Does she have eyes? / Ima li oči?

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

Driving the kids to the kindergarten we stopped at the traffic lights. Outside was an African black woman in exotic colorful clothes. You couldn’t miss her. Ada told me to look at her!
I wanted to hear what Ada saw and told her that I do not know whom to look at. I asked her what she sees expecting her to say a black woman.
Since yesterday Ada had a discussion about blindness the whole morning (no clue why but she comes up with weird themes sometimes) she told me, a little bit shocked, that the sees a woman with no eyes (?). I first didn’t get it but then I saw that the woman was looking down so her eyes looked closed when looking from our car. I had to explain to Ada the reason it looks like the woman doesn’t have eyes and then we continued discussing eyes. Ada’s questions where like does everyone have eyes? What if they don’t, and so on but the top question was “what will a person do if it doesn’t have a head? ”
Well, I have no answer to that one do I 😀

Ada asking questions / Ada postavlja pitanja

Na putu do vrtića zaustavili smo se na semaforu. Vani je stojala jedna afrička žena obućena u egzotičnoj jakih boja garderobi. Ne možeš je profulati i da hoćeš. Ada mi je rekla da je pogledam!
Htjela sam da čujem šta Ada vidi pa sam joj rekla da mi objasni. Pitala sam je šta vidi i očekivala san od nje da kaže crnu ženu.
S obzirom da je Ada od jučer razgovarala o slijepima (nema pojma zašto, ali ponekad započne malo čudne teme) rekla mi je, malo šokirana, da vidi ženu bez očiju (?). Prvo nisam shvatila šta misli, ali sam onda vidjela da žena gleda dole i da su joj oči izgledale zatvorene kad gledaš iz našeg auta. Objasnila sam Adi zašto to tako izgleda da nema očiju i onda smo nastavile razgovarati o očima. Adina pitanja su bila imaju li svi oči? Šta ako ne? I tako dalje, ali glavno pitanje je bilo “šta će osoba učiniti ako nema glavu”? Pa, na to pitanje baš i nemam neki odgovor zar ne 😀

Bosanska Krupa

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

On 1.st of May the weather turned quite chilly in Crikvenica so we decided to move on to Bosanska Krupa in Bosnia. My father is also there and he was organizing a barbeque party to celebrate the 1.st of May. Well I thought it will be four of us, my father and maybe someone more. Instead I was lucky to meet half my family 🙂
Last time we were so many on one spot was on my grandmothers funeral.
My uncle “dajdza Adnan” had “the honor” to barbecue the lambs and the rest of us enjoyed.

My surprise when entering our “garden”. Previously in front of the house was a small field where we were playing. However, lately our neighbours seem to have forgotten to take care of it and now we literally have a forest in front.

Koje iznenađenje kad smo ušli autom na imanje. Prije je bila trava ispred kuće gdje smo se i igrali kao djeca. Međutim, nešto naše komšije u zadnje vrijeme zabušavaju dok ne kose travu, koja je prerasla u šumu u međuvremenu.Well, I know it does look a little bit awkward, but it does taste great.
Znam da malo čudno izgleda (za neke) ali dobro šmeka.
Still some missing here… /Još uvijek neki faleZa 1. Maj je malo zahladnilo u Crikvenici tako da smo se mi spakovali i krenuli za Bosansku Krupu. Moj tata je tamo i rekao je da će biti mala roštiljada. Mislila sam biće nas četvero plus tata i možda još neko. Ali umjesto toga sam bila iznenađena i sretna što sam mogla sresti pola familije 🙂
Zadnji put kad nas je toliko bilo na okupu bilo je za majkinu dženazu.
Dajdža Adnan je imao “čast” da pripremi i peće jagnje dok smo mi ostali uživali u kolačima i priči.
Nadam se da će slijedeći prvi maj biti sa još više familije na okupu

Crikvenica

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

Since, Ensar was supposed to have two weeks off from work we decided to go to Crikvenica despite not being here in high season.
I was a little bit sceptical to going there in the beginning but the weather turned out to be fabulous making me wonder why there are so few tourists here.
Actually, I do not wonder I know (that would be another post though) but I can say this much, the weather during the day is around 23-25 degrees, sunshine and a little bit windy from time to time. It is absolutely perfect for taking walks, drinking coffee, wine and eating out. I find it perfect with kids also, because the sun is not too strong and one doesn’t have to keep the kids indoors from 12 to 15h (usually longer) as in high season in the summer.
Unfortunately, despite being here Adrian is not recovering and has quite a bad cough and fever. Thus, tomorrow we are going to the specialist clinic of respiratory diseases located here in Crikvenica to see that his cold is not going down to the lungs.
Today, while Ensar was showering Adrian and I was looking for his clothes Ada took a knife and wanted to cut the cucumber in pieces ending by cutting herself in the hand. That was her first cut and she got so scared she cried and cried and it was hard time to calm her down. Finally, after three stories she fell asleep.

Pošto je Ensar dobio slobodno dvije sedmice odlučili smo otići u Crikvenicu iako nije udarna sezona. Bila sam malo skeptična da idem na more u ovo doba ali ispalo je predobro. Vrijeme je fantastično, što me dovede da se pitam zašto nema već sada turista, ali ustvari znam već odgovor tog pitanja, ali to je za drugi post (ako ga ikad napišem).
Vrijeme je kao što sam rekla, fantastično. Između 23-25 stepeni, sunce i ponekad malo puše. Perfektno je za šetnje, pijuckanje kafa, vina i ručanja vani. Smatram da je perfektno i za djecu isto, jer sunce nije toliko jako da ih moraš zatvoriti između 12-15h (obično duže) kao što je slučaj ljeti.
Nažalost, iako smo ovdje Adrian se nije oporavio i fasovao je da gadno kašlje a i temperatura ga nije prošla. Zato sutra idemo u specialist klinici za respiratorijske bolesti pa ćemo vidjeti da kontrolišu Adriana da mu nije prehlada otišla na pluća.
Danas, dok je Ensar tuširao malog a ja tražila nešto da obuče Ada je iskoristila momenat da uzme nož za mazanje, i da isjecka krastavac. Nažalost nije joj dobro išlo tako da se prilično gadno posjekla i kad je vidjela krv prepala se pa smo imali problema da je smirimo i pripremimo za spavanje. Ali nakon tri pričice uspijela sam je smiriti i napokon je zaspala.

First sentence / Prva rečenica

April 21, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

Yesterday morning Adrian managed to say his first sentence…It was a mixture of Swedish and Bosnian and he said “dje je apa?” (gdje je (bosnian: where is) apa (swedish: monkey) meaning “where is the monkey?
All three of us Ada, Ensar and I where in the room as he said it and we got all caught by the surprise but we got also very happy and proudJučer je Adrian izgovorio svoju prvu rečenicu…Jest da je bila mješavina švedskog i bosanskog ali razumijeli smo ga. Rekao je “dje je apa?”. Apa je na švedskom majmun.
Sve troje (Ada, Ensar i ja) smo bili u sobi kad je Adrian izgovorio rečenicu i prvo smo se začudili ali smo poslije postali jako ponosno i sretni što je uspio izgovoriti čitavu rečenicu.

Shoppomania/ Šopomanija

April 16, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

In my deepest misery I was buying medicaments like people buy candies. I said to myself, when I get better I will go to the city and I will buy anything I need.
Last week then I felt a little bit better and went for a spontaneous coffee with a friend…ending up in Tk-maxx AND Roppenheim outlet in France. I bought 3 pairs of Asics, 2 pairs of Levis, shoes for the kids t-shirts, a jacket, sun cream, a day moisteuriser, a night moisturiser, a serum from instytutum and a pair of sunglasses. I have to say I prefer buying things like that than medicaments 🙂

U mojoj najdubljoj bijedi kupovala sam lijekove poput ljudi koji kupuju bombone. Rekla sam sebi čim budem bolje, idem u grad i kupiću SVE što mi treba.
Prošle sedmice sam se tako malo bolje osjećala i odem na spontanu kafu sa jednom prijatljicom … završivši u Tk-maxx I u Roppenheimu u Francuskoj. Kupila sam sebi 3 para Asicsa, 2 para Leviski, tene za djecu, sebi jaknu, kremu za sunce, dnevnu hidrantnu kremu, noćnu hidrantnu kremu, serum od instytutuma i par sunčanih naočara. Moram reći da više volim kupovati stvari poput ovih nego trošiti pare na lijekove 🙂

Spring is coming, girls. Time to dress up!
Cure, dolazi proljeće. Vrijeme se srediti!

Fonds / Fondovi

April 11, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

Last couple of months I have started saving in different funds. The problem I experience is that I cannot buy foreign stocks on my Swedish accounts because I do not live in Sweden and thus funds have became the only way I can diversify my portfolio towards a more global spread. But also, I do not have the time to check separate stocks and I feel that a fund is a good way to get stocks that I like.
I decided on funds that are not having a very high management fees (except the Ny teknik -fund that has it). Having these funds I actually get access to companies like Alibaba, Samsung , Alphabet (Google), FB, Investor and so on.

So the funds I am regularly buying are (management fees in %):

SEB Sverigefond (1.4%),
Spiltan Aktiefond Investmentbo (0.27%),
Swedbank Robur Access Asien (0,2%),
Swedbank Robur Access Global (0,27%),
Swedbank Robur Ny teknik (1,36%) and
Spiltan räntefond Sverige (0,24%).

The Räntefond is a bond fund that I hope will be a little like an airbag in case of a stockmarket crash.

Funny now, when making this list I noticed that I am buying the wrong fond SEB Sverigefond instead of SEB Sverige Indexfond that costs 0.42% in management fee instead of 1.4%, but also I should probably start relocating some of the savings to the more stable bond funds.
The minimal sum of investing is 10 Euro and there is no brokerage fee when buying funds (in Sweden).
These are also not a recommendation but everyone has to make their own choice of which stocks or funds to buy.

Here is a fun page where you can enter how much money you save and the effect of the compound effect has on your saving.

Posljednih par mjeseci sam počela štediti u različite fondove. Problem koji doživljavam jeste da ne mogu kupovati inostrane dionice na mojim švedskim računima, jer ne živim u Švedskoj i stoga su fondovi postali jedini način na koji mogu diverzifikovati moj portfolio da bude više globalnog izgleda. Odlučila sam kupovati fondove koje nisu skupe u menedžmentu fonda (osim Ny teknik fond). Imajući ove fondove, imam udio u firme poput Alibaba, Samsung, Alphabet (Google), FB, Invesor i tako dalje. Dakle, sredstva koja redovno kupujem su (naknade za upravljanje u %):

SEB Sverigefond (1.4%),
Spiltan Aktiefond Investmentbo (0.27%),
Swedbank Robur Access Asien (0,2%),
Swedbank Robur Access Global (0,27%),
Swedbank Robur Ny teknik (1,36%) and
Spiltan räntefond Sverige (0,24%).

Räntefond je kamatni fond koji (se nadam) treba biti poput airbaga u slučaju pada na berzi.

Smiješno, sad vidim kad sam pisala listu da kupujem pogrešan fond! SEB Sverigefond, koji košta 1.4%, umjesto SEB Sverige indexfond koji košta 0,42% godišnje. Najvjerovatnije bih trebala početi prebacivati neke štednje u stabilnije kamatne fondove.
Najmanji ulog za kupovinu fondovoa je 100 kr (ca. 10 eura) i nema courtage koštanje, zato je dobro redovno štediti u fondovima.
Ovo nisu prijedlozi nekome za kupovinu, nego samo fondovi koje ja sama kupujem. Svako mora za sebe odlučiti šta će i ako će kupiti.

Ovdje možete da izračunate koji udar ima kamata na vašu dugoročnu štednju.

Hope / Nada

April 10, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

A healthy man has thousands of wishes, a sick man has only one…After having have experienced the worst month and a half ever it has made me think of myself. Last week I got tonsilitis, otitis a headache from hell where I had the feeling that my head will literally explode. No painkillers helped. My balance crashed, the fever was high no matter what I took. I dehydrated, I puked so finally the emergency docs had to come to check me up. My ligaments where hurting. I was lying for days in the bed. Whining of pain. sleeping and not sleeping. I don’t even know anymore. In all this misery I wondered how do people having much more serious health problems motivate themselves?

For the first time in weeks I felt good enough to get out from the apartment. It felt wonderful! This simple thing to take a walk is just magic. Unfortunately it is not in Hagapark or at the magic place in Ade in Krupa but still. It is good enough. Today, I had a walk in a small forest and felt hope when I saw the anemones. I am almost through this illness and I am lucky I made it. It is almost over. The spring is back! I am back…I hopeZdrav čovjek ima hiljade želja, a bolestan samo jednu … Nakon što sam doživjela najgorih mjesec i po dana otka znam za sebe, navelo me da razmislim malo o sebi. Prošle nedjelje sam dobila gnojnu aginu, upalu usiju, glavobolju iz pakla gdje sam imala osećaj da će mi glava bukvalno eksplodirati. Nijedan lijek protiv bolova nije pomogao. Moj balans se poremetio, temperatura je bila visoka bez obzira koje lijekove sam uzela. Dehidrirala sam se, tako da je na kraj doktor iz hitne dosao da me provjeri. Zglobovi su me bolili. Lezala sam danima u krevetu. Plakala sam od bolova. Spavala sam a i nisam. Vise i sama ne znam. U cijeloj ovoj situaciji sam se pitala kako se ljudi, koji imaju mnogo ozbiljnije zdravstvene probleme, motivišu?

Po prvi put u zadnjih par sedmica sam se osjećala dovoljno dobro da izađem iz stana. Bilo je divno! Jedna obicna stvar poput šetnje moze da bude poput magije. Nažalost,setnja nije bila u Hagaparku ili na čarobnom mjestu na Adama u Krupi, ali ipak dovoljno za sad. Prošetala sam malo kroz šumu i osjećala sam nadu kada sam vidjelao anemone. Skoro sam prevazisla ovu bolest i mogu reci da sam sretna za to. Skoro je gotovo. Proljeće se vratilo! Vratila sam se i ja… nadam se

Nationality / Nacionalnost

March 23, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

Sometimes one gets surprised how fabulous kids are. Me and Ensar where talking with Ada about a new girl in their kindergarden. We have heard she has an exotic name and thus asked Ada if the girl is turkish or arabic. Ada looked confused at us and said: She is just a little girl.
Me and Ensar looked at each other and where so fascinated. Ada has no concept of nationalities. For her there is no “turkish or arabic girl” there is just ” a girl”. I will do my best that it stays like that as long as possible.
This made me think of one of my favorit songs Imagine of John Lennon.

Ponekad se pravo začudim kako su djeca fantastična. Ensar i ja smo pričali sa Adom o jednoj novoj djevojčici u vrtiću. Pročitali smo da ima jedno, nama nepoznato, egzotično ime te smo je pitali ako je curica turkinja ili arapkinja. Ada nas je zbunjeno pogledala i rekla : Ona je samo djevojčica.
Ensar i ja smo se fascinirano pogledali. Ada nema nikakav koncept nacionaliteta. Za nju ne postoji turska ili arapska djevojčica. Za nju postoji samo djevojčica. Potrudiću se da tako što duže ostane.
To me podsjetilo na jednu od mojih omiljenih pjesama “Imagine” od John Lennona.

Dobel tobogganing / Sankanje u Dobelu

March 18, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

Last night the snow started falling and when Ada saw it she immediately made us promise to go tobogganing with her today if there is any snow left. So in the morning she was excited about getting ready for tobogganing. We didn’t really find a place for it so we ended up in a small village called Dobel. They had the perfect hill for tobogganing beginners.

Sinoć kad je snijeg poćeo padati i kad ga Ada vidjela odmah nas je nagovorila da sutradan (danas) odemo na sankanje ako bude snijega. Tako da ujutru kad je ustala i vidjela da je čak više snijega nego sinoć sva se uzbudila zbog sankanja. Malo nam je potrajalo dok smo našli mjesto za sankanje, čak što više smo završili u nekom malom selu Dobel. Imali su perfektno brdašce za početnike sankanja.

Flu from hell!/ Gripa iz pakla!

March 13, 2018 ~ au ~ Leave a comment

I am sooo fed up with the colds, stomach viruses, bronchitis, the flu from hell and on top of that pneumonia and otitis. Since Thursday I have mostly spent my time taking care of Ada. She was having high fever and hurting joints. On Sunday I felt she got better, at least the high fever was gone.
Having sleep depriviation I hoped for at least one night with some good sleep. Well, I hoped too much! In the night Ada was screaming of pain. It was freaking me out. It took me long time to find out that she has pain in the ears because she was just crying and screaming not telling me what the problem was. At least ibuprofen helped!

Then came Monday and Ensar that was supposed to go to US early in the morning was in such a bad shape (pneumonia and otitis) he had to cancel the trip and now he has to stay at home the whole week.

After having left Adrian in the kindergarten, Ada wanted to go t o a museum. (Un)fortunately, museums are closed in mondays So we strolled around and went for a delicious icecream. Tomorrow is a new day and a new beginning.

Dosta mi je prehlade, stomačnih virusa, bronhitisa, gripa iz pakla i na vrh svega upala pluća i ušiju.
Od četvrtka sam uglavnom provodila svoje vrijeme vodeći računa o Adi.
Imala je visoku temperature, groznicu i bol u zglobovima. U nedjelju mi se činila bolje pa sam se ponadala barem jednoj mirnoj noći gdje se mogu fino naspavati.
Međutim, Ada je u po noći poćela vrištati od bolova i nikako je nisam mogla smiriti da mi kaže šta je.
Nakon jedne vjećnosti sam skontala da je uši bole. Barem je ibuprofen pomogao!
Onda je došao ponedjeljak, kad je Ensar trebao letiti u Ameriku. Ali kad sam ga vidjela ujutru bio je u tako lošem stanju da je morao je otkazati put, a sad mu valja biti kod kuće cijelu sedmicu.
Nakon što je smo odvezli Adriana u vrtić, Ada je htjela da idemo u muzej. Nažalost, muzeji su zatvoreni ponedjeljkom, tako da smo malo šetale u okolini muzeja i onda smo se počastile sa predobrim sladoledom (i cappuccinom).
A za sutra vrijedi parola novi dan, novi početak.

Au

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