I found a Finnish movie in one shop.. I was a bit confused haha
It started to snow in Bham when we came back
Yea we didn't prepare ourselves for the snow..
-Hanna xx
sunnuntai 8. helmikuuta 2015
Manchester
On 13th of January me and Nina decided to go to Manchester for a day. Or actually we were suppose to go to Oxford but Nina kind of missed our train so we decided to go to Manchester instead. I won't write a lot I will just show a lot of photos so hope you enjoy it!
8/2/2015
I know I haven't written anything in a while because a lot of things has happened during January but I'll try to get back to blogging now. So now I've been in England over 5 months and I honestly can't believe that after another 5 months I have to leave this country.. To be honest I'm kind of scared in a way because the time goes so fast and before I realise I have one week left in England.. Oh well I'm not going to think about that now I'll just try to do as much as I can during these five months over here.
This week has been pretty busy for me except for the weekend because I've just been too tired to move basically haha. On Thursday we had our second college gig and I was in a band where we had 6 singers including me and me and a guy called Dimitri played guitar as well. That day I spent 12h at college because I got there for 9am and left at 9pm.. That was a really long and tiring day but I really enjoyed it. We performed 4 songs: Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River, Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud, Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight and Avril Lavigne - Keep Holding On.
Anyway now I'm just really bored lying in bed and listening music. I'll probably open netflix soon as well haha so have a nice Sunday everyone!
-Hanna xx
This week has been pretty busy for me except for the weekend because I've just been too tired to move basically haha. On Thursday we had our second college gig and I was in a band where we had 6 singers including me and me and a guy called Dimitri played guitar as well. That day I spent 12h at college because I got there for 9am and left at 9pm.. That was a really long and tiring day but I really enjoyed it. We performed 4 songs: Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River, Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud, Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight and Avril Lavigne - Keep Holding On.
Anyway now I'm just really bored lying in bed and listening music. I'll probably open netflix soon as well haha so have a nice Sunday everyone!
-Hanna xx
maanantai 29. joulukuuta 2014
Christmas!
Yes it's finally Christmas time! I really have to admit I like Christmas because of the feeling that it gives me. I see all the beautiful lights, the decorations, usually the snow (not this year though haha) and I just feel really happy. You get to buy presents for the people you love and care about and you get to wrap them up which is the best part of my day because I love wrapping! I don't know why I feel like that but it's just me.
Anyway my Christmas was a bit different this year. We didn't have any decorations or a tree home and we went to my host mom's son's house to celebrate Christmas. Here in England they have a tradition to spend Xmas on the 25th unlike in Finland we spend it on the 24th. In Finland we also get the presents in the evening and we dont have to wake up early in the morning to see what the Santa has brought. But now I'll tell you a bit more about my Christmas in England.
7.00am - I woke up. We were suppose to leave a bit before 8am and I had to get ready and I'm usually the one who everyone's waiting for. We didn't eat breakfast home so a bit after 8am we left home and we went by car because we still had some presents to take with us.
About 8.40am - We had arrived to the house and all the presents were next to the tree. The children were really impatient with the presents so we opened them before we had breakfast. It wa so nice to see everyone's faces especially when they opened the presents that I bought them and they liked the presents.
About 9.30am - We had breakfast. The family that I'm staying with are Jamaican so they made some kind of Jamaican porridge and then there was white Jamaican bread with it. I'm not usually the kind of person who is pretty picky about food but I can say that during this half a year I've tasted so many new foods I'm impressed haha. After the breakfast we just watched tv and talked with each other while the kids were playing with their toys.
12.30am - We had a family dinner so everyone was around a big table and the table was full of Jamaican foods and a lot of chicken which I love haha. We took our time eating the food and when everyone was finished we cleared the table. After a while we also ate dessert which made my day haha. Cheesecake, mice pies, ice cream waffles.. What could be better!
The rest of the day - After dessert we just continued watching tv and just chilling in the house. I left around 3pm because I was suppose to be with my friends but they cancelled so I spent the rest of the day home haha. I didn't really mind after all I'm more of a home person than going out person.
I had a nice Christmas even though it was totally different to what I am used to and I loved to experience that but I have to admit that I did miss Finnish Christmas, my family and all the things that we use to do during Christmas. All the Finnish food, sauna and the fact that we don't have to wake up early to open up the presents haha. I do also miss white Christmas which has pretty much been a part of my every Christmas but I'm not complaining because this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I'm really glad that I got to spend it with these amazing people. Merry Christmas everyone!
-Hanna xx
Anyway my Christmas was a bit different this year. We didn't have any decorations or a tree home and we went to my host mom's son's house to celebrate Christmas. Here in England they have a tradition to spend Xmas on the 25th unlike in Finland we spend it on the 24th. In Finland we also get the presents in the evening and we dont have to wake up early in the morning to see what the Santa has brought. But now I'll tell you a bit more about my Christmas in England.
7.00am - I woke up. We were suppose to leave a bit before 8am and I had to get ready and I'm usually the one who everyone's waiting for. We didn't eat breakfast home so a bit after 8am we left home and we went by car because we still had some presents to take with us.
About 8.40am - We had arrived to the house and all the presents were next to the tree. The children were really impatient with the presents so we opened them before we had breakfast. It wa so nice to see everyone's faces especially when they opened the presents that I bought them and they liked the presents.
About 9.30am - We had breakfast. The family that I'm staying with are Jamaican so they made some kind of Jamaican porridge and then there was white Jamaican bread with it. I'm not usually the kind of person who is pretty picky about food but I can say that during this half a year I've tasted so many new foods I'm impressed haha. After the breakfast we just watched tv and talked with each other while the kids were playing with their toys.
12.30am - We had a family dinner so everyone was around a big table and the table was full of Jamaican foods and a lot of chicken which I love haha. We took our time eating the food and when everyone was finished we cleared the table. After a while we also ate dessert which made my day haha. Cheesecake, mice pies, ice cream waffles.. What could be better!
The rest of the day - After dessert we just continued watching tv and just chilling in the house. I left around 3pm because I was suppose to be with my friends but they cancelled so I spent the rest of the day home haha. I didn't really mind after all I'm more of a home person than going out person.
I had a nice Christmas even though it was totally different to what I am used to and I loved to experience that but I have to admit that I did miss Finnish Christmas, my family and all the things that we use to do during Christmas. All the Finnish food, sauna and the fact that we don't have to wake up early to open up the presents haha. I do also miss white Christmas which has pretty much been a part of my every Christmas but I'm not complaining because this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I'm really glad that I got to spend it with these amazing people. Merry Christmas everyone!
-Hanna xx
Nottingham
Heyyaa! Long time no see. Again.. Oh well anyway I'm here to tell you about the county match trip to Nottingham 13.-14.12. which was my first 1st team match in England. So let's get started.
For me county matches are a new thing. In Finland we don't really have those kind of things but I think it's a great thing! You get to pay more matches, get more experience and you get to travel around your country with you club which includes amazing people. Even if you wouldn't play your best you still have the whole team supporting you at the back of the court. So basically county matches are kind of like club matches so we play against other counties and we get points from every match that we play. I have usually played for the second team but first team asked me to play for them this time and I'm glad I did.
The trip started on Saturday morning when my friend Til and her mom came and picked me up from home. It takes about an hour to get to Nottingham so it wasn't that bad. To be honest I was really nervous because that was my first time playing with the first team and I didn't want to disappoint them. I also knew that there would be good players playing against us and me so that didn't help me haha. We drove straight to the hall and we were one of the first one's to come in. The hall looked pretty normal, 8 courts 4 on the other side of the curtain and 4 on the other side. Usuaaly here in England they don't have any mats like we do in most halls in Finland and the same was with this hall.
We played against 2 different counties on Saturday and against one on Sunday. Even though we could've gone home for the night we had a hotel booked in Nottingham and I really didn't mind because I love to travel and stay at hotels haha. So for me the matches didn't go that well. I mean there were times when I played really well and I was winning and everything seemed going well but the it just cracked and no idea what happened but the game wasn't the same anymore. That's pretty much my biggest reason why I lose matches. So I really need to work on that. I lost 2 singles both in three sets.. It was so close so it kind of annoyed me but luckily we won most of ur matches so everything was good.
On Saturday evening after our matches we went to hotel, showered, dressed up and went to have a nice team dinner. After the dinner most of us were so tired so we went back to hotel and almost straight to bed.
On Sunday we had our match and again the same. I had my moments and then it just changed completely. I lost my single in 3 sets again.. Well at least I did play 3 matches to 3 sets so I wasn't as bad as I could've been. After our matches we showered and watched the rest of the matches and said goodbye. I got a lift from Til and her mom again so I was home in an hour. I really liked the trip even though my matches didnt go that well. At least I hav something to improve.
-Hanna xx
For me county matches are a new thing. In Finland we don't really have those kind of things but I think it's a great thing! You get to pay more matches, get more experience and you get to travel around your country with you club which includes amazing people. Even if you wouldn't play your best you still have the whole team supporting you at the back of the court. So basically county matches are kind of like club matches so we play against other counties and we get points from every match that we play. I have usually played for the second team but first team asked me to play for them this time and I'm glad I did.
The trip started on Saturday morning when my friend Til and her mom came and picked me up from home. It takes about an hour to get to Nottingham so it wasn't that bad. To be honest I was really nervous because that was my first time playing with the first team and I didn't want to disappoint them. I also knew that there would be good players playing against us and me so that didn't help me haha. We drove straight to the hall and we were one of the first one's to come in. The hall looked pretty normal, 8 courts 4 on the other side of the curtain and 4 on the other side. Usuaaly here in England they don't have any mats like we do in most halls in Finland and the same was with this hall.
We played against 2 different counties on Saturday and against one on Sunday. Even though we could've gone home for the night we had a hotel booked in Nottingham and I really didn't mind because I love to travel and stay at hotels haha. So for me the matches didn't go that well. I mean there were times when I played really well and I was winning and everything seemed going well but the it just cracked and no idea what happened but the game wasn't the same anymore. That's pretty much my biggest reason why I lose matches. So I really need to work on that. I lost 2 singles both in three sets.. It was so close so it kind of annoyed me but luckily we won most of ur matches so everything was good.
On Saturday evening after our matches we went to hotel, showered, dressed up and went to have a nice team dinner. After the dinner most of us were so tired so we went back to hotel and almost straight to bed.
On Sunday we had our match and again the same. I had my moments and then it just changed completely. I lost my single in 3 sets again.. Well at least I did play 3 matches to 3 sets so I wasn't as bad as I could've been. After our matches we showered and watched the rest of the matches and said goodbye. I got a lift from Til and her mom again so I was home in an hour. I really liked the trip even though my matches didnt go that well. At least I hav something to improve.
-Hanna xx
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