My favorites these days

My new purple lipstick.

 

Body oil from Sabon in Musk scent. 

I absolutely love everything from this store and I was so happy when I found it in Kyoto. It's crazy expensive but this was a Christmas present from myself to myself!

 

Black americano at Starbucks. 

It's funny because I was such a coffee snob from drinking too much excellent coffee back home that I didn't like Starbucks. But as I'm finding it hard to find excellent coffee in Japan, Starbucks is the best bet. And obviously they put some kind of drug in their coffee so I'm addicted now. 

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Christmas spirit: has anyone seen mine?

I've never in my life had such little Christmas spirit! It's kind of funny. I feel like this is just the one year that there's not gonna be any Christmas. Japan is full of Christmas decorations, Christmas songs and Christmas cakes but the Christmas spirit seems nowhere to be found!


But I'm not sad. I will be spending this Christmas in Sendai with my Icelandic friends. It's fun to go and see another side of Japan and I always enjoy seeing these people - and get to speak Icelandic! What a luxury!

This Christmas Godzilla is located in a shopping mall in Tokyo. I wish I had the time to see it!

Merry Christmas!

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Long time, no write

Back after a wonderful weekend in Kyoto and Osaka.

 Last few weeks I've been: traveling, studying, making music, exploring, eating. But I have not been blogging. 

I'm sorry. Sometimes I just get too caught up in everything else.

But more too come soon. I have so much to share.

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What makes me happy today

Eating Mexican food two days in a row

Watching Bridesmaids with good people

My cover being  featured on this site

Getting to try out Japanese Koto harp tomorrow

Beautiful new glittery blue over the knee socks 

Having figured out how the heater in my room works

 Kyoto and Osaka in less than 2 weeks

This song

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Photo challenge day 19 - Best friend

This topic is really unfair. I can't pick one. I am so lucky but at the same time I miss them all so much when looking at these photos!
One big <3

 

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Photo challenge day 18 - Something new

New earrings. Only 300 yen. Love them. 

They're my biggest earrings so far I think! Lets see if my ears handle them.

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Photo challenge day 17 - Memories

 

I decided to pick this one as memory picture because I was actually today telling a friend of mine the story from when I shaved my head. I was 17 years.  It was such an awesome mixture of freedom, independence and "I don't give a damn what you think of me"- feeling  that I  sometimes want to do it again. 

But then again, I hated the "kiwi" stage. The stage when your hair is at this awkward stage where hair products don't work because it's too short but it's just up in the air, ugly and unflattering.

It was also really interesting to see how people who don't know you treat you immensely different looking like this. Before I had had dark brown hair and glasses and was this normal, next door girl. People's attitude towards me changed so drastically I didn't even believe it.  Old woman were scared of me and thought I was some kind of rebel and many guys did only look at me to make a shocked face of disgust. And yeah, I also had one really uncomfortable and awkward moment when I met real "skinheads". 

This is the best proof of how shallow people can be. 

 

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Triple fun - Day 14, 15 & 16!

Day 14 - Movement

 The cutest ship that sailed by when we went to Mt. Fuji the other day. This is at Yamanako lake.

Day 15 -  Technology

 

Ok, I know this is not the best relation to technology, but it's kind of a boring topic anyway!  A super addicting game in a japanese arcadium - pachinko! This thing requires reeeally fast movement as you're supposed to hit the buttons when pictures appear on them. Sounds easy, but you choose song and do it in the right rhythm to the song, and believe me when I say it's fast! And too bad, I suck at it. I feel kind of ashamed though, because it's a music related game.. haha! It's really popular here, when we were playing there was a line of people waiting for the next available machine!

Day 16 - Animals

This was my dog, Sarah. She died a few months ago, almost 13 years old. We got her when I was 10 and had been dreaming for a dog for such a long time. She was a really special dog, with a bigger character than many other dogs around and I have many great memories about her <3

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I know I've not been too good with this photo challenge, but I'm getting there. The last days just have been to hectic since I got a real music software to make music, recorded a cover song and a video an did my with my first DJ - set in Shinjuku - apart from being in school and having tests!

More to come tomorrow!

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New video from yours truly..

 

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Photo challenge day 13 - Written words

 

I'm reading a book these days. Written words. In a book. The book is called "The picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.

I just started reading it and haven't gotten that far but I absolutely love it so far. So many memorable quotes from it so I decided to write one of my favorite one for this days theme.

"Ah! realize your youth while you have it. Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing. "

Love it!

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Photo challenge day 12 - Hands

This is not the coolest picture, but I'm tired after a long day and I don't have the freshest imagination right now. But these are my hands, wearing my two favorite nail polishes these days, peach and glitter gold!

I'ts late late. I should be gone to sleep sleep.
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Photo challenge day 11 - Something old

 

Today's theme was something old. I decided to find an old photograph of me from when I was living in USA with my family and i thought it was a lovely contrast to have me this photo of me, a lake and autumn trees - just as were in the picture as I had in the last post. 

I obviously loved pink there as well. I haven't changed a bit!

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Photo challenge day 10 - Nature

 

Japanese autumn colors are very pretty. This photo was taken yesterday in a field trip with my class to see old Japanese houses. We walked through this small pretty garden where we found this pond and beautiful trees.

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Photo challenge day 9 - Inspiring person

This one is hard. There are many inspiring persons out there and picking one is hard. But I decided to pick her.

 

 I've been listening to her since I was a little girl. I remember when my parents bought Homogenic and I sat in the car on the way home totally hypnotized by the album cover and couldn't wait 

to listen to this album because I had loved her other albums.

Yoga became right away one of my favorite songs and has been since.

I also love the fact how she is so truly original in everything she does. That is really inspirational.

For example her new Biophilia project. That is just so cool and far away from anything other artist have done up til now.

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Photo challenge day 8 - Favorite color

PINK!

Here is a part of my collection of pink items. Japan is a spectacular place for persons that love pink. I mean, Hello Kitty was made here!

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