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torsdag 30 april 2009
onsdag 29 april 2009
söndag 26 april 2009
lördag 25 april 2009
Promenad till Ulriksdals slott.
Familjen Leijon hojtade över gården när vi åt frukost på balkongen och undrade om vi ville ta en promenad i det vackra vårvädret. Självklart ville vi det, så efter en liten stund var vi alla på väg. Framme vid slottet slog vi oss ner på gräsmattan och bara njöt av solen! Bella sprang efter en boll som Magnus roade sig med att kasta och Melissa underhöll Olivia på filten. Efter ett tag blev vi alla hungriga. Således gick vi hem till mig och Erik och grillade på balkongen. Nu har de gått hem och nu vilar jag bara efter att ha ätit en eller två korvar för mycket.. Om någon timme ska vi vara på inflyttningsfest hos Tanja och hennes sambo som också heter Erik. Catrin kommer också dit från Nyköping, så jag ser fram emot ikväll! Däremot har jag en smärre garderobskris då jag inte har en aning om vad jag ska ha på mig!? Nåja, det lär lösa sig. Uppdatering utlovas..
fredag 24 april 2009
torsdag 23 april 2009
Good enough is never enough! Career Barbie...
Who do I want to be? Where am I going? Why is my life so slow and un-glamourous??! These feelings are haunting me from time to time. As for career goals they have, to say the least, shifted:
5 years old - boss, as simple as that. Why? Well, why not? I get to have an opinion, to matter and to feel validated. And last but not least, to influence others.
8 years old - librarian. I have always loved books (still do) and there is something about libraries, all the books arranged neatly and the joys of reading always in reach, made me think it would be nice. So nice that I forced my siblings to play library with me. I know, I was a weird child..
14 years old - journalist. From all the reading I did it wasn't a long leap to think that I wanted to write as a full time job. I still love to write and do so in many forms and ways, everyday. Although my internship at the local radio station and paper in Kristianstad made me change my mind rapidly..
18 years old - all I knew at this point were the things I didn't want to become. The first thing on my list was a doctor. I can't stand the thought of having to treat all kinds of people and illnesses. The second thing was a chemist, which is in some way strange and in other ways not strange at all. I gave Perstorp AB and their excellent college three years of my life and stumbled out of there full of science and with no lust for further knowledge in that field. There can be too much of something and I was just feeling done with it. So on I went. I though for a second about beeing a lawyer, but that whole inside of a box-thinking turned me off. Then I let my mind wonder to psychology. A very interesting field, but did I really want to listen to peoples problems all day every day? I didn't think so. Eventually I settled for business administration, which in my opinion left me with most doors open. So there you have it. My career choice started with an un-choosing.
23 years old - I finally found my calling! I wanted to work with something a bit creative that involved psychology, writing, reading and my passion for beauty and beautiful things! Can you guess? Marketing, of course! I loved loved loved my last term at the university of Lund when I could focus on marketing, writing my thesis with friends. The thesis was called "Hur subkulturer konstruerar mening med hjälp av varumärken" (i.e. how subcultures create meaning through brands). Read it if you like; http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:HYBkoIaWS8MJ:www.fek.lu.se/supp/supp_download.asp%3FEB_iid%3D%257BCBFFB5F5-EF15-462A-9358-8AD845DBD559%257D%26id%3D1578%26filename%3DFEK-00011715.pdf+szilvia+r%C3%BCll&cd=6&hl=sv&ct=clnk. After I finished school with flying colours I realized that there wasn't anyone willing to take me on for the kind of job I had dreamt of. Reality bites.. I quit my sales job that I had held during my period as a student and took a chance and went to Stockholm to work back office at Scandic Hotels, just to do something else for a while. One thing led to another and I ended up in Skåne again with a temporary job as a hotel manager. Now THAT was an interesting experience in my taste! Since all things come to an end I, again, decided to do something completely different and turned to banking. To be able to take my own decisions and work freely fitted right in with the thinking they have in Handelsbanken, so I tried it and succeeded to get an employment. I admit it. I got sucked in. More than three years have passed in the blink of an eye! By now I might as well have a stamp on my forehead that says Handelsbanken. Who would have thought it?!!
So, this is me now. The banking Barbie, if there ever was one!
5 years old - boss, as simple as that. Why? Well, why not? I get to have an opinion, to matter and to feel validated. And last but not least, to influence others.
8 years old - librarian. I have always loved books (still do) and there is something about libraries, all the books arranged neatly and the joys of reading always in reach, made me think it would be nice. So nice that I forced my siblings to play library with me. I know, I was a weird child..
14 years old - journalist. From all the reading I did it wasn't a long leap to think that I wanted to write as a full time job. I still love to write and do so in many forms and ways, everyday. Although my internship at the local radio station and paper in Kristianstad made me change my mind rapidly..
18 years old - all I knew at this point were the things I didn't want to become. The first thing on my list was a doctor. I can't stand the thought of having to treat all kinds of people and illnesses. The second thing was a chemist, which is in some way strange and in other ways not strange at all. I gave Perstorp AB and their excellent college three years of my life and stumbled out of there full of science and with no lust for further knowledge in that field. There can be too much of something and I was just feeling done with it. So on I went. I though for a second about beeing a lawyer, but that whole inside of a box-thinking turned me off. Then I let my mind wonder to psychology. A very interesting field, but did I really want to listen to peoples problems all day every day? I didn't think so. Eventually I settled for business administration, which in my opinion left me with most doors open. So there you have it. My career choice started with an un-choosing.
23 years old - I finally found my calling! I wanted to work with something a bit creative that involved psychology, writing, reading and my passion for beauty and beautiful things! Can you guess? Marketing, of course! I loved loved loved my last term at the university of Lund when I could focus on marketing, writing my thesis with friends. The thesis was called "Hur subkulturer konstruerar mening med hjälp av varumärken" (i.e. how subcultures create meaning through brands). Read it if you like; http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:HYBkoIaWS8MJ:www.fek.lu.se/supp/supp_download.asp%3FEB_iid%3D%257BCBFFB5F5-EF15-462A-9358-8AD845DBD559%257D%26id%3D1578%26filename%3DFEK-00011715.pdf+szilvia+r%C3%BCll&cd=6&hl=sv&ct=clnk. After I finished school with flying colours I realized that there wasn't anyone willing to take me on for the kind of job I had dreamt of. Reality bites.. I quit my sales job that I had held during my period as a student and took a chance and went to Stockholm to work back office at Scandic Hotels, just to do something else for a while. One thing led to another and I ended up in Skåne again with a temporary job as a hotel manager. Now THAT was an interesting experience in my taste! Since all things come to an end I, again, decided to do something completely different and turned to banking. To be able to take my own decisions and work freely fitted right in with the thinking they have in Handelsbanken, so I tried it and succeeded to get an employment. I admit it. I got sucked in. More than three years have passed in the blink of an eye! By now I might as well have a stamp on my forehead that says Handelsbanken. Who would have thought it?!!
So, this is me now. The banking Barbie, if there ever was one!
måndag 20 april 2009
söndag 19 april 2009
lördag 18 april 2009
onsdag 15 april 2009
tisdag 14 april 2009
Easter in Langesund, Norway.
We spent Easter with Erik's parents in their summer house in Langesund. Unfortunately I forgot to charge the camera and therefore only have pictures of us painting eggs and none of when we soaked up the sun by the sea or anything else. Anyhow, it was a very relaxing Easter with lots of food and candy (although I didn't taste even one bit, so I keep up my sugar detox until end of June as planned) and time to read.
tisdag 7 april 2009
måndag 6 april 2009
Äntligen hemma!
Vi slapp sova på kontoret! Däremot åt jag mackor till middag där, men inget godis! Jag har inte ätit godis, glass eller kakor/bakverk på en och en halv vecka och planen är att låta bli i tre hela månader. Varför? Jag har hört att det tar just tre månader att antingen bli av med en ovana eller skaffa sig en god vana. Hur jag än ser på saken så har jag bara att vinna, så jag kör på det! Därför var det extra jobbigt att vara inlåst med ett gigantiskt påskägg som ömsom hånade mig och ömsom frestade. Jag erkänner att jag var där och sniffade några gånger och började, i likhet med Pavlovs hundar, salivera vid blotta tanken att slå mig lös och frossa i godiset. Men icke, jag har en mycket god karaktär när jag väl bestämt mig för något! Nu blir det någon god natt-saga på tv och sedan kudden. Natti natti!
söndag 5 april 2009
Surprise birthday party for Herman Klose who turnes 30!
Marcus and I, waiting for Herman to arrive.
About 60 of Herman's friends showed up for the surprise party.
About 60 of Herman's friends showed up for the surprise party.
Herman still knows nothing when Nina leads the way to the party...
Nina took the role of the toastmaster and did it, as always, very well!
Instead of a long speach Nina decided to make a cross-word for Hermie, who by the way is a big fan of those. I had to help out holding the board and felt every little bit like a hostess in some Italian tv-show...
Nina's mother Margit and therefore also Herman's mother-in-law. She and the other "grown ups" did a little entertainment..
Eva, Margit's friend.
Nina's dad and Eva's husband.
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