b-day

- 'Happy Birthday to me', I said this morning as I unwrapped the little gift I gave myself. And who would ever have guessed that when I opened that gift it was exactly what I wanted! Someone has very good taste. :)

almost 28

So I have a question.
An important one.
What happens to your body when you are, like me, almost 28?
Are there rules that I didn't know of?
Rules that dictate that it's time for deep lines under your eyes to appear and cellulite on your bum?
Well I don't like it!
And just imagine what tricks mother nature will think is cool to play on you when you're almost 35... Jeez Louise...

nervous

I got an email sent to me today.
And the email made me feel incredible nervous. And right now I'm questioning myself... Why on earth did I ever decide on doing this?!

Anyway, email read: Your opponent is very fit cardio wise so I would recommend making sure you work hard on the cardio and don't run out of steam. The first time fighting is very tiring and its important to control your breathing to prevent lactic acid build up.

So guess what I am dong tonight... Yep, hitting the gym.

friday again

It's Friday again, holy cow this week has just flown by again...

Off to watch some exciting fighting tonight. Need to get in a fight mood since my fight got confirmed yesterday - 12 December in Singapore. Got some serious training ahead of me!
And tomorrow we've been promised glorious weather, so I'm off on a junk (boat). Bring on the sunshine, I desperately need to get a tan, am so boringly pale at the moment.

Wishing you all a good weekend.

surprises

Sometimes life is full of excitement and small surprises...

Like a friend lending you a small oven and that you now are able to take out a newly baked blueberry pie from that very oven and enjoy the lovely scent of something home baked.

Like getting that phone call that you've been longing for a whole day.

Like receiving really cool news.

Like finding a postcard in the mailbox.

Like knowing that soon you're due to open that little "surprise" birthday present you bought yourself a few weeks ago.

I say, keep the excitement and the small surprises coming, cause they sure make me smile!

bugger

Don't try this at home kids...



Instead of having a productive night including gym, grocery shopping and baking chocolate cookies, I did this... Bugger.

Update:After some serious cursing I wiped off the blood, went grocery shopping and made some cookies anyway... And why this mess in the first place?: Well after I had just finished putting up my new bookshelves and also put my lovely glass candles holders on top of them, one of the book shelf holders decided to snap and therefore one shelf fell on the other shelf and my whole floor got covered in glass and other bits and pieces. I think I'll go to IKEA tomorrow and complain. A metal bookshelf holder shouldn't snap like that.

my table

For you guys that have been asking about my table, here it is, with chairs and all...

bbb

I have decided to celebrate.
bbb = Beach, BBQ and Birthday.
Not today of course, there's no way I'm celebrating getting older earlier than necessary, but in a few weeks time...

Feeling really excited.
You coming?!

kiss or hug

Cheek kissing is an artform.
Especially when you come from a country where you greet your friends with a hug.

I find it is quite easy to be too "aggressive" when it comes to kisses on the cheek, which means that I bang my cheek into the other persons cheek. Not so nice, since it actually can hurt.
And during hot humid days, which we have quite a few of here in HK, it is not unlikely that that bang kiss becomes a bang and slide kiss due to the sweat on both persons cheeks... Not so nice either, since you end up with your face in someones hair.
And then we have the awkwardness of not hitting the target right at all. Like this evening when I was walking back from the gym and saw my boxing instructor. We missed and I ended up kissing him on the lips. OK, not all that bad since I think he is one of the most gorgeous men in town, but still - a bit awkward...

But I guess that hugging can become an issue as well. Take these hot and humid days again, well you don't really want to through your arms around someone and share that sweat that is dripping down your back... And also, you can be taken advantage of when telling people that you are used to hugging instead of cheek kissing... An example for you: after a couple of drinks a few months ago as I was saying good bye to the guy who I had had the drinks with, I leaned in to give and receive the obligatory cheek kisses, but found myself literally being grabbed and hugged instead. OK (again), not all that bad since this guy is tall, dark and handsome - well quite yummy to be honest, and to tell you the truth (again) - I really didn't mind. But still, completely taken by surprise...

I might just start being old fashioned Swedish and shake hands only.
But then again, maybe not...

crayfish report

We sang, we drank and we ate crayfish.
A few of us went in the pool (I was actually first in and loved it!) and I think all of us had a good night.

crayfish tonight

Tonight it's crayfish time.
Crayfish and vodka, and 190 people around a pool at Hong Kongs Royal Yacht Club, could get messy...
This Swedish babe promises to report.
But for now: so long and helan gar!

guys...

This is funny.. enjoy..

God, apparently as a prank, devised two sexes and called them "opposite." The sex war has raged since for 5,ooo years. But it's time we called a truce... starting with men negotiating their terms of surrender.

Why do men like intelligent women? Because opposites attract. Just look at the evidence. What excites men? Food, footy and the Playboy channel. The trouble is, women get all excited about nothing... and then we marry him.

Over half of all marriages today end in divorce, (and let's face it, more ought to!) and the majority of these divorces are initiated by women. (Obviously many marriages break up for religious reasons - he thinks he's a God and well, she just doesn't.)

Marriage statistics are currently lower than Britney Spears's bikini line. And as we now know that marriage suits men much better than it suits women, (married men live longer than single men, have less heart disease and mental problems, whereas single women live longer than married women and have less heart disease and mental problems), I suspect that it's women who are getting PMT. - Pre Monogamy Tension.

As it's in a man's interest to keep us happy, it might be helpful to give them a list of what a woman's looking for in her Knight in Shining Armani.

First and foremost, we want a man who knows that 'mutual orgasm' is not an insurance company. (If he persists in this attitude, may I suggest you adopt the "doggy position" - where he begs - and you just roll over and play dead.)

We also prefer a man who does half the housework and the odd sensitive thing with mange tout. (The way to a woman's heart is through her stomach. That is NOT aiming too high.)

We favour a bloke who talks to us too. I often feel that my small intestine communicates with me more often than my husband. After all, word play is foreplay for females. How else is Woody Allen still getting laid?

Unless crossed, the female of the species tends towards fidelity and constancy. There are a few species where the male stays faithful until he dies - mostly as a result of being eaten by his partner after mating.

The truth is, many men go straight from puberty to adultery. And yet they expect their women to be so virginal. Males are prone to pant - "Darling, darling, am I the first man to make love to you?" To which the woman replies, "Of course.... I don't know why you men keep asking the same silly question?!" Believe me boys, if you don't want the Pope to start ringing you up for tips on celibacy, I suggest you stop thinking that monogamy is something you make dining room tables out of.

But girls, do you know what really makes a man perfect? Being perfect enough to understanding why we're not.