There comes a time...

...

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... ;)

...

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... ;)

...

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.

...

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

...

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

...

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.