The Trulla's and Springtime!

 

The view outside the living room window

a few weeks ago 

 

Spring has finally arrived

and we can eat breakfast

semi-outside

Mmm, clogged arteries

 

University of Oslo

campus

I'm well into my final round at the University of Oslo. Workin' hard to wrap up my second good-for-nothing degree, before I'll be packing my stuff and heading for yet another one of Oslo's educational institutions - it's time to learn a real trade for a change. Luckily I'm only 23 and still a baby, and there's certainly worse ways I could have wasted four years of my life on.

 

 

"Don't you dare put ugly photos of me on Facebook 

- I'll sue you"

(She won't say 'disinherit' 'case there's nothing

to inherit in the first place)

Mom hates all of the photos I take of her, saying that 

I make her look old,

like it's a conspiracy

I went to see my momma the other day.

I'm bored, so I've started going to the gym again - attending classes and shit - so I had to go dig out some of my sporty outfits that I've kept hidden at my storage at my mom's house for ages - I haven't broken a sweat in one and a half years! And ironically, I've never looked more fit. 

Until now. 

I figured, considering all of the crap I eat, it's time to get back to the gym. 

The downside is that my body has a rather unfavorable reaction to working out - in no time I gain muscle tissue and start to look all bulky and veiny, and shit - not very attractive. But hey, at least I'm maintaining the image hinted in this blog's title. 

I try to stick to cardio-workouts, though, but it's hell.

Ha Mok Pla - Fish curry wrapped in banana leaf, yum!!

Mom still misses Snowball

terribly, 

still talking to him like he's there

He's burried in the small garden patch

outside the front door,

I forgot to take a photo

Mom said she'd had her own little ceremony,

throwing a few coins and placing an orchid

on top of the grave she'd dug out of the ice-hard

dirt, burried under a couple of feet of snow

I can just picture it,

lil' Thai momma

 

But she seems fine and has even

ordered a trip for herself to Iceland! 

Vietnamese sweet sesame pastry

stuffed with sweet yellow mung bean

- pretty grosse

Yesterday I got to celebrate the birthdays of two of my most near and dear colleagues, Trine and Tulla. 

They had invited a small group of friends to a grand dinner party at their house, with fancy homemade hors d'oeuvres and stuff. I felt really honored and happy to having been invited to the shindig, and I had an awesome time!

 

Trine and her sister

prepping the salad

Trine and Tulla

and their son, Santos

- whom is currently vacationing

at his grandparent's house

Nifty table cards

- with photos; 

in case the alcohol intake made you turn

illiterate some time during the evening,

you'd still be able find your spot at the table

Trulla's

youngest one, 

Sophie

 

Tulla & Sophie

Yay!!