maanantaina, tammikuuta 31, 2005
crazy man
well. quick update. on friday i went gift shopping with Suvi Lemetyinen. bought sweets and all the things that i needed to. we then went a lil window shopping. was super fun. found out that Juuso and Jamppo setä were at the SaiPa game too. at the same place. weird that we didn't see them.aft that came back. 'chilled' in the room. haha. Suvi's parents came over, since Juuso was at a disco at school (yep, disco at school, and he's only 12). they did the 'adult stuff' in the living room while Suvi and me watching the Miriam thing. *laughs her head off* really fun watching how stupid and desperate men can be.
on saturday emma and julia came over. had alot of fun gossiping and such. haha. yea me, gossiping. well, who says i can't right. salla couldn't come. but i shall miss my soul sisters!! tired to talk much abt that and all, so shall skip to sunday.
sunday. meri and suvi picked us up to go see their mummi (gmother). their grandmother was very nice and had a very nice house. me and Meri then played the piano there! shall miss meri and suvi too. funny, though we don't really remember us playing happily when we were young, we still 'clicked' really well, and had a lot of fun together.
monday aka today. went out early in the morning. got mushrooms frm this lady at armada. headed to the linnotus. then there came this crazy man. he asked us what we were doing as if we couldn't be there. at first we didn't notice that he was crazy. he spoke gd english. came frm peru. then he started asking weird questions like, when does you train leave? and then he told us that he had come back to finland because the consulate sent him. he was in a mental institute in peru. *shivers* well, we just let him go on his way and went to majurska.
in majurska i had some fun. met this muslim guy who is frm Kosovo. yep. it took me 2 and a half months before i met another muslim person in finland. haha. so, he sat at our table with us and chatted. told us he had escaped frm there during the unrest 12 years ago and now was working at a refugee area as a translator. spoke finn remarkably well. talked abt dairy products and all. asked abt singapore. had alot of fun chatting with him.
aft that we went to take some photos. then went to iso christina to develop them. aft that we went to look at some stuff in antilla and vero moda. then i ran to get the photos while isoäiti went grocery shopping.
aft that we came home. i packed, and now am blogging. really very tired aft packing. there was a lot of things. and i mean ALOT. somehow, i managed to get all the things in, and säsä claimed that the skill comes frm him. haha.
now i'm just resting, waiting for the trip tml. in around 1 and a half days i'll be home. till then, tata
marlz
1/31/2005 04:30:00 ip.
sunnuntai, tammikuuta 30, 2005
schools out
on friday i didn't have any school. really enjoyed my time in IB though. the pace was right, the subjects were interesting. i really think its my cup of tea. i also loved the company and the ppl there.Juha-Pekka Peltola. the tall principal. very polite and nice. a proper gentleman. i must really thank him alot for allowing me to be a part of his school for a short while and being the fun-nest principal i've ever met. it was really a pleasure to know him
Anne. my english teacher, and the one who i had the most contact with. a super fun individual/stern teacher whom students fear. (lol, they haven't seen mr san yet) and a very good teacher =)
Antti. my history teacher. he kinda reminds me of mr collin. hmmm. lame and corny, with a relaxed teaching method. and he has a cool sense of fashion!
Kati. my snow sister! took care of me during all history lessons and told me many things. enjoyed my time with you and i won't forget them. esp the disco and coffee. *huggles* cool and unique. she looks like an ice queen but is a really groovy individual *huggles*
Emma,Salla,Julia. the blond, the brunette and the redhead. what a combination! my fashion gurus and soul sisters! pretty and self confident, they can't be separated. and they are quite hard to defeat too, somewhat like charlies angels. lol. Emma, the living proof that blonds are not dumb. Salla aka ubi, the quirky one. hyperactive and never dull! Julia, the cool and calm one. going to miss all of you being around me and asking me for coffee. you made me feel welcome and became super important to me not only during my stay here, but forever. *muacks* loadsa love to you all.
Elina. the dancer. quiet and rather shy. she was the first one to adopt me into her group for history stuff. shall miss her loads.
also, the first group i went out with on the first day!
Nadja, Julia (the exchange student) Mikko M. Mikko H. Atte, Mitjo.
very fun lot. my partner for english. the groovy exchange student. the class clown aka Duke of Mikkonistan. the fair and rather quiet classmate. the clever one. and last but not least, the vocal and polite one, who never forgot to say hi and smile everyday. all of you were super fun to get to know. shall miss being in the same class as you.
Ville the genius and Sonja the sweet. really nice ppl. smart, optimistic and ever loving towards each other. he was very fun to joke with and she was very nice to talk to. =) wishing you two all the best in your relationship and also for the rest of your time in school!
MariMikko. like their names, they are truly inseparable. there is no Mari and Mikko. its MariMikko, ALWAYS. really a sweet couple and nice to chat with.
Laura. the strong one. smart and always vocal. she always gives her opinion. free spirited. really someone i admired for her courage from the start. =)
and last but definitely not least,
Lilli and Sini the really quite ones. its a pity i did not get to know the two of you better, but i hope i get to one day. best wishes for the best of you.
yep, all the ppl i met at Lyseo. thank you to all of you for making my time there enjoyable and fun. =)
1/30/2005 11:16:00 ap.
torstaina, tammikuuta 27, 2005
SaiPa vs Lukko
the 2nd post of the day!yesterday was my free day, so i was not in school. went out with isoäiti to look at souveneirs and things like that. aft that we came home and i waited for Meri and Suvi to call cos we were going to the 'disco' bowling. well, if i were to translate it directly from the Finn 'hohto keilaus' it'll sound silly, but since there is disco music and lights and atmosphere, i'll call it that. so anyways, they came kinda late, Meri said she had car problems. so they picked me up and drove me to the sports hall. we were kinda late, around 5 minutes or so. but i had fun. this time i was the last! *marlz cries* nvm, have to practice more! haha. after that we actually wanted to go for drinks but Meri wanted to go home and study, so they dropped me off at home and went on their way. not before settling that we meet on Friday and then on Sunday again. ahakz. so fun.
before my sappy post i was at school for history. well, there was no one inthe hallway as i thought there would be so i sat and waited and waited all the way till 1.10 pm when Antti and the rest should have come, but no one appeared. so i waited some more. then Laura came in the main door, so i ran to her and asked why there was no one around. well, apparently, half their class had a bio test to do, and i had totally forgotten though Antti had told me, so well i felt kind of sheepish.
suddenly Mitjo appeared out of nowhere. then Salla, then Ville, then Kati. Laura disappeared. i saw the uber cool principal again!! haha, seriously, he's nice. then Salla said the class shld be open and that Antti was in Imatra, so she started up the video conference and Smart Board while the rest of us talked. the others didn't want to join in the lesson until later since they wanted a free period, so they left, leaving Salla and me to struggle with the equiptment. Salla then got angry and called her boyfriend, Pekka and his friend Ville to help, however, they didn't do anything. kinda left Salla alone to her own devices. haha. she was kinda annoyed. "Hä kyl on niin tylsä! Miks hän ei sanonut päivää sinulle ennen kun minä käskin? höh". cute.
finally she decided to call Antti, who did not pick up, but finally responded to the video conference thing. so well, we saw this video abt the Continuation War which was super boring. aft History, i took some pics of the class, was fun. they signed my history book! and after that i had english. i kinda saved them from a lesson, cos Anne wanted me to do this Q&A session with them and talk abt S'pore and of course, ol' PRCS =). they asked me weird questions though, ranging from "Where is Singapore" to " If singapore is such a small country, where do they find spaces for graveyards?". haha, I must forgive the person for that graveyard question. it was, mitjo, who well, kinda saved my butt and kept me from being embarrassed by asking the most questions. thanks mitjo =).
aft that we took class pics and then i left. Emma, Salla and Julia, however, wanted to meet up on Saturday, so they are coming over to tea. aft that i went home.
well, aft my sappy post i was whisked off with isoäiti to the ice hockey game! Leena came at approximately 6 since the game started at 6.30. it was SaiPA vs Lukko
well, ppl at school told me that SaiPA were quite bad, but i didn't mind, i just wanted the experience. so i was pretty surprised when i saw the place CROWDED. there was no place at all to park, and when we did get a place it was one km away from the place. heh. must have been at least 4000 ppl in the hall, and most of them were SaiPA fans. yellow and black, like bumblebees. then there were the small ones, who were so cute in their SaiPA jerseys and things like that. so, we kinda ended up standing. there was rock music, cheering, cheerleaders, hotdog stands, very colourful language, the works. and the surprising thing was? well, SaiPa won 3-2. =) my heroes, for making the game so fun to watch.
ice hockey is really rough, one Lukko player's hockey stick broke into half in the middle of the game. i really pity the referees too, since they had to dodge blows and stuff like that. and one of the Lukko players kept perpetually ending up in the sidelines cos he was hot headed. he's kinda cute acherlie. hehe. i sound like a bimbo. and yes, they did argue in the middle of the game, and yes, they also hit each other and push them into the sides. i found it very exhilirating. and when SaiPa scored, the crowd just ROARED. and i mean ROAR. some of them shouted vulgarities at the Lukko ppl too. *marlz laughs* and whenever a Lukko player ended up in the sidelines, then you'd hear the crowd whistling loudly, as if saying SERVE YOU RIGHT. and the kiddos were so cute, cheering their fave team on. what can i say, one of the best experiences ever, absolutely breathtaking. thank you many many to Leena and Markku for arranging it for me.
so i'm beat, really, i'm gonna get some sleep aft watching Agent 86, Maxwell Smart. ahakz.
so till next time,
tata
marlz
1/27/2005 07:09:00 ip.
schools out
today's entry is gonna be kinda sappy. so bear with meschools out. yep, today was my last day of school. makes me sad, and scared as well. i never realised how close i am to moving out into the world. i wonder if i've taken my youth for granted. i wonder if i've done the best with my time. yet, although i wonder abt my past, i don't regret any of it. the good and bad. i've met many ppl. some whom i will continue to keep in contact with, some whom i've forgotten, some whom i will remember yet never see again. thats how life is, people come and go. and it may sound cliche, but well, treasure the time you have with every single person you meet (good ppl of course). everyone has something to teach you. its not just the teachers at school and your parents who mould you into the person you become. its the ppl you meet, the things you see and the friends you hang out with.
life is like a field of snow, you leave your footsteps wherever you go
i find that really true. anyways, i'm scared. yea, really. i accept that i have to move on, and i am. but i'm so afraid that time will pass me by so fast that i don't have the time to do things the right way. to carefully consider all my choices and make the right ones.
i've been taught well by my parents. and i won't accept it ever if someone says that i've been badly raised. its unfair towards them. but thats besides the point. i'm glad and very happy i have such wonderful parents and a great life. and somehow, i still want to hold on to that. however, i had to let go. thats why i went on this journey. i'm not really alone, since i'm with my grandparents. but in a sense, i am. i came here to a country with a different culture, without my parents to run to. sure, technology has made it easier. i am in contact with them. but not everyday, nor every second. i've had to learn how to make my own decisions.
the journey i've embarked on has made me realise how much i have yet to learn. how much i've yet to experience. and although i've gained more that i had at the start line, i still don't have to security i thought it would give me. i thought that perhaps i'll learn to make decisions and be confident with the decisions i make. but it did not happen. i need to see more. to experience more. to learn more. and most importantly, to live more. all i've done was troop to school and back in singapore. i see that now. i must learn to live more.
there is no exact start to a phase. the end of each phase melts into the beginning of the new phase. and i'm entering a new one. time to leave my school uniform aside . time to put away my school books. and also time to remember the friends and ppl who got me so far, not unscathed, but in one piece. thats the main idea.
that piece of cloth.
the memories,
woven together
thread by thread
broken in some places
patched in others
pictures
feathers
sequins
glitter like stars
those bright moments
and also the dark
a medley of colours
melting into each other
soft, loving pastels
bright, exciting reds and greens
dark, serious blues and grays
i look at it adoringly.run my hands through the fabric.that soft, soft fabric silently i fold it and put it away. lock it away into the cupboard drawer. and i look at it one last time, smooth it again, before turning that key. and i find in my hands. a new white fabric waiting to be decorated.
till next time,
marlz
1/27/2005 02:37:00 ip.
tiistaina, tammikuuta 25, 2005
charmed
i'm enjoying my sleep here. hehe.well, today was Säsä's nimipäivä!! fun, so well, i went to school, skipped english in the morning since i felt sleepy. the tues timetable is totally wacko. i mean, the entire class has it the same, 8.55 english. ok, no probs there. YEA RIGHT. then you look at the next lesson. history - 1315. yea, har har. unfortunately, i don't find a 3 hr break particularly amusing.
so well, i woke up super late and then i went for history. where we did nothing but watch a dvd. dang, i'm so angry that i cut class on friday. i missed the entire kill bill screening.
so well, was some show on talvisota and jatkosota, meaning the winterwar and the continuation war. quite cool. antti talked to me abt hypnosis before class. haha, he'd been hypnotized by the teacher in psychology. so sad that i didn't choose that class. i could have seen it. apparently, he was asked to recall something that happened when he was four. so he talked abt a woman who walked up a flight of stairs and fell, and as she did, she cracked her head open and that there was alot of blood. and he started crying, so the teacher said that that was enough for the day. well, the woman splitting her head was true, as well as the blood. the funny part was that antti cried in the lecture hall without knowing. he's the coolest teacher i've ever known.
after history i ran home, cos milja täti was coming. was a fun visit. she gave me a marimekko penali! really nice. then after that we chatted some and i left the adults to their own business.
watched the OC. becoming an OC addict. heee.
i'm chirpy again. wheeeee
till next time
tata
marlz
1/25/2005 07:10:00 ip.
maanantaina, tammikuuta 24, 2005
nothing more
well, haven't been doing much lately. yesterday i went to the casino with isoäiti and säsä to meet their friends for lunch. the harley davidson man's parents. well, this harley davidson guy has been to singapore and i only remember his harley, so if you were wondering, there is your explanation. was pleasantly surprised to hear that he married a former miss singapore and also i saw pics of his kids who are super super adorable. well, thats genes for you.so we had an ok time, came ome and slacked and then got ready for today.
today i didn't go to school, had to settle some things and also visit isi's old playmate, ulla. she was really nice. then later while walking past the school i saw meri, and we chatted awhile. then we headed to prisma, which was near robin hood. anyways, i didn't find anything really nice there. so we then came back and slacked.
had to call finnair to re-confirm my tickets since i couldn't do that online. stupid system. and the worst thing is, there is no finnair joint here so i cannot do it one on one. instead, i had to listen to ' Suomeksi, paina 1, por Svenska, ........For service in english please press....' and so on and so on. don't know how many numbers i had to press before i got to a human, it was that many. sickening.
so well, kinda tired. have to finish an essay and then head to school tomorrow quite early. so yea. anyways, i hope ppl in sg are doing fine.
till next time, tata
1/24/2005 06:03:00 ip.
lauantaina, tammikuuta 22, 2005
d-i-s-c-o
moikka to one and all...i'm chirpy...
wheee....
must be the effects of last night and today. went to the place as promised at 7.30 to meet Kati. it opened at 8. and the police was there! why, you ask? bcos the entry fee into the place was to do a that test where you blow into a machine and it tells whether you have alcohol in your breath. and only ppl with 0.00 (like ERHM ERHM me) were allowed to go in.
the dj wasn't really that good ( no offence to kati, since he's your cuzzie). but i had fun anyways. there was some tina and katja there and well, we had fun chatting. and then we danced like normal ppl in a disco. it was smoky, there were lazer lights, loud music. all of it. and then when you got tired, you could just pop by next door for pool. hehe.
later on we went out for coffee at the dark cafe. this totally goth place with totally goth ppl. well, i felt like a sore thumb so me and Kati went to the Satama for a lil walk and then we headed home. was super tired, but it was a gd work out. still aching though.
today i woke up early. but then i went to sleep again and then woke up late. so technically, i woke up EARLY. not late. haha
well, i went out at 2 to meet Salla, Julia and Emma outside MacDonalds. or, Mäkkäri as its called among ppl here. i don't know they do it. it says MacDonalds, but they read Mäkkäri. heh.
so well, apparently Julia broke her shoe. we went to see her mom first at the clothes shop downtown. then we went in search of a shoe at Opri. after that we went to Jim and Jill and Vero Moda. they made me try on everything that wasn't black!! höh. well. i must say they have good fashion sense. style.
haha, they even told me "you are starting a new phase in your life, why don't you get a new style?" makes sense, i know. but i think i'll stick to my blacks for a little while longer. just a weee bit more, k girls? haha.
aft a while we went to Iso Christina for lunch at this Chinese restaurant. i finally realize how much i understand the language, though i always thought i knew zilch. life is full of surprises =)
aft that we walked around town. down to satama and then i came home. super tired but well. like i said, its a good workout.
i need to become slimmer!! i'm very sure i put on weight ever since i came here. must look bloated to the slender and petite ppl of singapore when i come back. oh gosh.
so well, tml i have to go out again. then wednesday i have hohto keilaus and thursday my ice hockey game and ........
ok, you get my idea.
well, till next time tata
marlz
1/22/2005 04:16:00 ip.
perjantaina, tammikuuta 21, 2005
ice hockey
past 2 days have been ok. yesterday i went to school for history and english. history was cool, chatted awhile with emma and set a time for the saturday out. we just listened to imatra's presentation on the civil war and then worked on the independance of finland. mannerheim and svinhufud and stuff like that. then anne was not in school for english cos she was in helsinki for some course so we just walked out of class haha. took it as a free period.me and kati went for coffee at coffee house. then after that we went around town. went to H&M and also to BodyShop. i'm eyeing something there, its sooo nice. see whether i'll have time to buy it before i leave. we also looked around at Seppälä and then went home.
I got a letter yesterday! From Leena at Vehkataipale. and guess what, she sent ice hockey tics to the SM League. cool. my first ice hockey game.
the weather here is going bonkers. first they say that spring is coming because of the rain and relatively warm temperature (8 degrees Celsius) then yesterday it started to snow and it hasn't stopped since. doinks. weird.
today i skipped school since there was only english and anne was still in helsinki. also they had to do grammar and i don't have the grammar book. too bad i didn't go, Kati later told me that they didn't do anything either. In fact, they had watched Kill Bill during the period. since they can bring VCDs and DVDs to school and the fact that the tv and the VCD plater is not locked up like in prcs makes it possible.
so i just came back from the sauna, didn't really do much today either then slack at home and then slack in sauna. however i'm gonna have to meet Kati at the library at 7.30 pm which is in 2 hrs and 15 minutes time. why? well, i'm going to a disco.
yep, you heard it right. D-I-S-C-O. i didn't believe i would ever go to a disco too. but well, thats life for you. some K15 thing at the youth club next to the library. Kati's cousin is the DJ. haha. and besides, its free and there is a chaperone and i have a friend to go with. lala. kinda nervous though, i don't know how to dance. and i've never been to a disco. but oh well, as eric once told me, "there is a time to try everything".
till i return from the disco...
marlz
1/21/2005 03:06:00 ip.
keskiviikkona, tammikuuta 19, 2005
wow
today was an ok day. my free day, so i slept in till 10 am. then i got ready for papu eno and ritva täti to come over. they were super fun ppl. some funny stuff happened too, but i'm too lazy to blog them. hehe =P anyways, after that we went out to get the photos done and get some gifts and do some window shopping. that reminds me i have a night out on friday, coffee with kati tml, and on saturday i have a shopping trip with emma, salla and julia. fun-ness, but my schedule is super full. after that i came home and slacked. sorry if this entry seems rush, but i really am rushing. here are the photos that were developed today.
papu eno, me, ritva täti
tulip girl, haha, don't know what i was doing, but isoäiti caught me unawares again.
fortune teller and me
at vehkataipale
again at vehkataipale
next to the leafless apple tree
the backyard at vehkataipale. lovely trees
me at the old hse
ugh, i look dumb
me and leena
suvi, me, meri and hermani
all of us together, and no, me and hermani are not holding hands. it just looks like that
before the terrifying snow mobile ride
and thats all for now, til next time tata
marlz
1/19/2005 06:00:00 ip.
tiistaina, tammikuuta 18, 2005
coffee!
well, time for updates.monday. school : english and history
the history presentation went really quite well. we then played company and interview during english. well, we (Nadja, Elina, Kati, me) had a lame company. 'Canadian Tree Planting Foundation'. so we had to prepare a CV and a covering letter, then deliver it to the group which is the company you are applying for. also, we had to look at the ad and decide on questions for the interview. haha. anyways, i applied for 'Disneyland'. our applicants were Salla, Mikko (Mäkelä, we have 3 Mikkos in the class) and Emma.
so we did the interviews and stuff like that. Salla was ok, though she was uncertain. Emma was impressive. Mikko, well, lets just say he was being Mikko. it went somewhat like this :
Q : So, do you like trees and have you had previous tree planting experiences?
A : oh, i have no interest in trees and i have never planted a tree
Q : What skills do you have that will help improve our tree-planting team?
A : I have no skills, but i came bcos Nadja said i'd get the job.
Q : Do you like getting dirty ( in soil)
A : Not at all.
Q : Do you want the job?
A : No
well, you can figure out for yourself why we chose Emma in the end. =) i got my essay back. turns out that i've slipped. i got a 10-. Not a 10 like i had hoped. then i got home, slacked awhile and went to the library after that. then i came home.
had a terrible night's sleep. woke up at around 7 for school, rushed down for a 1 hr english lesson and then i had 3 hrs free, as everyone else had. they went to the library and i went home. then later at 13.15 i had history and i rushed back to school only to find out that we had a REPORTER and TV CREW in our class. dang it. well, luckily, we didn't present today, and so my face was not on tv. haha. i must say that i was quite lucky i did it yesterday.
so our history lesson ended and i was on the way home when Emma, Julia and Salla invited me for coffee. so i went with them to fetch money from Julia's mom and then we headed to CoffeeHouse at Armada's. and there was no window seat! so the girls and i went to Raastuvankatu so i could fetch my purse. then aft that we went to Salla's mother's working place to get money for Salla. and when we got back to CoffeeHouse, there was a window seat free. yay.
we got some cocoa and chatted. the girls found out i can speak Finn. dang, there goes another secret. so well, now Kati, Emma, Salla and Julia know abt it. we hung there till 5.30 and then we went to get some snacks at the pharmacy. yep, at the pharmacy. haha. the old guy there was funny. he asked us in finn "And what sickness does that help?" had so much fun chatting. then we went to pick Salla up at the bus stop you went back to school to make coffee and tea.
the sch is a really nice place to hang. haha, we went to the cafeteria to get things ready. cut cake and stuff like that. Elina taught me how to use the coffee maker. after that we slacked in the room. Sonja was there and so Ville. Mikko and Kati came over from the 'new' building to tell us that the SmartBoard was not working, and they were taking a break after working on it for 2.5 hours. after that we hung out in the cafeteria drinking tea and coffee and having cake and chatting. Emma and Ville went to present the IB stuff. after clearing up, me and Salla and Sonja went to watch in the hall. Emma and co. were so cute abt handling my secret. they kept on asking ppl to talk in English so that i would understand. haha.
i saw topi, i think. oh well, he kinda flashed a smile and went to jam. heard him from downstairs in the cafeteria hitting those drums real hard. haha.
the principal of Lyseo is so cool! and i love the pantry of the school and the cafeteria! and the hall, or what they call the gym hall, is very nice. ropes and climby thingies. haha.
i think i will really miss the ppl and the school after i go, reluctant as i was to go in the beginning. todella upea koulu ja ystävälliset luokka toverit! oh, and i think i saw meri qvist today. haha, didn't manage to talk to her.
oh well, today was so cool. kinda tired though. i love the school at night.
till next time,
tata
marlz
1/18/2005 06:11:00 ip.
sunnuntai, tammikuuta 16, 2005
wellwell
well well, naughty me has not been updating for a week. doesn't really break the record i set. 1 month. hah. that one was really solid. post is gonna be kinda long, and also rushed so pls do not mind if there are any slips in language =)days left till i touch down at changi airport : 16
as ppl have prolly guessed, i have been busy. yep. i left off on sunday. the day my cuzzies left. prolly will never see them again, but well. it was fun while it lasted. and i'll have many fond memories of them.
monday. was a really bad day. did not head to school and also was very down. no pt talking abt that so yea.
tuesday. went to school for history. got a project AGAIN. the Finnish Diet in 1863. we got like the last topic since the class at Imatra was allowed to pick subjects first. and Nadja chose the Civil War topic without realising that Imatra had already chosen it. so we ended up with that horrible topic. and we have to present it tomorrow. and publish it in Venla on wednesday. sickening.
wednesday. free day. whoopee. i went to the ear doctor, who told me that i have tinnitus. hah, well. nothing that can be done abt that. really nice doctor he was, a friend of isoäiti and säsä. ( isi, se oli se sama lääkäri kuka vei sinua sairalaan kun sinä tuli yks Joulu Aatona kotiin kun olit siel armeijassa) had weird equiptment and was kind of funny when i was going through all the tests. haha. aft that i went home and a guest came over. some Irkka that used to take care of isi. she was nice. brought tulips too. really pretty ones.
thursday. went to school for english and history. antti (thats my history teacher, and we call the teachers by names, if you don't know) was not around and had pasted a post-it on the door of the classroom. Pre IB class go to the computer lab. the sch is separated into 2 buildings. my class is in the 'old building' and the lab is in the 'new building'. so yes, i had to trudge my way down there. 2 hrs of doing nothing, basically everyone was fooling arnd with the computers and doing quizzes and stuff like that. sat with Kati and managed to get some research done. in the same grp as Nadja, Sini and Kati. so i jotted down the sites and then we just basically chatted and stuff like that. then we went to the 'old building' for english. didn't really do much, we started english earlier. did some exercises and stuff like that. then Anne ( thats my English teacher) said that she needed ppl to help out to make coffee and tea on tuesday for some IB function. i volunteered along with Elina, Salla and one other girl. i forgot who she is. then i just headed home and spent the rest of the day indoors.
friday. went to school for english. Anne was not around she had to go for some funtion in some other school. as usual, the class clown, Mikko Mäkelä, aka Duke of Mikkonistan came and started to fool around. acted like Anne and whatnot. heh, was in stitches. then Anne finally came and we just wen't through some exercises again. went home and slacked.
the week was a lil boring. hah, don't matter. had a superb weekend. yesterday (Saturday) i went over to Suvi Lemetyinen's hse aft going to town. we went to the Wolkoff's Museum. the museum is actually a house that was preserved from long long ago, when my Great Grandmother (mamma) worked there as a young girl around my age. in fact, its older than that. truly a very pretty house. the Wolkoffs were ppl who threw nothing away, even their toothbrushes were kept neatly aside. i don't know, it must have been really terrible a clean. and all the things were so small. ppl must have been really small then. saw quaint old items, and clothes. also saw the old fashioned kitchen and cellar. went into Anne Wolkoff's workroom where my grandfather once learnt German. the kitchen was the most interesting place, as well as the dining room. then after that rushed to the kauppahalli to get some stuff.
Suvi came over to fetch me since Juuso was in town for a hair cut. his hair didn't actually look cut. it looked long. like he likes it. haha. then we went over to her hse. brought my gear along and changed at her hse. called Essi, Suvi's neighbour who is my age, to go ice skating. she's apparently at my school. funny that i have never seen her around. anyways, our plans were foiled. we walked to the place which was some 2 km away frm her hse, only to find that they were 'icing' the area. that means that they were putting water onto the ice to make it thicker, and since some of the previous ice had melted away due to the warm temperatures. and the worse thing was that the ice was not flat. so we had to just cancel and walk back.
left the skates outside the garage and went for a walk. juuso had made a 'maja' out of twigs and stuff. real cool. i also saw suvi's cuzzie's son. around 5 years old, running around. so cute. really. with the cheeks red and all frm the cold. we then just cooked some pasta and then played monopoly. chatted abit with suvi's mom and dad. really nice ppl. then essi came over to join us for monopoly while the rest went for sauna. totally exhausted by the time i came back. but was a really cool day.
today i woke up at around 10? i don't remember, but i was in a rush to get ready and all. had to pack gear. säsä then drove us to vehkataipale, where the old house is. went to visit leena and markku at the old hse. it was a lovely visit. walked around the lawn and toured the house. everything looked so familiar, felt so much like home. kind of sad when i left. thank gdness i took many pics. after that Markku setä (Qvist) came to pick us up to go to their kesä mökki. its this summer cottage whatchamacallit. since no one had been there in ages to heat the cottage up ( its used in summer only, btw) it was cold. the trip to the cottage was kind of funny too, we were squashed like sardines in the car. ok, i wasn't since i was in the front passenger seat, but isoäiti, meri, suvi and also their mother were squashed in the back. tuuli did not come along.
we finally arrived and we got out of the car. one of the girl's friends, hermani was there, he saw us frm the road and came to the cottage door. weird thing abt the cottage was that it was colder inside the cottage than outside the cottage. haha. i told you it was cold. i went inside and put on more clothes and some extremely humongous boots and went out to the beach. get this, i walked on water. haha. no really, i was walking on frozen water. walked some time with meri and the rest. suvi and hermani went to fetch a watchamacallit, i didn't really hear what they said. isoäiti was afraid that the ice would crack. heh. the ice was making weird sounds cos it really was cracking, but there was no need to worry since it was thick ice so we just continued walking.
hermani and suvi then arrived with the watchamacallit. i tell you, i've never been that surprised in my life. the whatchamacallit was a SNOWMOBILE. *takes a deep breath* so. suvi was on it, and hermani told me to hop on. and yep, i was scared out of my skin. really, i did not think that it would be interesting to take a ride, but i just did. was squashed (since a snowmobile is meant for 2) in between hermani, who was driving, and suvi, who was in the back.and i held onto suvi's legs for my dear life. really. when we first moved off the speed was ok, but as soon as we were away frm the elders, he started speeding terribly. and yes, i did scream, and i'm not ashamed to say that i did.
it felt as if it lasted ages. then FINALLY we got back. terrified. and he still told me that it was more fun to him only if it was going 3 times faster. höh. meri then had a go while the rest of us went back to the mökki. we chatted alot when meri came back. laughed and giggled and stuff. i must say i am really glad a met them. =) then we had some juice and chatted some more, and the 4 of us ( hermani, meri, suvi and i) went outside for a walk. we played some and also chatted some. then it was time to go home.
don't really have much more to update, but i must say the weekend really made up for the boring week. especially today with meri and suvi. nite nite to all, and will update more often so that the posts aren't as long as this one. till then, tata.
marlz
1/16/2005 04:34:00 ip.
sunnuntai, tammikuuta 09, 2005
dream
so i had a very weird dream last night. woke up feeling confused. but i won't describe it since its a sensitive issue. i still wonder why.i got the sweetest and nicest surprise when i woke up this morning. really made my day all bright and cheery despite the horrid night's sleep. i went to check my mail and i found an e-card sent by andrew. and not only did he send a card, he attached a lovely messasge as well. wheeee. really, it was such a sweet thing to do.
so this is to andrew:
you deserve what you sent me when i come back. and thank you sooo much for that sweet surprise. *huggles*
noora and sonja came back early frm the party. they brought their cuzzies. well, i had just woken up and then i got to know that they were coming when they opened the door. argh. i hate surprise guests. really really hate it when there is surprise guests. i tried to layan them but me being me, i just couldn't be bothered aft the hellos. grumpy. so ya i was grumpy, but i'm not a morning person. it wasn't anyone's fault that i was asleep so i just kept out of their way. and i watched the continuation of the King Henry story. love history shows. noora asked me if i'd like to play trivial pursuit with them but i declined. just couldn't be bothered. and they hung around so long too. bad combination. so i sorta just stayed in the room and let them play it out. they prolly got a bad impression of me, but i don't really care. so here's to all the potential guests in singapore. CALL BEFORE YOU COME. and if i just woke up, don't expect me to talk to you, even if i am serving you.
then well, i just slept in the living room and such. since leena täti and mikko setä occupied my room. so sickening that i can't go out. its slippery and its raining.
the wind makes me want to go out. it intrigues me. i love the way it tosses things around. i delight in the way it lifts the hair from my eyes. sea breeze. it calls to me. the cold wind. it calms me. somehow i feel its silly to write down abt my fascination with the wind. in some ways, its more than words. wonder why i like being at the beach or at the habour front here? its the wind.
woke up early. hardly had sleep. the wind. it was howling. as if it was lonely and beckoning me to go outside and play. its dangerous, that wind. and there was even a myrsky varoitus. but somehow i want to play, though i know the hazards.
it was that dream. of the smile. and the wind. it spoke to me as if it were you.
1/09/2005 07:59:00 ap.
lauantaina, tammikuuta 08, 2005
härveli
saturday. saturday is good. reasons?1. no school (stress-less as it is, i still don't like the idea of going to school on saturdays. reason is in number 2)
2. its my official sleep super late day.
3. its the day after the virallinen sauna päivä.
4. i usually go out on saturday.
but today is a better saturday. why? well noora and sonja are here. yay.
yesterday this friend of isoäiti's came over. she's some sort of psychic or something. so she read my cards. and my palm. and 'saw' my energy and my thoughts. or something. whatever. anyways, since i don't believe in this psychic hocus-pocus, i just had some fun with it, and took the important out of the nonsensical. which was something like this :
follow your heart and do what your heart tells you, but remember to use your brains too. sometimes what you think your heart is telling you is not what it really is telling you. you have to think deeply over every important choice you have to make and also learn to be calm and not worry and think too much about things that will settle on their own. you are older inside and ripened before most of the others your age have. but that is alright. do not be afraid of it and accept it, and try letting go and enjoying your growing process. explore your talents and make the most of your time creating good with them. and remember, never, ever to reject a possiblity of solving a problem or getting on with life that seems different. keep it in mind, for it may be the right path for you to follow.
so fortune telling is nonsense, but her advice was very sensible. overall a very nice lady with very piercing eyes. and she also gave me a bear hug when she left! fun. her eyes kinda scared me since she looked into my eyes. i don't like eye contact. unless the eye contact means i'm looking to see whether your eyes are beautiful. höh. after that we chatted awhile and then she went home.
watched some movie about Anne Boleyn and King Henry of England. it was good. i particularly like movies related to history, or that are true stories. then i went to sleep.
so today i made pulla which again, were humongous. though i tried my very best to make them smaller. höh. then noora and sonja came with leena täti and mikko setä with that crazy dog. i'm not scared of it anymore unless it jumps about or something. or runs towards me. but other than that we have a silent agreement (the dog and i) that if i don't disturb or touch it (which i'm terrified and not allowed to do) then it won't disturb or touch me. and i must remember not to be scared but calm around it since it can smell the difference when there is adrenaline in my blood or not. and it can mistake that sign that i'm scared and think that i mean it harm. so i must be very calm. which is what i plan to do. no bolting, shouting etc etc and all will be fine. i hope.
now they have gone out and i just cleaned my room. hoping to go out later. want to walk in the fresh cool air. *sighs* how nice.
1/08/2005 01:45:00 ip.
perjantaina, tammikuuta 07, 2005
i don't wanna miss a thing
can't wait for tml!yesterday evening i went for a very lovely walk with isoäiti. we went everywhere. park, to see houses, to see the river and to town. met with the guy who was at the market at linnotukset that day. it weird to see the town with all the shops closed. but fun. only MacDonalds was open. then i trudged in the knee deep snow and got some real good exercise. went to the casino cos i needed the loo. haha.
today i woke up quite early. did my homework and then cleaned up a lil. then i went to school. it was snowing heavily and i was afraid i would get entirely wet when i reached school so i took an umbrella along. much better alternative compared to a hat. hats make my hair static and messes it up too. bleah. so i went hatless and with an umbrella. so fun.
talked abt tsunami's during eng. did pair work with nadja. summary and evaluation.we presented our work first and we slacked aft that. haha. mikko was fooling around again. his comment was something like this :
I, Duke Mikko Mahela of Mikkonistan, think that this paper is....it should have given some consideration towards...sincerely yours, Mikko Mahela, Duke of Mikkonistan.
nonsensical. thank gdness he sits behind me, not next to me, i'd die laughing. i'm already suffering in front of him. höh.
so well, i went home aft that and this time it was raining. handy handy umbrella.
it was that same smile again. that same smile.
so when i got home there was a surprise. vekku setä, isi's friend was visiting. (i certainly don't have a shortage of outings and guests) he gave me a bear hug! then we had coffee and chatted alot. very nice person i must say. then he went home and then isoäiti told me that another guest was coming later. haha.
now i'm waiting for her and aft that we are gonna go a-pulla-making. can't wait to trudge in the snow again. wheee...
thank gdness i didn't go out with mano that day. the other guy who was supposed to be there is someone i'm afraid to meet. hope i never meet him. höh.
as i said, i can't wait for noora and sonja tml...till next time tata
marlz
1/07/2005 03:40:00 ip.
torstaina, tammikuuta 06, 2005
photoblog
past few days have been very rushed. well, it feels that way since its always DARK. if you're trying to wake at the first light of day, no worries, since the first light appears only at 7 am. and if you want to turn in as soon as its dark, then you have a lot of sleeping to do because the light disappears at 3pm.so, i went to sch on tuesday. only history. continued on Finland through the middle ages. particularly abt the war. then i ran home, only to find i had to run out again with isoäiti. then when we came back we just hanged and stuff. its nice to have a grandmother who hangs. she's a proper dudette. cool.
so well, wednesday. went out to shop. bought isi a gift and went to Robin Hood since there is a closing down sale. nothing much to see there since the shop was nearly cleared out by the ppl who got there first. went to see isi's cuzzie who was working at the clothes shop. she was really nice and such. also went to see äiti's friend who works at the torilla. tina. or something like that. she owns a kahvi kioski. so well, dropped by to see her. when she saw me enter she looked so shocked. then she later told me that she thought she saw äiti walk through the door. lol. that look was so funny. came home tired and some guest came over. hung round for ages and i was so tired. then mano called and asked if i'd like to go on a double date with him, his gf and some other guy to watch the sci-fi movie. i declined, cos i was so tired. pity i didn't go, i would have liked to see what my old playmate looks like.
oh no oh no, that reminds me. ANOTHER person in school knows me, and i don't know him. some Sebastian, tina's son. sheesh. small town this Vilmanstrand is.
so. what do you do when you are bored and in your gmother's house? look in the cupboards of course. i even found her wedding dress. my baby shoes. my baby dresses and all that. even a lock of my hair as a baby. its really gotten darker. but the gems of all gems were the photos. here's a look at some of them
who is that handsome soldier? my very own säsä, or as ppl will say, my grandfather. and he is a good looker aint he?
as you've prolly guessed, thats my grandmother. ppl say that i look like her in the pic. and she says it herself. i don't really see exactly how we look alike. she's pretty and i'm not. bleah. but there you have it, resemblences are in the eye of the beholder. *shrugs*
pity i don't have any pics of my maternal grandparents. but then they passed on a long while ago. very early. sad that it happened so. would have liked, at least, to know what they look like and how their voices sounded like.
on with the pics.
thats my isi and leena täti when they where young 'uns. i think they look cute.
thats mamma in her shop.
and i'll put up more pics later. till then tata.
marlz
1/06/2005 09:23:00 ap.
maanantaina, tammikuuta 03, 2005
school
hm. so i started school today. woke up at around 10.30 am. the whole school thing here works to my advantage. i get enough sleep. i learn interesting things at school. i meet new ppl. and i don't have as much homework as i had in school in sg. haha.checked my mail, went to shower. thought i was late again and ran to school. was in fact early, by 15 minutes. again. sheesh. so i waited and waited. ppl asked me how my xmas was. had a small chat. went to class.
first thing asked was abt tsunamis. thurs is another hols, as i found out. didn't do much for eng. during history we talked abt erik gustav again. his reasons for the reform of the kingdom of sweden. then i looked through a portfolio. chatted with the teacher while others did their work. he asked abt our sch and stuff like that. i find it amusing that the ppl in my class think that i don't know any finn at all. hehe. so the are forced to speak eng. evil evil me.
came back early. then went and ran home. sch was fun. got some emails from home. and now i'm blogging. tired out and my back is aching but am still quite cheerful. lala. so well, till next time.
marlz
1/03/2005 02:31:00 ip.
sunnuntai, tammikuuta 02, 2005
cinnamon buns
i have magic baking fingers. the cinnamon buns i just made were so huge when they came out of the oven that they stuck together. heh. very good for a first timer, if i say so meself.so well, what did i do today and yesterday. not much. was feeling kinda unwell yesterday as well. am feeling ok now.
drew yesterday. no homework for tml. yep. zero. nolla. zip. zilch. thats a first. definitely. never in my school life had i ever had a holiday where there was no homework at all. not even a bit. sch here definitely rocks. i just have to think of what to wear in the morning. höh. now thats a difficult task.
today. watched LOTR, the fellowship of the ring. again. so love that show.
and then made buns. nothing more. replied an email frm home and thats it.
no more to say. till next time, tata.
marlz
1/02/2005 02:48:00 ip.
lauantaina, tammikuuta 01, 2005
höh!
new years eve yesterday. well, 2005 was already in singapore 6 hrs before it was in finland. no matter. still new year isn't it? so. yesterday morning my stomach was feeling funny. i sorta ignored it and headed to Wolkoff's with isoäiti and säsä. gosh. BAD MISTAKE. i nearly vomited there. so i just endured until isoäiti and säsä had finished their meal and i went home with säsä. thank gdness i have a sensible mother (hehe) who bought me a small bottle of medicated oil to bring to finland. reached for that first. so i laid in bed feeling really unwell when isoäiti came back with some medicine. something like Eno. it tasted awful, but i gulped it down bravely and then went to bed for some time. when i woke up i had an awful headache. talked awhile with isoäiti and then went to watch some tv with säsä. continuation of some war story. there was loads of noise coming frm outside since ppl were playing with fireworks. the new year's town fireworks were cancelled due to the tsunami and all proceed were given to the earthquake and tsunami victims. so ppl went out and bought their own fireworks. so fun. they lit the sky the entire night. purple and green and red and yellow. and all we had to do was sit in the living room and watch them. so nice. there were many youngsters out on the street singing and laughing and playing with sparklers. watched some other show but was forced to abort mission half way since my headache was getting worse and my stomach was acting up again. bad start to the new year. swallowed an aspirin and went to sleep.and so i woke up this morning at 9.45. with my headache. stomach still feeling odd but its not aching. no fever. watched Up North. and then here i am blogging. i'm beginning to think oke's bdae card really got lost in transit. höh. typical.
the older ones. unwise. those who let paper and metal rule their lives. the gatherers. not for good cause nor for leisure. they have to, or so they tell themselves. with minds twisted and hearts poisoned.
the young ones. full of promise. unseen. unheard. they understand. they know. every word that passes their lips is dismissed. ignored. called naive. the pure. the innocent. the unfortunate ones. disregarded. laughed at.
the silent ones. the ones who blend in. still. quiet. but they scream inside. their souls trapped in a shell. driven into hiding by the ppl around. their mouths seamed shut. lips immobile. but their inner voices still carry on. driving them slowly to madness. shunned. teased. disturbed.
the loud ones. hollow as tin. repetition. like a parrot, they repeat after you. word for word. no words of their own. they copycats. imitators. they mimic. what good do they bring? none. a echo or someone whom they admire.
what a pitiful world we live in. ignore the wise. consult the fools. dismiss the strong. heed the weak.