Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Our vacation in Estonia

Johannes ja mina veetsime nädala Eestis. Meil oli palju plaane, mida sealt teha tahtsime, kuid kuidagi läks nii, et paljusid oma plaane me täita ei suutnud. Asi oli ilmas ja muudes asjaoludes. Kuidagi on nii, et puhkusele minnes tuleb muid asju ette..ja ega nii väga puhata ei saagi. Nüüd kodus olles tunneme, et saame puhata :P
Kui eelmisel pühapäeval Tallinnasse jõudsime, siis mina läksin oma sõbrannadega bowlingsse ning Johannes läks oma venna juurde. Esmaspäeval oli meil mõlemal linnas asjaajamisi. Pärast otsisime poodidest mulle lõpetamiseks kleiti ja kingi. Leidsime need üpris kiirelt :) Teisipäeval käisin ma oma noorema õega kinos, Johannes veetis vennaga aega. Kolmapäeval oli mul ülikooli lõpetamine. Pärast aktust läksime külalistega Vanalinna Pikajala kohvikusse lõunat sööma.
 
Neljapäeval ja reedel olime niisama Kohilas. Külastasime mu vanaema jms. Laupäeval käisime Johannese vanaema juures, veetsime aega mu sõbranna Laura ja tema kutiga ning õhtul hiljem grillisime mu õe aias. Pühapäeva õhtul läksimegi tagasi Soome. Tagasi vaadates olid tegelikult kõik päevad toredad ja tegusad, kuid selliseid tõeliselt puhkamise päevi polnud. Ilm oli ka niru. Me oleks tahtnud Pärnu randa minna, aga ilmselgelt vihmaga sinna ei lähe :P Eriti hea meel oli mul Eestis olles oma koera, kassi ja õepoega näha :D
Jonathan has mustache!
 My sweet Bonnie :)
 Mister Chuck :)
Ostsime õega endale reisi Türki. Seal on hetkel üle 30 C kraadi sooja. Läheme reisile tuleval laupäeval :) Ma polegi oma vanema õega niimoodi kahekesi varem reisinud, aga usun, et saab tore olema! Ma muidu olen selline reisija, kellele meeldib ringi käia, kultuurist osa saada, vaatamisväärsustega tutvuda jme. Mu õde naudib pigem sellist reisi, kus saab päevitada ja tõeliselt puhata. Meie Türgi reis peaks just selline tulema. Mul on selle üle hea meel, sest tunnen, et pärast 5 aastat ülikooli ja sellist vihmast ilma, mis praegu on, vajangi päikest, kuuma ilma, head sööki ja mõnusat seltskonda!!! :) Juba 4 päeva pärast olengi soojal maal :)
Mulle pole ikka veel kohale jõudnud, et ülikool on tõesti läbi. Enam ei pea töölt tulles mõtlema sellele, et on vaja kirjutada magsitritööd. See tunne on niiii mõnus :) Praegu on mul töölt ka puhkus kuni juuli lõpuni, seega olen kindel, et seda suve naudin ma täiega!!!
Suve plaanideks on peale Türgi reisi lihtsalt kodus puhata. Tahan rohkelt puuvilju ja muud värsket kraami süüa, sest millal veel kui mitte suvel, eks?! Lisaks tahan katsetada mõningaid retsepte, mis mul varutud on.. eks ikka selleks, et mitte ühesugust toitu koguaeg süüa. Täna näiteks tegingi penne pastat koos peekoni, brokkoli ja küüslauguga. See tuli ülihea! (retsepti sain SIIT). 
Samuti on mul juba välja valitud mitu raamatut, mida tahan osta selle kinkekaardi eest, mida mu töökaaslased mulle kinkisid. Too laupäev, üks päev enne mu Eestisse sõitu, pidasime töökaaslastega Nati juures pikniku. Minu üllatuseks kinkisid nad mulle raamatupoe kinkekaardi ning kaks fotot, kus me peal oleme (üks oli minu rühma laste pilt ka). See oli neist üliarmas. Mul oli ausalt nii kahju neist pärast lahku minna (pidin varem lahkuma, et koju pakkima minna). Kuid sain nendega mitu tundi aega veeta ning meil oli väga lõbus!:)
Our picnic was rich of food!
//Jay and I spent a week in Estonia. We had quite a lot of plans what we definitely wanted to do. Like usually, our plans were somehow ruined. Every time we go to Estonia we think we can rest, relax and that we have time to do whatever we have planned. But somehow we always end up doing things that we didn't plan and not fully enjoying the vacation. It's not that we didn't get any rest or didn't enjoy our days, but it's just that we didn't do these fun things we wanted. 
When we arrived to Tallin, I went out bowling with my friends. Jay visited his mom and brother. On Monday I had some things to do in Tallin and later we were looking for a dress and shows for my graduation. On Tuesday I went to the movies with my sister and Jay was hunging out with his brother. On Wednesday was my university graduation. After that we went to a cafe in Old Town to have a lunch. On Thursday and Friday we were just at my sister's place and also visited my grandparents. On Saturday we visited Jay's grandparents, went to my friend Laura's place and later had BBQ at my sister's place. And on Sunday evening we came back to Finland. So, that was our roughly our week. We sure did more things each day, like went out to have dinner. I also ate some macroons that I was really looking forward to :) Jay also did some shopping. Me and my sister were looking trips to Turkey the whole time I was there and finally found that one that satisfied us and we booked a vacation in Turkey :) We are leaving this Saturday, 28th June! I am pretty excited. I have never been to a warm country and I have never travelled just with my sister (usually I have travelled either alone or with Jay..). But I am sure we are going to have lots of fun!!!
To be honest, Jay and I both are so happy to be back at home. Travelling is nice, but somehow we never get to fully rest and relax when we are away from home. I guess that's how it ends up with most of the trips. I hope that Turkey trip will be relaxing (I guess there won't be many sightseeings anyway). I am usually that kinds of traveller who likes to see the culture, sightseeings ect. But my sister likes to lay on the beach, get a tan and shop. I guess this kind of trip actually allowes to rest. So, I hope I will enjoy it :)
Other than that everything is great. Weather in Estonia was very miserable (and so it was in Finland). It's also raining today :/ Crazy summer!!!
I cannot believe that my university is totally over. It feels weird, because last 5 years it was a big part of my life. But I am soooo ready to leave it behind :D
Day before I went to Estonia I went to Nati's place for indoor picnic. All my workmates were there and we had lots of fun. They surprised me with such a nice leaving gift: bookstore giftcard and two photos (one of all the teachers, other of my group's kids). I was so sad to leave them all! 
I have already a list of books that I want to buy :) Yay!!!I am totally going to enjoy the summer :D //

Friday, June 13, 2014

Past few weeks...

Viimased paar nädalalt on päris kiirelt ja tavaliselt möödunud. Kui nii võib öelda. Välja arvatud ehk Johannese sünnipäev. Ta sünnipäeva päeval olime kodus (ma olin haige), kuid tegin talle ikka tordi ning äratasin lauluga üles. Õhtuks tegin ka tema üht lemmikut sööki. Järgmisel päeval aga läks ta tööle ning ta ei teadnud, et töölt koju tulles ootab teda väike üllatus. Kutsusin ta venna koos tema pruudiga külla. Ning minu õde tuli ka. Kodus ma vaaritasin süüa ning kui Johannes tuli, siis saime kõik koos sööki ja head seltskonda nautida :)
Pärast seda aga on päevad suht tavaliselt möödunud. Ikka töö ja kodu vahet käies. Ühel nädalavahetusel käisin väliujulas ka, aga no nüüd on ilmad jälle nii vastikud. Eile ja täna on vahelduva eduga padukat sadanud. Nii palju siis suvisest juunikuust. Ei, tegelikult pole asi nii hull. Pool juunit veel ju ees :)
Ükspäev käisin töökaaslastega piknikul pärast tööd. Tähistasime Nati (praktikant Hispaaniast) lahkumist meie lasteajast. Ta tegi ülihead hispaania omletti piknikule :) Väga tore oli lihtsalt värskes õhus istuda ning nii rahvusvahelises seltskonnas juttu ajada (vahepeal läksid lausa keeled segi :D). Homme lähen tegelikult ka töökaaslastega välja. Taaskord Nati ärasaatmisele - seekord "tähistame" tema minekut tagasi Hispaaniasse. Meil on plaanis minna randa ja grillida, pikniku pidada. Samas nüüd kui ilm selline on, ei tea, kas piknikust tuleb asja.. Võib-olla läheme siis Nati juurde koju. Igal juhul on mul juba piknikule söögid valmis ostetud :) 
Eile oli mul päris emotsionaalne päev. Mu viimane tööpäev Kamppi lasteaias osutus kuidagi nii kurvaks. Nii kurb on mõelda, et järgmisel kooliaastal ei töötagi nende samade töökaaslastega.. ma kutsun neid pigem sõpradeks! Eile käisin ka Ruoholahti lasteaias, kus hakkangi tuleval kooliaastal tööle (mõlemad on Finnish-American lasteaiad, ainult erinevad majad...ja erinevad töötajad loomulikult). Tegelikult asuvad need majad üksteisest 150 m kaugusel, seega võin alati Kamppi majja külla minna. Aga see pole ikkagi sama.. Kurb meel on mul igal juhul. Oleksin saanud Kamppi jääda, kuid sel juhul edasi poole kohaga, kuna nad ei vaja töiskohaga töötajat (vähemalt hetke seisuga). Aga Ruoholahtis saan täiskohaga töötada. Vahel mõtlen, et kas ma oleks pidanud ikka Kamppi jääma, mis sest, et poole kohaga.. Ei tea. Johannes ütleb, et küll mulle uues majas ka meeldima hakkab ja et küll ma seal uute töötajate, ruumide ja lastega ruttu ära harjun. Tean, et tal on õigus, sest Kamppis alustades oli ka kõik võõras ju. 
Praegu aga mõtlen pigem suvele ning ei muretse uue tööaasta pärast :) Igal juhul olen õnnelik, et saan teha tööd, mida armastan ning FinnAm lasteaed on tõesti super!!!!
Ahjaa, ülehomme (pühapäeval) läheme Johannesega nädalaks ajaks Eestisse. Ma nii ootan meie minipuhkust :) Mul on Eestis mitu asjaaiamist (uued juhiload, arsti juurde, juuksurisse, ülikooli lõpetamine jne). Aga samas on meil ka palju aega lihtsalt puhkamiseks ja huvitavateks tegemisteks! Mul on juba paar mõtet, kuhu kindlasti tahaks minna :) Ja kohe kindlasti pean ma Eestis makroonse saama, sest mu isu on lihtsalt nii suur :D
Loodan, et mul on meeles Eestis olles ikka pilte ka teha, siis on mida blogisse postitada :)
Pean ka toidust rääkima, sest ma olen ju selline suur gurmaan (ei, tegelikult lihtsalt meeldib süüa!). Viimasel ajal olen püüdnud jälle šokolaadist hoiduda, mis on üpris hästi õnnestunud. Palju olen mureleid söönud :) Njämmm!!! Samas ma tunnen, et kui ilm on selline vihmane, siis kõht on ka koguaeg kuidagi tühi :/ Üleeile õhtul tegin rabarberi-mooniseemne muffineid, mis ma eile tööle kaasa võtsin. Kõigile väga maitses (mulle endale ka:D). Panen ehk selle retsepti millalgi blogisse ka :) Oeh, kuidas ma suvel rabarberitest kooke jms küpsetada armastan! 
Tuli meelde ka, et ma vist ei maininud, et mai lõpus oli magistritöö kaitsmine ka, mis ju oli üks suur ja oluline asi. Ma olin niiiiii õnnelik, kui see läbi sai. Suur kergendus ja pingevabadus kaasnes kohe selle läbi saamisega! :D

//Past few weeks have been pretty normal and easy going. Jay's birthday was so fun! His actual birthday was on Friday and I was sick that day :/ I still made him a cake night before and in the morning I woke him up with a song and he got to blow off candles on his cake. Rest of the day we spent inside. My dad came over for dinner time, too :) Next day Jay went to work and he had no idea that when we would come home there'd be a surprise for him! I had invited his brother with his girlfriend and my sister to our place. His brother had never visited him here in Finland. I of course cooked a lot and when Jay came home his was very surprised :) We enjoyed good food and great company!!!
Other than his birthday, rest of the days have been so ordinary. I have been to work every day and after work I have been home, doing normal things. One day after work I actually went to a picnic with my workmates. We were celebrating that our intern Nati was leaving our kindergarten. We are going to have a barbeque tomorrow at beach to celebrate her going back to Madrid as well. It's fun to chat, listen to good music and eat good food :) I only hope the weather won't let us down tomorrow! It's raining so heavily right now :/
It was pretty emotional day yesterday. It was my last week in Kamppi kindergarten. Next year I will be in Ruoholahti. They are both FinnAm kindergarten, but just different buildings (different rooms and workers too). They are about 150 m from each other, so it's not that I am going to move work locationso much..it's just that these teachers in Kamppi are absolutely cool and nice and sweet and overall I just love working there! Not to mention all the kids!!!! But they don't need a full time worker there next schoolyear, but in Ruoholahti I can work full time. To be honest, right now I am thinking is that a good decision that I wanted a full time job?! I will just miss my Kamppi family so much! So, yesterday was emotional. But Jay told me that when I started in Kamppi everything was so unfamiliar to me. Exactly like in Ruoholahti right now. But he's sure (and I'm as well) that eventually I'll feel so comfortable in my new workplace as well :) Time will show ;) But since how I am officially in holidays till 30th July, then I want just to enjoy my summer holiday and not to think of next schoolyear's work :P
Jay and I are going to Estonia for a week on Sunday. I can't wait for that little mini vacation. I have some plans for us already :) I am sure we can rest a lot and will have lots of fun :) I definitely want to go to our favorite restorants and I sooo want to eat macroons :D //

Little picnic with my workmates:)
Background of our kindergarten's spring show. We did Peter Pan play :)
 Birthday cake for Jay :)
 Time to celebrate :)
 Some decorations too!
 Banoffee cake! Delicious! Recipe you can find here!







Tuesday, June 3, 2014

#monthly favorites: May

Igas kuus on mõned asjad, mida kasutan teistest rohkem või mis on kuidagi erilisemad. Maikuu lemmikud on siin :)
//Every month I have some things that I use more than others, some things that are more special. So, here are my May favorites: 

Book: Looking For Alaska - I loved this book so much. John Green writes so stunningly. It's an easy read, but it has deeper message in it.
Snack: Reese Peanut Butter Cups - I have a love/hate relationship with peanut butter. I like it once, and then I dislike it. But I have figured out the reason: I like peanut butter only with some other thing (not just peanut butter on bread..there must be banana too.). My favorites are Reese's cups because chocolate and peanut butter are perfect together!!!!
Music: The 1975 - I mostly listen to the same music and same old artists. But recently I have been loving this band The 1975. Their songs are so smoothing and I like to listen to their music when I am out running :)
TV show: Modern Family - Most of my other favorite shows have a season break, but Modern Family was still going on. No other show can make me more laugh than that!!!
Entertainment: PS3 move - Ever since we bought Playstation 3 I have been wanting the move sensor. And in the end of April we bought it. And it came with sport games that I have been loving! My favorites are table tennis and volleyball!
Home item: coasters - We bought very nice coasters from Paris. I love using coasters because it secures that hot tea cups won't make any marks on a table :)
Lip product: Elisabeth Arden 8 hours lip cream - this lip cream is just sooo good! I also like to put it to dry spots on my face or around my nails. 

Activity: running - I was getting ready for Naisten Kymppi (10km running even for women), so I went running every other day.. mostly ran 3-4 km each time. I like to run when the weather is nice :) After running the feeling is just so great!!!
oh so fitspo | via Tumblr
Food: quinoa - I ate it for the first time in May and totally fell in love. It tastes so good and it's perfect for dinner or for breakfast :D
Accessory: sunglasses - I have never been a big sunglasses wearer. But ever since I had a laser surgery for my eyes to get my perfect sight back I have been taking more care of my eyes. Doctor said that sunglasses are very important when it's sunny and you need to protect your eyes. So, I bought new sunnies and I have been loving them :)





Monday, June 2, 2014

My life: Miley Cyrus' concert!!!

Eile täitus üks mu ammuseid unistusi: minna Miley Cyrus'i kontserdile. Ma olen tema muusikat kuulanud tema karjääri algusest peale (siis kui ta oli Hannah Montana sarjas ja tema esineja nimi oli Hannah Montana). Muidugi oli ta siis nii noor ja ta muusika hoopis teistsugune. Ma ise olin siis muidugi ka palju-palju noorem. Mulle meeldib, et ma kasvasin koos tema ja tema muusikaga. Ta sai vanemaks, tema muusika muutus küpsemaks ning ma ise sain ka vanemaks ja nii siis meeldis mulle ka ta uus muusika. Nüüd ju enam ei kuulaks tema Hannah Montana lugusid, aga tol hetkel olid need just need, mis mulle meeldisid. Ühesõnaga. Olen tema suur fänn :D Ma poleks iial uskunud, et see päev, mil ta kontserdile minna saan, tuleb nii ootamatult. Ma ei teadnud, et ta üldse Euroopas tuurile tuleb, kui täitsa juhuslikult facebookis nägin, et tema Helsingi kontserdi piletid tulevad müüki. Olin nii elevil!
Eile oligi ta Bangerz tuuri kontsert Hartwall Arenal. Käisin seal koos enda noorema õega. Kontsert oli üliäge! Show oli tasemel... ma pole sellist showd varem näinud!!!!WOW! Muidugi Miley hääl, tema olek, laulud ja kõik muu oli super! Lihtsalt võrratu :D Alguses, kui kontsert algas ja ta esimest korda lavale tuli, siis ma hakkasin lausa nutma. Ilmselt seetõttu, et olen seda hetke aastaid oodanud :) Ja nüüd saigi see tõeks! Ma tõesti nautisin kontserti väga, tantsisin kus jaksasin, laulsin kaasa (nii palju kui mu hääl lubas - mul oli haiguse tõttu hääl tegelikult täiesti ära:S). Mul oli nii kurb meel, kui kontsert läbi sai, aga samas oli nii hea tunne, et sain seda kõike kogeda, et sain selliseid emotsioone ja uusi elamusi, mälestusi! Ma olen tõesti sisemiselt nii rahul ja nii õnnelik :) Miley on nii äge!!!!!

//Finally one of my long time dreams has come true: I went to Miley's concery yesterday. I have been dreaming of that day for years.. And yesterday it all came true! Miley was performing in Helsinki Hartwall Arena. I went there with my sister. We were both sooo excited! When the concert started and Miley came to the stage and started singing I just couldn't stop my tears. These were happy tears: finally I saw Miley in real life and got to hear her music in live! The concert was so amazing. The show was incredible! I had never seen anything like that!!!! They really didn't hold anything back! Wow! Sure, Miley's voice, songs, attitude and everything else were super! I enjoyed every moment of the concert..I danced as much as possible and sang and loudly as possible (I actually had lost my voice a day before because I was sick:S). I got so many new memories and I am so truly happy that I got to experiense so many emotions that day! :) Miley ROCKS!!!!!!!//

Wearing my Miley T-shirt :) Ready for the show :D
The show was amazing! So many costumes, so many lightworks, so many huge decorations ect.
MILEYYYYY!!!