The last couple of days have been tiring, busy and absolutely fantastic. I’ve had the opportunity to shop for expensive things. Caleb has been in desperate need of new glasses, and soon he’ll have three pairs! One of them being prescription sun glasses. We’ve also been shopping for a suit, what he’s got now is pretty big and baggy with shoulder pads as big as in the 80’s. I’m sorry for all Americans that these kind of suits seems to be what is commonly available. Now he’s got a much better fitting suit, pretty slim and good Swedish quality, namely TIGER. It’s shouldn’t be news to anyone that I love shopping, so this has been very fulfilling for me.
Yesterday a couple of our friends, Anna and Hans, from Stockholm came to visit, they are in the neighbourhoods visiting family and popped by here. We went out to have a bite to eat and then “fika.”
They ended up spending the night as well which was great fun. Hans is a golfer so today before they were going to his nan we went out to play some golf, or we didn’t really play since Hans is the only one with a green card, but we did at least hit balls at the driving range. Fun fun!
I may not look like a pro, but it was my first time so I still have time learning. That is Anna that is half cut off in the same picture as me. Caleb has played more golf than me, but wasn’t that much better - which means that either he sucks or I am a natural. The pro amongst us was and is Hans, someday he might have to teach me properly.
Nisha’s wedding was something else, it was the longest wedding I have ever attended, and also the most extravagant. And, very, very beatuiful. Nisha looked like a queen (I wonder if the turmeric played part in that, they say it’s supposed to make the skin fairer and softer) and Nehul like a king. Every single detail was being documented by photographers and camera men. It was a wee bit sad since Nisha left for Canada only a few days after the wedding, but I am sure they will be very happy. The way Nehul was looking at Nisha melted my heart, he looked so very much in love (which is a good things since they were getting married!). I arrived home late on Sunday evening, pretty knackered and glad to be back at home again. I now have a very good reason to go to Vancouver, it’ll probably happen next time we’re planning to go to America.
I arrived at Nisha’s a couple of days ago and it’s like arriving in India without even leaving Europe - I love it! There is something lined up every day, with today being the calm before the storm day with just a party tonight. Because, I’m sure tomorrow will be the craziest day of them all, quite naturally since it is the actual wedding day. I really could do with a handbook though, because a lot of the time I have no clue as to what is going on. I don’t even understand half the things that are being said, a lot of the older people don’t speak much English.
On Wednesday night Nisha had her henna night and got her mhendhi done on her hands and feet, the rest of us girls got some done as well. It really is quite addictive and therapeutic.
Yesterday a Guru came to bless Nisha with strength and power. There was probably more to it as well but I don’t know the ins and outs, it was quite a long sermon that ended with Nisha being covered in turmeric. It’s supposed to make her skin go really nice and glowy, and she says it’s worth being yellow for three days to look gorgeous on her wedding day. It needs to be reapplied three times a day.
Payback time
The day ended with Nisha’s party, lots of dancing and eating! The party tonight is Nehul’s, and from what I’ve understood there is a little bit of a competition going on there, who hosts the best party. They’ve got a lot of work to do today to beat Nisha’s though.
I have a wedding to go to next week. I am very excited about this, not only is it a very dear friend of mine that is getting married, but it is also a traditional Hindu wedding with all that entails. For the actual wedding day I’m going to wear my friend’s sari, but I needed clothes for the parties the days leading up to the wedding. So, today I went to the mall with a couple of friends to get a dress that I think will be perfect. It’s a pretty simple sleeveless black dress with a belt. A pretty good buy if you ask me. This was also the end of my shopping for a while, I’m not sure for how long, but a while. The only thing that I need to get when I come across one that I like is a cake stand with a glass dome. It’ll probably have to go to the flea market to get what I’m looking for.
Also, I think I might have sold all my ELLE from 2003 through 2007 on ebay today. I have a buyer who has been asking a lot of questions, one of them being if I would send them to her (I was suggesting pick up) despite it being 40 kg (88 lbs) worth of ELLE. This is a huge thing, it’s a little sad even, but I think I’m ready to move on.
Today I was watching the first episode of a new (to Sweden) TV series, side order of life, and it brought back some bitter-sweet memories. One of the characters got diagnosed with terminal cancer and the whole episode is about how you should live life without side orders, and also how the dessert should always come first.
One of my best friends in England, Meela, and I always made a point of ordering dessert first, people would look weird at us, but why risking to fill up on food and not have any room for pudding? Sadly Meela passed away in September 2006. Next week would have been Meela’s 24th birthday, I think caleb and I will have to go out and have pudding first, and then maybe Sex and the City (again!), which she would have loved!
Sex and the City
I have always had a love for sex and the city. Just like I wanted to be Madonna when I was a wee kid, I have also wanted to be Carrie Bradshaw. Own her clothes and shoes, be a writer and have her complicated yet so simple and careless life. So, yesterday I went to the cinema to see the movie with a couple of very good friends. It probably is the best film I’ve seen in a long time, actually, I’m not sure I can think of a film that I’ve enjoyed more than this, ever. I could go watch it again and still not be bored, which is a huge thing since I usually get really restless watching films. It’s a ten out of five star film.
I made cupcakes today because lately I’ve had this acutely intense craving for all things sweet. It was nearly the end of the world yesterday when I desperately wanted to bake something so I could binge eat and we didn’t have any eggs at home. So, today when shopping I could have bought the entire baking section, I really had to restrain myself. It didn’t matter that I was so tired I was about to pass out when we got home, I had to bake straight away. That is how strong my craving was.
Midsummer isn’t my favourite holiday, but it wasn’t so bad this year. It’s mostly the stupid dancing that bothers me, but this year I didn’t have any obligations towards Caleb so we spent it with friends that were, like me, more interested in being warm in the sun, eating and drinking than watching the midsummer pole and doing silly dances around it.
Because of midsummer and an eff up at the pharmacy, I’m also out of oxygen. Not completely, but my tank is just empty enough that the portable doesn’t fill up properly. After some phoning around it was decided that I could go up to the hospital and fill the portable up and also get a cylinder of gas in case the liquid ran out. Very annoying.
I have finally made my muxtape. I still have a few to listen to, but I encourage you to make one and give me the link so I can listen to them during all the rainy summer days.
A while ago we went down to my parents, partly because we had a birthday party to go to and partly to see the house they are building. All we had seen before was the poles stuck into the ground to mark where the house was going to be built. This time the house was actually there. Everything looks a bit like a building site, which I guess it is as well, but the house looks pretty amazing even though there is still a lot of work to do.
The front of the house has double ceiling height. It’s going to be painted in a very, very light grey, almost white. And the garden is probably going to be pretty great as well when everything is done as well, since my parents are quite the gardeners. It’s planned to be ready in July, so I and Motley are looking forward to spending almost three weeks there when Caleb is in Utah for his cousin’s wedding.
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