Christmas Aftermath!

I'm finally back home for the holidays! My whole family enjoyed some very lovely holidays despite there being no snow! It's raining now but of course it's 2° above zero so it won't turn to snow. Such a tragedy. In the meantime I can enjoy my brand new white iPhone 4S! Greatest phone ever (so far). I also got some bits of jewelry and a pillow with speakers that plays music while I sleep!

I also got a beautiful framed poster artwork from my very favourite boy that is awaiting its hanging on my wall! I'm finally slowly recovering from a wicked 14 hour jetlag and have gone out for a couple of drinks with friends I've missed dearly.

Still working on new years plans...we'll see what happens!

Cozy evening at my Aunt's

Framed artwork present :) I love pin up girls!

China

Not much has been happening in my life recently. Some shopping, lots of work, relaxing, and getting super excited for the Christmas holidays. 10 days left! Fingers crossed there's tons of snow when I get home, because there's a sweet new snowboard waiting for me!

I thought I'd post a collection of photos from Mainland China and Macau I have sitting on my phone that I keep forgetting to post!

Galaxy Hotel and their horribly tacky mini-show in the lobby

Evening in the Chinese countryside. Very beautiful.

Angel shoes, anyone?

Original street from the Ming Dynasty below the walking street in Mainland

The oldest church in Macau, left with nothing but its face.

A little treat

A little treat for myself because I'm such a hard worker ;) and I'm getting sick... My computer is finally working after having a major meltdown in which I had to replace the hard drive, which is always fun. So in order to make myself feel better, I did a little shopping at The Venetian with a work client from Norway. Just some basic necessities (of course) from Zara ♥

Formula 3 Grand Prix!

After a calm saturday, I spiced up my weekend by attending the Formula 3 races that occur every year in Macau at the end of november. We watched the standard car races, motorbike races and the F3 races. I've never been to a large-scaled car race before so this was a new experience and an awesome one at that. Loud noises, fast cars, screaming fans, girls in bunny costumes (for the men, of course) and crazy wipeouts. What's there not to love? :)

Wipeout aftermath

Workin' workin'

After spending yesterday in the Zhuhai factory, today is the first day heading back to the office after 2 weeks of working at home. As sad as I am to not be working at home today, it's nice to make an effort and dress in something else than mjukisar :)

Troubled Love

So I remember probably in 2007 going into NK in Stockholm, Sweden one day. I hated shoe shopping at the time but stumbled across a pair of boots that captured my attention and first introduced me to Marc Jacobs. These boots seem quite disliked and many people find them distasteful but I can't help but love their uniqueness. However strong my admiration may be, the possibility of purchasing these twins on the internet these days is anything but possible. I've searched thru Ebay, Amazon, all of Google and whatever else I could think of to no avail. If anybody knows of a place to buy them, new or used, leave a comment :).

Marc by Marc Jacobs zipper boots

Fascination

My last two weeks have been spent working from home so I haven't had much to blog about. I have, however, been introduced to a documentary thru a friend that absolutely captivated me and is a must-see for anybody interested in fashion and/or photography. Bill Cunningham is an very inspirational figure and this documents his life, his passion, his inspiration and his love for the world of fashion. I simply can't emphasize enough how fantastic this doc is :)

New 'Do!

Went into Zhuhai today for a relaxing saturday after lunch at the Galaxy hotel with my boss and got my hair permed into curls! I apparently was the first foreigner to ever go in there so I had about 5 hairdressers come up just to feel my hair. A little weird...I felt like a scientific discovery.

Wo Nelly

After a long (but relaxed) week of work, I got to enjoy the spoils of a live Nelly concert at one of the nearby clubs. With enough room to actually move and breathe and being able to see more of him than just a dot on a massive stage, it was awesome. Some (clearly wealthy) girl was celebrating her birthday and hired Nelly to play at the club. I had the privilege of standing on one of the sofa backs (was like a platform) so I got to view it all undisturbed...admittedly it took me ass-hitting a Thai bouncer in the head to get up there...oops.

Despite that I've been lying in bed idly the entire day with the worst hangover I've ever had in my life. I'm fairly certain that's the fault of a poorly chosen Long Island Iced Tea but I think that party makes up for the extended period of time I've been unable to party here, so I shouldn't complain. It was great.

So good...

The first half of this week was spent with two guys I worked with from Unibrands in Borås. It was nice to see people I know from near home. Our last night we all went out to an amazing French restaurant in MGM where I had the best chocolate cake I've ever had. It was baked to order so it came out hot and the inside wasn't fully cooked so it was melted and gooey. Ah-mazing. I'm debating going back there just to eat that. Yesterday my boss and I went to the market across the border in Zhuhai where I bought a new pair of fur boots (see previous post) and had dinner.

Now I get to spend the rest of this week working from home and possibly parts of next week too! That's always something to enjoy :)