- had a lovely birthDAY which started off with a blood test and the nurse jabbing me a couple of times while drawing blood. however the evening was definitely more pleasant, meeting up with Jessica, her boyfriend Antti, and her mom who cooked me a delicious chinese meal with my favorite jiaozi and the requisite "long life noodles"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaozi
http://baike.baidu.com/view/254411.htm
oh and we went glow bowling after dinner at Kaatopaikka :)
- the next day Minna and Mika brought me to Helsinki for a wonderful weekend celebration: picnic in Suomenlinna, U2 concert, "Ten Thousand Waves" multimedia exhibition; ending with a Dim Sum lunch meetku with Mike, Jens, and Valerio.
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| U2 with Minna (photo by Mika) |
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| U2 360°! |
- TASO rehearsals have resumed after summer break! it's so nice to be making music again. In fact we've already had our first performance of the season today, at the Tampere University's 50th anniversary festivities. My first time performing in front of an audience with this orchestra! (last time we were up on a balcony in city hall, i.e. heard not seen.)
- helped with the purchase decision for some new percussion instruments: a snare drum and cymbals. Bass drum will also be coming soon. New toys of a different kind!
- my first Crayfish party in Finland, fun and crazy night in Helsinki (again) with Hanna, Andrea and Jaime. Many thanks to Hanna for hosting and inviting us! Drunk discussion about mobile operating systems with taxi driver before stumbling into bed in hostel. :P
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| My first crayfish party! |
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| Here's looking at you, kiddo |
- August ended in laughter, watching Toy Story 3 with Andrea, Minna, Mika and Jukka. A sequel that's as good as, if not better than, the original!
- almost forgot, another new toy (or rather new part for old toy) http://cybette.blogspot.com/2010/08/gift-of-life-for-my-laptop.html
- and the gifts are still coming! thank you all! no need to stop, it's never too late for birthday gifts :D
Update: i'm hoping for more birthday gifts, not for me, but for my little friend who has his birthday just 2 days before mine. here's what's happening to him: http://twitter.com/chibbigirl/status/22830556505
and here's how you can help: http://muad-dib.us/blog/2010/09/02/please-help-a-pair-of-dear-friends/
Thank you thank you thank you!
( First half here: http://cybette.blogspot.com/2010/08/recap-of-first-half-of-my-birthday.html )
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