I keep reading these other blogs and wish I could raise the bar that high up... I just can't seem to find the time to write here on a regular basis and for that I'm sorry! This is addressed to my two readers... and I don't even know if they read my blog regularly :D Maybe I should give this up? Nah, I like it too much. Then why don't I write more often? SO-MUCH-TO-DO-SO-LITTLE-TIME!
Lately I've been trying to set more goals for myself. Here are some:
1. Find an internship place in the USA
2. Learn Italian
3. Lose weight
4. Read more
5. Spend more time with friends
6. Get a job
7. Write.
8. Write more.
9. WRITE EVERY SINGLE DAY!
10. Read over parts 1-9 and actually do them.
There's no particular order in case you're wondering. These are just some things I want to get done. They're my goals for this year. And whenever I find time I will return here and let you know how I'm doing! :)
XOXO
January 30, 2011
January 20, 2011
Citizen of the World?
Sometimes (ok, pretty often) I find myself thinking how I would just love to live somewhere else. I'm not just talking about another town, I'm talking about a whole other country. I guess my relationship to Finland is a mixture of two of the strongest feelings: love and hate. I hate the winters, the coldness and the darkness, the snow and the ugliness. Trees are bare from leaves and just make the landscape seem even more grey and dull. Sometimes all the branches are frozen and this place looks like Winter Wonderland but that doesn't make up for all the misery of this season.
Then there's the summer, when the Land of the Midnight Sun is at its best. It doesn't get dark at all, the sun barely goes down before it comes up again. There's something magical in the endless summer nights and every summer I think it's all worth it, suffering through the winter, because the summer always comes back. Unfortunately summer's a short season here.
I've been traveling a lot in my life; my parents have introduced me to new cultures ever since I was a baby and I couldn't be more greatful for that. The only down side of traveling is that when you return home there's always that longing you have left: I wanna go again! Whenever I land to Helsinki and look out the window I feel joy (let's face it, it's always nice to come home), but I also feel frustration and can't help but think when will be the next time I take off from here again. What can I say? Traveling is my life.
Within the last 2,5 years I've travelled to the USA four times and all together I've spent three months of my life there. It's my home away from home. It's a place where -like here- I have great friends. It's also a place with so much new to see every time I go there and it's a place where I feel like home. It's easy for me to be more open and more happy with people who are so incredibly outgoing, gentle, caring and real. Don't get me wrong, I'm so not diminishing my friends and family here for I truly love them more than anything, but we're all true Finns -kinda distant and reserved. I say that with all my love though :)
I'm planning to go back in the summer, for two weeks or four weeks if I manage to get an internship place there. Can't wait for the feeling when I land to D.C: Finally I'm back. Until that I'm trying to take the best out of everything this country has to offer me. Gotta enjoy life!
xoxo
Then there's the summer, when the Land of the Midnight Sun is at its best. It doesn't get dark at all, the sun barely goes down before it comes up again. There's something magical in the endless summer nights and every summer I think it's all worth it, suffering through the winter, because the summer always comes back. Unfortunately summer's a short season here.
I've been traveling a lot in my life; my parents have introduced me to new cultures ever since I was a baby and I couldn't be more greatful for that. The only down side of traveling is that when you return home there's always that longing you have left: I wanna go again! Whenever I land to Helsinki and look out the window I feel joy (let's face it, it's always nice to come home), but I also feel frustration and can't help but think when will be the next time I take off from here again. What can I say? Traveling is my life.
Within the last 2,5 years I've travelled to the USA four times and all together I've spent three months of my life there. It's my home away from home. It's a place where -like here- I have great friends. It's also a place with so much new to see every time I go there and it's a place where I feel like home. It's easy for me to be more open and more happy with people who are so incredibly outgoing, gentle, caring and real. Don't get me wrong, I'm so not diminishing my friends and family here for I truly love them more than anything, but we're all true Finns -kinda distant and reserved. I say that with all my love though :)
I'm planning to go back in the summer, for two weeks or four weeks if I manage to get an internship place there. Can't wait for the feeling when I land to D.C: Finally I'm back. Until that I'm trying to take the best out of everything this country has to offer me. Gotta enjoy life!
xoxo
January 12, 2011
Aaaahhhhh it's been a long time since I've written anything here, I know. Been kinda busy decorating my new apartment and all that. For the last couple of days I've been admiring my living room wall -my dad put these shelves up and I filled them with my awesome collection of glasses! I worked at this restaurant that went bankrupt and the staff members were allowed to take some stuff home -I ended up with wine glasses, cocktail glasses and SHOT GLASSES (originally 24 of them but darn it I broke one already). They're all so beautiful, lined up there... I feel so grown up now that I have them. What I also have on my wall now are these photographs that I got framed, they're taken in NYC (a totally overrated place but a great place to take pictures) and I actually had them already when I was living in my old apartment.. I just never hung them up. Now I finally did and don't mind me saying so they look great!!
I've noticed that living in a studio has its pros and cons. Now, I've never been much of a cleaner, that's always been my mom's thing, but lately I've found myself cleaning almost every day. A studio is certainly easy to keep clean and I think the fact that my friends live so close by and might pop in for a visit anytime is the biggest reason I clean (by the way my mom would have a fit if she found out about me cleaning so much -I'm always teasing her about it and I'm sure she'd be happy to return the favor).
Then again, I'm having some trouble placing all my stuff... There's just so much of it! In my old apartment I had one drawer full of junk that didn't really belong anywhere, now I have like six of those drawers. Maybe I should clean them up ;)
Who knows, maybe I'll learn to be a clean person for a change.
Haha, yeah right.
See ya later ;)
I've noticed that living in a studio has its pros and cons. Now, I've never been much of a cleaner, that's always been my mom's thing, but lately I've found myself cleaning almost every day. A studio is certainly easy to keep clean and I think the fact that my friends live so close by and might pop in for a visit anytime is the biggest reason I clean (by the way my mom would have a fit if she found out about me cleaning so much -I'm always teasing her about it and I'm sure she'd be happy to return the favor).
Then again, I'm having some trouble placing all my stuff... There's just so much of it! In my old apartment I had one drawer full of junk that didn't really belong anywhere, now I have like six of those drawers. Maybe I should clean them up ;)
Who knows, maybe I'll learn to be a clean person for a change.
Haha, yeah right.
See ya later ;)
January 02, 2011
Living like "FRIENDS"
Have you ever thought how convenient it would be if all your friends lived in the same building or at least in the neighborhood -like in the oh-so-wonderful TV-series "Friends"? Well, that's the case with me now. At least almost. I recently moved into a new apartment and now I'm sharing a wall with one of my closest friends, another lives just down the hill and the rest live a few streets away. A few of my friends live about 20 minutes from me and some further away, but you get the picture, right? I'm loving this!
I used to hang here all the time and so it was only logical for me to just look for an apartment here. I seized the opportunity as one became available and here I am. I hope the novelty of being so close to my friends and being able to spend a lot more time with them never wears off!
So 2011 has started well for me, I hope for you too.
Love always
I used to hang here all the time and so it was only logical for me to just look for an apartment here. I seized the opportunity as one became available and here I am. I hope the novelty of being so close to my friends and being able to spend a lot more time with them never wears off!
So 2011 has started well for me, I hope for you too.
Love always
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