I'm coming home, tell the world I'm coming home

The last day in Puerto Madryn.. tomorrow this time i'll already be in the airplane.. so this can be my last posting from argentina... :/ 

Ya se que lo escribi 2000 veces pero la voy a extrañaar muuucho a Argentina. Siempre vas a tener un lugar en mi corazon <3 Y mis Argentinos, cuando llegen a Finlandia saben que yo los voy a estar esperando :)

So, these days have been full of goodbyes.. In the school they gave me an Argentinian flag and some people from my class had written something to it. <3 Yesterday i went last time to the stable...I'm gonna miss it so bad <3 and at the night.. partyyy with people from there. 

My class

There are so many people who i'll miss so bad! I left one family to my country and here i got 10! Friendships that will last the rest of my life... I'm so sad that i must leave all this, but in the same time there is so many people that i miss in finland! And sauna, fazerin sininen.. karjalanpiirakat...

"Liwen and Sara: We'll miss you"

Partyparty

Bueno, Argentinos. Hasta luego! Los voy a extrañar mucho, pero algun dia voy a volver! Los quiero muuucho! 

Ja Suomalaiset, pian nahdaan!

And for the others... this is the end of one amazing, horrible, happy, sad, beautiful, ugly... year. If you asked me, would i do it again... i'd say YES!

It's good to remember that the end of something is always a beginning of something new.. maybe my next blog will be called  "Argentinian in Finlandia..."

Besos <3
La rubia Finlandesa Argentina
Heidi

Nueve..

...dias... 9 days...9 paivaa...

Lahtolaskenta on alkanut...

left in this city... Tuliaiset ostettu... ya me compre mis 3 kilos de yerba.. (y dulce de leche y alfajores y bonbones y....) 

I've already my tickets... 

It's 

of something that i loved, that i hated, and that i learned to love again...
 My next week is full of goodbyes.. "suprise parties" (if i already heard about them... are they so .. "suprise".  


So on Monday 8th I'll fly to Buenos Aires. (1h 50min) Then i'll spend there (dunno where) 2 days and on wednesday i'll fly first to London 13h 20min >.< i'll wait there 6 hours and then 3 more hours to Helsinki... to home...

Mulla oli eilen hauskaa ^^ 
 Taas vaihteeksi olin ratsastamassa ja aloin hyppaamaan yhella tammalla... Noh, ensimmaiseen ehka.. hmm.. 80cm? esteelle tuun liian hitaasti ja hevonen suunnilleen pysahtyy esteen eteen - hyppaa- ma kohoan satulassa suoraan ylospain - ja laskeudun... maahan (siis ilman hevosta) nojooo mun valmentaja sanoo mulle muutaman "kauniin" sanan kuten silla on tapana ja eikun uuestaan selkaan. Noh, seuraava hyppy (btw siis yleensa tipun n. kerran kuussa tai vastaavaa) hyppaan ihan kivasti ja esteen jalkeen kaannyn vasemmalle... mulla oli paino hiukan enemman toisella jalustimella... ja paikan pienin satulavyo oli liian suuri mun tammalle.. joteeeen... whiuuu puff... maassa jalleen.. (talla kertaa ma en irronnu satulasta. Se tuli mukana!!!) No joo siina rakatetaan porukan kanssa, etta aika lahjakasta pudota 2 kertaa paivassa. Noh, ei muuta ku tungetaan satulan alle epamaaranen kasa huopia, sitten vaan selkaan ja esteelle. Just kun oon kaantamassa esteelle yksi vapaana oleva heponen paattaa tallustaa sen taaksi... eli enpas hyppaakaan. No, operaatio hevosenmetsastys alkaa. Eli mina ja kaksi muuta tyttoa yritetaan saada tama tyyppi kiinni, jotta se ei hairitsisi ratsastusta. Lopulta me saadaan se saarrettua (ma hevosen selassa, muut ei) Juuri kun sille ollaan laittamassa riimua se paattaakin lahtea karkuun, jonka seurauksena mun tamma saikahtaa ja pomppaa sivulle ja.... loydan itteni jo niin tutuksi tulleesta kentan hiekasta istumasta ohjat kadessa rakattamassa niiden kahden muun tyton kanssa jotka suunnilleen kierii maassa naurusta. - Suuri kansainvalinen ratsastaja on saapunut. 
(Kylla ma sitten paasin hyppaamaan viela ihan natisti)



Ja illalla mun seikkailut paikallisten vessanponttojen kanssa sai jatko-osan. -Vedan vessan painamalla sellasta .. pyorylaa.. kuuluu "poks" ja se pyoryla katoaa sen vesisailion uumeniin, huupsis.. samaan aikaan tiputan mun veljen dodon sinne ponttoon (se ei viela tieda sita, joten ma toivon etta google translaterin kyvyt ei ylita mun odotuksia) Noh... hetken saatamisen jalkeen ma menen noyrasti ilmoittamaan solille ja juan c.sille etta onnistuin rikkomaan niitten vessan. Nooh, eipa siina mitaan oon ilonen, etta taa mun veli tuntee vessanponttojen anatomian vahan paremmin ku mina ja sai sen korjattua.. ^.^Nain Argentiinassa 

 Yeah aanyway, this year has gone so fast.. I've changed a lot. I've done things that i have never imagined to do. Am i the same person who left from Finland one year ago.. yes and no. My step mum used to say "no changes  happen in the airplane in you" and then God continued.. -That's why i sended you for a year. And I've learned a lot. I found myself. When i had the freedom to do my own choises... I made lots of mistakes this year, i broke too many hearts. But in the same time I learned what it is that lasts, altough everything else chainges. And that's God. He took me to amazing places... he prepared an amazing year for me. I knew that this was my place for this year. I'd love to stay, I'd love to come back.. I just don't know what is he's plan. For now my place will be in Finland. Why? I don't know. Propably after one year i can tell you that.

Before

And after

Soon, so soon is time to say "Adios Argentina"

<3: La finlandesa

Todo termina en su tiempo

 

Lazy, lazier, the laziest....

Heidi + blog = Heidi - blog

Whateveeer.. 346 days are over in Argentina.. 16 to go... in Puerto Madryn 14..  Two weeeeks! It's impossible to believe that it's almost over. I mean.. really... My friend's dad already told me that he is gonna adopt me, so i don't have to go :D (so what would you say if i stayed here.....?) Yeah.. i think it's a bit impossible as well.. :( I'm just gonna miss this place so much <3
Whiii today i got 8 (1-10, 10 is the best) from the comercialización (= marketing or something like that) I didn't even open my notes before the exam haha pretty well right? And i answered 4 questiones of 5.. because i didn't remember what is the difference between "amplitud and profundidad del producto" huomenta. 



I'm starting to pack my stuff already :(

Still all days at the stable... 

Two days ago I had my last kinda competition ... I jumped 80cm, 90cm and 1m.. and i did fine :) I'm super happy, because it was my dream to jump 1m before i go <3


And i did wannabe permanent waves to my hair... Now almost 2 weeks later i barely have them (they should stay like 2-4 months...) but tomorrow i'll do them an other time




Can you find a massage place 1h 50 pesos = less than 10 euros.. I did :P 

Bueeeno....

I'm gonna miss you so bad, Vladimir (don't tell that to Maru)

Beluuu <3

Besos
Heidi

 

Over the mountains

Hoola gente ^.^

Que onda? Todo piola?

About 35 days left.. 5 weeks.. You can imagine how weird is the feeling when in the same time I'm looking forward to going back and seeing all my friends .. (oh, btw.. i'm looking for an apartment to rent in Helsinki.. or people who 'd like to share the same kichen with me for sometime) and in the same time i don't want to leave this country.. these people.. this culture, i've totally fallen love with it!

 

Soo.. what i've been doing? This time i do have an answer to you ^.^
My parents came to visit! 

It was great, first weekend I had a show jumping competition.. and once i was 3rd in 80.. My step mom who knows a lot about it helped me a lot! In the other weekend we went to Esquel..Bariloche and finally to Buenos Aires ( 18hours from Bariloche to Buenos Aires.. then a few hours there ... and then 18 hours back to Puerto Madryn.. my parents already left from B. Aires by plane. ) That was that visit shortly.. 

 




Dunno.. I don't really feel like writing.. sorry guys -.- 

Right now I'm bakeing "korvapuusti"  

I'm btw arriving to Finland 11th of July, eli saa tulla vastaan n. klo 17.00 :)

 

  

 

In Buenos Aires with my dad

The "blonds" Las rubias

 So anyway :)
Besos <3
Cya soon
Heidi  

¿Que mas se puede pedir?

From the school with Anabel,

Hey guys!

296 days behind 65 to go... How fast the time can go? I'm going to miss this place so much! This culture, these people - these crazy people (finally i found some people like me ^^) when nobody is afraid to say what they think ... when there doesn't exist a word "silence" 

Okay.. honestly i did have the idea to stay here.. but don't worry I'm going back to Finland.. for a while at least. 

Propably nobody of you remembers that i wrote a list about stuff that i was gonna do and staff that i wasn't gonna do in last June (in the text "almost there") So anyway i'm gonna tell you how did i do with that: 

I'm gonna 

-Have fun! -I did, i have had an amazing year!
-Get so much experiences -I really did, seeing whales, galloping with the horse on the beach in the sunset.. and so much more
-Aprender Castellano (Learn Spanish) - Si, me parece que aprendi por lo menos algo... o no?
-Make 200 friends - No, I made at least 300
-Have a great time with my host family - My siblings are cute ^^
-Ruskettua :D -I've never been that brow that i'm now! I'm one of the darkest people (of the color of the skin) of my class.. and it's pretty well here
-Find some nice church -I did :)
-Eat something ... interesting - Yep, every kind of meat that you can imagine (okay, almost) and yep.. other interesting stuff as well
-Have a year, that I won't forget ever - I did <3
-Enjoy every minute that I spend in Argentina! -Most of the time yep..

I'm not going to

-Get bored - I did
-Miss too much Finland - I did
-Speak English -I did
-Get a boyfriend (sorry guys :P) - I almost did
-Spend time in Facebook (people, study how to use an e-mail!) -I did
-Be too Finnish (shy and.. u know ''Finnish people are like'') - I did
-Forget people in Finland (I still love you <3) -Sometimes i did
-Regret that I chose to be an exchange student in Argentina! - I DID NOT!!!

Haha.. pretty well, isn't it? I've learned so much during this year :) I'm so much more relaxed, i'm not so keen on the timetables as i used to be... As well i've done a lot of stuff that... okay i've learned a lot ^^

Btw, last weekend i had an other competition of show jumping and it didn't go too well.... i fell 3 times >.< no, i'm not gonna give you any more information :P 

Bueno, no tengo mucho mas para decir ^^ solo les digo a ustedes que no pueden imaginar como quiero este lugar, lo voy a extrañar un monton <3 Y espero que me van a visitar en Finlandia mis Argentinos <3

<3: Heidi

Viviendo un sueño

Es Abril!!

This year has gone so fast.. it's crazy to think that i've been here already almost 10 months.. o.O And only 2 and half months left. I understand conversationes, i can speak.. i can write a ... "essay" in spanish without any mistake... and i "can" do a exam subjects called "proyecto y gestion de microem... (i can't remember how you write it) and " and philosophy... And i can jump 115cm with a horse!!!! (I did that yesterday)

I honestly spend all my days at the stable. (Today i rode 3 horses.. sometimes 5 horses in one day) At the Weekends i wake up at 8 to go there.. and other days i go there usually straight after the school. (My school ends at 1.30 pm o 2.30pm)

So that's my place.. a bit different than in Finland?

Question: What in the photo tells that i've been there?

2 weeks ago i had a competition (of jumping) and i jumped twice 70cm and twice 80cm... I won both of the 70 and first i was 4th in the 80.



And yep, next day i found my face from the main Newspaper of the province... It says that " The finnish Heidi Valkeakari gave the taste of winning in the category Escuela Mayor".. and later that "The international rider from Finland riding "Soy el Rey" represented club CEPM" 

Haha, I'm glad that it doesn't say that i really jumped only 70 and 80 cm... 




I had the jacket of my teacher.. boots of my teacher (they were huge) .. the helmet of my friend and my leggings :DD 



Okay.. i was not gonna tell you that but.. So, the winner of the competition was the one who makes it closest to the time that they give you..  First i had to do it in 69 seconds. And i can honestly tell you that i only tried not start and finish whitout falling or forgerring which one i should jump next. So the horse was kinda.. "heavy" .. it didn't move too well.. so all what i wanted was make it move o bit faster.. So i was kinda suprised when they told me that my time was 69.19 :D Other day i thought a bit more the time.. but not too much anyway, 

There were people who really knew how to jump


And what else.. tomorrow i'll go to an other city to see one.. kinda competition

So, the final information is that i'll go back to Finland 10th of July :) Miss you guys, but i'm just gonna miss so much this place... My crazy friends.. This cultura where everybody dances (and i'm still the worst dancer of the city ^^) Mate - drink.. alfajores.. horses .. people who can't believe that my hair is real.. that everiday i hear someone saying that i'm beautiful (you can't imagine what my bluegreenyellowgrey eyes make people think^^) 

But now i must go ^^

Cya guys

Besos

Heidi <3

Learning how to fly

-At least how to jump, but that sounded better ^.^

Yep, i know that you haven't heard anything about me for... a while. But it just means that I'm having fun (in fact now i'm almost never at home) My normal day is pretty much like this: I wake up at 6.45 , I go to school at 7.45 My school ends at 13.30, I go home and i eat. Then at 14.-15.00 I go to stable (by bike.. 5-6km) and i ride 1-3 horses and then at 20.00 i go back home.. i eat, and at 22-23 i go to the bed... 

I have 3 things to tell you

1st I'll go to Buenos Aires!!!!!!! Voy a Buenos Aires!!!!! 

Para una semana. For one week. There is gonna be a conference of the YWam. But I'll tell you more when I come back.

2nd I started school -.- Empeze las clases -.-

This time I must study... and in fact I'm not that bored because I study... now i pretty much understand spanish... and i've friends at school. My subjects are something like this:

 Monday:  

Animacion= "viihde" We do different proyects how to make people have fun (yep, it's interesting.. -.-)

Laboratorio ingles =Laboratory English.. I haven't find out yet what makes it different from normal English (more than that the teacher is not the same).. English here... So for example today we studied what is the difference between "I like apple pie" and "I'd like some apple pie"

Comercalisacion= Or something like that.. Until this we've been studying stuff about a company. Why do they make a ... things and so on.. (I like it ^^ altough i don't really undersand too much)

Tuesday:

Animacion

Comercalisacion

Interpretacion: It's something like "how to make people to be interested in an information" (i'd say that it's not my favourite subject...)

Proyecto: We (they) have one year time to make a "company" not a real one but one that they have to find out everything about producing things and so on (for example "la fabrica de las medias" = "the sock factory" they must find out how much it costs to make them..what machines they need to produce those.. how much they cost.. are there consumers for socks in that area.. are there other facorys...)

I bored... i'm not gonna explane you more just that other subjects are something like: Economia, derecho economical =economical rights, frances, and something that i don't remember... (and educacion fysica, you can guess what it is)

3 I started horse back riding/show jumping. Empeze equitacion = montar los caballos

I LOVE IT! My teacher is one of the best in the Argentina. He has like 60 students who have won national competitions. The place is not like traditional riding school (i'll put pics later) it's place where everyone knows everyone. And yeah i can ride 3 horses in one day.. (so for those who don't know i rode horses 6 years (once in the week 1 hour) in Finland.. but i left it almost 2 years ago)

I'm propably gonna compite (the teacher already said me that before i go i'll jump 1m in the  competition... ) (it's the biggest i've never jumped ) let's see :) For example there is one guy who started 3 years ago and now jumps 120cm and wins ... And other girl started one year ago and jumps 100cm ... (3 monhts sounds pretty long time for me now.. )

I already fell twice (uups .. i started 2 weeks ago) and an other time (i was jumping) the horse almost step on me .. (he did, but nothing happend my arm and cheek are just a bit "blue".. but you can imagine the feeling laying there seeing the horse over you.. i already thought that i'm gonna see my God pretty soon^^ (he didn't want me to see him yet so i'm still here until he changes his mind)) 

But I'm so happy that i was able to start that, I love it! I'm gonna write a lot about it in the future don't worry

Besos
Heidi