(almost) my new jacket

So this is not the thing I bought today earlier but I hope I can take the following jacket with me home on Saturday after work. As some of you know, the winter here is not that long and cold as back home in Finland. That is why I was thinking, I don't need a thick winterjacket. But then again I don't like cold at all(not then when I do not have enough clothes on, and that is important during the winter) so I thought maybe I should buy myself a nice warm winterjacket. Well actually I am not buying it, my mom buys it for me as a Christmas present

And since I am working in this specific clothingstore, and I get a nice discount, I could invest for the coming winters and buy myself a jacket with a nice price.

Here the link to my jacket

And I am buying it in black, the internetsite gives the jacket in beige but that does not fit to me at all!!

Here is a picture of the jacket: I'll post another one on Saturday evening

Käännös: Tämä ei nyt ole se juttu minkä ostin tänään aikaisemmin mutta toivon ottavani linkistä (yläpuolella kohdassa my jacket) löytyvän talvitakin mukaani lauantaina. Täällä talvet ei ole niin kylmiä ja pitkiä kuin koti-Suomessa mutta mä tykkään lämpimästä. Ton takin kanssa ei täällä tulisi kyllä kylmä! Se olis hyvä investointi tuleville vuosille ja kun olen kys. vaatekaupassa töissä on hintakin melko huokea alennusten jälkeen. Takin ostan mustana ja toivon tuovani sen kotiin lauantaina töitten jälkeen. Mietintäaika on aina hyvä!

In the midst of learning... and buying shoes... wtf?

So, tomorrow is the last exam of this year(on Friday I have Japanese but that is gonna go okay, anyways).

I have been learning for the exam since Friday and I start to get the feeling I do not want to see or read the slides anymore. So I decided to take a break and ride to a small shoppingcenter on the otherside of the river. That turned out well(for my closet but not for my wallet).

This proves again the fact that when you should learn you are ready to do EVERYTHING else!!!

pictures are coming here later....

Käännös: Huomenna on rahoituskurssien viimeinen tentti tältä vuodelta. Perjantaina on vielä japanin tentti mutta siitä en jaksa huolehtia. Huomisesta tentistä sen verran että olen lukenut siihen viime perjantaista asti ja ne power point-esitykset rupee tulemaan mun korvistakin ulos! Joten pidin sitten tänään tauon ja polkaisin yhteen kaupungin pienistä kauppakeskuksista. Lopputuloksena oli täytettä vaatekaappiin ja kukkaron keventyminen. Tämä todistaa että kun pitäisi opiskella, sitä on valmis tekemään KAIKKEA muuta :D Kuvia laittelen myöhemmin

busy again...

again no time to post anything.... just learning, learning, learning. The 2 last exams for this year (our semester goes until early February) are next week and even on Saturday evening I am sitting home and learning. And tomorrow I am gonna get up so early that even thinking about it makes me feel sick :D

So I am gonna post more in a week or so. Till then here is a nice song which I hear a couple of days ago:

And those of you who are celebrating Christmas in less than one month, remember to hear those Christmas songs. They just make everything better ;)

H&L

Käännös: ei ole ollut aikaa postata mitään ihmeellisempää tänne. Koulun kanssa niin kauhia kiire että istun nyt, lauantai iltana, kotona ja aion lukea ens viikon tenttiin. Huomenna on tarkoitus herätä niin aikasin että kun edes ajattelen sitä, minulla tulee huono olo :) Yllä on linkki hyvään biisiin jonka kuulin vajaa viikko sitten. Ja niille jotka juhlivat joulua vajaan kuukauden päästä, kuunnelkaa joululauluja. Ne tekevät jokaisen päivän paljon kivemmaksi!

Let us begin

This one I saw at work when I was waiting for the elevator, and one of my collegues had printed the next saying on a paper and taped it on the elevator door:

“Yesterday is gone. 

Tomorrow has not yet come. 

We have only today. 

Let us begin.”
Mother Teresa

So let us begin.....

Käännös: odotin töissä hissiä ja hissin oveen oli teipattu seuraava sanonta: "Eilinen on mennyt, huominen ei ole vielä tullut. Meillä on vain tämä päivä. Aloittakaamme" - Äiti Teresa. Joten aloittakaamme....

You can fix a heart...

Sorry guys, next song is in German but it is really a cool song. Even though you think its over, there comes a time where the hope comes and the heart can be fixed. Underneath the video and the lyrics for "Udo Lindenberg feat. Inga Humpe: Ein Herz kann man nicht reparieren"

Text: Udo Lindenberg; Musik: Udo Lindenberg

Hör' mir jetzt mal zu, laß mich jetzt in Ruh'
und ruf' mich nicht mehr an...
Ich hab' keine Zeit, nicht gestern und nicht heut',
nicht morgen und nicht irgendwann
Mach dir endlich klar...es ist nicht mehr - es war...

Du mußt das kapier'n, eins wird nicht passiern'n,
mich kriegste nicht zurück...
Zieh doch einfach los, das Angebot ist groß
greif' dir 'n neues Glück
Jeglichen Verkehr...will ich mit Dir nicht mehr.....

Ein Herz kann man nicht reparier'n, ist es einmal entzwei
dann ist alles vorbei
Ein Herz kann man nicht reparier'n, niemand weiß wie das geht,
es ist meistens zu spät
Ein Herz kann man nicht reparier'n, da hilft keine Kur,
da rinnen Tränen nur
Ein Herz kann man nicht reparier'n, alles bleibt leer
und auch der Arzt hilft nicht mehr..........

Jeglichen Verkehr...will ich mit Dir nicht mehr...

Kniest dich vor mich hin, hat doch keinen Sinn,
mich kriegste nicht mehr rum...
Zieh' Dich wieder an, ich laß dich nicht mehr ran und
mach Dich doch hier nicht krumm
Wenn ich Dich so seh,...aus, das tut weh...

Ein Herz kann man nicht reparier'n, ist es einmal entzwei
dann ist alles vorbei
Ein Herz kann man nicht reparier'n, niemand weiß wie das geht,
es ist meistens zu spät
Ein Herz kann man nicht reparier'n, da hilft keine Kur,
da rinnen Tränen nur
Ein Herz kann man nicht reparier'n, alles bleibt leer
und auch der Arzt..hilft nicht mehr..........

Doch irgendwann wird sie vor mir steh'n,...die Frau mit der
Zaubermedizin...und sie sagt: " Kleiner ey, laß' mich mal sehn,...
ich glaub das kriegen wir wieder hin",...
ein Herz das kann man reparier'n...
und gehts mal entzweih, ist es längst nicht vorbei,...
ein Herz das kann man reparier'n...
Ich weiß wie das geht, es ist niemals zu spät.
Ein Herz das kann man reparier'n,...
Ich kenn da'ne Kur, da hilft küssen nur
Ein Herz das kann man reparier'n, ist doch gar nicht schwer,
und 'n Arzt brauchen wir nicht mehr

If I were a boy

again one song that I could here over, over, over and over again :) Beneath again the lyrics(especially for Aida ;) )

If I were a boy, even just for a day
I'd roll out of bed in the morning and throw on what I wanted and go
Drink beer with the guys, and chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted and I'd never get confronted for it
Cause they stick up for me

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy, I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken so they think that I was sleeping alone
I'd put myself first and make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she'd be faithful, waiting for me to come home
To come home

If I were a boy
I think I could understand, oh-oh-oohh-oh
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted (Wanted)
Cause he's taken you for granted (Granted)
And everything you had got destroyed

It's a little too late for you to come back
Say it's just a mistake, think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You got it wrong

But you're just a boy
And you don't understand (yea, you don't understand, oh!)
How it feels to love a girl someday
You wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Because you've taken her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

But you're just a boy

In search of a gay friend

I have been thinking about it already earlier but I believe I am in need of a gay friend. Here are just some reasons why:

1. My boyfriend does not like to shop that much

2. Women do not always tell their true honest opinion (I have read that some women lie to their girl friends that a piece of clothing looks just amazing on them, even though it actually looks like a size 4 shirt has been fitted to a pig)

3. I need an HONEST opinion

4. Gay men usually know the latest trends and know how to look stylish but not overdressed

5. Gay men are funny and do not say something and think something else in their heads

So, if someone is interested, please let me know :)

yum yum!

Tonight I finally had time to cook. The result a sweetpotato&carrot-soup with cottage cheese and some basilicum. Just cook the sweetpotatoes and carrots, add cream and mix everything together.

I bought some time during last spring a humongous basilicum from the supermarket and it is still living and well in our kitchen. I hope to start next spring with lemon balm, mint (lamiaceae) and possibly some other herbs. It just gives such a great taste to any food. And the best thing, it can be used all the time, it is fresh and you dont need to go to the supermarket to get it, you can have all these amazing herbs in your own kitchen!

yes I had tasted it before I took the picture ;)

Käännös: Tänään mulla oli viimein aikaa kokkailla. Lopputuloksena ihanan värikäs bataatti-porkkanakeitto. Sekaan vain kerma, päälle vähän raejuustoa ja omasta keittiöstä basilikaa. Ostin viime keväänä ison basilikan paikallisesta supermarketista ja se voi ja kasvaa hyvin meidän keittiössä. Ensi keväänä toivon saavani ainakin sitruuna-melissan ja mintun alkutekijöihin. Tämä on melko vaivatonta ja kaikki ihanat yrtit löytyvät sitten omasta keittiöstä :)

Christmas can come

Today I wanted to go and see a friend of mine who is working at Depot, they sell really nice interior design things. They are cheap(In Germany they would be even cheaper) and the store was full of christmas stuff. I spent there longer than an hour and bought many small things.... Here is the result when I have gotten all the thigs together:

 

I dont care for a Christmas tree(I am flying anyways quite early to Finland) and in Finland we decorate the Christmas tree first on 23rd of December... And those glassvases I can use for many other decorations. After Christmas I can just take the red balls away and put something else there :)

The Austrian Autumn

Since I am tackling between Austria and Finland, if I should stay here after my studies or if I should move back to Finland(for that we need a truck since I have so much stuff here), I have to give a point to the Austrian Autumn. The sun is shining, there are still leaves on the trees(most of them have already fallen down) and today, on 9th of November, they are forcasting 12 degrees and sunny. I can remember the Autumns in Finland, how dark, grey and sort of depressing they were. So unfortunately Austria 1- Finland 0. (but just to make the record straigth, I love Finland and it will always be the number one on my coutry list) 

Home is where your heart is....

I just love this following song... Home is really where your heart is. And mine is missing right now. From the Swedish band The Sounds, this song is just unbelievable. Underneath also the lyrics to this song:

There was a place in my hometown where I use to wander
Above the trees I saw a big black cloud of thunder
Summer rain in my face like snowflakes falling from space
It was so beautiful, and then I passed the mountains
I went coast to coast, and from star to star
That's how you learn, just who you are

[Chorus]
Home is where your heart is
Find where you belong, start to take control, show a little soul
Then you feel who you are
Home is where your heart is
Find where you belong, start to take control, show a little soul
Then you feel who you are

There was a time I couldn't see myself growing older
But then I went for a walk when I came back I was so much taller
Maybe try to find something that I could be part of
But I decided to leave, and then I crossed the river
I went coast to coast, and from star to star
But that's how you learn, who you really are

[Chorus:]
But I leave you with a kiss, there's so much more than this
When you know who you are

Oh, what you know, stop to think
Start to feel, and then you'll heal
You got to rise to the occasion, you got to read between the lines
Then maybe you'll find, who you are inside
When I look into your eyes, I feel what you feel
Come take my hand, let's go for a swim

[Chorus:]
But I leave you with a kiss, there's so much more than this
When you know who you are

Weekend

It's Sunday evening and the weekend is turning to a close. But I had a nice weekend, I must say...

On Friday we had to do a questionnaire for our project at FH, we managed to ask from almost 30 pupils and get to really start our weekend. Friday was otherwise nice, almost 20 degrees and sunny.

One of the best things on this weekend was that I did not had to work on Saturday. Nowadays I am working only on every other Saturday and I just love waking up on Saturday without a hurry.

We did not eat breakfast at home, we went to Fingerlos(Mia tonne mennään toivottavasti sitten kun tulet tammikuussa käymään)

After breakfast we really did not know what to do. Our first plan was to go to the Zoo but somehow we were not that excited about it... so we went bowling!!!

And I lost ofcourse.. I even went so far as to throw the ball from between my legs. Of course with this strategy I did not hit a single pin..

In the evening we made something seriously awesome and sort of unhealthy for dinner: BURGERS!

I do not need to explain, just look at the picture below:

Sunday was full of doing nothing and FH-stuff... there is still enough to do!

The package/paketti

I am going to post this post in Finnish since I got on Monday a small package from Finland. And my mom does not know that good English that she would be able to read this. This is for my mom!! So those who do not understand finnish, you better find someone who can translate it to you!

Eli maanantai iltana tulin töistä kotiin, kamalassa kiireessä tietenkin koska mun kaverit olivat tulossa mun luokse viettämään Halloweenia. Kävelin rappuset ylös ja meidän oven edessä odotti oranssi-valkoinen paketti. Tämä oli tietysti se paketti josta minun äiti oli paljon Skypessä jutellut: Mitä hän laittaa sinne ja ettei se vaan tule liian kalliiksi lähettää :)

Sisältä löytyi pelkkiä ihania juttuja mitkä vaan mun äiti osaisi pakata yhteen pakettiin. Tässä lista tavaroista ja alla kuva paketin sisällöstä

1. Purkki Fairya(koska itävaltalaisten astianpesuaineista ei ole mihinkään, eikä ne ole myöskään niin monikäyttöisiä kuin Fairy)

2. 400g Töysäläinen Oy:n Piparkakkuja (Glögi pitää sitten hakea Ikeasta, yhden piparin raaskin jo syödä)

3. 3 erikokoista kutomapuikkoa, sellaisia pyöreitä joilla on helppo tehdä vaikka kaulaliina tai pipo. Mukana oli myös virkkuukoukku... Tiiän mitä ostan kun tulen Suomeen jouluksi: matkalaukun täyteen lankoja?! Täällä langat on melko kalliita, eikä värivalikoima ole läheskään niin laaja ku Suomessa.

4. Äiskän virkkaama pannunalunen jossa oli ihana punainen sydän mukana (varmasti sekin oli itsetehty)

5. Pyykinpesupussi ohuille sukille(jotka aina jumittuu johonki kulmaan kun pesukone jyllää) ja alusvaatteille

6. LAKUJA!

7. Tyynynpäällinen (äiti ja iskä toivat mulle verhot ja yhden tyynynpäällisen, mulla on valitettavasti sängyn päällä kaksi sisustustyynyä). Ja äsken huomasin että äiti oli ommellut mulle ihanan meikkilaukun, samasta kankaasta kuin mun verhot ja tyynynpäälliset. Kiitti äiskä, tämä pussukka on tarpeen!

8. KRuoka, Yhteishyvä Ruoka ja Ruoka lehtinen. Mä kasailen nimittäin omaa "keittokirjaani" mun Marimekko vihkoon. Mallia otettu äitin 60- ja 70-luvun kokkailuvihkosta joka on vielä tänä päivänäkin kovassa käytössä. Sori Mia mut mä haluan sen vihkon sitten joskus omakseni ;)

9. RUUVIMEISSELEITÄ! Melkein paras osa koko paketin sisällöstä! Nämä olivat todella tarpeen koska me kasattiin pari viikkoa takaperin Ikean kaapisto saksien ja parin veitsen avustuksella ;) Nämä menevät säilöön ja käyttöä niille tulee varmasti!

Tässä oli tämän ihanan "pienen" paketin sisältö. Iso hali mun rakkaalle äiskälle sinne Saloon. Vain sä osaat kasata näin sydämellisen ja ihanan paketin omalle tyttärellesi tänne Itävaltaan. Paketteja ei tartte usein lähetellä, tämmöiset paketit lämmittää mun sydäntä pitkään! Iskä ja äiti, ootte mulle TOSI RAKKAITA! <3

Tässä kuva paketista:

Halloween 2011

On Monday was Halloween. Since the party last year was, to be really honest, shit, we decided to party it in a smaller group. There was only me, Lauriane, Alex, Julian and Stephan. We ended up looking at some seriously crappy Halloween films, eating, drinking and playing the game "who am I?". The idea of the game is that the others write a known persons/characters name on a paper and this paper is put to the forehead of one person(who does not of course know who he is). This person gets to ask questions but the only answer can be yes or no. In the end this person should be able to know, through the questions he/she has asked and the answers he/she has gotten, who he is.

Here the result of my work on my Halloween "outfit"

Hopefully everyone had a nice Halloween! :) I need to top next year my result of this year....

Hangar-7

On Sunday evening we decided to go for a coffee somewhere in the city. I did not want to go to the same old places where we always have been... I have heard from my friends that Hangar-7 near the airport should be a really nice place. So we decided to go even though it took over half an hour with the bus to get there. But it was seriously worth it... here some pictures from our evening:

I also enjoyed a menu, which consisted of a starter, main course and a dessert. It was awesome but in order not to look like some stupid turist, I decided not to take photos of my food :) But otherwise it was more than a success. And I got to see the KTM bike from Mika Kallio, a professional  finnish motorcyclist!!! It was way smaller than I thought but I just found it so cool!

Management bilanzieller Risiken

Last Friday we had our first exam of this semester.

We learned a lot for the exam but when it came time that the exam was there and we needed to write it, it was like Hell had broken lose... One of the exercises was just so unbelievable that each one of us was battling with it for a long time! The exam should have lasted 60minutes, but we sat there almost for two hours...

After living in fear of having to do a re-exam during the coming weeks, today during the morning we got an email that the notes were there: 

Sehr gut, for those whose German skills are a bit rusted: I got the best possible note! That is just (if I may cite Barney Stinson) AWESOME!!!

Mixing those kitchens..

So one evening after we have learned for our exam(that was last week Wednesday) M came to my place and we cooked.

A day before I had already done Rosolli. This is sort of a salad, which is traditional to have in the Christmastable on the 24th of December in Finland. Here a short explanation how rosolli is done:

You need:

1. Potatoes, carrots, beetroot, apples, pickels and if you can, onions

2. cook the potatoes, carrot and beetroot(I took it from the can, the german beetroot is better because it should be salted and should not have that weird taste that the austrian beetroot has: so to say, it has the "finnish taste" of beetroot)

3. cut apples and pickles to small cubes during the other ingredients are cooking

4. cut the potatoes and carrots to cubes also and add to the other ingredients

5. if you are using onions, cut it also to small pieces. It should be raw

6. Mix everything together and there you have it: ROSOLLI

The best "salad dressing" to rosolli is whipped cream where you mix the juice of the beetroots. So that it gets salty and has a nice redish colour

Here a photo of my rosolli:

The other salad which we did was potatosalad. Now all my Austrian friends are gonna say: potatoes, onions and vinegar. Well in Finland we do it another way: In my potatosalad comes potatoes, hard cooked eggs, pickels, mayonnaise and a mix of a bit of vinegar, some spices and even a bit of sugar. Here the end result: 

And to get to the topic of my post is that Ms' mother made Schnitzel and we cooked it then and ate it with our two salads. So may I present: Austrian kitchen meets the Finnish kitchen: 

And to end this post, I cannot wait till Christmas when I get to sit to our amazing Christmas table where you can eat till you cannot eat anymore?! Eli joulupöytää odotellessa ;)

Time to do some serious updating..

So since my last week and a half have been really busy, I am gonna do some serious blogging tonight. I am not gonna tell everything in one post... I'd rather post many smaller ones :)

So guys, enjoy: It's gonna be everything from a package to my scary Halloween costume!