If I would be an animal, I would be a King Julian. They are sooo adorable, goofy and just amazing creatures. "Now whooo would like a cookie?"
The cutest one I've ever seen! It jumped up on the fence to get closer to us, and it kept looking at us! It also made the cutest little sound! <3

The tiger was apparently called Tigger. She was really cool, she kept pacing around her cage. She also went into the water, as soon on the picture. Cool tiger!

This creature was just sooo strange. We were so appalled that we just stood and watched it do it's things for the longest time ever!

This was the superdome in New Orleans. For the Europeans; the superdome is where the professional American football team The Saints play their homegames! A lot of people also hid inside of the superdome during hurricane Katrina.

Bourbon street on a Friday night. No, I didn't go there, we just drove past it. It is insane!

25 days!!!

I had such a great day yesterday! For one the killer week was finally finishing with an exam in world history, and I think that I actually did pretty good on the exam! I was so worried, I stayed up until 6.30 in the morning studying for it. After the class I went to work out with C, and it was a really good intense, but not too long workout. I still feel sore in my arms almost two days afterwards! It is a part of the program we had for the soccer team this spring. I will definitely use this program in the future as well. After the workout me and C went to Panda to enjoy some delicious (and cheap!) Chinese food. We ate curry chicken with rice. I really liked it! And Panda is so affordable, their portions are humongous and you only pay 5 dollars for one! Me and C shared one, and we still couldn't finish everything! After this we went to the Hattiesburg zoo since we were right next to it, and it was so relaxing just walking around, looking at the animals. I'll post pictures later! We saw the cutest King Julian animals! And one of them jump up on the fence really close to us, and even made some kind of cute sound! They were adorable! I could imagine being a King Julian animal, if I had to be an animal! We also saw a huge tiger! It went all the way into the water, and even took a few leaps, that was really cool! Usually one just sees the tigers sleeping, but this one was restless and pacing around the cage. I really enjoyed the day! In the evening I went to New Orleans with B and Y. I was supposed to have a meeting with my next years soccer coach. I'm transferring to a school in north Louisana. This school is in a much bigger city, and the school in itself is much bigger as well. They are supposed to have a really good psychology program, and there are a multitude of other good things I've heard about the school. All in all, the school sounds really great and I'm willing to give it a shot. I had almost given up on transferring and instead just returning to Finland, but this offer came out of the blue, and I was willing to grab it and give it a shot! Maybe this was meant to happen? I'd like to believe in destiny, and that things happen for a reason. :) Pictures are on their way!

Don't you just love it when all the puzzel pieces in your life fall into place?

Relief.

Happiness

Down

It is only 30 days left until I can board my flight in New Orleans. Nobody can understand how anxiously I am waiting for that moment. I have been in the States since the 4th of august and I think it's about time that I leave this country for a few months. I'll return again at the end of July to start a new tough preseason with a new team, in a new city and with new adventures. Today was a tough day. I had two exams today, I think I aced theater, chemistry will be between an A and a B. I still have a good chance to make an A in all of my classes. I know one person who would be exceptionally proud of me if I got a 4.0 GPA from this trimester. That would mean that I would make it to the president's list. The last two trimesters I made it to the dean's list, but the president's list would be an awesome way to end my career at this school. I want my family to be able to be proud of me. I also need to shoot for the stars for my own good, always aim for the highest goal ;) I did a short workout tonight with a couple of friends, intensive, but short. It makes you sweat like crazy. Just in preparation for my body fat test tomorrow. (We've had body fat tests performed every week with the soccer team here.) Check out my link to the bodyrock website! There are some really awesome workouts with dieting tips as well. I just found out about this Jazz and Heritage festival that is being held in New Orleans at the beginning of May. I would really love to go to this concert, they have Jason Mraz and Bon Jovi playing at this festival! It is my DREAM to see Bon Jovi in action, and Jason Mraz wouldn't be too bad either! I've never been to a concert so I bet it would be a great experience. I didn't have the best of endings to this day, but tomorrow is already Wednesday which means I've only got two more exams this week! Plus I am one more day closer to home! Peace out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE

No life

Stuff I have to do for next week:

• 4 research papers for history


• chemistry lab report


• 2 theater play reviews


• complete history study questions

Study for:

1. Chemistry exam on Monday


2. Theater exam on Tuesday


3. Statistics exam on Thursday


4. History exam on Friday

So as you see, I officially have no life now. I'll get in some workouts in between, but that's all. See ya!

33 Days!

I changed the design of my blog very drastically as one can notice. I felt like it was time for a change. I want to start writing here more frequently again. I have so many friends all around the world, and this would be a good place to read about my adventures, as I can read of my friend's adventures from their blogs. This is also why I'll write in English in the future.

My year in Mississippi was not what I expected, but I'm glad I did this, I've experienced and seen things I possibly couldn't have without coming here, and I've made friends for life. I've met such amazing people, too bad distance will separate us for longer periods of time. Now I only have 33 days before my flight back to Finland! I'm so anxious to get back home. I've got so many things that I want to do, just basic things like go to a normal Finnish grocery store. It is amazing what kind of things one can miss, while one isn't around them. I definitely miss Helsinki, I want to be able to just walk around downtown, go to a coffee shop with a friend, grab a muffin and just sit down and people-watch. I want to go down to the pier and watch the sea. I'm not sure about my future here in the States yet, the next couple of weeks will show what happens. During that time I can just try to enjoy the last couple of weeks here!

33 days!!!

Sista dagarna i Stockholm

Countdown: 4 dagar.
Min tid i Stockholm är just precis slut. Jag måste känna att jag är otroligt lättad. Efter hösten skulle jag inte ha viljat åka hem till Finland, men nu är jag otroligt lättad att det är över. De sista dagarna består av :
Fredag: fotboll ute med killarna från Lappis + farväldinner i korridoren på kvällen
Lördag: kolla på Djursholm-Stuvsta, efteråt lagfest
Söndag: jaa de blir väl packande
Måndag: returnera en massa böcker till bibban, ta en sväng till stan och match mot Tyresö på Bollmoravallen på kvällen.
Mitt i allt detta ska också skrivas en hemtenta. När den nu väl kommer per mejl sen.
Min resväska som ja ska ta med mig på båten vägen 35kg. Seriously jag skämtar inte. Den är full med alla mina böcker som jag hadde här i Stockholm. På nästa veckas lördag ska jag komma tillbaka med bilen och hämta resten av grejerna, hoppas allt ryms med. Cykel och madrass bl.a. ska rymmas i med.
Nu blir det fotboll, tja!