World comes to You!

Yesterday evening after coming back home from Kuopio, I wanted to go out more than in a loooong time. I freshed up a bit and started the round at Passion, and whateverworks! Such an average party, I got bored. One friend of mine from Basque Country sent a message then, they had gone to a club Freetime to continue her birthday party. I've never been at this new club before, so I definitely wanted some change to this super normal night.

At Freetime I experienced a feeling that I always get in southern Europe. The club was full of Erasmus students, having the time of their lives. I danced a lot, met soo many new personalities, spoke different languages. That group of people felt a big family, we were all the same even though from different countries and cultures.

Today I watched one of my favourite movies of all time with my room mate, 'L'auberge espagnole', a story of a French guy who leaves for Barcelone for an Erasmus year. I thought I realize what they are going through, I was two months in Rome hello! But still it's not the same. I didn't have that kind of community around me, one that I really belong to.

Last night I felt this feeling, even though I'm not part of Erasmus. Thank you all lovely girls and boys for bringing the world to me here in this cold little city in central Finland!

WinterDanceLand

Helsinki. A city that most likely doesn't sleep in Finland. Hip hop rhythms and the coolest crowd. Right? Dunno about that. But I definitely was excited the morning of 24th of January 2010.

The morning of my very first hip hop competition. We had prepared a showcase with 6 other girls, and took a part of Nordic Moves 2010 -competition in Helsinki. I had the best time and really enjoyed on stage, as you can see in the pic. Wow, whatta day!

And evening! There was a showcase night, the best of the industry in the world showed how Nordic SHOULD move.. Can't even describe their moves!

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Kuopio. A city up north from Jyväskylä. I've been only once in the centrum before, so kinda cool to be here again.. I arrived here with my sister and parents in the evening, staying at one family we've known our whole lives. Makes me remember summers of my childhood..

The reason why we're here is, that my sister will have a dance competition in the morning. After hip hop and battle field I decided to come and see some glitter and glamour, ballroom and latin for a change. That's exactly what I've been dancing 12 years before changing the style over a year ago. Miss to see all the people on that scene..

Now a short beauty sleep before showing again what us sisters really got!

Glam of 40's - Rock of 50's

How exciting is it to try how it was like in earlier times? I feel I have experienced new ages lately more than ever!

With our company we had a Kick-Off fifties style, had a breakfast in a hotel first and then filmed our version of a hit.. Here it is:

unelMania from unelMania on Vimeo.

The first weeks of 2010 I worked like hell to finish this one huge party, the 17th birthday party of Team Academy. Finally on Saturday 16th of January, forties style crowd danced on the floor celebrating one more year of entrepreneurship and network. I have to say, as a project manager that evening was one of the happiest moments I've had. And I got a lot of kisses.

Thanks and biiiiig hug!

Walking around the city and freeeezing in the air, in the airr.. hrrr...

Today, I woke up a bit later than usually, after nine. Lightness came in to my room through the windows, wow what a feeling! For a second I felt like early morning in the summer. My dreams crashed when I stepped outside, hrrrr colder than ever! - 20 at least. Just like it's been for few weeks now.

When the weather's freezing, I tend to walk inside the shopping centers as much as possible on my way to somewhere. Normally, I go to work before 8am and no place is open yet. This morning I had the chance to walk in a warmer place for a minute cause the stores were open already. Helped a bit.

In the cold I met then a friend and of course I had to chat with him. So I freezed again, such a great plan! I found my way to work in the end, and here I still am - scared to death to go outside after the day. Ok, never hurt me before. And it's still beautiful around, look at the pic I just took.. Lots of lights, and the air is VC - Very Crisp. Luv.

03 01 2010

It's a new year. So far a lot of things have happened. I experienced many sides of life, good ones as well as not so good ones. I'd say travelled emotionally. I realized how quickly life can change, and it doesn't require a new year. Just a new second.

In New Year's Eve I looked like many people would like to: glamorous curls and some bling-bling on at a cool club with a bottle of sparkling. Though, it never feels the same inside. I missed few friends I didn't have a chance to see that night. A lot of things happens behind the smile, think about it this year!

Sometimes the smile is real.

Voyage in time... to the future!

Once again, last day of the year. Crazy how fast the autumn passed by! I had a crisis this morning, no idea what to wear tonight for the New Year's Eve party. Since I woke up, it took only two minutes for my sick mind to try purple and green nail polish together, can't do any bad right? And guess what - I actually like it! So, I'll come up with something very new for the evening.



I'm sure I'm ready for the next period of time. The style will be very futuristic, this evening I will try to travel in time to the year 2010. At midnight I might even see a piece of it. Really.


Happiest New Year and have the last best party of the '00's!

Christmas - travelling or not?

Christmas is full of questions? What to buy for everyone? Where are we staying the holidays; strictly home, at Grandma's or abroad? What am I expecting; too much? A perfect holiday that is never going to happen?

All this has always been my problem. Since I was a little girl I wanted perfection out of everything, especially holidays like Christmas. When I got older, I also got disapponted more every year. Two days ago I had a great chat with one of my dearest persons. He made me understand that it's not about THE perfect C. It's about OUR perfect holiday, which might be best if we just sat down on a sofa and watched a movie. Because even that never happens.

Why do we always keep thinking tv-shows, movie stars and their life and comparing all that to ours? The fact that we might not ever have the same, doesn't mean we couldn't be happier with the things that we do have. Why to travel physically or in our minds to somewhere we don't belong? This year I'm concentrating this time, this place and this family - the only one I have and the loveliest in the world I know.

Me helping the Santa, giving the present to my bro,
Dad and my very-much-look-a-like-me sista
- at Grandma's.

People, keep this in mind: Don't you ever travel too far, it's only fear.

Christmas mood,

S