Downtown Oulu

Downtown Oulu is where a little shred of city-life can actually be felt. Despite being human-less, Oulu has at least one lovely place in the centre where groups of teenagers and other kinds of creatures can chill and go shopping for a bit. My friends and I, of course, aren't really having none of that due to our uptight schedule *winks. On the second day, our landlord took us downtown to show us around and ate the BIGGEST PIZZA EVER (which came in my mouth and came out the same way just in liquid form. yuck.) Then my friends and I took the opportunity of an empty monday to revisit it for fun.

I really like Downtown. There are old buildings that really attract me, they're just simply pretty and full of perspectives. Sadly, I didn't take my DSLR with me on the trip, I had to utilize my skill(szsz) on my little vlogging Canon IXUS. It was a lovely day. I saw the sun, so it's all okay.

They have a lot of shops I can't really afford without the validation of my local bank account, but I enjoy looking at developing fashion statements and trends. 

As to what I was wearing, I wore my 

Doc Marten black boots, 

Dark Blue Jegging by CoolJeans

"When Words Fail, Music Speaks" tee by Coconut Island

Zara Leather Jacket

Indonesia, My One and Only.

Walaupun sudah merdeka selama 68 tahun, saya rasa masih banyak hal yang kita harus perbaiki dari negara kita. Kalau kita semua bisa bersatu, saya rasa semuanya bisa kita hadapi, dari korupsi, rasisme, sampai masalah kemiskinan. Setidaknya, mulai hari ini dengan diri kita sendiri. Indonesia adalah salah satu negara tercantik di dunia, dengan semua ras, tempat dan makanan yang ada, kadang saya cuma bisa menanyakan diri saya sendiri bagaimana turis-turis dari seluruh dunia bisa menghargai semua keajaiban yang ada di negara kita lebih dari kita sendiri. Ayo kita bawa negara kita ke derajat yang lebih tinggi. Tanpa rasisme, perseteruan atau adu otot, mari kita tunjukan betapa indah dan berharganya negara kita. MERDEKA!

x, Nessie
♥

Welcome to Hel.

 "Welcome to Hel." is literally the first sign I saw when we first landed

We arrived in Helsinki about 12 p.m Finnish time. I was exhausted beyond words, I can only chuckled when Tanya told me jokingly that I have raccoon eyes, which I totally did. I still had the same black shirt, jeans and Doc Marten I had worn all the way from Jakarta. Everything just felt really lousy. I sat by the breakfast bar to capture some sun-rays, my equator-made skin demands some Sun Power to feel back alive.
Anyways, instantly I noticed how here, in Finland, nobody smiles when they catch eye contacts with other ...living things, haha, that's the only way I can explain how friendly people back home are. I'm sure they're nice people, it's just not a usual thing to smile to each other for no reasons.

The trip itself. from Singapore to Helsinki was hell. We reserved seats close to the bathroom in the penultimate row, turns out since the stewardesses aren't allowed to sleep, they made sure that they share their pain with some of us. Being extremely noisy, we could only sleep at most for three hours. Let's not even mention the fact that trying to sleep in a tiny seat is the most awkward thing ever. Finding position is hilariously difficult and frustrating.
Myself and I had a good laugh while watching people sleeping with funny positions on my midnight stroll to the bathroom (and maybe all around the plane.)
I'll have a blog up soon (i hope) of my terrible journey. (:

x, Nessie

♥