The summer update

Hi folks,

summer arrived to Finland, and well with it a lot of changes :) I am working (once again) the whole summer, so yeah some things don't change ;)

But otherwise my life really changed a lot towards the sunny side :) I am just extremely happy right now. Kinda that happy that it's hard to put it into words ;) but still I give it a try ;)



Once upon a time,
there was a little soul,
lost in the darkness,
afraid of the light.
Scared to death,
by any warmth,

The little soul,
built a fortress of ice,
in which it felt save,
in which it felt strong,
in which it escapes into dreams.

But the winter passed by,
and the spring sun melted down the fortress.
The little soul felt the warmth of the sun,
and instead of being scared the little soul felt joy.
A feeling it never felt before,
a feeling so unknown, so new and precious.

Just one sorrow left, the fear of loosing it all,
and being banned again to the icy fortress.

But knowing clouds will hide the sun,
and darken the sky.
The little soul is living the dream,
enjoying the warmth of the sun,
and giving it all,
to make the summer stay forever.




Ok,
any feedback is welcome, I guess it's not the best lyrics I've ever made, but it is kinda again the way I feel right now ;)

Lots of love,
Oceanlady

The photo post

Here some pics from st. Petersburg :) I finally got them onto my computer

the limousine ride

the cathedral on the spilled blood.

again the cathedral on the spilled blood

the winter palace

st. isaac cathedral

lots of love,

oceanlady

The St. Petersburg update

Hello folks :)

here I am again. I wasn't kidnapped in Russia so I am now able to tell you about my last weekend which was pretty amazing.

Last Thursday I left Helsinki with a bunch of other students. We took the M/S Princess Maria to St. Petersburg. On the boat most of the people checked immediately the duty-free-shop. There we already got the first hints how the Russian mentality is like. Normal ciders or beers where kinda over priced, but Vodka was available for 2,50€ the bottle O.o

Friday morning we then arrived to St. Petersburg. But already when coming down the Neva river towards the harbor we experienced the Russian braveness. There were people standing on the ice floes about 50m away from the waterway, and they were ice fishing there while our big ferry passes by. So I was sitting at the breakfast and watching with disbelief at those people. yeah, I know "Welcome to Russia".

After the passport control we had a city tour in order to become a bit familiar with the city. We were shown the most important sights (most of them we were able to visit during the following days of our trip). During that city tour we also made a stop at a souvenir shop. But buying souvenirs wasn't the main reason why we went there. The main reasons were free Vodka and a free toilet ;). "Welcome to Russia II".

After the city tour some of us went to see the cathedral on the spilled blood. The only cathedral in St. Petersburg which has the typical Russian fairytale style in its architecture. It was really pretty impressive.

The first day in St. Petersburg ended with a Russian dinner party. That was a really nice experience. We were able to try different traditional dishes and with that we enjoyed of course some Russian Vodka and some Russian folk music.

The Saturday started pretty early since we left at 9:30am to Pushkin where we visited the Catherine's palace. Pushkin is about 30km away from St. Petersburg and at the Catherine's palace the tsars/tsarinas usually spent their summers. The palace itself was pretty huge and impressive, though maybe a bit too much gold has been used in the interior design for my taste. Luckily I am not living in the baroque era ;). Just two rooms that we visited weren't gold, because there has been a fire in 1820, those two rooms' interior was designed according to the taste of the classic era.

Around 13:30 we drove back to St. Petersburg where some of us visited the St. Isaac's cathedral. I decided to skip this activity, so that I have some spare time for shopping and such things, before going to the ballet in the evening.

The ballet was great. The performance was named "The night of Russian Ballet" and it were shown different parts from the different ballets. I really enjoyed it and it was nice to finally see the dying swan live on stage.

After the ballet we went back to the hotel to have a ride in a limousine. That was party pure, kinda nice experience ;) and the champaign also tasted pretty good :)

On Sunday it was pretty hard to get up^^ even though I skipped the night club on the Saturday (and Friday) I really felt tired as hell that morning. But no time to rest, after our check-out at the hotel we went to visit the hermitage museum. It is located in the winter palace and some other buildings, so it was huge but I didn't get lost and found the right exit again ;). The guided tour through the hermitage museum was ok, at some point it just got a bit boring, but well life isn't always like a pony ranch ;)

Later that day we checked onto the ferry back to Helsinki and well it was kinda sad to say good bye after having such an awesome time in St. Petersburg. But I knew some people were looking forward to see me again and so was I ;) so yeah after all it is nice to be back.

I will put some photos online as soon as I have them on my computer, but now I have to go, I have my last Swedish lesson today ;)

Vi ses ;)

Oceanlady

Time of Excitement

Hi my dear reader :)

Tomorrow I finally will take the maturity exam about my final thesis. Setting the date was once again a huge argy-bargy with my lovely supervisor. But well, now the date is set, and I am looking forward to finally leave my "University time" behind me, at least for some years. I probably will do a master at some point as a specialization in my profession. And if doing a master I would love to do it while working, but let's see about that in 3 or 4 years.

Since Saturday it is raining from time to time. Gosh, how I love the sound of rain against the window. Because here in Finland it also means, that the snow will melt a bit faster. So finally spring is on its way :)

Sorry for the short entry ;) but I need to go now :)

I wish you all a nice week,

Oceanlady

The dress

Dear reader,

I suppose you all still remember the shoes that I bought this month. Yes right, my new love ;-). Well, today I finally found the time and the help of a friend to make some photos of the whole outfit that I plan to wear at my brother's confirmation.

So here is the photo:

Today was also the second (and last) ice-show of my skating club. And well the after-performance-blues came already. Luckily I can look forward for next year so the next ice-show will come, and I will definitely be part of it again ;).

Soon the season will be over again, so yeah time to find some kind of dance course for the summer time :)

Lots of love,

Oceanlady

Peppi Pitkätossun seikailut

Hi Everyone,

today was our first of two ice-shows. The shows' name is "Peppi Pitkätossun seikailut" (Pippi Longstocking's adventures).

Today morning we had the dress rehearsal, which also went rather bad, but well it's said that if the dress rehearsal goes bad, the actual performance will go well. And so it did, at least more or less. One of my jumps wasn't even worth being called a jump, but well the rest went pretty smoothly. Of course the feeling of excitement ri

ght before you get onto the ice (or onto the stage) was again there, and gosh how I do love that feeling.

But well, now it's time for me to make my journey towards the dream-land. But for you one photo from today:

Hyvää yötä (Good Night)

Oceanlady

Awesome News

Hi,

I really do have awesome news this time.

I got a practical work placement, it's paid and lasts for 6 months, starting in April. So yeah some relief right now, and until April I really can enjoy my spare time right now.

and here a song for today :)

lots of love from Finland,

Oceanlady