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¡Hola chicos!

So today was my first examination in finnish and I am not as desperate as I thought I would be which is a good thing! :D So today I went for some shopping...oh yes! So this is what I bought today...I don't care if you don't like it...the minute I saw it I fell in love with it!<3 I had to cut off my head from the picture though because I looked more like a zombie than a human. hehe...

Now to something more serious...I watched this video on the blog of a friend of mine and I had to share it with you guys! Please watch it, I am sure you have 30 minutes time to do it. I had no idea about this until I saw the video. It's horrible to know that one person can make people suffer so much! This is the link if you want to sign to support the international effort of arresting Kony:
http://www.kony2012.com/

Goodnight everybody! :)

Karpalo

The joy of reading :D

Hello!

As I have said many times earlier I'm a bit of a book freak. So I thought I would write about my favourite books today! Wohoo! :D If you don't like reading...please try at least one of these books, I am sure you are going to love them as much as I do! :)

One of my favourite books this year was The Island by Victoria Hislop. My sister recommended it to me and it is a really good book. I read it in greek, but I am sure you can find it in many other languages as well. It is about a girl who wants to find out about her mother's past so she decides to go to Crete where her mother was raised. It's a mysterious book and I couldn't stop reading it! I am not going to say what happens :P hehe, but trust me this is good stuff!

Okay the next two books that I recommend are true stories. The first one is the Desert flower by Waris Dirie which is about the life of Waris Dirie who was born in Somalia. When she was twelve she was forced to get married with an old man. To escape she walked all the way to Mogadishu from where she was sent to England. There she was found by a photographer and that's how she became a model. I have to admit that it has been a long time since I read it, but it was really good! There is also a movie about it, but read the book first and then watch the movie.

The second true story is The hiding place by Corrie Ten Boom. It is a really old book, but it is very interesting. The story takes place in Holland in 1940 when the Nazis invaded Holland. Corrie Ten Boom and her family used to hide Jewish people in their house during the holocaust. It's amazing what these people did and I have no words to describe it, I got goose bumps reading it!

Last year I had this thing with Cecelia Ahern's novels and I read them all. I can't say that all of them were extremely good, but I loved these three.

By Sophie Kinsella I recommend these two books. When I want to relax, I prefer reading something that is going to make me laugh and these two were really something! :) I haven't read all Kinsella's books yet, but I want to.

Last but not least, these are the books that I am reading at the moment. I can't tell you yet whether they are good or not, but as soon as I read them all I am going to give you a full review! :)

Hope I didn't bore you to death! hehe 

Tomorrow is my first examination and the fact that I didn't sleep at all last night didn't help much :P

Anyway, have a good day everybody! :)

Karpalo <3

L O V E

Hello, hello!

Do you ever get this feeling that you are not going to find anybody in this world? I am referring to all you single and lonely people out there. :P To be honest, I have had that feeling a couple times, but for some people finding somebody becomes an obsession. What is so bad about being single?

Personally, I would rather wait for the right guy than go from one relationship to another. I enjoy being with my friends, having a good time and doing the things I want. For some people though being single, freaks them out in a way that I can't understand. Of course, it is nice to be in love and have somebody by your side who loves you and respects you, but let's face the facts...the love of your life isn't going to appear just because you want so. The worse thing people do is go find somebody in a bar...em...I don't think that's a good idea. Mostly because people just act differently in a bar and secondly that doesn't sound very romantic. "-How did you guys meet? - Em...in a bar, we were both drunk though, so I don't remember much." :P Okay, that went over the top, but still.

On the other hand, I am not an expert in this "love" thing. To be honest I am very clumsy with guys, I giggle like a thirteen year old and act stupid which can be really embarassing sometimes! When I get nervous I always say something stupid and then things get awkward...no wonder why guys avoid me now that I think about it! I am a bit of a freak, but what can I do about it, that's who I am! Plus I don't quite get men.

I wish things were simple. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy, both are happy, end of story. People just find it hard to tell about their feelings, there are always these questions like "does she/he like me?" or "Should I ask him/her out?" and so on. Instead of wondering, why can't people just ask straight away what they think? If you don't do something, how can you know how things will go. There is the chance you might get rejected, but that's life. You get over it and you move on!

I used to have a friend who was so afraid of being single that she couldn't break up with her boyfriend, even though he treated her like shit. Either people like to be treated badly or they just believe they don't deserve better than that which is very sad. A good relatioship shouldn't make you feel bad about yourself. If somebody doesn't respect you, the best thing to do is kick him/her out of your life and find somebody who will appreciate you.

Well, that's all for now!

Karpalo

Oh no! D:

Hello!

I know that I am not writing as often as I used to, but I am so busy that I don't have time to do it. Also, my life is so boring that I don't have anything interesting to write about. Maths has been my life the past three weeks and I am starting to get sick of it...

At least, I know that this is not going to last forever and I know that I am smart enough to pass my maths exam, but I have to admit that after reading all those 1500 pages it feels like my brain is going crazy. I am so hopeless... When I am done with all this I am going to have the most amazing three weeks in Greece. I won't need to stress or study anything, just me and the sun! :P I am so glad the temperature here isn't below zero and we don't have that much snow anymore! YES!

Last week wasn't too bad as I got to meet some new people, actually one to be honest, but still. I bumped into a friend of mine at the library and she was there with one of her friend. After talking for a while with her friend we found out that her mother knows my mother. It is strange how small the world is...or actually Kotka ( the town I live in ). It is always fun to meet new people, but in Finland it is so hard to make new friends because people are so shy. In Greece things are so much easier and people are more social...maybe too social sometimes, but that's not a bad thing.

Life is so stressfull right now and I am super sensitive about everything. I feel like I am a ticking bomb that is going to explode. There are so many things that I need to figure out. I have always wanted to please other people and I have never thought about myself. It is a good thing to be selfish sometimes, at least in a small amount.

Anyway...I have to study maths now! wohoo :(

Have a good day everybody! :)

Karpalo

I can do this!

Hey!

I am not sick anymore, YEY! I always get this horrible cough, but I am glad it is over and now I can sing again! Gosh...I missed singing! :D

Life has been a bit different lately, because I don't go to school anymore. I have to get used to my new routine which is...go to the gym at eight thirty, then go to the library at ten o'clock and stay there for the rest of the day, and then come back home all tired and exhausted. This is going to be my routine for one month and then I will have time to relax and do whatever I want! I just wish I had the patience to wait that long....-_-

Anyways, I keep saying to myself, it is all going to be over SOON! Patience, patience, patience! At least, now I know what I would like to study in the future. I want to be a photographer tadaaa!! :D At first, I wasn't sure about it, because I thought that I am not good enough. Well, it is obvious that I am not an expert yet, but I know that I can be a good photographer if I want to. It is something that I enjoy and I would love to learn new things. Besides, I could at least try and see what happens. There is nothing wrong with that, is there?

Another thing that must have been stopping me is other people's opinions, especially my parents'. Maybe I have been thinking too much what my older siblings do and studying photography doesn't sound that "fancy" let's say. It sounds so stupid now that I think about it! I mean there is no point studying something that you hate, just because your family wants you to be an architect, for example. I am glad that my parents don't show that much what they think about my plans...even though I know that my dad wants me to get married quickly and have a family, but that's not what I am planning to do, at least not yet! I am only 18, let's not forget that! :p

Everything used to be so much easier as a child, now I have to make my own decisions...oh crap! It's a bit scary. Moving to Finland was a piece of cake compared to all this. I don't even know where I want to study...well, actually I have an idea, but I am not sure if it's too early to say anything. Oh well...what the heck, I will just spit it out. I have been thinking about two countries either Spain or Italy. Both of them sound really nice, but there is no need to hurry for anything at this point.

I tend to change my mind a lot, but I don't think I will change my mind about this. Maybe photography is what I am meant to do, who knows! We will see :)

Karpalo

I love alcohol...NOT!

Hey!

I feel bad that I haven't written anything! I feel so sick today that studying for my exams doesn't sound very good to me at this point. Last week I was a bit busy, because I was studying and preparing my costume for penkkarit!

Penkkarit is a celebration for our last day of school where all senior students (or abit in finnish ) dress up in different costumes. We also get a ride on a truck and go to different schools to throw candy to the younger kids. It was a lot of fun but I have to admit that I was't wearing enough clothes and that's how I got sick. Being on that truck while the temperature was below zero, was an unforgetable experience!:P

Later after the truck ride was over, we had the day free and in the evening we went to a bar...oh yes! That was the first time I went to a finnish bar or club, so I was a bit scared of what was about to come. It was a lot how I expected it to be, but I am still a bit shocked! People were drinking way too much and I can't say that I didn't drink at all, but I knew when I had to stop.

On the other hand I had a great time, but I was trying not to pay attention on what other people were doing around me. Almost everybody was drunk or a bit tipsy. There were broken glasses everywhere and the smell of vomit in the bathrooms was horrible. Greek parties are nothing like that. Maybe if you go to a club in Mykonos things get out of control, but in general greek people know how to have fun without the alcohol.

At least now I know how finnish people party and I also know that I don't want to act the same way. I just feel sorry that people can't control themselves when it comes to alcohol.

I don't know if you agree or disagree with me, but please let me know what your opinion is. I would be glad to know what other people think about this.

Have a great Saturday night! :)

Karpalo

                      I was a hippie! :D Peace!

Get a job.... Check! :)

Hi!

I almost forgot that I have a blog hehe. Anyways, I have good news to share with you! I got a job today and I am super duper excited! This is my first REAL job and I hope that I don't mess up! :P I was so excited that I called everybody to let them know that I am officially employed! Hihihihi! Can't stop smiling! :)

So everything seems to be going well for now! Maybe some people think I am weird that I get so excited about something like this, but I really want to earn my own money. I am still really thankfull that my parents support me in every way ( including financial help), but things are changing and I need to grow up and learn how to support myself.

Lately I have been thinking how young people in Finland take so many things for granted! In Greece people who are my age or older, can't even consider of moving to another place without having their parents to support them financially. When people here say that it's difficult to get a job, it pisses me off because that is not true! The thing is that people have way too many expectations about what kind of job they are looking for, whereas in Greece you are lucky if you get a job, even if  it doesn't pay that well.

People just like to complain about everything sometimes. For example in Finland we get to have one warm meal at school for free and still there are many students who don't eat there because the food isn't good enough! Are you kidding me?? Okay, I can't say it is the best quality ever, but I don't care. In Greece we didn't even have proper heating in our school and students here complain about the food? That is ridiculous!

Also when students here get every month four-hundred euros to pay the rent and food, you still hear people complaining about how that amount of money isn't enough! Of course it isn't enough you idiot if you spend it on alcohol and other stupid stuff. Sometimes I wonder if people think before they say these things.

I wish I could make people understand how lucky they are to have all these things the government offers. It's a pity that no matter how well things are around you, there is always something to complain about. Maybe it is us who should learn to be satisfied with the things we have!

Karpalo