Nobody asked for it, but I decided it was time to share a little bit more personal information about myself with you.
As I said, I didn't want this to be "just a normal food blog", but I kind of didn't get to write about something else. I have tons of ideas tho, so I'm going to add some more lifestyle, heart to heart and even storytime (I was going to say videos, but we're not on YouTube, silly me) posts with you.
If you're interested, I'd also love to take you to different places everywhere around the world (starting in my home country, obviously) and show you around a little bit. Restaurants, c
offee shops, beautiful hidden spots,... just let me know if you would be interested.
Anyways, I'm going to start with my facts now.
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| 1) Butterfly on my finger |
(Also, my mom reads all my posts, so: Hi mom, sorry for posting this. Kind of.)
1)
I
love photography. It doesn’t matter if I’m the person behind or in front of the
camera. When I was younger, I used to love being in front of the camera, making
my family take hundreds of photos of me, doing random stuff. The older I got,
the more I started to enjoy taking photos myself. And I feel like I’m pretty
good at it!
2) I write books. And fanfictions. My
brain is pretty much full of unwritten books, creations and ideas, which I used
to dream about ever since I can remember. When I was in middle school, I spent
every afternoon riding my scooter outside, creating stories and playing role
plays with myself. I was basically a dreamer my whole life. The hard part is
writing all these stories down, without missing any detail. I have a lot of
stories written, some are finished and some are not. I used to post some of
them on myfanfiction.de, but the website did a transition to a different domain
and the story got lost. It had over 100 thousand “reads” if I remember
correctly.
3) I’m a little perfectionist when it
comes to things I put my heart into, which explains why I can’t just write my
stories down, being okay if there’s a little detail missing. And I'm also somehow a real clown. I love being silly and I also act like that when I'm around people I trust. (Well, I don't act. It's just my personality)
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| 4) Cover for "Delusion" - unpublished |
4) I edited the covers for my books
myself, sometimes even before I started to write the book. Editing photos has
always been a thing I really enjoyed doing.
5) My Myers-Briggs-16
personalities test says I’m an ENFP (the Campaigner). I took it several times
and it always ends up that way. And to be honest, it’s pretty accurate.
6) I love watching Anime. I even tried
to teach myself some Japanese, as I wanted to watch the original, Japanese versions,
without dub. One of my main goals is to visit Japan one day. I can’t wait to
experience the actual culture, wear a kimono, visit summer/winter/spring/autumn
festivals and look at all the different temples, drink tea, eat traditional Japanese
food and interact with the traditional Japanese culture.
7) I also love listening to K-Pop
(Korean Pop Music). And as much as I want to visit Japan, I really want to
visit South Korea. I took a Korean class and I’m currently learning about the
culture as well. I can read and write Korean, understand the basic grammar and
know some basic vocabulary/phrases to get around. I absolutely love the
traditional Korean houses and I think the “Hanbok” looks super pretty! (It’s
similar to the Japanese “Kimono” and the German and Austrian “Dirndl”) I also
absolutely adore the traditional Korean houses.
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| 8) Me in Miami |
8) I’ve been to the USA twice, both
times in Miami. Once with my dad, once with my mom. I really want to go to
America again, as there is so much more to see, food to try and the vegan scene
is just so amazing! I can’t get over the variety of vegan and gluten free
products they have in supermarkets and all the different options at
restaurants. Also, people there are just so friendly and welcoming, I felt more
like I’m at home than on holiday.
9) I’d also love to visit everywhere
else, and connect with more people all over the world.
10) I honestly can’t see myself doing a “normal”
9-5 job, unless I’m really really really passionate about it and love what I’m
doing. I’d rather work for longer with all my heart than doing something I’m
not 100% passionate about.
11) My favourite form of exercise at the
moment is skipping. I turn on some music with a nice beat and start skipping,
get lost in my thoughts and come back to reality as soon as the song is over.
And even tho I love skipping, I absolutely hate running. Hiking, walking,
cycling is fine, but jogging and running, uh oh, no thank you!
12) I started brewing my own Kombucha in
summer 2017. I got my SCOBY from a (now) friend and I can’t thank him enough
for that! (I know you’re reading this. Thank you again!!) I usually hate fuzzy
drinks, but for some reason I’m fine with Kombucha. I also create the weirdest flavour
combinations. I don’t think about if the flavours go well together, I just mix
them and see if it’s okay when I drink it.
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| 13) Two Casts during my Birthday |
13) I broke both my arms when I was 8. I
celebrated my 9th birthday with both arms in a cast. My birthday is
in August. It was extremely hot and my pool party ended up with all my friends
celebrating in the water, while I was sitting next to the pool at a table,
watching them have fun, sweating until my casts got soft. Then I had to go
inside, watching them through a window. Well, it was my own fault. I am not sad
about that anymore, but to be honest, that really sucked! But some of my
friends were amazing. They came (one by one) and sit in the heat, talking to
me, while everyone else was having fun in the pool.
14) I went to a high school, which was
based on chemistry, microbiology and food technology (as well as slaughterhouse
technology if I can call it like that). So with that being said, I have a
completely different point of view on veganism than many other vegans. We went
to slaughterhouses and meat-producing/processing companies at the end of each
school year and got a look into the technology and company. I am grateful I had
the opportunity to see all of this myself and to learn more about that,
however, I still can’t believe I didn’t actually realize what was going on back
then. So yes, I see things differently now, but I still understand why people
see it the other way around, if that makes sense. So I don’t judge people based
on their lifestyle. Everyone has to decide on their own what is right for them
and what is not. However, I want to spread my story and my point of view to
other people, so that they can, maybe, change their mind and think of things in
a different way.
15) When people ask me how I am, I
usually tell them EVERYTHING that’s on my mind at the moment. I tell them my
whole story, may it just be how weird my subway and train ride home were that
day and what my thoughts were while I was sipping on a drink I actually haven’t
tried before. They usually just want to hear “I’m fine, thanks”, so they often
tell me “oh my, I forgot you were that complicated”…. Oups?
16) My mother tongue is German, in case
anyone is still wondering. I am from Austria (meanwhile, the melody of a song
is playing in my head – fellow Austrian people can relate) and I lived here my
entire life. I never moved place.
17) I don’t have any siblings. I always wanted
some, but now I’m thankful I am a single child. I wouldn’t be the person I am
right now if I had any.
18) I hit 100% on the most important
math exam in my last year of high school. I had a real bad fever, was at home
the entire week before that exam, couldn’t study at all and made my dad drive
me to school for just that one hour. I don’t remember a single task I did. All
I remember is me, sitting in that room, burning hot, feeling like fainting at
any second, writing as quick as possible. I couldn’t dare missing this, as it
was the only math exam we had that semester. I finished as the first person in
class and went back home as soon as I left the room. One week later we got the
exam back and I had a score of 100%. Surprise! You are able to do everything,
as long as you are not afraid of doing it. I feel like the only thing that’s
hindering you from reaching your goals is fear. Fear of failing, fear of not
being “the one”, fear of anything. If you don’t think about that and still try,
everything is possible.
19) Hands down, if I would have to
choose one food to eat for the rest of my life, it would be sweet potatoes. The
purple ones, or the Japanese ones. Or both. Ya, both. And if I had to choose a
food group, it would be fruit. I can’t without fruit. And if I had to choose
between sweet and savoury, it would be sweet. I grew up eating a sweet
breakfast and most of my snacks were sweet as well. I can survive days without
savoury food, but if you don’t give me something sweet, I’m going to be either
super angry or I might cry. Depends. Maybe. Probably.
20) I rise with the sun. I wake up
naturally when it gets light most of the time. That’s why I sometimes wake up
at 5am during summertime, but sleep until 8 during winter. I also get tired
when the sun starts to set. I can’t sleep when it’s light but I also can’t work
when it’s dark. That makes studying and working during winter really hard for
me, as my days seem to be at least 5 hours shorter. That's also why I don't get Jetlag easily. Oh and also, I can make my body wake up at a certain time if I want to. Natural alarm clock. Or something like that.
21) I am a tea addict. No milk, no
sugar. Just hot water and a tea bag. I prefer green and black tea over fruit
tea and I can’t stand flowery tea. Herbal tea is alright every now and then. I also
like to drink plain water.
22) I love spring, but I hate the smell
of cut flowers inside the house. I prefer the smell of wood, mud and grass over
flowery smells. I also hate flowery perfumes and teas. I don’t know why to be
honest. Ah, and (Sarcasms on) I can’t wait for the time I get to the age where
people send me flowers for my birthday. (Sarcasm off) …. Please, don’t send me
flowers. Gift me wood, a plant, a tree, a pot of mud, I don’t care! But please,
no flowers!
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| 24) Do I look taller? |
23) I don’t really like shopping for
clothes and shoes and stuff, but I love shopping for food and kitchen ware. It’s
kind of always been that way.
24) A basic one: I am only 1m58
(sometimes 1m60, depends on who is measuring) tall. People tend to think I’m a
lot taller, but I’m really not. I guess I just know how to look taller on
photos.
25) And the last one for now: Wow, that’s
actually really hard. Let me think… Does any of you know the “Twinni” Ice Cream
popsicles? As a kid, I always preferred the green one. I broke it apart by
pulling the wood-things and it always broke into a ¾ and ¼ part I ate the small one, then the
weird, half one that was left of the small one on the big one (does that make
sense?) and then the big one. But for some reason, I kind of remember it was
always the green one I had to eat first, as it always broke that way.
Okay, now I’m
just rambling around. We should end this for now!
Thanks to everyone who made it down here, you're really awesome! I appreciate every single one of you, have an amazing day and let me know your thoughts, dreams, wishes, ideas,... in the comments below or on my Instagram.
(vegan, gluten free, oil free, soy free, nut free, refined sugar free)
