A clustered colourful crazy post {and yes, I love alliterations}

While I really love blogging, it turns out to be quite hard for me here. It's just so much going on, that sorting everything and writing about it at the same time is not so easy.
When I write about something, it is in some way processed by me. I closed up with it and can now look back on it. Here, things keep jumping at me, every moment there is something new and moments which are just quiet and uneventful don't happen. But than again, blogging is something I love and I've been doing for so long now, I don't want to give it up.
So. Anyways, today is Tuesday (well yesterday) and Herero Day, which is a public holiday. It is amazing to have a long weekend for the first time since I arrived and get a little distance from school and work. So this is also what my post will be about. A bit randomness of the last weeks ;)

I've done a quiet bit a walking around Windhoek by now but I noticed I don't really have many pictures to show for it (well, it mainly happens before and after work so it doesn't seem so exciting) but I might just share the few I have with you anyway ;) So this is one of the many churches we came by when we were looking for their hours the other day

My EP buddy Susanna who showed us around at our first week

Her and my work colleague posing all nicely for me ;)

Windhoek at night.

The Zoo Garden (the one tree I really find impressive in here)

And I made people pose for me again :D

Then, the other day we went to this amazing coffee shop/restaurant. I wasn't really hungry (though the cakes looked so so so tempting I don't really know how I did it to not order any). But I had this crushed mint lemonade which was huge and really really good! Haha ok I think I made my point clear. You should go there!

Since we have an oven at home now (one which actually works) it was only a matter of time we would end up making pizza. So the other night I did. Love colourful veggies.

The actual pizza turned out so well that I proudly had to document the whole process. Pizza and dinner table. There are also some really embarrassing pictures of us eating the pizza but we will skip those for the sake of our reputation...

Since this is where I spent most of my time, a picture was really needed at this point. School.

At our house, we have a couple of problems with the keys. So recently, it just happened again that I found myself locked out after school. One of my neighbours let me into our compound and so I used the time to do some Yoga. 

It was one of my best practises so far! Not being able to rush anywhere, it was amazing to really just be there. The sky wasn't to depressing either...

Another random food shot of the other week. But I loved my plate.

What I also love is the design of our peanut butter!.....random, I know

Since I only got to see our part of the city plus downtown where I work, I asked Susanna last week if she could show me the part where she lives. It was amazing to get to see more of Windhoek (thank you again!!!)

Her sister wanted a selfie together with me. This, was my first attempt. Fail. I still really like the colours though.

A random street shot in between...

And the more successful selfie

Also, more selfies while walking around ;)

This picture now is probably as random as it gets but don't you think this leave looks a lot like human lungs (or maybe it is just me and having watched too many Grey's Anatomy episodes recently....)

Which makes this a really colourful and really random post but you might get an idea of whats going on around here. ;)

A day in the spectacular life of an intern in Africa

Not that I wouldn't have a load of pictures waiting for you all, but right now it's just more fun to write about the recent events ;) So bare with me and have fun seeing what I was up to today (because that is so exciting, I know).

My day starts around 6:30 when my alarm goes off so I have about an hour to get ready, make my lunch and than get a ride with one of my roommates. School itself is from 8am to 3pm but I'll be telling you more about it in another post (soon ;P).

Today after school I went shopping at Fruits&Begs which is pretty much on my way to the main place where I normally grab a taxi to head back home. This kiwi-beetle (please let it be a beetle...otherwise just pretend I called it a car) simply shouted out to be photographed!

And since I'm really throughout with my photography, you'll also get the veggie aisle (also, throughout should be a word that I practise with my students....just thinking).

I arrived home half an hour later only to find out that our whole house (which, after all, consists of 7 people right now) was out. So I sat in front of our gate, ate some cake (I got my first student-present! Self made cake! ♥) and started preparing my lessons in the shade of a Namibian afternoon.  

After doing the dishes (haha more cleaning, but it just came all together in the last two days, normally it's not so much) I went running and than introduced Yoga to our place! Ha! That is one proud me with all my fellow yogis ;) (Though I did let the video do the teaching...we don't want to take it to far right in the beginning, right?!)

Being fully concentrated here....

Edwin in beginning child's pose....

And now, once again, we're all back to the living room/office/dinner table being taken care of by Edwin who's doing some kitchen magic. And isn't our new stove awesome?! And oven?! I see  some baking in the future!

Our dinner to be ;)

And with that I'll leave you all to a hopefully good evening, and I'll be off to finish my lesson preparations for tomorrow.

Studying............

I. Am. So. Done with this. Done. I can not see any further books and I feel like my brain is just transforming into a sieve where everything goes through straight.
Also, totally unrelated, but I noticed I use 'yay' way too often....how are people supposed to take me serious?! (But I probably also just get way too excited about things....which makes it hard not to 'yay'...which is why people mainly don't take me too seriously...sight).
I'll just hang in there and try not to forget that my life is actually still pretty darn awesome....and the studying will soon be over! (....for this semester)

...sorry for the rant.

Hello Monday!

Hey there! I'm alive, breathing and keeping on doing things and of course I cook (mainly though to stay alive) and of course(!) I keep taking pictures...though we might still be lacking a lot of that really amazing good called time. Anyone, any tips one where to purchase more of it?
So here we simply go with a couple of small picture updates ;)

My bracelet collection has changed a bit over the last month. But it's growing again. New life chapters, new bracelets!

What our kitchen walls look like...

I made myself a necklace, which I had found on pinterest but which I hadn't the money to buy it. It turned out pretty well. Though to be honest, this picture is probably more about my hair, which looked awesome for once, and my sports-bra/top, which I love

I also made myself another bracelet. Just random

It might make my room a bit 'messier' but I love to put up all those pictures...especially right next to my desk

I attempted a one-woman-pizza yesterday and it was amazing!!! I'll share the recipe soon

I do have a lot of stuff on my walls...constantly changing

My friend and I discovered the probably world-tiniest tic tac box ever. And it had to take a picture. Seriously, who wouldn't have?!

Also, to casually include the weather into this update, we had our first really nice day for weeks!! yay

And that's about it. I just gave myself a wonderful pedicure (do you know that feet used to creep me out. I'm ok with them now) and doing it yourself is just way cheaper (sight). So now, I can happily report my toe nails are a wonderful piggy pink and also that the whole appearance down there is really smooth and nice smelling ;) (is this gross? I'm sorry).
With that I'm leaving to wish you all a good start into the week and I'll get back to studying some more, because really, who doesn't love some late-evening-studies ;)

Blueberry Banana Ice Cream

Oh sweet procrastination! But you know what's even weirder? When your real life stuff takes up so much time that there simply isn't any time left for the actual procrastination part. Which just happened to me this morning. Which just implies that I really need to sit down now and bury my head behind my books, which will happen immediately but not after I shared this quick recipe with you.

It is healthy, yummy, made in two minutes and the perfect interruption for any busy student, ...though if I think about it, its just really the perfect interruption for any living person...

..., anyways you will have to mix together inside a blender:

• 1/3 frozen banana
• ~1 cup frozen blueberries
• ~1 large Tbsp no-fat Greek yogurt
• ~100gr vanilla yogurt

Press the button and devour an amazingly tasty, smooth, silky and simply heavenly healthy ice cream while you keep on studying ;)

Sorry for the blurry phone picture...trust me this stuff is yum!!!

(Though, to keep it real....I just had a snickers ice cream for lunch! Healthy obviously doesn't happen every day, even around here ;))
TGIF!

UPDATE: Add another 1 or 2 after eight's. Its taking the whole experience to a completely new level!!! ;)

Hey there!

I haven't been on my blog for ages, I know! And to be a 100% honest, I was just hoping by having kind of an sentimental look at all that had happened and what I had wrote, when I suddenly stumbled upon a couple of comments! Like. Real life comments. Ok so, most of the time writing here feels a bit lonely. It is this, a bit, one sided kind of conversation I seem to have with myself. But when I saw those comments, I was seriously baffled. Seeing that someone actually goes through the things I write and....likes them? I know I shouldn't doubt myself as much as it sounds I do right now, but we are all humans right?! ;) This whole self-doubt-things seems to be quite a thing.

Anyways, so as to a few other requests of friends lately, I might just bring on a few updates on this small space of mine. And a little DIY-Inspiration for you at the end if you make it through this post ;)

Before this all gets too sunny, shiny and all kinds of emotional, let me just give a short burst of complaint:

SERIOUSLY? Who ever said that those uni years were the best of your life?! Seriously? I have no nada niente time and also seem to have a decreasing social life where I actually start to count a lunch conversation as a social activity! Like: "Give yourself a pad on the shoulder! You were social today!"-kind of. Gnhhh.

Ok. Back to an a bit more optimistic approached. What have you guys been missing out on?

 

The last pictures of my last post (so many lasts, whups!) show Augsburg in full bloom....by now we have went on to achieve the rain forest state. Literally. It is rainy and grey most of the time and things just are green! But I'm really loving this. Before that though, we had some really amazing sunny and warm weather! (Open windows in the whole apartment kind of warm!)

Though....that's what my life has been like. No change what so ever....

Though I have to admit that studying at uni like this had its perks

Than, somewhere in the middle of this all, this cute girl came to visit me!!! Two years since the last time we saw each other. Talk of crazy facts!!! (This is us, btw, following our absolute, infinite and crazy love for everything printed...also known as books)

But, we do not just love books...we also both love to be creative, so I had no trouble at all to convince her that a lazy creative and talkative day was all we two needed. Also: I finished my tattoo extension design!!! Though, until the actual "due" day, the design will be kept a secret here on the Internet ;)

Of course, there was some sightseeing of our beautiful little city included...

And one crazy pizza night....can you see me and that pizza? I ate it all! Tschaka!

Also, I got a job again last month. So I'm back to being a waitress. This was me having a quick lunch in between courses and work

Guess who was hanging up stuff around campus ;)

I also got all my diaries, schedules, notebooks and what else there is I have been filling the last couple of years organised. Whozza! I really need to stop doing that or find a bigger apartment to fill them with one day. Though I also have to admit, it's fun to look at them. That was my week at Paris right after I graduated high school (Goofy girl)

To remind me why exactly I'm making my life extra stressful...

And that is one of our more crazy classes....can you tell. Great board work, really.

Btw, what was wrong back than, when math used to include numbers?! Not that I liked it much more, but honestly....this?

I also tried Yoga outdoors (which I loved), my hair is noticeably growing longer (well, noticeable to me), I died it again...darker and I started watching Grey's Anatomy which I Love (capital L love that is!) though I haven't given up my love for Game of Thrones either of course ;)

And that's it. We're nearly at the end, which brings us to a little idea I thought I might just share with you, since we are dumping all kind of news and updates here anyway. 

So, since I wasn't blogging so much lately, but I still had to keep a record of my food (and find an outlet of my crazy love of taking pictures of food), this is what happened:

A friend of mine gave me a little recipe book as a present, after a few little makeovers this is what we ended up with. And I'm loving it!

Mainly: I cut out and renamed a few sections I thought were unnecessary (like "meat"...which got changed to "mains"...btw note: "mains" can of course include things for meat. I'm simply pretty sure that I would have never filled a section with "meat"). I changed the cover and back by simply adding photos I had printed and applied them with masking tape.

And than I filled it (and am in the process of, for the next years) with recipes...and pictures, and scribbles and more masking tape of course ;)

What do you think? It is a bit like a portable food blog on paper!!

So that's me with a crazy amount of updates. Now I'm going to focus on my much neglected amount of uni-work and wish you all a wonderful start into the week!!

...oh and I'll try to be a bit more active around here, though we all know how much a students promise is worth these days ;P