19

So much more beautiful and wise. That being my rather sarcastic answer to the classic What is it like to be 19 years old. Compared to the situation a year ago I do feel more sure and strong. 19 is the perfect age in the middle of all the big changes: one kind of knows how stuff works but doesn't...

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birthday celebrations

It couldn't really have gotten more grown-up: a fancy restaurant with live jazz music and four of my best friends. I turned 19 years this Wednesday and man I had a good one! We started the evening by getting a bottle of nonalcoholic champagne and sitting in the park Esplanadi sipping...

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my beautiful people graduated

Last Saturday was a day of tears, laughs, happiness. I've gotten to know these three amazing and gorgeous human beings during six years and this spring in particular. Now they have the white "berets" and I'll have yet another year to go before I'll deserve mine.  My breakfast betrayed...

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picnic in Suomenlinna

School's out! It's nearly +30 degrees. My school's student body including myself took the ferry to Suomenlinna, a breathtakingly gorgeous island right by Helsinki. Despite the little rain showers we laid out our picnic blanket, all the food and set up the barbecue. This easy-going...

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