Ovalish shaped life-organ

Oh goodness gorilla gracious it's been a while. I apologize from the bottom of my ovalish-shaped organ that pumps blood and life fuel to my body.

How are you?

A little while ago, ( a few days, months, who's keeping track? ) I went to Sweden, Stockholm, via party-cruise ship with my class.

It was quite cold and dark back then. Although I feel deep down in my ovalish shaped life-organ, that I handled the thick blackness of Helmikuu quite admirably, I realized this weekend I'm just waking up from a sort-of hibernation .

Let me explain,

For Christmas I received a polar-bear hat , I am no longer wearing that hat, thus my analogy.

Who wore it better? Lappa oli (jk) We all know Mette is the cutest jääkarhu, like, ever. 

I went to Lapland ! The reindeer pictured above is literally the most famous "person" I have ever met. Go youtube " Aatu the reindeer who watches tv" He even posed for my picture ! 

So these pictures uploaded in all the wrong order, but I've decided to, being the talented writer  that I am, work with it. Can I get  Girl scout promise of best wishes? 

(If you got that you are both a hunger games fan and were a girl scout, and on your honor you will try to serve God and be a mocking Jay)

Moving on... 

This picture was taken in March, it was "warm" for a few days and then we had what the Finns (and me when I'm feeling Finerican)  call "Taka talvi". The snow returned and everyone and your mom besides myself was grumpy for a few weeks. He was the only snowman on the block.

 Someone stole his nose. 

Sometimes my life is truly extraordinary and I feel more cultured then a panda bear in antarctica , but sometimes I stay home and contemplate how baby bananas are made. 

Here I am (the one who forgot sunglasses ) On a boat to one of my favorite places in Helsinki and the world, Suomenlinna .Once I saw an old lady with a hat made of leaves there . I wanted to take a picture, but my friend told me that would be creepy. That's Last time I conform ever , leaf-lady is my idol. 

So refering back to a previous post about Kamppi being awesome and so on, sometimes they give free ice cream. Who cares if it's only +1degree. There are so many perks :

1. It's free

2. The icecream won't melt and make your hands all sticky 

3. the beach theme makes you feel warmer 

4. The third one was a lie 

5. But, like, Free Icecream 

I made the frozen Characters out of clay for art class. If you're curious what I'm up to, I'm Anna from Frozen, go watch it.

My russianaphobic host grandpa told me a very elaborate story about this cake, O'boy! . It went something like, a nice old lady baked this cake and everyone loved it, so she made a lot of money.  Stockman wanted to also make money, so they obtained the recipe and started making it and selling it . They were stealing her customers, so, americanstyle she sued. She won the case, costing stockman a lot of money. Stockman was pretty upset. It could longer call the cake by her name, but since they still had the receipt they continued making it. The lady went out of business. Stockman rechristened the name "Revenge".

Revenge is a dish best served with a lot of sugar? 

This is the most recent picture for this post, taken only a few days ago (really this time ).

In Finland they have this easter tradition that, if you're super curious about , the internets a thing. But Basically,  A week before Easter, children dress like cute old-fashioned woods-peoples, or trolls, or not-scary witches, and find sticks to decorate. Then they ring their neighbors doorbells, and say a poem, which demands chocolate in return for one of their sticks. 

This teaches them a valuable lesson in economics, supply+demand+ the advantages of dressing occasion- appropriately .

Or maybe, just that being cute wins you chocolate...

A lesson well learned.. Do I have any callers ;)? 

Back to lapland. There I enjoyed, reindeer -riding, International-boys cross-dressing , giant snowmen, meeting santa claus, nightmares about creepy stuffed-bears, and generally, it was just a great time. I even found a cool purple rock.

I really Like Finnish foods. 

My friends are sexy and they know it. 

Blogger has decided that after the above pictures mark a good place for me to shut up, so Here it goes. 

When Finnish students graduate from Lukio ( High school) . They get to decorate and then ride in trucks all around their home city/town/village . They then trow chocolate at hopeful children, 

and sometimes unsuspecting japanese tourist. This is a great metaphor for the life one lives as an exchange student. 

The life is dropped on you from a high altitude at great speed. It may hit you in the eye, but next time you'll duck. 

And at least it's sweet.