Where did the summer go?

Okay, so yes I do realise it's been too long since my last post but this time I've really been busy 🙈 I feel like the June just flew by, like it lasted only 2 weeks.

I had my Chilean host sister here and I feel like I had sth pretty much everyday. We went to Helsinki center, to Suomenlinna (an old military island in front of Helsinki), to Heureka (science place with exhibitions, fun gadgets, planetarium etc), to my mom's uncle's summer cottage (went swimming to the lake, was just +18°C 😅), to Porvoo (a city about 45min drive from Helsinki, also where my bae is from ♡), to Stockholm Sweden etc . So for a girl who is an introvert, who loves being alone and just chilling at home instead of going out to bars or well anywhere especially in the evenings (yes, we do exist), it was quite a challenge. I feel like I've really gotten the fear of social situations... I'm like the black sheep of the family aince my parents and sister are like super social and out going 🙈.

What also really sucked was the poor weather we had... We've had so bad summers now for the 2 or 3 summers in a row. Last week was the best but even then the temperature didn't rise above like +24°C and it's just been raining a lot 👎. Today was a pretty good weather when I was in Helsinki with my friend but tmrw it will rain again... The global warming is really a thing and we should really do our best to even slow it down.

So what's been going on in my love life? Well, things are pretty good but my boyfriend actually now has pneumonia...and I'm just hoping that I won't get it since I've spent 2 nights with him during this time and as a kissing addict I've ofc also kissed him 💋🙈. So now, fingers crossed 😅 he now has the antibiotics so hopefully his pneumonia won't be contagious anymore since I would ofc really want to spend time with him more now while he has the permission to be away from army.

I think that's pretty much what's been happening in my life recently. Now just chilling the for a couple of weeks before starting the journey of studying to med school..😅🙈 it's so weird that for the first time in 12 years I DON'T have to go to school next week ♡👍

See you next time 😉

Also don't forget to follow me on instagram @katjusa1 💋

- KK

I DID IT! 🎓

Sivistys ei ole vain tietoa, sivistys 

ei ole vain taitoa. 

Helsingin luonnontiedelukiossa 

sivistys on älyllistä uteliaisuutta, 

eettistä tajua, kykyä nähdä olennaista 

ja tahtoa toimia. #kerranHelluainaHellu

(My high school's (Hellu) motto)

Finally! I graduated from high school 🎓❤ got my white cap and couldn't be happier. Now I can relax and not think about school for months (before I start to study for the med school exam in Autumn). Yesterday was just an amazing day and I'm so grateful for my friends, family, relatives and my boyfriend that they made my day perfect 💖 I feel blessed to be surrounded by all these wonderful people and also about the quality of education I have access to because I live in Finland 🇫🇮♡ I also feel super blessed by the gifts I receive from everyone 💖

What I really love about my graduation is that I got to graduate on my dad's birthday but also in the year that the Independent Finland turns 100 ♡ I'm really patriotic person and this just made my day. I didn't even plan it but even tho I usually wear pink or black etc, my dress was navy blue with white lace aka the colours of the Finnish flag 🇫🇮

It's still hard to realise that I've graduated but I'm sure it will sink in during the next few months or so 🙈 Now just working till the 30th of June and then a couple months of summer holiday ♡

I hope you all have a great day and that you stay tuned for my next post 😉💋

P.S. more pics (taken by professional photographer) coming later, when I get them.

-KK

ESC Final

I wasn't really looking forward to this final since I didn't like most of the songs but I still watched the whole show ofc (well it's still going as I'm writing this)

The winner was Salvador Sobral from Portugal which was a disappointment to me. Idk I just didn't like the performance...also I don't wanna sound rude, but why do I get this feeling that one of the main reasons why he won was bc of his story? He is sick and had had a surgery not that long time ago.. I'm still kinda happy for them because this was the first time Portugal won and even got to the top 5, so that's pretty impressive 👌

Second one was Bulgaria. I didn't even remember the song from the semi-finals but it wasn't that bad ✌ the singer was this guy who was born in 2000, but had already turned 17, what a baby 🙈 (haha yes I do realize that he is less than 2 yrs younger than me but still 😜)

This year there was at least 3 countries whose singers were under 18-yr-olds; Australia, Belgium and Bulgaria.

In the end I was hoping that Moldova would win, I mean who can resist "the epic saxoman"? 😂 Also the performance was entertaining with it's funny coreography 💃 But well better luck next time.

Also let's hope that Finland will get to the final next year 🇫🇮😅✌ it has become sadly unlikely since our competition on who gets to represent Finland is based on giving every single little band a chance. I mean I'm all up for that, like not many had heard about Softengine before they represented us in the ESC but since then it has become really popular. But if we ever wanna have a change again to win we need to start sending professionals there.

But now it's 1.52 am here and I really need to go to sleep. It's Mother's Day tomorrow (well, today) so gotta wake up pretty early...👎

Good night ♡

- KK

Photos 🌍

Even as a "citygirl" (I've always lived in Vantaa which is part of the capital area and also where the main airport is actually, + I've gone to school in Helsinki (capital city) for the past 6 years) I still enjoy the nature very much. I feel priviledged that I live in a country of thousands of lakes (actually about 188 000 just to be clear) and an amazing nature. Finland is also a pretty big country compared to our population which is only 5,4 million so there is a ton of nature that hasn't been touched especially in Lapland.

Hmmm...when I started to write this post I didn't think this would turn out to be a info package of Finland but oh well what can I say, I'm very proud of my country which is actually celebrating its 100 year Independence this year 🇫🇮❤

But as I was saying this wasn't really thr point of this post. The point was that I really love the nature and because of that I'm also really into nature photographying. I'm totally an amateur photographer but hey we can't all be pros.

I wanted to share some of my favourite photos I've taken during the last year. I also like to travel so there will be photos from my trips to Moscow(Russia) and Tromso/Senja (Norway) last year.

Hope you enjoy my photos and let me know in the comments below where are you from, which countries have you visited and where would you love to travel 🙈

I myself am from Finland as you know at least now. I've visited 12 countries ( some more than once): Sweden, Estonia, Norway, Russia, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, UK, Turkey, Dubai and USA. I would love to travel to Australia someday 💖

- KK

Stockholm 🛳🇸🇪

Last Saturday (18.2) I went to a Helsinki - Stockholm -cruise with other seniors from my high school (Abiristeily in Finnish). I wasn't that excited because I'm really stressing over the finals I have in a couple of weeks but it was pretty nice still.

Most of us were super drunk already on our first night but I wasn't since I barely drink (Yes, I'm 18-year-old FINN who doesn't really drink and started "drinking" at the age of 18 so when it is really legal). What got most of my friends drunk pretty quickly was probably the fact that we played "Truth or drink" ✌After that we went to the club, sang karaoke and danced until 3am.

Next morning we had arrived to Stockholm, Sweden were we (well the ones who weren't that hungover 😂) spent a couple of hours just walking around and shopping. I've been to Sweden loads of times so there was just a few places I wanted to visit such as Victoria's Secret and Sephora (we don't have Sephora in Finland 👎). I really hate spending money on myself but this time I spent about 60€ for just cosmetics. I bought this package from VS that had 5 lotions (30€) and "Too Faced" blush/highlighter (28€). I've never owned anything from the brand Too Faced so this time I just had to buy something 💖

The night started pretty much on the same way as the one before. Drinking games and dancing at the club. I barely slept during the night since my best friend kinda decided to be so drunk that she was throwing up for 3 hours in the bathroom ✌ yes love you too 💋😂 We arrived back to Helsinki on Monday morning around 10.30am and I was so tired that I just grabbed a taxi.

Rest of the day I just spend with my boyfriend which was amazing 💖 I think I explained my feelings towards him pretty clearly on my previous post so I'll just shut up now 😜

- KK