go to google.com
type in "let it snow". press enter
watch and be amazed!
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Thursday, 15 December 2011
The finals be upon you
Finals week, it's like that young kid you know will grow up to be a douchebag. It seems fine the week before, seems bearable and organized the week of, but the night before the exam? Nope, that's then all hell breaks lose. My night before the exam went something like this:
- eat cookies
- watch a movie
- watch shows I previously never cared about
- check email about 30 times
- Stumbleupon
- great chatting
- 30 minute nap
- think about food and whether I should go down the stairs to get some, because I'll have to come back up the stairs and that suuuucks
- staring at the wall
- studying
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Cookie time!
Just made Orange Roesli.
Not only did I not have enough butter and added more orange juice instead, I burned the chocolate and had to make another batch or melted chocolate. And something is probably let over in the oven from another time so it smoked like crazy. I also am in the process of making Spitzbuebe, but without the hole in the top one. And with homemade Brummbeeri jam.
Aside from the baking, I have eaten more molten chocolate in the past day than I did in the past year. Way to go...
Aside from the baking, I have eaten more molten chocolate in the past day than I did in the past year. Way to go...
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
The time of my life
There are many things that go on around us and we don't even realize it. Sometimes an entire day goes by without us seeing it happen. Many of us are not even fully aware that everything is flying by and what we know right now has changed by the time you finish reading this post. Sometimes I know time is flying right by me, hours pass and I don't mind. The modern world is so multifaceted that we don't even realize that in our time we miss so much of life.
But that's ok, I can live with that. What is probably more important than knowing what you've missed in life is realizing what you have not missed. I know that in my lifetime I didn't miss my family making the biggest decisions in their lives. I didn't miss the move to the country we now call home. I didn't miss all the holidays we have spent together that have brought us so close and let us grow into strong and well cultured people. I did not miss all the ups and downs that come with these lives and how we all came together to work our way through them. I did not miss all the festivities and the traditions we have created. I didn't miss family meetings where we were all involved in making decisions and plans. I didn't miss turning to my friends and family for advice and shaping my world so that I can make them and myself happy at the same time. I didn't miss returning home and knowing that while I was jittery and excited, so were my parents. I didn't miss the phone calls and chats with my siblings that, even when we're not talking at all, tell me so much. I didn't miss that I know I can always turn to those I love for support no matter what I did. I didn't miss making some of the best friends I will ever have and forming a personality that I am proud to call my own.
And even if the world is flying by while I dwindle at the sidelines, I know that really, I didn't miss anything.
But that's ok, I can live with that. What is probably more important than knowing what you've missed in life is realizing what you have not missed. I know that in my lifetime I didn't miss my family making the biggest decisions in their lives. I didn't miss the move to the country we now call home. I didn't miss all the holidays we have spent together that have brought us so close and let us grow into strong and well cultured people. I did not miss all the ups and downs that come with these lives and how we all came together to work our way through them. I did not miss all the festivities and the traditions we have created. I didn't miss family meetings where we were all involved in making decisions and plans. I didn't miss turning to my friends and family for advice and shaping my world so that I can make them and myself happy at the same time. I didn't miss returning home and knowing that while I was jittery and excited, so were my parents. I didn't miss the phone calls and chats with my siblings that, even when we're not talking at all, tell me so much. I didn't miss that I know I can always turn to those I love for support no matter what I did. I didn't miss making some of the best friends I will ever have and forming a personality that I am proud to call my own.
And even if the world is flying by while I dwindle at the sidelines, I know that really, I didn't miss anything.
Sunday, 4 December 2011
A rather typical weekend
A pretty typical weekend for this time of the year has turned out to be rather wonderful. Yesterday was Friday and I went to a bar around 7 to watch a football game. We stayed until 11 and then headed home with a friend to do what? Watch Aladdin and give massages. Yes, a wonderful Friday it was.
Saturday started well as well, I slept in until 12. Then we headed to the farmers market and to lunch at a cool restaurant where they had awesome fried chicken. Home, and ready to go to the basketball game dressed all in school colours. It was fun, but at half time we decided to go back home and around 9ish we started watching Pocahontas. Followed by Meet the Robinsons, and now, Hot Fuzz. I've been working on grad school applications, which hasn't been as relaxing and fun as the rest of the semester. But I think it's going to be OK now.
Tomorrow I'm going to spend most of the day sleeping and printing out applications. Hopefully I can finally wrap my head around some of these things. It's so annoying! But it's going to be OK, I hope...
Saturday started well as well, I slept in until 12. Then we headed to the farmers market and to lunch at a cool restaurant where they had awesome fried chicken. Home, and ready to go to the basketball game dressed all in school colours. It was fun, but at half time we decided to go back home and around 9ish we started watching Pocahontas. Followed by Meet the Robinsons, and now, Hot Fuzz. I've been working on grad school applications, which hasn't been as relaxing and fun as the rest of the semester. But I think it's going to be OK now.
Tomorrow I'm going to spend most of the day sleeping and printing out applications. Hopefully I can finally wrap my head around some of these things. It's so annoying! But it's going to be OK, I hope...
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