Yoga

This last Thursday I went to a yoga class, a hatha yoga class. It was good. As I am a beginner and don't excercise much (or not at all) I took it slowly. The teacher was/is very nice. I almost could made all the moves, some require more practice. I felt great at the end of the class. Relaxed. At peace with myself and my body. I'm starting next week and lets see how it goes. I think it will be great. I do need to move. I must confess I am a sedentary person.

Even at school I hate it gym. I got migraines the days we had gym....and I only was seven (or eight years old). What I do like is swimming. I love not feeling the ground on my feet, I love the ways you can move, I love floating and letting myself go.

That's all, just happy to start something new and good for my health.

Namaste.

Paradise

Happy New Year readers!

Yes yes I know it's February, but I have been procrastinating a lot of things since I came back from some family holidays we had in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

It's summer here in Perú and the heat is aweful. Thank god we have fans. No A/C but fans. That helps a lot.

From  the 8th to the 19th of january I was off line. No phone (the bill would have been enourmous), no internet, meaning no facebook, no mails to reply no whatsapp no NOTHING. And guess what. It was GREAT! I didn't miss it at all.

For the first time in years all the family was together. We had a great time, the hotel was great (all inclusive....yeah!) The beach was lovely. We had a chance to do some snorkelling, we swam with the dolphins, for the bolder ones, there was a pool with a dark shark and stingrays. I went there too, come one, it's a once in a life opportunity! I must admit I was a bit scary. They are in a pool but they are still animals!

I got a nice tan with a 50 SPF sunblock for children and a 70 SPF on the face. And a hat of course. 

Oh god, how I miss the Piña Coladas! And my white wine! And the mojitos and the beer....nope, not the beer. Sorry to say this but beer was aweful! And so was the red wine.

The personel from the hotel was very very attentive, always there to satisfy your needs. Of course, saying hello to them and thank them helps too!

The bathrooms were/are the most clean toilets I've ever seen. Even the one that was on the beach.

Something I did dislike is that it was for smokers, I can handle cigarrettes but Puros?? Don't remember the english for puros, oh cigars I think it is!  That was too much. Ew!!!!

It was such a bliss not to be connected to the internet. More important was to spend time with the family.

We had a lot of fun. I love them. Simple as that.

On the way back of swiming with the dolphins.

On the way to our room.

Enjoying a Cuba Libre

Sleepless in Punta Cana, sunrise.

Our last night, celebrating one of my sisters birthday.

The beach yeah!!

And that's all folks. 

And you do not miss being online...at all!! 

Just enjoying being with the people you love and the Piña Coladas ;-) hehe...

Vivi, signing out.

Navidad, Noel, Christmas, Chanukah

So....this is the time of the year when people go mad buying presents for ALL the members of the family, for the friends, for the secret santa friend, for the nanny, for the guy who helps you with your groceries etc....Man! This is supposed to be a time to give yes. But give LOVE!!!

Today I went to the mall close to home. I bought some presents, a couple for me (I'm the one who's in charge of the presents).
Oh mon dieu mais c'était bourré de gens! Heureusement que je ne dois acheter que quelques cadeaux, trois je crois...ou cinq...m'enfin, c'est tout. Je dois acheter le papier for wrapping the gifts.

Vraiment je n'avais aucune intention d'y aller acheter des cadeaux. Je voulais rester dans mon lit et regarder la télé. Mais aujourd'hui il fait beau, il fait chaud (une chaleur supportable, 25º C selon mon Smartphone.)

J'ai toute l'après midi pour moi seule. I did my nails with the "Pink Flamenco" Opi nail polish, cadeau de mon secret santa. I added some Limestone Green to other nails pour faire du contrast. And I have to do my feet for tomorrow. I have a family bbq. We are quiet a big family....around 40 people? But many can't come. And I'm already tired.
Oh and on monday I have a reunion with my school mates. That should be fun.
Now I'm drinking a refreshing strawberry juice....mmmm.....love it!

Why am I writing in french and english? Dunno. Peut-etre parce que je peux le faire. It's an exercise for me. La plupart du temps j'écris en anglais en Facebook ou d'autres sites sur internet.
I do not want to lose this precious language. I started studying french when I was six. I was in a french lycée. I am half french. French and spanish are similar. They are both romance languages. English is very easy, very practical. Mais les adjectifs, soit en français ou en espagnol, sont abondants. J'aime la practicité de l'anglais. But if you have to describe something, french and spanish are the best. That is my personal opinion.

And I'm signing out. This might be my last post of the year. Who knows....
If I don't see you, I wish you a Joyeux Noel, full of love (and not of gifts) surrounded by your family and the people you care.

And I was forgetting my Israeli/Jewish friends, Happy Chanukah!

Vivi.

Smartphones or slavery.

A month ago or so, my phone died. Or I accidentically killed it. Either way, I had to get a new one.
I lost all and I do mean ALL the information of my dead phone, including my playlist (sniff...).

The next day I went to my phone company provider to see what could it be done. They confirmed the death of the phone, a Samsung Galaxy Mini Music etc. I had to chose between a Motorola and another Samsung-improved one. After thinking and thinking I chosed the Samsung. I am very familiar to that brand so I sticked to it. As soon as they gave me the new phone, a Samsung Galaxy S III mini (cool, because I can put it in my jeans pocket) I went buying a protective case and a screen protector.

The next days I played with it, adding apps, finding apps to add, taking pics, selfies, etc. I got hooked!!

At the end of March, burglars got into our home and took the flat LED tvs, laptops and some jewelry.
 The computer I am using now is an old one. You know, those that still have CPU towers and big fat screen.

I was mourning for my laptop but with this new phone, I don't need one!
I can check my mail, my Facebook, my pics, shazaming music, etc. with this device. The bad thing is that I have become too attached to my phone. I was that kind of persons that refused having the phone all the time with you. Now I text or check messages while I'm having lunch!

And I don't need a laptop anymore.

So here I am, totally hooked on my mobile....I didn't see that coming!

Bye, and take care.
Vivi.

Coloring your hand/nails

For the last couple of months I have been looking for these specific colors, a light green, a pink or bright pink, a coral and a soft lilac.

Finally I found them where I thought I wouldn't: the super market.

I was doing grocery shopping and in the shampoo soap etc section I saw this stand selling beauty products.  I said to myself, I have nothing to lose asking, so I asked. I spotted a couple of colors I was looking for in the Sally Hansen shelve. One was the green I wanted and the other, the pink. The green is "Limestone" and the pink "Love Rocks". The price was very very very affordable so I added them to my shopping cart ;-)

I put my bags in a locker and went to a department store looking for a jeans. I am losing weight and the jeans I have now  are loose and don't look good. And they are old. I bought one a size less than the one I was wearing and I was happy to see that I could zip and bottoned it with no problem. 

After that I checked out more nail laquers (it's my vice) and found two nice colors from Revlon, And, they are scented! And they do smell! I was a bit scheptical about it but they smell nice!

I got a "Ginger Melon" and a "Lavender Soap" colors.

First, I was planning to buy Opi but man, they are too expensive! At least here in Peru.

These are the Sally Hansen colors:

These are the Revlon:

Lavender Soap:

Ginger Melon

And this is my mani:

I used Ginger Melon in the middle finger. It smells nice!

Why do I like so much nail laquers? For me it's a way of expression, you can play with colors and create cool combinations. Besides jewelry, tattoes, piercings it allows you to be creative and adorn yourself. Not everyone agrees with tattoes and piercings. One of my sisters says "EW! How can you that to your body!! But it's my body, and as long as I don't tattoo my face or have  piercings in my eyebrowes I am happy with my tats and piercings.

By the way, never get a piercing in your belly button, it can affect one of your chakras.

Thank you for reading this. Any comments and questions I'll be glad to read them.

A bientot!

Vivi.

August, winter. L'hiver à Lima.

What can I say....I only want to stay in bed because it's warm in there. It rains, or should I say, drizzle, there is no "proper" rain in Lima. How many people would be affected by this phenomenon? I mean with a real rain. That rain that washes all away, even homes....There is many people who live in a precarious situation, some are located at the border of the rivers and the houses are not solid, they are made of whatever they find. Roads can collapse because of the rain, they are poorly constructed and there is no way for the rain to drain.

I prefer the Sierra or the mountains. There is real rain and blue skies with white cotton clouds and sun! Lima is grey, very depressing. Sometimes we can get lucky and have a bit of sun. But the humidity is too high. People joke about us limenians or limeños that we are "amphibious".

I think it was yesterday or tomorrow (can't remember) that the moon was supposed to be seen like 30% bigger than usual. No way in Lima. It's always foggie. When we lived close to the sea, we could see the fog passing thrugh the house. I wake up with allergy. There's so many people, children, who suffer from asthma because of this weather. And the smog doesn't help either...

Anyways, we just have to wait for summer. It's hot, humid and sweaty but there is Sun! Let's not forget going to the beach ;-) 

Chucuito, Callao.

Welcome colourful flowers!

I forgot to mention that last Sunday there was a lunch at friend's house, a friend from school. We know eachother for such a long time! . We had a yummy lunch, excellent company of other fellow classmates and remembering the "travesusas" some did at school. Well, we were young and a bit restless, but it's always funny telling the stories from back then. It's always good having fun with them. 

Thank you for taking your time and read this.

Vivi.

3rd place

Mmmmmm.........

Ayayay, Brasil vs Nederlands.....

Who's going to win? Maybe the orange team? That Robben is good!

But heart goes to Brasil. 

I hope we'll see a good match with goles (goals), exciting to watch, making us eat our nails of despair.

Now we just have to wait almost three hours! 

See you tomorrow! That match would be good!

Vivi.