She's Alive

Yes, indeed I am still very much alive and well with pictures from today. I have stacks upon stacks of pictures to share, ideas to put into words and motivation for all kinds of projects. So what's the problem?

Well, TIME! I have no time... At this moment, I am trying to complete my first year of my Master's
degree, survive and occasionally also sleep. There is very little time for those things that used to be so precious to me. I can barely manage to do my nails, which used to be a very basic thing for me. Sure at the same time I have become much more efficient with the time that I do have, and am somewhat better at prioritizing. Yet still most days I feel like the day has gone by and I didn't do anything just for myself and relaxation. I guess its just one of those things that belongs to this part of my life, and I can enjoy my free time when I'm old and grey but boy is it exhausting all the same.

On a positive note, yes there is such a thing, I am happier than ever. Sure at times I feel a tad lonely, since I don't have much time for friends either hope they still exist, but most of my days go by in a flash and when my head hits the pillow I feel content. Its like this saying about finding something you never thought you wanted, what I have now is something I didn't really think about that much before but I am glad my life shaped out like this. I have to say, since graduating high school my life has gone more on the flow rather than according to a master plan. I guess thats why I relate to this quote:

"Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans"

At this moment my biggest concern is my Master's thesis, that yes I am already forced to think about and write but I suspect that there is a good reason for that. Its probably also one of the reasons I am back here, I'm trying to enhance my writing skills again. Of course writing academic English is a tad different than maintaining a blog, but at least getting used to the momentum and amount required would be nice. Also I suspect I have way too much bottled up in my mind, in the form of little projects that I want to complete, so I feel I need a place to unload all the excess of thought from my brain here. This could of course mean that at times, my texts will be so out of my mind that they will be hard to follow but its a calculated risk I am willing to take. So to anyone reading this, I'm not as crazy and sad as I seem, I just have a lot on my mind. Also I am quite aware that I have been off and on again kinda blogger for quite some time, but hopefully I can establish a better allocation of time for this little hobby of mine as its still always on my mind.

Sunny day outing

Just a quick look into my everyday life, well not everyday but when I venture out for a walk. Good exercise especially with my little load of drinks. Trying to get into shape for the wedding!

Shine bright like a Diamond

Just a quick post about this wonderful sunset I captured while out grocery shopping. I'd say its one of the little joys of life, especially in Finnish winter to capture the sun. I at least enjoy it greatly. Hope you guys enjoy it too. 

Itsenäisyyspäivä

Today has been a real holiday, well all my days are kinda like a holiday. Independence day is usually spent relaxing, eating and watching the presidential party broadcast (which is a Finnish equivalent to the Oscars). Earlier today it was snowing quite a lot so we decided to take a little stroll in the winter wonderland. I thought it would be a great time to break out my new lovely red scarf, which has many bloggers seem to have as well just in different colors. I had a though time choosing a color for myself but I figured red would be a nice change for me. I didn't realize that it would for some reason look odd in these pictures with that grainy green spots. The more I look at that pic the more mad I get. I tried to fix it and thought I succeeded but seems its still grainy. Oh well you can't win everyday. Haha. It seems the graininess theme is on all my pictures where ever there is red. Well hope you guys still enjoy these pics.

Fresh New Look

Spent some time today to update the header of the blog to something more in the spirit of spring and summer. I went through so many pictures especially pictures from different trips abroad. Its a dangerous thing as now I just wanna fly away somewhere warm, but to keep my feet on solid ground its best to just look at these pictures of a winter wonderland.

Sailed Away

A very very good friend of mine lives in Turku and here are some pictures from when I went to visit her. I really like the feeling I get when in Turku, the old buildings with the colorful walls. It just lifts your spirit even if the weather is kinda gloomy. Another thing that is quite uplifting is the absolutely cute little puppy my friend has, so full of energy and soft!!! It just reminds me of when our old goldie was a little pup and fell asleep in the middle of playing. 

I often dream of living in one of these kinds of old buildings, for some reason I'm especially in love with the windows. I dream of those windowsills where I could have plants and other little things, though most likely I would kill the plants. I swear either I forget to water them or I give them too much water, and then the one time I think I'm doing a good job, it still dies. I think I even killed a cactus. Plastic flowers for me perhaps?

Erittäin rakas ystäväni asustelee Turussa ja tässä tulee jotain kuvia siitä kun sinne eksyin. Pidän erityisesti siitä tunteesta jonka Turussa saan. Ihastuttavat vanhat talot pirteineen väreineen. Se vain piristää päivää vaikka olisi synkkä päivä. Toinen aivan ihastuttavan piristävä juttu oli mun ystäväni suloinen pikku koiranpentu. Niin energinen ja pehmoinen koiruus. Muistutti mua siitä kun meidän vanha kultsu oli pentu ja nukahti kesken leikin. 

Last time I saw that boat was in Egypt, viimeksi kun näin ton laivan oli Egyptissä

Mä usein unelmoin asuvani tälläisessä vanhassa talossa, erityisesti rakastan ikkunoita. Kuvittelen kaikenlaisia sisustusratkaisuja niille ikkunalaudoille, esim kukkia ja pikku esineitä. Tosin varmasti tappaisin kukat tavalla tai toisella. Mä joko unohdan kastella ne tai sitten annan liikaa vettä, mulle on jopa käynnyt niin että olevinaan kastelin juuri sopivasti ni silti se kukka kuoli. Taisin joskus jopa tapppa kaktuksen. Pitäisi varmaan tyytyä muovikukkiin.

Winter Wonders

At heart I have always loved winter, especially the time when snow looks like little diamonds in the sun. Id rather have snow than rain! I greatly dislike rain, since it just gets my feet wet. Also theres the point of snow making everything look clean and pure, its a comforting thought in my mind for this otherwise dark season. When I was younger I could take the cold weather better than now, today I'm just dreaming of a warm sunny beach to lay on. I guess thats what they call getting older.

Mä olen aina rakastanut talvea, erityisesti sitä kun aurinko paistaa ja lumi näyttää pikkusilta timanteilta. Musta on parempi että sataa lunta kuin vettä. Mä en voi sietää vetta, varsinkin kun siitä saa märät jalat. Tietty pitää muistaa et lumi saa kaiken näyttämään puhtaalta ja viattomalta, se on lohduttava ajatus näin synkässä vuodenajassa. Joskus silloin ku olin nuorempi ni mä kestin tätä kylmää säätä paremmin mut nykyään sitä vaan unelmoi lämpösestä ja aurinkoisesta rannasta. Tämä on kai tätä vanhemista.

Sudden Panic

Suddenly today a strange feeling of panic came upon me. Perhaps it wasn't panic but a realization that time had passed by quickly. Today my credits jumped from 101 to 150 meaning that I need 15 credits for courses, 15 from my thesis and 30 for practical training. The process of writing my thesis is already underway and courses are being studied at the pace of 19 credits. So technically I will have everything done about academics this spring. Then all I need to do is a practical training. So graduation is close at hand. YAAY.

Ok too personal for a change. The cold weather that we have here in Finland reminded me of some pictures I have taken in similar weathers. I did try to wonder out these past days, just the cold that I have is not permitting me to move or be awake that much. I really love winter time, especially when you have lots of snow and its really cold. The cold temperature makes the snow look like diamonds. I have this quote about the snow but its in Finnish, so this is my attempt to translate it:

"Diamonds on the snow? Lapland surprise always, frost even builds a road for a prices to walk on."

Somehow snow covered trees are just so magical to me. Everything about snow is, well not that wet kind of snow or the time when snow melts. For me I hate rainy weather, I don't like having my socks wet. Yet I like light rain of summer, just not poring rain.

I was pondering today about making a outfit post, since I got some neat clothes from Canada that would be nice to post about. Yet since my shopping habits are on a freeze I don't know how long I could keep up with it or maybe I can demonstrate how to survive outside the modern consumer focused life. Dunno if anyone will be interested but I could give it a try. Anyway the point here is to show the things I find beautiful. I might not be to most fashionable person, but I wear what I like and I'm happy with that.

Well this seems the end of this post, I'm going to try to take some pictures today as I'm going to Helsinki. I always feel funny taking pictures in Helsinki, since I've been there so many times with my sister that it seems to familiar yet I have so few pictures from there. So time to feel like a tourist today.

The Absence of Snow

As we all at least in Finland can see, there is very little snow at this time of year. I can't really remember a year with so little snow, yet my mom can. So because of that I've been looking at old pictures of snow, some years you could walk on a lake, since the ice was so thick. Now these pictures don't really show lots of snow, but I'll try to get over my laziness and show you guys some proper snow days :) and yes in Finland we never have a snow day(free day from school because of snow), we always go to school no matter what the weather.

I made this door decoration a few years ago, and I still think its cool :)

The Day it Snowed

So a few days ago it snowed a little bit here in Guelph. I already posted about it but here are some more evidence of it. I can't wait for more snow, love love it!

Snow

YAAAY. Its finally snowing here! I'm sitting in class and looking out the window at the snow storm. It looks so beautiful, just like Christmas!! I'll try to take a picture after class and post it here.