Un giorno strano

What a day yesterday... I made it to the school on time despite sleeping only a few hours ( just normal for a student studying in Marangoni) and I was really excited to see my friends who had only now returned from their vacations. I am still schocked of my dear friend from Israel telling me that he returned from the war. (I know Gaza, Israel, Hamas, but still...) I feel terrible that I have spent a great time back in Finland and he has spent his 2,5 weeks under ground in bunkers hoping not to get killed. What is wrong with the world today? I feel now that I have been living in the bubble and it is bursting little by little...

Our fashion classes were cancelled, unfortunately, but we stayed working at school. The deadline will be tomorrow anyways, with or without my teachers help. We had a great lunch in my favourite bar and continued working with patternmaking. I so like that class. I can make all the clothing I design... At the moment I am making beautiful coctail dressess.

After school we went for a dinner to the Chinese restaurant, La Felicità. It is in the Michelin Star- quide and it was really good. (Not too expensive even...) It was really late when we left there and I just wanted to get home to continue my schoolwork. I walked to Lanza planning to take the metro, but found out all the trams, metros and busses stopped there. I was in the middle of manifest of Israeli people, polizia and carabinieri. Damn! It was late, me blond and I was for sure in the wrong place at the wrong time. One "gentleman" walking his dog promised to take me home. What!?! Thank god I found a taxi and made it SAFELY home. Welcome to the real life!!!

Kiss Kiss

I am still so happy with my great vacation in Finland. I can`t wait to go back again, hopefully before next christmas. I feel that before I moved to Milan I really felt uneasy living there, I needed a change, badly. Now I have gotten things arranged a bit in my mind, because I might even consider moving back there one day... or maybe then I`ll just get a cabin in the Lapland... ;o)

This week my life has been school, (we were only 5 students back from x-mas break, private teaching big time) making the collections and meeting my Finnish friends, I so missed them. I have seen them all separately, we really should arrange something with everyone together. Teemu promised to help me with my jobhunt later on. Great! Can`t wait! It will be so interested... in the land of empty promises. ;o)

Hmmm.... I haven`t made a single new year`s promise, not even to stop eating candies or drink champagne... Why should I? Life is too short to lack something you enjoy doing. Okay, maybe I should promise to buy less shoes or bags... but why would I do that??? I know someone who always promises to stop buying cars and he never can stick to that promise either... Cars are just his passion... I think that I can live with that, if he can live with my addiction to high heels. ;o)

Ps. If I am getting visitors from Finland, I am not going to host anybody without not bringing me Kiss Kiss-candies from the airport. I am hooked to them... AND THAT IS A PROMISE!!! ;o)

Milano Gennaio 2009

I returned home to Milan yesterday from Finland. I had a great vacation with my family and friends. My mind and body really needed the break from school and life here.

My daddy was so sweet to take me to Helsinki... again waking up in the middle of night and driving 500km. What would I do without him? Hih hih... The flight was delayed, because the airport of Malpensa was closed!!!!!! Yeah, too much snow....white like home in Rauma.

When I finally made it home through all the snow, I found my appartment freezing. I kinda knew it, but it was colder than I thought, +5C. I turned on the gas, lit all the candles and put on the heater which I brought from Finland, but still it was freezing cold. I ended up spending the evening under covers, dresses like a snowman and watching soaps. Nice!!!

It is still chilly inside, but warm tea helps a bit... ;o)

I went for a quick walk to take these pictures from Naviglio and close to my house. It was so beautiful...

One of my favourite restaurants, Officina 12.

Inner courtyard where I was for the coctail party in September, looking cool.

Just outside my supermarket...

This is from my courtyard. I now know that in the future I want to live somewhere where is a real winter or then have a cabin in the Alps or Finnish Lapland. I love snow!!! Now back to reality and working with my collections. It is good to be back! I can`t wait to see my friends again..

A casa in Finlandia

I love snow and it has been absolutely beautiful weather for the last couple of days... I feel sad leaving Finland early on Tuesday morning. Hopefully it will be white back home in Milan as well. Tomorrow to Turku to meet my friends again. I don`t know when to return here the next time. Kinda sad...

Due giorni molto divertenti...

I used to travel quite a lot before moving to Milan and starting to study there. Everybody always thinks that travelling is pure pleasure, but about one year ago I was sick and tired of all the packing, unpacking, timetables and living from my suitcase. Now I have had a break for enough and I have started to miss it again... After the holidays I travelled to Turku to meet my friends. I had a great day with my friend and in the evening met my girlfriends for dinner at Bossa. It was so much fun to see them again. It is always difficult to get everybody around the same table, the same day, the same time, but we did pretty well together this time. After the dinner we continued to Poro and Rento with Hanna, Jenni and Niina.

My dear dear friend Jenni...

...and Hanna.

On the New year`s eve I changed my party city to Helsinki. I met my other friends there and spent the night celebrating with Sanna. We were in Radisson SAS, where 3 guys hosted a huge party in the suites. So much fun... and new aquaintances. ;o) Sometime at night we left to Lux Black and White. I don`t know whose idea it was to visit also Teatteri`s VIP. The champagne was good there as well. ;o)

I know the parties are always crazy in Helsinki, but this.... for sure wasn`t my fault. Great afterparty as well and on my way back to Rauma on Thursday I slept like a baby. So good to be back at my parent`s place relaxing a few more days before returning to Milan. Happy new years for everybody!!!