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London: I L.O.V.E You!
27 Wednesday Jun 2012
Posted in Everyday Life, London, Personal
Simple As! I love this place! I only have 5 weeks left here before I fly off to Norway and then to Tokyo to do my exchange semester there! I’m excited! I’m lacking inspiration at the moment, but hopefully it will be back soon!
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The Dreaded Day.
03 Sunday Jun 2012
Posted in Personal
Morning! I’m sorry for not blogging anymore today, however, I hope you will be able to understand after today’s post. As many of you have realised I am very close to my family and some of you might wonder why when I speak of my “family” I refer only to my brother and father. That’s because unfortunately my mother is no longer with us.
On the 30th of June 2009 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. We were told that it was the “mildest” version of breast cancer and that they hoped after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation that she would be without it and we could continue our lives. After a nine month long cure she was. As far as we were aware. In May 2010 she collapsed completely into my fathers arms. He rushed her to hospital without any sign of her waking up. For the next 48 hours she was fast asleep. Within this time I experienced the worst memories of my life. My father called me that evening and told me that not only had she collapsed, the cancer that we thought were gone had spread to the brain and most likely she would never wake up. This was 2 weeks prior to my first exam in England and I had just received visitors from Norway, however, the same night I was on a flight back home.
When she woke up again we rushed her to the hospital in Oslo and I stayed with her for the following week until I had to return to England to complete my exams. The next year consisted of chemotherapy and radiation to slow down the cancer in the best possible way. Following all the medication she was taking came several epileptic attacks. She became gradually worse. In May last year, whilst she was at out cabin with my dad, she fell and broke her hip. That would be the last time she was outside hospital walls. My dad phoned me an told me he had brought her to the hospital for surgery. It all went well. However, the disease had spread so much that the mother I knew was gone. Her opinions, her determination and her character had been taken. The chances of her hip healing were minimal and she would have to stay in a care home if she wanted to continue her journey. My mother told us, when she was still at her senses a year back, that she would never, ever want to rest in a care home. Therefore we had to make the decision to cut off her medicine and leave her to intravenous therapy. However, this caused her to have epileptic attacks and in order to avoid them we had to cut off her intravenous therapy.
From the time they cut off both she would have maximum a week to live. When my dad told me they were cutting her off I had one more exam to go. However, I left all the paperwork and notifying to my boyfriend as I had to return home. Me and the rest of my family then spent several days with her at the hospital until she didn’t have any power left. On the 3rd of June at 16.45 my beloved mother fell permanently asleep.
{Me, Dad and Mum on Christmas Eve 2011}
At the age of 21 I was without my best friend and my mother. At the age of 22 there is still a big gap where she used to be, however, my mother wished me nothing but happiness. And out of respect for her I will try my best to remain happy today.
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98 Random Facts About Me
31 Thursday May 2012
Posted in Personal
Morning guys! I wanted to write you a hundred, but I was just so bloody brain dead after 98 that I decided – let’s call it 98! Anyways! Hope you like it!
1. My hand writing is appalling – worse than any girl I know.
2. I can’t draw to save a life.
3. My favorite dessert is raspberries & cream.
4. My favorite designer is Christian Dior.
5. I A.D.O.R.E friends on a rainy day. Or on any day!
6. I want to own my own company.
7. I don’t like wearing watches.
8. I despise tomato.
9. I don’t drink wine, beer or champagne.
10. I always get too drunk!
11. I love the gym – especially the treadmill – can’t stand weights.
12. I hate spending money on phones so I still have my mum’s old Nokia.
13. I damage every kind of technological equipment you give me!
14. I adore, adore, adore, adore fireworks!
15. I love weddings.
16. I feel the sexiest when wearing Louboutin heels.
17. I love crispy duck pancakes!
18. My birthday is the 12 of November.
19. I am extremely stubborn and persistent.
20. I am a an extremely bad liar.
21. I love romantic films – one of my favorites is Pride and Prejudice.
22. I love piano music.
23. I hate shaving my legs.
24. I am good at keeping secrets.
25. I was an exchange student student in Holland.
26. I love London.
27. I don’t wear make up in everyday life (only for photos).
28. I don’t fix my hair in everyday life (only for photos).
29. I do not in any way act proper – fortunately.
30. I dislike Cadbury chocolate.
31. I make amazing Salmon en Croute.
32. I am not big on Chips.
33. I never go to McDonald’s.
34. One Christmas i made 12 knitted hats as Christmas presents for friends and family with their initials on them.
35. My favorite film of all time is Julie & Julia.
36. I can’t handle being tickled.
37. I am 8233 days old.
38. I am extremely loud!!!
39. I only have 4 pairs of flat shoes and……30+ heels.
40. I L.O.V.E heels.
41. I love SPA.
42. I hate brushing my teeth or watching other people brush theirs – my boyfriend often chases me whilst he is brushing his to piss me off. Annoying man!
43. I L.O.V.E love and its power.
44. My full name is Guro Stuan.
45. I wanted to be a psychologist, buuut I am too impatient.
46. I am a feminist.
47. I would never date anyone who is a smoker or who wears golden chains….oh and socks in sandals. I mean seriously. Seriously?!?!
48. I have tiny feet – smallest shoes I have are size 1.5 UK size.
49. I am an atheist.
50. I’m a people person – me and technology are not friends.
51. I can’t stand to watch any of the SAW films – it’s scary!
52. I never chew gum.
53. I consider tattoos a dealbreaker.
54. Before I started dating my boyfriend I got him to remove his eyebrow piercing because I told him I could never get serious with him unless he did.
55. I have a brother.
56. My ideal honeymoon consist of firstly taking the Orient Express from Venice to Paris and then spending a week in the Maldives – Now THAT would be something!
57. I am a dreamer.
58. I LOVE to plan. LOVE IT! I can sometimes get grumpy if things don’t go according to my plans. Then my boyfriend simply refers to me as “the grumpus”!
59. I love Cream, Cream, Cream and some more Cream. Recently I was told that cream is bad for you and that you cannot burn it off with normal exercise. I simply ignored that comment.
60. I used to sing in school performances. I miss it!
61. I hate it when men don’t put the toilet seat down! HATE IT! YOU HEAR ME BOYS?!?!?!??
62. My favorite lunch place in Bath is Sam’s kitchen! L.O.V.E that place !
63. I am a dog person. Cat’s tend to bore me.
64. I am going on exchange to Rikkyo University in Tokyo in the fall!
65. I despise cheating – It’s completely unnecessary.
66. Like every other girl on this globe I WANT a walk in closet. WANT IT!
67. I hate soaps such as Days of our lives – They just drag on and drag on and draaaaaag on! I like efficiency and progress!
68. I have a fear of heights. Which also leads to me hating to ski downhill. It’s too scary for me! I do much better at cross country.
69. I like spending time in my own company.
70. I need a man who will challenge me.
71. Ice Tea Peach is my favorite hangover cure.
72. I have read all the Harry Potter books.
73. My favorite store in the world is called Reciproque and it lies in Paris.
74. I love the rain as an excuse to sit inside and drink hot coco!
75. My dream job is to be a wedding planner!
76. My favorite actresses are Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts – I can’t choose which one I like more!
77. I H.A.T.E watching sport on TV. I think it is SUCH a waste of my life!
78. I am impatient.
79. I have recently developed a love for Chinese and Thai food.
80. I have a wealth of useless information stored in my brain.
81. I love to talk bullshit. In fact. It is my favorite kind of talk!
82. My favorite vegetable is spinach.
83. I can’t drink black coffee – only heavily sugared and milked!
84. My Norwegian home is bright, airy and wonderful! I L.O.V.E it!
85. I am probably the world’s most difficult person to take to any pub – I’ll say if they don’t have Elderflower then Gingerbeer, if no Gingerbeer then Appletiser, If not Appletiser then….ehhhh……water! Seriously! N.O.T kidding!
86. I LOVE sheer underwear, see through tops..oohhh that reminds me! Need to go underwear shopping before I leave for Italy in a week!
87. I don’t like Cola in a can, I prefer glass! Oh and don’t forget the lemon!
88. When you hand me a menu I look at desserts first, then mains and then starters! The most important part of the meal comes first! Of Course!
89. I L.O.V.E fresh flowers!
90. I HATE to fly with Ryanair! It’s like I’m a sheep in a herd and I do NOT enjoy being a sheep!
91. I have decided I’m going to buy a Celine bag and rebuy my Chanel and that’s it folks for year 2012 of bag purchases!
92. I hate wasting money on random things – I’d rather buy a very expensive bag than tons of bags. It’s all about quality!
93. Out of all of my friend’s – I’m the one who is by far the most obsessed with fashion!
94. I really should read more! Really should!
95. The first thing I do when I come back to England is to drink Elderflower. A.L.W.A.Y.S!
96. I always wear heels when I travel! L.O.V.E it!
97. My favorite coffee chain in England is Cafe Nero – I especially love their caramel latte with cream!
98. Did I mention that I love cream?
Now I’d like to know your random facts!
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L.O.V.E
24 Thursday May 2012
Posted in Everyday Life, Personal
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Art, Bank Tube Station, Coq d'argent, Exercise, Food, Photos, Regents Park, Restaurants, Running, Summer
Morning guys! I had an absolutely AWESOME dinner last night at Coq d’argent! It’s an awesome restaurant on one of the rooftops extremely close to Bank tube station. On a warm summer night, like the ones we are experiencing at the moment, that is the P.E.R.F.E.C.T place to have dinner! Trust me! Anyhow I’m so happy these days! The weather is fantastic, the weekend is approaching and I’m working out a lot outside. Speaking of, heading for the right now! Have fun in the sun everyone!
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Wedding Planning & BioFirm.
21 Monday May 2012
Posted in Everyday Life, Personal
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BioFirm, Detox Cure, Detox Program, Health, Health Program, Helping Hand in Weddings, Italian Lakes, Italy, No Sweets, Planning, Program, Sweets, UK Alliance of Wedding Planners, UKAWP, Wedding Planning, Wedding Planning Books, Wedding Planning Course, Wedding Planning Internship, Weddings
Good Morning! This has been a very busy weekend! As I told last week I attended the UK Alliance of Wedding Planners Step By Step course over the weekend. Hence it was a very busy weekend! It was a lot of fun! I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested in a career within Wedding Planning like me! I am now looking at buying some Wedding Planning books. Let me know of anyone know of any good ones?! I also want to look into getting any internship possible for free, so again. Let me know if anyone needs a hand in a wedding in the London area! I’m free! So that’s enough about wedding planning for today!
Last week I also bought a new Detox product called BioFirm. For those of you who don’t know what a detox is have a read here. You are supposed to use this product for 15 days (I didn’t buy the 30 day plan one!) whilst cutting down on unhealthy food. I’m excited to see if I feel cleansed afterwards! Also. Did I tell you? Today it is exactly 3 weeks until me and my boyfriend leave for the Italian Lakes so I’ve decided to cut sweets completely for the next 3 weeks! My boyfriend doesn’t consider that to be impressive. Clearly he doesn’t know what it’s like to be a sugar-craving Norwegian. I will be impressed by myself! I will update you guys daily of how this goes. Hopefully well! We all need some inspiration now before the bikini-season royally kick’s in! Anyways. Have a lovely Monday guys!
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Race For Life!
15 Tuesday May 2012
Posted in Everyday Life, Personal
Hey guys, just wanted to pop by and say that I have entered Race For Life here in London on the 27th of May in Hyde Park. The fight against cancer means a lot to me and by running this I hope that I can contribute a small bit to fight this horrible disease! Every two minutes someone in the UK is told they have cancer, which is an enormous number! So Ladies, here’s what you can do! Join me and many others by running and raising money to help more people survive!
Pssstt…if you don’t want to enter, you can raise money on my site by clicking here. I know I have only put down £1 as target, but I didn’t want to bind myself to anything considering that the race is so near!
What are you waiting for?! JOIN!!!
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Cheers to the freakin’ weekend!
12 Saturday May 2012
Posted in Personal
Good Evening! How has your weekend been so far? Mine has consisted of endless amounts of shopping, alcohol and much much more. I have a good friend from Norway visiting this weekend and it’s always fun to have friends around for late evenings and strolls among the many shops in London! Here’s a peek of our time so far…
Hope you’re having a great weekend as well!
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The Gribbler
11 Friday May 2012
Posted in Personal
Dear Chocolates & Raspberries readers!
Please allow me to introduce myself as how I am known among my friends, I am know as The Gribbler! You might wonder what on earth that means. Well actually, the name came from a friend of mine (who you might have seen commenting like a ludacris in my “In the Mist” post) who I worked with during my previous placement. He decided my name simply wasn’t appropriate for me so it went from Guro to Gruro to Griro to finally The Gribbler! Now you might wonder what this nickname of mine mean’s…Well…take a look at the perception the urbandictionary had…
1. A Gribbler is….
{Happy Gribbler}
a person who is too intoxicated by drugs to properly function in society. symptoms can be the inabilty to hold a basic conversation, or to sit still for a prelonged amount of time. adj. gribbled
– by six in the morning he was a total gribbler he was gribbled off his tits
2. A Gribbler is….
{The Gribbler does NOT enjoy beer}
A female and i use the term lightly, that is so repulsive u’d probably rather eat a leprosy victim at the end of their disease.
– Oh my god Wozza, can’t believe you went with that Gribbler last nite, what is the matter with you?
– Holy shit she’s a Gribler.
3. A Gribbler is…
{My girlfriends decided to pose in my clothes for my Christmas present back in 2008. I had horrible fashion sense. Simple as!}
A particularly smelly breed of crusty hippy / new age drop out. Defined by long dread locks and hemp clothes.
– ‘eurgh it smells like gribblers in here’
I am SO lucky to have that nickname don’t I? Ahhh well! I must admit, the meanings are rather hilarious. That is my nickname, what is yours?
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{Source Urban Dictionary}
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New York Half Marathon
04 Wednesday Apr 2012
Posted in New York, Personal, Photography
Good morning everybody! Feeling fresh? I hope so! So I thought I would start off the day by sharing the photos of me and my dad running through the streets of New York! If anybody had any doubt about whether or not I was telling the truth (I know I don’t really look like a marathon runner kind of girl!), you may now see proof of both my medal and my running! The most magical feeling during this race was when we ran out of Central Park on to 7th avenue and through time square. That was honestly magnificent! We had the whole square to ourselves, such a novelty!
I would definitely recommend running a half marathon, a marathon or any kind of race which would be a challenge to you. It’s so rewarding when you have crossed the finish line and know you have given it your best shot! Not so nice the days after when you can’t walk properly, but, no pain, no gain! Enjoy your day everybody no matter if you are running, swimming or relaxing in a sunbed!
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