My sister =)

Just because she's lovely

Todays quote

And yesterdays...and all days to come for that matter

‎"Choosing one path means abandoning others - if you try to follow every possible path you will end up following none"

from my man, Mr. Coelho

That's been me for a long time..wanting to do everything and be everywhere..anywhere I'm not. Feeling stressed because there's so much to see and if I don't go now it will be too late. Even with todays technology, there is no possible way to be everywhere at once..thank God for that!
The frustration of not being able to choose a path led me..well, no where. Standing still, with a complete mess in my head. That's not what you want. Standing still gets you no where. That's definitely not what you want.

To stand still in a special moment is a gift. To stand still in life..well, that's fear.

New York, I love you

The movie...I just watched it.
An anthology film joining several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York.

On the cover it looks like the typical romantic comedy, just with a bunch of well know names..but it's so not. Of course I knew this when I picked it, because I usually neve pick romantic comedies...(no, but seriously I actually did know that this was a different one)

I think I want to go to New York..I know I want to go to New York. Not today. Not tomorrow. But you know..before I turn 30. There is something about that city..it's like everything is just there, waiting for you to discover.

Every Moment...Love begins

Todays quote

"Sometimes you need to lose your old self to find yourself. But when you find yourself,
don't lose yourself again...."

Paulo Coelho

CAPS LOCK

Is that not one of the most annoying things EVER, when people write a whole sentence, or even worse; a whole paragraph, in CAPITAL LETTERS? I mean common guys…really? See how I highlighted the word ever in capital letters to make my point more clear, and I also use it when starting a new sentence…do not, I repeat DO NOT (see, I did it again..) write a whole facebook status, blog entry, wall post or text message in capital letters. Why? Do you really want the whole world to think you’re either A: extremely angry or B: jumping up and down in your chair with excitement sharing whatever you are sharing with the world and you want to make sure EVERYONE sees it?

I can tell you this much..not EVERYONE is going to read it. Not me. It’s annoying. Please stop.

Public Toilets

Dilemma:
when you find the toilet is not left clean by the last person…do you leave it (because it’s not your shit..) or do you make sure you leave it clean so the next person doesn’t think it’s yours…??

P.S. This is of course only a dilemma if there is someone waiting to use the toilet after you…

Houses and other scary things

Is it socially acceptable to be 25 and looking at photos of other peoples houses, weddings, babies thinking “thank God that’s not me..”??
Does that somehow offend the ones with the houses, weddings and babies? I mean it’s not bad things to have…and it’s on my list too, it’s just that it’s so far down the list that I haven’t gotten to that page yet..I need to flip a few pages first..I might even have to go back a few in case I missed something. I mean, what happens the day your kid wants to know the meaning of all the stuff on a certain page and you can’t answer because you haven’t read it…

I don’t own a house (or apartment, or any other shape/form you can live in)

I don’t own a car (or even I bicycle…the one I got when I was 12 and still exists somewhere does not count.)

I don’t make a lot of money

I don’t have a career (hence the not making a lot of money…)

I don’t have a dog - yes, I think it must be on the ‘check list’ for being a grown up
(By the way I stopped growing in primary school, so not sure what the definition of ‘grown up’ is..)

I don’t have enough clothes to fill a wardrobe (due to stupid 20kg limit on planes…)
But then again..how many do you know that can fit most of their belongings in one backpack..yup, just me. P.S. It doesn’t count if you’re a guy…meaning not scando guys..meaning..like..you know…..MEN.

I don’t have a holiday house (I guess that’s a given ..)

I don’t own any furniture (again, stupid 20 kg rule..)

BUT,
I do have the freedom to get on the next plane..
and one day in not too long I’ll get to that scary page in the book.
The one with the house and stuff…

Grown up? me?

You know you're not 18 anymore when waking up, having a cup of tea and reading the newspaper is something you're really looking forward to..

p.s. and you're actually reading the articles, not just looking at the photos..

MoODs oF Oslo.No

This was meant to be posted yesterday, but technology didn't agree with me..
What a beautiful day in Oslo! I went walkabout, pretending to be a tourist and photographer, had the best time wandering the streets all by myself.
Here's a taste of Oslo twenty10.

Oslo SnapShots

This is my city :) I had to leave multiple times to miss it, but it finally appears as.. pretty likeable, not a bad place to be at all ;) Note that these are my words in July. November would most definitely be a different story.

About Friends

I hate it when a good friend gets a girlfriend/boyfriend and suddenly kind of stops being your friend..

I hope I'm not like that. If I am please let me know.

PhotoEditing.CoM

I downloaded PhotoScape today... it's a whole new world..I've been playing around with it, trying to figure out what all the different things do to my photos. Don't be tricked though..I can feel it already, how pressing a few buttons (most used is the 'undo' one) can make you feel like the shit..like "wow, I thought my photos were ok, but look at them now!"
I'm a newbie, an amateur, a know nothing, a rookie in photography..
Photoshop is not how you get good, but it's a pretty awesome playground.

I'm going to get my dads old analogue camera, get a few books and go back in time.

And guess what..I reckon I could do alright

Simple Maths...

What do you do when 0.5 + 0.5 no longer equals 1?
And what if it never has and never will?
Can you live your life being 0.5? Or do you have to compromise and try to get yourself to at least 0.7?

And where and what is X?