This is it.

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Today's the day...

Jannice and I slept until 8.45 and ate breakfast on the balcony. Then I took a pic of her in her Marathon outfit and she had to go, because her parents were waiting outside with their car and they were going to the Stadium. I wasn't ready to go just yet so I had to stay home... :-(

Yesterday my best friend in Sweden, Cecilia, came to see me and we talked, laughed and ate a little. Took a lot of pics and listened to H.I.M. Then Jannice came and we catched up on each other newest news and went almost straight to bed. We were really tired. Jannice got the priviledge of sleeping on the couch. Cecilia went home.

More later!

Hmm...

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Hi.

I'm not quite sure anymore. I'm sorry. I'm a bit ambivalent. Like a typical Gemini should be...

Anyway... Today I woke at 07.30 when my mother came via my place to hang up my new curtains. Then I went to Skansen with Basti, he is my cousin and with his girlfriend Mia. We had FUN!!! :D We took pics of pigs, moose and ourselves... We walked all three of us hand in hand. ;) For goodnessake, he's my COUSIN! And I don't have brothers so he is my brother and I often walk hand in hand with his sisters. We are really REALLY openminded. If you only knew...

Ok. Yesterday I woke at 06.22, called Basti the Best and we met up at a café and came to my place for a while. I fed Basti, he was hungry. Poor thing. Then they came by in the afternoon again and then I fed them both.

Tonight my other cousin, Basti's bigsister is coming to town.

Tomorrow is Stockholm Marathon!!! Basti and Jannice (the bigsister) are going to participate.

More later!!! <3

LEO!!!

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LEO!

LEO. LEO LEO LEO...

LEO! LEO. LEO LEO. LEO LEO LEO. LEO LEO LEO LEO. LEO LEO LEO LEO LEO. etc.

LEO!

First, there's Taina and me, then there's Santtu posing... Then there's Santtu, me and Naba in Taina's bed, then there's Leo and me on my Bday on our date and finally me, Naba and Miisa in Taina's bed...

Way back into Love...

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Hi...

Well... On Saturday we had SOME Party @ Taina's... It was almost better than my Bday party, only that Leo wasn't there... So, if Leo had been there, it would had been better. If you get my drift. ;) We ate, we took some way way WAY crazy pics and we sang karaoke all together. Love was in the air. Friendship Love. Man, I miss those friends already like CRAZY!!!

I'm gonna post some crazy pics here, if my friends don't mind, hope they don't...

More later...

There comes a time...

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Ok...

It was my Bday yesterday. I turned 29. That's good, because with age, comes wisdom. Or so they say. *lol* I started off by pretending to sleep until my Dad wakes me up by singing in Finnish that I grew up, a beautiful girl, in the home of her Father. He gave me my favorite breakfast -cucumbers and gave me a high quality diary. Then I sat at the computer for a while. Planned my day, which was pretty much planned already. Boy, was I wrong...

Then I got calls from friends and my Mom who's now in Sthlm. A text from my cousin. LOTS of Bday wishes on Facebook and FD... From Louis Herrey himself, even. He's my good friend. If you don't believe me then don't.

Then I went to the foodstore, bought a sixpack of 1.5 litre coke light x-tra brand from Sweden, walked to Stockmann and requested an order of a CD I want to buy. Then Kirppu came to meet me, we walked on and we met a bunch of her and our mutual friends and we head over to the "Koskenranta" i.e. the place next to the river that goes trough Tampere.

They drink something stronger, I drink my coke. Kirppu drinks coke until I give her permission to start drinking, she respects me. Leo shows up. Later, my Good Friend Annu stops by and gives me a flower and from her and her son a card and two big bags of candy. I just love them.

Annu stays a little while and the party goes on even after she's gone.

The rest will remain a mistery. Not to me, but to you. I drank too much of that darn coke light. But I behaved. And I realized something VERY important. 'Nuff said.

Ooh... ;)

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Hi!

If some of you are awaiting some juicy details from the YSA conference last weekend -forget it. Ha ha! I'm so cruel. And I enjoy it. Today it's time for the Young Ambassadors performance in my home town, Tampere. I'm going with three friends.

Yesterday I was so tired after the weekend I almost slept trough church... Honestly!

Not funny.

On Friday I went to collect my friend at the railwaystation and we walked into town, ate at Subi (Subway in Finnish), and visited the library before going to the school where the YSA conference was about to start. We were way early of course.

I didn't have to say which ward or what my name was, Miisa knows me. You had to sign up, you know. We had some stand-up comedy and then some line-dancing. I didn't line-dance... Then the disco started. *heavy censorship* *BEEP* <- NOT a swearword! I think I *BEEP a BEEP*... *BEEP*! <- Word of anger, not a swearword! I *BEEPED the BEEP a BEEP*... *BEEP*

OK. Enough humor. Even I, after a week or so, won't know what the heck I meant.

Anyway. This was a great conference.

On Saturday I walked with Linda to the bookstore near by and she bought a book for me as a Birthday present! Sophie Kinsella: "Remember me?" I'v already started reading it. It's great.

More later!

It's spring-time for Cindy and Tampere... ;)

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Hi...

My computer has seen it's best days. Even after it's check-up and fix-up it sometimes just goes and dies on me when I'm writing this blog. How depressing. It really makes me discouraged. I don't feel like writing everything AGAIN... Sorry.

The sun is shining, I'm going out with some friends to play with Laura-Carin's kids and our mutual friend is also coming with us. We're maybe going to the local mall and then maybe to the park outside my house. The good thing about Finland is -lots of forests and parks etc.

I don't really live in Finland. I live in Stockholm, the capitol of Sweden. But I visit here often, especially in the summer and in the spring... I just have so many friends here... I don't want to live without them for too long. And my old school. It means a lot to me.

More later.

The Beach, My First fridge Poem, Flowers on Palomäentie...

Spring, poetry, flowers etc.

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Hi!

I've started writing fridge poetry. My first poem was in English, since the magnets were in English at my friends' place in Åbo. Then I bought some magnets for myself and they didn't have any in English so first I bought one general in Swedish and one with the theme "Romance" in Finnish. Then, after a few poems I went and bought two more packages of magnets in Finnish, with the themes "Original" and "Party"... So I have like 8-10 poems on my fridge here in Tampere and one on Veronica's and Mika's in Åbo. When I go back home to Sweden, I'm going to take with me all my magnets and start over. I've taken pics of every poem.

It's been such great weather here. Like 20 degrees celcius almost daily... And sunny... :)

There's flowers almost everywhere, grass, small leaves on the trees and bugs. I don't like bugs.

More later!

Sunday <3

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Yesterday was Grreat!!!

I woke around 7.30 a.m. Got up, took care of my pet society pet, took a shower, put too much mousse in my hair and put on my Sunday-clothes... Took the buses to church, talked with friends before meetings, participated in Relief Society, Sunday school Class for Young Adults and then Sacrament meeting. Met my friend Tuomo, kissed three babies and played face-hide-and seek with one of the babies. Got a calling.

Came home, took a nap, did my things on the internet etc.

Wappu Part Two :D

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All morning and most of the afternoon I stayed at home. Then in the evening I felt I wanted to go out with some of my friends. I called everyone. One girl hang up on me! How rude! Just because she was probably drunk and didn't remember me.

Anyway... I called Helena, my old good friend, and they were down by the river drinking. I bought myself a Cola Light bottle (1.5 liters) and some salmiakki (candy) and went down to be the only sober person in sight.

We sat and talked with Helena, her friends, who are fun, they really made my day, eventhough they were just a tad too drunk. ;) I got a lot of hugs and everyone was proud of me for standing up for my standards.

Then we walked back towards both Helena's and my home, we live close by. Leo made my day. Then I went home, exhausted. The others passed out soon after that.

Wappu Part One ;)

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On Thursday I met my dear friend Kirsi at Subway and we went by bus into town and changed buses and arrived in good time at the church for the party. Santtu came also earlier than usual. He has a driver's licence now, maybe that's the reason. :p We talked, laughed and joked around until the Aholas came to open the door for us.

There were quite a few people there. Some came and went. Most came and stayed. Kirsi and I sang some karaoke, so did many others. I sang My Heart Will Go On and Because You Loved Me. Both Céline songs, of course. ;) We drank a lot of mead, non-alcoholic, and ate donuts etc. I took a lot of pics.

Santtu drove me home, he became my very own supernova. :D

Pre-Wappu Part Two ;)

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On Tuesday morning I got up as early as 07.45 a.m. so I could call my old school and ask when it would be a good time for me to visit that day. I arrived at the school around 11.00. I talked with most of my ex-teachers and participated in English class and later in Music class. I had SO MUCH FUN!!! I love my teachers... They're the BEST! <3

Well... That was pre-wappu part two. ;)

Pre-Wappu Part One :)

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Hi there! ;)

I came to Finland last Friday, last week, that is. I stayed in Turku until Monday afternoon. I stayed at Liisa the cow and Niina the chick -I'm the pig. They're our private nicknames... :) Well, maybe not that private. On Saturday I went to town and then by bus to the outreach center witch is located at the church and we watched Lord of the Rings -All the Extended versions. I saw half of the second and my favorite, the last, completely... Afterwards we continued with my friends by going to get some pizza and hanging out at Niina's and Liisa's place.

Then on Sunday I went to the Lutheran church with my Lutheran friends and then to my own church. Met some good old friends. :) Then it was off to Veronica's and Mika's place, we ate and watched a movie.

On Monday I wrote a poem with word-magnets on their fridge in English. Veronica and I did some shopping. Then I came here, home to Tampere.

Sorry, I gotta stop now. I woke at 5.00 a.m. today...

More later!