Elias investigates: HAppy New Year 2011

12.12 Sunday – It was a clear day I can see from the photos. We took some snow of the roof so it wouldn’t get too heavy. I,I and J visited us. In the evening it was probably sauna time

MY house

Snow away from the roof

Spoon full

Dinner time

13.12 Monday – I went to work. Lucia was singing at work. After work I met Thomas, Jan, Sebastian and Helene. First we had pizza at Sky and then we went to Bierhuis Rotterdam. There were no Dutch beers. I had a 0,33 bottle of Trappist for 7,20. It was cheaper to eat pizza and drink pepsi(6,00). We talked. Then I took a bus home.

Thomas in front of my pizza, ham and pineapple

14.12 Tuesday – I worked the day. From work I walked to bar 9. There I met Rolle. We had a salad each and talked. From there we walked to Orion and watched Triumph des Willens. A film from the Nazi Parties congress.gIt is not easy to give a number to it. It was a long film. Can you rate a film without taking into consideration its background etc. As a cautious person I say 3/5, for it’s artistic qualities. We walked to Kampen. Rolle took a bus home and I took a bus home a bit later.

Our salads

15.12 Wednesday – I worked and forgot the rest.

16.12 Thursday – I worked until 19.30. Then I hurried to Tapas Bar. There we had dinner to celebrate that Frida and Nathalie graduated. It was very expensive. I also met old friends. Hannu, Jenny, Linda, Pia-Maria. I ran to the bus and went home.

These were the Tapas

Rasmus, Lukas, Kåre, X and Frida

17.12 Friday – I worked. The rest I forgot.

18.12 Saturday – I took some photos so I know this happened. We were cleaning the whole day.

Preparing fish for Christmas

Guts

Joy

Rich in taste, smell and flavour

Wonders of tech

19.12 Sunday – It was snowing the whole day and hard. I decided to take some photos of the snowfall. Isak was woodworking in the garage and Jonna and Ida were inside. We probably went to the sauna. Before they arrived we were doing more Christmas cleaning.

Baby

Snow on three tree tops

Snowfall

We got everything

Blackcurrant

House in snow

Feel for an egg?

Dinner

Dinner 2

20.12 Monday – I worked. The rest I forgot. I took some photos of the Siberian landscape.

Train and station

21.12 Tuesday – I worked. In the evening we brought in the Christmas three, to the garage. To melt. The snow was deep.

22.12 Wednesday – I went to work and worked the whole day. After work I went to the airport and Mar and Naz had arrived and entered the terminal a minut before I arrived there. We took the bus to Espoo and a train to Kökkeli. From there we took a taxi home. They had arrived.

23.12 Thursday – I had a day off. We started by backing gingerbread. After that we ate a bit. Then we took the train to Kirkkonummi and shopped Christmas presents. It was very cold. We met Urban in Kirkkonummi. We took the same train home and he told us that he has some Persian Sufi Muslim Folk Music. Impressive. At home we decorated the Christmas three and I,I and J arrived.

Red Maria

The sun goes up

Candles in snow

Livingroom

Clearing the table

On our way to the station

Titus at the station

Hoovering in Kyrkslätt

Sign

Urban and me

24.12 Friday – Christmas Eve. Woke up and had breakfast. We rode down slopes and delivered a bread to Tuupo and Ani. We returned home. We missed the Christmas peace on the radio. We had lunch, porridge. After some resting it was time for Christmas sauna. After the sauna chilling. Then it was time for dinner, the main act, and this was followed by Santa Clause and presents. Then some nuts, oranges, glögg. Sleeping time.

Ida

Table

Eating

Making gingerbread houses

Decorating

Buns to be eaten

Hello!

Ham in oven

Christmas clothes on

Laid table

Eating

The ham - yam yam

Drink

Hello 2!

25.12 Saturday – Christmas day. We went outside and played in the snow. It was a beautiful day. We had Lutfisk for dinner.

Titus coming in

Me coming in

26.12 Sunday – Second Christmas Day. We ate Christmas food and yeasted.

27.12 Monday – I went to work and worked. After work I took the train home with M&N. I think we jammed a bit.

28.12 Tuesday – I went to work in the morning. I had lunch with Helene. She went to India and Australia the following day. I came back around 5.30. It was Pekka’s Birthday and Bobi and his wife came to visit us. Titus fell asleep at 8. We had bread, cheese and a cake.

Pekka 61th

7 cups

Check it

29.12 Wednesday – I went to work. M&N went to Tallinn. After work I went to I,I and J and Isak had made chicken on lens(?) bed. It was really tasty, the whole dinner. I missed a tram to the harbour. I tried to run to the next tram stop but missed it by a couple of meters. I arrived at the harbour a bit late and M&N were already walking towards the city centre. We tried to meet at the station but missed each other. I took the bus home. At home I put on my out door clothes and scared M&N when they were walking home from the station. I was a big dog. They got scared and scared with their screams a barking dog somewhere in the neighbourhood.

the food

30.12 Thursday – I went to work. After work I went to Gräsviken’s alko and bought red, white and champagne for the New Years Eve. I took the bus home from there. It was a wintry nice landscape.

31.12 Friday – New Years Eve – I went to work 8.20 by bus. I almost missed the bus but the driver stopped on the street. He said on New Years Eve you can make an exception but I have to pay the fines, if the police stops us, he said. M&N visited me at work. At one we left and had noodle soup at the Wrong Noodle bar. It was ok, but not good. From there we went shopping a bit. Maria and me bought tickets and watched “Somewhere” at Maxim (4/5). After the cinema we met Naz who bought some New Years pastries and we took tram 4 to Isak’s. There a wonderful dinner, a charming Ida and Dennis was waiting for us. We had three-course dinner, finished with home made ice cream. 23.15 we went to a small hill in Mejlans and saw 2010 go to 2011 in dark steps. We walked back and had the pastries. At 1.30 we started walking towards P(N)asila and took a drink train home. We were home and in bed at 4. Very nice in bed it is in general to be, almost always.

Wrong noodle

Noodle 1

Noodle 2

Soup 1 or 3

Somwhere

Self portrait

I, I and M

Ida does not like the chador

HIhihi

Ida looks concerned when Maria is pronouncing numbers in Finnish

Hupp!

La table est prete

Starter 1

Yum in secret

Main course

Skål!

From the attic addict

Isak's and Jonna's house

Walking with fireworks in the background

Take off

Fellow celebrater

WOW 1

WOW "

Running

Explosion

1.1 Saturday – I felt a bit tired and down so I took an Ibu-pill. M&N cleared the road out of snow. I didn’t do much and rested. I stayed in the whole day. We watched two films, Red avenue (3/5) and Caddyshack (3/5). Then it was sleeping time.

Clearing the road

Clearing the road 2

2.1 Sunday – took a pill again and I stayed in the whole day. I felt feeverish and decided to go to the sauna if I hadn’t fever. I had fever, 37,75. I showered and went to bed. I was freezing, sweating and normal during the night.

3.1 Monday – I was ill. I woke sometime before noon. We had breakfast and I rested in bed the whole day. Titus made pizza in the evening. We had pizza. I read papers, magazines and book lazily in the bed.

4.1 Tuesday – I was ill. I stayed in bed the whole day. M&N made dinner, Persian food. For the rest I stayed in bed. We watched Taken, first time (4/5). Very powerful film. An excellent thriller.

M&N food

5.1 Wednesday – I was ill. I stayed more in bed. M&N for the last whole day in the Kingdom of Finlandia. We had some Italian gratinata for dinner. Maria Bergström, Isak, Ida and Jonna were here.

PIM

Ida standing

Wood turning

Snow scape

Deep snow

Leaving

6.1 Thursday – Was Epiphany and I was free from work. We woke up at 7.30. We had our last breakfast. We walked to the station in snow and dragged the suit cases. We got on the train, travelled to Pasila and changed and got off in Tikkurila. From there we took a bus to the airport. At the airport M&N had trouble checking in. We had tea and baguette and cinnamon bun. Then we went to the security and we said goodbye. Sad. Then I took the 615T to Helsinki and studied well the cinema programme. I bought two tickets to the other guys (first time 3/5 second time 2/5) I met Titus and Chasje at Java. From there we walked to Sky and had ham-pineapple-paprika pizza. Tit and me hurried after the pizza to Tennispalatsi and watched the film. We took the train home after that. When we came home we jammed in the band room, drank gly wine and had a small bit of food. That was that.

The kitchen

The band room

The band room two

7.1 Friday – Woke up at 7.30. I took the bus at 8.20 to Helsinki. I worked until around 6. At 6 I met Isak under Stockas klocka. We had dinner, fajitas, at Santa Fee. We talked a lot and he gave me a pen and breads. After that we went to Stockmann and ate ice cream. Two balls each lemon sorbet and pistachio for me. From there we walked to Teerenpeli and tried some beers from Finland. They were brewed in Lahti. Mine was very Finnish in character. It was hard, with hard bubbles and a oil smoky taste. At the moment I prefer Belgian beer. Strangely bossa nova inspired music was played. I took a bus home at 21.19 and Isak went home. At home I rested, after my first working day in a while. I watched Taken for the second time (first time 4/5 second time 3/5).

My new room

8.1 Saturday – Woke up at 9.10 because my mum woke me up. Am I too old for living with my parents? Tell me honestly. I had breakfast until 9.45. We got on the the bus at 10.07 and arrived to Gräsviken and Helsink around 10.50. At 11 we were at Amos Andersons Art Museum and entered when the doors opened at 11. Mamma, Pekka and me watched the paintings of Hugo Backmansson. He was an officer and a painter. They were good, the paintings. His second name was Elias. From there we walked to the Alexander theatre were the Swedish theatre is at the moment. We watched the play Fanny och Alexander, written by Ingmar Bergman. It was refreshing to be a the theatre but it wasn’t spot on. 3,5 hours later we walked to Nan King. There, Isak and Ida were waiting for us. There we had dinner. The waiter was very interested in Ida and she made friends with some Chinese and Norwegian people. After the fried bananas with ice cream we walked towards the station. Isak and Jonna got on the tram and M,P and me took the train home. Titus went to see Elsa. At 20.38 I was home and now is about now.