Here we are again, at the end of a yet another amazing year. Since tomorrow it is the last day of the year and I have already taken my time to look back on my accomplishments, sources of joy, learning opportunities and life experiences of the past year, it is time to look ahead. I know for sure that the year 2014 will be one to remember, if not for anything else then at least because of starting my independent life. However, now is the time to make promises for the year to come and this year (like every year) hopefully to keep them. And at least try to remember what I've promised.
I have already given up the endless planning of my life ahead so I will not make any promises of what will happen next year. Whatever life throws at me is what I'll experience, no plans needed. I want to hold on to this way of thinking, the exciting feeling of freedom makes me curious to every single new day. So, I won't promise to do anything or not to do anything 'cause it wouldn't work out like that anyway. Instead, I promise to try. Try to live in the moment, try to take a leap of faith when an opportunity is given, try to demand what I deserve while giving back.
I promise to enjoy my life. Not forgetting that it's okay not to be okay sometimes, I welcome the new year with hope. I am grateful for this past year but somehow I am also happy it's over. Now all there's left to say is happy New Year everyone, I hope you will have a good time celebrating tomorrow and let's keep our minds and hearts open for 2014!
maanantai 30. joulukuuta 2013
maanantai 16. joulukuuta 2013
The Dalmatians minus one or two
This is it, my 100th post. It feels like I've at least made an effort trying to express my thoughts, so tonight I am going to give you something else. As a tribute to the number of the day I turned to our dear friend who always helps us when in need of information, google. I simply googled the number 100 and here are the first 10 results it gave me. Some of them are in Finnish, so the titles are translated by me.
100+ club members
This sounds weird at first 'cause at least I was immediately thinking of people older than a hundred years, but the description below says that to the 100+ club are accepted all the people who have ran at least a hundred marathons. This is an unofficial list of the Finnish members of the club. Uhm, okay. Didn't really guess that the first search result would be this, out of all the possibilities with a 100 in them. And it isn't even a sponsored ad.
Wave 100 - front page
Apparently this is the website for a new, local television channel in Tampere, Finland. Allright, I don't live there nor have I ever heard of it so this one could be useful someday. Maybe. Thanks for the information, anyway.
The 100-year-foundation of the technology industry
Ookay.
Goggles and Accessories -100% Official Site | ride100percent.com
Some kind of biking equipment... I would really like to know on what basis does google choose to suggest me websites. Definitely not by interpreting my personal life through my search words.
Top 100 food blogs
Wow, this one is actually a website I might even visit. I like eating and food is good. So thanks, google, for making me hungry when everyone else is asleep so I have to wait until the morning. Though I guess I wouldn't go to eat anyway 'cause night eating isn't healthy.
100 push-ups - 100 push-ups with a 6-week program
Is this a hint? I know that lately I've been pretty lazy physically (read:I haven't done a thing to work out) and I know Christmas time is all about eating and chocolate and not doing anything. But I promise, when I go to Helsinki and get my sports pass that makes me go to the gym since I've paid for it which means I really have to use it, I will fix this and start doing push-ups. Or something else. Probably something else.
100 things for a better nightlife - Night People Group
Good, I'll probably be exploring the nightlife quite a lot in the beginning of my studies so I am glad if someone has bothered to make a list of how to improve it. They'd better have actually done it, too, instead of just writing about it.
100 - Wikipedia
Not suprising, Wikipedia has to be in the search results no matter what you're searching for. It knows everything about everything and likes to share its information. This particular article is about the year 100. First one of these results the appearing of which makes sense.
39games
The description is the following: Traffic Killer · Raze · Raft Wars · Bloons Tower Defense 4 · Age of War 2 · Command Grid · Solipskier · Rocky Rider · Swords and Sandals 2 · Learn to Fly · Toss ... I'd like to know how the number 100 is related to this? Good job getting it to my results, can't be easy claiming to be something you're not.
100 questions to a pediatrician - Health library
Finally, a reliable and informative website that I have heard of and isn't totally useless.
I didn't actually go to any of these sites so I can't be sure if they actually are what the descriptions and titles say but never mind. At least I've made my point clear which is that I have written already a hundred times!
I had never heard this song before. But I gotta stay true to the theme.
100+ club members
This sounds weird at first 'cause at least I was immediately thinking of people older than a hundred years, but the description below says that to the 100+ club are accepted all the people who have ran at least a hundred marathons. This is an unofficial list of the Finnish members of the club. Uhm, okay. Didn't really guess that the first search result would be this, out of all the possibilities with a 100 in them. And it isn't even a sponsored ad.
Wave 100 - front page
Apparently this is the website for a new, local television channel in Tampere, Finland. Allright, I don't live there nor have I ever heard of it so this one could be useful someday. Maybe. Thanks for the information, anyway.
The 100-year-foundation of the technology industry
Ookay.
Goggles and Accessories -100% Official Site | ride100percent.com
Some kind of biking equipment... I would really like to know on what basis does google choose to suggest me websites. Definitely not by interpreting my personal life through my search words.
Top 100 food blogs
Wow, this one is actually a website I might even visit. I like eating and food is good. So thanks, google, for making me hungry when everyone else is asleep so I have to wait until the morning. Though I guess I wouldn't go to eat anyway 'cause night eating isn't healthy.
100 push-ups - 100 push-ups with a 6-week program
Is this a hint? I know that lately I've been pretty lazy physically (read:I haven't done a thing to work out) and I know Christmas time is all about eating and chocolate and not doing anything. But I promise, when I go to Helsinki and get my sports pass that makes me go to the gym since I've paid for it which means I really have to use it, I will fix this and start doing push-ups. Or something else. Probably something else.
100 things for a better nightlife - Night People Group
Good, I'll probably be exploring the nightlife quite a lot in the beginning of my studies so I am glad if someone has bothered to make a list of how to improve it. They'd better have actually done it, too, instead of just writing about it.
100 - Wikipedia
Not suprising, Wikipedia has to be in the search results no matter what you're searching for. It knows everything about everything and likes to share its information. This particular article is about the year 100. First one of these results the appearing of which makes sense.
39games
The description is the following: Traffic Killer · Raze · Raft Wars · Bloons Tower Defense 4 · Age of War 2 · Command Grid · Solipskier · Rocky Rider · Swords and Sandals 2 · Learn to Fly · Toss ... I'd like to know how the number 100 is related to this? Good job getting it to my results, can't be easy claiming to be something you're not.
100 questions to a pediatrician - Health library
Finally, a reliable and informative website that I have heard of and isn't totally useless.
I didn't actually go to any of these sites so I can't be sure if they actually are what the descriptions and titles say but never mind. At least I've made my point clear which is that I have written already a hundred times!
I had never heard this song before. But I gotta stay true to the theme.
sunnuntai 15. joulukuuta 2013
The silent night
Only a week and it's Christmas! I can't believe how fast time has passed this year, it is almost too insane to grasp. However, I can't wait for the morning of December 24th since it is one of my favorite days of the year if not the absolute favorite. I know exactly how the day is going to go but I don't mind, it is the whole point of it. I am usually a fan of keeping up traditions, and this one is the one I never want to go away. I know it will change at some point of my life and that's why I am even more dedicated to enjoying it while I still can. That day is magical every year and though growing up makes it lose its magic a little bit, there's always something in the atmosphere.
This year there will be one difference but it is a happy one. Our grandmother will join our precious tradition and she is probably even more excited than we are. The activities of the day aren't that different or unique compared to the normal life but it is the one day when everyone agrees with how to spend it and that is together. Decorating the christmas tree, cooking as a family, eating way too much and giving and receiving gifts, not to forget the most Finnish thing there is, sauna. It always brings a smile on my face thinking about our family's Christmas celebration. This year will be the last one when everything's the same as so far since I will leave home and nobody knows what life is going to throw at you in a year. Believe me, this year has thrown so many unexpected things at me that I have almost decided to stop planning my life and just going with the flow.
I have really got into Spanish Christmas carols this year, they are just so beautiful.
This year there will be one difference but it is a happy one. Our grandmother will join our precious tradition and she is probably even more excited than we are. The activities of the day aren't that different or unique compared to the normal life but it is the one day when everyone agrees with how to spend it and that is together. Decorating the christmas tree, cooking as a family, eating way too much and giving and receiving gifts, not to forget the most Finnish thing there is, sauna. It always brings a smile on my face thinking about our family's Christmas celebration. This year will be the last one when everything's the same as so far since I will leave home and nobody knows what life is going to throw at you in a year. Believe me, this year has thrown so many unexpected things at me that I have almost decided to stop planning my life and just going with the flow.
I have really got into Spanish Christmas carols this year, they are just so beautiful.
maanantai 9. joulukuuta 2013
Orgullo y prejuicio
Ya hace mucho tiempo que he escrito un texto en español así que ahora es el momento. Quisiera hablar de una cosa de que me di cuenta viendo la tele hoy. Vi un programa de televisión que se llama Love Connection y la idea es que tres hombres estadounidenses con la orígen finlandesa íban a Finlandia para encontrar una mujer con quien podrían empezar el futuro común. Me gusta esta programa mucho porque son personas normales y porque no es como los otros programas. Hay tantos en que tienen que coninar para ganar el corazón de lo otro y hay que cantar, por ejemplo, o vivir la vida campesina cuidando los animales.
Un de los tres hombres me irrita. Es un poco mayor que los otros y ha divorciado antes. No me atrae su aspecto y creo que por eso puedo estimar su personalidad mejor. Tiene un buen sentido de humor y es amable pero hay algo en su forma de pensar de los mujeres que me molesta. No lo conozco así que sólo estoy hablando de mi propia opinión, pero sobre la base de sus entrevistas y sus comentarios he deducido el tipo de mujer que le gusta. Y yo no estoy de acuerdo con su idea de una relación entre una mujer y un hombre. Quiere que la mujer esté de acuerdo con él, prefiere alguien que no tiene su propia independencia. Quizás le asuste una mujer fuerte y aunque hay mujeres que no tienen su propia voluntad también aquí en Finlandia, creo que está buscando en país falso. Dice que quiere desarrollar la relación lentamente pero en cada episodio siempre está abrazando y besando las mujers. Sé que es importante averiguar si hay la conexión física pero a mi me parece que no toma este programa en serio.
Creo que hay un pequeño feminista dentro de mí pero yo pienso que el hombre tiene que respetar la independencia de la mujer. Sí, mi nacionalidad claro afecta mi opinión porque este sigue siendo el concepto de una mujer finlandesa. Sin embargo, me considero adaptable porque entiendo que no es posible tener una relación sana sin el talento de dar junto con el de tomar.
Un de los tres hombres me irrita. Es un poco mayor que los otros y ha divorciado antes. No me atrae su aspecto y creo que por eso puedo estimar su personalidad mejor. Tiene un buen sentido de humor y es amable pero hay algo en su forma de pensar de los mujeres que me molesta. No lo conozco así que sólo estoy hablando de mi propia opinión, pero sobre la base de sus entrevistas y sus comentarios he deducido el tipo de mujer que le gusta. Y yo no estoy de acuerdo con su idea de una relación entre una mujer y un hombre. Quiere que la mujer esté de acuerdo con él, prefiere alguien que no tiene su propia independencia. Quizás le asuste una mujer fuerte y aunque hay mujeres que no tienen su propia voluntad también aquí en Finlandia, creo que está buscando en país falso. Dice que quiere desarrollar la relación lentamente pero en cada episodio siempre está abrazando y besando las mujers. Sé que es importante averiguar si hay la conexión física pero a mi me parece que no toma este programa en serio.
Creo que hay un pequeño feminista dentro de mí pero yo pienso que el hombre tiene que respetar la independencia de la mujer. Sí, mi nacionalidad claro afecta mi opinión porque este sigue siendo el concepto de una mujer finlandesa. Sin embargo, me considero adaptable porque entiendo que no es posible tener una relación sana sin el talento de dar junto con el de tomar.
perjantai 6. joulukuuta 2013
All by myself
The theme of today has been independence all day long since it is has been 96 years since Finland fought for our people succesfully. It has been on my mind, too, though in a little different way. My independence day will be on January 11th since that is when I probably move out. Without a doubt this will be the biggest and most significant end of an era so far in my life. For the first time ever I will have an address that none of my family members live in. Actually, I have already signed the rental contract, but it won't be officially mine until January.
On one hand living on my own will be really good for me. I have to admit that I get annoyed pretty easily when someone here tells me to do this and do that. Having only myself to answer to, being in charge of every decision when it comes to cleaning up or cooking and having that peace and own space sounds exactly like what I need right now. Although I am a really social person and I like having people around, I am so looking forward to making my own life real instead of spendig a carefree day after another in the place that I am so grateful to have grown up in and that I'll always call home.
However, there are two sides to every coin. Though the first feeling is excitement, I am nervous. I know I'll make friends quite fast and I already have friends there, but I still wonder how long will I be able to purely enjoy the solitude before it'll become agonising. I won't be completely alone since there are two other girls living in the same apartment but if we don't operate on the same wavelength, it might create an atmosphere of discomfort which of course affects how well I adapt to living in the big city.
I don't want to picture worst-case scenarios or intentionally create fears or bad feelings about moving, but I guess I am allowed to ponder my life at the edge of a huge change. Whatever happens, this will be a great thing that will teach me more than anything so far and give me plenty of new, exciting experiences I'll carry with me to a yet another adventure.
On one hand living on my own will be really good for me. I have to admit that I get annoyed pretty easily when someone here tells me to do this and do that. Having only myself to answer to, being in charge of every decision when it comes to cleaning up or cooking and having that peace and own space sounds exactly like what I need right now. Although I am a really social person and I like having people around, I am so looking forward to making my own life real instead of spendig a carefree day after another in the place that I am so grateful to have grown up in and that I'll always call home.
However, there are two sides to every coin. Though the first feeling is excitement, I am nervous. I know I'll make friends quite fast and I already have friends there, but I still wonder how long will I be able to purely enjoy the solitude before it'll become agonising. I won't be completely alone since there are two other girls living in the same apartment but if we don't operate on the same wavelength, it might create an atmosphere of discomfort which of course affects how well I adapt to living in the big city.
I don't want to picture worst-case scenarios or intentionally create fears or bad feelings about moving, but I guess I am allowed to ponder my life at the edge of a huge change. Whatever happens, this will be a great thing that will teach me more than anything so far and give me plenty of new, exciting experiences I'll carry with me to a yet another adventure.
keskiviikko 4. joulukuuta 2013
It was here...or was it?
Do you know the nagging feeling of a half-memory and a half-delusion that you put something somewhere but you just can't find the place? I know that more than perfectly, since for the past few days I have been looking for something I really want to pack with me when I (finally) move to Helsinki. I bought this amazing black and white painting in Portobello Road, London in April. It had a bright red tree on the right and it looked so cool. However, it was just the canvas without frames and I have completely lost that roll. I promised to buy chocolate to whoever finds it but we haven't had any luck so far... It is one of the most annoying feelings ever, knowing it is somewhere here and you have a distant memory of it but you just can't find it.
This mystery is a part of my current process which is to pack everything I want to take to Helsinki with me, to get rid of all the unnecessary things and to separate the stuff I want to save as a memory but have to leave behind for now. I have made amazingly good progress with this, I already have.. uhm, quite many boxes filled with bowls and kettles and shoes and books etc. I have found items the existence of which I didn't even remember and through some old letters I've found memories I had buried somewhere deep. However, I always thought I don't own that many things but flilling a box after another makes me reconsider. Especially since I haven't packed any of my clothes. And we will have to make it all fit in a car with 5 people. Luckily I don't take any furniture with me, I'll buy it from there so we won't be the hated car with a trailer slowing everyone down for hundreds of kilometers.
I am praying to find the painting. Yes, because it is a really nice painting but also because I have turned every place upside down and still no sight of it. I have one more place in mind (would be extremely weird if I found it there 'cause I.have.not.put.it.there.I.am.sure) but who knows, in this house anything can end up anywhere without a competent explanation.
This mystery is a part of my current process which is to pack everything I want to take to Helsinki with me, to get rid of all the unnecessary things and to separate the stuff I want to save as a memory but have to leave behind for now. I have made amazingly good progress with this, I already have.. uhm, quite many boxes filled with bowls and kettles and shoes and books etc. I have found items the existence of which I didn't even remember and through some old letters I've found memories I had buried somewhere deep. However, I always thought I don't own that many things but flilling a box after another makes me reconsider. Especially since I haven't packed any of my clothes. And we will have to make it all fit in a car with 5 people. Luckily I don't take any furniture with me, I'll buy it from there so we won't be the hated car with a trailer slowing everyone down for hundreds of kilometers.
I am praying to find the painting. Yes, because it is a really nice painting but also because I have turned every place upside down and still no sight of it. I have one more place in mind (would be extremely weird if I found it there 'cause I.have.not.put.it.there.I.am.sure) but who knows, in this house anything can end up anywhere without a competent explanation.
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