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Life

On music festivals and events

Special occasions and events can be such a challenge to coordinate, particularly if these involve a large number of guests and attendees. Business conferences, clan reunions, musical concerts and shows are just examples of such events that require so much planning and preparation. I remember when we were in Finland on a family vacation, it […]

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Photohunt: Nautical souvenirs from Finland

Whew, I haven’t been able to do some Photohunting for more than three months now, and I do miss Photohunting! Well, finally here goes my entry for this week’s theme “nautical”. These are miniature polyresin objects from Rayher Hobby Kunst (www.rayher-hobby.de) which I bought from a hobby shop in Pori, Finland. I also bought a […]

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Hesburger: Finland’s national hamburger

On my first day in Finland, while we were on the bus to Pori from the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, I immediately noticed the many Hesburger establishments along the way. “It’s yummy hamburger,” according to my 8-year old niece, who was my seatmate/guide that time. As my stay in Finland progressed, I noticed that there were more […]

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Travel

Inside museums

One of the exhibition rooms inside the Turku Castle Museum We’ve been visiting some museums recently, the latest being the Helsinki City Museum where we had a really nice time as we stepped back into the past. There were paintings of royalties, important artifacts from the ancient times, and so many interesting objects which left […]

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Blogging Life Travel

Life gets in the way…of blogging!

It’s a case of being ‘blogless’ as I would like to call it (a play of the word ‘speechless’ when you ran out of something to say)… a state of being unable to post anything on your blog. Seriously, I haven’t been updating this blog regularly these days due to a lot of reasons…and they […]

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Life

Me in Pori… at last!

I just arrived here in Pori, Finland with my parents, cutie sis and baby C last Sunday evening. It is summer here but the outside temperature is still cold for me though I can see some ladies wearing sleeveless shirts and skirts or shorts while walking around the city. Well, I am still getting myself […]