First 5 months, 5 accomplishments, 5 things

Can you actually believe that it has already been 5 months since I have started my first job (and this blog)? Instead of continuously complaining, I decided to start positive (for a change) and list my top 5 accomplishments so far: 

1. Moved in to my very first apartment - it's almost completely furnished ..

View as of today

2. At work, I can do more things independently with a higher quality and concentration rate and have my own dedicated working areas.

3. Got a teeny tiny salary raise after 3 months ..

4. I resisted myself from buying the Gucci wallet, mentioned here (very, very hard!) instead I got me a Gucci scarf and the iPhone4 :)

I ♥ my new iPhone!

5. Finally went to the Hamburg Fischmarkt - ate fish at 8.30am in the morning and bought a lot of fruit for a steal!

Really worth it if you want cheap fruit, veggies or flowers!

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Instead of some blabla .. I'll just end this post with my 5 things:

• Cooking! Last weekend I have been cooking a lot with a Thai friend, learned some tricks and will actually try out tonight with friends.*

Pastries (from the shop), home-made phad thai, red curry with duck, veggies with beef and seafood platter

*We spent so much time preparing, rolling and especially chatting until it was almost 3am, that we only ended up with Vietnamese summer rolls

• Fresh mint - nothing beats fresh mint tea!

• Photography - I HAVE to get up my a** and give a little attention to my baby .. it has been hidden away in my closet for too long. I plan on taking pictures at the Außenalster on Sunday, since there will be many sailers.

• Summer - the weather forecast for Hamburg reaches its peak next week! Maybe I can pick up on swimming ..

See the weather forecast from Monday on?

•  Rest! Yes, it's actually 4am now .. I am looking forward to finally sleeping in again ..

Happy, happy weekend!
 

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ~ Jacques Prévert

First five things

Last week I luckily had a short working week due to Ascension Day, which was highly appreciated - although I just had one week off. I planned some things, like buying a couch and a vacuum cleaner (since my old one spit out fire and ever since I don’t want to use it anymore), wash my car, clean my apartment, do laundry, to name a few things on my list. I thought I would get a lot of things done, but I hung around a lot, especially in front of the laptop. Nevertheless, I went out and met with friends. Since I didn’t find the perfect vacuum cleaner, cleaning was a little limited .. I did most with my Black & Decker (which is a little exhausting) and then doing a lot by hand .. And although I went to three furniture stores, I only ended up buying some decorative things. Plus, my car is still dirty, especially since I parked it at work overnight under a big tree .. now it’s all sticky! :(

Recap from my extended weekend (ltr): Sternschanze - late lunch at Bullerei, home cooking & baking (risotto & blueberry muffins) and a trip to the Bahlsen outlet

For the rest, I have been having a rough week so far .. sleeping really badly, thinking way too much, having long hours at work – seems like I’m falling back into the old routine – and my Excel kept crashing down (Monday I worked until 10pm w/o a break, Tuesday 9pm, Wednesday 8pm and I missed squash – again). I thought I was expecting visitors this weekend, because I could really use a little distraction and something to look forward to, but sometimes unforeseen things happen that cross your roads or are not meant to be .. ENOUGH COMPLAINING. I’m sick of me whining all the time .. doesn’t help anyway, so gotta move on without wasting time and having no regrets!

And since it’s Friday, I came up with 5 things that make me happy or that I look forward to adapted from Emily: 

1. I just stumpled upon the “Next Blog” button .. which shows random blogs from strangers

For rainy or boring days ..

2. Yay, another short week ahead, which makes me wanna listen to Bruno Mars’ “Lazy song” 

3. A friend will visit me next weekend .. happy to show him around and explore my new home city at the same time!

4. Mango Discount .. will go immediately today after work :)

Retail therapy!!

5. To treat and cheer myself up, I decided to purchase the white iPhone4, since I don’t want to wait any longer for the 5.  

White is the new black ;)

Oh, I'm not a chocoholic .. most of the things at the outlet are for my family that will be visiting next month and in HK (@ Stella, Jim & auntie Ling) ..

Happy weekend!