The Everyday Girl Blog

Sending good vibes and wishes to those who participated in the Nordsjørittet today. Nordsjørittet (North Sea Race) is a Norway's popular and scenic annual bike race, stretching distances of 92kms (full race) and 45kms (mini race). As many cyclists took part in the race today, I found myself looking back at one of the memorable experiences of life. Throwback to many years ago, when I participated in the race in different years trying both the distances. While I enjoyed both the experiences, it is the first ride of 92kms that has stayed with me all these years. I was always fascinated by the active lifestyle in Norway, where hiking, skiing, cycling, running were just not workout routines but a way of life. Meanwhile, there i was, whose workout routine meant a good yoga session and a fun zumba class. One year I was cheering for my friends for the race, and the next year, I decided to try it out myself. With less than 2 months of training and on a bike that I used for fun and casual s...

Summers can be less warmer with kurti fits like these.  This is a throwback post from my last trip to India in 2022, when the weather was supposed to cool down. Unlike me who loves wearing night clothes and shut myself indoors, I had to pull out the cotton dresses and kurtis to endure the heat. Love how comfortable and breathable they made me feel. I bought 3 of similar kurtis and I don't regret. How do you like it?  I love the last shot in this post.. wasn't intentional to advertise Tommy though.. or was it?! ;-)

Borrowing outfits from friends is so fun.. We were at a cabin for a weekend and suddenly planned to wear similar coloured outfits. I was left with no option and a good friend lent me this denim dress. I was so glad it fit me well and comfortable.  Had to take some good outfit pictures, so styled it with bag and shoes borrowed from other friends. Haha.. it was literally taking away what they were using just for the pictures. Do you do this too?! 

Glad to have been part of this product marketing ad for a reputed medical devices company in Norway.✅ Plus point: Learnt some important CPR techniques, working on mannequins.🫀 Laerdal Group is a Norwegian multi-national company that has an intriguing history to learn about.. starting at publishing children’s books to manufacturing devices for medical purposes, they been through an amazing journey.👏 Leading in healthcare education and resuscitation training, and much more, their commitment to save lives is splendid.. aiming to sacave one million more lives, every year, by 2030!❣️ Laerdal - helping save lives. Read about them at:  @laerdalmedical.norge Watch me in their video here :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d6YqcXiJts

 

Hope you all had a nice Christmas! I could not miss posting Indian style for Christmas, which I actually styled for last Christmas while in India.😉

Bringing in some Easter vibes.. of course have to do this in Indian style ;) From Google: The Easter season is filled with yellow: chicks, colored eggs, yellow flowers reborn in spring and, most importantly, sunshine. Yellow flowers are symbol of friendship. (So are yellow heart emojis.) And in a religious context, gold represents joy, victory and triumph, as in the resurrection's triumph over death. So here I am, presenting this saree that I wore for an Indian festival in my recent trip.  I loved the color and the pattern so much that we bought the same pattern in different colors, and i am stuck with this beautiful spring color. I did not have time during the trip to get the blouse stitched, so fixed it with an old golden colored one. As i am neither an expert in sarees nor the draping, kept it simple with steps. And i think this draping style suited the saree pattern as well.  Paired the look with simple and my favorite ruby+emerald jewellery. And what is an India...

Recently I travelled for the first time during Covid in the last 2.5 years! It was the longest since I haven't taken a flight. I couldn't contain my excitement when the flights were finally booked to fly home after postponing the trips for few times due to covid. I feel as excited for fly-time as much I am for my vacation itself. This time I realized how much I missed airports - from baggage check-ins, struggling with liquids at security, shopping during transits, airplane watching, to watching movies and the food on-board. Don't judge me on the last part. I see those good times are slowly coming back, I missed flying! What part during travel do you enjoy the most? These pictures are a throwback to when transit times were non-covid and you are free to roll around at the airports.. and maybe do a photoshoot.😉

The last weekend trip that was cancelled was a plan to go to the quiet mountains for skiing. This time I missed most of the winter days due to travel and other priorities. It's almost spring in most parts of the world, but I am still looking forward to ski in the coming weeks - you know the desire when you live in Norway.  While the plan didn't materialize, reminiscing some snow pictures from the past.  There's a funny story behind these pictures.  One of the last summers, we actually been on a hike trip to Preikestolen and stayed at a cabin. In the next days, the plan was to make another hike, this time to Kjerag and one of my most favorite hikes. While we rested after our first hike at the cabin and tried enquiring officials about the weather on top of Kjerag so we could dress up accordingly, we were surprised with an answer that there is still snow everywhere but the hike was open. Which basically meant we needed winter hiking gear. Though we didn't dare to do a snow...