Montag, 30. Januar 2012

High Five #2 ~ Fruits

Love & eat every day: Apples! (Remember: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.)

Bananas are perfect for breakfast!

PineApples is by far my favourite - so nice & I also love the juice for breakfast & as a refresher with cold water in summer.

Tango with Mango - of course!

Now is time for cheating: Berries in general - great hot or cold or just in between freshly from the garden (or market)!

BookBrunch ~ The Weed That Strings The Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

Aloha BookBrunchers,

I am sure you got my point with the wizard-like chemistry-smart-ass Flavia of my BookBrunch last week. Big confession to make: I could not wait to pick up the next Flavia de Luce-Novel and I am so happy I ordered all of them at once (yeah, kind of addiction here). And next confession: I am on the 3rd on already and chances are quite good I will finish the book this week too ;-)
I am a bit afraid of this as I do not know what to do then as the next novel is awaited by a lot of Flavia-fans I guess BUT to be fair to Alan Bradley, he should pay absolutely the same attention to Flavia's next adventure as to the past ones: Love them!

In this book Flavia is fortunate enough to stumble upon the next deathly encounter and her poison-passion is fully on fire again. With a lot of whit and jolly good fun she is about to support Inspector Hewitt (and intends to impress his beautiful wife Antigone) when a popular puppet-master is murdererd in Bishop's Lacey while half of the village is watching his marvellous performance. Due to her close attention and her knowledge about the place she is able to put all pieces of the puzzle together and this time she is way ahead of all other investigationerers.
What is proofed ones more: Nothing is as trivial as it seems; at the same time nothing is so complicated as life makes it simple and flat like this.
Oh, and I always wish I would have payed closer attention in chemistry now that I was introduced to the incredible Flavia de Luce.


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart


Sonntag, 29. Januar 2012

Sunday*Brunch

|Watched| besides excel-sheets - nothing else
|Listened to| Family stories & myths
|Action| Family Get-Together

|Food| Homemade veggie soup from my mum
|Drink| Peppermint tea with fresh lemon
|Thought| My family is just hilarious. Crazy in the most precious way!
|Made me smile|See the above - I had such a good time back with my family!
|Made me go hmmm| DB - hrmpf!
|Wished for| A stable tummy ...
|Best Buy| Benefit Creamless Cream Eyeshadow (love it although I had a "let's get in the crease"-moment)
|Online| bahn.de - so annoyed


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2012

BookBrunch ~ The Sweetness Of The Bottom Of The Pie by Alan Bradley

Aloha BookBrunchers,

hands down: Who is thinking chemistry is boring or who was desperate when the next chemistry test was up in school? Ha, got you!
But then let me please introduce you to Miss Flavia, Flavia de Luce of Buckshaw. She is an incredible bright 11-year-old with a deicate affection for death & chemistry. Even in her young years she would be surely outshine Mr Sherlock Homes or woud rather unimpressed inform him of the milion poisons which surround us day by say and what she is able to do on her astonishing perfect litte lab up in the house of her family.

The little lady is awesome and "jolly good fun" to follow when investigating in a murder commitet at her very own estate Buckshaw. Flavia stumbles upon a death sentenced man in the cumcumbers of the garden. All she is able to do is to kneel down and the man with his last breath is saying "Vail". So that is the beginning of an incredible adventure of a 11-year-old who is determined to find out what happened that night at Buckshaw. Her interests is also fired as she can't  be sure if not her very own father or his loyal servant Dodger commitet the crime. As Flavia was awake the nigth and heard a fierce argument between her father and the foreigner.

One of the great catches I have to admit. Happy I bought it and the best thing: I have bought the full range available of the bewitched Flavia. So, pls apologies I have to straight get back to my daily chemistry dosis!


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 22. Januar 2012

Sunday*Brunch

|Watched| My last train departuring in front of me....
|Listened to| far too much crap
|Action| Ladies Night Out with the most gogeous colleagues
|Food| An marvellous salad with honey gratinated goats cheese
|Drink| Strongebows...wohoo!
|Thought| Am I happy?
|Made me smile| A get-away shortly before I go totally bananas
|Made me go hmmm| People @ work ...
|Wished for| My hearts desire ...
|Best Buy| Flights to Vienna + Accomodation
|Online| germanwings.de, beaut.ie


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Samstag, 21. Januar 2012

High Five # 1 ~ Movies


All time favorite: The Beauty And The Beast
--> Hands down, it is the most beautiful, magical story I know and I was so happy to watch it on 1st of Jan 2012. Is there a better start to a new year?

2nd place is a bit of a cheat I know BUT it is my challenge right? So at least I can make it work here =)
Harry Potter --> I love the books & I love the movies. Especially Ruppert Grint is simply breathtaking, freaking awesome!

3rd place is for the heart: Actually Love --> This is BIG! Keira Knightly always makes me wish for those features & Hugh Grant dancing is hilarious!

4th place is Intouchables  --> it is a genius french comedy which only life itself can write (it is true)! Enjoy it & be blown away by humanity & true friendship.

The 5th place is not so easy but it will be most probably  The Lion King --> as there are so many lovely memories ranked around!


 What are your favourites?


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart




Dienstag, 17. Januar 2012

Sustainable Shopping # 1 ~ TOMS

Aloha All,

Ok, if you don’t know this awesome brand then CHECK IT OUT immediately! It is inspirational and they have awesome designs as well.
The shoes are functional, trés chick and very comfy. They come in hundreds of different designs and on their page you can send in pictures of yourself wearing your new favourite shoes (ha, they will become your best friends – trust me). What I love about them especially is that you can throw them easily in your bag and they are not heavy at all nor are they too huge for a handbag.
Good for light packing also.

I have black ones but there are more to follow soon – promise!

For the girls: They also sell Wedges and there are so gorgeous (though I couldn’ t get my hand on pairs that actually were my size + my colour – that’s life. Nevertheless I will chase them down!

Enjoy & cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 15. Januar 2012

Sunday*Brunch

|Watched| Nothing really ...
|Listened to| Adele Medley by Alex Goot+
|Action| 24 hrs of work + participating in more than one study 
|Food| Everything to go ....
|Drink| See above
|Thought| Wow, that week went by pretty quickly
|Made me smile| Two lovely parcels which arrived just in time to made me smile & remind me of incredible awesome people
|Made me go hmmm| Strange people in the City, who just bark at other people - weird!
|Wished for| More selfcontrol with the thinks below ;-)
|Best Buy| Benefit SALE @ a counter (Thrrrob!, Justinecase, Velvet E/S in Tinkle Mink)
|Online| Track & Trace


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2012

Challenge # 8 ~ Sustainability & Consuming!

Aloha All,

Today I want to share something with you which is important to me: Sustainability and conscious consuming!
I am one of those victims of the modern world who work quite a lot and don’t have all the time to go out for shopping a lot. But what I really do is online shopping! And believe me, the past months were crazy!
I was so fed up with all the shops & bargains you could get out of the nice world wide web… grmpf. But what I think is really important (and one of my New Year’s Resolution) is the even more conscious consuming:
Being actually aware that you are buying something and could do something good at the same time is one of the most wonderful thoughts (while consuming). It can't be stated enough: You can make a difference with every decision in shops/ online. I just want recommend some shops/ products that I feel comfortable with and which make me feel good towards consuming and at the same time being not too bad to our environment (including human beings, animals, nature).

I will start this as a kind of new challenge and will post an idea for a shop/ product at least once a week.


If you have also further suggestion – pls let me know as I am very interested in getting new ideas and inspiration. Many thanks in advance!


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Mittwoch, 11. Januar 2012

BookBrunch ~ Jesus liebt mich by David Safier

Aloha All,

und weiter geht es mit etwas seichter Lektüre. Ich halte es kurz: lustig, etwas absurd, jedoch unterhaltsam. Die Story ist geschwind erzählt: Jesus kommt auf die Erde, um quasi die Prophezeiung zu Ende zu führen, allerdings verschafft er sich vorher einen Einblick in das Leben der Menschen und trifft ausgerechnet auf eine junge Frau, die recht chaotisch ist und nicht unbedingt mit erhobener Tugend-Fahne hochhaltend durchs Leben schreitet. Dennoch scheinen die beiden sich zu Verstehen und auch wenn der Erzengel, der nun als Pfarrer auf Erden wandelt um den irdischen Freuden des "Sägens" nachzugehen (ironischerweise mit der Mutter der unkonventionellen jungen Frau), nicht begeistert ist von dem Geschehen, nimmt alles seinen Lauf.

Innerhalb der beiden Buchdeckel wird alles abgehandelt, was eigentlich eine Vorlage für ein Drama à la Hollywood wäre: eine Run-Away-Braut, mehr als eine verbotene Liebe, Satan in Form von Georg Clooney, eine scheinbare unheilbare Krankheit, eine kaputte Familie, ein Schwesternpaar, das zusammenhält no matter what, die Apokalypse beginnt und der sitzengelassener Bräutigam lässt seine ganze Wut raus ... ach ja, alles ereignet sich in einem beschaulichen Städtchen mit traditionellem Kegelclub, genau einem Eiscafé und einer einzigen Einkaufspassage ... klingt absurd? Ja, und genau hier steckt auch der gewisse Charme.

Fazit: Wenn das eigene Leben aus einer Reihung von Kopfschüttel-Events erinnert, bitte lesen und darüber freuen, dass es doch noch ein bisschen verrückter geht ;-)



Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Montag, 9. Januar 2012

Lovers 2011 ~ Beauty

Lovers 2011 ~ Beauty

Foundation | Tinted Moisturizer in lightby Nivea (don't use foundation)
Powder | Mineral Powder in beige by Catrice, Mineral compact in translucent by essence
Concealer | Caffeine Roll-On by Garnier (luckily that is enough for me)
Blush | elf Contouring Blush & Bronzer, CoraLista by Benefit
Bronzer | Hoola by Benefit
Highlighter | Moon- & High beam by Benefit, Eye Brigthener Pencil by P2
Eyebrows | ....search ongoing....
Eyeshadow | Benefit – Her Name Was Glowla Collection, Storm Palette by Sleek
Mascara | LashBlast Fusion & waterproof by CoverGirl, L'Oreal Volume Million Lashes
Eyeline | Khol Kajal Liner in Powerful Kenya & Gorgeous Germany by P2
Lipstick | Airy Fairy by Rimmel
Lipgloss | # 14 & # 16 by Kiko
Nail Polish | 59L by Manhattan, Clay-ton, My Hero & Big Spender Wanted by Catrice


Cheers
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 8. Januar 2012

Challenge # 7 ~ High Five - Top It Up!

Aloha All,

so I will blog a top 5 of mine on random things every week. Just for the pure fun of doing lists because I have an obsession with lists:
I love writing down To-Do-lists, shoppinglists, wishlists, etc AND I love favourite videos/ blogs about nearly everything. It is brilliant to find out more about people, to get new inspirations, find and try good products, food, listening good music, watching recommended movies - most of the time you find really nice and lovely things and ideas for your life/ taste.
If you like this: You are welcome to read more in the upcoming weeks. If not: Better get off the blog =)

Btw: You are warmly invited to share your thougts and top 5 lists!


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sunday*Brunch

|Watched| YT Videos ... Empathy25, MissGlamorazzi, FleurDeForce
|Listened to| How to Save a Life covered by Alex Goot
|Action| Moved offices
|Food| A lot of fresh veggies
|Drink| Black Tea in the morning, later Tea with Flavour of "Mulled Wine"
|Thought| And again there is so much to do...
|Made me smile| Not much to be honest
|Made me go hmmm| "Recipient moved unknown" - that is why no packages coming through....argh! But I actually live here (believe it or not!)
|Wished for| Autobiography from Diane Keaton and Steve Jobs
|Best Buy| Schoes (Sale!)
|Online| Bodyrock.tv, Kleiderkreisel.de


Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Freitag, 6. Januar 2012

Lovers 2011 ~ Entertainment

Lovers 2011 ~ Entertainment


Book | Mitch Albom – Tuesdays with Morrie
Movie | The Beauty and the Beast (still)
TV | Navy CIS, Criminal Minds, Cold Case, Lie to me 
Music | Boyce Avenue (just found this year), all time fav is 30 Seconds To Mars 
Blogs | Innen und Aussen, FleurDeForce, Lu zieht an,
You Tube | FleurDeForce, Kandeej, Beauty Broadcast, MissGlamorazzi, lukeconard
Magical Moment | I met Bono by accident & he did a little performance for 20 people in the jazz club – freaking awesome!

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Challenge #6 ~ Picturize it!

Aloha All,

Pictures/ Images - sometimes it is nice to have these ...not only the writing, the words but just something to look at, right?
So I will bring more images & pictures on the blog and will use my mobile camera more (hej, for what do I have one?). So you can expect more photos which will come with my posts - random photos, photos to support my blog and maybe I will do start to put in some pictures also in some older posts...

Have enjoy & take a closer look!

Cheers,
StrangenessOfHeart

Donnerstag, 5. Januar 2012

RandomBrunch #1

Aloha All,

I am sitting here, thinking about what to write, what to say and my mind is empty. Do you have this too: You are full of energy and you want to do something; but not only just some random thing but something which has a meaning, which is important … something that makes a change.
That is my spirit now! I am full of energy, full of ideas but nothing that really makes sense at this stage! I don’t know why it is that way but it is and I wish I could change it and turn it into something good. Right now I am just feeling depressed because I am not convinced of one of the ideas fully so that I am brave enough to try. Brave enough to jump into this adventure.

Poor, right? Yes. But at the same time I hope I can use this and sooner or later there will be something coming out of this … eventually!


Please let me know if you have similar experiences and what do you do with those days and moods?!


Cheers
StrangenessOfHeart

BookBrunch ~ The Single's Girl To-Do List by Lindsey Kelk

Aloha Bookworms,

I hope you had a great start in 2012 - so welcome here!

And now let's start with"The Single's Girl To-Do List". This book is definitely a nice beach or christmas holiday lecture as it is really an easy flow book. Nevertheless I enjoyed it and discovered the funny story of new-redhead Rachel and her list of To-Dos afer her longterm boyfriend breaking up with her.
As you can read from only this few sentences: It is typical chick lit. So if you need just something for the beach, something which will leave you with a light head and a few giggles then you are absolutely right with this.

Rachel is really doing in effort in living out her inner red-head and not being so lazy and not herself. It is fascinating how easily and perfect everything is flowing (besides the nasty breakup) but as a lot of us females in scret wish something like this should turn out to be.
A hottie waiting for years for us to be released (though he is dating a hot model) - yeah, strike! But what would life be like if we do not tend to dream that the prince come along like this, right?

Enjoy,
StrangenessOfHeart

Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012

Sunday*Brunch ~ New Year's Edition

|Watched| Beauty and the Best (Love)
|Listened to| Christmas Songs & Family Gossip
|Action| Cooking for the family
|Food| Salmon en masse
|Drink| Sparkling Wine, Coke zero
|Thought| May 2012 bring more magic ...
|Made me smile| Not much to be honest
|Made me go hmmm|A lot this week ...
|Wished for| Direction
|Best Buy| Asos - awaiting the delivery! Argh!
|Online| Asos & Innen & Außen - love this blog!


Cheers & have a Magical New Year
StrangenessOfHeart