Exams are over

Yes, after weeks of studying and exams I am finally done! I am just relieved to be done, although my performance was not outstanding. After all these years of studying, I am just tired. Now, there is only one semester and my master thesis left until I can (hopefully) enter the real world outside of the university bubble.
Sadly, the final exam also marked the start of my last days in Oslo. I had an amazing time here and I really fell for this city. As the weather forecast looks quite good for the next days, I will spend my time with some good books and ice cream at the harbour.
After weeks of silence here, I will start posting again now, probably a lot of book reviews and nail polishes (and maybe some beauty shopping; I need a new foundation and I want to go for high-end and well, I will have to pass duty free on my way home, right?).

Weekly Review May 5, 2013

Another week has passed and the end of my stay in Norway (as well as exam period) is coming closer. A friend from my home university has been visiting this week, so I was doing more sightseeing than studying.

Food
Guess what? I had sushi again. Lille Asia is becoming my favorite place here in Oslo. This week, I was at their restaurant at Hegdehaugsveien. The place is amazing, I could sit there for hours. Great food, great atmosphere, just perfect. 

And because we are all studying now, we are spoiling ourselves with dinners in restaurants. So on Sunday evening, it was time for Italian food at Vapiano. We have it in Switzerland too and I sticked to my favorite dish, Linguine Granchi di Fiume.

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Sunday evening. Watching 'Tatort' on my iPad and checking the comments on Twitter. Social Media TV evening.

Studying is hard. This helps. At least a little.

Library outfit.

A perfect evening. Beer, great football and good friends.

Magazines from home.

Now I have spring on my feet.

Music
My song of the week is a really old one I have not heard in a while. A couple of years ago, I listened to it until I knew the lyrics by heart. And hooray, I still knew them. The song is "Seasons of love" from the musical "Rent". You find the final broadway performance here.

Nails
Another week of not changing my nail polish every other day... I really have to work on this, I am a little worried I get worse if I am not practicing.

Essie - Decadent Dish

Essie - Bond with whomever (Review can be found here)

Weekly Review April 28, 2013

I had my last lecture (during which Mario Götze's transfer to Bayern Munich was announced; I am still not sure whether this was a good move) of this semester and therefore, I am now officially in study mode. When I am not studying, I am at the gym to make me feel that I did at least one useful thing a day. Oh and we had our first rooftop party. You know, it's kind of spring here. The sun is shining and it's around 10°C. So why not spending the evening outside on a rooftop, right? I must say, it was worth the goose bumps and the dangling, as we can see the Oslo fjord from our rooftop.

Beauty
New in this week: John Frieda Luxurious Volume Shampoo
It does make my hair kind of fluffy but I am not sure whether it also dries out my hair. So far, I cannot say if it's a 'yay' or a 'nay' product but I will keep on testing.

Books
As I have finally switched to study mode, I am reading all day long. In the evening, I am happy if I can just watch TV and switch off my brain. On Saturday evening, I managed to read some pages of Nate Silver's book (review will be on the blog as soon as I am finished).

Celebrities
I love celebrity gossip. In this week's news, Reese Whiterspoon and her husband got arrested. Best thing about this is her mugshot which looks like a blurry image of a beauty blogger presenting her eye makeup.
Kim Kardashian finally got divorced, which is great for her, as I really don't want to imagine Kanye living with the fact, that his child legally is Kris Humphries' child. What is not great is Kim's maternity wardrobe. Okay, it's not maternity fashion, she just squeezes into normal dresses, as usual. She should get some lessons by the duchess of Cambridge, who looked radiant this week in a mint Mulberry coat, a baby blue 50s dress, a navy blue floral dress and a polka dot topshop dress which of course was sold out within an hour. 

Food
On Tuesday I went out for a pre-Champions-League sushi dinner with a good friend. As we planned to watch the game at a pub in Grünerløkka, we went for dinner right next to the pub at a place called lille asia. And here is my delicious maki plate, all shrimps.

Oh these iPhone colors... That wasabi's green color was a lot less intense in reality

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I kicked off strawberry season this week (and already had 1kg in the first two days). This was my study snack on Monday afternoon.

Working on a group assignment. 3 hours of Excel and Stata and we're still not done.

After the 3 hours, I forced myself to step by at the gym. I did some abs and my favorite sling workout. That's all I can do after an afternoon with Excel files.

I was wearing my favorite ring this week, a Cartier beauty that once belonged to my late father.

My gym here in Oslo (Nydalen Athletica) got a remodelling this week and they've added some motiviational quotes like this one.

Listened to this record all week long.

Oslo at 10 pm (rooftop view).

Music
This week, I spoiled myself with a new CD, the deluxe edition of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' 'The Heist'. What a brilliant record.

Nails
I didn't even have the time to change my nail color more than once this week. Long days at the library and gym afterwards (plus football and party in the evening) made it hard to find time for a mani change.

Essie - Forever Yummy

Essie - Madison Ave-hue

In light of spring, my toe nails are currently wearing a bright yellow by alessandro. I cannot show a picture here though because my toes are not the prettiest part of my body.

TV
It's Champions League time! We enjoyed the first game (Bayern - Barcelona) at an Irish pub with around 500 screens (okay, according to their webpage they have 40 but it feels like more). And what a game that first semifinal was. May this finally be the end of that incredibly boring tiki-taka. I am so bored by this and I am happy that several teams now have proven that this is not the ultimate way of playing anymore. The second semifinal, Dortmund vs. Real Madrid, I've watched at home. Another great game that already makes me look forward to the final.

I am so excited...

Today, I have booked my flight back home to Switzerland. So, on the 15th of June, I will be back in the holy land of chocolate, cheese and Luxemburgerlis. With all the studying now, being in Oslo became a lot less appealing (surprise, ha?). It is a great city but I feel like it is time to go home.

Weekly Review April 21, 2013

What a week that was. I spent a lot of time checking news pages regarding the tragic events in Boston.

TV
A couple of weeks ago, I watched my first "Tatort". It's a crime series in German TV, airing once a week on Sunday evening and it started in 1970. My mother is watching it and so far, I wasn't really interested. I have been watching several old episodes this week and I will now make "Tatort" my new Sunday evening ritual.

Shopping
It was time this week for some serious beauty shopping. I needed new facial products. My skin is not really causing problems but as I am aging, I thought it might be time to invest in some good products. After some beauty blog research and asking my best friend, I decided to go for Clinique and Origins. At Steen & Nordstrøm, I found all the products on my wishlist.

My cleaning routine is now so much more fun. I really enjoy using these high-end products and my skin also seems to be happy about this new routine.

Food
My food highlight this week was today's breakfast. Yesterday, I bought some strawberries and today, I included them into my breakfast. Banana, mango, strawberries, müsli and vanilla jogurt. It was delicious.

Books
I had no time to read in any of the books I am currently reading. The only thing I read was Elle magazine. Okay, that was not really reading, more looking at pictures.

Nails
As usual, my nails wore a variety of colors this week.

Essie - Miss Fancy Pants (and football)

Catrice - I sea you!

Essie - Turquoise & Caicos topped with Essence - glorious aquarius

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This is how my week looked through Instagram filters.

Bringing a little Switzerland to Oslo: Sechseläuten

Spending the night watching CNN (yes, the coverage was crappy)

This is heaven, right? W.B. Samson

Oslo, sunshine, over 10 degrees: I am wearing ballerinas. Without socks.

This is how my next weeks will be like. Studying at the library and spending an enormous amount of money on coffee.

Let's get this started...

I have no idea where this journey will go to but I am ready for take off. This first post is written in a dorm room in Oslo. No, I am not Norwegian, I am currently on an exchange here. It is my last semester of ‘real’ classes before I will start my master thesis next semester. You want to know a little something about me? I am a Swiss girl, holding a bachelor degree in economics and am now on my way to finish a masters in banking and finance. I love books, nail polish and makeup. Therefore, this will be the focus of this blog. Maybe additionally some thoughts about news and politics, posts about the rest of my student life and about traveling. Or I will post my favorite Ecards. And reviews about TV shows. You see, I really don’t know where this thing is going but I am willing to give it a try.