im right now sittin at my newest favorite location of EH (espresso house) and next to me are sitting 4 German ppl and one guy who is Swedish I think and i just love eaves dropping (ease dropping?)anyway, listening to conversations that im not supposed to be listening to. and it just reminds me of how much i love being at cafés where there are international ppl. it creates a certain magical atmosphere where anything is possible, whether its just between friends or between collueges. i remember in Paris where theres this café that was one of my favorites that I used to go to for lunch every Friday cus many foreigners work there, students from different parts of Europe mostly. many Swedish ppl worked there, some Danish ppl, some Spanish, some Italians, some from South and centralamerica etc. anyway, it was a very cool atmosphere there and i used to go there and chat with them there and they always loved hearing me talking about my life since it was so different from theirs (they usually studied French or economics or they just worked there for a year and then moved back home). so i loved listening to them talking about their lives becus it was so different from mine (since i only hung out with fashion ppl) and they loved hearing me talking about mine since my life was so different from theirs so it was a win win situation=) 

                    i love when there are interational ppl going to the same café talking about everything and nothing special. and the ease of talking to strangers. thats something that i did quite often when I lived in paris when i went to cafés or to bars. becus there was always someone who wanted to talk to u and it was so easy to talk with a stranger there becus it was with this ease. nothing personal stuff, just about random stuff did we talk about. sometimes just for 10 minues, sometimes for a whole meal. and the conversations were usually very fulfilling. 

i hope that will happen again=)  in Sweden we dont usually talk to ppl we dont know, we prefer talking only to the ppl we know cus we usually get a bit insecure what we re gonna or should talk about and we get uncomfortable etc and the funny thing is that i usually love talking to ppl i dont know if its at a café and i can feel that the person is a nice person (instead of a weirdo) but ive noticed that i adjust alot to the way swedish ppl act and behave so i become like them, a bit introvert and uncomfortable when i have to talk to ppl i dont know whereas when im abroad i light up and become a whole different person, very happy and extraovert when a stranger talks to me (depends on the situation of course). maybe its becus i know that the foreigner/s that i talk to usually do all the talking and they just want to have a simple conversation about nothing serious whereas in Sweden we only talk when its about something that we re sure of such as work, studies, personal issues, problems, projects, but we re not that good at small talk.  anyway, im getting of the topic now. 

                    the café i went to in paris, Cojean´s like many other cafés and bars in Paris, was a great place for ppl to talk to pp they dont know and/or to the staff which i loved doing becus it made me feel like i belonged there, it was a sense of belonging and connecting to other ppl. and it was quite common for ppl to do that, to just talk to the staff, it was actualyl alot of fun. and they used to joke alot, both the staff and the costumers....aaah this nostalgia...good i miss living abroad when i write about this. but one day, one day...will i be there again=)

anyway, it gives u so much joy and happiness just by talking to the staff and the ppl at the café.

i feel so good when i do that=) and it gives me this satisfaction when talking to the staff or the ppl next to me at cafés/bars even if its only for a minute or two..

wish u all a very happy Sunday afternoon.

amore/Hanni

im right now at a café called Joe & the Juice and its a Danish café that we have here at Emporia which is a shopping mall just outside of Malmö. and this café, they have it at many locations in Copenhagen and at the airport of Copenhagen (Kastrup) and ive had many juices at that café in Kastrup when ive had early flights to where ive lived. i love this café! becus its modern without being too cold, its classy without being too cold (again) and they have oly guys working here=)))) only hot and cute guys. so the café has a very manly atmosphere which is nice. and it reminds me of all those early mornings when i had a juice and a sandwich for breakfast before my flight. 

oh i smile inside ust thinking about it. longing for it, for that rush, knowing im going back to MY place in another country. where they have many cool and modern cafés..and where i can practice my Spanish and French and Italian=)))

anyway, i love thiese kind of cafés that are modern and with delicious food and/or drinks. delicious coffee is a must! without good coffee its no good.i have to feel inspired when im in a café whether its for writing or reading or just chatting with a friend. ive tried dirty cafés, pubs and places like that but its just aint my style. sure i an go there if theres no other choice but i prefer cool and modern places. im very picky when it comes to where i spend my time and with whom i spend my time. if i dont get inspired then its a waste of time for me. maybe thats why i like or sometimes prefer going alone to cafés becus then i can chose however i like=)

one day i will make a book about all the cafés ive been too and all the cappuccinos ive had. thats atleast what everyone i know suggest me to do since im probably the biggest fan of cafés and cappuccinos that they know of hehe.

what can i say? i cant help it, i just really really really love a good cappuccino...and i have my mum and all the beautiful cities where i ve lived to thank for since it was my mum who baóught my very first cappuccino (just before me moving to Florence) and to the cities where my passion for cool cafés and delicious cappuccinos grew and grew until its....so big i dont even have words for it...i should make a book of all the cafés ive been to and all the cappuccinos ive had so far...

amore/Hanni

I just read a really good article about how women should NOT grow old with dignity. it was in Swedish so i cant put it in my blogg but for you Swedish ppl you can go to www.mobil.dn.se and check out Hanna Hellqvists article. its really good. its actully amazing. i love it when ppl write in a simple and honest way.

anyway it was about the fact that women have so much pressure to be and look perfect their whole life, we should even grow older and still be thin, beautiful, etc...we ´re either too big, fat, too much wrinkles etc whereas men grow old with no dignity whatsoever and they couldnt care less about how they look or act becus thats accepted in the society. 

i find so relieving when women grow old and they dont care at all about what ppl (read; men) think of them. it must be very liberating. cus we care way too much about what they think of us. 

i think we women/girls should think less about how they (men) want it to be and more how WE want our world to be like and we should care less about what men think of us.  isnt that a terreiic idea? we should dare to be more selfish and evil and just play the field with this new madness that is ours to take. men have rules the world way too long now, now its our time to conquer the world, no?

we should take over the world wih our brilliance and sweetness and just smile and nod to them and then do the f*ck we want hehe. and just do it the other way around, doesnt that sound like an amazing idea? and then if they dont like it or agree with us then we can take them away and or take all their money and just go flying to an island far far away and just drink mojitos and suntan, take pictures of us and send the pictures to them and not care at all how we look and we can just laugh at them, at us and just be fricking fabulous. 

have a fab day all u ladies!

amor/Hanni

ive always been a thinker, always the one in the background analysing every situation. its just the way i am. cant help it. alltho i am getting better at doing less of it. sometimes it can be good to do it becus nowadays i have to right tools and i know more how i am as a person and i can immedeitly understand or sense the energy in a room or in a situation etc...but sometimes it can make u more insecure and sad so when i find myself being in this situation i go to my dreamworld and i try to find something beautiful in me or in someone else or in a situation to make myself feel better. and usually it helps. not always but usually it does so a couple of days ago i was googeling beautiful words and i found this amazing site (english of course)  (http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-beautiful-words.html) where they have many beautiful words. and since i love translating words into Spanish, Italian and French i did that with these words. and when i hear myself saying these words i get so excited and powerful. becus beautiful words are just so...beautiful..they are amazing and its impossible to not feel good when u either read them to ur self or u say them out loud. and when u say them out loud (or say them to urself) u automatically get into a good mood and u get more relaxed and happy and care free and u can feel ur body get more and more relaxed and less tensed, (its the same thing that happens when u think about something positive whether its a trip to italy or something u wanna do with a friend etc), wherereas when u read or say out loud negative words u can automatically feel the difference in ur body. u get more tensed, angry, maybe upset, bitter, sad, disapointed frustrated etc and u can feel u get even more sad becus u attract more negative words/feelings/circumstances7situations that are associated with these words. and ur body get more tensed. 

so thats why i love looking up beautiful words and beauty in everything becus it makes me happy=) and also something that i usually do when i feel sad or frustrated etc, i say thank you, thank you, thank you for whatever im greatful for, it can be me being able to afford to go to cafés, or having my sister as my company or taking the dogs out for a walk, or lovey weather or being inside when its raining outside or watching a good movie, u get the point...anyway when i say these things i get more happy and i put my focus on what i actually have instead of focusing on what i dont have which is very easy to do.

so here´s a list of amazing and beautiful words that i found on this list=) enjoy!

English                      Swedish                        Spanish                           French                          Italian

gorgeous                   underbart snygg             marvilloso/a, esplendido  magnifique                   belissimo/a

stunning                    fantastisk                      magnífico                       impressionant/e            splendido/a

cute                          söt                                lindo/a                           mignon                         carino/a

hot                            het/varm                      caliente                          chaud                           caldo/a

attractive                  attraktiv                       atractivo                         seduisant/e                   attrente

handsome                 stilig/snygg                    guapo/a                         beau                             bello/a

appealing                 tilltalande                          ---                              seduisant/e                    ------

admirable                 beundrandsvärd              admirable                       admirable                     ammirevole

charming                  charmig                         encantador                      charme                         affiscinante

classy                       stilren                            con classe                       chic                              di classe

dazzling                   bländande                      deslumbrante                  éblouissant                    abbagliante

delightful                 härlig                            encantador                      délicieux/se                  delizioso/a

divine                      gudomlig                        divino                             divin                             divino7a

elegant                    elegant                          elegante                         élégante                       elegante

alluring                    förförisk                        seductor                          séduisante                    seducente

exquisite                  utsökt                           exquisito                         exquise                         squisito

excellent                  utmärkt                        excellente                       excellente                     excellente

fair                          rättvis                           justo                               juste                             fiera

fascinating               fascinerande                  fascinente                       fascinante                     affascinante

good-looking            snygg                             bien parecido                  beau                             bello/a

grand                      storslagen                       magnífico                        grand                           grande

lovely                      underbar                        precioso/a                       merveilleux/se              meraviglioso/a

magnificent             magnifik                        magnífico                        magnifique                    magnifico

marvelous                alldeles underbar           maravilloso                      merveilleux/se               meraviglioso/a

ravishing                  förtjusande                   encantador                       ravissante                      incantevole

felicity                     lycka                            la felicidad                       félicité                         felicità

arent these words wonderful and absolutely amazing? and dont u feel good when u read them? i know I do.

they make me happy just reading them. or maybe its just me who has this grand obsession with words whether they are in English or in italian or in French etc. infact ive always been a huge fan of grammar and the structure in a language, how u pronounce the words, how the spelling is, where you put the words in order...i could go on and on.

very few ppl understand my fascination with grammar=) my mum doesnt understand how she, who is completely lost when it comes to grammar, got a daughter who is absolutely obsest with grammar...

what can I say? i love grammar and evevrything that has to do with the Italian, french and Spanish languages. i even in my 3rd year of high school, when we had to do our final project, did the project about the history and connection between the French, Spanish and Italian grammar=)

so anyway, to go back to the words, life is supposed to be all these things and ur supposed to love the life u live. not always easy and sometimes u can get into difficult situations and sadness etc is a part of ur life but in general one is supposed to love one´s life and eat with passion and love and laugh at confusions and missunderstandings and so on.

life get so much easier that way.

so thats what im gonna do more of, laugh more, love more and just laugh at all the confusion. and maybe also think less.well im gonna do my best atleast...lets see how that works..

amore/Hanni

one of my sisters is a huge fan of Swedish gossip magazines (usually where u get to read about the Royal families in Europe) which i think all of us are deeply thankful for in my family:P so we dont have to buy them and just read them. even our dad likes to read them (even tho i doubt he would never admit it, not even to himself) and Ive read alot about Lana Del Rey, the singer. an i thought she was overrated, i didnt really get why every blogger in town was so fond of her music, (ok i was jelous of her success, i can admit that) but then I listened to one of her songs on the radio, summertime sadness and i have to admit that i love that song. its really good fr being a pop song. and her fashion style is really nice. she has this old fashioned style which i looove. and she has self-sonfidence, that u can tell. and i guess thats why everyone (or many ppl) like her so much. becus, especially in the usic business, singers who think very low of them selves, they dont attract a huge audience, its always those who has this special something called "it" which is usually connected in a big self-confidence in what they do. becus ppl love listening to singers who are confident in what they do. thats just how it works. its like that in every business, whether ur a lawyer or a architect or a photographer or a singer or a plumber...its all about self-confidence (and self-esteem too of course) but self-confidence seem to be the key-ingredience to success. and also believing udeserve success and money (if thats what u want).

so i think im gonna listen more to lana del rey and get inspired by her magic.

have a lovely day you all.

amor/Hanni

today its raining, actually its pouring down, but im still in a good mood=) after all, it all depends what u make of the day that matters. of course i wouldnt mind having many sunny days like they do in southern Europe but u cant let the bad weather put u down or u would be depressed alot here in Sweden. alltho it has been a very sunny fall so far so im crossing my fingers that the sunny days will keep on coming for the rest of the year.

sometimes its just so cozy when ur inside and its raining outside. cus u can put on some nice music and some hot tea or coffee and make a day of it. even better if u have company of course but it can be nice even when ur by urself, especially if its during the night and u can put on a good movie.

an artist that ive listened to alot recently is an English artist called Olly Murs. i like his sings alot. they are very upbeat and "peppande" as we would put in in Swedish. they are very happy and he has his own style which i like alot. i love ot when ppl have the the gutts to do their own thing. he has this 40´s style in his videos which i like alot. hes not really the good-looking kind but hes not ugly either. he looks like a nice guy. and his music is very good for making art to and blogging.

yday i watched the morning news show and Robbie Williams was interviewed! how cool isnt that? it must have been so cool for that woman to get the opportunity to interview such a big star like him. he seemed very happy and harmonious. i love it when ppl find serenity especially those who are in the show/entertainment business, cus they tend to use alot of drugs which is a sign of them not feeling feel within so when they reach that point when they realise that its better to let go of all that pointless drama and find serenity instead its so good=) 

it feels like more and more ppl find harmony and joy. 2014 will be avery good year I can just feel it.

cus when ppl feel good they give more love and when they give more love they make the world a more beautiful place to live in and when the world is a more beautifu place they feel even better so its a very good circle!

so just keep on lovin urself( a good reminder to moi) and make the world a better place=)

amore/Hanni

All those emotions,

they are like a hurricane,

or like love.

They sweep in 

when you least

expect them to.

They come and take down

all that you´e built

around yourself.

All that power

and self-restraint.

They sweep in like

the wind, strong,

furious, sometimes unfightable.

They are heavy,

they are ugly,

they are un-lovable at times,

they sweep in 

and touch evevrything

in your body, and

take down evevrything.

They are like the rain,

fightsy, hard, evil,

they touch you in

a way you dind think

was possible.

They make you 

doubt everything

you are and do,

but I guess that´s

the beauty of all

those emotions,

they might make 

dark moments even darker,

however they make the 

good moments even better.

Becus what would 

ife be without 

all those moments

of dispair?

and slef-doubt?

and feeling like a failure?

what would life be without

all those emotions?

and just like they 

say, after rain comes

sunshine, and

after sunshine..

comes...

well let´s just stay

at the sunshine..

amore/Hanni

Sitter på EH i stan (lr rättare sagt, en av MÅNGA espresso house som finns här i stan) o läser i min diktsamling som jag fick av mina systrar i present o läste precis en dikt som fick mig att skratta högt ( vilket e precis vad jag behövde eftersom jag inte har världens bästa dag) för det fanns så mycket humor i den vilket e väldigt ovanligt i passionerade dikter. Denna dikten e väldigt fin och är skriven av en Erik Lindorm.

"Jag hade tänkt dig blond
och lång över allt förstånd
med en energisk haka,
du, som i min dröm och vaka
varit mitt ideal.
Blond och högväxt och smal.

Och så kommer du dock
mörk och kortväxt och tjock,
med hakan i nervikt krage
och en början till mage.
Sådan kliver du in
i min själ och mitt skinn.

Allting blev skapat om,
när du kom.
Allting slog du itu.
Du, du."

E den inte rolig? Def humoristisk. Visar att kärleken har förklädnad, den kommer inte alltid i det du tror att den ska komma i. En bra påminnelse till mig själv..

Kärlek/ Hanni