1. My homemade meatball soup. Hot meatball soup for lunch. YUMMYYYYYYY!!!!!
2. Hubby put on a headset to watch TV on his own while I went to bed earlier. I LOVE the fact that I didn't even ask him to do that. (Note: our apartment is only about 49 square metres, so I can hear the TV from the bedroom even if I close the bedroom door)
3. Hearing birds chirping right outside our course building. What a way to greet me! (Yeah, yeah, I'm a sucker for birds HA HA HA HA...)
4. Studying more Finnish at home and writing down the meanings of new words to prepare myself for the following lessons. It was really effective. It felt NICE to be driven because of the course!!!
5. Being able to depend on hubby to wake me up with a smile he he he he he...
6. Seeing plenty of snow everywhere and realizing how serene it is in Finland and being able to spend time to cherish that serenity (sometimes after you've lived in a place for a while, you take for granted the wonderful things about that place).
******* The other day in the classroom the teacher asked my Brit friend whether she had many friends in Finland. She said that I was her best friend. I felt SOOOOOOO happy to hear that HE HE HE HE HE HE...We hadn't been friends for too long, but our friendship is really important for me. I hope we can be friends for life, not just friends for a season or reason he he he he...
MC, I just wanna tell you that you've made my life more colourful with your existence. You remind me of a few of my oldest friends who have similar traits as yourself: sunny, cheerful, outgoing...mmmm...You're a joy to be with!!! You have a beautiful soul, my friend...not just a beautiful face! ;-D
When my hubby went to the bars with me and his brothers last Friday, we met my hubby's boss' wife in one of them. She tried talking to me in broken English, which again I appreciated. ;-D
There was just one thing that bothered me a bit. She asked me if I had found friends here. I told her that I had found a British family nearby. I asked my hubby to explain to her where the British family lived (30 minutes away on foot). She then said, "Oh, but that's so far away. Do you have friends here in Sodankylä?" I said no. She said again, "You've been here months but you haven't had any friends yet?" I nodded.
I began to feel confused why she made it seem like it was such a big deal. Finally after a short break in the conversation, she said, "So you love being home, right?" I said yes again. She said again, "Because you just have to love being home." I nodded again.
Even back in Indo, when I was working from home as a translator (read: meaning I didn't get to see many people, not even my boss, who lives in Jakarta!), some relatives and neighbours would show their concern over my "preferred isolation."
Hey, I'm HAPPY with my life!!! What's a loner got to do with all those people out there? I don't need to crowd out my life with so many people that would obviously overwhelm me in the end.
I know that knowing LOTS of people has its own advantages. Just look at my Mom who knows SO many people and she can strike up a conversation ANYWHERE, ANYTIME of day. I'm not her. I'm not an outgoing person and I don't prefer to be one. I know all those people mean well. However, I just hope they know that there ARE people like me in this world. There are people like me who are content being alone every now and then (or most of the time) who prefer an indirect communication with the world. It's a bit frustrating sometimes, trying to make people understand that the mainstream is NOT the only "satisfactory option" in life.
And I don't know why I'm writing this down. I guess I just want to let out some steam he he he...
Here's something I wrote the other night (a sudden inspiration):
The lessons that you have to learn will come to you. They will knock at your door over and over again until you invite them in. If you are too stubborn to hear, though, they might just barrage in, stampede you, and knock you off senseless. Sometimes only then will you regain consciousness and understand what life is trying to teach you. Sometimes they may come again in various forms so you can obtain a deeper kind of understanding and a bigger perspective of things.
