fun too. It's great to see the class again. The only thing I can really really complain about is p.e... But no details... It will be fine.

Okay, what else? Yesterday I took the train back home to Torsby since Hollow Breed had their releaseparty at Torsby Camping. It was a very entertaining evening, I must say, but I will write about that in another entry. And maybe later since it's hard to find the right words right now (it's still early xD) But here's a picture of the album.

See you later!

-V

Quick update!

I'm alive, I promise, hehe. Don't think you have been so worried anyways.

However! I moved in to my new apartment a two days ago and I really love it there. Everything is perfect and the family next to me is so nice. Since I don't have Internet (yet) I won't be posting so much stuff (maybe on weekends or in school). I promise to upload a few pictures of my home for interested people :]

And a special thanks to my dear friend Aoi, who got me more or less addicted to DBSK/TVXQ (a South Korean boyband for those who don't know). I love the song Mirotic and I also got my sister to like it too, haha!

Okke, think I should give my attention to class now.

Everyone, take care and enjoy life, fulfill your dreams and spread the love 'cause it's awesome! ;D

-V

H&H (Hilma & Haircut)

So, another day (afternoon) with Hilma.
Went to her apartment, took me about 30-40 minutes but it was a very nice walk and the weather... lovely! Neither too hot nor too cold, just perfect. You can really tell that we're in the middle of August. I can't wait for fall, it's probably the most beautiful season of the year (and I seriously don't know why people complain so much about its rainy days).
Yeah, I joined Hilma to get a pizza (which I helped her finish) and then we sat down to chill on a landing-stage not far from my moms where we went wild with cellphone cameras.


It got cooler by the time as the sun settled behind the hospital building. We decided to visit mom (again) but it was a very short one. Well, not for me since I stayed a while and filled a box with some stuff for my new place :] Had a nice chat with mom before I went back home to dad.
My sister her friend and I occupied the bathroom for a while to cut our hair, and it was easier than I expected. Sharp scissors and a razor, if you want it spikey and all that. Perfect! And I must say I'm pretty satisfied with todays end result. Going to fix the rest tomorrow ;]


Okke, I'm getting sleepy... Better go to bed.

Everyone, take care!

-V

World Face-Pulling Championship

Yeah, check out this link. Jesus... xD


World Face-Pulling Championship

By the way, I finally found my precious coffee glasses! 10:- at Rusta and about 15 cm high. That's lovely! I don't know for how long I've been looking for these.


And also I had the time to take a look at my future "table" today. Just need to put some black glaze on and it will be perfect. The excitement came back to me today.
It's been a good day so far. Dad, stepmom, my sister and I headed "downtown" to have chinese. Well, we ended up at the chinese restaurant, it was awesome. I really like going there. The atmosphere, the set-up, the food (of course). And the staff is real nice.
Oh, from China to Japan, I'd love to have sushi someday now...

-V

Tisdag och Guitar Hero

GH i vardagsrummet.
Oskar sitter och gör tappra försök på Satch Boogie, jäklar vad roligt det är och usch vilka fina ramsor jag får höra mellan varven.


Lite dålig bild, men det mesta är ju som sagt bättre live.

Idag har det varit en slapp dag. Eller ja... det beror väl kanske helt på hur man ser på saken eftersom jag och Hilma var och slängde skräp vid återvinningscentralen. Tre vändor fram och tillbaka ifrån hennes lägenhet. Det är verkligen inte långt där ifrån, men med tunga grejor så blir det lite jobb ändå. Efteråt drog vi hem till mig så jag fick plocka ihop lite till min flytt, vet fortfarande inte riktigt vad jag ska ha med mig... Hilma var nog rätt trött efter ett trängingspass och städ.


Imorse hade jag världens inspirationsrus i hela kroppen. Jag skojar inte, det kittlade ända ner i tårna för det var så mycket jag ville göra. Tyvärr var det nått som spräckte den ljuva lilla bubblan när vi var på konsum. Har ingen aning om vad som hände, helt plötsligt kändes allt bara så meningslöst. Kan det vara att jag tänker lite väl mycket på flytten? Den kan bli en stressgrej ibland. Jag vill flytta, det är inte det, men det är när jag tänker på att jag vill köpa in nya saker och sånt där.
För egen del så är tankarna "Yes, nu börjar mitt nya liv, då vill jag ha nya grejer, nya tallrikar, bestick, lampor, ljus etc. etc". Någon annan som känner igen sig? Jag är rätt kräsen med vissa grejer, det måste jag säga. Innerst inne. Eller envis snarare, och speciellt nu när jag ska få ta hand om mitt eget ställe. Klart man vill ha det på sitt sätt då, vem vill inte det? Dock finns det massa saker som är kalas med att ta grejer som ingen annan behöver. Det blir billigare, och man kan använda pengarna till annat man behöver till exempel.
Haha, jag har ingen aning om varför jag skriver detta egentligen. Det verkar mest som en inre konflikt med mig själv. Hur som helst! Ville bara poängtera att det finns lyxproblem som detta och det är egentligen helt onödigt att gräva ner sig när det finns miljarder andra saker att vara glad åt.
Snart står jag väl så mycket som möjligt på egna ben ändå, och det ska bli dunderskönt!

-V

Gratis-Fashion.se

For people interested in fashion, check this out and spread the love, hehe.
Bli medlem och samla poäng :D

http://gratis-fashion.se/inviter-ven.php?id=41924

Sweet August

Sov till halv elva imorse. Det var underbart! Eller kanske inte... Förstår inte varför, men jag får stresskänslor i hela kroppen om jag sover "för länge". Inte det att jag har något viktigt att passa tiden till så jag skulle lätt kunna sova bort hela dagen om så vore. Tror det skulle göra mig gott också faktiskt. Det är nog någon gammal vana som ligger kvar. Mamma har haft en tendens till att komma in o väcka mig runt 9-10 för att tala om att frukosten står på bordet. Det kan hända att jag är jättetrött men känner att jag måste kravla mig upp ur sängen och bort till köket. Sjukt är det. Och sånt skapar stress, mina vänner. Egentligen ska man ta en paus varje dag på ca 30 minuter o bara vila. Det är jätteviktigt! Något som jag själv också behöver träna på. Så att man får ligga ner o bara ta det lugnt. Vi är inte gjorda för denna stressiga vardag vissa ständigt lever i (medvetet/omedvetet påverkade). Men det antar jag att det är fler än jag som kommit underfund med.
Anpassa din vardag efter dig, inte du efter vardagen!
Ja, det får väl bara det för stunden. Nu ska jag gå och möta syster.

Ha det fint!

-V

最初の書込み

F i r s t e n t r y , y e s .

Äntligen, äntligen, äntligen idag fick jag spendera lite kvalitetstid med HilmaDilma. Som jag har längtat efter henne. Först till Stockholm, sen till Göteborg, sen hem och så tillbaka till huvudstaden igen (resor som för övrigt var ohälsosamt roliga). Det kändes som att man aldrig mer skulle få träffas, och visst låter är det lite illa när man låter så desperat. Jag kunde dock trösta mig med att jag i alla fall fick se henne på TV hemma hos Malin i friidrotts-SM. (Ska passa på att klämma in en parentes och skryta lite över min käre vän som tog brons i slägga.) Men som sagt, idag blev det less talk more action. Efter att fått känt sig väldigt fåfäng framför spegeln och lite yoga imorse så drog jag ner till byn. Det var ju på tok varmt för att ha på sig jeans trots eventuella AC-hål, men det fattade ju inte jag förrän solen gassade på så jag trodde jag skulle flyta bort. Jaja, erfarenheter är aldrig fel. En 25-minutare till Jouren alltså, där Hilma satt o väntade så snällt. Istället för vårt klassiska hos kroknäsorna (ursäkta ordvalet) så drog vi till Pekås o plockade på oss smågodis o nötter för att sen gå hem o sätta oss i vårt gula hos mamma. Passade på att byta brallor några gånger.

En fortsatt mysig eftermiddag när vi gick ner till byn igen o klämde en gammeldags special bestående av en våffla, två glasskulor, mjukglass o valfri topping - strössel eller klet, you choose. Hilma tog noisett (eller vad det hette), något som påminde om nougat. Fyfasan va gott det var, och jesus vad mätt man blev! Skojar inte, skulle kunnat rulla nerför hela Järnvägsgatan om så vore! Men det var värt allt.
Allt slutade med att vi hamnade uppe hos Hilma o drack te, jag fick låna hem epilatorn som jag ska testa imorn (rykten säger att det gör jäkligt ont, så nu får vi då testa smärtgränsen). Mina ben ser ut som träden utanför Rikstadshuset, kapat rätt av -tummen upp-.
Nej, nu blir det natten. Har massa sömn att ta igen.

Gonatt med er!

-V