Geesh, time goes by like time in the wings of boredom with a hint of pepper. Yeah, sorry about it, its almost been a month since my last post and since then I've been in Finland, flown back to England, celebrated Christmas with my family and new year with my mates in Helsinki (thanks everyone). So, lets begin with this "information" overload. Flew back to Finland, and celebrated Christmas with my sister, her son and my mom. Good food, VERY good food (swede casserole, ham, rice porridge, et cetera) and presents. Hmm, chocolate comes to mind at first when thinking about the presents.. :) Also played a lot of boardgames with my sis and her son. .

New years eve was filled with loads of new things, cousins wedding, ME heading out with a suit on and .. something else (and that stays a secret). Okay, my cousin had his wedding on new years even and a get-together after-ward's. Me and my brother, headed after that to Helsinki, where we met a lot of our friends at one of their homes, we also in the end ended up in Tiger. Aaa, the night was filled with sing-star singing, sparkle sticks and firework thing things, also some alcoholic beverages were consumed. Ou, not forget, it was only -25celcius again.. :) and the whole trip to Finland was actually filled with whiter than white scenery and cold weather.

H mm, also during that awesome "finnish" break, I needed to write few essay for Tourism and the City AND Consumer Culture in Tourism. And I can later on say that, these essays were Shite! Shit!, Crap, and everything between, (but hopefully I'll pass). Its really hard to write anything at home, during a vacation period as you've used to not doing anything except see friends and relax.

So, now back in England and getting ready for my last semester, LAST! Only thing between me and graduating is the dissertation and the exams, so! not much. haha..

btw, my new year resolutions are a blond (for those who know) and that I'll pass Uni. :)

talk to you guys later (the few who even come here)..

sincerely,

Matti

AA, when I look out of the window, I can only see white, and snow, and COLD. Yeah, back in good-old Finland, enjoying the cold breeze (-10c to -23c), and the great and awsome white christmas. So, only 2 days till chrismas, and its already white as white can be, usually before christmas its almost greyish, as its "warmed" and when the snow comes down, it almost melts. The winter, and the cold breezes have, for the past 5 years, moved more and more away from christmas. But not this year. I ACTUALLY had a cold and white welcome when I came back to Finland, last thursday (17th, dec) and I have to say "YEAAH!!". Side note, england had its snow on the next day (18th) and almost every train, plane and facility was closed or delayed because of it. And I heard that if I would've traveled a day later, I would've been late atleast 6-8hours. :)) Planes didnt go up, because of 5cm of snow on the ground. :) hehe.. geesh

So christmas ahead, and leisure time.!NOT, I still need to write before the 12th, an essay for my Tourism in the City course (only 3000-4000words). hmm. when Will i FIND the motivation for that.. ..anyhow, pictures are up, a few from lincoln and then a few from Finland. and of course of Buusteri :) our awsome dog!

btw, I saw Christmas Carol (with Jim Carrey) in 3D last week and it was magnificent, brilliant.. almost touchable! :)) 3d..wheezzz and the action jackson flick Law Abiding Citizen

pics

[2009 . 12 . 12] shots from lincoln..

[2009 . 12 . 18] then the first snow of the christmas, in Finland :)

[2009 . 12 . 20] continue

[2009 . 12 . 20] Buusteri .. :)) all grown up

Hello, heya . . I've been behaving like a tourist (turisti, turist, 旅游, turista, turysta, touriste, reisender, toerist, τουρίστας gezgin, turistike, turistické, touristique, turistico, 観光, tūrisma, turystycznych, turističnih) and seen many of my friends.
Okay, to begin with, I spent another day in Helsinki. The whole day I was behaving like a tourist, taking pictures and shit like that, hehe. I got some good photos (or so I think) of the railway station, as well as, of the Finnish Parliament. Also I took some other “misc” photos from that day.

After that on the 15th of August, one of the districts of my home town had its annual ‘celebration’. They put flee markets around that part and have all kinds of sales and programs throughout the particular day. That day was called Virkkala-Päivät (Virkkala-Day). Those shows e.g. consisted on showing some police dog work as well as having numerous local bands playing. I haven’t gone there in ages so it was a good “reminder” to visit. . and, yeah, its still as boring as always.. geesh :) so check them out..

On the 21st I headed AGAIN to Helsinki, to celebrate the Night of the Arts, which is the final day of Helsinki Week and an annual celebration for everyone. Usually there’s like heaps of shit happening around the city from dusk til dawn, so people as enjoying free shows and (mostly) getting’ wasted at the same time. I went there also to celebrate a friend’s birthday, which was a good excuse to get a few beers also. We watched a few “shows” and saw some weird shit happening, like people collapsing to the ground for now reason whatsoever. By the way, also that day there was some sports coming from the World Championships in Athletics in Berling, which we in some extent followed from the telly. . but yeah here’s a few photos from that night. .

Then here’s some scenery / touristy pictures from Helsinki and 2 pics of a curious bird that was following me, in the hopes of getting food, probably. :)