Sister Act and other fun stuff

Minna was here, met all my friends and got to see a bit of Maastricht. Not that there really seemed to be much time for anything, time flies by so quickly. The night before she came we had the election party (Go Obama!) and I really stayed up whole night. I didn't think so many people would actually stay up that late but I had to chase the guests away at 7am so that I could clean before my skills, I did manage to sleep for one hour on the couch... But the combination of alcohol and lack of sleep made me pretty much forget what happened that night. I didn't drink that much but damn it was difficult to answer when somebody asked who was there! Hahaha.

And now it's back to routines. I really should be studying 24/7 but am not. I really think it's not the most productive way to spend a day, especially when I've discovered by rather amazing talent for being able to convincingly talk about something of which I know essentially nothing. Clearly I'm a politician in the making.

Me, Deborah and Ionut are working on a presentation and I absolutely love the topic! We're researching UK's EU Budget Policy, I really love it. It's like simulations all over again, researching about a country and get to present it. And the UK is so lovely topic to research because they are so exciting, they are always the bad cops whether it be the EU or the British public that says so.

Aside from this presentation not much exciting things happening, like Kalina and I discussed the other day, the leisurely lifestyle of Maastricht gets boring on occasions but the cure for that is buying a waffle with ice-cream and it melts away all concerns.

Chat, nap, chat

Today was so much fun. I laughed a lot. What did I do? I chatted with my friends the whole day. I only stopped to take a nap.

I still have no voice and am not feeling that well, being sick and all. So I just relaxed and spoke with my friends, they all seemed to be online today. First I organised it with Kalina that we're going to take Minna to the airport on Sunday. So a roadtrip to Germany to look forward to. Then I spoke with Triin about our chances to move to London together to re-enact Sex and the City, only in London. ;) Then with Suvi I spoke for like 5 hours and among the pearls of our conversation was her trick to get allure men: doodle into their notebooks. I will have to test that. And other good news that I won't share here but lets just say good news came in bundles.

So I'll be going to sleep happy that I such amazing friends that a sick day at home can turn into a fantastic day. Much love to my peeps!

Halloween

Yesterday we had a party at Kalina's, celebrating Halloween. Getting ready for the party was such a hassle, you would not believe. I was doing the make up for the girls and it seemed like a never-ending flow of them. :D At the same time they were decorating the house and it was just busy all day long. We had some brilliant costumes:

Kalina was French

Silvia was catwoman

Barbara was Amy Winehouse (practically her twin, so look-a-like!)

Paula was Cleopatra's mummy

Francesca was a dark queen

and I was Russian.

As my costume was not necessarily obvious to everyone, I tried to speak with a Russian accent the whole night... I really got into my character and at one point I saw the Ghostbusters, Amy Winehouse introduced me as Natasha who's looking for a husband. So I kiss them on the cheeks, and start off the conversation by telling how wonderfully rich they have to be from the Ghostbuster movies. The poor guys actually thought I was Russian and got rather uncomfortable, one of the trying to make conversation and everything... It was so funny! So I let go off the accent for a while and introduced myself as myself.

Overall people put a lot of effort into their costumes, way more than in Newcastle. Impressive.