Merry Christmas, again!
Today the weather doesn't look too good. Well, I bet it's warm but not warm enough for the beach as I was hoping for. Anywho, I have to get going to Countdown to buy a lot of nice food, make a killer lasagne and bake some cookies or something, haha.
Ciao everyone, I hope you in Sweden had a joyful day with great food, spirit and gifts.. :)


Amazingly good wine - amazingly good dinner
Merry Christmas!
Once again, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Back from work = tired
Uuuuh I am so tired. I start at 8.30 tonight so I'll have plenty of time to wake up, eat something, have a looong shower and hang out with Dom, whom I haven't seen for a couple of weeks by now. I'll just start a movie and pass out, I'd have some Chamomile tea with honey and ginger root, I just can't be bothered to make it so screw that.
Sleeeeeeeeep NOW!
Wooooork
Today has been such a nice day, I met up with three friends of mine and we had dinner together and just chilled out until my work started. I worked from 10.30 - 4.00, and I just saw that I've been given more hours this week and the next, so I'm happy happy happy!!! Tomorrow I'll most likely be working from 7.00 pm - 4.00 am, it's going to be a killer but it's no problemo. I wish that Micky's was situated in the same city as my studies, because I really don't want to leave such a great place to work in, but on the other hand I'll find a new bar in Auckland to work in, and if I'm lucky I'll end up in a good one as well.
BUT now I have to eat something, and then go to sleep. I'm not really that tired unfortunatley so I might just start a movie or whatever.
Aaaaaah I'm still so happy that I got more hours. Hallelujah!

En sådan kliché
Jag vet att ni tänker att det är otroligt tråkigt att jag inte ägnar var sekund här åt äventyr och nya upptäckter, och jag håller med. Dock måste jag informera er om att det inte är möjligt för tillfället på grund av följande:
- Det är nästan 30 grader utomhus just nu, jag brinner upp och tänker absolut inte sätta min for utomhus förrän solen har gått ner om det inte handlar om att ta mig till stranden eller jobb. Stranden lär jag åka till nu i dagarna, men fram tills dess tänker jag inte plåga mig och halvt brinna till döds i syfte att slippa känna att det är tråkigt att sitta inomhus.
- Jag är trött dels efter helgens jobb, och dels efter att jag var ute igår. Jag blev inte hemskt full eller så, men det tär visst ändå på krafterna tycks det mig.
- Jag är sjuk, och det bästa botemedlet är citronte med honung och färsk ingefära. Jag ska ta och göra det snart, men ser intre fram emot att dricka det i denna värmen. Usch. Annars ska jag bara se på en film och sen ta en skön, kall dusch och svalka mig.
Så ja, jag väntar på att solen ska gå ner och jobbet ska börja så jag kan ta och aktivera mig, längtar!
Men men, jag misslyckades precis med min lunch. Såhär var det meningen att det skulle gå:
Toast i ugn med svamp- och grönsakssås och ost
Såhär blev det:
Upp och nedvänd toast i ugn med svamp- och grönsakssås och ost
Så nu har jag ingen lunch OCH måste jag städa ugnfanskapet. Livet går emot mig.
Jag ska bara dricka mitt jäkla te, lyssna på Kings of Leon och chilla i min Sverige outfit. Ja, jag har på mig en alldeles för stor Sverige t-shirt samt ett par ljusblå strandshorts från Roxy, och med mitt blonda hår och gårdagens frisyr ser jag ut som en smått galen SWE supporter.
Galen är jag nog smått, men nu ska denna klyschiga svenskan sluta se ut som en levande reklamstolpe för min nation, och hoppa in i duschen och ta en kall dusch. Ni vet ju att jag absolut hatar kallt vatten? Om vi säger såhär: i Samoa väntade jag till eftermiddagen med att bada för att det var "för kallt" på morgonen. Well, efter ett par veckor i Christchurch duschar jag kallt, så illa är det här. Värre är att jag klagar, jag som älskar varmt väder!?
Misslyckas med maten tänker jag INTE göra en andra gång, så jag ska träffa David från Stockholm, som jag lärde känna igår, och två av hans vänner för middag innan jag börjar jobb. Har absolut ingen aning om vad det kan bli, men vad som helst är bra för mig, så länge jag slipper tillaga det själv. Jävla toast.....
Haha, bitter som fan här. Ska komma igång nu.

Brittany - Esme - Mau - Me - Guro
Sweet as!
I had some beers last night, had a great time and (yet another) realization of how low my tolerance for alcohol is at the moment, I just can't be bothered to care right now.
Well. I'm tired, and tonight I'm working from 7 pm until closeup, which would be around 3 am I think so I just need some rest during the day, leftover from yesterday and magazines that my wonderful grandparents sent me. Yay!
I'll write more later!
Lot's of love!
sick and miserable
Plan for today is just relax for another hour or so in the couch watching Fawlty Towers, then do some cleaning if I'll feel better and later on go to town to fix some things, maybe buy some stuff that would ease up this shitty condition of mine. I don't feel like lying around in my sweatpants all day, so hopefully I'll get some energy soon enough.. Any tips ti get better are morw than welcome, by the way..
Back to John Cleese and chamomille tea, I'll stay in this position for another hour or so.
Cheers

OnDemand

The absolute BEST corn chips in the world... God bless Doritos!
Chamomille, Alias and a hurting head
Anyway, after staying up until sunrise a couple of days straight it's kind of hard to fall asleep, so here I am all awake one in the morning. In order to get in sleepy mood I'm drinking chamomille tea with Manuka honey to get rid off my cold, and hopefully it will ease up my dehydration which gave me this terrible headache. I'm watching Alias and just wish I could pass out. I'm so tired but I just can't sleep.
I wish I would have bought some chocolate earlier, aaaah why didn't I? Cucumber won't do the job of satisfying my need for sugar right now, that's for sure. Well, I'll just have a cosy night by myslef watching TV and maybe a movie or two, drinking tea and relaxing.

Me and Jasmine on graduation. I love you! ♥
Work
AND I finally got myself some hangers, so this week I'll fix my room and put my clothes in my closet, yaaaay! And Dominik is coming in a couple of days and staying for Christmas so I'll have an amazing friend to spend the Holiday with, so I don't really mind anymore if I won't be able to work on Christmas Day.
Life's good!

tired as
It's almost five pm, and as I was told to come in for bartender training tonight I'm out of here in five hours. Five hours left of resting, I'm not sure if it's enough. I've caught a cold, probably because me body isn't used to working night quite yet, but I'll get there. I'll just have some tea and nose spray and hope for it to pass soon. My whole body is hurting, you know working in the bar is quite a workout, at least for me. Carrying around trayf filled to the top with glasses, bottles and plates, lifting etc. My muscles are quite sore.
I feel sick, which I guess is the prize for working nightshifts, and even though we have summer I'm not really able to fully enjoy it because I spend most of the day sleeping and eating, I don't even have energy to read a book right now. My walk home this morning was horrible. I was talking to myself to stay awake, and it took me twice the time to make it home. Because of bad insulation the apartment is hotter than hell, and I am burning. I'll have a cold shower in a while, before I'm off to work, can't wait. Worst of all this morning was when I was making food.. I made some noodles, because I was starving and I knew I had to eat, otherwise I'd go a full day without eating anything by the time I'd wake up. So I made the noodles and almost fell asleep eating them, not good!
But yeah.. I might go and buy some coca cola if I can find some energy to move at all. I usually don't drink soda except from when I'm working (sugar and caffeine keeps me going) but I have this craving for it right now, eeeeeeh.
Ah well, I shouldn't complain, I couldn't have asked for a better job atm ;) But I am tired, I sweat like a pig in the heat and need some rest. I hope everything is good with everyone. To all of my friends, especially the ones in Sweden, USA, The Netherlands, Mexico and New Zealand: I love you and miss you so much!
And for the record, I am really jealous of you who have snow right now.
worn out..
As tired as I am right now is quite new. I am used to spending so many hours straight studying, which also is physically and psychologically exhausting. But nothing like this. Last night I worked from 7 pm (19th) until 4 am (20th). 9 hours straight, alone on the floor where we usually are three or four people collecting glasses, managing the dishes and cleaning in general. I mean sure, it was Sunday and not as many customers as on Fri or Sat. But then there was the staff party. It was cool though. Even if I was working, I could still drink and have good food, so a lot of work combined with a delicious buffé (or buffay?) and a lot of shots, here I am, alive.
Holy shit. But I like it. It is about time I get used to working more than six hour a day, fuck man I am happy actually! And, I got to know some of the members in a band that play at MF's a couple a nights a week and they were awesome! I did not get any bartender training, but I don't mind because I really enjoy my job anyways. But still, they asked me to come in tomorrow only to get some training so I guess that's a good sign, I'll hope it'll happen!
But now I will HAVE to eat something, and then get some sleep. I am not joking when I say that I was talking to myself the whole walk home not to pass out in the middle of the streets. I can't wait to sleep. But, food first. I'll eat whatever dammit, noodles most likely, haha. I just can't be fucked (be bothered) to make anything else right now.
And oh, if the text is big and you're wondering why: I have no idea... I pressed some buttons and this is what happend. But whatever ;) I'm still happy to have made enough money to pay all of my bills in one, single night. Fuck yeah!
Cheers.
kiwilicious
I slept till 2.30 pm today, my body is aching and I am absolutely exhausted. I've had som breakfast/lunch/dinner -----> BRINNER and right now I'm just resting on the sofa watching Midsomer Murders with Kels. I was rosted to start work at 11 pm, but my boss texted me about 30 minutes ago and asked if I can come earlier, so I start at 7 pm instead. It will be tough because I am really tired, but I'll get thru it, I'm just happy to start earlier ;)
So I'll just keep chilling for a while and then I'm off to work in about two hours.
xxxx
Kiwi lingo 101
1. There is a major difference from kiwi to kiwi. If it is just a kiwi, then it is referred to a person from New Zealand. If it is kiwibird, it's the bird and kiwifruit is the same. You get it?
2. If someone here would refer to you, or anyone else, as a "good bitch" (GB) or ar "good cunt" (GC), do not be offended, it is something positive and means something like being awesome.
3. There are some words they tend to use a lot, like bro, aye and ye, amongst others.
4. Yee boi simply means yes or allright
5. Sweet as simply means that something is good
6. When a word is followed by "as", like wasted as, it enlarges the meaning of the word. So just wasted would mean that a person is drunk, whereas wasted as means that a person is really, really drunk.
7. Is you get a text from a kiwi and it is like trying to solve this cryptic message in an Egyptian Pharao tomb that is thousands of years old, do not be scared, it is just a habit among the kiwis to write so that it is impossible for the reciever to understand. I don't even think the kiwi's understand each other's text's..
Ex: "l0l dats n0t 2 bad ae, gud 2 b hme. w0t b0t u?"
...which really means: "LOL that's not too bad aye, good to be home. what about you?"
Well, this is enough for kiwi lesson numba one!

happy happy
But yeah, right now is December 19th 6.15 in the morning, and tonight is the Christmas party for the staff. I am working though, and will most likely start my bartender training tonight ;) Ooooh I am looking forward to this! I just love my job and my collegues, and I've spent the whole night singing and dancing along with all the songs and just ejoying myself. My boss told me I'm a machine and she keeps giving me compliments for my work, so I suppose I'm doing good, hehe. Which is good, I mean I really like this job and I do intend to keep it, so of course I'll do my best!
Ah well. My English probably sucks by now considering how tired and off I am. Except from working, I've also been wrestling and having minor water fights with Mark, who's a bartender, hahaha. Well, let's just say that even though I have these enormous biceps, he still seems to win over me. Bah!
Buuuuuuuuut now I'm off to bed. Or should I have breakfast first....? Uuuuuh I don't know. I might just watch the Big Bang Theory and pass out on the couch. Yeah, I think I will. I love sleeping on the couch!

Fish n' Chips would be supa gud right now.
work, yee boi!
Speaking of dressings, that is one thing that has changed me since I came here, my newfound love for Honey Mustard and Ranch dressing. Yum.
Sooo, eat my delicious drowned-in-dressing-dinner and then shower, then work!
Ciao!
32 degrees
So this is the current weather prognosis for Christchurch, New Zealand:
32 degrees Celcius
NW winds 9km/h
19.7% humidity
No clouds
This is the current prognosis for Louise:
Zombie mood after working night
Sweating like a pig
Sitting on a towel in purpose of not ruining the couch
Living in a steam room with no such thing as air conditioner
Afraid of having a hot meal, I might just burn to death from the inside out
It's quite hot outside. And inside.
Blondinbella
Men jo, jag kom bara på att tänka på detta med Blondinbella. Jag har blivit helt hooked igen att läsa hennes blogg, och den är för nuvarande det enda som jag faktiskt läser på svenska (förutom några vänners bloggar). Det finns många som tycks ha någonting emot henne, men enligt mig är hon en helt fantastisk människa som vi dödliga bör, på många sätt, se upp till. Hon är blott 20 år gammal och äger multipla företag som alla går med rejäl vinst, däribland Blondinbella AB och klädesmärket Classified. Hon har dessutom lanserat en bok som säljer stort och som jag själv ska läsa när jag får tag på en (på svenska, originalspråket, givetvis). Hon är multimiljonär och har åkt Sverige runt för att föreläsa på skolor och jobbar för at bygga upp tonåringars självförtroende.
VAD MER KAN MAN BEGÄRA AV EN 20 ÅRING?
Det finns naturligtvis mycket, mycket mer hon har åstadkommit.
Men detta inlägget var inte menat som en kort sammanfattning av hennes, Isabella Lövengrips, liv eller någon hyllning. Jag ville bara säga att jag tycker hon är alldeles fantastisk med hänsyn för hennes målmedvetenhet och förmåga att uppfylla mål och drömmar.
En sann inspirationskälla.

Bild lånad från Blondinbella.se
It's always cocktail hour somewhere in the world
I just came back from work (Saturday 18th of December, 06.20 am) and cooking breakfast right now. Egg sunny side up, bacon and toast. Yum! Last night wasn't too busy, we clodes up at 4.30 and stayed for staffie until 6 am. I just love having that staffie (jd & coke), it actually feels really good having a drink after serving drunk people for hours.
Well, about work; people say and do the most random stuff ever when they're drunk. For an example, this dude ran up to me several times last night screaming "I LOVE YOU!!!!" without any particular reason, I guess he just felt like it. I felt a bit akward though and avoided him for the rest of the night, haha.
This other guy came up to me when we started to close and I was cleaning some tables, and he said something like "I just wanted to tell you how amazing you are at doing your job. I saw when you were picking up some glasses and it was just great. You are good at your job!" Haha, say what? As if being the glassy is something hard and advanced? Not really.
There is always someone who just have to tell me how good I am at doing my job. As if they were actually amazed by the fact that I am cleaning the floors when someone drops their glass filled with beer. They think I am the most committed worker ever, just for doing what I am supposed to do.
Ahh drunk people, you are great you know!
One fun thing that happend tonight was that around maybe 2 am I saw Thomas from Auckland, who I haven't seen for a good month and a half. We catched up quickly, but as I was working I had to get going, so we didn't really have time to talk. I'll ju check up on for how long he'll stay in Christchurch. It would be fun to hang out one day or so with someone I know from WSA.
Ah well... One thing that I'm not sure of if it's good or bad is that I am rosted to work on New Year's and the 1st of January. I will work, I just won't say no to two busy nights of work, but it is kind of sad that I won't be able to have this great New Year's in New Zealand as I planned to have. But money is money.. :)
But I am tired as fuck, so to say, so I'm going to sleep now. I have two more nights of work waiting for me, the two days off followed by another two nights of work. It's not the full week, but it's better than two nights out of seven and I told my boss I'd be up to work any day any time, so cross your fingers I'll get more hours. I just hate having no work to do the rest of the week...
Fuck that. I need some sleep.
Ciao!

Today
07.30 am - wake up
08.10 am - breakfast: pancakes, eggs sunny side up and toast
10.00 am - sleep
03.00 pm - wake up and lunch: pasta with one egg, peas, carrots and green beans + one toast with bacon and egg
04.00 pm - rest
07.30 pm - dinner: 1/2 fresh orange, 1/2 litre of fresh strawberries and pancakes
08.00 pm - rest for another half an hour, then shower and get ready for work.
Haha, exiting day aye? I have been unusually tired today, but after some vitamines and protein I should feel better after a shower! Work tonight yiiiiha! I've been waiting for five days!
Elsewise: Memo called me a while ago from MEXICO and we spoke for a while. It was sooo cosy to talk to him, it's been so long by now so it was good to hear his voice! I really miss all friends, both from Sweden and uni..
Ah well, I'm just going to digest my dinner, and then hit the shower and freshen up for wooooork!
Ciao!