Karolina Keric

I've got some lovely birthday cards from loved ones :D
Thank you so much :P

I got one that was especially beautiful. And I wanted to share the text with you.

Thank you *C* for always being a good friend, no matter how difficult I may be :$

A Birthday Is...

A gift of life, 
a present to yourself,
a time to celebrate,
and a day to be Happy

A birthday is...

A GIFT OF LIFE.

You've lived another year and you're about to ease into another.
Greet it with a greatful heart. Imagine your future.
Make some new plans.
Remember your uniqueness.
Reflect on how much you are loved.

A PRESENT TO YOURSELF.

Do something fun, special, magical and memorable.
Pretend it's your own holiday.
Appreciate your gifts. Recognize your talents.
It's really okay to concentrate on you today.
Be thankful for what makes you you.

A TIME TO CELEBRATE.

The greatest gift you've been given is you.
Celebrate yourself... with hope, with joy, with appreciation.
Dare to dream.
Open your heart and let yourself go as far as your mind will take you.
Drop any regrets and negative thoughts that hold you down. 

A DAY TO BE HAPPY.

Count your blessings; love your life;
treasure your family and friends and all that you're thankful for.
Above all, it's your day to soak in the present of each moment
and enjoy it with all your heart.

-Donna Fargo

Happy, Happy Birthday
All year long...
Starting Today!

Thank you again C ♥
I will do exactly what the card says :)
Enjoy this day and do whatever I want :D
Big huggles for you x

Another legend has gone to sleep..

I always loved him when I was younger.
I used to watch North & South with my mum when I was only a few years old.
Let's not forget "Dirty Dancing".
It will always be one of the classic movies that will live on forever.

He was a brilliant actor and a loving person (married to his wife for 30 years).

He will always be remembered.

A friend of mine gave me the idea for this post (thank you F).

We all have a life full of daily routines and responsibilities.
Things that sometimes make our lives stressful and difficult.

So it's nice to have something to escape to.
It can be somewhere you like to go on your own or something you do.

One of my escapes (as well as my friend and probably a lot more people out there)
is online gaming.
We spend hours playing a game with people we have not met,
but we know we have something in common with.
Gaming for me is a place to hide from reality.
Something that makes me forget about my troubles
and about tomorrow.

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 (My favourite game)

Another escape is a place where I like to go when I need relaxation from my hectic life.
It's a place in town called the Urbis. There is a patch of grass there and I like to sit there
(when it's warm enough) and I look at all the people around me.
So many different people in one place doing the same thing as I.
Just being.



Daydreaming is probably my favourite escape.
I imagine myself being something great and I am completely happy with myself and who I am.
Just nice to be able to dream away.
Imagine being somewhere warm. Laying in a field just looking up at the blue sky.



Books have also been an escape for me all my life.
I remember when I used to go into one of our "spare rooms" (kinda like a wardrobe)
and I sat in there for hours reading the "adventures of Tintin" hehe.
Imagining I was a part of the adventures. Loved it :D




Do you have an escape?
Tell me where or what you do when you need to escape from reality for a moment.
You can do it anonymously ;)

Have been spending half of the day trying to phone O2.
You'd think they'd want to answer their phones and sell some phones..
But they just kept ignoring my calls.
How rude! :p
Finally got through to one of the shops.

What I want?
The loveli iPhone of course :D
In white!
And they said they have a few.
Going there in 30mins!
Can't wait!
(Hopefully they have not sold them by the time I get there...)




♥ Just beautiful. (Too bad they don't make them in pink.. But it will have to do ;) chuckles)

♦ I wear glasses when I’m at work or reading. (I don’t like them though)


♦ I am terrified of spiders. I actually cry and scream and hide when I see one.

♦ I am very jealous.. So much that it has ruined previous relationships.
(Something I’ve worked on during the years)

♦ Used to collect pens. Haha. I like pens. So if you want to get me a present you know what to get hahaha.

♦ Had my first real kiss when I was 16. (Quite late I think?)

♦ Don’t eat vegetables that have been steamed/fried/boiled etc.

♦ I have a clicking jaw. (Weird)

♦ Big feet.. Not the best when you’re a woman trying to find nice shoes!

♦ Trust people too easily. (Like to see the good in everyone..)

♦ I love hugs. Maybe more than kisses.

♦ Love to get flowers. (Does not happen often)

♦ Can’t keep flowers alive. Not even a bamboo!

♦ Always used to make a snow angel when it first snowed :)

♦ Very impatient. Don’t like to wait. Want things to happen straight away. (Another thing I’m working at)


♦ Hate pineapples. (Yukiiiii)

That's what I got at the moment.
I have nothing to write about and I feel a panic attack coming up.
Don't like it when I got nothing to write.
I have all these ideas in my head, but they are clouded at the moment :/
Need some inspiration.
Help me out people.
Tell me what you want to read about and I will do my best to write about it :)
Please :X

 

This is a movie I've only seen twice (2nd time was last night).
It's really a X-mas movie, but Will Ferrell is so hillarious in it that we decided to watch it anyways.
I strongly recommend this movie if you are bored and want a giggle :P
It may seem corny/silly at times, but I loved it :D

One of those feel good movies that takes your mind off every day life for an hour and a half.

I have a friend that I care so much about.
Who has been there for me when I've needed him the most.
He believes in me and makes me realise my true potential.

We have had our differences, but we always work it out.
I trust him 100% and I know that he would tell me exactly what he thinks without a doubt.

The problem is that I’ve not heard from him for a couple of weeks now.
He sent me a text saying he had to go away, but that he would be back..
Something happened shortly before he sent me that text..
And I think that’s got to do with why he has “gone away”.

I wish I knew more.. I can’t stop worrying about him.
He is one of the kindest persons I’ve ever known.
I just hope he knows I think of him and I hope that he will come back soon.

If you are reading this wherever you are.. Please let me know you are ok.

”Twinkle toes”

Another thing I want for my b-day is to order some clothes from my favourite American shop.
Forever21

Always buy loads of things from there when we go to US of A :)

Here are some bits that I'd like from there :D

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Cute lil cardi :)

 I adooore black patent shoes.

Think this top is quite cool.

Nice going out top :D

 Speaks for itself :P

Not long now till my birthday..
Another year has passed and I'm getting older :P
I don't really mind birthdays. Not mine at least.
It's just like any other day :)
BUT I do like presents :P hahaha.
I would love a new Thomas Sabo charm for my bracelet.
I got 3 silver ones and I think it needs a bit more colour to it.
These are a few I'd like next :D

 Love the cherry :P The guitar is cooool :D

A heart is nice ;) Do I have to explain this one? ♥ shoes!

Yummy strawberries.

There are plenty more that I like and want :P But the red ones would make the bracelet so much nicer.



Those are the ones I got :P

My heart will always beat for Bosnia. I'm born in Sweden and raised there.
Both of my parents are bosnian. I used to go there every summer when I was a child.
Before the war. The war that changed our lives forever.

I remember the summers in Bosnia. We started with a couple of weeks in Croatia by the sea.
Some of my fondest memories as a child are from there.
When we used to arrive to the little village where my parents originate from (called Siprage),
my late grandfather used to go to the neighbouring village and get a lamb (cruel yes..but it was the way it was)
The grown ups prepared the food and the kids were all playing outside on the swings or playing games.

I loved my house in Bosnia. It was big and everything inside it was beautiful.
My parents worked so hard back in Sweden to be able to afford the best in Bosnia.

My uncles and their families lived there (mums side). So did my late nan.
We used to spend a month being with our loved ones and enjoy life.
Never did we believe that our beloved paradise would be destroyed one day.

We did not go to Bosnia 1989,because my dad had a surgery.
The following year the war broke out. I was only a child, but I knew it meant the end of everything I held dear.
My parents were so worried,they did not want us to know.
I remember watching the news when the lovely bridge in Mostar got bombed to pieces. We were all crying.

My mums entire family was still in Bosnia, and we were worried about them.
One of my cousins managed to come to Sweden and he stayed with us.
My uncle,nan and his family had to leave and they went to Zagreb/Croatia.
And eventually they went to Germany. Where I spent many summers.

I could tell you stories that would make your hairs stand up, but that is not what I want.
We could not go to Bosnia for 13 years because of the war. I remember when it was time for us to return.
The country had been divided between Serbs and Muslim/Croats.
The village I used to call my home was in serbian territory and my mum was scared and anxious.
She had to get anti depressants because she did not know what to expect.
Our house had been raided during the war,and nothing but the walls were left...

I remember feeling sadness mixed with joy while we were driving across the border from Croatia into Bosnia.
Everything had changed. Houses were in ruins and flags had changed.
No longer was there a Yugoslavian flag, that had been replaced with different ones. Not my flag.
I did not feel as I belonged anymore.

I never felt like I belonged in Sweden either. I was classed a foreigner there, and when I went to Bosnia I was classed a Swede. Where did I belong? Who was I?

If you ask me what I am, I will proudly tell you I'm a Bosnian in my heart and mind.

I have not been there since 2003. I lost so much that summer. I have not been able to go back since.
I do want to go back soon. I feel such sadness when I think about what I'm missing.

Next part about Balkan will be it's music :)
Something that is very dear to me.

♥ Bosno Moja ♥


Pictures from Bosnia when I was younger and also after the war. Pictures of me and my loved ones ♥

My lovely camera stopped working last week :(
We were out walking with my mum and I wanted to take a picture of the beautiful views,
when I noticed that it took really blurry and purple/pink pictures :/
We have no idea what happened to it.
It is only 1 years old and it has been sent back to Hong Kong once already.
Had no camera while I was back home. Had to borrow my mums,
but the quality is not as great as mine.
Thankfully one of my best friends bf had his uber cool camera with him and he took loads of pictures.
Just have to wait till he sends them all to me :)

R.I.P my loveli :'(

You will be missed! Had so much fun with you and took a lot of funny pictures together :)
Don't think I will get another camera.. I have had 2 since I moved over here...
And I've managed to ruin them both? Grrrr..