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Ibland utvecklas en dag som börjar riktigt fint och bra, till något alldeles uselt. En sådan dag har jag idag. Plötsigt känns inget roligt : allt fint känns fult, allt gott känns äckligt och allt nya känns gammalt och grått. Mitt bland en massa människor känner man sig ensam. Inget dåligt har egentligen hänt, ändå finner jag mig i den här situationen. Rastlös, uttråkad och ledsen. Hjälplös.  Vill bara gömma mig. Fast inte heller det känns lockande. Tror jag behöver sömn. Eller en kram. Eller min gamla hund.



Världens bästa tröstare, Amanda.






 

 

Här har varit rätt dött ett tag, på grund av att jag genast åkte till landet efter att jag kom hem från min resa. Veckan på vår holme mossaklobb var skön, trots att inte vädret var det bästa alla dagar. Men landeliv på sommaren hör till för mig. Bastu, båtliv, ärter, nypotatis, kortspel: hela köret. Och ett besök till Ekenäs är alltid ett måste. Den staden är så himla mysig.

Now I'll only eat a light lunch, and then it is time to leave for the airport! A ten-hour flight ahead of me. I hope it will go fast!

It is always sad and hard to leave, when you don't know when you will see the dear people you leave again. They told me I'd get a trip to the states as their present when I'm getting married, so I'll at least be back then. But unfortunately it is still a very long time till that day. I kind of hope I'll get to go here earlier than that..

I am ,however, looking forward to going home. Five weeks away from my life was a loooong time, and I miss everybody at home terribly. I couldn't possibly be more excited! FInland suddenly seems like the right place to be. Home sweet home.




Pictures from Art




 

I saw some pretty nice paintings today at the Metropolitan museum of Art. It is a strange feeling to see for example Monet and Klimt's work live : you know so much about the paintings and oh, it's just great!

My favorite exhibition at the museum was one about fashion trough time. "The model as Muse: Embodying Fashion." They had big rooms decorated so that you knew the decade from both the interior and the music. They also had old Vogue covers and a lot of photos everywhere.

In the room for our time, they played nirvana, and it was a lot of dark colors on the walls. Then they had all the supermodels' names painted in white graffiti all over the place. In the middle of the room stood three very skinny and pale models on a stage. It was a completely different feeling compared to the other rooms, where everything was glamorous and the models looked happy.




A Vogue photo shoot 1948  http://www.metmuseum.org/special/model_muse/view_1.asp?item=0




Art on the roof



Some Monet. ( I LOVED the fact that you could take pictures of some paintings! )
I know you can find better pictures of this painting anywhere, but it is nice to have
one of your own.





Van Gogh



Klimt




We had lunch at the Austrian Museum and I had a delicious Rum Cake for
dessert. Unfortunately we didn't have time to look around. I would have
loved to, since they have a lot of Klimt's work.

All in all, this was a very nice way to spend my last day in the states!

I have now finished working at the Madison Montessori School in Madison, NJ. I liked volunteering at the school: the children were cute and their work was interesting. What I liked the most however, was to see what they had in their lunchboxes. It really tells a lot about the child's family.

In montessori schools, you want the children to learn by doing. They can pick anything they want to do, and usually you don't help them that much. You let them solve their own problems in other words. They also work a lot with how you treat other people, and in my opinion the children were kinder and more polite than the Finnish children I've met.

Each week, we studied art and litterature from one of the continents in the world.  During my three weeks at the school we got to know South America, Europe and Asia. I don't think working in a school like MMS is what I would like to do in the future, but it certainly was an interesting experience.




Genuine Art at MMS














The Montessori philosophy




More Genuine Art



Here I spent my days



My last day of work






My thank you present

The iPod touch was not really in my taste. I did not like the touch screen, and I am not interested in having that much games and movies on my iPod, so the nano is definitely more my thing. I had a hard time picking what color I wanted though. Suddenly the purple one didn't appeal to me as much as before: there were so many wonderful colors. Finally I fell for the green one. It looked fresh and new.  At least for now..


But all in all, the sound is a thousand times better than on my last iPod, and I love all the new features. On top of that, a green choice always feels good these days.

Today I had to stay home from work, because I caught a strange virus from somewhere. I have no other symptoms than red, hot and itching cheeks and no power to do anything. My godmother Terry told me that it is a common virus, I just have a very "friendly" version of it. 

Last sunday my cousin (actually my second cousin, our dads are cousins, but they are like brothers and kind of grew up together so we are like cousins) turned 18. He had an early brunch for us, because his present was a flight lesson later that day. He didn't know about it at all though.

His dad really had put a lot of effort in making it a real surprise. He first had to find 3 envelopes in his garden (by throwing a paper airplane toward different things), and the envelopes all contained scrabble letters that together made the sentence: flight lesson today.

Tomorrow I am going to try to put up some pics of what I've bought during my trip. My shopping results in other words. Good Night.




Alex throwing the plane.





Looking for envelopes.




Trying to get the words.




The result.

I guess there is no more patriotic country than the United States. 4th of July is such a big day here! The stars and stripes is everywhere, and I really mean everywhere: on clothes, cakes, houses, you name it! Another big thing is the fireworks and the show in Washington. Here are some pictures of my little less patriotic 4th of July.

I love the store Anthropologie. They just have so many nice things, both clothes and interior. I also love how the store is decorated: the wooden floor and the shelves filled with millions of colorful things. I wish I could afford to buy more things from there! Visit www.anthropologie.com

Yesterday I went to a very nice new restaurant called Aikou. They describe themselves like this :  Aikou Restaurant blends traditional Culinary art with the modern concept of fine dining in an elegant contemporary atmosphere. The excellence of our service makes our diners feel the most satisfaction and enjoyment in dining. They had everything from Japanese food and sushi to malesian and indian specialities. I really recommend it! You find it in Flemington and Morristown in New Jersey.



http://www.aikouasiancuisine.com/index2.html




A master at work.


 Tired after working at school.   



A cool japanese soda.