Yannani

Lunch date and meeting friend

Today was quite eventful. I had both a lunch date with my mum and her friend plus I was going to meet up with a friend of mine in afternoon.

The started with just sleeping in until around noon and then quickly head into the shower so that I was ready for our lunch date at 2 pm. A friend of my mum had invited us down to the city for something to eat and to just catch up. We took the tram down which only took around 15 min and then we met up with her and sat down at a lovely restaurant called “Grünerhagen” It’s a place where I used to go a lot when I was young and was living in the same area. We talked about a lot of things such as the fact that there is a huge strike when it comes to airplane mechanics and that a lot of planes are being cancelled for that reason. We also talk about how it is to live together etc.

As for food, I ordered a burger with bacon, cheddar, salad, onion with fries. My mum was suppose to have a quiche, but they didn’t have it and our friend wanted the veggie burger, but it was different from last years so we all just ended up with the same order. The food was alright, but nothing impressive.

When it was around half past 3 I had to head off since I was meeting a friend at 4 pm. Some of you may know her from my streams, but I was planning on visiting RexxEA aka Rebecca. She and I have been friends since we went to the same summer school which is almost 4 years now. We met up at “Majorstuen” and just sat down at a pub to catch up. It was really nice to see her again and hear everything that she has been up to. We also took a walk to “Vigelandsparken” which is a park with a bunch of statues from “Gustav Vigelands”. I’m not very much into that type of art, but it’s a lovely park regardless. After we had walked around and up to the monolith we took one of these electric scooters and drove to hospital since I was going to visit my dad next. It was all in all really fun and super nice.

The next stop was just visiting and hanging out with my dad. He was feeling much better and could walk around without any help today. We sat outside on the balcony like we did yesterday. My mother was also there and after an hour of chitchatting we headed home. Since we had a really heavy lunch we just had the leftover from the tuna fish salad for dinner.

All in all it was a really successful day. I enjoy meeting both old and new friends & tomorrow I’m meeting up with a brand new guy that I have gotten to know through streaming and such. I’m quite excited for that and I’ll let you guys know how it went ^^

Beautiful walk down the riverside

Today me and my mother decided to talk a small walk before we went to see how my dad was doing.

Woke up around 11 am because we had a guy coming over to look at our blinds. After my mum had eaten her breakfast and read the newspaper we headed out. We decided to talk a short walk and later we would pick up my sister from work and head over to visit my dad and check on how he was doing.

We walked up to the church where I had my Confirmation. Then we went over the grave yard and sat down for a while before we headed down to where I went to school and then further down to the river “Akerselva”. The great thing about living here is that it’s so easy to find a lovely place to take a walk. We followed the river down to “Nydalen” and then took the subway back home. Since it was a nice sunny day there were a lot of people outside and some of them were even swimming. It looked really nice and cool, perfect for a warm summer day.

After we arrived home we waited until my sister was finished and then headed towards the hospital. My father was feeling so much better and they had even given him and entire room for himself which was really nice. We all went outside and talked on a nearby balcony. I told him about my other plans for the week including a lunch tomorrow and meeting up with friends both tomorrow and Wednesday. We also shared our summer plans and I told him how I would return in August since this visit got cut way shorter than planned due to the cancellation. My father informed me that he would most likely stay throughout the rest of the week which made be a bit sad, but it’s for the best. He gets very well taken care of at the hospital plus it’s also nice for my mum to get a break.

When our visit was over we just headed up and had tuna fish salad for dinner. It’s not my favourite dish, but we apparently had a lot of leftover salads that needs be eaten up and it’s not too bad. We also have some more cake for dessert which I’m looking forward to eating.

Tomorrow my mum’s friend has invited us both for lunch. She is really nice and later I’ll meet up with a long term friend who I haven’t seen in a while. I’ll keep you guys updated, but as for now try not to die of the heat xD

Summer holiday back in Norway.

This year I decided to head home to Norway for a while since it’s been half a year since my last visit, but the trip ended up being a bit different then I had hoped for.

I was originally going to head back home on the 15th of June, but the plane got cancelled and then they put me on another one for the next day, but that one would leave at 7 am and I would have to wait in Milan (Italy) for 4h. So I decided to just cancel everything and buy new tickets which meant that I ended up going Friday the 17th. The plane ended up being 1h delayed which meant that I didn’t arrive home until 1am which was exhausting, but I made it here safely which is important.

The next day my parents were throwing my sister her 20th birthday party, but unfortunately my dad was feeling too ill and had to get sent to the hospital. My father has been diagnosed with “Pulmonary fibrosis” and has been in and out of the hospital a lot these past months. This was also one of the reason I decided to come home, but I get to visit him everyday while I am here.

My mother carried on with the party as planned and I got to see my aunt, uncle and both of my cousins. I also got to meet my sisters new boyfriend. He seemed very charming and a bit stranger. He is 6 years older than her, but my sister has always had an eye for older guys. The party went well. We ate some delicious foods including salads, shrimps and sausages. For dessert we had two cakes a marzipan one and a cheesecake.

It is really nice to be home and I’m looking forward to spend some time with family this week. Although I was hoping that my dad was in better shape so we could spend some time together but it’s better than nothing. I have some plans to visit friends as well so I’m also excited for that.

Hope everyone else is having a wonderful summer hanging out with amazing people and are enjoying the warm weather especially if you are living in central Europe.

A day of music and performances!

Today was a really eventfull day for both me and Nathan. First Nathan was going to participate in an entrence exam to one of his band members and later in the evening he was preforming with his music school. I got to see him play live for the first time ^^

The day started really piecefully. Nathan had to wake up a bit early today as well because we and his band members were heading to Ghent at around 11 am. The guitarist was having his entrece exams for a music school. One of the exams was preforming with a band. So they all went together early to make sure they made it.

In the meanwhile I decided to do a small stream where I tried a new game. It’s a small indie game called “Little Witch in the Woods”. Where you play as a which who is on her way to a big city, but after the train stops and then leaves without her she finds herself alone in a small eara. She startes living in an abandond witche’s house and explore the wilderness as much as the village near by. This was my first playthrough so I’m still discovering things here and there, but overall a really great first impression. The game is super cozy and I love the potion making aspect of it and that it seems like you get to build an abandoned village from scratch.

At around 4 pm I got a message from Nathan saying that the guitarist didn’t get in due to not doing to well on his theory exam and that they were on there way home. When he arrived we had around 1h until we would head out for Nathan’s second concert. This time with his band from music school. They were holding a public concert close by. We headed over there and it took a while before their band could preform, but eventually they entered the stage. They played 3 different songs. Their preformance were really good and I enjoyed myself a lot. It was really great watching Nathan play live for the first time ^^

When they were done preforming we just headed home and relaxed for the rest of the evening. Tomorrow we will just stay at home and chill since this week as been pretty eventfull xD

Hope you guys have had a lovely Wednesday as well

Market and golf.

Nathan took some days off work and today there were a market that we decided to check out and then we took a small bike ride to play golf since it has almost been a year since last time.

The day started with Nathan heading to band practise at around 9 am while I slept a bit longer. He sent me a message around noon informing me that he was on his way home, so I started to get myself ready to head out. As soon as he arrived home we both went out towards the market. The place we live is holding a small market every Thuesday and since Nathan still has more free days we decided to check it out. It was really cute and there were a bunch of things there. People sold vegtiables, meat, fish, snacks, cloth etc… there were even a van that sold animals. Mostly birds but they did have 4 very cute bunnies. There were a lot to see, but we only had 1h before they shut down for the day. I did buy some olives since they actually had the ones where the cheese is inside.

When we were done at the market we quickly stopped by our place to just put the olives into the fridge before we continued our day. This time we were heading to Brasschat to check out a mini golf place. We were planning on going somewhere else, but they were closed. It was a really nice ride and the wind really helped with the heat. It took us around 20 min to get there. The place was right next to a big park so it was nice and quite. We parked our bikes and headed in.

There were no one playing when we arrived which meant that we wouldn’t have to wait for people to be finished. We got our clubs and golf balls and started our run. The courses weren’t too interesting, but they did have some veriations to them. One thing they did have which I haven’t seen before was that 2 of the wholes were set up as regular gold where you started from a far and had to hit the ball over the lawn and on to the green field. It was really fun and I manged to get a really good hit on one of them. Nathan was leading pretty much throughout the entire game, but I did have my moments. Nathan won with 3 points less than me. He had 55 and I had 58. So close!

We decided to stay for some food since neither of us had eaten before we left and it was already almost 2 pm. The place was a bit expensive so we ended up sharing some Nacho’s and Ice cream and then we each had a milkshake. The Nacho’s were way bigger than i thought they would be, but we managed to get through everything. It was really good and the ice cream was perfect since it was almost 30 degrees.

When we were done eating we decided to just head home and die on the couch. I sent a message to my family back in Norway because today is Norway’s National day which is a public holiday where we celebrate the time we got independent. Some people have parties with their family and if you have kids in school there are also parades where the childring walk down a long street towards the castle where the royal family would be on the balcony and wave to them.

Tomorrow is also going to an eventfull day which I’m looking forward to. I just really hope that it won’t be as warm as today cause warm weather always gives me a headache.

Hope you guys have had a lovely week so far and are making sure to not get too hot escpecially if you live in the middle of Europe!

BBQ Birthday Party with friends

This weekend some friends and I got invited to a BBQ Birthday party. It was really fun despite the fact that not everyone was able to attend at the last minute.

I started the day by just waking up and jump into the shower so that I was nice and clean for the party. My friend would arrive at around 2 pm so I had at least 3h to prepear myself. I shaved my legs for the first time and put on one of flower dresses, because the it was almost 30 degrees outside. After my friend arrived we headed over to the Netherlands. It was a 40 min ride so it didn’t take too long which was really nice. Upon arrival we got news from the other people that their car had broken down and they wouldn’t be able to come. So we went from 6 to 3 people, but it was really nice regardless.

We started the party with playing some UNO. We played it differently from the rulebook, but it was really enjoyable. I had a point system which was that when someone won they got points. The points were determained by how many cards the other players had left. I think I got second. After UNO we treid Settlers of Catan Card edition and then we did one more after that. All of the games were really fun and the fact that they were in Dutch wasn’t a problem.

When we were done with the games we started up the grill and got ourself ready to eat. Our friend had a lot of food prepared. We had burgers, sausages and bacon. I really enjoy a good BBQ in the lovely summer weather. The bacon got a bit burned 😂, but the rest was perfectly cooked. For the rest of evening we just hang out and talked until it was time to head home.

The was a really great day overall even though it was a bit sad that not everyone could come, but I’ll get to see them next time 😊 When I got back home I told Nathan about my day and just relaxed for the rest of the evening.

I hope you all have had a great weekend and if anyone have any tips about how to stay cool during warm weather do let me know ^^

Movie date night

This weekend Nathan and I went to the movies. It’s nearly been half a year since the last time we went to the cinemas. We went to see Sonic 2 and it a really good movie.

Recently Nathan and I watched the new Sonic movie on Netflix. It’s about how Sonic became the iconic figure we all know and love. Unlike Nathan, I haven’t played a lot of Sonic games, but I really enjoyed the movie regardless. I was also looking forward to seeing it because the villian aka Doctor Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik was played by the legendary comidian actor Jim Carry. The movie was super fun and I loved how they drew the new Sonic character. For those of you who didn’t know the first ever trailer they made potraited Sonic really bad. It got huge backlash from the community and they had to re-draw Sonic which was for the better. The new one is more cartoon ish which fits him better. After watching the first movie we figured out that the second one recently got released and was showing in the cinemas.

We booked our tickets for this Saturday and decided to make a date out of it. Our movie started at 19:45 which meant that we could just chill before we left. When we arrived at the cinema we bought some drinks and some snacks. Nathan had chips while I had a large popcorn with cola. The second movie was just was much fun to watch as the first one. They had all the same funny elementas as they did in the first one. It also included some other character which you would recognise if you ever played the games. It was really nice to return to the cinema. It brings a whole different experience there rather than when you watch movies from the couch. After the movie ended they did teased the potential of a third movie featuring another character. I really hope we get to see that one as well.

After we headed out we went to Burger king and had a menu each. I went with the long chili cheese menu and Nathan wenmt with bacon and chicken. When we got our order we quickly figured that they made the wrong burger for Nathan. He got one with beef inested of chicken, but he didn’t mind and we just decide to do nothing. When we were done it was already almost 11 pm so we just headed home and relaxed the rest of the evening before heading to bed.

Hope you guys have had a fun weekend as well and I would defintly reccomend watch theb Sonic movies if you ever had any intrest in the franchise.

A well needed Easter break

Easter break is officially over now and it’s back to school. I’m really happy I got 2 weeks off, because I really needed a break from the Dutch lessons and just the stress from schoolwork in general. This was the most active easter I have had in years.

I haven’t had a lot of easter plans since I was younger. When I was growing up me and my family sometimes went up to the mountains for some skiing, but when we got older we lost interest plus my parents were tired of hearing me and my sister aruge all the time. The last times we went they blamed me forruining the trip because I would want to talk to other people and not be spending ever hour with them. After a while we just stopped going all together.

For the past years I have only been sitting at home with my family without anything really planned. Most of our easter celebreation is about food. My parents would always make a special easter meal where we would usually have lamb with some side dishes. Last year we had an entire lamb leg. I don’t really mind since I really love my moms cooking, but this year I acutally had plans.

This years plans only happened during weekends since I was the only one who had the week off. Nathan only got one day of because it was a public holiday.

The first thing we did was the Kermis. Not the one I wrote about in another post but a proper one. This one had HUGE vans with bunch of attractions, one of them being a Casino. I got to try “Coin Pusher” for the first time. We didn’t win anything big, but we did gather a lot of points which we can use for next time they are in town. I also did the thing where you throw a ball and try to knock down a tower of empty cans. There I won one of them Octopus that you is happy on one side and then you can fold it and it’s angry on the other side. Last one was shooting with a rifle. Here I didn’t win anything since my aim was too bad.

The weekend after that we went to the convention “Made in Asia”. That’s by far my favourite out of all the things we did. It was so hug and so much to see. I’m looking forward to returning again next year to see EVERYTHING!

For our last weekend we tried to visit another Kermis, but as you may have red from my last post that one was a huge dissepointment compared to the first one, but Nathan and I was able to make a great day out of it regardless.

In conclusion it was a really fun Easter. Even though I wasn’t able to enjoy my mothers easter dinner because of the move I was still able to talk to them and make sure they were doing alright, and maybe next year I’ll be able to visit them and spend some time with them.

Not according to plan, but good day regardless!

So today Nathan and I had plans to head over to the Kermis. It was a different one this time since the previous one moved, but when we arrived we ended up being very surprised to what we saw.

It was a really lovely day here with 20 degrees and full sun. I started the day with a small stream since I woke up earlier than expected and our plans didn’t start until around 3 pm. I played a game called “Sun Haven” together with a friend and then some League of legends before we were ready to head off towards the Kermis.

Since we decided that it would be easier to reach by bike we decided we would make a day out of it. First we would go there and have some fun and then head into the city for some bubble tea and ramen. It was a nice and quite 30 min ride, but what we saw was surprising for the both of us or should I say what we didn’t see.

When we got the the location there were nothing there! There were bunch of people sitting outside of restaurants and caffes, but no Kermis. As we looked around confused all we saw were to really small attractions. One was a childrens carousell and the second was where you could fish for ducks and win prizes, but that was it. No casino or anythiing else. This made both of us really sad since we were excited to have some fun. So after a while trying to figure out what to do instead we decided to just go into down and carry on with the rest of our day.

We took our bikes and made our way in to town. Our first stop was ofc the bubble tea place. Nathan went with the an Oreoshake one and I took a Taro Frappecino. We just found a place to sit and relaxed for a bit while enjoying the nice weather. Then we headed over to the ramen place where we have been multiple times. This time I decided to go with something else than ramen and took a Gyazo Yakisobe dish. It was fried noddles with vegtiables and it came with a small bowl of broth and a side salad. Nathan went with Spicy Kara ebi miso ramen which had both deep fried chicken and shrimp skewer. Both of the dishes tasted as always really delicous. After we had eaten we just headed home biking along the canal.

Even though it wasn’t the day we expeceted it was stilla really nice day. It was nice to take a small bike ride in such lovely warm weather plus it’s always a great day with bubble tea and ramen.

I hope everyone has had a lovely easter with some egg hunting and delcious food as well. Next week school starts up again which is always a drag, but it is what it is ^^

Made in Asia 2022

This was a day that was both super fun, but also incredible annoying and stressful at the same time. Next time we do this we are going to make sure that we everything right and make no mistakes!

Hey everyone! It has indeed been a while since last time. For that I just want to appologize so much. I have been busy with school, trying to find a job and streaming pluss I haven’t felt like I had anything to make a post about either.

This weekend Nathan and I went to a convention in Brussels called Made in Asia. It was as expected a very anime/manga & cartoon type of an event. Although this one was way bigger than Comic Con we attended last year. It had 4 differnt section with a bunch of differnt stalls ranging from food & drinks, swords, art etc…

We started our day waking up at around noon. Since it was in Brussels we didn’t want to leave too late because there was a long travel time, so we got dressed and headed towards the train. When we arrived in Brussels we decided to get some cash just in case we needed it. Then we started walking towards the place I thought the convention would take place. It wasn’t until we arrived that I doubled checked and realised that we were in the wrong place and not even close. The convention was way further north and another 30-1h walk and my feet were already getting quite sore since I forgot to wear socks. After walking for almost another 15 min we finally managed to get on a bus that took us to the location we needed to be aka Brussels Expo which was right next to the tourist attraction “The atom” (A big silver statue of what an atom). We headed towards the entrance and headed in. The clock was already almost 5 pm.

When I entered I was empidietly suprised to see how much bigger this one was compared to the previous one. They even had a lovely entrence with a carpet and bunch of flowers. There were ALOT of people there. We decided to start by getting some food and sit down for a while. After around 5 min we finally found out the food location. I had butter chicken and Nathan had Banh mi with pulled pork. It was really taste and just what we needed after a fustrating and exhausting start to our day.

Lovely rest place in the middle of the convention

As soon as we were done we started to walk around. Most of the stalls were identical one way or the other. People sold art, swords, plushis, action figure and just general much. I wasn’t on the look at for anything specific, but we were hoping that we could find something from one of Nathans favourite animes “The fate” series. We looked and we looked, but we couldn’t find anything. I did however find more Nezuko merch (Yes I know I’m addicted xD). I got myself a new T-shirt and a figurine where she is tiny and runing. Nathan bought himself a “Sword art online” mouse pad and a “Nero” ( A version of Saber from Fate) key chain. We stayed until they closed since we arrived later than expected and it was more to see than I had anticipated. Thankfully our ride home went way smoother. We arrived at around 10 pm and decided just to relax and continue watching the new season of “Demon Slayer”

Despite all our hiccups and delays I did have a really fun time. I always enjoy attending these conventions to see what kind of things people are selling. Next time we will make sure to know ahead of time where we are going ^^ Stay tuned this upcoming weekend as we are going to the “Kermis” (Traveling Carnival)