Small update from Helsinki

Hi everyone :)

I hope you all are doing fine :). The weather here in Helsinki isn't the best one, it's kinda grey and rainy, thought it was quite sunny last Thursday. Thursday morning was just brilliant. To get to work I always take first the bus and then the metro (from Sörnäinen). Mostly I am that early in Ruoholahti that I take the way to the office which goes by the sea. And Thursday morning it was so great when the sun reflects itself on the water surface, and the little breeze in my hair. It was a perfect morning.

Also my work is really fun :) I really enjoy it. It's kinda amazing that my first week is already over. Concerning my tasks this week, they weren't that challenging but I think with the time they will become more challenging (at least I hope so ;)).

and again a song I want to share with you ;)this time it's one of the latest Indica songs. I kinda like this song ;)

ok, I will be off now

lots of love from Helsinki

oceanlady

1 week to go

Ok, here I am again ;)

and yeah as the title says, one week to go 'till the moving day ;) Already now I am living more or less in a flat that is mainly decorated by boxes which are either completely filled or in progress :D
So yeah I am also more or less freaking out here, but I try to just take a deep breath and look forward 'till this all is done and I can start to relax in Helsinki again. I think it's just that there will start this new exciting chapter in my life, and I start to realize how easy time's pass by without noticing it.

Well anyway, I think this is just normal in life, but still I think everybody should take this "time-out" from time to time, just to reflect themselves and trying to enjoy the small things in life, because those always make life worth living ;).

and this time a song that really motivates me when feeling a lack of energy ;)




Lots of love from Finland
Oceanlady

Hyvää Pääsiäistä :)

Hyvää Pääsiäistä :)
Hi everyone, and again I don't know where the time has gone. Somehow we have already April O.o So in other words, this is my last month in the nice town called Tampere. Very soonish I am heading back...Hi everyone,

and again I don't know where the time has gone. Somehow we have already April O.o
So in other words, this is my last month in the nice town called Tampere. Very soonish I am heading back to Helsinki <3 but of course there is also a sad side of the coin. The big "good-bye-saying" started. I know sounds kinda stupid when you consider that Tampere is just about 2h away from Helsinki, but on the other hand I'll be quite busy with my job and all the projects that are coming up as well. I guess somewhere in Juli I'll be able to visit Tampere again (at least I hope so ;)).

Ok, now some info to get you up to date ;)
Last week was my last skating practice for this season. It was nice, we went through all the jumps, step combinations, spirals and spins ;)
Yesterday eveing I went to the blues bar here in Tampere, there was once again the jam session "Once in a blue moon jamit". It was a very nice evening, and I really enjoyed yesterday evening. This jam session is on every first Saturday of the month. So people if you happen to be here in Tampere at the beginning of the month, just go there. The atmosphere is woth it ;).

Well otherwise TAMK still consumes a lot of my time and my spare time I already used to fill the first packing cases. It's ince again amazing how much stuff one person can collect during two years :D :D But a move is also a good possibility to get rid of all the unnecessairy things.
Oh and spring kinda arrived here finally as well :D Though it was snowing one time last week, the temperature was the last few days clearly above 0°C, normally it was around +5°C (in the sun it was even warmer). This feeling of spring is just so wonderful!

oh and here an internet artist I really like:





I wish you all "Happy happy easter"

bests,
Oceanlady

just a normal day ;)

Hi everyone,

it's me again ;) Thought I let you know that I am still alive ;)

Well, honestly here didn't happen that much lately. The normal ups and downs, but what would the life be without them? right, it would be a bit boring ;)

We are still waiting for spring to arrive, it really lets us wait -.- just last night it snowed again (though not that much, but still ;)) and today morning we had -10°C. But at least the sun was /is shining very bright at the moment ;) so it gives us at least the feeling that spring is knocking at the door ;)
And when I look at the calendar I notice once more that time is running ;) we are already in the second half of March, so in about one month I am going to move to Helsinki. I am so thrilled to finally move back home ;). At this point I have to mention my amazing friends in Helsinki, they never let me down in the past and also now with this "big" move they are helping me with all kind of things!!!! honestly guys, without you I'd never ever made it that far ;). KIITOKSIA PALJON TEILLE KAIKILLE ;)

well what else goes through my mind right now?!? probably not too much since I relaxed a bit this week, this was just necessairy after the last two weeks, my brain totally felt like being toasted.... but this week I was able to recharge my batteries and so I think I'll have the energy to give everything in that very last part of my theoretical studies ;).

I wish you all a very nice rest of the week and a nice weekend ;)

Oceanlady


here the song of today:

Hyvää Naistenpäivää (Women's day)

Hi everyone,
I am back in "winter wonderland". I came bac home yesterday evening after spending two nice days at my host family's place in Helsinki.

Now I just keep wondering what I did last week that I still feel in a huge need of vacation... One week is just not enough, especially when teachers don't care and the pile of work just keeps on growing and growing. But I guess that's life ;). But so I skipped the skating lesson today, so that I can focus 2 more hours on "Business law and ethics" yeah it sounds exciting, I know ;)).

I hope you all are doing fine, and to all the female readers here: "Have a great women's day". Just be the queen today ;).

lots of love from Finland,
Oceanlady

Terveisiä Saksasta

Hi everyone,

I feel like letting you know that I have a wonderful week here in Germany. Although it's almost over. Tomorrow I gonna fly back to Finland. But I won't think about that right now, rather I just wanna enjoy the last day with my family ;)
I think most of you know that I am a total "family-person", so yeah every holiday that I spent here with my family is kinda recharging my batteries ;). And when I see the upcoming actions in my life I think I really need this energy package ;).

But now a short summary about the most wonderful moments in the last week. Last Friday I had some friends over, and we had a really nice relaxing evening with a lot of laughter ;). Then last Saturday I went out with some friends, that was a long and very funny night ;) Although we stayed 'till 4am or something like that in the "Tunis" (my favourite bar/ club here), I wasn't able to talk to all the people I wanted, since there were just too many people I wanted to talk to ;).
Sunday was a total "family-day" and that was just wonderful :). Nothing special just the typical things and especially a nice dinner ;). And then on Tuesday I met two friends and had another very nice day.

Ok I think that's enough for now, 'cause I wanna enjoy the last day with my family ;).

Lots of love from Germany,
Oceanlady

The philharmonic orchestra from Kemi

Hello my dears,

yes this time I have to share a lot of information with you ;) Well let's see whether my mental condition is already that well that I am able to write some sentences here which conain at least some sense ;)

Yesterday 7pm it was THE moment, the doors of Pakkahuone opened. And slowly the queue moved inside. It was my first time in Pakkahuone, so far I have had been just in Klubi. The stage of Pakkahuone is bigger than in Klubi, but still it's not too big, so that there is still this nice intimate club atmosphere.

At 7:45pm the support band "Winterborn" took the stage. Well let's say as a warm-up act they weren't that bad. There were even one or two songs that I partly liked (mostly because of the vocal lines). But in general their songs sounded too much the same all the time.
I think we (me + my besties) still had a nice time ;)

After "Winterborn" ended we had to wait 'till 9pm. Then we finally saw the act that made us come to Pakkahuone ;) SONATA ARCTICA!!! The intro (known from the latest album) was brilliant (well what do you expect if Apocalyptica was working on it ;)). Then the guys came on stage and started the show with "Flag in the ground". The gig was kinda brilliant :) Tony again played the "story-teller" also he showed us that he is able to yodel (yeah he really did that ;)) I think that yodel thingy made the two austrians standing next to me really feel like home ;).

The set-list contained songs like: Fullmoon, Paid in Full, As if the world wasn't ending, 8th Commandment, Replica, Juliet, Black Sheep (thx for playing my eternal fave ;)), The cage, The last amazing grays, Black and White and Don't say a word.

Tony did then some nice singing lesson with the audience and together we sang "We will rock you". That was pure fun and made this concert a unic moment in my collection of memories.

The end of the gig was then the Vodka song (but this time no slave came on stage to serve the Vodka ;)), which this time went over into a part of "Everything fades to grey".

Well, what else shall I say, I think everybody who has seen this band already knows how active they can be on stage, especially Tony jumping and dancing around on the stage ;). I just can say I enjoyed that gig and can't wait for the next one :).

I just wish that they would finally create some girly shirts that look a bit more attractive ;). Guys I would have been in the mood to spent money ;)

But well, I think that's enough of yesterday ;)

A lot of love from Finland
Oceanlady

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