Concert: Foals

Yesterday evening a friend and I went to Foals in VEGA (Copenhagen's Paradiso) and it was awesome. We stood very close to the stage and they were so good! A little bit heavier that I normally listen to, but you know, sometimes you just got to get it out of your system, and this concert was just the thing for us. Also, look at me making new friends and stuff!

Foals is a indie rock band from Oxford, UK. They consist of 5 members, including (of course) the lead singer Yannis Philippakis. They currently have three albums out: Antidotes (2008), Total Life Forever (2010) and their new album Holy Fire (2013). This is probably their best known song - and also one of my favorites.


Yannis ran around like a money, climbing on the balcony and also stage dived, not once but twice. As I said before sometimes you just gotta let it out, man! I also brought my camera phone but the pictures came out quite nicely - go me!  xo

Being a Big Woman

Picture from here

Today I want to talk about body image. I know that I'm not an expert or a professional but I do think it is an important thing to discuss. Lately I have been hearing to much about body images and it makes me so angry sometimes. I truly believe that our world these days (even over the last decade) is obsessed with skinny women. But like, really skinny women. And I don't understand why. First of all, being skinny does not mean that you're healthy, it doesn't mean that you're better than others and it definitely doesn't mean that you're more beautiful than bigger women. Although these are just plain simple truths, the media keep pushing people to go on a diet and especially celebrities are being pushed "to set an example". And what example is that? That's right, being skinny.

I decided to do some research. I read an article in Psychology magazine called 'Why too big? Why we should stop being obsessed about weight'. The article explains that women who are a little bigger are being bullied by other, intentionally or unintentionally. Because the media sets us with an example, women who don't look like that are not accepted according to the magazine. And I agree. The other day I was in a shop to look for summer stuff for my holiday and they didn't have my size on the rack and the lady who was helping me carefully asked me that maybe I should look at the 'plus size' section. This is so insulting! First of all, I am 1.80 m (5.9") and I weigh 80 kilo (176 pounds). According to the BMI index, I am still perfectly fine on the scale. Maybe a little to the right side (the bigger side shall we say) but perfectly fine. And then some little skinny brat has the nerve to say that to me. I am a size 12/14 people! Anyway, what I am trying to say is that people should stop being so obsessed with being skinny. They seem to forget something that's called a body type. A body type is the types, pear shaped, apple shaped etc. Women have different shapes and they will always have different shapes and sizes. If you a really skinny and small you're okay but if you are a little bigger you are supposed to fit a box that clearly doesn't fit you. And why should we?

Another thing said about bigger women is that they are less happy. I always want to punch people in the face whenever I hear that. I have met bigger women (I am a big woman) and I am perfectly happy. Maybe I am stressed or tired, but that has to do with factors of life (in my case, trying to graduate) and has NOTHING to do with my body weight. I don't even weigh myself that often! I literally haven't met any women that said they're unhappy because they are a little bigger. Most are even proud of it. Stop fitting people in boxes that they (literally) can't fit in and look at their personality. Let's all be kinder to one another shall we? And accept us for who we are. There are of course issues with being a little bigger. According to the Psychology article there are a few factors that indicate that you are too overweight:

1. When people with obesity have an illness related to/because of their weight, like diabetes/sleeping diseases,
2. When they get psychological problems related to their weight, like becoming depressed,
3. They they are unable to perform daily tasks and,
4. When they get high blood pressure, high cholesterol, devious blood sugar or too much belly fat (although all these problems are able to happen to skinny people as well)

All these issues have to do with whether you are eating heathy and taking exercises. With eating healthily, I mean don't only eat McDonalds or too much products with high fats. This doesn't mean you can't eat chocolate or anything you don't want to, just play it safe. Also with exercise, it doesn't mean going to the gym 5 times a week, or doing exercises every day; just try to walk as much as you can, bicycle somewhere if it's not too far and take the stairs. If you can go to the gym that is good but only because of eliminating changed you might get sick (think of heart diseases or high blood pressure). 

Basically what I'm trying to say: be happy with who you are and what you look like. If you have issues with yourself, always check you insides first (emotions, character trades) and then the way you look. You don't have to be skinny to be happy and you definitely don't have to lose weight then others tell you to. It is your life and if you are happy with the way you look, then sod them!

(I would also like to apologise for the rant, sorry) Have a great week!

I have sinned - it's spring!

I know right?! I have spent a ridiculous amount of money on this, but I am so in love with it. I love the colour, I love the leather, I love the size.. you name it and I like it. Good thing as well, because I've just spent my monthly allowance on it. I also bought a beautiful lipstick by Bobbi Brown in lilac. It is a little pinkish and it makes my eyes look very green. The little Mickey Mouse pocket is quite old now, I bought it in Disneyland ages ago. I still use it for all my pocket coins.
Another news item for you, spring has finally arrived! I am so happy because my life is pretty doom and gloom lately and this cheers me up immensely. So with a new seasons, time for new music! This is my playlist that I can't stop listening to:

• Fluorescent Adolescent by the Arctic Monkeys
• Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
• Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show
• Ho Hey by The Lumineers
• That's all by Seasick Steve
• Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie
• Skinny Love by Bon Iver
• Lover of the Light by Mumford & Sons
• Come Back to Bed by John Mayer
• I'll be Waiting by Adele
• Blue Skies by Noah and the Whale
• Iris by the Goo Goo Doll

You can listen to my mix here on 8tracks.

Life's Update: Keep Going

This picture came from here.

I am not feeling well. Not that I'm sick or anything, I am just so stressed out and nervous that I just can't do anything anymore. Over the past week I've just been in denial of all the work that I need to be doing and this Tuesday I will have a big assessment. And I'm freaking out. So to keep me a little sane, here is a list of things to do to keep your head up and your heart strong (yes, I've just quoted Ben Howard).

• Watch movies, especially ones where there's lots of love and endearment. In these stressful weeks, I like to watch: 50/50, Pitch Perfect, The Help, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Easy A.
• Listen to the radio! I just found this online and I just love it. It's the reading of the book Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman and if you're into fantasy, this story is absolutely amazing. And it has the voices of James McAvoy and Benedict Cumberbatch. Do you need anything else?
• One of life's great questions has ben answered! WHERE IS GLEN COCO?!
• If you want to have a good laugh: read this. It's a man who has never seen Twilight and sums up the films by only looking at the trailers. It's hilarious.
• If you're not really a film person, you can also watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries on YouTube. If you've never heard of it and you like Pride & Prejudice, I would definitely recommend it. It's very witty, it stays true to the book and most of all it's just hilarious and freaking awesome! It's also something that you can watch whenever you want, but be warned: you can get a little obsessed. Watch the first episode here.

I hope these little 'cheer you ups' helped! Happy easter everyone!

Inspirations

All images belong to the Julian Bialowas website.

So it's snowing. SNOWING. Even though I really like snow, I think it is time for the winter to go away and let the spring do its thing. And with thing I mean warmth and sun. I need warmth and sun in my life because I am so stressed out with school that it would be nice to see the sun outside and remember that the world is nice and good instead of stressful and headache-y. So for this post I'm going to give you all the inspirations that I've found over the past week:

• This website has the most beautiful and healthy dishes ever. I want to try them all!
• This story made me smile so much. It's nice to see kindness sometimes.
• It's good to remember this once in a while.
• He shoots such beautiful frames! Love his photography.
• These made my laugh to much. 
• Also, this photographer shoots lovely people and landscapes. I always want to move to the place she shoots because it looks so lovely.
• I want to try out this body lotion but I was afraid I wouldn't sell in The Netherlands but I found it in Sephora the other day and I'm so excited to try it out. The smell is just lush.
• I want this Topshop dress pronto.
• Look at this beautiful shop on Etsy! I seriously want all of their bracelets. 
• These backgrounds are stunning to put on blogs/websites or your listography.
• I bought the Naked 2 Palette from Urban Decay the other day and the palette is my all time favourite already. The colours are just dazzling. Luckily the palette is much cheaper in The Netherlands than on this site! Good for me.
• And last but not least, nail polish. I think I might try out this colour - it's so spring-y! Coral is definitely one of my favourite spring colours this year. I've decided to wear more nail polish because it's the only way for me to not bite my nails and it's working! A plus for me.

Have a good week!