Randomness...

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Wise Words...

We shouldn't be running so much before drinking...

 ~ Me, April 2012

Feeling of the Day...

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The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is 

that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.  

~ G.K. Chesterton ~

Feeling of the Day...

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TV Junkie...

A New Beginning...

My latest addiction... The Good Wife. I came across it by chance... It was on Tv right before Drop Dead Diva which I really love and so I watched one episode (somewhere in the middle of Season 2) and really liked it. I also came across some familiar faces like Juliana Margulies (from E.R.) and Matt Czuchry (from Gilmore Girls) as well as Chris Noth (from SatC - although I never really liked that). I've always liked  TV series about lawyers, whether it was serious as in The Practice or funny as in Ally McBeal... So I had a lot to catch up and now that I'm almost through with the first two seasons, I'm really looking forward to the third. (Yeah I know I'm way behind but as usual everything starts much later over here so...) Some nice entertainment and drama ahead of me for the Easter break!

Birthday Girl...

The best thing about having a birthday - and no, getting one year older certainly isn't - is getting all these nice things - and my sister making a cake a for me! I know how little she likes baking so it's kind of a sacrifice on her side. But she absolutely outdid herself this year. Although I love making all that fancy stuff, when it comes to eating I like it simple and fruity. I totally love the cake!

 with candles

 ready to eat...

 a closer look to the inside

And here are some pics of the lovely things I got. A lot of Russian and Uzsbekistan and Kirgistan related things. For those who don't know yet: I'm going to Central Asia (Kirgistan, Kasachstan, Uzbekistan) for one month this summer, travelling around with my friend Ines. You guys certainly know I'm a bookworm... Also got some money to stock up my travel budget... ^_^ Thanks to all of you! It was a great night last night!

And getting up this morning was really great too. My sister arranged everthing on our dining table, including the cake and her present. I felt happy like a little child...

gift table

beautiful flowers from my sister's boyfriend

Kirgisian love stories and a handmade travel journal

more books... Russian and Spanish stories

 cookbook from the times of Ludwig II.

 my ticket to the Onegin ballet in Bratislava

cupcake-shaped kitchen timer and more Russian stories...

and Polish vodka in the background...

 salt & pepper in porcelain Matrioshka style

travel budget supplement from my sis and her bf

Feeling of the Day...

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Пусть бегут неуклюже пешеходы по лужам,
А вода по асфальту рекой,
И неясно прохожим вэтот день непогожий,
Почему я веселый такой!
*****
А я играю на гармошке
У прохожих на виду,
К сожаленью, день рожденья
Только раз в году!
*****
Прилетит вдруг волшебник в голубом вертолете,
И бесплатно покажет кино,
С днем рожденья поздравит, и наверно, оставит
Мне в подарок пятьсот эскимо!
*****
А я играю на гармошке
У прохожих на виду,
К сожаленью, день рожденья
Только раз в году!
К сожаленью, день рожденья
Только раз в году!

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Feeling of the Day...

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From Russia with Love...

Last night Ines and I went to the Vienna State Opera to see the Anna Karenina ballet. It was really beautiful and passionate (although personally I prefer the classic ballet style like Swan Lake...) and of course I love the music by Tchaikovsky. And it sure helps if you read the novel by Tolstoi to know what's going on. Oh, and it was a good reason to dress up anyway... I should have put on my blue blazer (which I was wearing with the dress) for the photo shooting but it was so warm in there...

Feeling of the Day...

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It's spring fever.  That is what the name of it is.  

And when you've got it, you want - 

oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, 

but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!  

~ Mark Twain ~