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Last days in Sweden
Here are some of the pictures from my phone from the last days in Sweden. I just focused on spending as much time with family and friends as I know I wont be seeing them for at least one year! Well, that is to say, if they don’t come and visit us here in Australia 🙂Here with the lovely Mina.
Mona, Milton & John Glad <3
Persians… eating pickles and raw onion for breakfast!
After my own family went back to Barcelona, I basically moved in to Mona and John’s house haha
They are exactly “my kind of people”. We had soo much fun together.
Looking back now, I am so grateful that they moved to a house close by, and I could stay with them.
Otherwise I don’t think I would have enjoyed Sweden half as much as I did this summer.
Last lunch in Sweden. Was not even planed, we just happened to run into each-other. I ordered a very typical Swedish dish of course. Fish, potatoes and remolade sauce. With extra lemon. Amazing!
One great dinner was spent with Måne Beate and her lovely family in Wild Väsby (as she calls it)
We almost managed to get her daughter in the picture as well 🙂 🙂
Good good evening!
This little fatso has to end this entry on my last days in Sweden. Because I thing he was the person I literately spent the most time with !Such great least days in Sweden. Relaxed and spent with people that mean alot to me. But I was super ready and excited to get back home to Ambrose.
Since Ive been back it has been one full beach day, next day a storm in front of our cozy fireplace. A surprise engagement party for two of our friends. A new gym and 4 upcoming wedding to attend to. I thought all of that has to be on its own entry. xx
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Reflect, refocus and decide
One stormy day at Bronte BeachI haven’t been in here for many days now. I needed the time. Time to reflect. Time to refocus. Time to decide.
These three pictures, I believe represents my last days here in Sweden.I have spend all my energy and dedication on doing just what these couple of sentences from Tony Robbins sais.
I should have been totally exhausted. Instead I just feel more empowered, enthusiastic and calm as Ive ever have felt before. Funny that. I don’t understand it but I think the explanation is that I am on the right tracks now.
Life; if your not who or where you should be, everything feels exhausting. When you are who and where you should be, nothing exhausts you.
The little time I had left I spend outside and with these crazy boys 🙂
Now I am 100 % ready to go home. My beautiful home. I could not be more excited.
xx
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Why do we do what we do
Some day’s you feel like you are drowning. And you don’t know what to do about it. Today is one of those days.
And all I can manage to do right now is to just study, I study human behavior. Over and over again.
That’s the only thing that works when I am sad.
Search for an explanation I guess..I don’t feel like doing anything else so I’m sorry but I can at least give you some of what I’ve learned tonight….
Here is what Tony Robbins have to say about ; Why people do what they do.
We all have a reason for WHY we do the things that we do. And there are only 6 reasons.
6 reasons to figure out what drives us. They are not goals and not desired. We all have different goals and desires.
These 6 reasons, we all share, each one of us The reason we all are so different is because we value these reasons different.
They are called The 6 Human Needs.- Certainty
- Uncertainty ( need variety, surprise )
- Significance ( need to feel special/unique )
- Connection & Love
- Growth
- Contribution (need to share ones experience with others )
Here is a very interesting fact about our mind:
“Anytime your mind proceeds that Doing something, Believing something or Feeling something meets at least 3 of your needs. Then you will become addicted to that thought, that feeling, that emotion or that action.
Whether its positive or negative for you. ” Tony RobbinsGood night. xx
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my True loves
If all else fails. These 4 beautiful souls are my loves. Always, Now and Forever.
I am restless, tired but cannot sleep, wish I was hanging out with any of these 4 right now <3I am feeling like a roller coaster today and don’t even want to be in here right now. Thought it would clear my head a little but it didn’t. So I am going to go to bed. Good night everyone, take care of those you love.
As corny as it may sounds. Nothing else matters. Nothing. xx____________________________________
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hair colorist
My camera is living its own life. I had to take the pictures of my new hair in this weird way, because my camera has decided to now only take pictures on “selfie mode”. And makes all my pictures yellow nowadays 🙁
But love my hair! Thank you Samer.
I thought I would introduce you guys to my hair colorist.
I do have a couple that I go to depending on which country I’m in. This is whenever I am in Stockholm, Sweden.
His name is Samer and he is a genius when it comes to coloring. Since I originally have black hair its is quite hard to turn that into blond, which I have been for some time now. Anyone who have gone true this, knows that you cannot just switch from black to blond without an very good colorist. Samer is that, whenever I go to him, I can fully trust that he knows his job.
Its very important to do some research and be willing to spend some money whenever you want to color your hair. Otherwise your hair can turn orange or in worst case, you can completely damage your hair. Go to Samer if you are ready for a change with your hair, you wont be disappointed.For more information on what he specifically did on my hair or for bookings follow him on Instagram : @samerhairstyles
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Restaurant Ponds
The other day I meet up at Ponds with one of my friends that I had not seen in many years. I though it was about 8 years ago which is a damn long time. It was actually 13 years since I saw her last time…13 YEARS!
She had not changed one bit. Still beautiful on the inside and out. Funny and sharp haha .Think that is one of her qualities that I admire the most.
The way I would describe Måne Beate is something between; loose and careless mixed with elegant and graceful. Not many people can manage that. She does it perfectly.While I was somehow trying to recap whats been going on in my life I realized how much can happen in ones life over 13 years.
And I loved hearing about her life, about everything that’s been going on. Life sure is a roller coaster, for all of us. Its the same, just different stories for all of us.This time in Sweden I discovered something interesting about myself. I noticed that I “study” people I am interacting with in a more conscious way. And I’ve made sure to make a note for myself every time this happens. I read somewhere that instead of trying to learn something or do something from scratch, when inspired by something, for instant a quality someone has, we copy that. For instant, whenever I am with someone, I try to really listen to them, learn from their stories. And if I notice a quality that I like about them, I will implement that into my life.
I think we all do this subconsciously and that be dangerous. But if we notice this we can then choose just the qualities we want.
The reason why I even mentioned this is because of those qualities Måne has. Fun and elegant at the same time. Love that about her. We already made another date before I leave of course. xx________________________________________
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Sigtuna
Yesterday after I met my friend Måne for a long lunch I got picked up by Sara and her amazing little daughter Julia. The plan was to meet up with the rest of her family in Sigtuna for dinner. Its quite a drive to Sigtuna from Täby, about 40 minutes. Not in Australian terms haha but here in Sweden you usually don’t drive 40 minutes to someones house. In Sweden that’s like driving to another town hahah.But I enyojed the drive, got to catch up with Julia who is one of my top five children I know. The way she looks, talkes and behaves is not like any other child. She is more like an character from a Disney movie.
And I’m not the only one saying that. An example of her is this; a family friend asked the other day if they could get a hug from her. Julia’s answer is this; ” No thank you, I don’t want to give you a hug, last time I hugged you, you smelled like farts”. 🙂 🙂 🙂 I mean how can you not love her!?When we arrived we all went for a walk next to the lake, then sat down for some coffee and ice cream. I cant remember the name of this cafe’ but its just by the water and really cute. They had alot of salads and baked goods. All made at this coffee shot and it looked and smelled delicious. And their garden was super pretty. If you want to see pictures of something typical Swedish, this is it!
We had a late dinner at my aunty’s place, around 8 pm because nobody was really hungry and as usual she made food for an whole army and there was a take away bag for all of us as well. Family is the best.
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Cafe’ Saturnus
– Me and the 2 photographers Mats and Hanie 🙂 Jasmin took the picture –
Good morning. A couple of days ago we went for a typical Swedish “fika” at a place I wanted to recommend. Its called Cafe’ Saturnus and is located on a smaller street on Östermalm; Erikbergsgatan 6.
We took in rhubarb pie with warm vanilla sauce, lime cheesecake and I think Mats’s sandwich was salami & brie. We were going for lunch afterwards so I did not even look at their menu. But as the plates were coming out I could see that they looked pretty good. Next time I will go here for lunch.Think this place is a little famous for their cinnamon buns. They looked like normal buns except they are big enough to feed a whole family. Next time I’ll go there for lunch I try to remember to take a picture of the enormous bun.
Now Im going to jump into the shower and get ready for the Dr’s appointment I have at 9:30. After I think I need to go look for a dress. We have 4 wedding to attend in the months to come. 4!!! So I better start shopping. Afterwards I have alot of stuff to finish, leaving soon and want to be ready.
Enjoy the day. Looks like its gonna be a sunny day. At least here in Stockholm.____________________________________________