caught the end of the eurovision finals  on tv just now. and norway won. and it reminded me of being in bergen with laurie and flora, and battling the snow and finding quaint cosy cafes up the hill in some random back lane, and the wonderful train ride with rolling hills and frozen lakes, snow on treetops and pure, untouched nature ( Read more... )

 Read this while doing my qt the other day.. :)

"These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt someone. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. ( Read more... )

hee hee! this lj is dying a slow death.. and google.com.au is showing a very hungry caterpillar.. i'm sure none of you will understand the significance of this unless you read children's picture books.. hur hur..


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its strange being back this time around ( Read more... )

M (5 year old kid who just learnt how to count to 40): how old are you, Esther?
Me: 22
M (counts under her breath): 22, 23, 24, 25....
M: Wow! You're almost 30!! :D
Me: Well, no, not really...

My supervising teacher couldn't stop laughing at me after that.. :( I'm most definitely not 'almost 30'! raar..

till i board the plane for home and close this chapter ( Read more... )

the lead up to christmas last year (oh my, its 2009 already!) was extremely nice.. well, nice is a weird word to use, but if you get what i mean, you get what i mean. :) loads of belly aching laughter and silly antics and stupid jokes. and nice cafes and slow walks and thoughtful conversations ( Read more... )

22-24/12: copenhagen, denmark
24/12-05/01: toulouse+angers, france
05-14/01: malmo, sweden
14-19/01: abisko+stockholm(for one day), sweden
19-24/01: malmo sweden
25/01: home!
26/01: stuff myself full with cny goodies. :)

stolen from a friend's blog.


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i absolutely love christmas shopping in sweden! :D i want to open all the nicely wrapped presents i bought for other people.. i even wanted to ask the salesgirl to wrap up something i was buying for myself.. so that i could go home and unwrap it like a happy lil girl on christmas morning.. :D hur hur ( Read more... )