A Restful holiday

So for the past week I've just been resting at my aunts place. Before that I visited both grandmothers place for a night or so. Celebrated my moms youngest uncles bday and met their daughters husband :) her cousin was also visiting and thank God for her!! The mini party started pretty late so at least the cousin kept me company. Well, we both kept each others company. She's around the same age as me so had lots to talk about :D

The past week went by a bit slowly. Woke up, showered, ate and sat in front of the TV. First few days were ok cause it felt nice watching Bollywood movies, but then I started to get a bit bored. We went out every other day to buy groceries an such. Even though the market was close it took quite a while to get there. People here don't really drive properly. There are two lanes, but three cars in a row will drive. And another car will try to come between them. If someone needs to go left, they'll first go to the left side then turn from there.... and that's how traffic jams come to be~

I gotta say, i'm starting to miss my Korean shows and even the American ones xD well, I finally got Running Man to work so YAY!!! Using my cousins interwebz :D hopefully won't finish the data on it...

Still gotta do some shopping, that I've left for the last week cause I just gotta go and buy them. Might get me my own saree :3

Well, thats it for now~  MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!! (I miss my friends so much >_<)

A wedding in Ludhiana

(sorry in advance, cause I'm not able to add all the pics to this post... they will be updated when I'll be back in Finland.. Maybe a bit sooner)\

The day I arrived was busy. Got to take a 2 hour nap after which we went to the tailors to give my measurements for the suit I'd already chosen for the wedding, It's a nice red and gold, with some big details around the neck. Then we went to the shops to get clothes for the other functions. I needed at least two (already had a dress for one of them) and then more for home, or just in case. First it was seeming very hopeless I'd find anything, but just as we were leaving one shopping area my aunt noticed a small shop and we checked it out. it had great Indian clothes that looked good on me and the sort i liked. So I got three outfits from there. We were pretty much done at that point. Then I realized I don't have any small purse, cause my aunt had one that was too bling for me. Then we went to Lifestyle to find some kurtas and a clutch. Got one kurta to wear with jeans and found a clutch, AND I LOVE IT SO!!!! it has pics of Audrey Hepburn on it <3 Found some uber stylish bags of Ginger and I really, really, really want one of the satchel style bag. it's be so handy for me!! I've been missing those. Can't seem to find one back home and kind of sick having a big bag/purse with me. I want it >_<  can't seem to find a pic of them online.... weird.

The next day I left by the 16.30 train to Ludhiana and it was a good journey. Put on my fake nails on the way and watched Fault in Our Stars (worst idea ever!!!), took a nap and we reached my 20.30. Got enough to eat also on the way.

Next day was the engagement party and it started early in the afternoon. I wore a peach color saree, that my aunt lent me and just blow-dried my hair. Simple, yet pretty. Spent the whole party meeting new people and taking care of the kids. The ceremony was nice and the bride was looking gorgeous.
In the evening we celebrated the brides brothers bday. They'd set up a tent and catering in the back yard so everything was great.

Next day was the music night, with just the brides side of the family. I wore a dress I bought from KappAhl and the function was in the evening and outside, so had to take a shawl with me. It was pretty chilly in the evening even though the afternoons are hot like Finnish summer.
This function is a bit different and not celebrated that much in my culture. It was great fun :) even danced a bit with others. One of the brides friends arrived that evening to Ludhiana so came to the party a bit late. I finally got some other company than the kids :D 

We arrived home after 2 am and fell asleep around 3am. Next day was when we get henna done on our hands (the bride got hers done the day before so it'll be dark enough). I woke up early enough cause we were told they'll come by noon. well the arrived around 13 and had to eat something first. By the time I was free and managed to get my hads down, they'd dome many and were already tired, so I'm that happy with what I got.... But it's something.
Another friend of the bride arrived just before lunch on that day and stayed with me in the same room. Now that we were around seven people for the shower the next day, we had to plan it. The wedding was for 11.30, before which was a small brunch at the venue starting at 10.30. So had to wake up accordingly and I wanted my hair done and the hairdresser came around 8. She did my hair into a beautiful bun, though I didn't like how she did my front. I tried to fix it without ruining the back. I started missing Kikka so much at that point. Then I helped get the boys ready and they looked SO HANDSOME in their suit and tie!!! They gonna grow up to be heartbreakers one day xD   So the morning went smooth, even had time to hang around for the ride. Then we went with the people that were staying in  hotel. the venue was decorated beautifully!! It was very open so didn't feel so crowded. The wedding ceremony was delayed by and hour (I think), but we got to see the bride before that. She had a pink langha with with golden details and all. HEAVY AS HELL!! Around 7-8kg and it felt like it when I carried it for a moment before. The ceremony was at their temple and so short. So used ti ours which can take ours, had to make sure they got married xD Then it was back to the venue. Food was great, but didn't eat much cause had enough snacks. The butter chicken was so good that I left it for last.  then I got asked to get food for one of the boys and left my plate there. By the time I got back there my plate vanished.

          

One of the hand, the next day. More and better pics of everything later.

After a while it was time to say good-bye to the newly weds and go home. i was wearing my killer heels (that I'd  left for the last day) and was getting desperate to take them off.

When we got home me and Sohini didi (the friend) ran upstairs to change into our sweats. Oh, good God that relief. After eating a bit we went down to eat, but I was super tired and had to get up super early for the train back to Delhi. We ended up watching a movie on my iPad, but didn't finish it. It was the new Cameron Diaz and Jason Segal movie, Sex Tape. really funny.
Next day woke up at 5.40 to take the train at 6.55. Picked up the friend that was staying at the hotel, downloaded my ticket there (cause i'd turned the data off during the night and forgot to check it in the morning).Went well, got onto the train on time, but then had a problem with the condustor. See, on the way there they didn't check my ID, but i was told that they will. I don't have my license with me cause mom didn't let me take it with me. I ain't gonna carry around my passport, cause i won't be able to leave the country if it gets lost. But for some reason I had my first aid card with me (it has the Red Cross logo on it) so the friend with e managed to talked with the conductor and from 3200 rupees I paid 500. I owe that guy big time!!

My aunt was waiting at the platform and got home well :)  Slept a couple hours and just rested at home. We had dinner at Pizza Hut, nomnom.

More pics and text will be updated later, bye for now~

The departure

Packing was hard this time. I had too many clothes to take with me, even though I'm about to buy more. Parents and other people started scaring me about going alone, as if I'm going to India alone for the first time. Okay, I am gonna be traveling to Ludhiana, but I know to be careful!! 

Makes me regret going on the trip. Maybe should've gone to London instead??

I drove to the airport and it was a bit hard cause so dark! And there were some construction going on near the airport so almost took the wrong lane xD everything else went well, even got time to get me something from Starbucks ;) chocolate chip frappaccino as usual~ 

Anyways, now that I'm on the flight and Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is on, (oh, Thranduil ❤️) I'm suppa excited ~ gonna see my relatives after 4 years and get to go to a wedding~ 

yay, party!! 

The most annoying thing that could happen when in flight, is when you've not been sitten on the aisle seat and you're too Finnish to ask the other person to give way, so that you can go to the bathroom... Of course it happened to me, and of course I'm too Finnish  xD 

A little bit of the last day at work practice: we visited the art museum in Salo (taidemuseo Veturitalli),mother exhibition going on was old pics of Salo city from almost the beginning. I found out that Salo was first only a merchant town. Steam boats were able to come by the river, which is much narrower nowadays. Found out the truth about how Salo burned down in 1887 (I think it was then), cause one 6th grade we were told the truth was never sure. Long story short a tennat owed money to people so he burned the house to get insurance. Because houses were made of wood and that house was in the centre, the whole town burned down. 

The first photo studio in town (when Salo became a city) was owned by a divorced women. Which is very uncommon in the 1800. Many of the photos of the town were taken by here and the enlargened some of the portraits. One particular photo got my interest. It's has two finnish girls and a dark skin girl, who looks like from India area. How and why she got here?! What's her story?! I NEED TO KNOW!!! But, sadly, they don't know the story behind that pic :(  (update: I already went to the bathroom and then I found out that we can get water from the back... I'm just so thirsty now -_-)

After the tour we went into the "Selfie studio" where we coul dress up and take pics. The students, including me, LOVED IT!!! The exhibition is till 18.1. so I can go again and take a better pic!! 

I have now moved into Friends cause I did just watch Hobbit a couple,weeks ago and Guardians of the Galaxy 3 times the past week xD maybe will watch How to Train your Dragon 2 or Juno next... 

I'm traveling again!!

I'm so excited!! I'm going back to the city I was born in! That's Delhi, if you were wondering.
It's been four years since my last visit "home" (Finland is pretty much my home) and that's when we had a family vacation there. We'd visited Jaipur together then mom had to come back, so me, dad and Vipul went to Agra, Kanpur and Varanasi.

This time I'm going alone, 27.11-2.1. I arrive in India on 28th, early in the morning and next day I'm traveling to Ludhiana. I'm going there for a wedding and I don't have anything to wear!!!! PANIC!!!! There are four functions 30.11-3.12.  when the wedding is. So relieved that the journey is just four hours. Downloading couple movies so that'll be around three hours and I got stuff to read. I'll also be putting my fake nails on that journey. I only have one Indian clothes and a dress, that I might wear either on the sangeet or henna function. So the day I arrive 'm going shopping for more clothes!! Every women's dream :D Gotta get matching jewelry and maybe a purse. Not shoes though, cause I know it's gonna be impossible to find even one in my size. I'll be taking two choices of heels with me. They'll have to do.
I'll be trying to update my wedding experience every evening (or something...) with my outfit and all.

Dunno when I'll be travelling back to Delhi, but whenever it is, I'm first gonna be staying a couple days with my aunt then visit my cousins and other relatives. It's gonna be around 4 weeks of just meeting relatives and jumping one house to another. And spending a lot, and I do mean a lot of time, in the car and/or other transportation.

I can't wait to see everyone! Missed everyone soooo much!! Not to mention the food xD So expect lots of food pics/updates. I'm not used to India in the winter, cause here we got insulation and floor heating so don't have to bother with layering up even inside. But I get to spend New Years with my relatives, after so many years :)


On other news, well Vipul's news, he's ok. His holidays just started and he's off to Sydney :) Even though I'm going to India, I'm still jealous of him, cause he gets to meet all the people we haven't seen in 15 years!! He doesn't even remember them, but I do!

I've already started packing and noticed I got tons of clothes, so in the next few days I gotta figure out which ones are unnecessary. WHY IS PACKING SO HARD?!?! But some of the stuff aren't coming back with me, so I can do a lot of shopping ;)

Wednesday is my last day at the junior high. where I've been for work practice. Gonna miss this environment. Pretty much been helping out in the class for foreigner students of 13-17 ages who have just moved to Finland. Since January to October I was in the same class, but in the elementary school and I loved it. I knew what they are going through and how hard it is to suddenly learn a new language, because that's where I started at. Point is, I gotta move onto another school when I come back, but hope to one day work in a similar kind of class. I am also now half way to finishing my degree ^^ Should graduate in June and then I'm off to Australia also!! :)

I promise to try and keep my blog updated through the trip, since I will be getting internet on my phone.
Laters~

A weekend in Stockholm

Stockholm in the morning

After a whole summer of planning to visit Stockholm, we finally did it!! It happened quickly cause dad finally kinda got the weekend off, so he just book a ticket. We left Friday night on Viking Lines new ship Grace. It was so lovely and modern! Just walking in you knew its gonna be beautiful. It is bigger than the other one we usually take, so felt spacious. Our cabin was the simple, windowless cabin. Interior was really nice. After a quick dinner we went to see the ship. It had an a la carte restaurant on the top floor and it looked nice. Menu seemed nice, just not for our family. We checked out the buffet and that had more choices for me, not my vegetarian parents. Decided I'll have breakfast there in the morning. Cause parents told me that we won't be coming back on the same ship, I didn't buy anything. Did make a list of what I'll need to buy when coming back. Otherwise I'd have to skip that day at my work practice and I can't do that. The couches and chairs were so comfy, just wanted to stay in them! After the round we ended at the nightclub, bought cocktails just in time for the performance to start. I stayed for a few songs then went to sleep. Felt like I'd just gone to sleep when my alarm went off, but I was excited for breakfast so it was easy to get up. I paid 11€ for the buffet and the choices of food was good.Range of cut meat, cheese, scrambled eggs. bacon, meatballs. sausage, porridge, sweet buns/muffins. Also included were bread, coffee and tea. Surprisingly I had a few meatballs!! :D they were nom~ 

by the sea

Went back to get our stuff then off to the city!! After reaching the place we were staying I went to sleep till 11-ish, showered, had second breakfast and then we went down the road and there was the sea. I liked that they had a few piers where you could sit. You could also swim there and they'd put up those bars to go in and out of the water. It was just by the road, so if you're out on a walk or something, you could just have a quick dip and continue on :D Took some pics with the family and walked by the sea. Then we took the metro into town for lunch, even though I'd just eaten, but it had been longer for the rest of them. We went to the best Indian restaurant in Stockholm and it really was excellent. Since I wasn't hungry I just tasted a little bit from everyone. For starters we ordered Mango Idli and Himalayan Fountain, which had okra. Main included Mango paneer, Paneer tikka, something chicken and a aubergine dish. The best was the Mango Paneer!! Couldn't ever guess that mango and paneer could go so well together! After lunch we went to get some mini cupcakes to eat at home with tea. In front of the cupcake shop was a Dead Sea cosmetics shop and the guy asked my mom if I'd like a quick treatment. I so didn't want one. Cause I am weak with those kind of people and I also couldn't have been bothered. The guy was super cute though... Turns out they wanted me cause of the acne on my face. See, I don't give a shit about it anymore. It doesn't bother me, so I hate it when it bothers others... Just deal with it.

Himalyan Fountain

the idli

Main :)

The next day I went to Gamla Stan (Old town) alone. After reaching there I realized that I didn't even plan anything to see. So I just ended up walking around and taking pics. I'm not that savy with the camera yet, so the pics are what they are ^^  I wanted to walk towards Slussen, but ended up at the palace, which was totally on the opposite direction! Found a gift for Kikka and a AWESOME souvenir for Akira. Can't wait to give to them. I like older buildings a lot. so just walking there was so surreal. I walked towards Slussen on my own pace and just look around as much as I wanted. But finding my way to Slussen was hard. Went in the wrong direction a few times :D From there I took the metro to T-Centralen, where all the shops were. We planned to meet up there with my parents for lunch anyways, so I just arrived a little early. Just as I came up I saw a H&M so went it. Along with me came 4 nailpolishes, a top and a skirt. Gonna be wearing them on Friday for Kikka's brithday :)

the Palace

I love walking through these kind of streets <3

Behind the building

We had lunch at Pizza Hut!! Oh, how I've missed their pizza <3 We went back to the apartment in time to have tea and pack up the stuff we just bought. On the way we stopped to quickly see the building where the Noble Prizes are held. Didn't get my camera out of the bag on time, but took some pics behind it, cause so pretty~
 We came back by Amorella, which is a much older Viking Line ship. Since I'd only had lunch I knew I'd want dinner. Went to the restaurant where you have to weigh your plate. The whole meal was 18€ and couldn't eat it all :/ From the shop I only got some alcohol drinks, cause they were a bit cheaper then in the shops here. Hang out there for a while then to bed. I woke up before 3am and went to the upper decks so I could use the internet. Called Vip, who was just about to leave to go back to Canberra (He'd spent the weekend in Sydney), then went back to try and sleep. No luck. Straight from Turku I went to work practice and after coming home I slept 4 hours straight :D

Now I'm just waiting for Friday cause I get to see people again, especially Kikka <3

dinner~

Online dating... my stories, my tips

A few years ago I signed up on a random dating site just for the heck of it. Couple days later I'd totally forgot about it. I'd gone back to it over a year later and a bit more frequently. Mostly it was random 5 min chats with guys. Gotten to know their pattern so never lasted :D Until I went to UK. Started talking to a really nice guy and we talked for many days until we ended up meeting while I visited London. We're still in touch and all...

In the past year I took up trying out some of the dating apps I can get on my phone (Lumia) or iPad. Lumia doesn't have anything good so deleted them all. The only one I'm okay with is OkCupid. The longest I was on was Are You Interested. Here are some pointers of how to know what kind of profile to watch out:

No profile picture

I usually don't answer to anyone who doesn't have a profile picture. I kinda like to know what kind of face the recipient has... But I do check out their profile cause sometimes they do have pics of themselves. Don't be shy to check out their profile. You can get a lot out of them, or even nothing...

So this just happened today. Since I'm sick and at home all week, I started going on the app a bit more. Talked with a guy a few hours before gave my Kik id. Then we exchanged our pics and the dude wasn't the same as on the site!! Instant bye-bye!! :''D

"Out of your league"
If the profile pic, in your opinion, is of a person who's so good looking and you know that in real life he'd be totally out of your league. It's probably a fake account trying to get nude pics of you. I if I say to a profile "damn, he's totally out of my leagues" I usually just leave it at that. 

The persistent ones
Holy crap there are so many guys out there who just don't get the hint!! Even when I say "Sorry, don't really wanna continue chatting with you". Then they'll just continue the chat like I didn't even say anything.

"Hello... You there" x 15/min
Which leads to the ones who keep sending messages even _after_ I've said that I'll be back in a few minutes! I come back to 20 "Hello's" and "Where are you!". Unlike you _I_ have a life!! (apparently).
 Once i was talking with quite a nice guy, after telling him that I'm gonna go make rice, he says ok. Then I came back to over 15 "where did you go" "Don't you like me anymore" "Don't you want to talk to me anymore?" .... I was gone max. 5 minutes!! He even knew I'm gonna be away from my iPad. Should've taken a screenshot of how ridiculous it was xD

You're not obliged to continue talking to them if you don't wanna.
Guy's do get super persistent and think you have to talk to them. But you don't. If you're feeling uncomfortable with him, or the conversation is going towards a direction you don't want, just block 'em. I've had to do this more than often. Sometimes they just don't get the hint that it ain't gonna go further.

_That_ pic
Please, oh, please stop sending pics of your dick!! I'd be so happy if I never see one more dick pic in my messages. And it's most creepy when it's out of the blue OR it's right after "Hi" xD Also stop asking for nudes in less then 2 min into chatting. It ain't gonna ever happen.

Taking the chat elsewhere
I don't mind taking the chat out of the dating site (since it sometimes only gives you limited amount of chatting time etc..), but I'm not gonna give you my phone number, Skype or Facebook id. All those are private to me, so no. Kik on the other hand, i'm ok with. And that's something I recommend until you're ready to give some other id. Knowing how cool Whatsapp is, it also means you're giving away your phone number. Please reconsider that a million times before you give it. That's why I like Kik.

"Let's meet up" *Lives 3000km away*
I am all ears if you have an idea of how we gonna meet. You coming from the US?? Cause I don't have 2000€ to fly anywhere for one "date". Just saying... Anyone who says this and knows it's impossible to meet and still has high hopes... Be realistic!! Cause I definatly am.

"You're my gf now"
Wait, WHAT?!! We've literally been chatting for 5 minutes. It ain't that fast and I'm definatly not. Also, let's be realistic again.

"Hallo, howz u?"
If I see a simple "Hello" written a different way, I ain't even gonna answer back. Bad grammar kinda does annoy me. Especially if it's something simple. I know my grammar isn't the best either, but some effort does go a long way. And don't try to shorten everything. If it's "Finland" then write "Finland". If I can write the whole word, so can you.

On other news, I watched the fourth season of Pretty Little Liars. Even though the girls annoy me, it's still addictive.. AND HOLY CRAP, EZRA!!!!! totally shocking twist... and there were two song I liked from that season: Sail - AWOLNATION and I Am Dust - Gary Numan . Just been on repeat for the past week :D 

Tomorrow I get to go back to work practice!! I was home sick, all last week. Excited~

#kustumua

About a week ago a story about a Finnish 18 -year old boy stopping bullies, bullying another boy, went viral. That got the attention of the president and a campaign called Kutsu Mua (Call Me) started. People started taking pictures of themselves with words they've been called as. Crossed them over and wrote something they would've rather been known as. This is, in my opinion, brilliant. Definatly something I want to be part of. I wasn't able to take the pic right away, but as soon as I could, I did.

My eyes look kinda crazy xD
"Nigger Alibaba  Indian"

My story starts when we came to Finland  and I transferred to the normal class. I got called nigger a lot. Later that year Alibaba started... No idea why... First I didn't get why they were dissing my color and kept saying it'll rub off on them if I'd touch the. I wasn't familiar with racism in Australia or India. I didn't get why I couldn't just be known as simply as Indian and why it was so hard to deal with a different colored person. I got bullied for other stuff also, but this one still hurts inside. Going to school was super difficult. I still find it difficult when meeting new people if they'll diss me for being darker.

I befriended Kikka and maiju over 10 years ago and they became very good friends. Got some of my confidence back until Maiju and me kinda fell apart. But Kikka and me stayed friends and I over came my shyness even more during the years.
As years went by I got more friends and good friends! Saw that everyone in this town isn't like that and it helped me move on. Now I'm much stronger then 10 years ago and I don't even care to have anything to do with my previous classes.
Not all my friends were there for me, but time showed me who I should really trust. That's all the tip I can give. Trust the people that have been there for you through that hard times, they'll definatly give you strength.  And if after the next 10 years they're still there? Be grateful, be so so grateful!! :)

That's enough for blast from the past, I must go sleep :D

100 things about me

I've been wanting to write something for a while now, just couldn't come up with something. My friend challenged me to write this, so here it goes :D

1) Full name: Nupur Nijhawan

2) Male/Female: Female

3) Were you named after anyone?:  No. Dad just liked the name. Mom liked Nivruti :D

5) Nickname(s): Nuppe 

6) What do you think you look like? Human? :D

7) Date of birth: 8.2.1991

8) Place of birth and current location: Born in Delhi, India. Living in Salo, Finland (for 14 years now)

9) Nationality: Finnish/Australian (Indian...??)

10) Astrology sign: Aquarius

11)Chinese astrology sign: Goat.. apparently :D 

12) Religion: No thank you.

13) What's your favorite smell?: New book.

14) Political Position?: Ummm...

15) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?: Something I can dink quickly :D 

16) Hair + eye color: Black and brown

17) Do you look like anyone famous?: BAH!! no :'D

18) What do you look like?: Haven't I answered this already?!

19) Any unusual talents?: ... I dunno

20) Righty, lefty, or ambidextrous?:  Righty

21) Gay, straight, bi, or other?: Straight

22) What do you do for a living?:  Studying to be school assistant :)

23) What do you do for fun?:  Watch Doctor Who or hang out with friends, watch a movie. 

24) What are your favorite art materials to work with?:  Acrylic paint, paper and scissors 

25) What kind of materials would you like to work with?:  stuff...

26) Have you met your grandparents?:  Yep

27) Boyfriend/Girlfriend: Nope

28) Crush: ... Surpringly don't have any at the moment :D

29) What celebrity would you date if you could?:  Chris Hardwick

30) Current worries?:  Moving to Australia

31) Favorite online guy/girl(s): My friends <3

32) Favorite place to be?: In my bed

33) Least favorite place to be?: In a awkward situation

34) Do you burn or tan?: Tan. For some fucking reason

35) Ever break a bone?: nope

36) What is your favorite cereal?: Don't eat cereal that much..

37) Person you cry with: Myself

Do you have... 

38) Any sisters: nope

39) Any brothers: A younger bro

40) Any pets: Nope :(

41) An illness: Kinda...

42) A pager: Too young to ever have one

43) A personal phone line: No

44) A cell phone: Oh yeah.. Lumia T_T

45) A visible birthmark: Nope

46) A pool or hot tub: Jacuzzi counted in this??

47) A car: Don't own one, no. 

Describe your...

48) Personality: Social. I guess :D

49) Driving: Mostly careful

50) Your clothing style: Mostly comfy yet presentable. Sometimes all out, Indian style :D

51) Room: A bit messy for long period of time

52) What's missing: My bro

53) School: It was ok

54) Bed: It's great to hang out in :) super comfy and wide enough

55) Relationship with your parent(s): Daddy's daughter :D

56) Do you believe in yourself?: Dunno yet...

57) Do you believe in love at first sight?: Not really

58) Consider yourself a good listener?: Yeah, unless it's a teacher talking about really boring :D

59) Have a future dream that you would like to share?:  Going to Australia, get a good job. 

60) Get along with your parents?:  Suuuure....

61) Save your e-mail conversations?: Kinda

62) believe in god?: Not really

63) Believe in reincarnation?: Naaah

64) Brush your teeth twice a day?: No

65) Like to talk on the phone?:Yeap :D

66) Like to eat?: I am Indian!! xD

67) Like to exercise?: Depends on the mood.

68) Like to watch sports?: Not really. Sometimes cricket with dad.

69) Sing in the car?: Yess!!

70) What is a dream that you have all the time?: I'm flying

71) Dream in color?: I like to think so 

72) Do you have nightmares?:  Sometimes

73) Sleep with a stuffed animal?: Yes. Lamby and Baloo

74) What's right next to you?: My iPad, Pillows, bottle... many other things

75) What's on your favorite mug?: it says "Take it easy..." on it :)

76) What's on your mouse pad?: I don't own one

77) Your favorite flavor of gum: Don't think I have one

78) Your brand of deodorant: Rexona

79) Your dream honeymoon spot: Haven't decided yet

80) Your dream husband/wife: Ummm.... Chris Hardwick

81) What's hiding in your closet?: My clothes!! and some books and other unnecessary stuff :D

82) Under your bed: A box with hair stuff :)

83) The name of one of your closest/best friends: Kikka, Emmi, Hanna, Akira, Markus, Julia, Heli, ... There's a few :D

84) Your bad time of the day: night. Mornings

85) Your worst fear(s): Spiders or snakes crawling over me

86) What's the weather like: right now? Cold.. Rainy

87) Your favorite time of year?: Summer

88) Your favorite holiday?: Halloween, Diwali, New Years 

89) A material weakness?: Pretty stuff :D nail poilishes

90) The weirdest food or drink that you like: Toast topped with Nutella and banana slices <3

91) At the top of your "to-do list"?:  Write a few blog posts :D

92) The hardest thing about growing up: Growing up!!

93) A pet peeve?: I seriously can't think of one. I have a few, but can't remember right now :'''DDD

94) Your scariest moment/s: It was more scary/exciting when I went to UK knowing i'll be there for the next 3 months.

95) Your attitude about love?: It's a strong word.

96) The funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex?: Wrote letters/text messeges :''D

97) The worst feeling in the world: Little children suffering and you can't do anything about it

98) The best feeling in the world: We're still alive

99) Who sent this to you?: Hanna 

100) a picture of you: see bio!

DONE! Next week I'll probably post about bullying since it's going on here. Until next time :)

Bye Bye Brother

Past couple days I've been a bit down cause I'm starting to miss my little bro so much.

Just over a week ago we said goodbye to Vipul, who moved to Canberra to study. Only a week before that he got into Australian National University!! So everything went so quickly, in a week we we're saying goodbye to him at the airport.

The night he got the email we all stayed up to call the Uni about him arriving late. He was supposed to be there on the Monday. Well they understood and he got one extra week.

The Tuesday before he left we went to Helsinki to celebrate and met up with family friends who are visiting from US.

In the morning I woke up late, but in time to go for a quick swim with Emmi~ Quickly got ready and we left for Helsinki. First had coffee and cake at Fazer (omnomnomnom~) walked around the esplanade a bit. Dinner at China Tiger and I had the sweet chicken. Its was good!! Then a drink at Kappeli and back home :)

Tried to take a couple pics with Vip, but he just wouldn't let us :(

Well on Wednesday we just spent packing his stuff, he took his PC with him so had to fit that in, and just having fun. We managed to watch a Running Man episode before going to sleep, and it was a good episode!!! (ep205) The guests were awesome!! :D

Woke up just before 3am so that we could leave on time. At the airport spent some family time with Vip, then we just _had_ to say goodbye.

Him going to Australia meant that we dunno when we'll be seeing him next!! It's so expensive to go there, and we need the time also! He definitely doesn't wanna come back here. Well, then I gave it a lot of thinking (pretty much all day long for a couple of days) and some digging on what i could study in TAFE. Found some courses that is similar to the one I'm  doing now. I think I'm pretty sure I wanna move to Sydney when I graduate here.

I can't stand to be away from Vip, so knowing that i could be somewhat closer in a year comforts me a lot!! Plus I'll get to see people again I haven't seen in 15 years!!! And Natalie, whom I haven't seen in a couple years :D 

I was gonna put some pics of us with Vip, but since he doesn't like it, I'm not gonna :P

I guess that's it for now, me trying not to miss Vipul. 

Laters~~

Nothing stronger than the bond between best friends

I just came home from spending 4 lovely days in Mikkeli, visiting Kikka~

So me and Kikka have known each other for 13 years now!! We met in the summer of 2001, but befriended more the year later. Pretty much been there for each other since then :) We're pretty different in many ways and that probably why we get a long so well :D we learn so much from each other. 

Kikka and me at Mikael concert hall

So a year ago she got into studying music for a year (she's been singing and playing stuff for many years now) in Otava opisto. There she met Mikael and they hit it off so now they've been together for almost a year :D After graduating they both decided to stay in Mikkeli and it's kinda easy for them also cause they get to stay with Mikael's parents :) 

They've been trying to get me to visit them since Kikka started studying there, but i've been either too busy or couldn't afford the trip. Well, since I had to cancel my trip to Barcelona with Heli I decided to finally make the trip to Mikkeli. Left on Saturday late afternoon and it's a 4 hour drive so reached there after 21. They'd gone to get pizza, which was really good!!! We watched Fifth Element then called it a night.

View while sitting at the harbor on Monday

I got up waaaaay too early, 8am!! On a Sunday!!! So got all ready cause I know Kikka wakes up on time, but after waiting till noon I took a nap after which Kikka did wake up. Not surprised that she slept so late cause she was at a camp the whole previous week. First we went into town since it was Mikaels birthday we got him his gift and went to Amarillo for lunch. After that we went to Anttola so they could get some stuff from Mikaels place and they showed me around. Later in the evening we walked to the city so that me and Kikka would know the way there. 

Bday lunch~

Monday I woke up a bit late, got ready and walked to town. Damn it was hot!!!! And I had wrong clothes on. Obviously. Didn't find what I was looking for so met up with Kikka after she got off work and we hang out on the lake for a while before going home. Later in the evening ended back at Anttola :D 

Tuesday Kikka was getting off work earlier so we went to meet her there and just followed her on her errands :D We got home too early with nothing to do so went for a drive and they showed me some areas nearby and where they studied. Back home we had nothing to do so decided to show them Running Man. Ended up watching it alone. xD

So what I thought of Mikkeli: beautiful, calm and seemed much cleaner then Salo xD I loved that there's a lake where ever you go!! Especially right next to the railway and bus station. We have the sea right there, but a lake is so much better~

Ended up wearing the same skirt all four days, and thank God I even took a skirt with me!! Packed a few extra clothes cause the weather has been so unpredictable. Had I known it was gonna be this hot I'd had a smaller bag with me :''D

The times while Kikka was up I got to know Mikael a bit more :) It's not like we don't have anything in common :'D All in all, I had a wonderful time and so happy I got to spend it with two great people!! :)

Now that I'm home and it's finally hot again, i hope to find someone who'd go swimming with me before it gets cold again.

Mikkeli from up high

Loving this sunset pic of the love birds :P

                                           

oh look, ME!!

Got home around 10pm with the sun setting <3

                                               

What else... Well, I noticed that Disney has continued Boy Meets World with Girl Meets World, where they continue after 10years after BMW. Before seeing the trailer I thought they made a remake of it, but then 'Cory' and 'Topanga' show up and I freaked~!!!! So then I started watching BMW, cause i didn't know that it's till season 7 xD Since our internet hasn't been working, I couldn't torrent it, so I'm having to watch it online... At least I found them. The kids shows in the 90's were so much better that one doesn't have to twinge while watching the episodes. Miss shows like this one... Hopefully Girl Meets World will be at least close to the original.

Vip got his results back and kinda sad now :/ he needed a 5 in chemistry to get into Australia, but got 4 and it was just away from one point for a 5!!! So he asked it to be checked again and we all have our fingers crossed! Also, we might be going to Rome in a few weeks :D

The plan is to go to Rome, where we'll reach late evening. Drive to a town between Naples and Pompeii, stay the night there. See Pompeii the next day then the day after that drive back to Rome and spend the last 4 days there. Hoping we'll actually go, cause who knows when we'll be able to have a family vacation once Vip goes off to study... Plus, it's Italy~ Me and papa have been planning this for so many years now xD

The exciting news....

...there  is none. Well, kinda.

Was planning to go to Barcelona with Heli, but it was becoming too expensive since I was too late to book it all. Plane tickets + hostel + food and other expenses = 1000€ at least! Well dad then said that I could go another time with friends, so maybe something will happen in the autumn or next year, after graduating.
Right now we're planning a family holiday to Italy~~  Excited about that!! Just need to find my cameras charger. It's been a couple weeks since I've been looking for it.
So instead of going abroad with a friend I'm gonna be going to Mikkeli to meet Kikka. I was already planning to go there, nothing changed with that plan :P

I'm watching Ted now... dunno why. Still funny though xD Maybe finish Broadchurch then go to sleep. Thank God for Tumblr to keep me company.

Juhannus!! and other stuff

This weekend we celebrated the longest day of the year aka mid-summer aka Juhannus. On Friday I had a girls night with my two other closest friends Emmi and Hanna <3 we decided to do a "Sex and the City" themed party so had to dress up for it.

One week ago Emmi asked me to help her choose a dress for the party and of course I would! We went to all the shops, but they didn't have those kind of dresses anymore! The last shop we went to was H&M and Emmi did find a dress so she went to try it on, while I was looking for another size for a top we noticed earlier. When going towards the fitting room I noticed on the sale rack a awesome looking lace LBD. I did fall in love with it and looked for Emmis size. They had it!! Quickly rushed to Emmi and gave it to her. She then decided to buy that and the one she chose, but didn't know yet which one to wear for the party. I, of course, said that the lace one is perfect for it. The  on this Friday, before I could even ask which one she chose, she told me that she took the lace one with her cause her boyfriend also liked it :D happy me was happy~ 

I took, with me, a dress mom had bought from India for me. It's kinda 60's style, but good for our theme. Hanna wore a black dress also. 

We decided we'll all bring something to eat and I made a cheesecake for the first time. You'd think that since I love cheesecake I'd have made it many times already, but no. I had tried a few times, but something always went wrong until I found this very simple recipe. It came out perfect! Everybody loved it! we had guests at home so left them a big piece and they all loved it also. :)

I took strawberries to eat with the cake, Emmi brought fruits and Hanna made chicken pie~

Before eating we went for sauna. Very traditional for juhannus! Though people usually celebrate it at their summer cottage, have BBQ and sauna all day. At least we got to have sauna :D 

So after eating we got ready to party~ We got ready I  time so left to have a drink at a terrace bar cause the sun came out. But when we got to the city noticed that almost all of them were closed!! Except for one. Anyways, we had 30min to pass until the proper place opened. 

Emmi and Hanna <3

              

puspus*

              

We'll then we danced all night~ Met a group of guys and they weren't from Salo! Who the hell comes to Salo to party xD the guy from Tampere had family or something in Pertteli so came here for Juhannus.
We left after 3am and the sun was already rising! Welcome to Finland~

Next day, when Juhannus is actually celebrated, Markus called me to invite me to Annika's place. First I said no, cause I was tired, but kinda wanted to spend time with them so went after all. Akira was singing karakoe when I arrived and I said immediately I ain't singing today cause I had no voice left xD later in the evening I ended up singing Hurricane by 30 Seconds to Mars <3 We played a couple of board games, Isäntä vs. Emätntä and a Mr. Bean game. I left around 23 made me an epic chicken grilled sandwich, watched Frozen and went to sleep

Clockwise: Markus, me, Akira and Annikka <3

Today dad still wanted to go watch Edge of Tomorrow so we went to Turku to watch it. It was ok. Better then Oblivion!! xD The end was dumb, dunno why they left it like that. Of course they'll get together! 

After coming home I finished watching Orphan Black. I started watching it last week cause I wanted to know what all the fuss is about. Well, it is awesome! That Helena is all sorts of problems!! And Tatiana Maslany deserve so much recognition!! I mean, she plays min. 4 characters each episode then comes two more. And all of them so different! I'd go crazy having to act so many different personalities. Good finale! Didn't have a annoying cliffhanger like Castle and Bones. 

    

Before Juhannus I did some more henna :) I think the back hand came out pretty good!

Got some exciting news soon!! Prob mention something about it later this week :D Or edit it on this post... Stay posted!!

Särkäniemi and Mummy's bday :)

So on Monday we visited Särkäniemi. It's the biggest amusement park in Finland, located in Tampere. Somewhat 160km north of Salo. There's a another amusement park in Linnanmäki, but it is a bit smaller. Plus Särkäniemi has dolphins!! And for a few years now, Angry Bird Land.



Angry Bird Land

We left home around 9.30, but were on our way by 10. Closer to Tampere I took a short break, but we reached just before 12.30. So first we had lunch in the parking lot then up to buy tickets. Got the wrist band for my cousin and her older daughter, me and her husband just wanted to see the dolphins so bought the ticket for that :D The next show was at 15, so we had time to look around and even the kids got to ride a couple rides.
The dolpin show was pretty good, but the one two years ago was much better. By the time it ended I was desperate for a nap, so we agreed on a time to meet my cousin and to the car I went! Bad idea!!! The car was so HOT!! Didn't want to waste the cars battery by turning on the AC so just gave up. Spent the rest of the day by taking care of the little one while her mom and sister go on rides. My cousin rode the almost all of the rides and I bought a ticket to ride one with her :)
We left Särkäniemi around 19 and ate at Hesburger. Long time since I'd eaten there :D When we reached home, i went straight to bed.

Before the dolpin show

Jumping dolpins~

place setting with cake and gifts

Wednesday was moms 50th birthday. Me and Vip made her a collage from old pics and some newer ones. We found some of her childhood and collage pics and went through our Australia albulms and chose a few from there. In the end we had about 14 pics to copy. At the shop I decided to take a few away cause getting them copied was so expensive. To fill in the gaps I took some pics from the computer and scaled them down a bit. On Sunday (before Särkäniemi) me and Vip quickly made it while everyone was sleeping, but mom still managed to come in the room when I was finishing it up. I don't think she saw anything then. I told Vip to go buy the frame for it before Wednesday and he did. Dad had ordered iPad for mummy, but it hadn't arrived till Tuesday so we were panicking about it a bit. But thankfully it did arrive on Wednesday :D
For the cake I made a simple strawberry-cream cake and Dhriti helped me make it :) after lunch we were after mummy to change her clothes so we could start the celebrations properly. Took her long enough, but by the time she was getting ready we packed last of the gifts. We'd given the collage (card) at midnight, so that was done. Mom had bought herself a shirt so we packed that in my iPad Mini box to troll her and stacked the gifts so, that she'd oped that one first. After the cake we made her open them and she even said that she didn't expect us to get her an iPad when opening the fake packet. But the we made her open the last one and was totally surprised :D After having cake the sun was shining so we went outside to take pics.

Family pic in the garden

For dinner mummy made Shai Paneer, papa made his Varanasi style Matar Aloo and didi made mine and Vips favorite Butter Chciken! The best home-made butter chicken I've had in a long time <3

That night I couldn't sleep. I got restless legs, so whenever I fell asleep my legs decided to start kicking on it's own. Got so frustrated -.-'
So I got up when I heard others were awake and went out. I think by 11 I went back to sleep and finally slept~ Thankfully I woke a couple hours before my cousin would be leaving for the airport, so got to say bye to them :)

On Friday I met Emmi after a long time. She asked me to help her buy a dress for our themed girls night next Friday (/Mid-Summer party). The theme is Sex and the City :P Only a couple weeks ago there were many nice party dresses and now it was so hard to find something decent. Our last stop was H&M. She found something and went to try it, while I stayed behind to look for a top I'd seen earlier. By chance when going towards the fitting room I glanced at the sale rack and found the perfect dress for her!! So happy she decided to buy it!! Now just hoping she'll wear it on Friday :D I already know what I'm gonna wear :)
Tried to get Heli to come to Salo for mid-summer, but she decided to stay with family. Well maybe we'll see each other another time this year.