Happy new year 2015

Hello xx

I'm feeling a bit sick and I'm supposed to go to Kuopio tonight to New Year's party but I have to see how I'm feeling in few hours. I promised to come and post some photos last week but I was so tired, but here are few photos from the past weeks xx

Photos from my farewell dinner in Tamworth. I added an old photo of my girls because Lauren C. was somewhere else right then when I was taking those epic selfies with everyone.. xx Thanks for everyone who made my 2014 exchange year fantastic and unforgettable, I love you so much! <3 xx

In the past two weeks me and my friends have been around partying quite a lot and here are few photos relating to that.

Anssi and Emilia <3 We went to Chinese with this group + Veera and Jarno and it was so good :3 Look at my eyes! It was the following day I arrived back to Finland haha :D

Scandinavian Hunks were at Puikkari last Friday night! :3 <3

A bit of Australia! <3

My souvenier to Mum and Dad from Aus :)

Salmari (Finnish liquorice shot) and Emilia's shot :D

Emilia <3

So I really hope I can make tonight and go to party with Tanja and Heidi and the rest of the group. I haven't seen them after I came back so I'm really keen for that. I already packed my cool bag for tonight and I just need to chill out for a bit and then start to get ready, because I need to catch a bus to Kuopio from Maaninka. I wish you all amazing last day of 2014 and I hope 2015 will be magnificent!

Thank you for my amazing exchange year in Australia 2014. I'm forever grateful to everyone who took part and made my Aussie life unforgettable. I love you <3

Happy new year 2015! <3

~ Viivi

I'm home

Hey everyone xx

So I left the land of kangaroos on Friday and I arrived to Helsinki on Saturday morning. I had three flights; Tamworth-Sydney, Sydney-Hong Kong and Hong Kong-Helsinki. Altogether I travelled almost 36 hours plus car trip back home from Helsinki. I'm glad to be back home even though saying goodbyes (I mean, se you laters) to my friends on Wednesday and Thursday were the most difficult thing for me to do. We had this Chinese dinner with my friends and I just loved it. It was so amazing and I thank everyone who took part. I love you so much xx

You will get photos from there and from my trip back home later on when I have time to put photos on my laptop and clean up my room and empty my luggage. Trust me, my stuff are everywhere and it looks like I'm not to be bothered to clean up today.

Tonigh Emilia, Anssi, Veera, Jarno and I are going to have dinner and then later have few drinks together. It was good to se Emilia and Anssi yesterday and Veera and Jarno today. It felt like I never left and everyone were waiting for me. I also met my relatives yesterday and I was so so so happy to talk to them face to face again.

Anyway, now I'm going to relax and chill out before I go out tonight. It's only 9.20am but have to admit that I suffer of jet lag (and still a bit of hangover because it was my 18th birthday on Friday and I might had had too many drinks in Sydney-HK flight so.... :D). I bought my access to Business lounge in HK and I got some weird looks from business men there when I was chilling out in my onesie :D It was such a hilarious trip back home ahaha lol :D

I'll come back and write more next week and put some photos here. Have a great Sunday and a great week, love you xx

~ Viivi

Why do all good things come to an end?

Kotiinpaluuseen kaksi päivää. Mä olen itkenyt, nauranut, itkenyt vähän lisää, järjestänyt kivoja juttuja kavereiden kanssa, syönyt lounasta rehtorin kanssa, viettänyt useammat läksiäiset, itkenyt vähän lisää uudestaan, ja koonnut itseni kasaan. Mun tunteet on heitellyt laidasta laitaan. Olen odottanut kotiinpaluuta kuin kuuta nousevaa, seuraavassa hetkessä olen vannonut, etten koskaan jätä Australiaa. Mun aussiystävät tekee kotiinpaluusta vaikeaa, pelottaa, etten koskaan näe heitä enää uudelleen. Mä olen joutunut jättämään hyvästit jo muutamille ystäville, ja musta tuntuu, että mä en voi selvitä tästä hengissä. Se on ollut kamalinta mun elämässä, hyvästellä ystävät ja silti kertoa heille, että tulen vielä jonain päivänä takaisin, että nämä eivät ole hyvästit vaan moikat, pian nähdään. Sisimmissäni kuitenkin tiedän, että joitakin heistä en vain tule näkemään enää koskaan. Sitä ei kuitenkaan sanota ääneen.

Two days until homecoming. I've cried, laughed, cried some more, organised nice things with my friends, ate lunch with the principal, been to few farewell parties, cried some more again and kept myself together. I've been mentally so unsteady and emotional that in the first moment I couldn't wait for going back home and the next moment I swore that I'll never leave this country. My Aussie friends are making my leaving difficult (in a nicest possible way obviously) and I'm so afraid not seeing some of these people ever again. It's difficul to say goodbye and try to tell them that "I'll be back" even though you know you'll never see some of them again. You just don't say it aloud to them. You're lying and you know it too, even you wanted to see them again so badly. I've told everyone that this is not a goodbye, this is "See ya later, mate."

We had a mufti day on Friday, but our theme was Christmas, so Chloe lended me some clothes :)

Chloe as an angel (I think so :D)

Logan <3

My music teacher bought me presents <3

Farewell party on Saturday :'D

Picnic on Sunday with my girls (from left): Bec, Lauren, Michaela, Allison, Lauren, Pippa, Bridget & Rachel <3

Courtney bought me this perfect Australia -jumper <3

SLC ;)

Gabi's birthday today and mine's on Friday ;) At principal's lunch for students who got a McCarthy award.

Farewell party at English class with Isobel, Katiee and Max <3

Jayden, Bree and Josh <3

I sang in a voice ensemble at the school's Awards night and I had to wear a wig because I wasn't allowed on the stage with my red hair (Catholic school problems :'D)

Huomenna illallinen kiinalaisessa lähimpien ystävien kanssa. Kirjoittelen torstaina lisää jos ehdin. Rakastan kaikkia mun ystäviä niin paljon, sitä ei saa unohtaa. Kuitenkin mä tulen kohta kotiin <3

We're having a dinner tomorrow at Chinese with my closest friends. I'll write more on Thursday if I have time. I love you all so much, please don't forget that. Still, I'm coming home soon <3

~ Viivi

Love and you'll be loved

Moikka! :)

Mä sain hyviä uutisia jo pitkän aikaa sitten, mutta en ole vaan jaksanut blogia paljon ajatella, kun aika kuluu niin nopeaan. Mulle on vihdoin löytynyt vuokra-asunto Kuopiosta, Neulamäestä. Muuttopäivä tulee olemaan 2.1.2015 ja kyseessä on siis tyttösolu jossa on minä ja kämppäkaveri. Keskustaan on neljä kilometriä ja Prismaan vain vähän yli yksi kilometri :D Oon aika innoissani. Oon oottanut tätä jo jonkun aikaa, ja nyt sitten vihdoin tuli se sähköposti. Kuopas on tosiaan vuokranantajana ja amiskallekin tulee olemaan matkaa nelisen kilometriä. Neulamäki on joskus ollut vähän kyseenalainen (ainakin tarinoiden mukaan) alue, mutta nykyään suhteellisen rauhallinen. Muutan mahdollisesti mun labbiksen kanssa, joten on sitten seuraakin :) Siellä on paljon opiskelijoita ja kaupat, apteekit sun muut on tosi lähellä. Sain jo kuviakin sieltä! En malta odottaa! :)

Hey guys! :)

So, some of you might have already heard that I got my student apartment earlier last month. I've been so messed up with my feelings so my blog hasn't been the number one thing to worry, sorry about that. I'm moving in 2.1.2015 and I have another girl living in the same apartment. It has two bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a small balcony. Awesome! I'm probably moving in with my labrador so I have company and obviously I hope my roommate is nice and we get along well. It's only 4 kilometres away from business college and there is a small shopping centre literally next to the apartment and a big shopping complex is only a bit more than one kilometre away. I'm so happy that I was this lucky!

Mulla on siis 7 päivää jäljellä Australiassa enää. En voi oikein uskoa, että aika kului loppujen lopuksi näin nopeaan. Sen takia laitankin tähän paljon kuvia ja selitän erikseen, kun muuten tulisi kilometripostaus. Peace & love ja palaan kirjoittamaan ennen lähtöä vielä! xx

I have 7 days to go in Aus. Isn't that crazy? I though a year would be soooo long but now it's gone. This post is going to be too long so that's why I'm going to put here some photos and explain separately under every one of them. I'll write more before I leave Aus! Peace & love & talk to you later xx

Photos are on random order! :D I love you all, thank you for sharing all these moments with me <3

At canteen ladies' Christmas party with Connor, Pat, Isaac, Jarrod and Meg :)

I dyed my hair red yesterday by myself :D Everyone seems to love it.

 

Year 11 school photo 2014 :DDD #OMGLOLWHY

I sang this song twice at song accompanied by Jasmine <3

Jayden and I (Y)

Charlie the bird :)

After first Friday mass me, Teanna, Madeline, Chloe, Pippa and Isobel <3 I'm gonna miss you all <3

Jack and I, epic selfie :D

Beccyyy <3

Chloe & I & Christmas athmosphere :D

Augie's 13th birthday with Alexis, Augie and Kate :)

Year 11 funny photo and out year coordinator's farewell.

Meg, Bridget and I in canteen ladies party.

Last social with this amazing year 11 group <3 Theme was "The job you'll never have" and I was 80s' fitness lady ;D

Social.

Some random salad I made and took a snap :DD

She's my Kaitlin <3

We are too sexy for our shirts.

Sunset when I was running one evening <3 I'm gonna miss this <3

Random selfie from music room with Augie and Shanice :)

~ Viivi

One month to go

Hey guys xx

I just came to write quickly about the time passing by. Only one month to go, 27 days. I'm kinda absolutely ready to go home but in the other hand I'm a bit jealous for those who are starting their exchange year and everything good is still yet to come. Even good things are coming for me too in Finland but my jealousy about everyone else's experience is so weird to cope with. It's really strange to feel this way. Maybe I'm just scared that I'm never gonna see some of these people again.

That is the scariest part of the whole thing.

Take care, I try to organize my own thoughts.

~ Viivi

Rallikuskiksi pääsystä toiveita elätän...

... turha on äitien sankarityttöjä neuvoa ;)

Morjes kaikille!

Tulin siis kertomaan teille, mitä jännää koti-Suomessa tapahtuu sillä välin, kun minä elän mun aussielämää. Iskä siis osti minulle '88-vuosimallia olevan Volkswagen Caravellen. Se on vähän vielä vaiheessa, ja iskä kunnostaa sitä parhaillaan. Mulla tulee siis olemaan 7-8-paikkainen minibussi kun palaan kotiin. Mä ostan siihen isot musalaitteet ja laitan diskopallot kattoon. Jos kerran aloitetaan tuollainen projekti, niin pitäähän sitä sitten tuunata tyylillä ;) Tämä käytännössä tarkoittaa railakkaita roadtrippejä parhaitten kamuleitten kanssa ;)

I dream of becoming a rally driver, heroic girls don't need mothers' useless advice... ;)

Ciaooo everyone!

So, today I'll tell you about really fancy and exciting things that are going on in Finland (meanwhile I'm experiencing Aussie life ;) Dad bought me a (party)van, Volkswagen Caravelle '88. He's repairing it and I'll buy really nice and big sub-woofers and put disco balls on the ceiling and then I'll drive around with my mates :D Ahaha it will be so mental. It'll be 7-8 seated van so I can fit all my friends in there. I'm so excited about it! By the way, that quote above this is a free translation, and it is is from this song below here! :)

Iskä on ollut sen auton kimpussa koko ajan (tai ainakin näin mulle kerrotaan...) ja hänkin tuntuu olevan tosi innoissaan siitä. Tokihan se on hienoa, kun on tuollainen projekti tehtävänä. Minusta tuntuu, että mä taidan joutua kuskiksi muutaman kerran, kunhan sen kortin ensin saan :)
Laitan kuvia kunhan itse palaan Suomeen (JO ENSI KUUSSA :O), niin saan ottaa itse kunnon kuvat :D Onhan isä joitain kuvia lähettänyt, mutta haluan ottaa itse kunnolliset kuvat mun blogiin :) Tällaista siis tällä kertaa, vähän randomia selittelyä, mutta saattepahan esimakua, millainen auto mulla tulee olemaan ajussa sitten ensi vuodesta lähtien :D Saattaahan sillä muutamat baarireissut heittää kuskin ja kavereitten kanssa ;)

Dad seems to be fixing the car all the time (or at least that is what they tell me...) and he also seems to be really excited about it. Well, I can't blame him, men need toys and hobbies :) I feel that I might be driving him and mum around when I get my driving license first :)




I'm gonna put here some photos of it when I go home (NEXT MONTH :O). Dad has sent some photos but I prefer to take photos myself to my blog :) So today I just wrote really random stuff, but at least you got an idea what kinda car I'm driving next year... :D I reckon I'll go to bar few times by that with a driver and my friends hahaha ;)

~ Viivi

#Bloodbanking

Moro!

Marraskuu on nyt siis korkattu. Mä saan tietää tässä kuussa minne muutan tammikuussa, kun palaan kotiin. Kuopakselle laitettu hakemus siis tuottaa tulosta. Oon aika innoissani siitä asuntojutusta. Mun porukatkin sanoo, että se on ihan ok, mutta mulla on kutina, ettei ne kuitenkaan haluaisi päästää mua muuttamaan. Tuntuu vähän pahalta, että käyn kotona vaan "kääntymässä" ja muutankin sitten jo melkein heti pois. Mutta mun mielestä se on mulle paras vaihtoehto, ollapa 18-vuotias keskellä metsää ilman autokorttia :D

Funny minion #Truestory :'D

Hey guys!

So has November started. This month I will find out where I am moving in January. I left my flat application few months ago and finally I get some information. I'm pretty excited but at the same time I'm worried how my parents will cope with the fact that I go home but then I'm moving out almost straight. I hope they are happy for me too and if they don't like it, they would just say it. But for me it seems to be the best thing to do, I'm 18 then and don't want to live in the forest anymore without a driver's licence :D

Me & Augie played violin with the concert band last Saturday at fête, then we had sleepover with Alexis :)

Eilen kävin luovuttamassa verta ensimmäistä kertaa elämässäni. Täällä ikäraja luovuttamiselle on 16, mutta silloin saa luovuttaa vain kerran vuodessa. Tuli hyvä mieli, kun sain auttaa, vaikka olenkin ollut aika väsynyt sen jälkeen. Mutta eiköhän se siitä pikkuhiljaa taas palaudu takaisin normaaliin :)

Strawberry milk for the first time ever, yummy! :)

Yesterday I went to donate blood for the first time ever! I wanted to help and I found that a good way to do it. You have to be 16 in Australia do donate but then you can do it only once a year. I've been pretty tired after that but getting back to normal slowly :)

#Bloodbanking with Maddie :)

Some random selfie from school :D

Niin se aika vaan menee. Tänään on 48 päivää jäljellä. Jos totta puhutaan, niin sen jälkeen kun tapasin mun uuden (ja ainoan oikean) tukihenkilön pari viikkoa sitten, niin olen oikeastaan alkanut odottaa kotiinpaluuta ihan eri tavalla. AFS ei siis saanut aikaiseksi hankkia minulle oikeaa tukihenkilöä kuin vasta nyt. Muutenkin AFS:n toiminta Australiassa on tosi retuperällä, että jos harkitset Australiaan vaihtariksi lähtöä, niin harkitse kaksi kertaa, lähdetkö AFS:n kautta. Suomessahan se toimii tosi priimasti, en tiedä onko se sitten vain kulttuurijuttu vai onko sen toiminta oikeasti näin huonoa täällä.

So the time flies. 48 days to go today. After I met my support person (which AFS organised finally after 9 MONTHS....) I started to think my homecoming in a different way. I actually started to wait for it. I realised what I have in Finland and that I can come back to Australia later. I have so many things to do when I go home, I'll get my own aparment, I need to get a job, I'll get a puppy dog, go party with my friends, get my driver's licence, finish schools... So many things, and I can't wait. Don't misundertand - I've loved every moment in Australia after I moved to this family. Life's been amazing. But still Finland is my home country, and I'm still a Finnish person, I speak Finnish and late nights with my parents and friends are something I'd never give away <3

Ohi syyskuun, läpi repaleisen lokakuun
Kaipuun kaljakori kilisee
Yli taivaan,  päivät niinkuin varisparvi raahautuu
Mua vaivaa ikävistä ikävin
Milloin beibi palaat takaisin?
Etkö tiedä, voi yksinäisen miehen viedä marraskuu?

#Countdown

Love you all xxx Have an amazing weekend! <3

~ Viivi