18. luukku

 

Long time no see!

 

How are you people? I'm been really bad but also really good, since holiday is getting closer, things are mostly great these days ;)

 

So, a lot has been going on again, like always. This last week has been really busy with all the Christmassy things going on, but I'm going to try to Finish my Christmas shopping tomorrow in Helsinki, where I'll go to meet my friend. Two days of school anymore plus the Christmas ceremony or whatever on Saturday, then FREEDOM CALLS! Are you as excited as I am?

 

(18. luukku = the 18th window in the advent calendar ;)

 

Moi, pitkästä aikaa!

 

Mitäs kuuluu? Mulle on kuulunut viimeaikoina tosi huonoa mutta myös tosi hyvää, kun loma lähestyy nii asiat on vaan paremmin koko ajan! ;)

 

Eli, paljon on taas ollu meneillään, niin kuin aina. Tämä vika viikko on ollu tosi kiireinen kaikkien jouluisten juttujen keskellä, mutta huomenna on suunnitelmissa /tavoitteena viimeistellä joululahjaostokset samallakun nään kaverini Helsingissä. Enää kaksi päivää koulua ja lauantain jonkinlainen joulujuhla, sitten alkaa VAPAUS! Ootatteko yhtä innolla?

 

sweater - Alcot ( asouvenir from Rome, my sister and mom made a short trip there last weekend)
jenas - Ginatricot
hat - Pimkie

 

 

Essie Luxeffect -As gold as it gets ( a nameday present)
O.P.I - Vodka & Caviar (actually more dark red)

Getting a good picture was impossible, but here's the result with O.P.I at the bottom and Essie on top

 I hope that you'll have a great last week before Christmas, and if I happen to be too busy to post before 24th I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

 

 

Ihanaa vikaa joulunodotusviikkoa, ja jos en kerkeä enää ennen aattoa postailemaan, niin Hyvää Joulua!

 

 

Love, Anna

 

 

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dear homeland ♥

 

Moi,

 

It's Finland's independence day today!

 

I really like this day, because it always makes me appreciate my homeland. 96 years ago the people living here where I'm now instead of them, made the best decision ever: got Finland independent. Things would be so differently without that decision, a huge thank you from all of us to those people.

 

 

Many people have never even heard about Finland, and I get it, we're a small county (population only about 5 million people) and in the far north, and not really famous for anything. And often I'm really annoyed about living here, so far from everything, in the cold and in the dark. But even thought I'm planning on moving to another country, Finland will always be my favorite country in the world.

 

Here are some things which Finland is famous for or make my country special:

 

 

 

 

 

- snow

- long and cold and dark winter 

- a summer full of flight
-In the Northern part of Finland in the winter the sun doesn't come at all, and in the midsummer it doesn't go down at all 

- Lapland

 

 

 

- carelian pie 

- Santa Claus (he come's from Finland even thought many would say the north pole, not true!)

- the ice hockey team, "Leijonat"
- reindeer

 

 

 

- cinnamon rolls 

- sauna
- Angry Birds

- lakes & forests

Kuten kaikki suomalaiset toivottavasti tietää, meillä on tänään itsenäisyyspäivä! Tykkään paljon tästä päivästä, koska aina erityisesti 6. joulukuuta muistan arvostaa meidän kotimaata. Täällä meidän sijaan 96 vuotta sitten asuneet ihmiset teki parhaan päätöksen ikinä: Suomesta tehtiin itsenäinen (joo eihän se ihan sanomalla selvinnyt sen verran historian tunnelita muistan mutta kumminkin ;) . Asiat oisi aivan erilailla ilman tuota päätöstä, iso kiitos varmasti meiltä kaikikta noille ihmisille.

Joskus ärsyttää asua täällä kylmässä ja pimeässä kaukana maailmasta, mutta vaikka aionkin muuttaa toiseen maahan, on Suomi mulle aina paras maa koko maailmassa.

 
Listasin joitian Suomen "suomalaisimpia"asioita, tuleeko teillä muista mieleen?

-lumi
- pitkä, kylmä ja pimeä talvi
- valoisa kesä
- talvipäivän seisaus ja juhannuksen yötön yö
- Lappi
 - karjalanpiirakka
- joulupukki (maailmaa pitää vaan joskus muistuttaa ettei hän tule pohjoisnavalta!)
- meidän rakas jääkiekkojoukkue Leijonat
- porot
-  korvapuustit
- sauna
- Angry Birds
- järvet ja metsät

 

 

 

I had a orchestra concert today where I had to wear either black or the colors of Finland's flag (blue & white)

 

 

dress - Zara (my sister's old)

shoes - River Island ( my new honeys just came in the mail couple of days ago!)

 

 

 Have a great Friday everyone, and happy independence day to the Finns!

Olin tänään soittamassa orkesteri konsertissa, päälle tuli laittaa jotain mustaa,sinistä tai valkoista, joten päädyin kokeilemaan käytössä ekaa kertaa isosiskoni vanhaa Zaran mekkoa. Kengät on River Islandin, mun uudet kullat tuli pari päivää sitten postissa ♥

Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää!


Love, Anna

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monday mornings on my mind

 

Hi guys,

 

 How are you? I hope that your December has started well! And I hope that you have an advent calendar, I know I'm enjoying mine, and I know that no one's too old for any Christmas traditions!

 

 

As usual, I have a lot on my mind, and the Christmas presents are becoming a big thing on my list! But I love giving presents and even thought it's some times really hard, I love the search of the perfect gifts for the people you care about! I'm so looking forward to Christmas, and Christmas break is so needed too..

 

The best gingerbreads and this year's first mice pies

 

 

My grandparents visited us couple weeks ago, so us girls went to the shopping mall, I found these shirts from Stockmann's Veromoda department

I had accidently a Veromoda day, everything is from there

I love the lace detail in the black of the shirt
The bracelet I got from a Turkish teacher couple years ago when I was in Turkey on kind of a school trip

 

Details , a.k.a
a souvenir from my parents from Greece
my basic everyday earrings &
something sparkling in my nails

Have a great week!

 

Love, Anna

 

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battle time

Hullo guys,

How are you? Another Monday is over and the Christmas is getting closer! I can't believe that on Sunday is time for the first window of the advent calendar!

I should finally start Christmas shopping and figuring out what to give to my friends and family. But I'd also save something from my budget for these... Thinking of my budget, I can't have everything I want, so I'll need to decide between my options. So I'd really like your help in this, let me know what  you think?

 

Cheap Monday - Second Skin Very Strech Onewa       vs.        Doctor Denim - Kissy

                         Pieces - Dalinda Necklace                        vs.           Pieces - Duffy Necklace

Superdry - Appliqué Off Set          vs.     Superdry - Hockey

 

 vs.   Superdry - 45 JPN Offset

Superdry - Warriors   vs.   Superdry - (lost the name ;)

 

Zoey M. - Mint jumpsuit                 vs.         Zoey M. Dark Blue jumpsuit

 




         Andiamo - An Shari, 129€            vs.      River Island - Chain Calf Biker, 94,95€

 

 

I found everything - except the shoes - at Oneway, it seriously was the best place to work at, I just wish that everything would have been free for the people working there...

 

I've been looking for a gold statement necklace for along time, so these necklaces hanging at the store really caught my eye!

 

I love tight jeans, so I really liked the Cheap Monday's second skin- jeans and Dr. Denims jeans/jeggins . And while folding the Superdry clothes, I saw how super soft they are! I just need to have some, they're So. Soft! The brand should be called Supersoft!

 

I've been thinking about buying a jumpsuit for a long time already, because it's perfect for the lazy days and after ski! But the real One Piece is a bit too expensive, so the Zoey M. version was perfect,.I just can't decide which color?

 

And last but not least, the shoes. I'm in desperate need of winter shoes, so I really have to decide soon. I almost bought Andiamo's shoes last week, but at the moment I'm back with the River Island ones.

 

So, help is needed!

 

Have a great week!

 

 

Love, Anna

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lazy day

 

Howdy people,

The week at Stockmann went way too fast! I really enjoyed it, I wish I could have stayed there longer... It was a great place to work for many reasons:

-they really took care of us "interns"

-the part I worked, One Way, had great music

-and great clothes

-and great workers

-IT WAS IN A SHOPPING MALL

Which meant that almost all the best stores we have in Finland (Ginatricot might be the only one missing, plus of course Gilly Hicks and Victoria's Secret and Stradivarius and Hollister and Bershka and Pimkie and all the other favorites what we don't have here up North..), which meant that we got to do some shopping and eat ice cream <3 One of my best friends was also working there, and even thought we didn't see much while working, we had great time at Lunch and after work.

On Thursday we and our another best friend went to see The Hunger Games - Catching Fire. I really liked it! I think that HG is maybe the best book saga, and also maybe the best movie based on a book. Of course it can never be exactly the same, but HG is really close!

Yesterday a friend of ours had a birthday party, I love my girls so much and it was so much fun! You can't even guess how much you can laugh during one evening!

Today I'm going to spend at home. This is my lazy day. But I already went to orchestra practise, to the grocery store and a handicraft store to buy stuff for Christmas cards, ironed something for my mom and pictured my new ins! I'm actually proud of my self, this is a huge accomplishment. ;)

So here are everything what I've bought last weekend and during this week:

 

A dress for Christmas from Bik Bok

 

 

A loose cardigan from Bik Bok

A tight and a super loose shirt (dress!), both from Bik Bok
 

t-shirt from Only, the cover which I got for free with this shirt from Vero Moda
 

wallet (I'm not a skull girl but first is a first) and magic gloves (I really need them for using iPhone!) from Glitter

The bag I had been checking out the whole week in One Way and finally decided to buy it, Friis & Company

 

 

iPhone stickers from Bik Bok

Now playing a suggestion of my friend, Foo Fighters - Arlandria

As you see, I really like Bik Bok..

 

 

So, here I am spending my lazy day in my lazy clothes in my room. I got the hoodie as a birthday present from Ani (the German girl who lived with us for a year) and her family, I love it and I always wear it when I want something loose and warm. The wool socks are made by my grandma, who actually is just coming here.

I hope that you'll have a great weekend!

Love, Anna

 

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facts

 

Salut mes cheries,

 

I think that I'll start blogging by telling something about myself. So here are some facts:

 

1. As you know, I'm a 15 years old girl from Finland.

 

2. I'm a 100% Finn and my only mother tongue is Finnish, but I've learned English from a German girl, Ani, who lived with us for a year, and our American friends who have visited us (and of course in school). I make soo many mistakes but I refuse to give up, so because I love the language and I'm trying to get better all the time, so you'll have to stand my mistakes ;)

 

3. I also speak some French and Swedish and a little bit of Spanish.

 

4. I was on a French language course this summer in Riviera. I really got what I was promised - the summer of my life.

 

5. I dance. It's more than just a hobby - it's a life style.

 

6. I play violin.

 

 

 

7. I play tennis.

 

8. I love music. Right now some of my favourite songs are Mr. Brightside, Elastic Heart and Hey Brother.

 

9. I'm a perfectionist (does NOT mean that I'd do anything perfectly) but I've also learned to take life more easy.

 

10. I hate to follow the mainstream, but sometimes what I want is mainstream so no can do.

 

 

11. I'm spending this week working at Stockmann ( the biggest department store in Finland) in Jumbo ( a big shopping mall near my place), because we have a 'getting familiar with work life' -week. The first day was so much fun, I didn't even want to go home!

 

 

12. I love traveling more than anything (excluding my friends and family).

 

13. Music, shopping, fashion, movies and books are also in my top 10. Oh I mentioned music already... Well never mind it deserves that.

 

14. I have a big sister, who's turning 19 next month.

 

15. I had some troubles with deciding what to wear on my first day of work, so I decided to go with something really comfy and basic.

 

 

16. I'm borrowing my parents camera but I decided to finally buy my own this week.

 

 

Have a great week!

 

Love, Anna

 

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H E P

 

 

Well hello world.

 

I'm a 15 years old girl from Finland. I started blogging about two years ago, but after this summer I just didn't find the time or motivation to post anymore. More and more time has gone since I last wrote anything, and I've started to miss it. So I decided to start again.

 

 

I thought about using my old blog, but so much has happened and I've changed and I just needed to have a fresh start, so here I am. HEP comes from " paikoillainne, valmiit, hep!" , which is the finnish way of saying "ready, steady, GO!" and that was the best possible word I found to describe my mood at the moment. A fresh start. Exactly what I need.

 

And all of you who have ever written blogs know how hard it is to come up with a great name. Of course I didn't succeed. But I like the word 'dunno' because it sounds and looks funny, and also because ' I don't know' is exactly me.  I don't know. But I don't care, I love it!

 

 

So if you feel like I do or like my posts or know me or whatever your reason (very unlikely) might be, feel free to follow me. I hope that I can inspire you even a little bit, like everything inspires me.

 

 

 

 

 

No hei maailma.

 

Olen 15-vuotias tyttö Suomesta. Aloitin bloggaamisen noin kaksi vuotta sitten, mutta kesän jälkeen en enää löytänyt aikaa tai innostusta postailla. Yhä enemmän aikaa on kulunut siitä kun viimeksi kirjoitin blogiini mitään, ja olen alkanut ikävöidä sitä. Joten päätin aloittaa uudestaan.

 

Mietin vanhan blogini käyttämistä, mutta niin paljon kaikkea on tapahtunut ja olen muuttunut ja tartvitsin uuden alun, joten tässä sitä ollaan. HEP oli paras mahdollinen sana kuvaamaan tämän hetkistä olotilaani. Uusi alku - ah.

 

Ja kaikki te, jotka olette joskus blogia kirjoittanut, tiedätte miten hankalaa hyvän nimen keksiminen on. Tietenkään en onnistunut. Mutta pidän sanasta 'dunno' ( lyhenne englannin kielen sanoista I don't know) koska se kuulostaa ja näyttää hauskalta, ja myös koska 'En tiedä' on mua parhaiten kuvaavat sanat. En tiedä. Mutta ei haittaa!

 

Eli jos samaistut ajatuksiini tai tykkäät postauksistani tai mistä tahansa (epätodennäköisestä) syystä, seuraa rauhassa. Toivottavasti inspiroin sua edes vähän, niin kuin kaikki inspiroi mua.

 

 

Lots of love from Finland,

 

Anna

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