SATC 2 preview

LiveJournal Tags: fashion,SATC,New York,movie

Tomorrow is SATC 2 premiere in Copenhagen and I am going to be there. Together with my friend Iulia. We are meeting first for a coffee and then straight to the cinema premiere. Can’t wait. We agreed we both are going to dress up so I can’t wait to take some pics of us dressed up like this.

In the meantime, I browsed to the already uploaded pics of SATC 2 on IMDB and enjoyed so many of the outfitts. Here are my favorites.

Could not not love SJP’s dress at the premiere. Bold color and she rocks it. Much better than the other bold color dress she worn at the first SATC movie premiere (The green McQueen dress with the green huge fruit hair piece). Did not like that dress at all although it was my favorite designer’s. This one instead is really beautiful.

I like Cynthia’s look in this movie. I like mostly her makeup and hair, I think the looks the most naturally beautiful in all 4 of the girls. Liked the way she accessorized her black dress with the chandelier earrings and the nice silver brooch which reminds me of the brooch Carrie herself wore with the Vivienne Westwood wedding dress.

I also liked these clip earrings, bold color and clean design. Goes very well with the makeup. Would be very interested where these earrings are from. If any of you readers knows it, please ping me.

Jennifer Love Hewitt rocks this grey body con which she paired very nicely with the mink shoes.

This is a shot from the movie and my favorite outfit of the movie. I like the dressy, laid down combination. The skirt color is very bold and the design of the skirt is really dressy but paired with the Dior T-shirt creates such an interesting combination. That’s what I like mostly about SATC – the way it breaks the rules and creates outstanding outfits through pairing up unexpected items. I think fashion is art is so many ways.

I don’t know if the following shot is from the movie or not (it might be from the premiere), but I like SJP’s outfit, the black and white classic combination but modernized by the long bold necklace.

Cynthia again is very beautiful in this movie, her face is so naturally beautiful. I like the earrings as the only jewelry piece and the blouse which surprisingly has these amazing studs on it.

Statement jewelry is huge in this movie it seems. Love Carrie’s necklace.

Again a very beautiful shot of Cynthia. I especially liked this pic because she wears the dress from the official SATC 2 movie poster and the color is the same that my bridesmaids will wear.

Could not miss the classical SATC 2 image and the one that is the official movie poster. Again statement jewelry, edgy purse and aviator sunglasses.

The 80’s looks are really funny. Can’t wait to see the movie and see where they used these shots – the context.

Love also this old Carey laid back look. I think it’s the first time I see her wearing all stars.

And of course the shot in which all the 4 girls have these amazing dresses and are enjoying their vacation.

Will be back with impressions on the movie after I’ve actually watched it.

 

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Romanian music gone famous in Denmark

LiveJournal Tags: Romanian,song

This song seems to be a hit at every party and on the main music channel in Denmark – The Voice. The singer is Edward Maya and is Romanian. I am not crazy about the song but my friend, Roxana is :) Thanks Roxana.

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Planning a wedding can be a mental challenge :)

LiveJournal Tags: Wedding,video,funny

 

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The biggest loser

LiveJournal Tags: Workout,the biggest loser,fitness,weight loss

Here is a very interesting story I read on a forum and written by a guy who participated in a “The biggest loser” competition at work. It shocked me a bit, so I am embedding it here.

[…]
I actually participated in a "Biggest Loser" contest at work with 6 other co-workers. We all agreed to buy in for $500, and the winner got to keep the pot (3K). We had 8-10 weeks (can't remember exactly but it was just over two months).
When I agreed to join, I sized up the competition and felt that most of them (if not all of them) would start strong and eventually cave in and fall off the wagon. I thought MFD and a steady 2-pounds per week would be enough to win it (i.e. slow and steady wins the race).
Turns out, 4 of the 6 did just that ... started off like gangbusters and then fell off and basically out of contention. What I didn't expect was that two guys would go nutty (a la The Biggest Loser show) and pull out all of the stops to lose weight.
Both of them immediately dropped down to something like a daily calorie intake of 500-800 calories ... which given that we were all in the 250 range, was insane. They began losing 4-5 pounds per week, every week. In a very unhealthy manner, they were starving themselves. One guy would have an orange for breakfast ... and a piece of grilled chicken with mustard for lunch ... that was all. The other fellow decided to eat only a small breakfast and dinner, and skip lunch entirely. He also began training for a half-marathon (despite only getting about 800 calories per day).
I realized I was in trouble when half way through I was down 12 pounds (and very proud) and they were already close to 30 pounds.
The real scare came at the very end. Both of them were battling down to the wire ... and for the last 3 days, one guy fasted entirely. He just ate a multi-vitamin every day. As a co-worker, it got worrisome because he was weak at work, having a hard time focusing or staying awake, and said he was even starting to hallucinate. He also did a colon cleanse that last 3-4 days as well!
The other guy, who was training for the half marathon, came into work at 4 AM on the day of the weigh in and ran in a water-proof suit for 3 hours to intentionally dehydrate himself for the weigh in. After his 3 hour run, he was pouring large amounts of water out of his suit's boots into the sink ... He lost 8-10 pounds in water weight that morning alone!
So, the final tally was that the winner had lost 53 pounds in just over 8 weeks, and the guy who came in second (and fasted) had lost 51 pounds. I was the tortoise, and lost a whopping 22 pounds in 8 weeks, finishing 3rd.
The sad part? Both of the guys who lost the 50 pounds gained it all back within 6 months. I am still 25 pounds down 1.5 years later.
So what bothers me about the concept of the biggest loser, is that you shouldn't play games with your health. The concept of a competition based primarily on pounds (and not more healthy factors like body fat percentage, resting heart rate, metabolic rate, muscle increase, diet, cholesterol levels, etc) concerns me. It's more of that typical American "magic bullet" smokescreen, where everyone is more worried about minimizing the time spent to lose weight, and not worrying enough about losing weight in a healthy manner and improving your overall health in the process.
[…]

I totally agree with his resolution.

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The East European mentality

LiveJournal Tags: East european,west european

I couldn’t not notice how different East Europeans are compared to the west/north part of Europe inhabitants :)

I’ve lived in Denmark for 3 years and I know other Romanians, Bulgarians, Polish, Russian people who have lived here for about the same time or even more. Most of the people at work are Danish or one of the above nations so although out of the East-European bubble, I am still in contact with a lot of people from there.

I think I’ve changed a lot since I first have arrived in Denmark. My whole mentality is changed more towards the relaxed Danish way and away from the desperate Romanian way.

I think desperation is what characterizes most East-European people. It’s probably because of the many years spent under communism  which meant denial of access to the food you wanted, information, travel and so on. All this denial made the Romanians chase their food, information etc with much more desperation. Almost like animals. I said it before that when I go to Romania, I feel like I am in a jungle. People behave like animals, you can see it in the supermarkets, on the street, in any shop, cafe, restaurant.

I can definitely understand the way people are in Romania, it is very difficult to change when you live in the jungle with no contact to civilization. And with all that I can notice that the younger generation is moving towards the new modern mentality and expectations from life.

Sadly though I can also see that the people living abroad, despite all the civilization and change of environment, remain the same sad people they have been 3 or more years ago when they were living in Romania or other East European country.

Here is a list I am working on with the differences between East-Europeans and West-Europeans:

- An EE person will chase the cheapest available supermarket in the whole city and go there to buy food. An WE will just buy it at the closest available supermarket.

My opinion on the above: the time you spend on the way to the cheapest supermarket is also expensive. You could just spend that time doing something that will bring you more money or just spend it in a better way. And if that stuff is that cheap, doesn’t usually mean that is also less healthy?

- When an EE needs to buy a present for someone, the only thing that matters is how cheap it is and not if the person will like it or not. What I noticed on WE and Danes usually is that if they are really close to the person they are buying the present for, they will really put a lot of thinking into it and a large amount is also spent. If it’s someone at work, they are usually as cheap as the EE, even cheaper.

My opinion on the above: I have always thought that it’s better to not buy someone anything than come with a cheap and crappy present that he/she will want to throw away immediately after you leave. I don’t believe in “the gesture is what counts”. Well if you really want to count, buy the person something he/she will appreciate and this will mean spending some money. Else, just say “Happy birthday” and that’s it.

- An EE is desperate to not miss any opportunity. WE concentrate on what it matters to them.

My opinion on the above: agree again with WE. If you are so desperate and want to achieve everything (be good in languages, sports, etc etc) you will just end up being average in all (and that’s optimistic). Just concentrate on what you’re really good at. Specialization is key.

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Not the best day of my life

 

Yesterday was really not the best day of my life. I was very unlucky for most of the day and it ended up with losing my jacket at The Happy Pig.

Went to bed late last night after an evening with the girls. Alarm didn’t ring the next day and woke up rather late compared to the 8:00 hour I kinda got used to get to work. Two trains were cancelled, the third one delayed with as much time that it could actually have the fourth train.

Missed the shuttle bus and had to walk to work from Skodsborg. At least it wasn’t raining that much on the way there.

Work was rather successful, but I still had to stay until late to finish it. Lots of bugs though. And staying late at work meant I missed the movie I had scheduled to see with Bu and Esben. Notified Bu some time before the movie, but Esben had already bought the tickets so I still had to pay the ticket for the movie I didn’t see because I was at work.

Smitha let me know that she couldn’t take the wedding bands so now we have to start all over again with all that also.

Went to look for some jewelry in the city, all shops were closed of course and based on window shopping all were too expensive and ugly. Nothing solved there either.

Went to my favorite restaurant to eat, they were fully booked so although very sorry, they didn’t have a seat for me. I had to eat a sandwich (from my other favorite sandwich place).

Tired, went at home and had little time to prepare for the club. Brought one of my nicest jackets, which I also didn’t wear almost at all.

Everything ok in the club, Danish beer, discussions, dancing, pics, laughs and then decide to leave. Couldn’t find the ticket for my jacket (and I didn’t event want to leave my jacket at the dressing room in the first place because I was only wearing a t-shirt. But I was forced!). the fat ugly lady there didn’t want to give my jacket because I didn’t have the ticket although I described the jacket very well, spotted among the hangers and also gave her the brand. Mad fat lady.

Gaurav and George are the best though, stayed with me one more hour to look for ticket (couldn’t find it) and Gaurav gave me his own jacket to get home.

So yes, no jacket, unlucky day, but fun and I wouldn’t forget for some time. :)

 

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