snow storm

picture courtesy of sweden radio website.

Now winter has come!first snow storm started yesterday midnight. Hard wind and snow strike from  South. Stockholm(capital city of Sweden),Östergötland was affected. This kind of storm could be a cause of traffic accident. The people warned not to used their private car if they have no good winter deck to avoid the problem.

I'm happy that I stay home with my new born daughter. But I feel worried for my husband because he need to work. I remind him to be careful all the time (he drive taxi ). This is why I hate this weather season,so cold and unpleasant when you go out for a walk. How many layers you need to have in order not to feel cold.

Well,well,snow is nice to look at I think it could bring cosy during night time specially at hour 17.00 in the afternoon it looks like midnight. So dark!!!hmmm shorter day and longer night November month is one of the darkness month I think.

name day 6th odf November



picture courtesy from Swedish website:captured by:of( Kjell Holmner)

 Lets talk about name today.... Native of Gothenburg city and even the rest of Sweden have their tradation to celebrate name day.

People take it seriously,that they phone their love one's,friends and congratulate on their name day. Different in my culture because we don't celebrate like this except our birthday.

Today Novemebr 6, Sweden celebrating "All Saints Day". Holiday today that we called it "red day" lot of you maybe wonder why? In USA and even in my home land we celebrate "All Saints Day"every November 1.  The reason why??? Every first Saturday in the first week of November which is today (6th of November) = celebrate All Sainst Day in Sweden. I am not sure if their's another country in Europe aside from Sweden. In USA they called it "Holloween".

Today is even name day of Gustav Adolf to memory of Gustav 11 Adolf that died in this date in the fog during fight day in Lutzen Germany 1932. He build Gothenburg  with his initiative and the city got  it's right  year 1621.

In Sweden today there are 5 people name GUSTAV ADOLF. In the other side there are about 73800 Gustav name bearer (only without Adolf) and around 5600 Adolf in the country.

 

Alcohol worse than heroin

Go out and enjoy!we can define it in a various way. Party with friends is one example where we used to have drinks. Once in a while allow your body a little amount of alcohol because we need it of course. Too much quantity is another story. Drink moderately(as we used to heard,read from tv -text advertisement).

We are aware that people in our immediate surroundings  have different interest and values. We got everything we need specially those who lives in civilise country. Never mind the risk and take what it takes! we devoted to one's own interest and forget about the consenquences.

Drinking problems affected each every one's life old and young adults. Family relationship have a great roll why lot of us enede up in a worse situation. Think!use your fantasy wisely spend your wonderful life in a better way. We have a good life ...enjoy it!don't destroy.

According to researcher in London, (I have read in newspaper) alcohol is hazardous than heavy drugs. To measure alcohol 3 times harmful som cocaine and tobacco. It is even worse than heroin.

Set the time backward to winter time in midnight

It's time again,in the midnight Sweden and the rest of (Europian country ) change time backward (1hour). Winter time is here again,it's dark  that now you could feel boredom. The days are getting shorter while longer night continues. The darkness fall down early in the afternoon. In 7 weeks this 22nd of December it will be lighter on the day and day after tills spring comes.

How could the people adjust this kind of situation. To say a few comforting words?people are good enough  to take it and be in´the habit of. Fo long time now since the whole Europe set the alarm for every change of time for summer and winter.

have 1 hour more sleep tomorrow Europe.

8 car brand with each other meaning

Each country,own languages when we interpret words to words  from every language comes out lot of funny things. As a continuation from my blog yesterday I have some car brand name that I have read from newspaper here. Check it out and hope you may enjoy reading. I will ask excuses if there are some words that does not fit at all. Everything in the list is from the source : sportinformation.com Automotorsport.se och Wikipedia

1. Mazda Laputa.  Mazda is an Island in the book "Gullivers Travels" a novel written by Jonathan Swift year 1726. But the words La puta means different in Spanish  "whore" if we translate it in english.
2. Mitsubishi Pajero: the name was taken from (cat animal) Leopardus pajeros which find in Argentina,but in Spain they change the  name into  Montero.Why because Pajero means masturbate.
3. Nissan Moco: Moco means "bogey"in Spanish(an evil en other words). At the other side not necessary to change name because this type of car only sales out in Japan.
4. Buick Lacrosse: I never heard this type of car before but hmmm interesting for me. I don't drive and nor own a car way back in my passed so it explained a lot why. Anyway Lacrosse has been a type of ritual warfare among the American and American Indian(Native American). But it means masturbate In Frensh language specially in Quebec(in Eastern part of Canada).
5. Chevrolet Nova. No va means"It doesn't work"in Spanish.
6. Opal Ascona. get the name after an area in Switzerland,but in North side of Spain och Portugal also called slang to a woman's sex organ. 
7. Dodge Swinger. Swinger is so familiar slang to a married couple who applying the changing of partner.
8. Honda Fitta. The car get lucky to have a name Jazz in Europe. In Japan the name is really Fit. But Fitta was the origin name and according to legend presented then first with advertise print"small outside but spacious inside".

Thank you for reading guys...

top 10 best selling cars in Sweden and their car brand meaning

I  read the article from the newspaper about the top 10 most selling cars here. Each car brand name  have own meaning sounds interesting for me in spite I am not a car fanatic. My husband told me before about some car brand why they was named so. This is why I captured right away after reading the said article. A little sharing to you guys hope you like reading it.

1. Volvo is a latin words means "I'm rolling". It was started as one of the sister company of Svenska Kullagerfabriken in short  (SKF) is a Swedish company manufactures roller ball bearings. They created named Volvo among other things just to increase the sales of ball bearings(as advertising the product).
2. VW  (Volkswagen) means peoples car,volks is a German word that means "people" German words  "wagen" means "car" . The model origin was designed by Ferdinand Porche year 1932. "Peoples car"was Hitlers project to make the country (Germany) into a better one interms of car production than USA. Make a car that was cheap that all German people can afford to buy according to Hitler. 
3. Kia the name comes from 2 Chinese sign that together give the meaning of "come from Asian". The first name KI,can also means "progress".
4. Audi From the beginning one of four car manufacturer who merge together after financial problem 1932. The  4 cirkle trademark symbolize of the 4 companies,but probably was even inspired of OS-symbol after Berlin was host  the competition 1936.
5. Renault named after Louis Renault who built his first car on his parents backyard in Paris 1898. A blessed with the money from brother Marcel he started building cars in a large scale. Unfortunately he died in prison 1944,suspect for cooperation with the National Socialist.
6. Ford is also named after Henry Ford who founded the company 1903.
7. BMW stands for "Bayerische Motoren Werke"German name that started 1916,mainly reason was to build aircraft. Motorcycles and gradually started building cars after the first world war. According to peace treaty  Germany is not allowed to build aircraft anymore. 
8. SAAB stands for (Svenska Aeroplan AB)in english Swedish Automobile AB. Saab developed the first car prototype 1947,10 years after that the company started as aeroplane manufacturer. The first car was sold in December 1949.
9. Toyota comes from a family name Toyoda. Founded of company of Sakichi Toyoda who frist started japans first web factory and after designed an automatic loom. His son Kiichiro use the  money he get from patent and started  Toyota Motor Company 1937.
10. Skoda Founded 1859,but get the name 10 years after when engineer Emil Skoda take over the company. Cars was first manufactured year 1925 together with the company Laurin&Klement,but then had already manufactured cars since 1905.

Purchase on approval

I was surprised from the first time when I did shopping here. You can return the item even if it's sale (7 days) change it in another size no problem. NO return no exchange is common in my country but not here anyway.

Purchase on approval a form of term when you buy things in store.  Here in Sweden,keep your receipt don't remove the price tag. It is valid at least 30 days depends on the item you bought. Wonderful right?if you buy cloth and if you regret or change your mind, just return the item and get your money back. I apply this strategy when I do shopping for my husband because he don't like to go to the dress store. Much easier for me and it's helpful,I return the item and change it with other size incase it's for small to him. Sometimes he don't like the color,and the sytle.

 I understand that this kind of system will not work out in every country because it depends how the people make use of it. It could be that people are not honest or take the chance for the system. At least here it work out well little bit problem sometimes because system  could not be always perfect. I think the owner of enterprises find diffecult and trouble with the return items. They get money from their insurance I think.

The system gives security to the consumer no doubt about it. This is why it's not easy being entrepreneur here,high tax must pay. Give the right salary to the worker plus  insurance and etc.