I have a very full week ahead of me. The bf is in Berlin for a couple of days.
Yesterday it was raining cats and dogs and pretty cold, but we still went to the museum of german history. Sheesh! That place is so big, you seriously need minimum 3 visits to see it all. Yesterday evening we went to a mexican restaurant close to our place. We hadn't done that in a long time and it was really romantic!
In ten days, I'm flying to Cologne for the bs'fs little brother's wedding. It's going to be really exciting!!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Bad vibes
I have no idea why, but it seems like right now there's a shadow hanging over me. It seems like many things that are important to me keep falling apart, people that are important to me aren't there when I need them. Where is the line between egocentric paranoia and solitude?
Why now? Trust me, I'm trying hard to find the silver lining here, to try and understand the deeper meaning of these days, but I'm not seeing it, not getting it yet.
Hmm it seems I still have some soul searching to do.
Why now? Trust me, I'm trying hard to find the silver lining here, to try and understand the deeper meaning of these days, but I'm not seeing it, not getting it yet.
Hmm it seems I still have some soul searching to do.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Acupuncture
I have 3 mini pieces of metal in my right ear and they're going to stay there for 3 weeks... Wonder if this thing works...
Loving Berlin
Berlin was a disappointment for me at the beginning. I guess I was expecting a sort of german Paris, and Berlin is sooooooooo different from Paris. In the last two years, I've learned to love this city, appreciate its charm, its alternative side, its underground side, its anonymous side...
Sometimes I dream of living in a smaller town, somewhere in the mountains or close to the Rhein... But then I think I would miss the new restaurants, new little streets you discover, going to a new cool place you never had noticed. I think I couldn't live in a town where everybody knows everybody. It would creep me out. I need to meet new people, make new experiences, develop further.
Sometimes I dream of living in a smaller town, somewhere in the mountains or close to the Rhein... But then I think I would miss the new restaurants, new little streets you discover, going to a new cool place you never had noticed. I think I couldn't live in a town where everybody knows everybody. It would creep me out. I need to meet new people, make new experiences, develop further.
Britney Spears Gimme More VMA Performance
I have to say, it wasn't her best performance, but I like the song anyways...
Friday, September 07, 2007
I look like a hamster...
I got my wisdom teeth pulled out yesterday.
Thing is, I'm really afraid of dentists in general. So getting my teeth pulled out... Let's just say I was told four years ago that these wisdom teeth have to go, but it took all this time to make the appointment. It was yesterday afternoon, around 5 pm, and the whole day was horrible. I had hardly slept the night before, had a headache, a stomach ache and had a bit of fever. At work I couldn't concentrate. When I got home before going to the dentist's, I was crying and almost hyperventilating.
All in all, it went well. The dentist was really nice, she gave me a local anesthesia. The procedure itself was pretty quick, but one of the most disgusting this I have ever been through in my whole life. The cracking sounds and taste of blood were horrible. On one side, my tooth was deeper into the bone, and it really hurt when she took it out ( she had a hard time with it). I cried a bit because of the pain on the left one. After it was done, I felt in shock, listened to the dentists recommendations, got up to make a check up appointment at the front desk, and I kept thinking about the cracking sounds my teeth had made, and started feeling nauseous, everything went grey and the dentist had me lay down and put my feet up. I felt like I was going to either puke or faint. Good thing my boyfriend came with me. He took me home, changed me into my pjs and took good care of me. This is what I look like, a real home patient:
I actually thought I was smiling on the picture, but because my mouth was so frozen I couldn't feel it.
Last night the fever was really bad, and my left side ( the difficult tooth) hurt much more than the right one. On my left side, the whole area around the wound hurts, as well as the back of my mouth,my jaw and my throat. The right side is not a problem. I think if both sides had gone well, I would barely have any pain.
I got some painkillers so I slept well last night and this morning the fever is gone. My left side is way more swollen than my right side now, so I look like a really weird hamster.
My boyfriend is taking very good care of me, he bought some baby food (strawberry is the best) and vegetable broth and vegetables he can mash for me to eat. Honestly, I'm not hungry at all. Yesterday I had to force my self to eat something during the day, but I was so nervous. Last night I felt quite traumatised and barely ate anything, and I don't know if I'll eat much today...
All in all, I'm very happy that it's over, but I never want to have a tooth pulled, ever again!!
Thing is, I'm really afraid of dentists in general. So getting my teeth pulled out... Let's just say I was told four years ago that these wisdom teeth have to go, but it took all this time to make the appointment. It was yesterday afternoon, around 5 pm, and the whole day was horrible. I had hardly slept the night before, had a headache, a stomach ache and had a bit of fever. At work I couldn't concentrate. When I got home before going to the dentist's, I was crying and almost hyperventilating.
All in all, it went well. The dentist was really nice, she gave me a local anesthesia. The procedure itself was pretty quick, but one of the most disgusting this I have ever been through in my whole life. The cracking sounds and taste of blood were horrible. On one side, my tooth was deeper into the bone, and it really hurt when she took it out ( she had a hard time with it). I cried a bit because of the pain on the left one. After it was done, I felt in shock, listened to the dentists recommendations, got up to make a check up appointment at the front desk, and I kept thinking about the cracking sounds my teeth had made, and started feeling nauseous, everything went grey and the dentist had me lay down and put my feet up. I felt like I was going to either puke or faint. Good thing my boyfriend came with me. He took me home, changed me into my pjs and took good care of me. This is what I look like, a real home patient:
I actually thought I was smiling on the picture, but because my mouth was so frozen I couldn't feel it.
Last night the fever was really bad, and my left side ( the difficult tooth) hurt much more than the right one. On my left side, the whole area around the wound hurts, as well as the back of my mouth,my jaw and my throat. The right side is not a problem. I think if both sides had gone well, I would barely have any pain.
I got some painkillers so I slept well last night and this morning the fever is gone. My left side is way more swollen than my right side now, so I look like a really weird hamster.
My boyfriend is taking very good care of me, he bought some baby food (strawberry is the best) and vegetable broth and vegetables he can mash for me to eat. Honestly, I'm not hungry at all. Yesterday I had to force my self to eat something during the day, but I was so nervous. Last night I felt quite traumatised and barely ate anything, and I don't know if I'll eat much today...
All in all, I'm very happy that it's over, but I never want to have a tooth pulled, ever again!!
Monday, August 27, 2007
I'm back!!
I'm back from my vacation! We were in Cologne, then in South Germany, but the weather was bad, so we drove straight to the alps, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Then we drove to Freiburg, in Germany, and attended the wedding of a friend of mine - here are some pictures of the alps!!
cows in a clearing on the mountain - you hear them from far away, they all have bells.
view of the Rhine Valley between Liechtenstein and Switzerland
cute little house in the mountain - we had a beer here on the way down...
the trail close to the top...
view from the top - it was kinda scary and really windy - but hey, I made it up to 2000 meters... The whole hike was 1,2 km upwards and took about 3 hours.
this is me sitting on the border between Liechtenstein and Austria.
cute little door on the trail
Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein ( has about 5 000 inhabitants - the whole country has 30 000)
This is our little group before leaving for the wedding:
and here we are with the happy couple.
It was a great, albeit short vacation. And a great wedding. I had fun!
cows in a clearing on the mountain - you hear them from far away, they all have bells.
view of the Rhine Valley between Liechtenstein and Switzerland
cute little house in the mountain - we had a beer here on the way down...
the trail close to the top...
view from the top - it was kinda scary and really windy - but hey, I made it up to 2000 meters... The whole hike was 1,2 km upwards and took about 3 hours.
this is me sitting on the border between Liechtenstein and Austria.
cute little door on the trail
Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein ( has about 5 000 inhabitants - the whole country has 30 000)
This is our little group before leaving for the wedding:
and here we are with the happy couple.
It was a great, albeit short vacation. And a great wedding. I had fun!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
ON VACATION!
Well, I'm off to COlogne to spend the weekend with the bf's family and then we're driving to south Germany, the black forest, the alps, etc. On the 25th friends of mine are getting married in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Be nice! I'll be back around August 27th!
Be nice! I'll be back around August 27th!
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Bachelorette party
We had my friend's bachelorette party on saturday. It was my first ever, so I can't really say if they're different than what we have in Canada, but this is how it went.
We surprised our friend with a pick nick in the park. We were eight girls, had oppened a bottle of the bubbly stuff and were wearing these really cute head bands with hearts on them - she really laughed when she saw this. Then, we got her really drunk and then told her she actually had a mission to accomplish - she had a "letter" from the heavenly council, and she is the lucky winner of a place on cloud 9. The only thing is, she has to finance her way there. She is awaited on August 25th (wedding day). Then, we gave her a basket full of stuff she had to sell on the street to men (home made cherry and chocolate muffins) and we dressed her up as an angel (it was really funny, she had golden wings and all). Since she was really drunk, she seemed to have no inhibitions at all, and not only sold all the muffins, but also all the fruit we had brought along and one of our headbands for a grand total of 50 euros!!
This financed the second part of the evening. We went to the Ballhaus in Berlin Mitte, which is a cool bar where you can dance, and they also serve food. They mostly played eighties music and my friend kept her angel cosutme on - it was really funny. After a few hours of dancing and drinking we then went on to another smaller cosy bar where the waiter offered us cherry vodka shots on the house...
I was tired on sunday!!
But I still went kayaking with the bf on the Tegel Lake, which was great.
Yesterday I discovered a new location close to my home - on top of a mall close to my appartment, they turned the roof top parking deck into a beach bar - complete with palm trees and sand. Last night I went there with the boyfriend to watch the sun set, barefoot in the sand. It was really cool, and there were so many planes taking off from Tegel airport. I wonder if any were leaving for Montreal...
We surprised our friend with a pick nick in the park. We were eight girls, had oppened a bottle of the bubbly stuff and were wearing these really cute head bands with hearts on them - she really laughed when she saw this. Then, we got her really drunk and then told her she actually had a mission to accomplish - she had a "letter" from the heavenly council, and she is the lucky winner of a place on cloud 9. The only thing is, she has to finance her way there. She is awaited on August 25th (wedding day). Then, we gave her a basket full of stuff she had to sell on the street to men (home made cherry and chocolate muffins) and we dressed her up as an angel (it was really funny, she had golden wings and all). Since she was really drunk, she seemed to have no inhibitions at all, and not only sold all the muffins, but also all the fruit we had brought along and one of our headbands for a grand total of 50 euros!!
This financed the second part of the evening. We went to the Ballhaus in Berlin Mitte, which is a cool bar where you can dance, and they also serve food. They mostly played eighties music and my friend kept her angel cosutme on - it was really funny. After a few hours of dancing and drinking we then went on to another smaller cosy bar where the waiter offered us cherry vodka shots on the house...
I was tired on sunday!!
But I still went kayaking with the bf on the Tegel Lake, which was great.
Yesterday I discovered a new location close to my home - on top of a mall close to my appartment, they turned the roof top parking deck into a beach bar - complete with palm trees and sand. Last night I went there with the boyfriend to watch the sun set, barefoot in the sand. It was really cool, and there were so many planes taking off from Tegel airport. I wonder if any were leaving for Montreal...
The results are in!!!
I got my results for 4 out of 5 exams....
(drum roll)
Well 2 of them were "A"s and two were "A+"s
yahoo!!!!!!!!!
Happy dance...
(drum roll)
Well 2 of them were "A"s and two were "A+"s
yahoo!!!!!!!!!
Happy dance...
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
The waiting game
By this morning, yesterday's euphoria had worn off. Dancing alone in your living room is fun, but waking up and having breakfast alone? Not so much.
I also have to wait a couple of weeks before I get the results of my exams, and even though I know they can't possibly be there yet, I still am already checking on the university's website...
I am one impatient little person!
I also have to wait a couple of weeks before I get the results of my exams, and even though I know they can't possibly be there yet, I still am already checking on the university's website...
I am one impatient little person!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
VACATION!!!!!!
I feel as happy as I look on this picture!
I feel like a 14 year old who gets to stay home alone for the first time when her parents leave for the weekend.
My boyfriend left this morning for his first day of work in another city. Wish him luck with his new job!!
I miss my long hair! now I have it only down to the shoulders
It's 4 pm and I've cranked up the music, I'm dancing in my pyjamas in my living room and will eventually start thinking abour making myself a radler.
What have I done today ? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Bad Weather...
It's raining again, and not too warm outside. Yesterday I went for coffee and shopping with a friend. I didn't find anything, but it was still a lot of fun.
Friday night was pretty cool. It was the going-away party for a friend of mine who will be in Seattle for one year. First we had Cuba Libres at a really cool bar a friend of mine owns, and then around 2 or 3 we decided to go dancing. We ended up in a club not far away, we were 3 girls and 2 guys... We payed the cover fee, got on the dance floor, and I realised we were in a gay club, and it was a ladies'night... I've never seen so many women kissing before!!!
It was pretty cool though, got home around 6:00 am, slept until noon.
Last night was a milder party, the Polterabend I wrote about. It was cool, a bit quiet, got home early, around 1:00 am.
Tonight I'll be taking it easy, cooking dinner for my boyfriend, having a nice romantic evening ( our last one nefore he leaves for Cologne on Tuesday.
Next weekend a girlfriend and I will be organising a bachelorette party!!
Now THAT is going to be fun!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Vacation!
Wahoo! Exams are over! No uni til mid october!
I don't even have to work until wednesday!
My schedule for tomorrow:
morning: appointment for a massage and some fango
afternoon: shopping!
evening: party! (a friend of mine is moving to Seattle and we're having a last big get together)
Saturday:
morning: sleep in
afternoon: meet a friend for coffee
evening: polterabend*
* remember the movie "poltergeist"? Well, a "Polterabend", or "polter-evening", is a German custom that people have before a wedding. One evening before the wedding, all the friends of the future married couple gather and through all the old dishes they have on the ground. The goal is to make as much noise as possible, to scare of the evil spirits, or "poltergeist" which might haunt the wedding. Funky, huh?
Sunday and Monday are still open, I think I'll work out, ride my bike, relax.
I don't even have to work until wednesday!
My schedule for tomorrow:
morning: appointment for a massage and some fango
afternoon: shopping!
evening: party! (a friend of mine is moving to Seattle and we're having a last big get together)
Saturday:
morning: sleep in
afternoon: meet a friend for coffee
evening: polterabend*
* remember the movie "poltergeist"? Well, a "Polterabend", or "polter-evening", is a German custom that people have before a wedding. One evening before the wedding, all the friends of the future married couple gather and through all the old dishes they have on the ground. The goal is to make as much noise as possible, to scare of the evil spirits, or "poltergeist" which might haunt the wedding. Funky, huh?
Sunday and Monday are still open, I think I'll work out, ride my bike, relax.
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