At least if you believe the poster Nicholas has tampered with.
8/31/2013
Movie star
We have a movie star in the family.
At least if you believe the poster Nicholas has tampered with.
The original coming up soon at a cinema close to you.
At least if you believe the poster Nicholas has tampered with.
8/30/2013
Earthquake
Just now we had a massive earthquake. It scared me a lot!
Earthquakes are one of my worst nightmares.
I've felt a few since we moved to this side of the world, but this was something extra. The whole house moved from side to side for about 15 seconds, but I think I blacked out because it felt like one second to me.
The news says the epicenter was in China. I wonder how they are right now.
It's midnight and normala everyone, but we, are asleep right now, but the whole neighborhood went out in the street to talk about what happened.
Earthquakes are one of my worst nightmares.
I've felt a few since we moved to this side of the world, but this was something extra. The whole house moved from side to side for about 15 seconds, but I think I blacked out because it felt like one second to me.
The news says the epicenter was in China. I wonder how they are right now.
It's midnight and normala everyone, but we, are asleep right now, but the whole neighborhood went out in the street to talk about what happened.
8/29/2013
Ghost movie
Every parent's nightmare is when your kid watches a horror movie and can't sleep because they hear ghosts clapping hands.
Yesterday this less pleasant situation happened to us.
When we went out for dinner Leya was staying with her big sisters downstairs. Apparently not everyone has the ability to understand that a 6 year old gets terrified from watching a scary movie.
For the first time in almost seven years Leya couldn't sleep even though I tried everything to make her think about something else, something fun and happy.
When it was 3 in the morning I was completely exhausted from sitting up in the bed, listening to our ghosts clapping hands in the livingroom.
This morning Leya woke up and said "Mamma, I was crazy last night. I'm so sorry! I will never watch a scary movie again."
Who can not love this young lady who now is sound asleep next to me.
Yesterday this less pleasant situation happened to us.
When we went out for dinner Leya was staying with her big sisters downstairs. Apparently not everyone has the ability to understand that a 6 year old gets terrified from watching a scary movie.
For the first time in almost seven years Leya couldn't sleep even though I tried everything to make her think about something else, something fun and happy.
When it was 3 in the morning I was completely exhausted from sitting up in the bed, listening to our ghosts clapping hands in the livingroom.
This morning Leya woke up and said "Mamma, I was crazy last night. I'm so sorry! I will never watch a scary movie again."
Who can not love this young lady who now is sound asleep next to me.
8/28/2013
Menu
Both here and in India you can find the most hilarious menus.
Nicholas and I went to Boudhanath to have a romantic dinner tonight. Less romance and more laughter and nausea is the conclusion.
Why did we insist on trying a new restaurant? Sometimes the sense of adventure takes over and it's just plain stupid.
I ordered Mecican food and they had put the beans in a mixer so it looked like a grey, soggy mass. I like to eat with my eyes and this was uneatable since it was so spicy that smoke was coming out from my ears.
So help me God, but when I end up with no teeth please make sure I can't see what I'm eating. Take the taste buds while you're still on it, God.
So that was the less romance and more nausea.
The menu was the restaurant's save. It gave us a few laughter.
How about beef rum steak or peeper fillet?
Moving on to veg snacks:
How about Ham parsley, meat balls and chicken drumstick?
You found them at the non-veg side too. Cheaper!
This is my favorite:
Fish in chips. How is that possible? Hard work to put the fish inside the chips.
Fish ball is hilarious if you are in the right mood.
And for dessert:
Banana filter and special profile rotes? Please give me a clue!
Nicholas and I went to Boudhanath to have a romantic dinner tonight. Less romance and more laughter and nausea is the conclusion.
Why did we insist on trying a new restaurant? Sometimes the sense of adventure takes over and it's just plain stupid.
I ordered Mecican food and they had put the beans in a mixer so it looked like a grey, soggy mass. I like to eat with my eyes and this was uneatable since it was so spicy that smoke was coming out from my ears.
So help me God, but when I end up with no teeth please make sure I can't see what I'm eating. Take the taste buds while you're still on it, God.
So that was the less romance and more nausea.
The menu was the restaurant's save. It gave us a few laughter.
How about beef rum steak or peeper fillet?
How about Ham parsley, meat balls and chicken drumstick?
You found them at the non-veg side too. Cheaper!
Fish in chips. How is that possible? Hard work to put the fish inside the chips.
Fish ball is hilarious if you are in the right mood.
Banana filter and special profile rotes? Please give me a clue!
Happy birthday Krishna!
Today it's Krishna's birthday, but no party is going on in this house.
Leya started the day in her lengha choli, make up and a nice hair style.
We are ending the day with birthday cake. (We take every opportunity thrown at us to eat cake).
Found this beautiful plate at the Chinese market. (There are no Chinese there, only Chinese stuff).
Leya started the day in her lengha choli, make up and a nice hair style.
Found this beautiful plate at the Chinese market. (There are no Chinese there, only Chinese stuff).
8/27/2013
Krishna's birthday
Tomorrow it's Lord Krishna's birthday, so all kids are free from school.
Apparently Krishna's devotees stay up all night praying, singing and dancing.
We'll see what will happen in our house. Our landlord starts every morning, about 5-6 o'clock, to sing Krishna songs for an hour.
It's like when we lived in Delhi, 2 meters from a Krishna temple.
Since we were in Sweden last year during this festival we have no idea what happens tomorrow.
Read more about it here.
Apparently Krishna's devotees stay up all night praying, singing and dancing.
We'll see what will happen in our house. Our landlord starts every morning, about 5-6 o'clock, to sing Krishna songs for an hour.
It's like when we lived in Delhi, 2 meters from a Krishna temple.
Since we were in Sweden last year during this festival we have no idea what happens tomorrow.
Read more about it here.
Sports uniform
Today it was the first Tuesday in the new sports uniform. Tuesdays and Fridays they have this uniform. The ordinary uniform is still under making at the tailor.
Now she has 19 books. 19 books! That's a lot for a 6 year old.
Leya's big sister down stairs made this fancy hairstyle.
My mother told me from the start that white is no good, when it comes to clothes. I totally agree!
The kids have white fabric sneakers to the sports uniform and when Leya came home from school today she said "I'm sorry, but my shoes are dirty".
I don't want her to feel that she can't run around and play just because the school has decided that the kids must have white shoes.
So I will wash them every Tuesday and Friday.
Now she has 19 books. 19 books! That's a lot for a 6 year old.
The kids have white fabric sneakers to the sports uniform and when Leya came home from school today she said "I'm sorry, but my shoes are dirty".
I don't want her to feel that she can't run around and play just because the school has decided that the kids must have white shoes.
So I will wash them every Tuesday and Friday.
8/26/2013
Visa
Our visa situation is crazy!
First we contacted our old lawyer and he wanted too much money.
Then a friend knew someone who could help us, but he could only help us so far, for some money of course.
Then another friend knew a guy from the tax department who knew someone from the Departement of something and he thought it was a piece of cake to walk across the buildning to the Department of something else that have to write a letter of recommendation for us to give to the immigration.
Some hard earned money later and we'll end up with three months visa and a visit from the Department of something else to check our cargo business.
According to the documents the first lawyer made when Nicholas started the company, we have a fancy office with workers. Mamma Mia!
Never ending story...
(Do you remember that movie? It was my little sister's favorite. Listen to the song with Limahl here).
First we contacted our old lawyer and he wanted too much money.
Then a friend knew someone who could help us, but he could only help us so far, for some money of course.
Then another friend knew a guy from the tax department who knew someone from the Departement of something and he thought it was a piece of cake to walk across the buildning to the Department of something else that have to write a letter of recommendation for us to give to the immigration.
Some hard earned money later and we'll end up with three months visa and a visit from the Department of something else to check our cargo business.
According to the documents the first lawyer made when Nicholas started the company, we have a fancy office with workers. Mamma Mia!
Never ending story...
(Do you remember that movie? It was my little sister's favorite. Listen to the song with Limahl here).
8/24/2013
Spider
This spider is living in our Christmas tree out in the garden.
Not exactly my favorite kind of animal.
Read more about it here.
Not exactly my favorite kind of animal.
Read more about it here.
Swimming
Today we went swimming. Or to be honest. Leya and Nicholas swam and I sat in the shadow reading.
The last days it has been really hot, but at night it's raining so we get some relief.
The last days it has been really hot, but at night it's raining so we get some relief.
8/23/2013
Bowling
Yesterday we went bowling. Or to be honest. Leya and Nicholas bowled and I cheered.
They have to practice since my mother-in-law is coming in two months and she is PRO (the retired peoples organisation) Södertälje's (a city close to Stockholm) bowling Master.
Leya is about the same size as the ball, so Nicholas and she have a special technique.
And the winner is..... LEYA!
They have to practice since my mother-in-law is coming in two months and she is PRO (the retired peoples organisation) Södertälje's (a city close to Stockholm) bowling Master.
Leya is about the same size as the ball, so Nicholas and she have a special technique.
8/22/2013
Cremations
Next to the river at Pashupatinath they cremate their loved ones.
This is very different from our culture since we either bury the whole body at a graveyard or cremate it in a special building with no people except the personnel presence.
You rarely talk about death in Sweden. It's huge and scary and not a part of life as it should be.
Yesterday almost every space was occupied with a cremation and the smoke was heavy over the river.
Here is the closest cremation to the place where we stood on a bridge. The man in white is responsible for the fire and to make sure the dried grass on top covers the body at all times.
Here you can see all the fires on this side of the bridge.
There was one family saying Good Bye for the last time.
This is very different from our culture since we either bury the whole body at a graveyard or cremate it in a special building with no people except the personnel presence.
You rarely talk about death in Sweden. It's huge and scary and not a part of life as it should be.
Yesterday almost every space was occupied with a cremation and the smoke was heavy over the river.
Here is the closest cremation to the place where we stood on a bridge. The man in white is responsible for the fire and to make sure the dried grass on top covers the body at all times.
Pashupatinath
Yesterday we went to one of the most famous Hindu temples in the world. We live close to this historical place too.
We got our yearly thread around our vrists from a well known priest who blessed us in an Adidas jacket in a flat somewhere up in an alley.
A friend of ours work in a shop there and she searched high and low to find him for us. Apparently he knew how to say the blessings correct, but of course we didn't understand what he mumbled.
This thread we will keep on our wrists until Tihar (Diwali in India) in the beginning of November and then we will put the thread around a cow's tail.
Doing this ritual we'll go straight to heaven when we die. We did it last year, but apparently you have to renew the ticket every year.
Nicholas gets a tikka and his thread.
Then it was my turn. In the background you can see our friend Nimila.
And then the priest blessed Leya.
We got our yearly thread around our vrists from a well known priest who blessed us in an Adidas jacket in a flat somewhere up in an alley.
A friend of ours work in a shop there and she searched high and low to find him for us. Apparently he knew how to say the blessings correct, but of course we didn't understand what he mumbled.
This thread we will keep on our wrists until Tihar (Diwali in India) in the beginning of November and then we will put the thread around a cow's tail.
Doing this ritual we'll go straight to heaven when we die. We did it last year, but apparently you have to renew the ticket every year.
Nicholas gets a tikka and his thread.
8/21/2013
Coffee at Boudhanath
Today we started our day with a coffee at Boudhanath.
For the first time since we moved to India in 2010 a young boy tried to steal from my bag. Luckily I saw him and screamed so he took off like a rocket.
Two crazy dancing guys with big hair and a scary face mask appeared and gave us a show.
For the first time since we moved to India in 2010 a young boy tried to steal from my bag. Luckily I saw him and screamed so he took off like a rocket.
Baby hair
Actually I don't have a secret dream to have hair again, so you baby hair can stop growing.
It's not funny!
It's not funny!
8/20/2013
Puppies
It's amazing to live in a house with puppies.
Cuddling with a puppy is the best therapy in the world.
Cuddling with a puppy is the best therapy in the world.
Festivals
A few festivals are coming up.
Tomorrow it's Janai Purnima and on Thursday it's Gai Jatra.
I will update you with photos from our celebrations.
Tomorrow it's Janai Purnima and on Thursday it's Gai Jatra.
I will update you with photos from our celebrations.
8/19/2013
Bribes and threats
Being a parent is refreshing and exciting every day.
Yesterday I bribed with a three scoop icecream and today I threatened with no TV. Both ways worked.
Yesterday I bribed with a three scoop icecream and today I threatened with no TV. Both ways worked.
Tired
It's really tiresome when your 6 year old behaves like a 2 year old.
I guess that's something all parents have to go through.
I guess that's something all parents have to go through.
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