Berghslilja

japan

2010-06-10T21:05:00.002+02:00

We spent 2 weeks

in Japan. Mostly

Tokyo. I'm

fully inspired!

pattern

2010-05-15T09:26:00.003+02:00

new passion.
patterns.
i made basses
jumping.

break

2010-05-14T13:22:00.004+02:00

went for a dance break.

brought my camera.

new objective.
as in camera lens.

jaquline is model.

election 2010

2010-05-01T22:36:00.004+02:00

marlene and zion

2010-05-01T18:22:00.004+02:00

finally!

they both looked

gorgeous. :D

i wish i was there..

2010-04-27T23:44:00.003+02:00

...behind camera...

the one who clicked

the button... *click*

design to håkan lidbo music/sound

2010-04-27T07:34:00.003+02:00

school project. we were handed out different

music/sound pieces by håkan lidbo.
together with dag forsberg.

Untitled from Anna Maria Liljestrand on Vimeo.

visit from boston

2010-04-27T07:20:00.003+02:00

marlene, one of my oldest friends lives in boston since many years. this pic is from last time i saw her. 2,5 years ago. she was pregnant. her flight has been cancelled due to iceland vulcano. finally she and her son zion are on their way.

dream team

2010-04-26T22:51:00.002+02:00

my love is in malmö. that's where i'm spending valborg. can't wait.

KOBRA vignette

2010-04-23T12:23:00.002+02:00

kobra-vinjett from Anna Maria Liljestrand on Vimeo.

A vignette for the Swedish TV show KOBRA. Together with Johan Lonegran.

summer 1982

2010-04-15T23:20:00.002+02:00

old photos. in a fire. marks. from our summerplace in Finland.

summer is on its way

2010-04-14T23:51:00.004+02:00

there's something about Scandinavian people and the first glimpse of sun at spring. they just seem to "appear"..

premiere for "uteservering" (a beer OUTSIDE) and my sunnies. welcome back!

thank you mother for legs!

2010-04-09T18:23:00.002+02:00

this weekend i will work intensively with my magazine. it's a magazine for house dancers. and one of the reportages is about different styles in a very abstract and metaphoric manner. in corporation with the photographer course.

my legs will be showing different clothing styles that will reflect the development of house dance. but sitting with the pics in front of me i must admit my legs look very good...

photographer: karin rudefelt

one of my favourite shots

2010-04-07T18:07:00.001+02:00

light, originally uploaded by anna maria liljestrand.

i miss those times when all that i did was photographing. all experiments with different lightning and people. my time and energy can't afford that now. but i look forward to summer. and japan. i bring camera. :)

Flickr

2010-04-07T18:04:00.001+02:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

My Biblis

2010-04-07T09:15:00.002+02:00

I recieved my Biblis last week. And I made the cover. Voila!

The cover is originally a cover paper from a birthdaypresent. I experimented with the marks from the sticky tape who took away the black colour and left beautiful marks.

Razz

2010-03-22T22:30:00.003+01:00

a magazine project i'm working on. about a subculture called razzmajazz (fictional). these are the cover photos.

boutique hotel

2010-03-17T05:54:00.004+01:00

a project together with KID. the concept is a pod hotel built high up and structured from the living of the bee. minimal but exclusive.

poster for Moderna Museet Collections

2010-03-17T05:26:00.012+01:00

a poster we made for design history where we worked in Paul Rand spirit. so by hand. inspired by Monogram by Robert Rauchenberg which is the top piece of the collection. right now located in at Moderna in Malmö.

monki bissniss!

2010-03-08T20:12:00.004+01:00

and suddenly she switches over to english. again. by many reasons of course. mainly to try to save the remains of the flow she used to own. and i learned today that there are about 60 000 more words in english than swedish. so more fun that way!

anyway, last week was the deadline for the Systemtex's competition. this is my contribution. based on the three monkeys transformed to monkeys in the spirit of Bergh's.

a bite of life

2010-03-08T20:03:00.004+01:00

I höstas hade vi besök av Adam Mansbach där vi fick deltaga i en workshop baserad av storytelling. Slutprodukt blev en poster för en rock-musikal. Tillsammans med Frida Pihl.

att hoppa!

2010-02-22T10:41:00.003+01:00

min polare A-K är i nya zeeland o äventyrar. det får mig att tänka tillbaka på mitt år som ensam backpacker samt tiden just i nyss nämnda land.

jag hoppade bungy jump som bara den. i queenstown kan man göra 3 stycken och jag gjorde dom alla. den högsta var Nevis som förr var världens högsta, 132 m. att en nervositet kan försvinna så snabbt och förvandlas till den mest underbaraste känsla fascinerar mig fortfarande. fritt fall på nästan 9 sekunder gör att man verkligen hinner njuta och tänka över livet.

jag saknar hopp som Nevis-hoppet i mitt numera ganska "normala" liv. alla borde få genomgå ett sådant hopp. det gör inget annat än berikar.

bröllopsfotografen

2010-02-01T21:07:00.002+01:00

min bästa vän cj har börjat varva fotojobb till mig. det började med hans föräldrars bröllop o nu blir det sommarbröllop samt eventuellt ett höstbröllop. gott med agent-vänner... :)

älskade kreativitet!

2010-01-28T12:15:00.002+01:00

fick precis ett tips av ToveLisa om en görkul blogg. det gör mig påmind om varför jag dras till kreativa människor. jag menar: slå detta!

http://kaffekokarkokboken.blogg.se/

inte konstigt man klagar...

2010-01-27T21:47:00.002+01:00

...när man "är van vid" att vara i Melbourne vid den här tiden... Det fick mig att kolla igenom mina gamla foton på flickr. Check it out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/liljestrand/

visst fan e det vackert...

2010-01-27T10:25:00.000+01:00

...men lite väl uttjatat. snälla vår: kom!

propaganda-affisch

2010-01-27T10:22:00.001+01:00

obs! den ska tryckas på guldfärgat papper.

JANUAR

2010-01-20T22:10:00.004+01:00

Jag jobbar ibland på MS Polarlys, en Hurtigrutebåt, i Norge. I somras kom vi på att vi ville göra en kalender för 2010 där 12 av oss tjejer skulle inta en position som officer eller typiskt mansdominerat yrke. En kul grej. Välkommen miss Januar! Miriam som maskinchef.

sjukt bra föreläsning.

2010-01-15T00:17:00.002+01:00

Vi hade en grymt bra föreläsning tidigare idag. Med Tomas Bacoccoli från MTG. Det är så svårt att beskriva vad det var han snackade om men här är ett klipp som greppade mig totalt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR5mZqeDNtg

Den som INTE gråter till denna...

talib kweli

2010-01-14T11:29:00.002+01:00

Ett av mina favorit-konsertfoton jag någonsin tagit genom åren är från en konsert med Talib Kweli i New York i oktober 2006. Det var i slutet av min jordenruntresa som jag gjorde på egen hand och det kändes så jävla gött att fira det bästa året i mitt liv gungandes i en tät crowd.

Att gå på konsert är bland det bästa man kan göra när man bor i stan. Det har inte blivit så mycket sedan jag flyttade upp till Stockholm men tänkte faktiskt ta mig till göta källare den 9 februari för att både avnjuta en av tidernas coolaste rappare samtidigt som jag firar min födelsedag. Ska bara kolla biljetter...

make.believe

2010-01-14T11:19:00.002+01:00

Vi hade ju en asrolig workshop med norrlänningen Peter Viksten som bl.a gör projekt för Sony. Det blev också vår uppgift. Vi skulle göra en affisch för Sony med deras nya koncept make.believe som innebär effekten av när teknik bidrar till att något vackert skapas.

Min affisch visade hur kodning skapar något vackert. Så huvudaffischen visar koder som till sist blir en blomma - en blomma som avspeglar luktsinnet. I bakgrunden lade jag upp ansikten som blundar och luktar.

Feedbacken jag fick var att idéen var väldigt bra, men lite väl mycket med de sniffande personerna. Jag höll med helt och hållet. Det är bara så att har man väldigt kort tid och vill förtydliga så kan man gå för långt ibland. Det han också sa var att själva omvandlingen från koder till blomma kunde bli mer dramatiskt. Lite morphad t.o.m. Jag hoppas att jag får tid och flyt till denna att den kan bli fullbordad. En mycket kul uppgift.

mitt tåg

2010-01-14T11:12:00.003+01:00

I höstas hade vi en uppgift i Grafisk form där vi skulle designa ett X2000 tåg där 3 olika egenskaper skulle ingå: Snabbhet, Miljö samt Coolness. Vi fick en vecka på oss och jag kan känna att jag var på väg mot rätt riktning men mitt tåg är inte fullbordat. Men ska ta o jobba på den så fort det blir lite tid över...

Min tanke med designen kom från elledningarna som jag personligen tycker är snygga. Och på ett sätt avspeglar det miljö och snabbhet men feedbacken jag fick var att det inte såg så miljövänligt ut då det påminner om industri. Även om jag hade ett motargument att färgen skulle leda betraktaren åt miljöhållet så förstår jag att det inte var ett tillräckligt starkt argument. Att ledningarna reflekteras uppifrån fick mig också att tänka på andra saker som kan reflekteras, så jag funderar på att lägga in natur-element. Vi får se...

bokomslag och ett fynd

2010-01-12T18:17:00.002+01:00

Förra terminen hade vi symmetrisk typografi och då gjorde vi en bok. Textsättning och omslag till boken Herodotus - The histories. Uppgiften gick också ut på att skapa en serie och visa hur man hade tänkt. Min grekiska serie blev inspirerad av oliven vilket fick dekorera ryggarna så att de tre verken synkar varandra när de står i hyllan. Dessutom valde jag att "sälja" min böcker i ett kit, en upplevelse där man då får en specialdesignad olivburk som man kan avnjuta medan man läser.

Ett fynd jag gjorde i en lugar (hytt) när jag städade i julas. Ett tyskt par hade med sig öronproppar, eller ljudförmjukare (för det låg bomullsliknande tussar i). Jag föll pladask för förpackningen och när de väl hade gått av båten hade de slängt 2 st förpackningar som jag genast beslagtog och rengjorde. Nu dekorerar de min hylla i väntan på eventuellt annat användningstilfälle.

nytt år, nytt nytt men också tillbakablickar och ett slut.

2010-01-12T17:10:00.002+01:00

Nu har man återgått till Stockholmsliv och skola. Sista veckan av lovet spenderades nere i Skåne där jag bara kopplade av. Det var första gången på länge länge jag uppfattade 1 vecka som två. Att äntligen få koppla av och koppla ifrån all stress var det ultimata slutet av ett välbehövligt jullov.

Vad som också inkluderade slutet av lovet var beskedet att Inez gått bort. Inez var min styvfarmor men jag kallade henne alltid vid hennes namn. Vi var inte så nära men jag brukade hälsa på henne ibland. Fast det var nog 5 år sedan sist. Då berättade hon i alla fall om hennes tid i Sydafrika där hon jobbade som sjuksköterska. En kväll så dök det upp en ung man som behövde låna stolar till ett annat rum där han skulle hålla i ett viktigt politiskt möte. ANC hette gruppen och mannen var givetvis en väldigt ung Nelson Mandela. Inez berättade att hon efter mötet blev inbjuden att dricka te med Mandela. Eller så var hon med på mötet. Jag kommer inte ihåg. Alla detaljer som suddas ut eller gnids in i varandra. Vad jag hoppas på nu, när jag inte längre kan fråga själv, är att hon förde dagbok eller några andra journaler på vad som hände under hennes tid i Sydafrika.

Inez blev 90 år gammal, precis som min mormor när hon dog. Även om de sista åren inte var så mycket till liv så säger som min pappa sa när han tröstade min faster. "Hon tog vara på sina unga år. Hela hennes tid i Afrika och resterande tid har alltid följt med henne. Hon levde ett gott liv."

Inez, vila i frid.

hur kan något vara retro när det inte ens är förbi?

2009-12-26T16:02:00.002+01:00

Denna jul jobbar jag på båten. Hurtigruten med andra ord. Om dagarna städar jag lugarer (hytter) och på kvällarna serverar jag gästerna i restaurangen. Det är väldigt skönt att vara tillbaka eftersom det intensiva slutet av terminen tog slut på alla krafter inom den kreativa banan.

Så, i samspel med mina underbara arbetskamrater ger vi oss ut på äventyr genom de små dörrarna till gästernas små gömmen. Givetvis går man runt i sina egna tankar när man gör rutinjobb men jag brukar vakna till emellanåt då jag få se lite roliga saker våra gäster har med sig.

2 lugarer på raken hade något som gjorde mig så glad och fascinerad. Det är nämligen så att de flesta som reser med oss är gamla människor. Pensionärer. Vad som gör det så intressant är att de ofta tar med sig saker som ger en inblick i deras liv. I alla fall för en svensk jente på jobb-besök. Jag kan skriva hur mycket som helst angående dessa människors tillbehör men har bestämt mig för att nämna just denna sak.

—Kasett-walkman. Med tillhörande musikband. O både spelarna samt banden var sådär klumpigt snygga. Hade jag fått lov så givetvis hade jag fotograferat dessa. Men bara vetskapen av att det fortfarande finns de som inte har "förnyat sig" gör att man ständigt drar på smilbanden. Tyvärr hittade jag inget band med någon känd artist (i min vetskap). En tysk sångerska fanns med där men ingen jag kände till.

Jag har ju sparat en massa mixtapes hemma. Det blir nog till att leta fram den undangömda Sony Walkman o dra igenom lite nostalgi. Inte för att jag vill vara inne genom att vara retro.

Utan för att!

cityskåning.nu

2009-12-04T00:23:00.003+01:00

Elias i min klass föreslog häromdagen att jag skulle byta namn på min blogg till cityskåning. Det är nämligen så att jag har flyttat till en jättefin lägenhet mitt i centrum. På Kammakargatan. Sekelskifteslägenhet. 2:a som jag delar med Tove i klassen.

Själv har jag nog inte riktigt förstått vilket flyt jag har haft. Det är nämligen så att jag har hyrt i andra hand av en kompis till mig och så har hon bytt sitt kontrakt från Gröndal till denna. Så jag har helt enkelt bara följt med. Eftersom hon bor i Göteborg ett tag framöver så hoppas jag på att man kan få stanna kvar studietiden ut i alla fall. Men sånt vet man ju aldrig. Så därför ser jag till att njuta av en sjukt fin lägenhet (över 3 meter i takhöjd, trägolv) samt läget. Att bara promenera i knappt 5 minuter till skolan gör att prinsessan i mig tittar ut lite skarpare än vanligt.

Så fort jag har fått i ordning här o fotat lite så ska jag visa.

Finfint.

Introducing After Effects

2009-11-19T16:40:00.002+01:00

Introduktion igår. Första gången många i klassen jobbade i detta program. After Effects är ett sorts animeringsprogram som är ganska avancerat. Så efter en 3-timmars introduktion fick vi sedan, i grupper, göra en egen animering. På basnivå!

Lina Amare, Johan Bergman och jag kom på denna...

kottar!!!

2009-11-17T20:35:00.004+01:00

håller på att leta lite bilder som inspiration till annat skolprojekt. behövde en bild av en igelkott. o kolla va härlig bild. love it!

Åka tåg!

2009-11-17T11:15:00.002+01:00

I morgon åker jag ner till Skåne en vända. Men det är inte därför jag publicerar denna underbara biljett. Håller på med ett projekt i skolan där vi ska skapa en subkultur. Till den behövs det inbjudningsbiljetter som ska ha en gammal touch. Från 40-talets swing. Så jag googlade på gamla biljetter o hittade denna. Kolla in sträckan. Represent säger jag. För er som inte vet så ligger Eslöv precis emellan Höör o Lund. Biljetten är från 1966.

Ha de!

Rioligt

2009-11-12T19:02:00.002+01:00

Var igår på standup på Rio, en biograf i Hornstull. Jaqueline fixade in oss på gästlistan så det kändes extra bra med GRATIS skratt. Det är ju faktiskt så det bör vara.

Andra akten var helt klart bäst. Först Yvonne Johansson från Kalmar som fick mig att gråta av skratt. Sedan var det dags för Nya Zeeländaren Al Pitcher som visst ska dyka upp på programmet Robin till helgen. Rekommenderas! Hans kaxiga framåt manéer i dynamik med svensk mentalitet. Öppen mobbing som tillåts att gapflabba till.

http://fhp.episerverhotell.net/Rio/Container-Events/RIOLIGT/

en sjuk film

2009-11-11T12:19:00.002+01:00

riktig kuslig känsla... har sett den på en genus-filmkurs för längesen... o äntligen har jag hittat den... den sätter sig...

Kitchen Sink \ Alison Maclean [1989] from veana on Vimeo.

Back to school

2009-11-10T20:21:00.003+01:00

Har spenderat hela helgen i Östersund, eller rättare sagt Skålan. Drömverksdagarna. Det har framförallt varit störtskönt att komma ifrån Stockholm och den stressiga vecka som varade förra veckan. Berghs tillsammans med WaterAid anordnade BrandX.

BrandX betyder att vi integreras o man blir utlottad till en grupp med människor från de andra programmen. Tillsammans ska man, på 4 dagar, lösa en svår uppgift. Att jobba med folk som inte fungerar som en själv. Men jag har förstått att det är först då det är möjligt att uppnå riktigt jäkla bra resultat.

Jag hade turen att hamna med en klase riktiga klippor. Vi alla var väldigt delaktiga i idékläckandet. En slängde ut ett förslag medans en annan utvecklade det.

Uppdraget var att lansera WaterAid i Sverige. Och sikta in sig på målgruppen 20-30 åringar.

Så fort jag får tag på vår case-film så lägger jag upp den.

Vi fick i alla fall en utmärkelse för vårt förslag. Som mest genomförbar. Tyvärr var jag inte där vid "domslutet" eftersom jag då var på väg till Östersund.

Hela idén förklaras så väl i casefilmen, men kan snabbt förklara:

Vi kom fram till att det är helt omöjligt att förstå hur det är att inte ha rent vatten tillgängligt. Så vi spelade istället på paradoxen av hur skillnaden egentligen ligger till. Att vi har mage att klaga över att behöva sticka de 10 minuterna till Systemet för att köpa vårt "livsvatten" till helgen. Någon annanstans går en stackare i 6 timmar för att hämta hem vatten som förmodligen sen ändå dödar i form av diarré...

Man ska stå utanför Systemet och dela ut påsar med ett budskap på. Ett budskap som får en att tänka till. "Fruktig Rosé eller dödlig diarré?" Därefter följer en brödtext som förklarar. Eftersom man ändå ska betala 1:- för en påse när man väl kommer in så gör WaterAid en tjänst som man kanske känner att man vill ge tillbaka någon annanstans. I påsen ligger en restaurangguide som samarbetar med WaterAid. På dessa restauranger finns det möjlighet att dricksa till WaterAid.

Framför allt så är jag tacksam att jag hamnade i en grupp som verkligen fungerade. Vi var alla olika men ändå öppna för varandra. Jag hoppas verkligen att jag hamnar i en sådan grupp i framtiden då det är jobb. På riktigt.

coolt att hitta människor man märker att man utvecklas med...

Klassen skapar tillsammans

2009-11-09T23:37:00.010+01:00

Ateljén på Berghs är inte så rolig för oss kreatörer att vistas i. Så vi tog saken i egna händer o planerade en "kupp" där vi träffades lördag eftermiddag för att göra något kul tillsammans med klassen samtidigt som vi skapade något fint. Det blev en hel lördag, nästan 12 timmars målande, men också en hel del planerande. By the way...:Did I tell you my class is awesome?...

Fyller på..

2009-10-30T09:42:00.003+01:00

O va lär man sig av det? Jo man börjar dagen med att stretch-dansa. Kommer att hoppa ut ur lägenheten som en antilop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_IjID_uBZM

Tomhet...

2009-10-29T21:57:00.004+01:00

Det blev så påtagligt ikväll... det hade varit en trevlig dag. Efter lektion så bokade vi i klassen ett rum o planerade kommande projekt. vi drack lite öl i väntan på Berghs bar som skulle starta 18.00 samma kväll.

Det sattes igång och stämningen var på topp. Men någonstans därunder så kändes det att någonting fattades. För hur trevligt det än kändes för stunden så visste jag att det inte skulle bli någon danskväll. Utan allt skulle fokuseras på alkoholintagande samt utgång på något ställe där det inte var så inbjuande till bara ren pure dans, uten mer till mingel o mer drickande.

Så när vi stod utanför Berghs, när det var dags att dra vidare till O-baren på Stureplan kände jag att det var dags att dra hem. Jag vill ändå vara utvilad i morgon eftersom Anders kommer hit o hälsar på. Men också för att det inte är ett ställe jag känner att det kommer att bli dans på utan istället mer dricka o mer mingel.

Jag är ingen mingelperson. Jag är jävligt enkel. Jag uttrycker mig genom att dansa. För det är jag jävligt bra på. Faktiskt! Och jag älskar det. Det är då jag brinner.

Så på vägen hem från tunnelbanan o hem till mig i kväll så grät jag floder. Anledningen är att jag saknar dans så himla mycket. Och för att vara en person som inte varit involverad i dans så kanske det låter oförståligt. Men för mig känns det emellanåt katastrofalt att inte ha någon eller några personer att dela passionen till dans med. Det enda jag vill är att komma ut på ett skönt ställe o bara dansa. Ingen alkohol. Bara dans. Mina säkra kort vilar i Skåneland samt i Melbourne Australien. Ni vet vem ni är/You know who you are.

Här är det väldigt svårt att hitta själar man kan dela sin passion med. Det gör det väldigt tufft att smälta in i en hård stad som Stockholm.

Lika mycket som man älskar det så hatar man det. That's life I guess...

natt i natt.

helikopterrånet

2009-10-25T00:03:00.002+02:00

Vi fick i uppgift att designa helikopterrånet. Där var inga direkta bestämmelser utan man fick tolka det själv. Så min tolkning baserades på lönnfrön, när de faller från träden så liknar de små helikoptrar. Det man skulle researcha var uppståndelsen runt rånet. Alla bloggar där folk yttrade sig om hur extraordinärt det här rånet är. Många ser ju rånarna som heroes. Nästan som en Hollywood-film. Just detta fick mig att tänka på USA som äger titeln som möjligheternas land. Så i slutet av min process beslutade jag mig för att promota Sverige som "the land of opportunities" genom att göra en vykortserie.

Mönstret baseras på bläckavtryck från ett lönnfrö. Utifrån det mönstret hittade jag Sverige samt skapade själva rörelsen av propellern..

Känner mig ganska frisk idag..

2009-10-21T08:48:00.003+02:00

Jag har ju i snart 6 veckor lidit av en förkylning där en påfrestande hosta har plågat mig. Men igår och idag har det ändå kännts ganska stabilt. Dags o ta svininfluensevaccinet? Har inte bestämt mig än. Men avvaktar. Det fick mig dock att tänka på en uppgift jag och Dag Forsberg arbetade med. Nämligen att ta fram en förpackning för svininfluensavaccinet och sen en form av kort/amulett som ett bevis på att man tagit det. Vaccinet/Förpackningen skulle framhäva en placeboeffekt. Alltså den effekten som uppstår när folk tror på något. Tror de att de kommer att bli friska pga en övertygande teori eller annat så kan denna trokänsla orsaka positiva effekter. Lite som att lura hjärnan.

Vi skapade en serie av 4 st aluminiumburkar. 4 olika sorter/ingridienser. På bilden ser vi Passionsört. Den är känd för att vara lugnande, så om man är lite orolig av sig så tar man den och på så sätt stärks placeboeffekten för den personen.

Efter att man tagit sin kur så lämnas burken in på apoteket och man får en liten amulett, också i aluminium, där det då förklaras att man är frisk.

uppdatering på vad jag gjort so far...

2009-10-20T22:23:00.007+02:00

En förpackning för ett valfritt typsnitt. Eftersom många laddar ner typsnitt gratis via nätet så var vår uppgift att designa en förpackning som ska få folk att verkligen köpa ett typsnitt. Jag valde Garamond och var inspirerad av Jay-Z:s video Brooklyn We Go Hard, en typografisk musikvideo där designern använde sig av ett typsnitt baserat på det klassiska Garamond. Min tolkning var att göra en lite fetare kedja a la hiphopare. Fast ändå stylish. Sen förpackad i riktigt fin presentlåda med tillhörande påse. Lite som att man kommer ifrån en Gucci-butik. Sån var tanken.

Workshop: Med hjälp av endast handmaterial (alltså inte dator) samt kopieringsmaskin så skulle vår grupp designa en "Ljudförpackning". Vi (Jag, Anna Jadvi, Mattias Räms samt Frida Pihl) bestämde oss för att förpacka ett set med cymbaler. Från research hittade jag en italiensk cymbaltillverkare vars namn var väldigt tilltalande. Spizzichino. Den ena sidan gjordes som typografisk kollage där det vibrerande ljudet skulle synas medans baksidan skulle bestå av logga och namn. Med hjälp av stämpelbokstäver experimenterade jag med namnet och av misstag fick jag fram två Z:n som också symboliserade ljudet av två cymbaler. Resultatet ska egentligen vara en rund tygväska, men det hann vi ju inte med på själva workshopen där vi hade dryga 2 timmar på oss. Men presenterar fram och baksida samt en "misslyckad" framsida där pappret och kopiatorn inte matchade. Snyggt blev det dock. Jag älskar misstag!

Det snygga misstaget...

Svårt att sova...

2009-10-20T04:22:00.002+02:00

..så jag passar på att redigera lite lägenhetsbilder. Visa mitt bo. Det börjar arta sig nu. Dock en del kvar men jag börjar känna mig lite hemma nu.

Dags att försöka sova igen då. Godnatt!

Då var det dags...

2009-10-19T23:02:00.004+02:00

Japp. Har bestämt mig att börja blogga igen. Fast inte intensivt utan mer prata av mig när det gäller skolan. Och samtidigt visa upp lite vad jag håller på med. En liten förklaring till varför jag kan verka "off" emellanåt.

Förra veckan var det inlämning till "Guldlådan", en direktreklam-tävling posten anordnar. Vår gjorde en liten sagobok som jag kommer att återomma till när den väl är fotograferad.

Just nu håller jag på med att designa helikopterrånet. Jättespännande. Men vill inte visa något förrän jag blir helt färdig.

Däremot kan jag visa lite affischer jag håller på med till Drömverksdagarna. Theres Hellström ska ju åter igen dra ihop favoriten från förra året. En helg i Skålan (utanför Östersund) med en massa inspiration till att leva. Insamling till Barncancerfonden. Förra året ställde jag upp som house-instruktör. I år blir det posters samt vykort. De är inte färdiga än men inte långt ifrån. Jag väntar på Theres godkännande men jag tror inte hon har något emot ifall jag visar utvecklingsfasen i alla fall...

Hjärtat är en utveckling från förra årets logga som är ett enkelt grafiskt hjärta som fanns på Theres mammas begravningsannons. Hon dog i cancer. Hjärtat ska sen dubblas och bilda ett moln (som visas högst upp) och sen också fyrdubblas så att det bildar ett fyrklöver. Förra årets tema var "kan du drömma om det så kan du göra det". I år lyder "dagar som berör". Det kommer att bli mycket aktiviteter. Där är t.o.m en kille från Sydafrika som ska hålla en trumsession. Min polare Anna-Karin ska instruera i afrodans. Många vänner samlas. Grymt kul kommer det att bli!

shots...

2008-10-26T13:42:00.002+01:00

i have been pretty active taking photos lately. but i don't put many up on the internet... but these ones i have to... again.. some shots of my niece... more dramatic this time... ;)

2008-08-19T17:28:00.001+02:00

my best friend cj has this need of making jokes about germans. i don't know why. but this is one of them...

2008-08-19T16:46:00.005+02:00

Like probably everybody else, I am an owner of a Facebook account. Even though I have tried to avoid logging on there's still a part of me who has this need to "do stuff" in there. A moment ago I uploaded some pictures, but more funny, social ones which my friends can enjoy just for fun. Here I will still upload pictures but more "beautiful ones". The ones I'm proud of.

Japp. That's it.!

my niece...

2008-08-08T10:47:00.003+02:00

just one of these rainy days. my niece was visiting. i brought her and my camera to a place where we could play the model and photographer game. there were several shots.. but these are my two favourites...

staying... (for now)

2008-08-08T10:23:00.002+02:00

so i've decided to not continuing studies at the university in melbourne. as always, i'm devided into two halfs... one part wants to stay in melbourne because of the wonderful city and beautiful friends, and one part wants to stay in sweden because of the same thing but in a nordic point of view. at the same time i do feel good about it. both parts - the whole me...

i don't know if i'm going to continue this blogging, maybe not by writing but i will put up "stuff" here. so behold...

Home Swedeet Home

2008-06-16T10:25:00.005+02:00

I've spent a week in Sweden and since Thursday I spent a wonderful time at Hultsfreds festival. So here are som pics from that...

I just love this!

2008-06-08T17:22:00.000+02:00

another school project!

2008-05-25T11:03:00.002+02:00

Ok! So here's another school project. We had to choose 2 words, opposites. I chose Body and Soul. These words were the template for the mock-up to create shadows of it. With the shadows for body vs soul we had to create a story where the shadow changing had to be involved. So here's my interpretation!

My Swedish People!!!

2008-05-20T02:53:00.003+02:00

Hej allihopa. Som ni redan vet kommer jag hem i sommar och det forsta jag gor ar att aka till Hultsfred for att inhalera lite musik. Jag har redan researchat lite pa deras hemsida, men dar ar ju sa manga artister som jag aldrig hort talas om. Framfor allt de svenska. Sa min fraga/undran ar: Nagra rekommendationer? Lykke Li har redan fastnat sa henne gillar jag skarpt. Eftersom jag inte har sa mycket tid att lyssna pa allt sa lagger jag mitt fortroende i era hander.

Tacksam for alla tips jag kan fa.

Nan som ska till Hultan forresten???

Puss o Kram.

So busy!

2008-05-16T07:47:00.003+02:00

You can really tell the end of semester soon is here. Right now I'm at school working with school projects and there's so much to do but still I like doing it so I'm not complaining... My tooth is alright so finally I can go to dance training again. It has been 2 weeks since I went last time so I'm really eager to house... Here's a tiny training clip of our house crew Soul Jam... :D

Pain!

2008-05-09T03:10:00.002+02:00

That's one of my worst fears. I hate pain and I'm so overwhelmed about painkillers when pain hits you. Again my wisdom tooth is troubleing me. If I write in a wierd way or if my spelling isn't very good I blame it on the painkillers I've been taking. 2 years ago I had a surgery done here in Melbourne and I saved some of the very strong painkillers from that period. Thank God for that! There's nothing better than the relief of pain letting go.

Yesterday was supposed to be a big study day for me, but instead it started with some breakfast and a pill. After that I couldn't concentrate. I was lying on the sofa all day, watching movies and sleeping. In general I hate that kind of manner because I'm the kind of person who likes to get things done and be able to call it a day. Sleeping away a day depresses me.

But yesterday I was also working in the evening, so I didn't ruin the whole day. I got this job as a receptionist at Melbourne's Chill On Ice Bar so it's a pretty cool job. At first I was worried that I wouldn't be able to do my job properly because of the strong painkillers, but it went actually well. While eating these pills you get very drowsy but during the evening I was fine. When I knocked off we had a couple of drinks before we went home. It's part of the privileges working there. So when they asked me what I wanted I told them "Vodka" "Straight". Since I also have a cold (again) I thought something strong could help me getting better. I don't drink that much and since this was the first time I had knock-off drinks I had to explain about my tooth and cold. But they were just laughing. The people working there are very laid back, they don't really care. Just chill, I guess..

The reason I have my 2nd cold in 4 months is the crazy weather in Melbourne. One day it's hot, next day freeeezing! Something I'm not very used to yet.

Anyway, I'm going to the doctor today. I've been struggeling if I have to go to a dentist for this, but my everything is swollen around it so a dentist can only prescribe some antibiotics without even having a look at it so I thought a doctor must be able to do the same. And doctors have emergencies... I haven't found a dentist emergency without appoint making. To be honest I prefer going to the doctor. I have my place here where I know what I'm getting while going to a dentist I don't know freaks me out...

So I better get going... Painkillers won't last very long...

Magic but Tragic

2008-05-06T03:28:00.002+02:00

Yesterday when I was supposed to do research for school I ended up listening to nostalgic Swedish pop songs and most of them were with Hakan Hellstrom. One of my favourites is "Magiskt men Tragiskt". After listening to a Swedish version of Robyn's "Every Heartbeat" it made me think about how funny and wierd a Hakan Hellstrom song would sound in English. Even though his lyrics in Swedish are pretty messy they still make sense in the magic world called Pop. In his certain category...

So here it is... just the beginning:
"Everybody's dreaming of birds, even you even me/Suddenly you're probably underneath a tram/Cause Vasastan is like Chinatown/And I'm dancing with a girl/She's dancing me crazy/Then she's dancing with Richard on the pavement/But why aren't there more of us/And you're the only one who's smiling/There has to be something wrong with you/
Cause nothing is logic/Nothing is magic/And that is so tragic/So I'm running back to you/.

I am and will always be a fan of Hakan Hellstrom. He is the one who comforts me when I get homesick.

Peace!

2008-05-05T09:09:00.004+02:00

Last week was so busy. First it was AGIdeas which was very very inpiring and then the whole weekend partying.
These three days at the art centre were the most inspiring days ever. Some people might find it hard to understand why some of us pay 280 dollars to just sit and listen to other people talking about their work and visions. And I didn't really know what to expect since this year was my first year. But I'm so glad I did it.
All presentations were very different from each other and there were so many and such huge difference. Even though part of the presenters weren't "my area" they still contributed with something. All these stories, all these words, filled with passion.
One of the nights I went to something called Interact and that meant that you actually interacted with a real business. It was definitely an experience but not as much as the whole congress.
2 of my friends had their birthday this weekend so Saturday was Cam's celebration. We went out to a place called the Laundry where they had a funk and soul night. Awesome! Tennille and her friends were there as well so it was a blast.
The day after Mak, one of my house mates, had arranged a gorgeous barbeque the libanese way. Even though I was suffering from a hangover from the night before they made me drink some shots of tequile. But it was a really good one. I don't like to speak well about alcohol since I'm not drinking that often, but this time I'll make an exception.
http://www.1800tequila.com/default.aspx

There won't be any drinking nor partying for a while now because we have so much in school at the moment, especially since I missed one week due to AGIdeas and soon Anne is coming to Melbourne and we are planning to do the great ocean road. Anne is the German girl I met while travelling to Margaret River 2 years ago. She has been home in Europe and then back again just like me. She's really awesome and I can't wait to see her again. One thing that I really like with her is her laughter. When she starts I can't help continuing. Definetely a reason to my dimple gymnastics.. Haha!

on the phone

2008-05-02T16:00:00.002+02:00

just came home from dance and i'm so tired... back home leo and alan were chilling in the livingroom and they showed me this on leo's mobile phone. i just loved it. thought i would share that with you...

AGIdeas

2008-04-30T01:25:00.003+02:00

Soon I will take the train to the city for my 2nd day of the AGIdeas International Design Forum. This happens once a year in Melbourne and it is Australias biggest design event. Designers from both different parts of the world and Australia gather to do presentations for souls burning for the same thing.

I don't have time to write more now but check out the homepage:

http://www.agideas.net

Have a good one!

Another thing...

2008-04-27T08:54:00.002+02:00

I think this is really funny. I got introduced to this friday night by one of my friends who actually imitating this guy. And a funnier thing: he's originally from Asia. So make your own opinion.

Some pics again

2008-04-27T08:01:00.005+02:00

Hey! An update of pictures I've taken with both old and new camera. Some from dancing, some from anzac dawn service (an Australian tradition on anzac day, early, before sunset), some from areas around school and some from where i live and my friends...

Good morning!

2008-04-24T03:02:00.006+02:00

The time is 15 pas eleven in the morning and I just got up. Lately I haven't been sleeping properly due to all these hand-ins.

Tuesday we had to hand in a poster inspired by a haiku. And they will enlarge it to A0 which is exciting.

Yesterday I handed in another 2 projects. One was about creating a set of 4 different postcards displaying mark making of a thing from the kitchen. I chose a peanut and the actually mark making was a lot of fun but the outcome didn't really satisfy me. Sometimes you can have heaps of good material but when you are suppose to make a collage or just putting them together it doesn't feel right. The postcards did look alright but I wasn't 100% happy with them. But that's the way it goes I guess. You can't succeed with everything.

One project that I felt went very well was my typography-project (my favourite unit). It was devided into 2 parts. First part was to create 4 different variations of a poster for Visit Victoria. We were given a text in Arial (14pt, 20pt) and with that we had to work with hierarchies and spatial manipulation to make it look good and still be readable. A tough one but a lot of fun. I love layouts!

Part two was creating your own typeface with the letters TYPE. Apart from the Visit Victoria we actually had free hands to play and be as creative as possible and when there's no bounderies I sometimes find it difficult to do something because I don't know where to start. So that project was a struggle in the beginning. But the last two weeks it started to become clearer for me, especially after finding this cool looking building in the city. From a photo of it I started to play in illustratior by connecting the different lines to actual letters. When I'm getting in a playable mood I just pop up with all these ideas and the outcome did look very good.
So first, I handed in a project that I was very satisfied with and for the second I got very good feedback from my classmates.

And here is the best part! On my way home that day my typography lecturer stopped me to give me a compliment for my assignment. He told me that he had shown the 2nd and 3rd year students my TYPE and the really liked it. You have no idea how happy that made me since that unit is my favourite one and I really respect the teacher because he is honest and says exactly what he has on his mind (which sometimes can be expressed in a mean way). Some people in my class are actually a little bit afraid of him but I really enjoy his sarcasm. So recieving a compliment of someone that has great knowledge in something you love and by the same time is difficult to charm, it makes you non willing to stop smiling.

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So today, I'm just gonna keep on smiling and get out in the sun. It's a beautiful day!

Just got back...

2008-04-16T15:02:00.002+02:00

from Wednesday's house session. I dance Wednesdays and Fridays and usually it will go on for 3 hours. Wednesdays it starts with a regular house class for an hour and after that we just join all the B-boys who practice in the big hall. Even though they don't play house most of the beats are excellent to practice to.
What I really like about MMA (Melbourne Music Academy) is that it is so easy to meet other people who has the same passion for dance as I do. Even though there are mixed styles you can always learn from one another. It's a great vibe and people are very open and just happy to learn and share the wonderful joy dancing offers.
The house crew I'm in is a great bunch of people. All of them are just open and happy danceloving people who make you feel very welcomed. They're just awesome. Since we all have different backgrounds our style influences by it so it becomes more fun and it looks very good. There's definetely good potential there... ;)

All right... Just very happy after been dancing my body sore (again). Needed to share that with you.

Ciao!

Nikon D80 premier shoot

2008-04-15T05:15:00.005+02:00

More pics, I promise!

2008-04-14T01:42:00.002+02:00

Yesterday I finally bought my SLR!!! It's a Nikon D80 and she's so beautiful. I haven't been able to try her yet because the battery is still charging. But as soon as I get started there will be more pics coming up.

Thanks guys for your comments. :)

Bisous!

Remember this one?

2008-04-14T01:35:00.002+02:00

I suffer from/enjoy this Madonna fever at the moment and lately I've been singing on this song. And I just enter this nostalgic world when I watch the video. Good old days...

Comments!

2008-04-05T04:04:00.003+02:00

Hey! Another thing... I finally found the setting to allow you guys to make a comment. I know some already tried and it didn't work, but it should be fine now... So please try it. If you don't have anything to say a "Hi" is more than enough. Just for me to know that you actually cared to have a look at my bubbling... ;)

Daylight saving

2008-04-05T00:25:00.001+02:00

Just a short update... Last night we had our daylight saving so that means the difference in hours between Sweden and Australia (Melbourne area) is now 8 hours (instead of 10). So 8 hours guys!

That's it!

;)

Anthony, you are the man!

2008-04-04T01:56:00.002+02:00

I was doing some research for a project and I found this site.

True words by Anthony J. D'Angelo.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/anthony_j_dangelo.html

Repeating... Why don't you have anything to drink?

2008-04-03T02:26:00.002+02:00

Picture update

2008-04-02T15:05:00.003+02:00

There's always something I forget to write about so just let the pictures speak...

Storm!

2008-04-02T11:07:00.002+02:00

We never had our last lesson today because the announcement said we had to go home due to the stormy weather. During the day big branches had fallen down on the ground and the wind was literally tearing your face. Pretty creepy but at the same time amazing what mother nature can accomplish.

The human being have created many amazing huge things but when it comes to Mama Green she's nothing. And that is very obvious in Australia. Sometimes I do wonder why people, included myself, want to move here. I love the landscapes and the nature around here but sometimes it's so far away from the safe and quiet life in Sweden. With that I don't mean the distance (which is, by itself pretty obvious). Just the fact that we had to leave school because of the storm is a very distinct difference from the so called storms in my home country.
Storm is one thing. What about the hot, dry summer when the water level is so low that you recieve restrictions of how much water you are allowed to use. And then we have the bush fires..

So why do I still love it? Some things are just very hard to describe in words. I guess you just have to see it through your own eyes.

I'm thirsty... As Tom Green puts it: "Why don't you have anything to drink? Choose one making you better feeling!" "Choose one making you beeeettter feeeeling!" (You just have to see it yourself, Subway Monkey rocks!)

Autumn!

2008-03-30T01:20:00.002+01:00

I said: brr... it's cold in here...
Instead of having the airconditioning on we now swap that to heaters. In every room. Autumn is here guys. Let's just acknowledge that. Haha. We watched Tom Green's Subway Monkey (again) last night so this post might be a little bit messy. Sorry for that.

I've moved to my friends in another part of Melbourne. It's closer to the city but further away from school. But it's still good since the train connection is working well.
Anyway, these guys are Libanese and one of them is a close friend to me. We used to live together in the same room at the hostel All Nations 2 years ago. But now he and his friends have a house where I can stay until I go home for Swedish summer.

Yes, I'm going home beginning of June for 2 months. Most of the time I will try to spend on the boat working but of course I will enjoy beautiful Swedish summer as well. As a matter of fact I'm trying to get som friends to join me for Hultsfredsfestivalen because there are very good bands this year. (http://www.rockparty.se)
So since I only have 2 months left it's not worth looking for a new place. Actually it's pretty hard to find short term accommodation without signing a long term lease. And I don't want to do that.

These guys are great and very easy living. And I get to try a lot of what Libanese culture has to offer. Like Sheesha (water pipe), fool (bean mix with libanese bread), this tea from Argentina that I actually don't like at all, music.. and heaps more. Actually some of Libanese culture is similar to Egyptian so I know some already.

And I have a job! Haha.. Leo, one of my new house mates got me a part-time job at the pizza place he is working at. So I'm the girl in the front, taking orders and make sure the costumers get the right pizza. It's a fun place. The people working there are crazy and all have different nationalities: Swedish, Libanese, American, Aussie, Chinease, Mauritius, Greek. It's just a fun place. You have fun, eat free gorgeous pizza and get paid.

I haven't done that much school work so I have to get back to that now.

So long!

hot!

2008-03-18T05:40:00.003+01:00

Yesterday was a terrible day. I stayed inside all day and actually skipped school because I felt sick and couldn't breath. It's the middle of March and that means autumn. A very hot autumn. Again global warming lets its shadow show...

The weekend was also very hot but a lot of fun too. Cameron, my friend from Blue Mountains graduated from air force so I went to Sale (outside Melbourne) to be there celebrating him. It started Friday morning with the parade and that went on until noon. In the evening we went to this very very formal but nice coctail party. Everybody was dressed up. I wore my very nice, black (off course) coctail dress and all the airforce guys in their uniform. Nice! :D It was like beeing in a movie from the 40's. Pretty cool. The only thing that was missing was the swing music and lindy-hop dancing... It was a great day and night and Cam got very drunk. But he was happy. He even proposed to this girl at the party. Somebody got it on film. It might show up here. Good fun.

There was something else I was going to write about but forgot about it... Well, another time...

Ciao!

Dedication

2008-03-09T14:41:00.000+01:00

cough

2008-03-06T13:22:00.002+01:00

I was trying to come up with a word for the sound when you cough. Is there one? The Swedish version would probably look like "Öhrum Öhrum" or something.

This made me think of a discussion I had when I was in Australia last time. Apparently animals have accents depending on where they come from. I mean in Sweden we say that the pig says "Nöff Nöff" while aussies say "Oink Oink" etc. Why is it like that? Has anybody actually put a Swedish pig next to an Aussie pig and compared the sounds? (Just kidding) Off course it has to do with our language and the way we interpret different sounds depending on our history and such but I still think it's interesting why there is such a huge difference.

Anyway... I have been coughing all week and it is very annoying because I become very tired and miserable. I loose my motivation when I'm sick. Today has been a crappy day. I haven't done anything worth mentioning except from some school work which I love. And I've been playing with my Photo Booth doing different expressions and poses. ( I know, I'm such a computer geek but I love my Mac... Julie, you were so right) I wish that I had a guitar so I could practice some chords and try to sing with the small piece of voice I have left from this struggling...

I'm taking Oskar out for a night walk before it's time for bed. I don't remember if I've mentioned him but that's the dog of the house... He loves me and I think I'm falling for him as well... (Picture further down, the grey fluffy dog with the cute eyes)

Good night!

Creativity!

2008-03-05T13:38:00.002+01:00

... by the way: happy birthday Marika who turned 25 yesterday. My sister who's getting old... Haha! My other sister had her birthday a month ago so happy birthday Pia as well... Even though you miss your family all the time you miss them extra on these special occations when everybody gathers to be merry.

I love school! All we do is designing. The whole school is very creative and I like the relaxed ambience that surrounds the area. Chapel street is just around the corner so you are in the middle of a vibrant area with lots of cafés and cool shops. I try to stay away from the last mentioned but sometimes you just have to enter one of them for a quick look. Anna must get a job soon...
Yes, Anna... Everybody calls me that here. Aussies are very much known for using short names. Anna Maria is apparently too long and since the school decided to use only Anna I gave up. It feels strange though because I love my name and my name is a part of my identity, my me. So when I sign my name on school papers I write my whole name but underline Anna. Schitzo apperance it might look like, but I'm not letting myself go completely.. It's pretty amazing how a name can affect you that much. There are so many people out there suffering for worse and I'm sitting here complaining about feeling halv-myself just because a Maria is missing...

The dancing is going very well here. I found a venue that I really like and now my dance teacher has invited me to create a house crew with him and other house-lovers. Last friday, after dance class we went out to this hiphop club in the city and danced all night long. I'm so happy I've found people who are into dancing just for the dancing. Hey, I do miss my people back home and I so wish you were here to enjoy the great vibe of Melbourne.

It's been hot last days and I'm hoping for good weather tomorrow since I'm off school. Beach maybe?

xoxoxo

February pictures

2008-02-28T11:54:00.005+01:00

Dance lesson a la Ben

2008-02-26T06:49:00.003+01:00

Finally

2008-02-25T10:59:00.003+01:00

It's been a while since I did my last confession... Anyway, finally school has started and it feels good. The last weeks have been alright but filled with unnecessary stress that made my stay a little bit unpleasant. But now everything's settled and I can go on, thinking about getting a life here and other fun stuff.

My units are very designish and don't include any boring readings with endless essay-writing. This is what I've been waiting for. Today I had Digital Design which means using the computer for different design projects. The first project is designing 3 chess pieces out of 2 A3 sheets. And not just cutting them out from a paper and tadaa, it's finished. There has to be a whole idea behind it. So for me this is really exciting. Since I am a chessplayer and a thinker (my dad calls me the thinker because of my adventures in my dreamworld) I believe I already have a good start. Now I just have to come up with a great idea.... *thinking*.....

Anyway! I haven't attended the other classes yet but will update about these very soon. The units are: Introducing Communication Design, Typography (love it!) and Design Studio.
Another great thing is that I was able to arrange my schedule so I only have classes Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. This is just too good.
So what else is there... Yes! I've started to take house dance classes. I remember last time I was here (2 years ago) I couldn't find any house dance classes in Melbourne or Australia. It still isn't big here but it is slightly growing... Little by little. The dance teacher is a really nice guy and the funny thing is that he is taking the same course as I am. Coincidence! I really like the venue and the attitude they have there. Everybody dance for fun and even after some classes you can stay there and have a chat, dance or just watch others practicing. Really Aussie I reckon.

Hey, last time I wrote I was about to meet up with Cameron, my buddy from Blue Mountains who's in the airforce (2 hours outside Melbourne). When I met him that day we went to Williamstown, a very nice place with a lot of groovy cafés and bars. From there he had arranged a flight on top of Melbourne. So I've seen my beautiful city from above. It was awesome! Such a nice surprice.

I still have a lot of things to write about but it just went blank... Maybe because it's getting late or maybe I'm just feeling like chilling in front of the TV with some fruit that Aida is providing. That's Rita's mom. She is great and take care of me very well. I love her food and she really appreciates me loving her food. So mom... don't worry. It's all good!

So long...

Update

2008-02-09T02:34:00.000+01:00

So I've spent a whole week in this beautiful city. After each day I'm getting into aussielife and my accent is starting to find its way to imitate the charming accent they have here. Not that I will ever speak the exact way, because I do like my Swedish ways to affect accent, but still I want to go halfway...
I live in the suburbs, Elsternwick, near Brighton, at my friend Rita's house. Her family is really taking care of me and her mom Aida is an awexome cook. They are Egyptian so I have the honour to enjoy fantastic spicy food. Beeeeaaaauuuutifuuulll!
The beach is pretty close but the weather hasn't been that convincing for a swim but I will... soon...
For my birthday I went to this consert in the park with Tennille and Dave. It was a beautiful sunny day and we spent a great time in the park with picnic and wine and straight to concert with Beautiful Girls, Blue King Brown and The Cat Empire. Wonderful time!
Yesterday I joined Ben for a jewish Shabbath (don't know to spell it, will look it up). Jewish people meet up with their family, every friday night, to have dinner in a jewish traditional way. I liked it. And the food was gorgeous.
As soon as i get the chance photos will show up. Not today though...

Need to run. Meeing up with Cam. Today is a fantastic day. Nice and warm. Still not beach weather. But no complains... I'm very happy!

See ya! ;)

Melancholy

2008-01-27T17:15:00.000+01:00

That's the right word for what's surrounding me right now. I want to thank you people who are responsible for causing me that.

Last night was a great night for me and it reminded me of how lucky I am who have the honour to be a part of your company. Even though I won't be seeing you in a great while, I'm happy to know that you just exist and by that knowing I will see you again.

You people inspire me in many different ways. You are keeping my engine going by giving me many happy moments.

So it's sad leaving without bringing you with me. But instead I'll bring the memories.

When it comes to these memories, I'm the richest girl in the world.

Thank you!

Not many days left...

2008-01-25T14:27:00.000+01:00

There are so many things to do! And I'm just sitting inside playing with photos and escaping all responsibilities and bad weather.
Well, the last mentioned is a very good apology for sitting in front of your computer. Swedes are maniacs about the weather and I can't disagree with that saying. One thing's for sure. There won't be any more bad talk about weather when I get down under. Even though it might be raining it still is warm and the hours of light are far far more.
Well. Need to face the storm and do some shopping for the goingaway-party tomorrow. And if it feels good today I might buy myself a new digital camera, SLR.

I'm out!

Just a start...

2007-12-23T11:01:00.000+01:00

Testing! Testing! 1,2...1,2,... Ok! I believe it's working.

This will be a short one. I haven't arrived in Melbourne yet but will be there in aprox. one month. Just need to find out how everything workd out here...

Fine I guess.