Yep, it’s me again. Gosh, I’m really becoming a blogger, an addict, if you can say that. Like I said before, I feel like writing. It’s good therapy. Although not as good therapy as friends are-they’re the best medicine for anything. Sometimes all you need is just a nice chat with a friend you haven’t talked to for a while. I was genuinely happy to have one of those heart-to-heart talks about life with my friend today. We hadn’t seen each other for ages but it was great to see her nevertheless. I know I haven’t been the best friend lately -I’ve been too busy with school and other things, but I know now that I want to put more time and effort into keeping up with my friends. After all, friends are what make this life worth living. Thanks, friend, for making my day.
Warning! December 27, 2006
I’m aware I’m suddenly addicted to my blog. Maybe I’m just in a writing mood, I dunno. Anyways, just wanted to give everyone a heads up: DO NOT listen to this new song “Hurt” by Christina Aguilera (Oh, yeah..I know this sounds pathetic!)…but really, it’s so damn beautiful and the lyrics are so touchy that..yeah, once again, it makes me well up immediately. In the last hour I’ve listened to it TOO MANY times. And you can imagine what my eyes look like now.
Rock bottom December 26, 2006
Life is strange. When you’re feeling so happy you could just flow and float, suddenly you hit the bottom. It’s rough to notice that something can change so quickly in life -one minute you’re happy, one minute you’re not. But I have decided to put myself out there no matter what. Whatever the outcome, I need to be able to experience life in itself. I need to feel, I need to experience happiness, and I need to experience sorrow, too. If life was just a straight line of nothing special, if we never felt the highest of the highs or never hit the rock bottom, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate the ups and the downs. Life is a rollercoaster ride, they say. But that’s a good thing nevertheless.
Merry Christmas, darling December 25, 2006
“Merry Christmas, darling. We’re apart, that’s true. But I can dream and in my dreams I’m christmasing with you. Holidays are joyful, there’s always something new, but everyday’s a holiday, when I’m near to you. The lights on my tree, I wish you could see, I wish it everyday. The logs on the fire, fill me with desire, to see you and to say: That I wish you Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, too. I’ve just one wish for this Christmas Eve, I wish I were with you. I wish I were with you.“
This is the best Christmas song ever. I just love it. This year maybe even more than before. This Richard Carpenter guy is a genius! The melody is so incredibly beautiful that every time I sing it, I get so emotional and sometimes end up shedding a few tears….
Merry Christmas, everyone! Hope it’s a happy one!
Patience, patience December 23, 2006
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish (John Quincy Adams)
Everyone has a tendency to be a little impatient at times. I do that, too. There are times when I would just rather not wait for anything -I’d rather want the thing settled and over with. Right now, I would like to look into the future and see what it has in store for me. I would really like to know whether I’ll get accepted to York Unversity, whether I passed my exams, or what my life will be like in 6 more months. If, however, we were able to see into the future, if we didn’t have patience to any extent, I think the central and the most interesting part about life would be lost. I mean what would life be if we always knew what would happen? If we didn’t have patience, there would be no surprises, no nothing. We would be so used to getting everything we want that nothing would feel like anything.
Although there are things I can’t wait to get, things I can’t wait to hear about, I better remain patient. When you have been patient, and you finally get something you wished from the bottom of your heart, you are sure to appreciate and cherish it as well. What comes out of patience is pure magic, indeed. Just have a little patience, time is all we need.
Wedded bliss December 17, 2006
It’s a pretty strange feeling to have been planning a wedding for such a long time, buying and collecting stuff only that purpose in mind, and looking forward to that day. And then, suddenly, that day just flies by.
It’s rather weird that we think that everything changes after the couple has said “I do”. Now I don’t see anything has really changed since my brother tied the knot with his girlfriend, or should I say his wife. The only thing that is different, in my point of view, is that they now share the same last name. But otherwise, things roll on as they did before.
The wedding was, however, incredibly romantic, beautiful, and touching. The happy couple really looked happy, they were and are so in love with each other. The wedding really looked like them -it was not one of those ordinary, finnish weddings, but instead, a celebration that had an exotic touch. The food was Thai, the room was filled with their many friends, and there was lots of music, dancing, and laughter. Now the newlyweds are on their Honeymoon somewhere in Thailand.
Even though a day like that goes by so fast and even though reality sets in after a while, I wish that my brother and his wife will be surrounded with that wedded bliss for a long, long time. I hope they have an incredible journey together. If this couple doesn’t make it, then no one does.
Pheeeew December 15, 2006
That’s the sound that I made this evening at 6 pm. I had just finished this term’s last exam! I have been so overwhelmingly busy lately and this fall term has been such a rough one studywise, that I’m so relieved to be officially on vacation (well, on my Christmas break at least!)! In fact, I have become such close friends with my computer, and so used to reading articles in the corner of my sofa and cramming for exams, that I don’t know what to do now. Suddenly, after all the hectic days and running around like a headless chicken, I feel empty.
I guess that’s a good thing, though. I mean every once in a while you need to relax and do stuff that is far from intelligent 
, right? I definitely want to take these couple of weeks as easily as possible: I will try to do nothing special. Just give myself a break from all the school-related things. But even though I understand it’s important, even crucial, to relax at times, I feel like what really keeps me going in life, are all the duties and essays and exams and all of that. If I didn’t have any goals in terms of school, if I didn’t have to put any effort into studying, I would probably end up doing nothing. So even if it’s tiring and stressfull to be running from one place to another and reading articles you don’t understand or don’t want to understand, I think it’s good to have a routine going on.
And I guess it’s not even all the studying that fills the emptiness. It’s all of that social life: all of my amazing friends at the university. It’s them, truly, that keep me going on. And now, facing a month without them in my daily routine, makes me feel empty inside.
