F.O.P.A.

~ HIYO EVERYONE~

2010-05-24T09:36:00.000-07:00

WE ARE GOING TO KEEP A SMALL BREAK WRITING THIS BLOG (AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED)
AND WE ARE GOING TO RENEW THE CONTENT AND THE APPEARANCE.
HOPE YOU CAN SOON ENJOY OUR NEW AND IMPROVED BLOG!
- VALENTINA & MARIA

13. September 2009

2009-09-13T02:35:00.000-07:00

A couple of days ago me and Valentina were taking pictures at the nearest beach. We are both kinda broke, and she has been with her boyfriend for "x" time, and I've with mine 1 year next week. We wanted to give some kind of a present so we were taking pictures of each other and we found some nice frames.
Not expencive present, but very personal. Hopefully it also has sentimental value.
Now I'm doing some school work but I don't have any idea what would be my point of view. Am I stupid or just lazy ?
Well, the article which I picked is about bridesmaids who want a pretty, not fat priest to their wedding. How foolish is that ?
I could think about that and write it tomorrow and make some muffins, salty ones cause I don't have any sugar left. Maybe I could post the recipe here later.

Maria

30. August 2009 - Pigs and Cosmopolitans

2009-08-30T06:50:00.000-07:00

Eva Longoria Parker

Hi everyone
Today's a sunny one, and that's kind of sad,
because I'm sick. I'm hoping that it's not swine flu. Even though
they say that it doesn't make a big difference, and they won't even test it anymore, but still the idea of maybe having the pig flu isn't a nice feeling.
But well, my fever is not that high so.. Whatever :) I'm still alive, right?

Well, today I woke up early although is S..Sunday? I was thinking it's Saturday.
I watched TV a bit and cooked pasta and then I went to the nearest shop and bought tampons and new cosmopolitan magazine, and I got 2 cosmos for 1's price, Juny's issue for free. And then I joined the Cosmo club on the net or whatever it is and surfed a bit on their website. I looove magazines. I missed the first episode of the new Desperate Housewives season, and I feel so miserable.
My dad tried to record it, but he failed! Well, on Monday the second one. Must see. My bf was very kind to me today, he brought me some thai food..!
I actually don't have anything important to tell you guys, but it's just that we haven't been writing again for a long time. Oh, we had Olivia's birthday party maybe a week ago (no, not that long ago) and we had fun. We made salad and a delicious soup and baguettes, and served them to our few good friends. It was cool. Making food with friends is a good way to spend time with friends and a good option for hanging out in some mall...
And I read one interesting thing from cosmo about cheating and stuff, and they said that 42% of our coutry's men has been cheating sometimes, and 32% of women..
That is terrible. And it says also that 54% of men will be driven to cheat because of a tempting opportunity. Hello, it's over a half! Nott nice.. Bad men!
At the moment I'm reading Nancy Thayer's The Hot Flash Club.
Yes. I chose it by the cover in a hurry and later I realized
that it tells about middle-aged women as you can understand from the title..
Well anyways it's been pretty good actually. But now I'm going to stop writing and read the other Cosmo!

Have a good day and beware of the pigbug!

Valentina

Rebecca Taylor

21. August 2009 - Hi, Monkeys are here!

2009-08-21T08:01:00.000-07:00

Sorry that we haven't been writing for a loong time. School has started, and I'm still a bit excited. I have already made friends in new school, and I have a good feeling about these next 3 years. At least for now! :D
So.. I'm a bit busy now again, so I'm not going to write a long story.
Btw, in our english class, we are going to write blogs, in english. It's a project, and I think that's very interesting.

Few days ago.. Well a bit more than few, I was visiting my relatives in one northern city.
And my grandmother had a channel kit that included Animal Planet, and I couldn't stop watching it. And especially the program called Monkey World.I felt so bad for those monkeys, which had been maltreated. They rescue monkeys from bad homes, and owners who don't know how to take care of a monkey, and also from some labs where they keep monkeys in small boxes and use them in animal tests.
But in Monkey World, they have lots of big places, that are similar to monkeys' real living conditions.
They keep it up with donations and stuff, so if I were rich, I'd donate them a big amount of money. So you millionaires please help those cute monkeys to survive ! :P
This is a link to their home page :oops it didn't work.. well it's www.monkeyworld.org
Today is the night of arts here, and theres lot of celebration everywhere!

Have a great weekend..

Valentina

Oh we've been so fucking busy

2009-08-16T10:37:00.000-07:00

Yeah, we haven't posted a thing for a while. I went to my bf's summer cottage and Valentina is now in an other city meeting her relatives there and stuff. And Olivia still doesn't know how to use this right ? I'm using my phone now so that's my excuse why I don't write you a long story of my trips. Keep on waiting cause it's gonna be a fabulous post.

Maria

11.8.2009 - phlogging!

2009-08-11T05:21:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!
I'm blogging with Maria's phone! This is soo cool! Sorry that we haven't wrote the story about the trip we made to Tallinn, but it's coming! Well, I just wanted to say hi, so I'm going now!

Valentina

30. July - Can't wait !

2009-07-30T05:13:00.000-07:00

Hi, we are still alive..!

This is a bit weird. No new texts for a while..

But now I'm going to change that! :)

Maria came back from Estonia yesterday, or was it the day before yesterday ? Well whatever, and guess what!? We are going back there, yes, me and Maria, and my dad and..

Some other people. We are going to stay at Spa Hotel ! How cool is that.

Olivia is now at conrifmation school, not as a "student" but as kind of a tutor..

So it's sad that she can't join us. I'm so excited. Maria found one shop, Sasch, you may know, it's Italian, and in Estonia, (or actually we are going to Tallinn, the capital) there's a store, where is an outlet department. Maria found really marvellous pants, or trousers,

on sale only 6,90€ hah, what price is that. And their real price wasn't that cheap at all.

We'll take a lots of pictures, and tell you guys, that were you have to visit if you go there.

Ofcourse both of us have been there many times before, but it's still as exciting as always.

Today I have a "meeting" with Maria, hopefully, and well.. I haven't planned it farther.. :D

But well, please read our travelogue from Tallinn later, and have a good day everybody.

Valentina

24. July - Biking Beauty

2009-07-24T03:06:00.000-07:00

Today's a sunny one. We have planned to go to the "downtown" today with Olivia and Julia.

Yesterday I found lots of nice jeans on sale for 24,90€ and lots of lovely tops and shirts in Mango. I'm going to buy cool light blue jeans with zippers in the legs, and maybe also dark blue jeans with golden/brown seams (that makes jeans look the most stylish in my opinion, especially in dark blue jeans). For a change Olivia doesn't answer her phone, ofcourse she's still sleeping! Well, I can visit my mom's house, and taste some pie she have made, no one makes as good pies as my mom! I love Mango shop over everything. There's one thing more that I must have. Light blue denim jacket. mangoshop.com doesn't work right now, so I can't show you those pictures. But I'll take at home when I've bought them! ;)

Scarlett and Penélope has both been models for MNG.

And I'm going with my bike, because the time in my card for trams and busses and metros has ended. That's why "Biking Beauty". By the way bike can be a good accessory!

Well, now I go to my mom's house, and then SHOPPINGG~ !

Have a nice day!

Valentina

23. July - "The Day Off"

2009-07-23T03:27:00.000-07:00

I'm still watching Sex and the city. Olivia lent me the 3rd season. It's just so well-done series, and book, and movie. It's pretty hot weather, but when I look out of the window, I only see white glowing sky. Today I have no idea what I should do. Now it's almost 2 o'clock, and I have eaten my breakfast, and I'm halfway of putting the laundry drying. Coffee really makes me wake up, so I'm going to make some right now. And with coffee, I'm going to make some salmonpies, well not actually make, but put them to oven...

Hey, I saw this on net and I actually decided that I want this

So soft and warm, but still stylish. Cute. Costs 39,90€.

Hey have I told that I'm starting my studies in fall at "fashion college",

and that means that I go to high school and at the same time study the clothing business.

Isn't that so cool? I just can't wait. I get to design own clothes? How cool is that.

Well, you can never now what is it like there before you have experienced it yourself.

But still I wouln't give away any of my vacation days.

I haven't still made the coffee, so I guess I'll stop writing for a moment, and do it. :D

Now I can see tthe sunlight. I feel like going out and having a cup of just chewed coffee in the sun shine. I wish the fall would never come. Or maybe fall could come, but not winter.

It's so depressing, when you wake up, it's totally dark, and we you go home, it's dark again.

But well, I'm thankful of every season that we have. I just wish that summer would last a bit longer. I'm having my coffee without milk. I usually don't do that. But now, I'm writing so much, and so pointless things, that I think it's better to stop now! I'll be back later and tell what we did today. Have a nice day everybody!

Valentina

(Hey, try to get a pic cause the link is not working. And are you really going to order that from Sweden or what ?) Maria

23. July

2009-07-23T01:21:00.000-07:00

Today I'm gonna have a busy day because tomorrow we're having a birthday party ! And it's a surprise. So, today I'll meet my friends and we'll map out the party. I have no idea where or when but hopefully I'll find out later.
I've promissed to make a cake or something sweet and this delicious recipe for Chocolate tart from Anna Olson came to my mind.

Yesterday I found some beaautiful boots, which were only 35 euros. They seemed to be the cheapest shoes actually, the store was filled with D&G, Dior, Marc Jacobs etc ...

But now I have to get my hair done and stuff before we have ''the meeting''.

Maria

22. July - Ugly lovely men

2009-07-22T10:55:00.000-07:00

So.. I promissed to tell you what we found from our little "Vintage round" and yes, we did make some fancy discoveries. We found so amazing Dolce & Gabbana shoes priced over 200€, but mostly shoes in vintage and second-hand shops are pretty small.
We didn't buy anything. Sorry for being so dull. But now we know the vintage shops, and if comes necessity, then we know where to go.

After our round, we tried to call Olivia, but she didn't answer her phone, so we went to a grocery store, and bought swiss roll, and decided to go and wake her up, 'cause usually she sleeps quite a lot. When we arrived, we chopped the swiss roll, and made some cinnamon buns and drinked coffee and strawberry juice, and at the same time, we watched Sex and the city 3. season from DVD. Olivia has them all!
Then we decided to go to Valentina's house, because we had to make some food to eat.
Maria was tired and got angry so she went home.

We are still watching Sex and the city, and we are wondering, that how do they choose men for the show? They aren't so fancy after all. Many of them could be described as disgusting.
It looks like they have made look as ugly as they can. This may sound a bit rude, but. Duh~
Sometimes they can be sympatic though.. but still. And still everybody seems to love them?
We have been planning a trip to NY and visiting Spain on the way to there.
But maybe not until few years, when we have graduated.
By the way, this is the first day, for Olivia being here with us and writing here! At last.

Olivia and Valentina

22. July - Vintage Round

2009-07-22T01:24:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody

Today we are going to check few vintage and second-hand shops what we haven't seen yet.

So, I'm doing my make up, and then I have to take one paper to one place again,

and then we'll start!

When we come back, we will inform you first, and let you know what we saw, what we hated, and what we loved. And what leaves with us.! So see you soon.

Valentina and Maria

21. July - Can shoes make your hunger go away?

2009-07-21T11:56:00.000-07:00

Hi yallll.

Today was a sunny one, and a good one from every angle, i GUESS. Again it came to my mind.. Oh.. You will soon get to know what. I woke up exactly 10.30 o'clock, because of my alarm clock, which has ringed also at 10.00, but I just couldn't get up so... early? Hehe.. This is what it's like when you are spending summer vacation. I watched Ellen DeGeneres show and 10 Years younger.. (heh) and I did my make up while watching TV. Yeah. Today it was.. Penélope Cruz inspired look, 'cause she sticked to my mind from Vicky Christina Barcelona, which I watched before. Then I went to Maria's house, and ate Caribbean lentilsoup what was delicious! Then we sat for while on the stairs of one church near Maria's house. Then we went to "downtown" and looked around a bit. Maria bought a nice knit.

And now I'm going to tell you what came to my mind earlier.. from the word guess.
Yeah.. Guess shoes! I was walking in the mall, and then I saw them..
In the window of Guess shop. And it was love at first sight. Even better, I saw a sale note
which said -50%... How could they take 50% off from so lovely shoes??
They were not the type of usual "Guess shoes" like what yells the brand Guess,
but they were so perfect. And -50% ? I wonder why did they put them on sale..
I don't think that there's any chance that they haven't been selling.. But however.. I did try them, and ofcourse they were perfect in my feet. The price was 175 in euros, and when on sale, 87 €. But I didn't have that money. I was hungry, (for food, and also badly for the shoes) and I said that if I get those shoes, I won't be hugry anymore. I could be without food for the whole day. And there were only 2 pairs of my size left. Which is actually 38. :) (Now you know me a bit better).

Here's a picture of those shoes, except the staples were GOLDEN on those which I saw.

You like them?

For a change, I watched a movie while ago. I have a good channelkit or packet (?)
so I get to watch good movies daily, if I have time. :D
I made some.. Grillpaws and tunafish, and it was delicious..!
Then I tasted a popsicle, "Pokemon Diamond Pearl fruity freeZze pop".
We bought a pack of them from grocery shop, and we had a little fight with my bf, he wanted
pokemon, and I wanted hello kitty. But at last I was the mature one, and did let the KID get what he wants. Now I'm going to take a quick shower and then I'm going to read my lovely book (not finished yet) Summer in Tuscany. Good night!

Valentina

20. July Part 2 - PhotoFun

2009-07-20T08:22:00.000-07:00

We were taking pictures at one pier close to my house maybe a week ago, and we had fun,
and we got lots of nice pictures including this one above. We chose this because the face doesen't show and we like this much. ( Just because we are kind of anonymous, not that there would be something wrong with her face!) The girl in this pic is Maria, and I, Valentina was taking these pictures. I'm in love with sunset especially in this place, and Maria's blouse and shoes! Just had to add at least one of these pics. :)

Now I'm cooking some food of those few ingredients that I have in my fridge,
and I ended up with the idea of Maria, that I should boil some potatoes, and
make some hash of fried potatoes and some veggies (and fresh coriander from bf's mom's vegetable garden) and with it some tom yam noodles and eggs, so that my bf will eat it also haha !

Valentina

20. July - Rainy Day

2009-07-20T02:30:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!

I haven't been writing here for a few days, because I've been a bit busy..

I gotta get my calender to remember what have I done on these days!

So.. On Friday, I were at my cousin's friend's house, with Olivia and few other friends.

We had fun, and I came home so late that I had to walk, because trams didn't go anymore.

Except those trams which went to the hall where they are kept over the night.. And yes, I did take a tram that was going to the hall, and the driver announced after about 10 tiring minutes, that this tram is going to the hall, and so I had to walk more than few miles home.. But it was kinda relaxing, when the city was almost empty.

On Saturday I was having a lunch or a dinner at my boyfriend's mother's house.

The house was beautiful, and so were the neighbourhood, and food was great.

Weather was sunny and hot.

Yesterday morning I watched Vicky Christina Barcelona, and I liked it very much.

I loved the character Maria Elena, (Penélope Cruz) in that movie. Only thing that

bothered me, was especially in the start, the storyteller, young man, who read, or told the story so quickley, that it ruined the feeling.. But anyhow, very good and successful film from

Woody Allen. I recommend!

I found one cd among my other cd's, which is called LatinaFever, and I found it very interesting, fun and relaxing. It cheered me up. I love hispanic atmosphere, music, languages, and everything. It has four cd's, Salsa, Merengue y bachata, reggaeton, and latino house. I just feel like listening to it, and turning the volume to the sky, and read my book,

Summer in Tuscany by Elizabeth Adler. I have been in Tuscany, and I love the place, so it's interesting to read a book that is centered there. And now I'm watching Rachel Ray's

cooking on TV and I love the smell of pure rain, that makes air moist.

For breakfast I made toastpizzas.. Sooo tasty. (But not so healthy or light..)

First I put some margarine, and then pickles or sundriedtomato unripened cheese,

and some ketchup, then piece of German hard salami, and lootsss of cheese.

To the top I chopped some ham and basil. Then to the oven, and wait till the cheese gets nice golden color and has nicely melt. Easy, quickley, and tasty.

And you can choose and try different fillings depending on what you like. :)

And once again, this page looks stupid when I publish this.

The pictures make the text go wrong.. But however!

Today is a rainy day, but somehow I enjoy it.

Valentina

4.49 pm addition

Oh god this is so embarrassing!

I had to go downstairs to give my friend his keyboard and stuff, and then I said bye bye

and came back upstairs and then I noticed that my door has closed! I didn't have shoes, I wasn't wearing any make up, I had barely found time to put some clothes on, and I didn't have keys.. I panicked and ran the stairs down, because I didn't have any credit in my phone

so I couldn't call anybody. My dad had just left back to work. I ran to the market next to my house, because next to it is a tram stop, so I thought he must be there. But I couldn't see him. Then I noticed his girlfriend at the tramstop, who with I haven't been talking for so long, we used to be best friends, but then we had kind of an argument and..So.

But I didn't think that much longer, instead I was glad that I saw her, and went to her and asked that does she have a phone, and she said yes, and I told my story and asked her to lend her phone to me quickley, and she gave it to me and I made a call to my dad. For my luck, he wasn't so far, and he came back to open the door to me.

On my way home everybody stared me and my foot.

I wonder what did my old good friend think of me, and I'm thankful that she helped me

even though we have had cold relations lately..

Now I should make something to eat before my bf comes home from work,

but in the fridge, there's .. nothing.

Valentina

Manu Cornet - Distance & Temps

18. July

2009-07-18T11:14:00.000-07:00

Today my last.fm turned chargeable and how am I supposed to listen my favorite music and
find about new bands ? I googled a little bit and now I'm listening to Jamendo
which looks great. Huge collection of artists, and they all seem new to me !

I really should get a new mp3 -player and dozens of cd's ! (Yeah, I still prefer to by them.)

So, that's all. I'm wondering have anyone ever seen this page ?

What we can do ? Please some one ?

Starting the blog is harder than I though, especially when you are not typing in your own language. And all that ''we-don't-tell-you-where-we-are-from'' - thing is hilarious ! If someone

some day will read this blog

he or she will find out who we are and where are we from in a second. If he or she knows us.

Ps, I'm still waiting for you, Olivia ! And your art !

Maria

17. July

2009-07-17T07:02:00.000-07:00

Hi, today is so hot and pretty day but I'm just waisting my time at home.
Maybe my love will call and ask me out as he promised hours ago.
I've been spending my time with J. M. G. Le Clézio's Onitsha
and honestly, I can almost feel Africa.

By the way, a couple of days ago I saw this and I had to try it !

Maria

15. July 2009 Part 3 Night Review

2009-07-15T11:26:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody.. Again.
Today we have been so efficient, this is part 3 for today..!
So.. I went to Maria's house, to get her, and she showed me those thing she bought.
I loved them. Especially the shirt, but everything.. :)
Then we went to one store (not going to releav the name..) and bought me those thing I needed. I got one "duvet cover" pack made of satin, it's sooo beautiful and comfortable.
And another one, pretty also, but not so shiny and brilliant..
And one sheet, that is easy to place and don't come off every night from every corner..
Then Maria went to her boyfriend's house, and I went to Thai restaurant to get something to eat with my boyfriend.. Then I got home.
Now I'm watching "Iris" on tv and there's one thing I'd like to show you:

I just loved especially these three collections, the colours, so light, so tender
pink and blue, and those down-to-earth beiges and whites, and by the way,
these clothes are suitable for anyone to use!
Not too weird, or artistic, not to mention unpracticalness..(Except the price!)
These are from Paris Fashion Week in spring.

Givenchy

Valentino

Elie Saab

Valentina

15. July 2009 Part2 Greetings from Stockholm !

2009-07-15T03:58:00.000-07:00

So, I came back today at 10 am. I'm in love with Stockholm, I haven't been there before until that trip and I'm wondering that why didn't anyone tell me about all those shops and boutiques ?

There's so much more stores specialized in something and it's a pity that here those kind of stores can't survive. I'm also so jealous about all those sushi places, we have only couple of them and they're all too expensive in my opinion. But maybe some day we can also enjoy of sushi places like Pong..

We also checked out the marketplace and it was amazing ! So much more fresh veggies, fruits and berries. As a vegetarian it was almost a dream come true.

Maria

15. July 2009 Waiting

2009-07-15T01:42:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody.

Today Maria is coming back home from Sweden. She was shopping and looking around with
her family in Stockholm. Can't wait to see what she bought! We'll let you know first! :)
Sweden, at least Stockholm (the capital) is enriched with such cute vintage boutiques and all kind of second-hand shops. And the city is also pretty. There are some big famous
stores like H&M (that's swedish), and if you walk the prom street, you will bump to it's stores like.. million times. :D She has also taken few pics, and she maybe wants to share a few of them with you, hopefully.

I looove make up tutorials in YouTube. Even if u know how to make up (ofc?),
you get inspiration from them, and new looks and tips for different look than you usually do,
so it's fun to shake up your make up ;) So at least you won't look the same everyday.
Now I'm going to get ready, and then clean my room a bit, and then I'm going to the centre
and look for few comforters, or duvet covers. Let's hope that Maria will come with me! And then she'll get the trun to write something nice, maybe about her trip!
Oh god this writing looks stupid at the site, I don't know how to get it look better.. Sorry.
Today's gonna be Anne Hathaway look!
P.S. I want Toby from TV.

Valentina

Ice Age Squirrel is soo cute !

14. July 2009 Some pick ups of D&G's stunning fall collection

2009-07-14T04:32:00.000-07:00

It's kind of sad that always when the summer is over, people think that well, now summer is gone and so are the colors of summer, and light and bubbling colors change to more boring colors, but "fall colors" like red, orange, brown, black etc. can look fun too, if you mix and use them right. And ofcourse those colors will do their job as classic colors.
I love how Bell-shaped skirt is used in these fabolous combinations.

This is the first day of this blog.. If this is even counted because the blog is not ready !
Now it's almost 3 o'clock pm and I'm still inside, even though it's beautiful and sunny out there.
And I forgot to tell you all, that we are not english, or american.. So I apologize our bad english and writing mistakes... Yeah.. Where are we from? I'm not going to let you know that yet, maybe you can figure that out later..

Oh and one thing. This blog is NOT about showing off with our knowledge in these things, and
we don't know about these things too much, these writings are not totally facts, they are our opinions and we just want to share them, and maybe give some tips and suggestions more than advicies. Just to make it sure with everyone.. :)

Valentina