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Good morning! I was expecting nice and sunny day (I guess your dreams are not meant to come true in lovely UK as it is raining most of the time) but can not complain so far. I woke up quiet early today as I had my boy (great, not I am possessed) staying over. Well he came last night after work at around midnight so spend 6 hours with him (hey, I know what you are thinking. We just slept today, nothing more) while having good chat about anything and enjoying some snacks (shame on me. I ate after 6 p.m. which I am trying to avoid). Started the morning with some “Sex and the City”, subscribed ELLE (this is my new vice, can not get enough of it and always waiting for new issue), done some shopping on eBay (general stuff like Airwick refills, Venus blades etc.) and now thinking of doing something but not sure what so meanwhile decided to write something. Did I tell you that I am going to do some Tarot card reading today? (I never have done it so feeling a bit excited). I also have an interview today with one of the vintage online store (fingers crossed), I also want to finally make it to The Little Black Gallery today (was planning it last week and still haven’t been there). Yesterday went to see my friend C. who used to work with me but now is working for Cathay Pacific (bless her, she gave me good deal on my tickets to Asia which I am always going to be thankful for). I added a picture of one of the island I went to (I wish I could be there now)...
 It is great to catch up with your friends and I have noticed that since I moved to London I kind of lost the touch with my friends (it is the situation caused by both parties): I better go and meet my boy, do some stuff on my own, read or shop – they have excuses: money (I am not a millionaire either, so this is not an excuse), relationships (well fair enough, I do the same now), travel/time (it is only 30 minutes by train!). I really miss some people I used to hang out with but even if you try to keep in touch and some of them don’t put an effort, it is not more likely it is going to work, you need collaboration (team work is essential). I hope to visit my friend in Frankfurt (I haven’t seen him for 2 long years!), no excuses this time. Having friends all over the world is great – you can easily combine travel and friendship (I don’t mean using them for free accommodation/meal but if they insist, I don’t say no), so bring it on, I will be true friend and going to plan a visit or two per month on my days off to go somewhere (especially if it is Italy or Spain as I love sun, beach and good company). Lazy morningI’m usually cheerful me but lately I’m too lazy. Just the idea of doing something makes me already tired. I had this dream today about me bleeding, so first thing in the morning (after checking FB and my mail), I looked for some interpretation of it. According to some dream reading books, the bleeding means the mental fatigue and most of the time the pregnant women are having such kind of dreams. Great. I might be a bit tired, so I guess I need holidays (can’t wait till May now, I have been researching and there are so many things to do) but not so sure about being pregnant (just the idea makes me scared). Don’t get me wrong, I love babies and so, but I don’t see myself having one now: I don’t have financial stability (I see your judgmental look and thinking, girl, sort your self out) as I’m enjoying my life and living this day, I don’t have partner (long story cut short: I don’t think we are seeing each other, we are just sleeping together), I don’t have permanent living space (it is not that I’m couch surfing but I’m still renting at the age of 24, I’m telling you, to get the property in such young age is impossible on your own). My friend is always telling that those who are trying for baby (they are really desperately) usually fail and those who don’t want or don’t put so much effort have a baby straight away. Whatever. Enough about it, I will talk myself into it. So, what I have been up to. As I said before, I was planning my holidays, doing some contacting and arranging the programme (I guess I would never wanted to say it loud but I’m a bit of control freak, I prefer to go on holidays and have everything planned). I went to alternative fashion week (will tell you more later), done some shopping, met my friends – regular stuff as always. The weather is just gorgeous today so I bet I will force myself to get out and enjoy it (it is not so often you get nice weather in
Benefit/Olyinka event      MorningMorning. This is an early call (early for me as I am used to sleep till noon if I am off). After meeting my friend J last night, we came up with the plan. The thing is that I am going for holidays in less than a month (I can’t wait but I am dreading to be caught in bikini), my friend J is attending her brother’s and our friend’s V wedding this summer (after V heard about the plan, she is also in competition/mission to shed those extra pounds). I woke up at 8 this morning and was already on the road before 9 (I went to Queen’s Park) – it was good timing as all the office people were on the way to work and I am not so particularly keen of being seen as a red faced girl puffing down the road with her tights wobbling. No way. My all workout took less than an hour (I was all red faced when I came home; I haven’t done any exercise since Xmas). So from now on, I will try o keep up with the plan to do some running and keep healthy eating habits (no more chocolate, sad). I am later going to Benefit store as Olyinka (the brand I do PR and press) is hosting an event. I am excited as this is there first event. There will be free make up, cupcakes, champagne and many more (kind of treat yourself afternoon). I am later hoping to pop into some events in the Alternative Fashion week which is round the corner (I didn’t go to LFW so at least I will make it to this one, better something than nothing). I will load some pictures later on from both of the events. I am also doing my food diary for one of the health programs I am taking part (I just got hooked up with all the stuff in gumtree.com as there are so many activities you can do and you don’t have to pay a penny). I am also planning to attend the book club meeting later next month (first I need to buy a book and read it which is not such a big problem as I am “geeky” kind of person when it comes to books). What else? Hm..I better hurry up as I need to be there at around 12 and I still haven’t had a shower (hey, I done some running so need to cool down and then have a shower).
Holiday plan Alexi Prima
One of my crew members was touched by her daughter’s actions. She spoke to the girl on the phone and the next thing we know, she is all over the news. I thought it was so sweet that I needed to give you a link to it.
http://bit.ly/cGPlJ0 The trip
Well, I can’t believe how “lucky” I’m. First of all, a bit about my job: I work as a flight attendant (oh dear, it is not so glamorous as it sounds, trust me) for Irish company (I bet you already guessed with one and cursing it for bag charges, credit card charges and so on) but I love my job, none of the day is the same as yesterday (always have different type of passengers veiling and complaining), my work colleagues are young international people who always make your day (it different ways: sometimes some of them just wind me up, some of them make my laugh until you start crying, some of them you can always reply on). I guess all of you have seen the news and somehow was included in continuous drama. I got stuck in Germany. The fact is that the hotel was in the town of 1000 people and had three streets which you can walk down in one minute each. Few shopping centers (at least we got some lovely local rose in one of them), ice cream shop (we spent our Sunday noon indulging and tanning in one of the patios), few dinners (Chinese buffet was yummy and I believe went busted after so many people “6 of us” used it, well apparently there are none people there all the time), number of boutiques (imagine 40-50 year old shopping heaven) and the church in the middle (the clock had never stopped and made some of the crew awake half of the night). Sounds like a perfect getaway but I forgot to mention that I had to attend my best friend’s birthday dinner that night and also leaving party of my friend. In addition to that, we didn’t have any clothes on us (we weren’t naked you creepy people, we just had uniform and had to wear it till next day) and had to do shopping (I’m not complaining about this bit at all, I loved it but who doesn’t when we talk about labels, new collections and just the idea of buying). Day trip to Luxembourg and more shopping, dinners in the restaurant, 4 star hotel with individual room – this was my “holidays” which were the result of volcano activity in Iceland. After four nights in sunny Germany (the weather was amazing and some of us got tanned) we decided enough is enough (girls were crying for strengtheners, boys were upset about not seeing Arsenal game and all of us missing our own beds/beloved ones/pets etc) and had a road trip back to UK. An hour by van to Luxembourg (our driver Vladimir from Russia, thanks to him we made it on time), three hours by train to Brussels (I was sleeping most of the way after getting two seats) and under two hours of Eurostar (I was mistaken with model Stone which is flattering), we don’t need to forget 300 pounds poorer we made it back to London. I thought I never say it but I missed miserable gray London and wouldn’t imagine living somewhere else (well for now). It is nice to go on holidays, enjoy sunny days laying in the beach, getting the tan, indulging with local food and wino but at the end, it is good to be back home.
Back to UK
I can't believe it but I'm back and I'm over the moon, I never thought I would say it, but I missed UK. The weather might not be nice here, but it is my home at the end: my friends, job, my own bed, my city London. I will update about my trip later as I'm a bit knackered and willing to have a short nap. Feeling a bit jet lagged from my Germany trip :)
Germany
I am bloody stucked in Germany. Missed my meetings and all the arrangements. It is in the middle of nowhere (well, it is, the town we stay has like 1051 people). Missing my bed, my friends and bloddy English weather
Healthy meI have been running around and not staying at home, so didn’t have time to write (excuses, shame on me). I decided to go back to my “healthy living phase” (I don’t include the detox of two weeks when I was only eating raw vegetables and fruits) which ended at the beginning of a year. Making resolutions for New Year and sticking to them is torture (I make the list of things which I “need” or “must” do, however, the good girl behaviour when following it last like few days). Well, you shouldn’t think I’m one of those fat cows sitting in front of TV and stuffing myself with Ben and Jerry’s (OK, sometimes I do it, I admit. Only when I’m down or before that time of the month). Body pump and body balance were (talking in past tense as it was few months ago) my favorite classes which I attended at least twice per week. It was my “feel good” drug, so I guess I could be called “gym junkie” as I went for classes and then headed to the cinema. You need to treat yourself after workout. Every time I’m picking the movie to rent or buy with my friends, they get annoyed as I have seen most of the movies on a big screen back in 2008/9. Again, I don’t draw a line: it is everything or nothing – so I believe overdoing with movies is nothing to be embarrassed (moreover, I seen all of them not alone, well apart from SAW one as no one wanted to go). I guess I’m average girl – moaning about the weight, trying fad diets, attending new classes, buying the products which must do miracles to your problematic areas. If I tell you what I have done in my life to lose the weight (oh dear, I don’t mean nothing like starving, I love my food too much and the ones who don’t, you are missing a life) – maybe next time as I’m more into telling about today’s activity. Let’s go back to the exercising. I found a college student who is doing his last year, for his project he is offering to build the work out programme which includes different methods, also make a diet plan (I’m thinking of running to local shop to get some chocolate before it! This is desperate). We will meet up once per week for him to show the programme and evaluate the results. This will only be done for a month (think positive, Simona) – I don’t expect miracles but I hope to get into the mood of working out. What put me of working out? The local gym is so tiny that it makes me dizzy: I always have a feeling I’m going to hit the ceiling when running on the treadmill (5’11 is all enough but I swear, it is not my height, it’s the low ceilings). Oh and the best, try coming in the evening and you will do “stand and wait” workout as all the equipment is occupied. Makes me crazy! I had this idea of buying some DVD and doing the workout at home (well this idea occurred like a year ago, it is still stowed in my head and weren’t proceeding) or start running in the park (I’m not so happy about my wobbly parts being exposed). Anyways. The first meeting is on Friday (I didn’t want to delay one more day – determination of being fit again is taking over). I can’t wait. In addition to that, I have registered for my free induction lesson with British Military Fitness (Mad women you would think, fair enough – but never say you don’t like it before you try it, it might be quiet good) – I’m already having a vision of me doing proper push ups (lame, but I can’t do full ones, blaming my height as always). Follow my updates with the progress. I’m more than happy sharing (leaking very important info about burning all those naughty deserts you were having lately) the details with you. Oh, and it is always about feeling good when working out which means shopping for new sports outfit. All the magazines are full of those new Reebok new Easytone shoes: they look funky and they do what it is promised – this is salvation for my soul and my bum. You might be cracking now of me believing in all the commercial stuff, I don’t. I’m always difficult to convince and be influenced by advertisement (and boy, it has some power to pursuit us to commit the purchase of something we don’t really need) but… My sister had MBT shoes (I was yeah, I bet it is just one more useless product) and to my own disappointment (as I always prefer to be right, who doesn’t) I was proven wrong. Miracles didn’t happen although after having a walk in the park my calves were sore (same effect as running for an hour on the treadmill) which made me shut up and accept the defeat (MBT were working, at least you would feel some evidences of it). Maybe some of you have already tried new Reebok ones? Let’s be a bit illusional and believe that those legs and bum is easy to achieve (you just need to wear Easytone shoes while doing some workout).
The Start
I know everyone will think “One more girly blog”. Well, sorry to disappoint you but it is, however, I wouldn’t call myself girly one (not a feminist either). Everyone loves fashion (I am fashion junkie and happy to be one) but not all of us can afford to get the “must have” items from the catwalks so I believe with a bit of creativity you can look a million dollars and people will ask you (not because you look like Xmas tree) where you got it. My vision is to try some courses and share my experience with you (I might be a hidden talent at the end or maybe one of you will get inspired to try something). Also to attend the events: gigs, exhibitions, plays, films (we need to have the list of places to take people we want to impress). I’m not going to persuade you to do anything you don’t want but will be happy to share my tips on diet (I’m chocoholic and this is some kind of the challenge for my waistline), some yummy recipes (I believe we all have hidden Angela Lawson/ Jamie Oliver in us), countries you might consider visiting (beach holidays in Spain, champagne or wine tasting in France, enjoying crispy Margarita in Italy), films you might watch (Bridget Jones is the chick flick when you feel down to make you believe that everything will be OK and there is happy ending). Moreover, enjoying the life is not so costly (OK, I am not talking about the mortgage payments, bills, council tax etc), it might just require a bit of your imagination and willingness to try new things. I better keep going as I don’t want to miss that gorgeous sun outside, so I’ll be heading to Covent Garden for some naughty treats (those yummy gateaux are always talking to me “Eat me, try me”, so how can I resist that temptation?) at Valerie (it is one of my favorite place in London) with my friend.
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