Some lately and some right about now

{my old room, last days}

{last owners, recent apartment mate, dinner I cooked}

{new place}

I just moved yesterday and it feels strange. Like it should feel the first few days after moving to a new place. I found this place two weeks ago on the first day of searching, and by evening I told them I'll take it. It's right up front my school, so no more metro fare, less time commuting, and it's cheaper. I will have to pay bills with my flat mates, and I did spend a few on some bed sheets and some cleaning supplies but even so it will be cheaper by at least 50 euros on rent and 30 less with no more transportation card.

The weather is the worst right now. Rain, rain and then some more rain. It's all damp and windy and no sun. I am really looking forward to some sunny, warm days. Also looking forward to R coming soon. In exactly 4 weeks!

School is still hard with a lot of assignments to do. This month particularly, as I will have to finish an assignment with a teacher on jeanswear.

{men's suits, outerwear and blazers's fabric swatches - not enough, but all I could find }

{Tuesday morning train station}

  {teacher, fellow colleagues, fabrics expo}

{2016 trends}

P.S.
these photos of Porto
this made me miss illustration at school

Coffee: Six Degrees of Caffeination
eating fruits and veggies in the wintertime
indeed
NY city's 14 most famous micro apartments

What up

I'm just waiting for Easter break. That's kind of it.

(visit to a jeans wear factory - the most interesting of all the visits we had)

(we have to make a men's jacket - wtf???)

Oh, and I have to move in two weeks because I'm running out of money and cannot afford this room anymore. I have a new roommate, a guy, a Chinese guy. He is loud and too friendly and told me he cannot cook Chinese food. So much for regretting leaving the place...

I also have a lot of school work and presentations coming up very soon so I'm really busy and stressed these days.





You probably heard of these girls from Broad city. It's the shit. I downloaded their first season and it's really great. You can check out more about it here.

The year in images: 2014

1. cold, snow and trying to get through in January

2. DIYs and recipes in February

3. trying on gardening in March

4. first real signs of Spring, work and some more recipes in April

5. our "uneventful" Easter trip to Italy in May

6. happy moving to our new apartment in June

7. trying on work for a short while in July

8. our first trip to the seaside together in August

9. our short weekend to my hometown in September

10. moving to Porto, starting school in October

11. adjusting to school, work and a few recipes in November

12. spending the holidays home in December

It's been exactly two weeks since I'm back here and I already made a sheet-like calender to cross off the days until Easter. I'm hoping I'll get one or two visitors around here...or maybe even more... Everybody, you are most welcome to come visit me!! Besides the money issue, there shouldn't be anything standing between you and a week or two of vacationing in Porto. Just that.

The weather has been so and so. We had rain and wind, unpleasant days, and then there are the sunny nice days, but they are still kinda cold. So I just want to stay in bed and watch movies. I guess everybody is just trying to get through these darn winter months.




I've been thinking about various things. I enjoyed these series on wardrobe changes and all that. I guess everybody's been doing it since last year. Trying to cut down on your clothes and wear just a certain number, 30, something like that. Oh, here's another proof of it, and a whole blog about it. It would be nice to do so, just try to keep only the stuff you like and really wear the heck out of them. And also makes you think about your style and clothes and what matters to you, being comfortable, being 'a fashion diva' and what not...
Just making things simple, clear, uncomplicated.



photo via Rmtl

In parallel with this closet rethinking and simplifying things in your life I've been reading this book, that talks about a new way of rethinking your time and efforts, that you can't do it all, that you have to choose what to do with your time / because otherwise others will choose for you, that you have to accept trade offs.

Another book I want to read soon enough is this one. And here's an article or two about it, if you think you're into it...
I don't know...this time spent here in school, my teachers and my colleagues, even what I'm studying: menswear have got me thinking about re analyzing everything, simplifying, organizing, planning on every level. I guess it's the way people do things here (in school).



I have a little series  /it's called High Maintenance/ I've discovered and would like to share with you. It's a bunch of 5-10 minute episodes about different people and their weed guy. It's in New York
so of course I love it. I love to watch movies and documentaries about people living in NY, so this was perfect. Hope you'll enjoy it too, if not who cares.
As you probably know, Girls is back on for a while now, and thanks to Nadia I have seen the first two episodes and I love it. I've watched them in the morning before going to school and it's just the perfect thing to help me day dream all the rest of the day in classes. I'm so glad it's on again.

I enjoyed this TED Playlist on Finding the right Job, since clearly I'm in need of help on that matter.

Until next time, I leave you with some school and bad weather pics, cause that's what I'll be experiencing in the weeks to come.