So Christmas is over and soon it will be the year 2010! I can't believe this year is already over, although alot has happened. I've met some new friends and done some serious soul searching. I've learned important hings about life and about myself and I'm always trying to grow as a person and work on my flaws. I've also learned that striving for perfection won't make me happy, and if I continue to do that I'll never be truly happy. I'll never be perfect anyway :)
xx

~Rina~

Going out

I'm going out soon, getting started with some wine, then to Patu's house and then probably to the city for a b-day party :)
Outfit today:
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~Rina~

Outfit

My outfit from yesterday :) The dress belonged to my grandmother, she had it made in the 60's and the shoes I bought last year for my graduation.
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~Rina~

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, everyone!
xx

~Rina~

I just felt like sharing this picture with you :D I bought that scarf on Monday, that cap came home with me from a uni party ;D
I think I'll start wearing my hair like that, I think i looks cute ^^
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~Rina~

I can't believe it's Christmas eve tomorrow, totally doesn't feel like it. The only clue is that my mom is superstressed which makes her mean :'D
I was going to dye my hair yesterday, but I chickened out at the last moment and didn't go red :D I did renew my darker layers so atleast that looks good now :) I'll probably do the red after new years so be patient with me ^^
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~Rina~

Christmas tree

I bought a christmas tree with my dad today :)
I also spent 46 euros on hairstuff, now I'm poor :'D
I made new nails yesterday, the pinky is longer on purpose :)I'm off to eat Christmas food , yummy~
xx

~Rina~

Hair...

I've decided to dye my hair :) the lower layers will still be dark brown but the upper will be...RED hahaa :D Tomorrow I'm buying the colours and since they will be my christmas prsent from myself I'll have to wait until after the 24th to dye my hair. C will actually be the one to do it, she's my personal colourist :D I can't wait to finally do something to my hair, it's been almost 4 months since I last dyed it and for me that's like ages ;D
The weekend was fun once again :) On Friday we had J's going-away party and I was in bed at 5am ^^ And on Saturday we just watched some movies because everyone was so tired and didn't feel like going out. We watched Kung-fu panda and Bad Santa. I love Kung-fu panda but the humor in Bad Santa does not do it for me :)
Now it's time for bed, good night
xx

~Rina~

Pictures

I got so excited when I got home so I took some photos of the beautiful scenery and of myself of course! :D I love snowy winters, it's so pretty, hehe.





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~Rina~

I'm having a presentation about plate tectonics today, in English! Those of you who don't know what that is, please check it out here. It's really quite interesting :)
Hmm, I'm not feeling those antibiotics, they're making me tired and I can't eat whenever I want (which might be a good thing :D) but my point is that I'm hungry all the time because I know I can't eat all the time, does that make sense? I can't even drink coffee, because I always take milk with my coffee and you can't drink milk or eat two hours before taking the meds or one hour before. I know it's not that long, but I'm used to eating small portions several times a day.
Also, on another note, I don't like it when people who only wear brand clothes are called stylish, I mean if I had the money I could go around buying all those clothes you see in magazines and make an exact copy of what the models were wearing. I mean sure that means that you can spot cool outfits but personally I think it's more rewarding to be inspired buy those photos and then create your own style :)
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~Rina~

Choir

Today I'm going to go see my dad's choir concert! Exciting haha. I've never heard my dad sing in a choir before so it should be fun. He's so nervous though, he's been practicing so much :) J is coming too to keep me company and cuz she loves men's choirs ^^
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~Rina~

Morning

Good morning!
It's cold again, about -15 degrees! When it's this cold it's hard to be fashionable and really the smartest thing you can do is dress warmly and comfortably like this :D
I'm wearing jeans leggins, my new hoodie from ginatricot and of course wool socks over regular ones. And this is before any outerwear :) This is with outerwear:My beloved and superwarm Tommy Hilfiger moonboots and my huuuuge winter jacket fom H&M many years back :)
I went swimming today but for some reason it was full of school kids and they were all over the place so it messed up my pace because they couldn't choose the right lane for their speed grrr :D
I'm going to make some fried rice from the leftovers from yesterday, yummy.
xx

~Rina~

Winter!

Hey,
it's finally winter with snow! The downside is that it's really cold atm, about -12 degrees *shivers* But I do prefer this to wet mush when the temperature is just above 0. And it was actually very pretty when I went in to town today to buy event tickets for my cousin. The sun was shining and I felt once again that Helsinki is my hometown and a nice one at that. Now, that doesn't mean that I don't ever want to leave, which I think I've proven with my endless complaints about saving money for Tokyo next year ^^ I love travelling but I also feel at home here in Finland. I just think that by travelling you can experience so many wonerful things that you wouldn't if you just stay put where you were born. Also meeting people from different cultures is fascinating to me.
Today I'm going to make chicken with chili and garlic~ I don't agree very well with spicy food but just a tad of heat is okay.
xx

~Rina~

Hey~
It's Sunday again and the weekend is already over :/ and I have a stest next week and loads of other things to do so I'm going to be really busy.
On Friday I went swimming and after that I met C and we went to take care of some school stuff, I took out three books that I have to read during the Holidays. We also waited at the bank for 45 minutes so C could get her tax refund and then we went shopping. It's been so long since I bought anything so I bought 2 hoodies and a onepiece, all from ginatricot. I was so happy to find those hoodies, I've been searching for long and slightly oversized hoodies for over a yaer so I had to buy them now :) On Friday evening C and I met up with Sanna to watch The Hangover, that movie was hilarious. I wore my new hoodie:
Sorry for the blurryness :/
On Saturday I was watching my godson and his little brother for 3 hours while their parents run some arrands. They were so cute but having two children under 3 years is alot of work. After this I was off to M's and her boyfriends housewarming party where I was until 4 am. We sand Singstar and partied. What I wore yesterday:
My new onepiece from ginatricot ^^
I'm gonna go study now, bye
xx

~Rina~

I added a view counter for my blog so now I'll know how many people read my blog ^^
I got some antibiotics from my dermatologist so now I'm just waiting for them to start working, better skin here I come! :D
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~Rina~

Oh dudes...

I have my dermatologist appointment tomorrow, I'm so happy~ I hope she can give me some stuff that'll work on my skin cuz I'm really tired of it looking like crap. Hopefully with better skin I won't have to wear tons of make-up everytime I want to leave the house. I already have some scarring though... But I'm still young, I'll get through it! Good night now.
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~Rina~

Weekend...

My weekend was fun and relaxing for a change :) Friday S and I met a really cool guy in the taxi queue and we ended up taking the same taxi as our homes were on his way and he payed, thank you random guy~! On Saturday and Sunday I just met up with some friends and hung out, it was fun :)
I've been watching a TV-show from the beginning of the century and it's been interesting to watch clothes etc from that time, I myself was only 11-12 at that time. And some of the clothes are horrible, I can't belive people used to wear golden latex pants, or purple for that matter, eww :D
But I'm tired now so I'm gonna go to bed, bye~
xx

~Rina~

Friday~

It's Friday! S graduates today so she's having a party and then we'll probably hit the clubs :) My outfit for the party:
Dress: Laguna Moon, Bolero: Japan, Leggings: Zara. I'm not wearing any shoes yet, I'm gonna wear these:
They are also from Japan :)
Have a good Friday,
xx

~Rina~

I was at the swimming place at 8, but apparantly it opens at 11 on Thursdays instead of 6.15 like on other day. Crap.

Hana yori dango

Hey!
Yesterday I went swimming with S and it was so much fun! Hehe, so I'm going again tomorrow :) alone this time, though, because almost all my friends hate swimming :/ Oh well. After that I'm going to the library to study. I have another test coming up in 2 weeks so I have to study hard now.
For the last few days I've been absorbed in a J-drama called Hana yori dango (=Boys over flowers). I've been staying up so late watching it, I was so hooked but now I've watched both seasons so there's only a movie left. I can't believe there isn't any more ;___; I'll actually have to get a life :D
Today was quiz night! We didn't do well this time though... Next time we'll ace it! :)
I'll watch the newest episode of Gossip Girl before I go to bed :)
xx

~Rina~

Yay

I passed the test I had on Friday! Gosh I'm so happy about that, I feel like everything's going to to be okay ^^ It's funny what a little bit of success can do for your self esteem :)
After the test I had lunch with C, we ate noodles :D Then I went to work and after that I met up with S. We picked up some Chinese food and a movie called Funny games and the went to S's place to watch it and eat. The movie was a bit disturbing, two psychos on a killing spree...
Today I helped C do her hair and then I picked up A from work. We baked Christmas pastries ^^ So delicious!
I want to buy a black skirt and some casual dresses to wear with leggins but I don' have any money :/ Oh but christmas is coming up, maybe I'll ask for those :)
But now I'm really tired so I'm going to go to sleep now, good night!
xx

~Rina~

Hey~
Yesterday was the listening comprehension part of the English test, I think it went well ^^ Today I have another test -.- and I have to go to work straight from my test, blaah. And it's raining :/
I feel like I don't have enough time to see all of my friends and I would really like to see my friends more often but right now my studies are taking up all my time. After this week I'll fortunately have a little more time to do other stuff than just work and studies ^^
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~Rina~

Sleepy...

I'm tired today but I had a good time last night. I hade a get-together with some uni friends and we all stayed the night at L's apartment. My eyes hurt >.< but fortunately I got to lend some maps from L so I don't have to stare at the computer screen to practise for the test on Friday ^^
I'm going to make some coffee now, bye~
xx

~Rina~

I hate having so much tests lately because I don't have enough time to see my friends not to mention I hate taking tests because I never do well ;___; Well I'm off to studying...
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~Rina~

I can't get any sleep and I have to get up at 8 tomorrow ;_;

I'm just getting ready to go to work but the weather is not tempting me at all. It's grey and windy :/ I tested out a new make-up today and I think it turned out cute. I tried to take a picture but the colors wouldn't show at all. Anyway it's pretty basic but on the top lid I used a dark purple to do a fairly thick line, and on the lower lid I used a glittery turquoise. I also but a thin black line on top of the purple and turquoise and added some shimmery white in the inner corners. An of course mascara! :)

Here's a picture!

And here's how I look like today:
I just straightened my bangs and added some curls to my naturally wavy hair.
I got to go eat now so I won't starve at work ^^
xx

~Rina~

Lazy Sunday

Hmm, I'm still a bit hungover from yesterday but that just proves it was an awesome party! Thanks everyone! Here's a picture of me from yesterday ^^


Today I'm gonna go play tennis, I really need to start doing some more exercise ^^;

After drinking some wine, good music and talking to friends I feel better about the test today ^^
Now I'm getting ready to go out with J, C and M. We're going to a rock bar so it should be fun even though I occaisionally like to go out and dance my heart out :D
xx

~Rina~

P.S. I'm totally addicted to this song :D

New nails

I don' want to think about my test anymore.
So I did some new nails, just simple ones for the pre-christmas party tomorrow :) I added some glitter for a glamorous feel :)

xx

~Rina~

Nervous

I just had breakfast and soon I'm leaving for my test. I'm so nervous! I can't take alot more failures...

New layout!

I changed my layout a few times this week but I think I'm sticking to thi one atleast for a while. The picture is from Harajuku in Tokyo and it was taken in June this year when I was in Japan.

The test was alot harder than I expected but we'll have to wait and see if I passes it.
I'm going to bed now because I have another test tomorrow, wish me luck! ^^
xx

~Rina~

Uh'oh

Today is English test day! I'm nervous, what if I fail?
Yesterday after work I watched Saw 5 with J and C! It was fun and I played some Korean pop to them and they actually started diggin' it, that's something Inever thought would happen! Seriously.

This Saturday my studentorganization is having a pre-christmas party! Last night when I couldn't sleep I came up with a pretty cool idea for an outfit, we'll see on Saturday if it actually turns out to be as cool as I thought :D

I've really fallen for the himegyaru style lately. I've always thought it's cute but now I actually would want to try it, I won't hough, because I get ideas and then I get bored. So I won't run off and buy a Jesus Diamante dress for 300-400 euros and then a few weeks later find that I don't want it anymore ^^ This is something I've learned with age :D
Here is the link for Jesus Diamante :)
xx

~Rina~

Hi~!
Since I've been trying to wake up earlier I have my alarm clock on the other side of the room so that I wouldn't just press the snooze button and continue sleeping. However, the only thing that's different now is that I walk to the other side of the room and press snooze. This morning I did it about 7 times, that's 70 minutes of snoozing! I really need to pick myself up and wake up when the alarm clock goes off. I'm gonna make some lunch soon and watch this weeks episode of Gossip Girl ^^
I have work today so I'll have plenty of time to read the summary of my Fridays testbook. Tomorrow I have an English test, I'm not that worried though cuz I'm pretty confident when it comes to English :D
Bye~

~Rina~

I just came back from my walk.
I want a cigarette... But I don't have any.

~Rina~

Japanese!

This is what I wore to my Japanese class today ^^ People looked at my tights funny though... The skirt is from my favourite brand Sex pot revenge and the rest is old and random off-brand :)

Now I'm going for a walk with S! Ugh, I feel like I've gained weight lately... But a little change in eating habits and that will sort itself out :)
Byebye,

~Rina~

P.S. Click the photo for a bigger view :)

Nails!

My nails turned out to look like decorative pokemon balls, and that was not my intention :D And I have shaky hands so my nail usually turn out not pretty :/ And that's why I usually only put nailpolish and that's it but I felt adventurous today :D
x

~Rina~

PaRADEiS!

I got my Oyuugi Wagamama-dan x PaRADEiS singles today! The songs are so good! This is one of my favourite bands! This single came in two pressings, one with a pv and the other had an extra track so of course I had to get both ;D
Going back to studying!
xx

~Rina~

I should be studying but I'll just write a quick post first ^^
About my previous post, I was really upset when I wrote it and of course I don't mean that all Finnish speaking people talk shit about Swedish-talking, just a really small part and I just payed too much attention to them so I need to ignore them in the future ^^
On Friday I made fried rice with S and M and then we went to the screening of a Finnish short film. It was about a 15-year old girl interested in Japan that was stuck on her parents' farm :D The movie was surprisingly good, I didn't really have much expectations for it but I thaught it would be kinda amateurish but it was really professional instead! I was impressed with it ^^ Yesterday I stayed home and watched Lost in Translation and studied. No biggie. Today I've studied and played tennis, yay for me :D lol.
I need a new black eyeliner...

Good night!

~Rina~

Pissed of

As some of you may know I live in Finland and here we have two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. I myself count to the people who speak both, Finnish with my mom and Swedish with my dad. I also went to school in Swedish. Since the Swedish-speaking people are a minority, the majority i.e. the Finnish-speaking people like to talk crap about the Swedish-speaking. So here's the deal: I'M SO FUCKING SICK AND TIRED OF CONSTANTLY HAVING TO DEFEND MY IDENTETY. Because ofcourse the language I speak as my mother toungue is a big part of my identety. There are alot of people in Finland who think that we only should have Finnish as an official language and they also breed rumors about the Swedish-speaking people being richer and scheamy. This is why I hate ignorant people, they just piss me off with their stupidity and unability to put themselves in someone elses' position. Fucking hell I just want to beat this guys to a pulp. I'm not violent normally but this has been going on for as long as I can remember and I'm so sick of it.
Yeah so I just wanted to share that with you, bye.

~Rina~

Studies...

I've done some serious studying today even though I went to bed at 4.30 am and I woke up at 11 am :D Yesterday I watched Saw 4 with J and C and after the movie we talked and then at 3 am we started to do each others' hair :D And then J took me home :) Annika came by today and we ate some leftover fried rice and watched Gossip Girl :) Now I'm watching a German show on tv and I'm so hooked on it :D And I have to concentrate so I have to go now.
Bye~

~Rina~

Fried rice 2!

Hi~
Today I'm gonna make fried rice again! Haha, I'm so addicted :D This time I'll be making it with some friends and in stead of chicken I'm gonna use duck :) I hope it turns out good...
Since it's Wednesday it's time for the weekly quiz at the local bar :D This time we're gonna win for sure...NOT. But at least we're never last :D
Yesterday my mom and I had a mother-daughter bonding day :D I got a facial and she got a massage. Then we had lunch and went home cuz I had to study. I feel more motivated this week and on Sunday I had some help from my brother with study techniques. I feel alot better about studying now :) Sunday was also Father's day so my mom, my brother and I gave my dad pajamas and he was happy about that :D
Bye bye.

~Rina~

Night post!

Since everyone's been writing about it, I'll do it too. A few days ago it was snowing and yesterday when I was taking my friend home a bit outside Helsinki the snow was staying the ground and waaah, I loved how it looked. Here in Helsinki the snow didn't stay on the ground but instead it melted the second it hit the ground ;__;

Anyway, gonna go to sleep now, Tia is spending the night here ;D hahah. Good night!

~Rina~

new hair picture

here's a picture of my new hair, as I said it's like before :D



Oh, and it's been snowing a lot for the past few days but now it's melting and it's just gonna be wet wet Finland :// blaaah

~Rina~

Fried rice

I made fried rice yesterday and now I'm eating leftovers for lunch~ mm, so good.
Oh, and my hair turned out nice, it looks a bit more structured and healthy :)
xx
~Rina~

Nothing to do...

I'm bored, I have like an hour almost before I'm gonna go to the hairdressers... What to do hmm, maybe do some make-up ^^ hahah, actually I think I'm gonna do that :D Bye bye!
xx
~Rina~

Tomorrow...

I'm going to the hairdresser's tomorrow! Yay, I'm not gonna do anything special, just cut off some of the dry ends since I'm trying to grow out my hair ^^ And I feel it has been growing really well but every now and then you have to cut it so it'll grow better hehe. I kind of want to dye it some colour but I can't really because then I can't use my extensions... So I'm just gonna keep it this way.

~Rina~

nothing new...

This will not be a long post but I judt wanted to tell you I've been listening to this Korean pop song on repeat for like two weeks now :D It's called Haru Haru by Big Bang. Haru Haru means day by day in Korean (obviously :D) Yea, nothing else. Bye bye :D

~Rina~

Good morning!

Today I woke up at twelwe as the sun was shining in my face. It was like a natural alarm clock ^^ However I had my unnatural alarm clock set on nine o'clock... Fortunately I didn't really have to wake up at nine which is why I didn't, I just wanted to so that I would get some sort of normal rhythm to my life. Anyway so it's new week and I am now commited to studying, I am going to pass my tests and I'm going to get my life in order. Speaking of which, I cleaned my room yesterday and also went through huge piles in my book shelf and I threw away alot of stuff. I heard somewhere that in order to declutter your life you have to declutter your house and I don't know how much comes from knowing this but I feel better so I guess it does have some effect.
Have a good day!

~Rina~

PS. I think I'm getting sick ;_;

I forgot!

I forgot to post a picture of my outfit yesterday ^^ Sorry it's a bit blurry, the camera in my cellphone isn't the best :/

I'm tired again, and this time I really don't get it! I've started taking vitamins, I sleep like 9 hours a night and I've started to exercise more and all that should give me more energy but no. So last night I was out celebrating a birthday but I felt very tired at like 11 so as the others went somewhere else I went home and I fell asleep as soon as I got into bed. So weird. And today I have another birthday to celebrate, although we already did that on Thuesday so I guess I can skip today without my friend beeing mad at me... I just want to watch a movie and eat some pop corn ^^ I should call Annika and see if she's doing anything :)

As usual I have been obssessing about my hair and my money situation, I'm on a super strict budget since I'm trying to save enough money fo Japan next summer. I've been looking at flights and they are more expensive this year than last year :/ Got to work hard to get all the money I need.

~Rina~

Heyy

So as I've told you I've been feeling depressed and down lately and I'm starting to figure out why. Since elementary school I've had issues with abandonment and now it's coming back to haunt me. Some of my friends are leaving Finland to go study adn they are going far away, Japan and Australia. So I guess I feel like they're abandoning me even though I know thinking about it they're not but the subconscious is weird, right. So after realizing this I've been a bit calmer. Last night I went to dinner with my family and my uncle and grandpa also joined us. Talking to my uncle is always rewarding in a way that I don't get from may people because he has this weird insight if life that I guess only comes with age and he is already 65 so I guess you can call that having lots of life experience. Anyway talking to him made me realize I might be stuck with a false self-image, like I never define myself through school or any kind of educational perspective, I always define myself through music and sometimes friends and that's why I've had thoughts about uni not being my thing. I'm not sura about all of this but it's definately given me something to think about, and it also gave me a little boost to continue with my studies.

But enough about deep stuff :D The restaurant we had dinner at yesterday had two toilet seats in the girls bathroom :D

So random, I guess it's a joke cuz girls always go to the bathroom together :D

After dinner I went out partying with some friends that I hadn't seen in a while cuz I've been so busy. I had so much fun! And this is how I looked last night. I like my hair, it was so cute ^^


~Rina~

I'm so screwed...

I have a test tomorrow and I'm not going to pass it, fortunately you can always retake tests...
But some of you may be thinking why I even bother to study when I can't pass and the answer to that my dear readers is that I think I'll get better and pass them sometime. For now I'm trying not to sink into depression, some really alarming signs have come up :/ An my mom just came to ask if I've passed anything this semester, that really doesn't chear me up at all...

Something that I don't know how to react to is when someone tells me something bad happened, I mean, what am I supposed to say? I never know and end up saying something like "Umm, wow, I'm sorry to hear that..." And I feel like such a crappy friend when I can't chear up my friends. I've just noticed that life is so hard, you have to keep challenging yourself and grow as a person but with so much crap going on it's really hard. Lately I've been finding it even harder to be happy and I catch myself more often just wanting to cry for no obvious reason.

~Rina~

tired...

I'm tired but so freakishly happy at the same time, it's weird what a few hot Japanese musiscians can do to you ;) This weekend was a rollercoaster of great and sucky stuff. The gigs were awesome and I almost cried when Screw walked to the stage on Saturday. Oh and Kazuki and Yuuto shared this incredible french kiss *___* But the arrengers of Tsukicon did not hold on to the schedule which sucks, I didn't for example see the whole aicle. concert because they started too early ;__; I missed a couple but at least I saw the rest of the live from a good place. The next band to play was Vistlip, the were really good even though I'd only heard one song from them :) The last one was Dio, and holy fuck Mikaru is HOT! There's nothing more to say than he is hot :D
Well I got to go now, I'll write more later, bye~
~Rina~

I am freaking out! I'm having a test tomorrow and I'm so not ready to take it. I'm seriously starting to think that uni is not my thing, I mean I keep failing this one test and I'm not putting in the work you should. But I do want to continue at uni, because it's really interesting and I've made some really good friends there. Anyway I hope to get past my issues and find the motivation to study :)

On another note, since it's autumn I've started to listen to some heavier rock again. For the past few weeks I've been listening to Slipknot and especially Psychosocial, it's an awesome song and the drum part is amazing, love it!

Also, I've decided to cut down on smoking because it's makin my skin terrible :/ and I went playing tennis with my mom yesterday and I noticed that I'm in really bad shape, so if not stop smoking completely atleast really not smoke if I really don't want one. I'm really gonna think before I get one out and smoke it. I've now been two days without it, haha yay me :D It's supposedly the third day that's the worst so today is gonna be just that :D I'll be okay though, I have to be :D

thanks, bye
~Rina~

Hello!
I've been feeling a bit better today, I think my flu is almost gone :) But I haven't done enough studying :/ On Friday I have a test about like knowing where countries, cities etc are in the world, the only problem is there are 1500 of them to learn! Uh'oh... I hope I'll be okay...
Today I watched Phantom of the Opera ^^ Actually I'm not a big fan of the movie, it's bit too long but God do I love the music. I've always loved the score for POTO ever since I was really young. My mom has a cd with songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals and the POTO tracks are worn out ^^; haha
On another note, alot of my friends seem to have some sort of guy trouble, what is up with that? Seriously, thismay sound selfish, but I'm so over hearing about the same problems over and over again, I mean people who know they shouldn't do stuff but still do. Sometimes I feel like asking if they're stupid, but I don't, so instead I vent about it on my blog :D haha, oh well, I'll get over it.
Bye bye
~Rina~

At work

So I'm at work now and I'm super tired, I just want to sleep. Oh and the weather is terrible, it's freezing cold with a really strong wind and rain mixed with snow, so it really is freezing.
I don't really know why but I've been feeling down for the last few days. And it's weird cuz I've been out with my friends and I've had a really nice time but I still can't shake this feeling. Maybe it's the autumn... I don't know but I certainly hope it's a passing thing cuz I have loads to do and I can't bee feeling this strenghtless all the time.
Anyway, some happier stuff now, Friday was so much fun. My friend had tickets to DTM, this gay club's 17th birthday party so until 10 pm the drinks were free! Haha, so immediately when we got in we just ordered so many drinks and the table we had with some friends was completely full of glasses XD we ended up not having to pay anything that night even though we were pretty drunk :)
On Saturday I went to 4 housewarming parties with uni friends, and had a really great time. It was when I was going home that night that I felt really depressed... Well yesterday I made food with my friend Pasi and it turned out super good, yum! I also ate candy, which I kind of had told myself I wouldn't do... Oh well.
And this weekend it's Tsukicon!! I can't wait! I'm actually going to be working there but it's okay cuz my boss is really laid back so I can go see stuff if I see something interesting. And the best part is...Screw and Aicle will be playing some shows, also Dio, Gothika, Sisen and Vistlip will be playing, it's going to be awesome! And my friend Tia will be sleeping over at my house and my parents are at our summer house so we'll have some partparty :D
Oh, writing about Tsukicon really cheered me up ^^ It's actually good to write a blog even though no-one reads it :D

xx
~Rina~

P.S. Old people need to learn some manners and treat young people like they would treat others.

Wiiii!!
There has been some craaazy stuff going on :) This weekend I went to this kinda cabin trip with my uni friends and it was crazy mad, everyone was so drunk ;D but I had a blast. Also because we are geography students we went to see some nature stuff to, e.g. we climbed up to the highest point of Varsinais-Suomi, don't know what is in English and wow it was like super steep and everyone had a hangover so that made it even harder. It was only 140 metres above seelvel tho...
And yesterday I just went to see the cue for MUCC with some friends and BAM we get 2 free tickets!! Like what the hell?! :D Anyway so there were three of us and only two tickets so I and Tia bought Sari a ticket as an early birthday present (note, Sari's birthday is in December :D) Anyway I'm so glad we did that because it was an awesome show! I was watching them play and I couldn't believe they were the ones playing that cool music :D now I'm a bit sore from headbanging but that's just the sign of good show :)

I haven't been posting pictures in a while but here's how I looked like yesterday BEFORE the concert ;D


An here's a beautiful pic from the cabin trip! You could drink from that lake ^^



C ya!!
~Rina~

Hey guys!
I've been running around like a headless chicken lately so I haven't had time to post much, sorry!
Anyway last week was full of stuff to do and on top of that I was feeling abit under the weather but I'm all good now! I had a test on Friday, after that I met up with one of my friends' girlfriends Jaana. We went shopping and then to eat sushi :) After that we drove up to Tias house where we hung out for a while and watched some Japanese music videos. Then Jaana had to go so I drove her to the train station and then back to Tias house and then I could start drinking! :) Tia took some pictures of me that she needs for her portfolio, and they turned out pretty good. I'll post some when she's done some editing ;) Then we got more drunk, sung karaoke and then we went to bed. The next day we went to Kamppi to take some more pictures, it was pretty nervous but at the same time exciting to pose in a place where there's so many people :) Then I had to rush hme to get ready for my granddads 90th birthday party. It was nice seeing my grandpa so happy :) Me and my cousin Helene were gonna go out but then we were too tired and just went to bed at about 1 am. We had a great time though. On Sunday I didn't do much, we had some family over for dinner, I met up with Tia to give her the pictures she'd taken (it was my mums camera) and then I went to Clarre to dye her hair back to black. I went to sleep at 2.30 am and now I had to get up early cuz the cleaning lady came and my lectures don't start until 2 pm, maybe I should study...Yeah right! :D
Uh, long post :D
Bye bye now
~Rina~

partyyy

sorry for not posting in like forever :/

i'm having a party with tia<33>

yea, well i'll post how it went later :)

~Rina~

autumn...

one thing's for sure, you know it's autumn when everyone's eating apples! haha, just kidding but seriously, I love the smell of Finnish apples. And I actually like autumn, you get to wear so many cosy and warm things. And you can wear the cutest knitted caps and big sweat shirts with leggings, super comfortable! And all the cool boots, oh I really really love autumn. Plus all the creepy bugs and especially the yucky spiders all DIE. I hate spiders, I'm so afraid of them and sometimes I cry if I've had a spider on me, like today. It was awful.

On a happier note, it was my friends birthday yesterday so of course we celebrated on Friday and Saturday ;) it was fuuuuun, and drunken :D I've been so lazy with pictures lately, but since I got my extensions and I dyed my hair and my extensions I'm gonna post a picture of them soon. I really like them, it's been so long since I had long hair.

I'm off to bed now, I have to get up early tomorrow cuz I have to start studying for all the tests I was too lazy to do last year :/ and there's 5 of them, and these are real Uni tests, so I have to read like a 1000 page book for each test ://// HEEELP! :'D oh well, just have to get started, I'll manage somehow.

Good night!
~Rina~

hello~

Yay, I got my extensions today, I'm so happy and they are gorgeous. The colour is just a tad of but it's okay since I'm gonna dye my hair anyway ^^

Today is my first day at work this autumn and I'm not really looking forward to it since it is kinda boring. I'm just gonna take some study material with me so atleast I'll do something that I really need to do. Last semester I didn't do like 4 tests so I need to catch up. And if I study at work it's like I'll get money for studying so maybe that'll motivate me ^^

Bye
~Rina~

Sorry for not posting for a while, I've been running around places and seeing friends so I haven't had much time on the computer. But yeah, I've been hanging with some friends and met some new people too. They've all been younger than me and at first I felt weird, but they could talk to me at my level, or maybe I am at their level :D but still I've had a really nice time meeting new people, thanks guys! :)

So my minor subject at uni is clearing up a bit, I'm probably going to stody world politics. Maybe that will help me understand all the crazy conflicts in this world...

Anyway, I'm gonna go sleep now, take care!
~Rina~

This week...

This week I'm gonna figure out what I want to study besides geography. But it's hard, because it has to be something that I'm interested in, otherwise I'll get sick of it in no time and not do well.

But I do have some good news too. I secured a job for autumn and spring and that brings me closer to my goal of going back to Japan next summer :) and since I'm working now and if I only ask for money for my birthday and Christmas, it'll be almost certain that I'll afford a trip to my beloved Tokyo and even have money to see some gigs while I'm there :) 

I love travelling in general too, not just whn it's travelling to Japan :) It's so much fun to see new places and get to know new people, they just have a totally different view on things and it can help you get some perspective of your own life too.

Have a good one,

~Rina~

running

Hi ya, this post will be about...exercise!! Wohoo, okay. So I've started doing some stuff again and I honestly have to tell you it's been really good. Well, running makes me ache and whatever but afterwards I feel so great, and I sleep alot better too, well except last night I had a really really weird dream but dreams are usually interesting unless they're nightmares, then they're scarry and interesting :D I used to do lots of sports in junior high but after that I quit and I've just randomly been playing tennis with my mum. The only downside with exercising is that your appetite will grow so you might not lose weight even thought that was the point of starting exercising.

xx

~Rina~

helloo

So it's been a while again since posting, sorry about that. Last week I had some time off from work and went to some summer houses and spent time with my friends, of course there was drinking involved XD I'm in a pretty good place right now, I feel good about myself and there's no drama and it is so relaxing~ This will be short post cuz I don't really have anything to complain about :)

xx 

~Rina~

Hiii

Sorry for not posting for a while but I've been so busy I've barely had time to check my email :/ so anyway it's been a crazy weekend with lots of stuff happening. Well Friday I didn't do anything except work but on Saturday I had a crawfish party to go to after work. It's the season for crawfish parties here in Finland :) I had so much fun seeing some of my friends that study abroad and stuff so we had alot to catch up and giggled like crazy about some old stuff from waaaay back :D after eating some of the younger girls wanted to watch High School Musical 3, oh god I'm telling you it was unbelievably funny, because ut eas so bad. But I'm only talking about the plot right now, because there's no denying that the actors have been practising alot and I actually kind of liked the choreography and dome of the songs were good. Well, it was fun just hanging out too.
On Sunday I had work again. But this time I wasn't working in the shop, I was selling at a happening called CosplayGaala. So it was basically all about cosplay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay I post this link incase you don't know what cosplay is :) I've actually done a cospaly of Mashiro from Himeyuri but I'm not planning on any new cosplays.
But it didn't get boring because there were all sorts of cosplay competitions and I could see the perfectly from the stand where I was selling.


Bye,
~Rina~

yee

I deleted my drunk post, because it was embarresing. Anyway, I hope too many didn't have time to read it :'D

~Rina~

whoops

Okay, so turns out the intern wasn't late as in he was lazy, he was at some astma tests. He could've told me yesterday though... Because you do know this stuff for weeks, so I'm still a bit pissed off but not as badly anymore. Instead I'm bored, this job is making me so restless. I need a holiday, or a really good party. Today will hopefully be one, it usually is when I see my friends from uni ;D

~Rina~

stuff that piss me off!

I can't believe the fucking intern is late, again! It's the third day in a row he's late! I hate people that are late all the time, I'm never late. If I'm unsure of how long something's going to take, I leave spare time so I won't be late. And I hate waiting for people that are late. Argh!!

~Rina~ 

Tired...

Lately I've been really tired and still when I go to bed at night I can't get any sleep. On top of that I've been having nightmares for the past week and it's starting to wear me out since I also have to work. And I keep waking up even before my alarm clock rings, it's weird and tiring. I don't know what it could be about. Because the nightmares aren't exactly about what I'm concerned about right now (like gaining weight) but more really random stuff like getting my Vivienne Westwood armour ring stolen :'D I wish they would go away cuz I'm tired of being tired.

Lots of love

~Rina~

Top of the morning!

Good morning!

So I have work again today, which is good cuz I need money to buy extensions ^^ And I'm going to get my hair cut and colored on Friday, yay! I'm really in need of coloring since my hair is pink now. So the roots are showing and the pink is worn down to a orange-ish colour and it is gross :/

Tomorrow I'm seeing some friends from university I haven't seen since the end of May so that's going to be really fun. Of course when I say see, it's means we're going drinking! :D And I still have work on Thursday so it's going to be a hangover day at work for me and my friends :)

Good evening to you

Lately I've been seeing craploads of places where they sell Estonian treats and I'm seriously starting to believe that it's not something you eat and instead it's a brothel for Estonian hookers.Because seriously, does Estonia have any special foods or treats? I don't think so.

And here's the super cute picture of my godson Julius <3 He's eating cake and that's my grandma in the background, love you guys!!





Love
~Rina~

helloo

Sorry I didn't update all weekend, but I was busy. Actually, I was just busy on Saturday, on Sunday I was just lazy :D hahah, anyway, on Saturday I went to see my grandma :) and my godson was there too and he is the cutest thing ever! I'll post a picture later :) I also went o my friends' birthday party and it was fun. In the bar a guy got naked, twice. Then he got thrown out.

Peace!

~Rina~

I should...

...go to sleep, I have a busy day tomorrow and I want to be rested. Tomorrow I'm going to a birthday party, the dresscode is black. I've been plannig my outfit for three days and I think it'll be really cool. I'll post a picture of it later!
Good night
~Rina~

Well...

This post will be about religion. And I know I said that I probably wouldn't post any deep thoughts, but I just want to share this with you guys.

I'm not a religious person even though I still belong to the Lutheranian church here in Finland. I have come to the conclusion (many years ago) that I in fact am agnostic, for those who don't know what that is, google it :D  Today I came across a blog of a man who has converted to Islam, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's his choice. But I really don't like the way he speaks about people that aren't muslims, like he says we are losers for not being muslims. And this is basically which angers me most with religions. You know, I don't go around criticizing everyone that believes in a god or whatever, but still some of these people feel that they have the right to tell me what a huge failure I am for not believing. What the fuck, seriously. There is so much crap going on because of religion, and they tell me to be a part of that?? No thanks. I mean, I respect Jews for eating kosher, I respect that muslims don't eat pork, I respect that most hindis and buddhists are vegeterians, but dudes, don't pressure me to join you! I have friends that are religious, but we all live in peace with each other and we respect each others views. So why can't everyone? I'll tell you why, it's because they think that becsause everyone in the world aren't like me, it's gonna go under and everyone will go to hell. What? Excuse me? We are all different because we are human, we are all equal even though we believe in different things and gods and what not. As for me, I belive in life and music and that's enough for me.

Peace out!

~Rina~

still bored

This post is so pointless, but I have nothing else to do cuz I'm so BORED!!! Bored, bored, bored! BORED! Haha, as you can see, my work is really busy :'D

~Rina~

Booooooored

Yea, I'm bored as hell right now. We haven't had customers for like an hour now so all I do these days is surf the net. And you know, don't get me wrong, the internet is full of fun stuff (for example blogs that combine Finnish and English, what's that about??), but right now it's just boring. And I just found out that Erina from Dion distraught overlord is leaving the band and that the band is going on an activity pause ;__; what the fuck?? Dio is supposed to perform in Finland in October! Are the still coming? I hope so!! I was looking forward to that!

Anyway, so I finally got around to taking the picture of my outfit today, but it's really blurry, hope you guys can make something out of it :) My camera is so fucking bad :/ Hahha, and even though I tag this post as fashion, I am well aware that it not fashionable, it's just what I wear and I couldnt think of a better word :) EDIT: changed the tag to clothes :D

hehe

I'm the worst, I still didn't post when I was supposed to, so sorry about that. But today is a new day, and I am prepared and I am so gonna upload a pic today. Yesterday I didn't post any because I saw a friend and hang out with her until 1 am and when I got home I was too tired to post anything or upload a pic. 

I had so much fun yesterday because this was one friend I hadn't seen in ages because when she got home from a 6 month Asia tour it was my turn to go to Japan where I stayed for a month. Oh, and when I say tour I don't mean that she's an artist or anything, she was just backpacking through Asia. I played Nintendo Wii for the firts time too, and it was so much fun! But I have to say you can't be too rough playing that game cuz the sensors are too slow. Like in the boxing part, youo couldn't really let out any aggression because then you would lose when the game didn't have time to capture your moves. Am I making sense? Well, try it and you'll understand. Anyhow, I have to get back to work now, bye~

~Rina~

Uups

So yesterday I said I was going to post a picture of my outfit. But I didn't. Sorry. So I'm posting a pic of my outfit today instead, which is actually better becauser today I look alot better :D so I'll do that when I get home.

After work yesterday I bought a tulle skirt, it's black and really cool. I already have some ideas on how to combine it so it won't look totally slutty :D After that I had to rush home and get changed for a crawfish party with my family. It was fun, but it's always more fun with friends when you can drink all the schnapps you want without making a fool of yourself infront of your grandpa :'D After that I just watched Gossip Girl with my cousin and went home to sleep cuz I have work again today.

Bye~

~Rina~

Pissed off

I'm pissed off! I work at this anime and manga store and some of the people that come here just make me so mad. They are completly unrespectful of the stuff we carry and about the community of people that like this kind of stuff. So why even bother to come here?! And on top of that, they smell of sweat, it's gross!! Like I can smell them from 2 meters away, how disgusting is that! Anyway, so my point is, why do people do these kinds of things? Isn't it just a waste of time for them? Hahah, I sound so angry, but yeah, these people piss me off.

C ya!

~Rina~

First post!

Okay, so I created this blog cuz I was bored, but I intend to keep posting in this one even though some of my previous blogs haven't been around for more than two posts :'D Anyway, the point of this blog is to share my feelings on some stuff that happen in my life and there will be alot of clothes, make-up and hair stuff too, since that is something I like doing and talking about :) This will be a pretty superficial blog and will probably not contain any deep wisdoms but you never know, maybe I'll be really philosophical with you guys some days :D I'll probably post a picture of my outfit later today, so look forward to it! :D

Bye bye 

~Rina~