with hands held high into a sky so blue

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:40:14 GMT

Back in Finland and it's awesome but holy cow, there's no way I'm going to go driving in that weather O: It's been snowing since yesterday, and I haven't driven a car in months....really don't want to get to an accident.

Oh, btw, my Xmas cards will be late this year ^^; I didn't have time to make them during finals week, so I'll make them tonight and post tomorrow! Maybe they'll be more "happy holidays" cards than xmas....

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:48:58 GMT

It's frigging -18C outside (or 0F to you fahrenheit lovers), and I can't find my woolly socks anywhere! D: How the heck am I supposed to brave the outside world without my essential winter gear? my toes will fall off without them *sob*

But hey, at least we have snow now! And blue skies. And icy roads. I was so surprised yesterday when I didn't fall down AT ALL. Must be a new record or something, I usually fall flat on my butt at least twice when the first icy days come by o.o;

Meisa Kuroki is my goddess

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:32:28 GMT

Should be studying for exams but.....

I AM GIRL-CRUSHING ON HER SO BAD AEUFODIAJFLDKFNLDSAJF
She looks so badass with that katana and those sunglasses :Q___________

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:11:02 GMT

I thought I would've had my globalization presentation today, but nooo. We ran out of time. Darn older, wiser students and their comprehensive presentations.

So that leaves me with exams for French, Security Studies, Political Science, Foundations of Law, quiz for Philosophy, and presentation for Globalization for next week. All these in just three days!

apua

How to look like a Cullen

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:34:56 GMT

I don't know why this video cracks me up so bad :DDDD
Maybe because I love vampires but can't stand Edward Cullen. Vampires are NOT SUPPOSED TO GLOW IN SUNLIGHT, damnit.

"Some vampires are fans of daytime. They're pro-sunlight. Whoo! Go sunlight!
But, uhm. They kinda have a problem. And that would be that Edward Cullen fella? He kinda....twinkles. Sparkles in the sunlight."

"Edward Cullen has this look I like to call 'Lisa Frank factory explosion.'"

"Twinkle, baby, twinkle."

*dies of laughter*

philosophy midterm aaaargh

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:45:08 GMT

What kind of a word is "ecclesiastical"?
Machiavelli, I hate you. Use normal language, plzkthx

Can't wait until I get to reading Boethius. Or whatever the second book is going to be. This class will kill me. The teacher expects us to make MAGNIFICENT essays in English. Dude, none of us speak the language as our native tongue, you really expect us to write like those guys in Harvard?

To answer the question,
yes he does. He even said so in class.

Nickelback, how I love thee ♥

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:14:47 GMT

This song is SO NICE. I love the melody,and the lyrics are so sweet as well *loves it*

And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died

I'm strange and love inspirational songs about a world with no violence, an utopia. But sadly such utter PEACE won't come for a long while. But we can still hope, right?

Hadise - Evlenmeliyiz

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:31:11 GMT

I'm on an arabian music binge again o.O;
Love the rhythms *dances along* Hadise is a Belgian-Turkish singer, btw xD She sung Turkey's song for 2009 Eurovision contest. Düm Tek Tek. It's pretty catchy :D

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:52:08 GMT

I got a twitter *jaw drops* Mostly because all our school updates seem to be there >.>

Add me? twitter.com/hillando

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:49:36 GMT

Shit. I'm watching the Tohoshinki's concert DVD (Tokyo Dome!) right now, and I couldn't stop grinning because the boys look so happy. Even Changmin relaxed and was goofing around, and that says something as he's usually wound tight as a spring (still love him though ♥ )

But when I saw THIS

I admit. I cried. The blue lightsticks were a fan-organized deal. Toho had no idea. It just looks so pretty and it was one of those moments when I was just glad to be a part of a fandom so supportive of the boys as well as other fans /cliche

And now I'm watching the audience sing along to Kiss the Baby Sky and am grinning like a madman again (because you know that in concert dvds when you can hear the audience, they are singing really damn loud. I love listening to it). Oh fandom, what you do to me /sobs

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:38:19 GMT

Worst weather EVER. I don't want to leave the house....

Yesterday it was so cold that the rain was nearly ice. I had my umbrella, but it was also so windy that it kept being blown inside out =.= Doesn't help that there's something wrong with the pipes so that central heating hasn't started yet D:

SO COLD. 本当さむいだよ～～

nightime! daytime!

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:28:43 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRekiKCtc6M

lolololololol that is so random

seasick :X

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:13:02 GMT

It's kinda funny, actually. I'm afraid of falling, but I'm totally fine in airplanes. I've also never gotten sick in one before, no matter how big the turbulence.

Now, I'm in a ship, and the waves are quite big.....and I want to just curl up and DIE T________________T I used to be proud of never getting seasick, but this is really testing me. Urk.

So how come I'm fine in the air, but not in water? I love the water. This is unfair.

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:22:43 GMT

I think I got the flu now (not piggie cold, hopefully) D:
Maybe I got it from the concert since it was surprisingly cold? I don't know, but it didn't manifest until last night, grr.

I just hope I won't get a high fever tomorrow, I gotta travel back to Tallinn O: Boat rides are probably not very fun when you're sick.

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:17:22 GMT

I'm almost done moving to the new apartment (yay!). It's amazing how much stuff I've gathered since moving to Estonia O.O I don't know where to put everything even though the new place has tons of little nooks and shelves to put my stuff into. Oh boy.

But yay, Miyavi on Wednesday! :D

Ninja Assassin

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:57:29 GMT

O.O The trailer looks awesome. DO WANT. Except that if I do end up going to see this movie (which I doubt, because I can't see it on any of the "future releases" pages on local cinemas), I'll probably hide behind my hands for over half of its duration *snort* Blood and gore is awesome, but only as long as I can pause in the middle.

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:07:23 GMT

Wahhh, Absolute Boyfriend has such a sad ending T__________T I mean, it's sort of a happy ending, but still really sad *bawls her eyes out* I liked Naito! Why'd he have to go and shut down.......

Okay, maybe the special will have a happy ending. But I'm still so sad about Naito *blows her nose*

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:05:15 GMT

I'm watching Death Note the movie on mysoju.com right now. It's surprisingly good O.O I've never even read the manga or watched the anime, so I didn't know anything that was going on at first xD But I'm pretty into the movie right now :D Such a shame that all the links of the second movie are broken. I wanted to watch them in order.

Oh well, I'll re-watch Full House (Korean drama starring Bi/Rain) after this! I love that series!

I hate apartment shopping

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:02:50 GMT

I'm looking for apartments in the city center right now, and have been sending emails around all morning. I can't even remember anymore where I've asked so far xD I'm looking for apartments at Jõe street, since that's where my friends live and those apartments are NEW and in good condition, aka the bathroom isn't falling apart.

There's also a couple of REALLY nice looking apartments in the nearby streets, but they're so expensive ;_; One is really cool-looking, but it's 5,500-6,500 kroons per month. That's like....over $500. Yikes. But it looks SO NICE. It's dab smack in the middle of the city and has a superb view and furniture. I WANT IT. But it's expensive. I'm so conflicted now, lol.

This one looks nice as well, but expensive (big surprise there, it's right above the most popular tourist mall in Tallinn). But.....dark furniture! You have no idea how much I love dark wood. I was practically weeping when we went around Shanghai and I saw all that pretty mahogany, but couldn't take it home with me.....

Oh well. I'm going to have a look at an apartment at Jõe 5 tomorrow morning. At 9am. When was the last time I woke up that early? *sobs*

loool, I love online translators.

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:57:09 GMT

Google translates 囁く耳元からこぼれる木漏れ日の as "Roll off the ear of sunshine filtering through foliage". I would translate it as something along the lines of "sunshine spills between the trees because of you whispering in my ear". I don't even know if that was correctly translated, but google's version cracks me up.

...actually, babelfish's version is quite hilarious as well: "The sunbeam which spills from the ear cause of whispering"
It must be quite empty in that head, if the sun can shine through it and out of the ears.

Hooboy.

random fangasm

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:29:25 GMT

All of you who stalk Allkpop.com (like me!) have already seen this, but I thought to share anyway. I've watched this commercial god knows how many times, and it still cracks me up x'DD I don't even like Rain, but omg, he sounds so funny, spluttering around that toilet seat.

Rain: I'm a bad guy. My girl, my friends, my memories, I dumped all of them..*starts fretting around toilet bowl*
Man: what are you doing?
*phone slips back in*
Rain: *facepalm*

meme time!

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:35:55 GMT

I'm bored and have been seeing this one around =P

Post your top fifteen bands/artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love, and your current favorite.

DBSK
First song: Tri-Angle way back in 2004. I saw it on Chinese MTV and thought Yoochun was hot 8D
First Love: Tri-Angle
Current Love: Yunho's solo song "Checkmate" from their Mirotic Asia tour

Gazette
First song: Miseinen, methinks? I hated it.
First Love: Cassis
Current Love: DIM SCENE

SHINee
First song: uhm. Love like Oxygen?
First Love: Love like Oxygen, that song is mad catchy! (and annoying)
Current Love: Y Si Fuera Ella, Jonghyun's solo. He has mad vocals.

Jordin Sparks (shuddup. I like her.)
First song: her stuff from American Idol Season 6
First Love: her stuff from American Idol Season 6 xD
Current Love: Battlefield, Don't let it get to your head, Emergency (911)....basically her whole Battlefield album.

Linkin Park
First song: Papercut....way back in elementary school. I think the year was 2000.
First Love: Papercut or In the End
Current Love: Last Divide, Transformers is cool.

Koda Kumi
First song: Real Emotion and 1000 no Kotoba from Final Fantasy X-2 xD
First Love: Real Emotion or Trust You
Current Love: Ecstasy

Jenni Vartiainen (a Finnish singer)
First song: Ihmisten Edessä
First Love: Ihmisten Edessä
Current Love: Elämänperhonen (beautiful lyrics)

Katy Perry
First song: I kissed a girl
First Love: I kissed a girl xD
Current Love: I'm still stuck on Hot n Cold, lol

Muse
First song: ......Muscle Museum! I heard it the first time like wayyyyyy back when. I couldn't differentiate the singer's voice from the electric guitar in some parts xD
First Love: Muscle Museum
Current Love: Endlessly

Miyavi
First song: Pop is Dead, probably. I couldn't stand the song.
First Love: Kimi ni negai wo
Current Love: Super hero

girugämesh
First song: can't remember, honestly. Fukai no Yami?
First Love: Fukai no Yami. I remember listening only to Gazette and Diru at the time, and you know what the singers' voices are like. Then I heard Satoshi singing with a vibrato and I melted.
Current Love: Ishtar. I just don't get tired of that song.

Nightwish
First song: heck if I remember, I've been listening to them since 1997 (I was eight) xD
First Love: Sleeping Sun?
Current Love: Over the hills and far away, I ADORE the drum beat. And the synth solo. And the guitar solo. The whole song is just awesome.

Kagrra,
First song: utakata, possibly
First Love: utakata (hence me thinking it might the first song I've heard by them)
Current Love: utakata xDD It just doesn't get old!

Utada Hikaru
First song: Hikari from Kingdom Hearts
First Love: ....Hikari? Or maybe Wait and See?
Current Love: Take 5, I even named my translation community after it, hahah

...............I can't think of any more. I listen to LOADS of different music, but I'm not a real "fan" of so many artists =/ Even Katy Perry is pushing it, but I put her there because I just love her as a person. She has so much attitude, I wish I had her confidence (and body).

It's proven. Dad can't pack.

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:28:49 GMT

Dad moved back to Finland last month, and his furniture came today. There's a couple of really good things in there, like the silk rugs and touch lamps (which are, like, a miracle in Finland. I haven't seen any around here.), but there's also a lot of misses.

First of all, there was a LOT of paper. I always knew that Chinese aren't that.....environmentally aware, but this is ridiculous. A HUGE paper clump, and three little bowls inside.

Second, dad packed in really strange stuff, like empty jam cans and those plastic take-away boxes you get at restaurants.....I think we're just going to throw those in the trash =.=

Third, we already have too much stuff cluttering around because dad can't throw things away (which probably also explains why we got about 5 empty jam jars on our living room table now), so where the heck are we gonna fit it all? Me and mom suggested throwing away those 20-year-old baby seats that aren't up to current security standards anyway, but dad said no. I suggested throwing away my old broken toys (that I still love dearly, though. I swear that one Sesame Street car was my best friend when I was two), but dad said no.

But, WE HAVE NO ROOM, we gotta throw SOMETHING out *frustrated*

EDIT: See what I mean? Where are we going to fit it all?

(and yes, dad did bring a flag of Finland with him =.=)

Darn Japanese!

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:01:07 GMT

I'm starting to seriously mix my R and L's xD

So, usually at work we start packing everyone's orders to go about 10 minutes before we close up. I mean, there's no sense to keep people eating inside if we're closed, right? We're not going to be able to start cleaning the tables, etc.
Anyway, I told one of the customers that I have to pack his order since it was getting late. I was SUPPOSED to say "kello on jo niin paljon" ("the clock's already quite late", or whatever), but ended up saying "kerro on jo niin parjon" ("the crock's already quite rate") *rolls eyes* I did that more than once yesterday, too.

I shall blame it on having to work for 6 days in a row. I mean, there's nothing wrong with my brain, right?

Another point is that every time someone starts talking to me in a language other than Finnish, and I'm supposed to nod and agree, I want to say "Hai!" xD
Customer: So, I'll have a Bic Mac meal with cola
Me: *nod* Hai!
.....
Me: uh, sorry. Yes. *wants to sink underground*
Customer: ....okay. That would be all, then.

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:45:11 GMT

I gotta admit, that hologram on DIM's cover is pretty darn cool.
But why are there no pictures of the boys? (not counting the poster) D=

EDIT: I'm listening to the album right now, and while it's not their best, some tracks are really beautiful *coughShirokiYuuutsuandDIMSCENEcough* I like it~

EDIT2: I just realized Ruki sings that one line different in Guren (last line of the "c-part"). I like it.