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