Cheer up your Monday + My first working week in five!

I'm doing my internship at Microsoft since last week, which means I'm obliged to have the Monday blues! (In my head, working people need to have the 'I don't like Mondays blues') But with every problem comes a remedy, so here's mine. It's called Runaway Baby from Bruno Mars...

Btw, here is my first working week in five:

I'm doing my internship at Microsoft (web editor for http://www.msn.be/). I will work there till the 6th of April.

- Learning starts when you leave school. I can not remember my head being this full with new information, but that's a good thing, I love learning.

- I invented badge dating! Since I forget my badge every time I leave my desk, I need to find someone helpful who will badge me into the elevator on my way back to my floor (the 6th by the way). Also a great way to get to know new people, may come in handy during your first week.

- "Here's your agenda, and he's already quite full", said my supervisor. The thought that popped into my head: "Oh my dear god, I don't know I have an agenda and he's already full, help me please?!" But I managed and it wasn't as frightening as I originally thought.

- Lunch date with collegues. On friday I had my first lunch date with collegues, on the menu: Thai food! Nice way to start your first week!

- I can't stop thinking! Seriously. When I'm driving my car, at the train or the bus, during my dance lessons, but most annoyingly, in bed! I just can't stop thinking about new idea's. I even started dreaming about them. My head takes "trying to be creative" to a whole new level, I tell you.

But so far I love what I do and I'm pretty sure it will ben April in no time...

Love

Ines

Live The Language

Want an instant vacation feel? Watch these! Also notice the nice typography...

EF - Live The Language - Paris from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

EF - Live The Language - Barcelona from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

EF - Live The Language - Vancouver from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

 

 And you finds more of these here.

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Ines

Hi mister mailman

Look what the mailman brought me...

I'll update you soon on my first photo's I took with this new fisheye camera.

Love

Ines



Oreo love + recipes

Oh my love for Oreos! This deserves a place on my 'to try'-list.

Oreo Cheesecake Cupcake

Ingredients
22 Oreos: 16 left whole, and 6 coarsely chopped

2 8-oz packages cream cheese, at room temperature (Neufchatel is fine)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
Pinch of salt

Instructions
1.Preheat oven to 135 °C or 275 F.
2.Line 12 standard muffin tins and 4 ramekins (or 16 muffin tins, if you have them) with paper liners.
3.Place 1 whole Oreo in the bottom of each lined cup.
4.Beat the cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium. Gradually beat in the sugar and vanilla.
5.Pour in the beaten eggs, a little at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
6.Beat in the sour cream and salt.
7.Stir in chopped cookies by hand.
8.Pour the batter into the prepared tins, filling each almost to the top.
9.Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until filling is set, 22-25 minutes.
10.Cool in the pans for about 15 minutes, on a wire rack, then transfer to a plate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.

Oreo Cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes

1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups flour, plus 2 tbsp
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 2/3 cup sugar
3 large egg whites, at room temperature
1 package Oreo Cookies (about 45 cookies)

Frosting
6 tbsp softened butter
3 cups powedered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Oreo crumbs
2-4 tbsp milk

Instructions
Preheat over to 180 °C or 350F. Line 24 cupcake tins with paper liners.

Twist apart 24 Oreos. Place the cookie with filling on it, filling side up, in the bottom of each cupcake pan. Cut 12 of the filling-less cookies in half for garnish, and crush the others in a plastic bag with a rolling pin to make fine crumbs. Reserve these crumbs to mix into the frosting.

Roughly chop the remaining Oreos and toss with 2 tbsp flour.

Cream the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the milk and vanilla.

Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together into the butter mixture. Stir a few times, then mix in the sugar and beat with the mixer on low for about 30 seconds. Add the egg whites. Turn the speed up to medium and beat for two minutes. Fold in the roughly chopped cookies

Divide the batter evenly among the prepared pans and bake for about 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cupcakes comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

To make the frosting, beat the butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer and add milk 1/2 tsp at a time until it has a smooth, spreadable consistency. Add the Oreo crumbs and mix well. Put in a piping bag and pipe onto the cooled cupcakes, then top with half a filling-less cookie.


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Ines





 

It's up to you, New York, New York

In November I went to New York with four girlfriends and I just can't discribe what an experience it was for us girls from the little country, Belgium. The first day we just stared the whole time. Here are some pictures I took...

In tiny Belgium we know lemonade but not in the way Americans drink it. Here it's very very sweet (too sweet if you ask me) and sparkling. I actually prefer lemonade in America.

Visit the Empire State Building at night! The view is so beautiful then.

In Belgium me and the others fours girls who were with me in New York all dance. So we decided to take some lessons in The Big Apple. And I can say: Totally new way of dancing for us, but really adictive.

Have some of you ever been to New York City? And what did you think of the city? I definitely want to go back some day! Maybe with the boyfriend next time...

Love

Ines





Make it a polaroid

This polaroid printer is sooooo something for me! I totally want. It can print your photo's directly from your camera or mobile phone, how cool is that?
You can find it here.

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Ines

Music + Video Love

Do I even need to say more?

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Ines

Current Fisheye Love

I currently discovered the lomography fisheye cameras and boy oh boy that is not a good thing for my wallet. But a girl can dream, no?

I can only say: I want, I want, I want, I want!

Love

Ines

New Year's Eve in London

I went to London for New Year's, with the boyfriend (and yes, I know, he like to make 'funny' faces before a camera). Here are some pola's from the trip.

My New Year's resolutions:

- Staying as hopelessly in love as I am right now

- Graduating as a journalist

- Becoming the best dancer as I possibly can be

- See more of the world

And since I'm rubbish in keeping to my resolutions every year, I'm not going to put up more. But the one's above I'm certainly going to keep!

Do you make New Year's resolutions?

Love

Ines