3/31/09

I got FACED!

Big time! I was walking home from the subway in Stockholm when I was approached by a face to face marketer. And in a weak moment I stopped to let him give me his speach. I don't want to tell you what the guy represented, but it was GREENPEACE. Ooopsy, it just slipped right out of my innocent little mouth. :P Anyway, this guy really made me feel bad. He almost attacked me when I said I'd rather support nature in other ways. And it ended with him cursing me, saying that I am to blame for all the poor people's misery. Ouch!

Mioli after that: Man, I just got FACED!

You know...like people get punked. This was much worse and not at all funny. It should be added to the dictonary, under the heading "Icing and other bad stuff that happen to you."

The best way to ice calories

Apparently "to ice somebody" means to whack them, i.e. to kill them. I'm so down with the lingo right 'bout now, so I'm gonna start using that. "Hey man, do you wanna get iced or something?"...I mean how cool is that to say. It's beyond cool. It's ICE COLD. Ha ha
The fastest way to burn calories is to go running before breakfast. It's a perfect way to start the day, I tell you!

3/30/09

Every day luxury


My perfect day is spent with friends. Especially the ones who could write a book about making people feel good about themselves. Like Katrin, who is the GURU of peptalks!

It also includes FOOD. This plate is all yummy and healthy at the same time. Holegrain wheat, bell pepper, chili, red onion, split peas (those green things), garlic and spices.

It would also include nakedness, hey I'm Finnish, I love being naked. So we went to sauna and had a swim in the indoor pool.

Men vs. Women

Or, as I'd like to put it: Women vs. Men...

It's something that has been on my mind recently. I'm in the middle of changing my career (I know, perfect timing with the oh so exciting credit crunch shaking the planet off of it's course) and have been thinking of doing some more studies. My husband said something that made me say:

"Sometimes I HATE being a woman!"

He said: "You know that nobody will hire you as an 30+ woman (hey hey hey hold your horses, this rosebud is not 30 yet, but if I study a few years...I will be) with no kids. That means we have to do the kids (I know, so romantic, my man) when you study." He's not insensitive, just very pragmatic.

Mioli: BUT I DON'T WANNA!!!!!

So now I'm all about proving him wrong! I'm gonna do my studies, start a fabulous career, have kids, once I'm 30+ and ready for it, and be an even more fabulous mom (a fabulous 30 + mom WITH a career!).

That was the first thing. The second thing was:


I did a job (event marketing) for Philips that included me demonstarting their fancy ironing system. People: It's not JUST an iron! It's an entire SYSTEM! Before the job I got a really good education in the subject and there they told me:

Philips has done a market analysis that established that 48% of the men in the Nordic countries iron their own clothes themselves. That is an exceptionally high percentage compared to other regions/countries.

Mioli: Okay...WTF????? 48%!!!! And that's good? Exceptionally good? You've got to be kidding me?!!!

And 11% of those men iron naked. All of them live in Gothenburg.

Okay, that I dig.


I think alot more men and women would iron if it looked a little bit more like this doing it:



3/29/09

Good running music

In what ballsport do you burn the most calories?

I know every footballer would argue for their sport, but this time they lose. And as much as I love football (soccer), as an physical therapist (physiotherapist for you Brits) specialized within Sports Medicine added to it, I have to agree with my lecturer in Orthopaedics: Football is not a sport, it's a diagnosis. It does take the prize on producing the most enjuries, though.


So which sport takes the prize in whacking those calories?

That would be Squash, ladies and gents! Squash is actually a clear winner for burning calories compared to other ball sports says Annie Lambeth-Mansell, sport and exercise scientist at the University of Worcester. So you don't just whack the ball (and sometimes your partner) you also whack the crap out of your calories!


3/27/09

Best food to cure depression?


The best food to cure depression is *drum swirl.....* BLUEBERRY! (Damn it, I thought it would be chocolate. Sorry all you choco-lovers. Choc is good for alot of other stuff, though. Like love.)

Mioli's Favorite Music

A Swedish girl with an amazing voice and ass-kicking caracter. We saw her live a few years back and she was exeptional on stage.

How to find your dreamjob?


And how to, first of all, KNOW what your dreamjob is...
I did this personality test (swedish...so if you speak swedish and want to get to know a little bit about yourself check it out at: www.jobsafari.se) and according to that...Here is what I should be working with:
  • Teaching
  • Sales
  • Psychology
  • Journalism
  • Writing
  • Social Research
  • Art
  • Entertainment
  • Music
  • PR

What do you think I should be working with?

Surviving cancer



Just a few days ago the Brittish 27 year-old Jade Goody died of cervical cancer. Her battle was followed by thousands. She was brave in facing death. It was especially touching to see her strength and positive attitude facing the deadly illness, since I see the same in my sister who has ovarian cancer. She turns 31 this year. Last year in november she got her diagnosis and has since undergone two operations and seven sets of chemotherapy. The doctors have now given her, against not so positive odds, a good prognosis. She will make it! I can now breathe normally again.



This is me shaving my beautiful sister's last straws of hair off in Febuary 2009. Not everybody can pull a bald head off, but she totally can! Bald and beautiful!

Up yours... the nose, I mean...

I have this thing in my nose...I thought it was a zit and was happy to have it in my nose instead of on it, but now I'm getting worried...I looked it up on the internet (very reliable source of info, I know!) and I now think it might be: a BOIL or an abscess. How nasty is that?!!! And the worst part is...it might "travel" into the brain!!

3/26/09

JOIN ME!



Okay you couch potatoes, it's time to MOVE IT MOVE IT! August 15 th 2009 at 22:00 the annual "Midnattsloppet" (= Midnightrun) will take place in Stockholm, Sweden. Come join me, race me (you know I hate to lose), dress up, cheer everybody on and feel and be a part of the pulse of the city!

Check out: http://www.midnattsloppet.com/

What defines you as a person?

Since I've been, willingly, I might add, trapped in the so called "woman trap" (kvinnofällan) for a year...i.e. I've been following my husband wherever his job took him for the past year. That took us from Helsinki to Stockholm and Hong Kong, which was fantastic but also meant I had to put my career on hold. I got some great jobs in both Sthlm and HK, but they were only for short whiles and didn't add anything to my pension (oh yeah, I'm that old...I start thinking about my pension).

I'm not the kind of woman who wants to be at home doing nothing. I can't do it. I don't do it. So I started thinking (uh oh hopefully nothing will break in there) about what defines us as persons? I'd say being back here in Stockholm, once again looking for a job, has made me realize how much your job defines you as a person. I'd say the second question after the often not so sincere "how are you and what's your name", would be WHAT DO YOU DO?

Does what we do define us as persons? Or does who we are define what we do?

Fanda Lo



Hong Kong style memories... Cute boutique with an exceptionally sweet owner and designer! Check it out if you are in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (right next to Times Square).

Address: no 18, 1/floor, Matherson street ,Causeway bay.

Mioli's Music tip of the day

This is my friend Aril Brikha's smash hit Winter. It is the shit. Ooops are you allowed to write that in a blog? he he ;)

3/25/09

Mioli's day



Stockholm in March



Västerbron (which you have to cross twice when running tha Stockholm Marathon, ouch)



Lunch with Aril and Katrin. His fist looks bigger than Kat's head.



Katrin's style tip of the day. Chanel's fabulous lipgloss. And those tights...Rrrrroarrr...Are mine.


The perfect way to spend the day started with a 1h 28 min run with my homie Katrin. The best run in Stockholm (when you're not alone in the dark) is definitely: "Kungsholmen runt". You run around the island and you have fantastic views, especially at a day like this.

Today was the official waffle day in Sweden, so I finished my day off with a bunch of yummy waffles with my bro, my bro's gf, my hubby and my diddy pop (that would be my dad) at my brother's and his girlfirend Alexandra's place. Family rocks. Definitely when it involves waffles. ;)

EARTH HOUR!



2,712 cities, towns and municipalities in 83 countries have already committed to VOTE EARTH for Earth Hour 2009, as part of the worlds first global election between Earth and global warming.

SO Saturday 28 th of March 2009 at 20:30, local time, wherever you are, turn the lights OFF for 60 Minutes. This is how Sweden got a babyboom once btw.

Relationships...

I got this as an email from my partner in crime (husband) and thought it was funny enough to end up in my blog (the pictures I thought were suitable to add):

HOW WOMEN RATE MEN?

In the world of romance, one single rule applies to men:
Make the woman happy. Do something she likes, and you get points.
Do something she dislikes and points are subtracted.
You don't get any points for doing something she expects.
Sorry, that's the way the game is played.

Here is a guide to the point system:

SIMPLE DUTIES

You make the bed (+1)

You make the bed, but forget the decorative pillow (0)

You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets (-1)

You go out to buy her what she wants (+5) In the rain (+8) But return with

Beer (-5)

You check out a suspicious noise at night (0)

You check out a suspicious noise, and it is nothing (0)

You check out a suspicious noise and it is something (+5)

You pummel it with iron rod (+10)

It's her pet (-10)


SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS

You stay by her side the entire party (0)

You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college buddy (-2)

Named Rita (-4)

Rita is a dancer (-6)

Rita is single and is really beautiful (-80)


HER BIRTHDAY

You forget her birthday (-50000)

You take her out to dinner (0)

You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar (+1)

Okay, it's a sports bar (-2)

And it's all-you-can-eat night (-3)

It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the

Colours of your favourite team (-10)




A NIGHT OUT

You take her to a movie (+2)

You take her to a movie she likes (+4)

You take her to a movie you hate (+6)

You take her to a movie you like (-2)

It's called 'DeathCop' (-3)

You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans (-15)


ENJOY THE 'BIG' QUESTION

She asks, "Do I look fat?" (-5) [Yes, you LOSE points no matter WHAT]

You hesitate in responding (-10)

You reply, "Where?" (-35)

Any other response (-20)


COMMUNICATION

When she wants to talk about a problem , you listen, displaying what looks

Like a concerned expression (0)

You listen, for over 30 minutes (+50)

You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the TV (+500)

She realizes this is because you have fallen asleep (-10000)


The clock is ticking...

I was reading Men's Health (I know, I'm such a butch, but hey, they've got some interesting stuff in there. Just here me out) the other day and had kind of a chock...Here is what it said:

"By 30 your testosterone (the men's, not mine...just to make things clear) levels drop, so you produce less sperm and have weaker erections: a man over 35 is twice as likely to be infertile than at 25. (let me write that again for you: A MAN OVER 35 IS TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE INFERTILE THAN AT 25!!!!!!!!) There's also an increased risk of sperm DNA damage."

So guys...let's face it: It's not just the ladies' clock ticking. You've got some serious tic tacs of your own! And btw, did I tell you...my hubby turns 30 next month. And no, we don't have any plans for a pamper yet. DNA damage, here we come!

So what can you pore guys do? Well they (The journal Fertility and Sterility) say that eating zinc-rich foods will boost your sperm count by 74%.

FOODS RICH IN ZINC: Oysters, Shellfish, Brewers Yeast, Wheat Germ, Wheat Bran, All Bran cereal, Pine nuts, Pecan nuts.

OK SOURCES OF ZINC: Liver, Cashew Nuts, Parmesan Cheese, Fish, Eggs.

Munch away!



3/24/09

Today's style tip



Okay ladies and gents...What is the most attractive thing about you? And I don't mean the oooh beauty comes from the inside crap. I mean flesh and blood appearance, cold turky. When you have the answer...and c'mon people you know you like something about yourself...you know what to focus on. It's simple, really, but it's also surprising how many people (I'd say especially us girls) forget about that and instead focus on WHAT TO HIDE! NO NO NO NO!!! Usually when you try to hide something, you end up really enhancing it. So what you do is you focus on the things you like about yourself and enhance those bits. (if you sorry asses have no bits you like, have a talk with a friend...or your mother and fish for the compliments you obviously need).

For instance:
If you have a wider hip: Focus on your waist! Or wear Empiric dresses that enhance your upper bits.

And when it comes to make up...Same rule applies! Focus more on enhancing than covering.

Everyday excercise...



Did you know that climbing 5 floors of stairs five times every day is like running 1 hour three days a week?

3/23/09

I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier...

A part of my surprise for Visa was that the killers played in Barcelona 21.3.2009. And holy crappity crap did they play. And those Spanyards know how to be a crowd. Wow, what an experience.

MARRIAGE

How do you know you've been together for a long time?

Visa: I think I would recognize your fart from a croud of farts.

Mioli: Do you mean the smell or the sound?

BARCELONA


Visa, Emily, Mioli


Quiero CHURROS!!!






The surprize was a slam dunk success! (Btw, I thought the new Oscar winning movie was called Slam dunk Millionaire and was kind of disappointed that it wasn't a college basketball movie...ha ha :) ). I woke up Visa at 3:30 a.m. and he had no idea what time it was, where he was, or what his name was. It was fantastic. We went to the airport and at the gate he got to see our destination: Paris. He put on such a brave face: Oh, a romantic weekend in Paris, he said....sounding sooooo dissappinted...ha ha Mioli is a sneaky bitch!

So once he heard we were continuing our trip, he was one happy (almost) 30-year old.

3/18/09

Oh I love it, I just LOVE IT!


Something I love...almost as much as getting presents...is to surprise someone close to one's fluffy pink heart. (I don't know what colour and shape your heart is...but mine is definitely pink...AND fluffy). So that's what I'm doing right about now. I'll tell you if I could keep it a surprise...but I hope so. So all of you who know what the surprise is...Shush!

Two words for you: CUT COPY!

3/17/09

The element of surprize!

Don't underestimate the element of surprize! I went running tonight in Stockholm. Oh yeah, I'm training for my second half a marathon. On my way to check one of those bucket list numbers off (running the complete marathon). Anyway, I left home eightish and my hubby thought I should bring my phone. Nah, it's too fancy for swetting on, I said. So off I went. And OMG, kiss my squirrel! I had forgotten how bloody pitch black it gets here...even in March.

My route involves parts of forrest and stuff. I had to use my ZUNE (For you Mac lovers who don't know what that is...It's Microsoft's version of Ipod) as a flashlight. As I was running, all the criminal novels I've read resently came into mind. Fantastic. Did I have to read those "woman gets murdered in the woods" and "woman gets raped on her jogging trip"- books? I start running faster. It turns out it's very efficient running in the dark. You're like night rider; fast as lightning.

So there I am...running with my bodyguard ZUNE, which is pink BTW. And I look back...Nobody there...Heart pounding...Looking forward. And *swollows* there is a huge black creature. It's a man...No it's a giant. And I'm not a small girl at my 5"10 (or what is 179 cm in feet?)...So he had to be at least 2 metres. The giant is all dressed in black and looks totally like a gangster. He has a dog...this is all happening very fast. Remember...I'm Flash Gordon at this point running on my tiptoes. When I'm a few metres (9 feet...when are you Americans gonna realize the metric system is genious?) away from him ready to fight for my life (and thinking that Visa was right...should have brought my bloody phone) he turns around and... GETS STARTLED OUT OF HIS MIND!

The Hulk says: OMG! You have to make some sound when you come running like that!

Mioli thinks: Is this a trick? He wants me to slow down so he can knock me over?

The Hulk: Here I was daydreaming, and all of a sudden you come running like the wind and almost giving me a heartattack!

Mioli: Oh...I'm sorry!

Lesson for today:

1. Bring your phone when you go out for a run. And paper, your snot will flow!
2. Don't go running in dark woods all alone when it's dark. People do get mugged, killed and raped, usually women, even in Stockholm. So all of you thinking I'm just an exaggerating, easily startled chic (which I of course am): Think again.
3. Don't judge people by their looks. Even The Hulk can get startled. And Giants daydream.

MY BUCKET LIST 31-40


31. Sail in the Mediterranean without puking.

32. Talk to a cannibal in French Polynesia without being eaten.

33. Have more than 10 people reading my blog.

34. Shave my head, ooops, I already did that at 16. I know! I’m way ahead of you Britney!

35. Run a complete marathon.

36. Learn how to stand on my head.

37. Do the split at 67.

38. Eat 10 ice creams in 10 minutes. And barf.

39. Get a Masters degree.

40. Learn the lyrics for Rapper’s Delight


Young with long hair or old...er with short hair?

OMG, Kiss my squirrel!



Nerd, geek, swot, grind, wonk, dweeb... What is that? According to a dictionary it is: "an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively". Well this bad boy wonk on these pics...Is MY wonk. This is from his bachelor party in 2003. His friends bought the ugliest clothes they could find for him from UFF (thriftstore) and look at him. Gorgeous, don't u think? Well he had to go around promoting his fictive new album. And look at those girls (and boy). They totally fell for it...him.

And btw...If you didn't hear...Nerd is the new black.

3/16/09

I hate losing!



We went skiing in the Swedish "alps"...haha Yeah, alps, we wish. It's more like a bunch of hills up here compared to the real alps, but still beautiful. And I once again noticed how much I hate to lose. Or being bad at something. Visa (my hubby) has only been skiing downhill for 3-4 years and I've done it since I was a kid. And I thought it would be like Baloo the bear teaching Mowgli the orphan kid brought up by wolves ("Jag ska lära dig allt jag kan")...But this Baloo bear got to bite the sour apple. Because it turns out all you have to do to be better than Mioli at skiing downhill...Is to be called Visa and be afraid of NOTHING...So the first time we hit the slopes...The bastard just flew past me. And I was not the one giving him tips and wating down at the lifts. Bloody hell. He had to wait for me. I can't take it.

It's a good thing he's also better at taking moping than I am. At least I am better at being the moper.

3/11/09

MY BUCKET LIST 21-30


21. Paraglide in New Zealand.
22. Design my own line of clothes, labelled Mioli.

23. Ride the tram in San Francisco without paying (danger is my middle name).

24. Get a secret tattoo.

25. Get a Motorcycle and a licence to drive it, and oh yeah, get that Kill Bill suit.

26. Go on a trip around the world for 6-12 Months.

27. Give something that I love up for someone I love.

28. Give compliments every day to people I don’t know.

29. Stop swearing. Oh crap, I don’t want to do that. I like swearing. It’s liberating.

30. Jump from a cliff higher (into the water, I don’t want to die) than 6 metres. Oooooh, someone is really living on the edge! It’s better to burn out than fade away!

"Fugly is the new pretty"


Is it fug (fantastically ugly) or fab? Is apparently the new (or maybe I'm just late at getting in on the word) thing. And I love it! Go check out these hilarious fug girls' website at:

http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/

I just wish I would have thought of this first. Dammit! ;)

3/10/09

"Fashion fades..."


..."only style remains the same".

Coco Chanel


"The most coragous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

Coco Chanel