Hello everyone!

It's now been almost a year since I've last written here, so I thought I'd give a bit of around up on what's been going on lately and not so lately.

Firstly, I moved in with my boyfriend last spring. We now live in the center of Vaasa, which is a huge improvement from the suburb Old Vaasa apartment, which I thought was depressing and horrible in pretty much all possible ways. Now things are going well again. It feels again like I'm actually a student x)

Speaking of studying: I've been an international tutor now since autumn and it has been great! Although, I hope I could participate more, but as I have said; compromises are sometimes a must between two people. A couple of really nice German blokes have asked us (my boyfriend, me and a friend) to come to their place and cook a Finnish meal for them :D That should be fun! We'll see how that's coming together on Friday... Should be a blast, for they are really fun to be around. The only students that I've been in regular contact since I've started.

I should start writing my Bachelor's thesis... but somehow I still have difficulties in finding a good topic. Well that's always been my curse. I'm too much interested in basically everything to get a focused topic together and usually it comes to me only in the last second. We have a seminar meeting on Thursday and by then we should have a research plan together. I have a few ideas and I'm heading to see my supervisor tomorrow... I just hope I get out of his office on time x) the bloke realllly loves to talk. The last discussion took one and a half hours :P 

Also, we have currently four cats in here. Kismet and Eino had kittens and we still have one of them left.

I haven't been in karate for a while now.. which is sad and I kinda want to go back but also I don't. It's a bit of a weird thing at the moment. Well, I wouldn't have the money now anyway... I promised to my self once that I'd go back after Christmas... Let's see which side of me wins.

...And why does it seem that most of my friends in Vaasa are men...? -,-

Well, it's Chtistmas! Again..

As all sensible Finnish people probably know, it' s Christmas, the time of happiness, peace and joy. The Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus combined with the ancient Germanic celebration of the darkest day of teh year (yule) and the day of St Nicholas. The declaration of the Christmas Peace in Finland on the other hand dates back to the Middle Ages. The Finnish Nuuttipukki a character from the Kekri fertility tradition, might also come by for food and drink.

Maybe once it was that.

Now: Disney!!! Consumption!!! By expensive presents for your darling little prats that are already spoiled for good! "DAAADY I want a new Nintendo game!" "Well of course my boy, anything you wish for". Yeah, well I'm an eternal cynic but unfortunately that's what Christmas seems to be nowadays for most people. I wonder what it will look like when the next generation is the one giving presents. Do they realize what's important in the world? Or do they just by stuff...?

At the end of the day people are not supposed to get all they want. It's life, so suck it up kids! :D

Teh end of Avautuminen....

Life, Cats and Berlin and the Train of Thoughts.

I am sitting here with a sleepy gingerwhite cat in my lap wondering about life and eating chocolade after I just finished watching a movie that had been translated from Going Greek to Wankers... The thing I have been wondering is how hard it is to give up a certain amount of intependence and freedom once you've gotten used to them. Still, I am happy this way and a relationship demands sacrifices. Eventhough this place (a suburb if you'd like to call it that way) seems to be equally active and vibrant as the village back home. x) Well, at least it's beautiful and peaceful here and the church's park and ruins of the old town are nice.

It requires a bit of getting used to of course, to spend some time here as well as in the center, but in the end it's wonderful to have a certain someone in you life next to whom you can cuddle after the day and with whom you can laugh and cry and whine (and fill crossword puzzles and sudokus - yes it's what your grandparents might do but who cares we're weird...) . I had long thought I would be the last person on earth to find that person but apparently there are people as crazy as myself ;).

Also! Why do these radioamateurs keep popping up in my life!!? x) Now I know 6 of them! First my mom, then my boyfriend, a few of his friends and yesterday it turned out our mutual friend from karate is also one of them! Hohooo, sounds ominous, "one of Them" * evil laugh * (Stroking a cat like the evil bloke in the movie) The cat, which seems to have endless resources of hair to spread around the flat. And my clothes. And my food. And my lungs... x) Love these furryheaps, though.

The news of the day, which really got me interested, was that the Berlin Wall was constructed 50 years ago. It's weird to follow the development of history.  This especially reminds me of our trip there and all the history that is also part of the present in Berlin. I would really like to go there again. Even live there for a while. I loved that city and the contrast and the amazing atmosphere it has.


A great 'beginning of the day -song' Have been listening to him a lot lately.

Morning blues ;)

-Arjuska-

Greetings, O my beloved ones!

It's back to school (Oh, yeah.. It's not a school it's a uni. People keep telling me that but whatever). Next week I'm off to the summer university, where I decided to go on a course that deals with European Union and stuff. It's one of the few courses that fit to my study goals (it's a part of this Intercultural Studies -minor subject complex that I've been doing.)

It's actually great to start studying already! It's weird how you miss it during the holiday. There's just something about learning things that keeps me on my feet. Probably the cruel reality will struck in a few days but it's worth it. Also, I'm planning on taking part to this autumns minor exams... I haven't decided which subject I should concentrate on. Germany or Swedish... That's a tough one. One option would also be Communication Studies (Viestintätieteet).

Life would be awesome if I hadn't have constant money problems. It's not so easy to try and live on one's own even if the folks would pay the rent. That's why I've been fighting a constant paper-war with various institutions the last couple of weeks. Otherwise it's going great : D I finally feel like I'm "gettin' a life" or something.  

Next weekend I'm off to see my family&friends back home. :))) Long time no see...



These songs will probably forever remind me about a certain BMW and our random trips around western Finland.  ;))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrPaEUjtYvQ&feature=player_embedded

Vaasan keskustassa ikkunat auki x) Ei ne ihmiset yhtään kattonut...

Beachvolley widow

Life has been great lately. Here it seems like you're living in a bubble full of life and friends. The only thing shadowing my mind is the fact that folks back home seem to have decided not to like my choices. And that sucks. Hugely. Even when they haven't met the person I happen to be dating and the good friend that I found.
I truly hope things will change. Seems so wrong that I have been accepted with open arms by his family.

I had one half of my best friends from Multia to visit here. We had a great time! At least I did! x) Funny how people bump into company that is so alike and yet so different and still manage to have a blast. I feel really fortunate to have great friends in both places. New ones here and old, but nonetheless absolutely awesome, back home. I can probably count my best/closest friends with one hand. Quality is way better than quantity.  People who I can trust are extremely hard to find - because I'm an emotionally disturbed and closed person with serious trust issues ;))) - and now there's two more of those rare gems and one of them even seems to be something more than that : )


And now to something completely different...

 TROLLOLOLOO!

x) Love you all!

Holiday!

Vihdoin ja viimein! Ei se tuskan takana ollutkaan! Nyt sitten ollaan virallisesti lomalla. Tai ainakin lomalla yliopistolta. Työt on eriasia ja niitä mietitään myöhemmin. Huomasin juuri Twitteriä päivitellessäni, että jäin ajattelemaan mitä kaikkea eroa on sanoilla vacation ja holiday. Ei siitä englannista näytä pääsevän missään eroon x) ja hyvä niin. Pitää pitää aivot vireessä kesän ajan ja miettiä kaikkea tuollaista asiaan kuulumatonta ja typerää josta suurinosa ihmisistä luultavasti ajattelee: "Ei ketään kiinnosta! Ole nyt jo hiljaa!". Sen kun. Minua sattuu kiinnostamaan. Ei voi mitään!

Rainy day. Now would be a... Ei hemmetti!! :DD Siis joo, nyt olis hyvä hetki alottaa mun kesän urakka eli Shakespearen lukeminen. Tilasin kuukausi sitten enkun kieliset Kootut Teokset -tiiliskiven, ja nyt ois hyvää aikaa alkaa pähkäilemään sen sortin Viljamin kieliopin ihmeellisyyksiä.

Tuntuu, että joka englannin kurssilla on ainakin jossain yhteydessä tullut esille William Shakespeare. Miten voi olla, että viidensadan vuoden jälkeen yksittäinen runoilija on niin suuressa roolissa, ettei siitä pääse millään eroon. Ei taida kyllä olla mikään ihmekkään jos ihminen keksii yli 1 700 normaalienglantiin jäänyttä sanaa. Yliopistolla on jopa erityinen kurssikin tyypin tuotoksista. Voi vaan kuvitella onko tällä vuosisadalla ketään sellaista kirjailijaa, joka muistetaan vielä puolen vuosituhannen päästä. Tuskin J.K Rowling sentään niin pitkälle pääsee ärsyttävällä Potter-maniallaan. Toivottavasti.

Waiting for the Weekend

Finally Friday! The week's been pretty good, disturbing and scary, but good.

Yesterday in karate we had seoi nage and ashi barai, what basically means judo. And as you can imagine I was all up for it x) We started off by doing some kihon kata for warm-up and then some ukemi-drills. We didn't actually really get to throw each other with ippon-seio-nage since only few of us knows the 'soft' ukemi and they haven't done throws that much. Basically we just did a somersault or a ukemi over the thrower. With de-ashi-barai it got a bit more 'action rich' ;) Then we finished up doing some o-soto-gari :) But in a weird karate-way... That training made me realize.. again.. how much I miss my old judo-club. not just the sport itself but the people there : ( I have to visit there again soon. I have to get to throw peopleeeee! xD

Now today... Cleaning. We'll see if a couple of friends will come by later today ;) My flat-mate is gonna be freaked out if she bumps into those blokes, since their humour is.. maybe not for everyone. I should also read for Saturday's exam but that's highly unlikely to happen. Then on Saturday I'm off to Central Finland. :) Can't wait to see my family & friends :)))

Listening to Michael Jackson, Hurts and folk metal.. O_O that's one weird combo. x)

Such a great weather again. :) Feel like I should just go to somewhere and lay on the grass...