part time job & cozy november

I've been a bit more busy these past days, since I got a part time job at an after school program here in Horten. I'm just helping out because they lack people due to sickness, but concidering how hard it is to get a job these days, I'm quite pleased with just helping out. Besides, I get to work with so many cute children! I made one big mistake though.. drawing a cat for them to see. Everyone wanted one, and since I'm not good at saying no to such cute faces, I ended up with a blister on my thumb after I went home from work at friday...( >_>'')

Today, we lit our oven for the first time since moving to our new apartment!

 

Soo cozy!

And winter came

Yesterday it snowed alot. It was so cozy, and I really got the feeling of winter. It's already November, time really flies doesn't it? Even though the snow is melting at the moment I write this..I'll dedicate this post to winter (^o^)/ I really hope for colder weather, and with it - more snow!

A really nice song from Enyas winter album:
Enya - And winter came

Some winter photos taken by my boyfriend 4-5 years ago

Here is a reeally good brownies recipe! I highly recommend it! And since it's satuday, you can feel less guilty about eating them (>u<¨) And the recipe name fits the theme of this post!

Brownies under the snow

300g dark chocolate
200g butter
4dl sugar
4 eggs
3 dl flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 spoons cocoa
powdered sugar

Set the oven to 175 degrees.

Start by melting the butter on low heat.
Add 200g of chopped chocolate, and let it melt on low heat while stiring occasionally. It should end up as a smooth mix.
whisk the eggs and sugar together until it's just mixed.
Add the melted chocolate and butter while stiring.
Mix together all the dry ingredients, and stir them into dough.
Add 100g of chopped chocolate.

Pour the dough into a square cake form  (about 20x30cm) covered in baking paper, and leave for about 45 minutes, lowest in the oven. When finished, it should still be a bit raw in the middle, but not floating dough. (In our oven it takes about 60 minutes for it to finish, so don't be afraid to let it stay more if you feel it's not ready).

Let the cake cool for at least an hour, cut it into squares, and sprinkle powdered sugar all over them!

Enjoy! <3

Gifts from Shiori and Bjørnar

Last weekend, We had some friends over to see our new apartment. (For those who didn't know already, we moved back to Horten some weeks ago. I'll post some pictures later). We had a really cozy time, eating pizza and watching a movie together :)　It was really nice seeing my best friend Marte again. It's fun that we're almost neighbours now. Our friend Bjørnar brought home presents from Japan, from him and Shiori (his girlfriend). It made me really happy! ^^

Chocolate and a kittychan phone strap <3

(My beloved korean speaking kittychan alarm clock in the background ^u^)

We enjoyed eating them :3

 

かわいいね。

本当にありがとうございました！

ひさしぶり。。

Havn't really updated my blog in a while..basically because there hasn't been much to blog about :)
Then, after a couple of friends request for me to keep blogging, I thought - why not blog about normal everyday stuff..? It would be a great way to pastime when I'm bored.
     I thought I'd blog about things such as my hobbies, pictures, recommend recipes and so on. And then, maybe, I'll manage to keep the blog ongoing longer than the last time >_>''


Some weeks ago, I attended desucon , which is an japan inspired event, focused on manga, anime and games. I've been there each year since it started. Last year I sold pictures there. People cosplay as different characters, and there are stands selling stuff from Japan. Like pocky, actionfigures, plushes and such. I can't say I'm too fond of this event, considering it lacks the autenthic japanese feeling, and the event building is crowded with teens dressed out as naruto and bleach characters, like those two animes are the only knowledge they have about Japan. Still, it is nice that the japan loving population of Norway are growing in numbers.
This year I went to desucon to meet Sindre, a boy I've known over the internet for about 6 years. It was fun to see that we had the same type of connection as we do over the internet, like I had known him for many years in real life. He was just as I imagined him. Later on in the event, I met my friend from my japanese class, Vigdis. It was nice seeing her again, and I ended up hanging with her the rest of that evening, talking and eating on a restaurant in Oslo called friday.

I didn't take any pictures at desucon.. but here is the pocky colletion I brought home from the event.

キャアー！ 　Didn't even like them.. Anyone want pocky? \(^.^)/