My Phone

I really like my mobile phone from last year. I asked it as a birthday present. The only thing is that my quite new phone can work faster. I still had a microSD card 32GB class 4 in it. So it's time to update my phone. I was checking out some cards and decided to just buy the one in sale at a big electronic store in my city.

What I thought it would be a short visit at the store turned out to be a half hour visit. First I got the wrong item, the one that isn't on sale. So after finding just one sales man from the department who was already helping a other person I had to wait like a half hour, okay it wasn't half an hour but it did feel like it.

So instead of a Scandisk, I got one Samsung memory card. Honestly, the brand I couldn't care less. I know that when the product specification are the same only the real difference is the packaging and the brand when it comes to these cards. Happy to get this deal, I almost went straight back home.

At home I pulled out my old microSD and transfer everything in a folder on my pc. It took a half hour. Transfer all the stuff from my pc to the new memory card was just a 15 minute wait. The difference in speed is incredible. I am basically slamming my own head at the wall, why didn't I buy it earlier.

Now with the new card, my photo's are loading faster than before. It's a great buy!

Cold shower

Five years ago, I remember taking cold showers every day because I just couldn't get the heater on. Funny fact is that after knowing how to turn the heater, I went back to showering hot. Until recently I was reading an article that cold showers are better for the body and that it also saves energy.

Blaming myself of how stupid I could be, why didn't I realize beforehand that when showering I use gas to warm the water. This cost not only money but isn't even beneficial to my health. So the last two months I took more cold showers than warm. At the beginning I used mixed water, more cold water and a little bit of hot water just to get used to it. My limbs are not a problem but my body is so totally different, when it touches cold water I really don't feel comfortable at all.

After getting used to the cold sensation I only turn on the cold water now. It really took some time time to turn on a switch in my mind. It's just water it will clean you only, only my body will be shocked because of the temperature difference. After a while even my body is prepared for the cold.

Like in the summer it's very refreshing but even in the fall I get the feeling that all my muscles could relax more and get me easier to sleep. Or I was just so tired, I fell asleep. At least I know one thing, cold shower are great!

Huge change

After my weekend post about I, traveling. I had a clean up and my bedroom is looking fine already within 15 minutes. I felt that the last few days has been way relaxed, I could concentrated better and sleep deeper (at least that's what I think). Granted there are more paper napkins bin then before but I will find a nice home for it very soon. I think the most important thing is that there is no bag on the floor in sight that keeps nagging on my conscious.

I have moved a lot of the unrelaxed thing up to the attic/office/clothing area where I put the important administration in it. I have fixed that place up right before the holiday so that if I came back with a lot of stuff I would have a place to stall it. My coming weekend plan has already been decided. Saturday morning going to the Swedish furniture shop to have breakfast and shop around. Sunday is the day that I have to do the laundry and start in the attic.

Yesterday there was some unfortunately situation that made me stay at home until 13:00. I had to wait until a letter was arriving. So in the morning I had decided to get rid of two old suitcases that are not usable anymore. I can't take it to traveling anymore, my mom use the empty suitcases as storage units.

In my opinion a very good idea, only downside I bought two suitcases during the holiday, which both work (one is dented, gone for reparation). So to many suitcases as storage is not a very good situation. I decided to donate the two old ones and keep the new.

So after work during dinner my mother told she even wanted to donate the vintage suitcase. I was quite surprised but hey it's here decision. During her spurge on getting rid of things she also donated one whole bag of clothing away. I am very proud of how systematically my household is changing.
From always keeping things to make place for something new, please!

Another favorite in the bathroom

I have semi long hair, better phrase it differently I always cut my hair short sometimes a layered bob and sometimes just straight. And then I let it grow out a couple of months and it reaches my shoulders again and I go to the hairdresser again.

By keeping my hair short I don't use as much shampoo and water to wash my hair. But the biggest problem is not getting it wet but keeping it dry. A year ago I started to use a hair net/cap when showering. I was getting sick of always have to dry my hair after a shower. Or taking ages just to get it in a high ponytail and searching for big enough hair clips.

Nowadays I use a shower cap. I have it on a rod with one hair clip that keeps it in place. When showering I just bundle my hair in the clip and put my cap on to have a nice shower. The combination of the two is a favorite that is just genius.

Back from holiday

I had decided a few months ago not to write about my holiday in advance. I don't like to jinx anything. It has just been a week ago that I came back. For over three weeks I was in Asia, traveling around and visiting my family.

With all that tourist places and all I bought a lot of stuff, I went with one suitcase just weighing 7kg including the suitcase and came back with 38kg back. To be fair a lot of it is dried food and a good portion of sheet mask bought in Korea. Buying clothing in Asia means going from a medium european size to a large size in Japan. I felt fat and big compared to the common Asian people.

So on my Saturday, I have been ironing all my shirt from the holidays and put it back neatly in my closet. But I still have two bags in my room that need attention for me to clean up asap. I find that the last week back with so much in my room has disturbing my sleep. Time to fix that in the weekend.

Also my skin got an outbreak just when I came back. It teared up because of the dry air, didn't use enough moisturizer. It's back in shape, nice and smooth. So this week was an adapting week for me.
Four weeks holiday has passed and it's time to prepare for the winter to come.

I can't wait for my next holiday!