Like every other person on the planet right now (I guess?), my screen time is too high. Whist I cannot change this directly, I can make an attempt to be more mindful of the offline world. Being more mindful, includes writing more. This section features my more personal blog posts about life.
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I’m Married, Pregnant & Other Updates
Hello, hello! Time for my long overdue updates again. What’s new? Let’s start chronologically. I’m Married 👰🏻♀️💒🤵🏻♂️ In December, Ermir and I tied the knot. 💍 We both felt 2022…
Read MoreDisneyland Paris 🇫🇷✨
Today, we’ll cover one of my favourite memories this year: our visit to Disneyland Paris! Back in March when my mom, Jon and I were in Paris (same trip dad…
Read MoreA Few Days in Paris 🇫🇷✨
As I had promised, here’s a quick write up on a beautiful trip to Paris I took with my mom and brother back in March. Although we wished for my…
Read MoreA Quick Family Reunion in Berlin 💖
I am writing this post from my hotel room, with Jon sleeping in the other bed, and my parents also sound asleep in the other room. Yesterday, my family came…
Read MoreTo My Brother Joni
What’s your earliest memory? For me, I think my earliest memory is a day we went to pick up my mom from somewhere, and she had with her a big…
Read MoreAn Ode to Old College Friends
I think I talk a lot about my bachelor’s chapter in Bremen, but I think I do because it was pretty formative, and it was pretty firkin’ magical. My bachelor’s…
Read MoreA Fun Week w/ My Boyfriend!
A few weeks ago, my boyfriend visited me in Berlin, in time for us to spend his birthday together! I’m a little late with writing this blog post, as I…
Read MoreA Weekend in Amsterdam 🇳🇱✨
This last weekend, me and two university friends seized the opportunity to sneak away for a girls trip to Amsterdam, before the semester picks up steam. I’m not exactly sure…
Read MoreA Day in Dresden 🇩🇪✨
In part due to Covid-19, in part due to me being a person of habits, I haven’t had the chance to visit a new city in a very long time.…
Read More“Freimarkt” in Berlin
Today, I went to a lovely fall funfair in Berlin. These town fairs are one of the things I enjoy most about Germany. If you’ve never been to one, think…
Read MoreRevisiting Hamburg & Remembering Sweet Moments 🇩🇪✨
Way back when I was a sweet 18 – 21 year old bachelor student in Bremen, us cutesy Bremen-kids would love to take the regional train to Hamburg, to spend…
Read MorePool, Sun, Food & Fun 🇦🇱✨
German cloudy weather has had me in dire need of some good sun. And while hanging out in Kosovo was all fun and good, going for a long weekend in…
Read MoreHome Again + Pictures
Hi there. I’m officially done with my first semester of studies (no grades yet – I might do a post on those, once they start rolling in). One more assignment…
Read MoreA Lovely Evening Before My Exam
Here’s a bit of an impromptu write up that you weren’t expecting! 🙂 Tomorrow, I have my final sit-down exam for the semester (and then, only two more assignments to…
Read MoreA Catch Up + Thoughts I’ve Had
Hi there again! Once more, it’s been a good minute since I last wrote on here. It’s finals season, and as I’ve been complaining to my friends, something about the…
Read MoreSunny Moments (aka: A Week in Pictures)
I’ve been enjoying a lot of sunny (& social) moments this week, so here’s me sharing them. Enjoy! Picture 1: I’m taking all my study notes on Notion now. I…
Read MoreA Surprise Weekend Back Home
A few weeks back, we had a bit of a longer weekend in Berlin, and I seized the opportunity that sweet budget-friendly airlines offer (and the fact that Kosovo somehow…
Read More12 Hr Bremenly Adventure 🇩🇪✨
I’ve been to many a city in Germany, but my favourite by far is always Bremen. Perhaps because I studied there as a teenager, perhaps because it really is charming…
Read MoreLiving Al Fresco
Hello there! Long time no see! I’ve been MIA for a while but that’s because studies have kicked in full swing, and between classes, reading and socializing, there hasn’t been…
Read MoreA Residence Permit Adventure
Last time we heard from each other, and I updated you on my relocation progress, I told you how I had completed 1/4 items on my major to do list.…
Read MoreLearning a Language with Duolingo
Привет! In January 2021, I did the super basic move of downloading Duolingo and promising to commit to learning a new language. Don’t we all do that at the start…
Read MoreFirst Official Week in Berlin (Post-Quarantine!)
Last week, I went to do my mandatory get-out-of-quarantine COVID test in Berlin, and I have officially been deemed COVID free since. That means, this week, I was as free…
Read MoreMy First Week (Quarantine-ing) in Berlin
This Monday, I moved to Berlin. After what felt like a very long journey through the night, with a stopover in Vienna and two plane rides of me trying to…
Read MorePerputhen & Rooting for the Underdog
If you’re Albanian, then you must know and love “Perputhen”. It’s the new show to watch on Albanian TV. Featuring a group of young boys and girls, Perputhen is a…
Read More5 Things I’m Excited For (Moving Series)
As you already know, I’m looking to move to Germany very soon. It’s been almost ten years since I last was a ‘student resident’ there, and no doubt things will…
Read MoreMoving During a Pandemic
I can’t believe I’m writing this, not because it’s something particularly unbelievable, but because it still hasn’t sunk in yet. At the end of the month, or by early next…
Read MoreI Took A Month Off Social Media
A bit after midnight, just as we entered 2021, I made the impulsive decision to temporarily disable my Instagram. A few years back, I had done the same with Facebook,…
Read MoreHow to Read More, On a Budget
I wouldn’t say I’m a budgeting queen, but I do strive to become one! 👸 Since discovering the pleasures of reading, and since committing to this blog, I’ve come to…
Read MoreMy 2021 Resolutions
I’m a bit behind with acknowledging my 2021 resolutions this year, but that’s because I think 2020 was a nice wake up call for all of us. Whilst one can…
Read MoreWhat I Got My Family for The Holidays
With the holidays behind us, I thought I’d share what I got each of my family members for Christmas. I think I have a very solid method to gift giving…
Read More100% Lovely (& Lockdown Friendly) Weeknights
Last week (pre-new lockdown measures) I had the sweet realization that, while my weeknights might feel relatively crammed with the same old boring hobbies, they are actually crammed with 100%…
Read MoreYour 2020 Halloween Guide w/ Edgar Allan Poe
Poe is gloomy and dark and the most Halloween-appropriate writer I can think of. His poems and short stories (at least the one’s I’m familiar with) usually include an eerie…
Read MoreThe Push for Prolonged Adolescence
I’ve told you before how I used to buy into pop culture’s hatred of old people. By old people, I don’t necessarily mean grandmas and grandpas (💕 I love my…
Read MoreLessons from Japan
Growing up, I watched so much Sailor Moon and Yu-Gi-Oh! on RTL II that I accidentally learned German. Did you know you can accidentally learn a language? Yeah, you probably…
Read MoreThe Case for Adding Value
While I often enjoy a good, wholesome chat sesh with girlfriends over topics that uniquely plague Kosovo girls, I don’t have much of an itch for philosophy otherwise. One (philosophical,…
Read MoreDon’t Judge a Book by Its Cover … or do?
I inherited Part I of my aunt’s Anna Karenina from the 1960s. Where the heck would I find the matching Part II?
Read MoreThe Modern Normal
A few months ago, I came to read two books back to back that led me to reexamine life and technology’s role in it. During this time, in peak-quarantine, “normal”…
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