Valitsen yhden meren ja oudon veneen

I found this song from Spotify last night and listened to it a few times wondering why it sounded so familiar. I had never listened to Johanna Kurkela before and didn't even like any other songs from her newest album, but this one was really beautiful. Then I noticed it sounded a bit like a Nightwish song and reminded me of The Islander and Creek Mary's Blood. Why? My question was answered when I googled "Satojen merien näkijä": the writer of the song is Tuomas Holopainen. As I did some more research I also found out that Kurkela has recorded two songs with Sonata Arctica; No Dream Can Heal A Broken Heart and Deathaura, both from The Days Of Grays.

Haha no wonder I liked it so much, Holopainen is a great artist and I admire him, and I've heard Kurkela sing on Sonata Arctica's album. Now I just need chords for this song but can't find them anywhere... Oh well, I'll come up with something. Wonder if anyone else likes this song, it's one of my favourites at the moment.

Tiia

Your hopes, your dreams, your everything

Summer summer summer! Again. The year has gone by so fast, I can still remember the things that happened last summer and now I have 2 weeks of school left... and then, freedom! Thought I'd post some of last summer's photos here, just to go share, so here's the Epic Summer vol 1 :

partying, put on some make-up and go!

jump! sunny days and no worries ♥

exploring, the higher you climb, the more you see.

fell in love with travelling, London and Edinburgh ♥

yes, I like trees, but the point here is having fun!

+ friends

+ msn all night long

+ random things

I ♥ SUMMER

I'm sure this one will be just as epic as last year, maybe even better!

Tiia

I Just Need You Now

I hate arguing. I mean I don't know about you, but shouting and all that has always made me feel very uncomfortable. And some people actually enjoy it... I don't get that.
I understand that everyone can be annoying sometimes and we all have bad days, I also know some arguments are inevitable. E.g. with your friends, if you've known them for years it's rather strange if you've never had a single argument.

And I think you're supposed to fight with your siblings and parents, my sister and I used to yell at each other all the time when we were younger. These days we rarely argue but when we do, we say things that would make anyone else cry and truly hate us. But we're sisters and know that the other barely knows what she's saying and definitely doesn't mean any of it.

For me it's different with friends though, I know arguing is a part of every friendship but I still hate it. Granted, I can be mean if I'm in the mood and if you manage to piss me off then I will be pissed off. But I envy those who can argue and not cry at the same time because I'm usually the first one sobbing.
Especially if it's my dad I'm fighting with (just a random note lol). All he needs to do is raise his voice a little bit and I burst into tears... That's probably because we both hate arguing so much, and I guess it's better to end it quickly.

Oh and when it comes to apologizing and making up after the fight, my friends know I'm far from unforgiving. Actually, I'm just not capable of hating anyone for longer than 15 minutes. I'm a crappy sulker and it's pretty easy to make me smile/laugh.

Have been listening to this song all afternoon, enjoy.



Tiia

That song playing in your head over and over again

Right so I haven't updated my blog in a month, apologies for that. I've been so busy doing nothing that I couldn't be bothered to sit down even for a few minutes and write a short post. There you go, the truth. For some reason I always end up doing nothing yet there're so many things I should do.

To be fair though, I did choose classes for next year and it looks like I'll be studying maths (advanced mathematics.. ugh), history and languages, Spanish, English, Swedish and Finnish. Fun... No but seriously, those are pretty much the subjects I'm interested in, except for maths. I love history and have always been good at learning languages. Hmh so I know what my favourite subjects are but I still have no idea what to do after high school. 

I mean yes I've been thinking about going to England for a year but what will I do after that? Yes, uni is an obvious option and that's where I'll go but, and this is the main question, what do I want to be when I grow up? What should I do, where should I go? I had a perfect plan but it doesn't work anymore so I'll have to come up with something else. But what? What what what? Haven't got a clue. 

Oh well, I have two years, no, three years to decide so I'm not going to panic.. yet.

Besides it's sunny outside and I'm going for a walk. Summer will be here soon, can you believe it? Eeee only a month of school left and then, Epic Summer vol 2, can't wait!

Tiia