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postato da NordlandLola alle ore 23:32
domenica, 24 dicembre 2006

I want to wish to all of you a

and a rockin' new year... hoping that all of you will realize your dreams during this year... or at least some of your more urgent aims !!!

I had my best Christmas present looking at the Norther's site... there are the pictures from the X-mas Party i attended in Helsinki; and there i found one of me with Tuomas and Kride =)

Wishing you all presents cool like this one ^_^

The Erasmus is over from a few days and it is so sad to think now to the memories of the last days; but i promise you very soon more pictures and rememberances from the best time of my life =)

So stay tuned as you have been so far!

 

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postato da NordlandLola alle ore 06:14
lunedì, 11 dicembre 2006

Hyvää iltaa!

Since i really don' t know where to start from; i guess i will start from the beginnin'=P and before i wanna tell you that this time i will write a part of my report (the one dedicated to Norther) both in English and Italian , so my friends in Italy that cannot understand English or find it easier to read it in their mother tongue =P Will be able to do this. So... read the white part if you want to read English and the light blue one for the Italian version (Finnish flag colors ^_^)

Dal momento che non so proprio da che parte iniziare; credo che partiro' dall' inizio=P , ma prima voglio avvisarvi che stavolta scrivero' un pezzo di report (quello dedicato ai Norther) sia in inglese che in italiano; così i miei amici in Italia che non parlano inglese o trovano piu' facile leggerlo nella loro madrelingua=P potranno farlo. Quindi... leggete la parte in bianco se volete l' inglese e quella azzurra per la versione italiana (sono i colori della bandiera finlandese ^_^)

But also this time i really want to warn you from the grammatical errors... it is 3.15 o clock and i cannot sleep properly from when i left to Helsinki; so forgive me the errors, please!

by the way... I still cannot believe to all that happened !!!  I guess i won't sleep even this night, i need to much to tell everything =P

Ma anche stavolta voglio prima avvisarvi degli errori.... sono le 3.15 e non riesco a dormire bene da quando sono partita per Helsinki; quindi perdonatemi gli errori , perfavore!

Let's just give a brief introduction to people who were not aware of my crazyness yet. I had my last exam on the 6th of december; and about 2 weeks ago, after talking with Marta, i discovered the Norther party in Helsinki on the 8th. It didn't have to take much for me, to ask parents the money, find an affordable flight, ask to Niky met on internet if she could give me an accomodation... and after all these things proved to be ok; i decided destiny to be by my part and i left in the afternoon of the 6th, a few hours after finishing my exam, heading to the country which was my biggest dream ever to visit.

P.S. I ADDED SCROLL BARS... SO BEWARE DON'T MISS SOME PARTS OF THE REPORT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED IT =p




6 and 7 december

 

I just went to Kristiansand's station and took the 17.17 train (not a nice hour since 17 in Italy is an unlucky number... but challenging the destiny once again seems to have been a good thing...)

It was quite fun to see that they turned the train seats so people never travelled in the opposite sense than the train direction... in Italy this would surely be science-fiction

By the way, i was sooo worried when my travel started... until 5 or 6 months ago, it was too much for me even to take the train for a place which was not Milan. And now i was there, all alone, so far from home and ready to take trains, buses and planes heading to a dream which i have from years and years and that i had decided to reach 2 weeks earlier; and to see people from a band which i don't know from so many years as for example Iron Maiden, Metallica or Blind Guardian, but who gained such an important place in my heart.

At about 22 i came to Oslo Sentral Station; and from there i had to search the train going to the airport; when i found it i bought the ticket, and finally reached without problems the Gardermoen airport. The problem started when it came to finding a decent way to sleep... yep, didn't i told you that i spent the whole night all alone at the airport to take the 8,30 am flight? XD By the way, i tried to lay on two seats and feel asleep. Of course i was too excited and most of all not comfortable to do it; but i was so tired for the exam and the travelling, that i think i managed to sleep one hour or two.

Useless that i bother you with all the informations about the travel; it is enough for you to know that i did the check in the next morning, and finally went on the plane.... it was shocking that i was really going to Finland, and all the time i repeated in my head that i couldn't believe this.

I landed to Helsinki's airport a little later the Finnish 11 am... 'cause the fly is 1,30''; but Finland has the time one hour different than Norway and Italy... and what's more; the plane was a bit late. From the airport i took the 615 bus; that Niky told me to take to reach the central station.... and a bit earlier than 12... I WAS IN HELLLSINKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII !!!!!!!!!!!

The first song i listened to in Finland was "Treacherous Gods" by Ensiferum... and the destiny would told me it was a good choiche to choose Enska ^_^

This is my shocked and amazed face....

I was in the city of my dreams; all alone and i had to wait 4 hours before my friend finished working, so i could spend them in the city as i wanted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had my faithful travel guide bought at the Agders' university bookstore; 3 maps because of my usually terrible sense of orientation (that in this city would prove its qualities) , and a list of the metal pubs which i wanted to see from such a lot of time.

The first image i have of Helsinki, is a lot of children skating on the ice near the station.... it was so nice...

Then ,thinking "before the duty and then the pleasure" (even if this is usually not one of my mottos XD) i thought that i would have better buy a red bull to stay awake and then i started visiting the city: the first important thing to see was the Seenantinori; which is the Senate Square... if you have in mind a white cathedral that is your image of Helsinki... that one is Tuomiokirkko, and it is there. I could find it so easily, that i can't believe it... even if it is really easy to find ^_^ and try to imagine the strong sensation; when you only have seen that one in thousands pics, and finally see it live.

After seeing this; i headed towards the famous (at least for me=P) Kauppatori; the fish market similar to Bergen's one, with lot of fish and souvenirs.  But before going there; i found a very nice souvenir shop, and there i bought the first thing bought in Finland (oh damn' it, that was actually the red bull. But let's not consider it=P) ... a reindeer peluche with Finnish flag, and i called it Lauri ! Mister Porra would be very proud of that

Here leaves the boat to Suomenlinna... i would really have liked to go there; but really i didn't have the time, and maybe in summer it is nicer...

The shop where i bought Lauri:

and Lauri:

 This is Uspensky Cathedral :

I had checked all the addresses of the most important metal pubs and clubs: Hevimesta, Tavastia, Nosturi, Heavy Corner, and the Bar Loose which is not metal but is in Porra's top friends on MySpace. While i was heading back to the city center, i found the Hevimesta...  where a few days earlier my friend told me there were Heikki from Norther and Jani from Sonata Arctica (they are from Kemi, but he's in Helsinki to record something). Here's the pic:

 Here i asked to some Japanese to take me a picture... the statue had a t-shirt on her XD

I had checked on a internet site the main event in Helsinki those days; and i found St. Thomas Christmas market in one of the main streets, Etalaesplanadi... so i decided to spend some time there...

There were a lot of interesting things, and i was greeted by Santa Claus ^_^

At this time i decided to spend some other minutes walking throught the city center; and i wanted to search were the Bar Loose was, but i forgot to write down the civic number, and since Fredrikinkatu is quite long, i wasn't able to find it. But still it was a great occasion to see another part of the city!

At 16, i came back to the station, because at 16.10-15 i had to meet with my friend Niky that would pick me up and we went to her house together, by train. She lives with a very nice finnish guitarist called Petteri, his drummer Arto, and with a soooo beautiful kitten, Behemoth ! I suddenly fell in love with this wonder of cat and spent with him most of my time at their house

 

After a shower and eating, it was time to decide if going out again... i really didn't want to miss something in Helsinki, so i told Niky that i really agreed to see some place. I told her that in the day i wasnt' able to find Bar Loose, but i was really curious if maybe we could find there Lauri =P and we decided to challenge the age limit of 22 (i am 21) and go there. She called also a friend of her, Elisa: she is from Modena, but she lives and works in Helsinki, and came also... they told me all the funny stories experienced in Helsinki or in other places, and it was very interesting =P too bad only that Lauri wasn't there

 

8 december

8 december... the grand day !!! I only had one thing in mind when i woke up, that was Norther's party. But since Niky had to work in the day, and still i didn't want to miss anything of the city, i decided to go to her until the city center and then going alone to the Historic museum.

Pics taken on the way to the museum:

It is really a cool place ! There is all the history of Finland, from the stone age to nowadays, and a cool section dedicated to the Sami people. Here's the skeleton of a seal and some skulls XD

and this one was in the 20th century section ... i couldn' t believe that in a historical museum there were Him's cd... and also Harry Potter !

Then, i would have liked to go to Kiasma's modern art museum, but i only had 2 hours while waiting for Niky to finish her work and going home with her; so i spent them walking in the center...

The names of some of my husbands, that the destiny showed me XD

Other images from the center...

a HUGE commercial center full of great things :

.... then i walked again in the city and in St. Thomas market.... and then i was in the other main street, Pohjoisesplanadi, where i took pictures to this bass which as soon as i have the money i will buy XD

and to this guitar:

... i bought something at St. Thomas (a black and violet made in Finland viking hat) ; and then i went to search for Tavastia, and found it:

After some other walking in the center, i came back to the station, met Niky and we went home... ready to prepare for the party !!! (after drinking a coffee with Bayleys, so i didn't go completely withouth alcohol in the body, risking to faint...)  It should start at 20.00 and last till 2.30 am; but Niky wanted that we go out earlier so we could go to the Hevimesta and see the Metal karaoke... and what's more; Petteri was not feeling very good, that was another reason to come back earlier. But i was hoping that we could stay more time as possible... and, most of all, that everyone of the band would come !!! I thought that maybe Petri could not come; because he's the only one who doesn't attend the forum, that is where i had read about the party... and i was really hoping he came of course XD ... Niky said that, according to her opinion, if someone wouldn't come, that would be Tuomas, because she says he's the one that seems less interested in parties... and again i was hoping so much that he would come (also because if not Ambra would be very sad.... my friends Martikki, Ambrikki and Valerikki wanted so much the autographs!) ... but my secret hope was this one: that Jari Mäenpää, the former singer from Ensiferum and now singer of Wintersun, came ... that would be so amazing !!! I had this hope, because he's in some "Behind the scenes" of the band, and he' s also in Ensifuerum dvd, so he must be friend of the band ('cause Petri is the singer both of Norther and Ensiferum); also because he plays in Wintersun now with Jukka which is the bassist of Norther.

This are Petteri and Niky on the train to the party:

and me, with my viking hat bought at St. Thomas market

when came to the station; we went to an "Arkioski" (a shop) where the shop assistant was something incredible, with blue eyes like a husky and long black hair... but of course we didn't want to be late at the party, so we took the tram number 6 towards Telakkakatu (in Italian this name sounds quite funny=P) and to the Nosturi; the venue of the party !!!

Here's two pictures of Norther :

 

 

I was shivering so much, and before going in, i thought it was for the cold outside... but when i didn't get calm entering, i realized that was because i was so nervous ^_^"

Tremavo un sacco prima di entrare; ma pensavo che fosse per il freddo... poi, quando non mi sono calmata dopo l' ingresso, mi sono accorta che era per il nervosismo ^_^"

We payed 3 euros for the entrance (i think it is so honest; also included some free beverage!), and while going in we suddenly met Heikki (the drummer of the band) and Ilkka (the guy of the merchandise). Then, at one table i saw Kride (the guitar player) with three girls; while playin'... i really dunno how to translate it in english, in italian it's "calcetto"... by the way one thing to play the game of soccer=P there there was Jukka (the bass player of Norther and also of Wintersun).

Abbiamo pagato 3 euro per l' ingresso (penso che sia onestissimo; includeva anche dei drinks gratis!), e all' entrata abbiamo subito incontrato Heikki (il batterista) ed Ilkka (il ragazzo del merchandise). Poi, a un tavolo ho visto Kride (il chitarrista) con 3 ragazze; mentre che giocava a calcetto c' era Jukka (il bassista dei Norther e dei Wintersun).

I was really shocked, and it was good that Tuomas, Petri and Jari came later; because if i had found all of them when entering i dunno if i could survive XD ... by the way, as a first thing i presented myself to Ilkka and Heikki, because they were the ones i had talked to in the forum, and i asked Heikki the autographs for my friends... but i hadn't asked him the picture because i was still too nervous , and later i forgot to do it =/

Ero veramente shockata; ed è un bene che Tuomas, Petri e Jari siano arrivati piu' tardi; perchè se li avessi trovati tutti subito all' entrata non so se sarei sopravvissuta XD ... comunque, come prima cosa mi sono presentata ad Ilkka ed Heikki, perchè con loro avevo parlato nel forum, e ho chiesto ad Heikki gli autografi pe le mie amiche... ma non gli ho chiesto di fare una foto perchè ero ancora troppo nervosa, e dopo mi sono dimenticata di farla =/

I came back to breath a bit to Niky and Petteri; and then i decided to go to Kride... and i approached him saying "Hi Kride, could you give me some autographs for my friends in Italy?"... and it seemed to me that a girl looked at me with funny expression, which i thought to be 'cause i asked the autographs; but i later found from Elisa that "Kride" is pronounced as written in Italian... when i found it out; i felt quite ashamed XD By the way, he was very nice to me, and wrote me the autographs for my friends. I asked him if he thinks that Norther are going to play at the Wacken this year, and he said he hope this is going to happen.... me too XD so i will go there !

Sono tornata dalla Niky e da Petteri per respirare un po'; e poi ho deciso di andare da Kride... l' ho approcciato dicendogli "Ciao Kride, mi potresti fare degli autografi per le mie amiche in Italia?"... e mi è sembrato che una ragazza mi guardasse divertita, ma credevo che fosse perchè gli ho chiesto gli autografi... solo che piu' tardi Elisa mi ha detto che "Kride" si pronuncia come è scritto in Italiano... quando l' ho scoperto, mi sono un po' vergognata XD Comunque, è stato molto simpatico con me, e mi ha fatto gli autografi per le mie amiche. Gli ho chiesto se pensa che i Norther suoneranno al Wacken quest' anno, e ha detto che spera di sì... lo spero anch io XD così ci andro'!

Then, we took the pic:

 

at this point i came back to drink and talk with my friends. And i was sayin' "It is so bad there are no Petri and Tuomas, because they are probably the ones i most wanted to see" , but Niky said she was sure that they would come. And i asked Petteri if it was normal that all the people were so calm and didn't ask for pics and things like that... he said it is not so common in Finland, also because almost everybody know each other. So i hope, i didn't seem to act too weird =P

a questo punto sono tornata a bere e a parlare coi miei amici. E dicevo "Che peccato che non ci siano Petri and Tuomas, perchè sono quelli che piu' volevo vedereee", ma la Niky ha detto che era sicura che sarebbero venuti. E ho chiesto a Petteri se è normale che tutti fossero così calmi e non chiedessero foto e cose così... lui ha risposto che non sono cose così comuni in Finlandia, anche perchè si conoscono quasi tutti. Quindi, spero di non essere sembrata troppo strana =P

After some time, i saw Tuomas (the keyobard player) coming in from the door ! The first think i thought was Ambra of course  (she's break doll in the Norther's forum) and since she cared so much about that autograph, i just waited for him to sit with Kride and other and i went there. I just asked if he could sign these autographs, and one for a very special fan, who studies music and admire him so much his music and him XD so i asked if in that autograph he could add a smiley or something like that. And he drew a small heart... i was so happy for Ambra, that you can't imagine XD i think he thought the autograph actually was for me XD XD XD because i looked too happy.

Dopo un po', ho visto Tuomas (il tastierista) che entrava ! La prima cosa a cui ho pensato è stata naturalmente Ambra  (break doll nel forum dei Norther) e, dal momento che ci teneva così tanto all' autografo, ho aspettato che lui si sedesse con Kride ed altri e sono andata lì. Gli ho chiesto se poteva firmare gli autografi, di cui uno era per una fan veramente speciale, che studia musica e ammira tanto lui e il suo modo di suonare XD quindi gli ho chiesto se in quell' autografo poteva aggiungere una faccina o qualcosa del genere. E lui ha disegnato un cuoricino... ero così felice per Ambra, che non vi potete immaginare XD penso che lui abbia pensato che l' autografo in realta' fosse per me XD XD XD perchè ero troppo felice.

I asked him and Kride to check the pm; because Ambrikki and Martikki (and me of course) are interested in doing Norther's italian fansite and fan club; and so we wrote them, but i asked if they are interested, and Tuomas said of course, because it's always a good promotion for the band, and what's more there's not many people in Italy that speak very good English. He also asked me about my travel (he read on the forum that i came) and how long i was going to stay in Helsinki; but since i was so nervous, it was amazing to see that i didn't know what to say, and he was him to ask the things, for example what i study... i said that i study English and Norwegian; but that actually i wanted to study Finnish, but i couldn' t move to do it  and i started speaking bad of Norwegian and very good of Finnish people XD XD XD ... I also said that i expected more people at the party, and he said he did too, but probably more people would come... and to him and Kride i asked if Petri was going to come XD they said yes, and i said, luckily, because i have a friend who cares so much about his autograph...

Ho chiesto a lui e a Kride di guardare i messaggi privati; perchè Ambrikki e Martikki (e ovviamente io) siamo interessate a fare il fansite e il fan club italiani dei Norther ; quindi gli abbiamo scritto, ma gli ho chiesto se erano interessati, e Tuomas ha detto certo, perchè è sempre una buona promozione per la band, e inoltre non ci sono tante persone in Italia che parlano bene l' inglese. Mi ha anche chiesto riguardo al mio viaggio (ha letto nel forum che venivo) e per quanto tempo sarei stata ad Helsinki; ma, dal momento che ero nervosissima, è stato incredibile vedere che non sapevo cosa dire ed era lui che mi chiedeva le cose, per esempio cosa studio... al che gli ho detto che studio inglese e norvegese; ma che effettivamente volevo studiare finlandese, ma non mi potevo trasferire per farlo  e ho iniziato a parlare male dei norvegesi e benissimo dei finlandesi XD XD XD ... gli ho anche detto che pensavo che sarebbe venuta piu' gente al party, e ha detto che anche lui lo pensava, ma probabilmente altra gente sarebbe arrivata... e ho chiesto a lui e a Kride se Petri sarebbe venuto XD loro hanno detto sì, e ho detto, per fortuna, perchè ho un' amica a cui interessa molto il suo autografo...

 

Here's Tuomas and me:

 ... and i was still talking to Kride and Tuomas, when i looked outside the window and i saw... Jari Mäenpääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääää !!!!!!!

... e stavo ancora parlando con Kride e Tuomas, quando ho guardato fuori dalla finestra e ho visto... Jari Mäenpääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääääää !!!!!!!

The singer of Wintersun (actually he played and wrote the whole album apart from drums) and former of Ensiferum that i was hoping so much to see  !!! I think i told to Tuomas and Kride "OOOOH, THERE IS JARI, I WAS HOPING SO MUCH THAT HE CAMEEEE !!!", and i went away to go to him =P=P=P

Il cantante (ma ha scritto suonato tutto l' album, batteria a parte) dei Wintersun ed ex-cantante degi Ensiferum che speravo così tanto di vedere !!! Penso di aver detto a Tuomas e Kride "OOOH, C' è JARI, SPERAVO COSì TANTO CHE VENISSEEEEEEEE!!!!", e me ne sono corsa da lui =P=P=P

He became so much my idol in the last times, that i really couldn't imagine to see him really. He was with a girl and some friends, and had Amon Amarth sweatshirt... i have always liked him, he has such an intense face, but i think that in live he's still nicer (well, i guess this is the same also for the others... the one that stroke me more is Tuomas... live he's amazingly beautiful! Even in the forum someone wrote that his/her mum said that live he's so cute) ... and very tall, which i didnt' expected also from him (Tuomas and Petri are so tall=P but from them i expected it).

E' diventato così tanto il mio idolo negli ultimi tempi; che davvero non riuscivo a credere di vederlo dal vivo. Era con una tipa e con degli amici, e aveva la felpa degli Amon Amarth... mi è sempre piaciuto, ha un volto così intenso, ma secondo me dal vivo è ancora meglio (bè, è lo stesso anche per gli altri... quello che mi ha colpita di piu' è stato Tuomas... dal vivo è stupendo ! Anche nel forum qualcuno ha scritto che sua mamma ha detto che dal vivo è bellissimo) ... ed è altissimo, cosa che non mi aspettavo da lui (Tuomas e Petri sono altissimi=P ma da loro me lo aspettavo).

By the way, i went to Jari, and this time also Niky came, because she cares more than him than Norther... she also told him this XD while i was too nervous to say something intelligent, but i stated i appreciate sooo much his music with Ensiferum and Wintersun...

Comunque, sono andata da Jari, e stavolta anche la Niky è venuta con me, perchè le importa piu' di lui che dei Norther... glielo ha anche detto XD mentre io ero troppo nervosa per dire qualcosa di intelligente, ma gli ho detto che apprezzo cosììì tanto la sua musica con gli Ensiferum e Wintersun...

This is my pic with him... i can't believe i have it !!! I am so happy !!! He was great, really.

At this time, since i was already in the part of the room where Jukka was, i went to him also... together with Tuomas, he was the nicest to me !!!!!! He also looked happy that i came from Norway for the party; he asked me how long i had travelled and if i came alone (he also had read that i came in the forum) , and he asked me which part from Italy i come from... then he asked me if i knew some people in Italy... i told him about the "Behind the scenes" of Norther; and he said that it's nothing compared to what they usually do XD... and then i did suchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a funny thing XD XD XD i said that i wanted to download the new album of Wintersun but i asked him "it's not possible that's that one, 'cause it's not out yet... isn't it?=P" and he replied me but he had a strange expression, so i realized that it's not fair to say to the band that you download their cd XD XD XD XD XD but i added that of course after i would have suddenly bought the original one !!! Hope he believed me XD but he was so nice; really

A questo punto, siccome ero gia' nella parte del locale dove c' era Jukka, sono andata anche da lui... insieme a Tuomas, è stato il piu' simpatico con me !!!!!! Anche lui sembrava felice che fossi venuta dalla Norvegia per il party; mi ha chiesto quanto avevo viaggiato e se da sola (anche lui ha letto nel forum che venivo), e mi ha chiesto da che parte dell' Italia venissi... poi mi ha chiesto se conoscessi qualcuno in Italia... gli ho parlato del "Behind the scenes" dei Norther; e ha detto che non è nulla paragonato a quel che fanno di solito XD.... e poi ho fatto una cosa cosìììììì divertente XD XD XD ho detto che volevo scaricare il nuovo album dei Wintersun ma gli ho chiesto "non è possibile che sia quello, perchè non è ancora uscito... o no?" e lui mi ha risposto ma aveva una faccia strana, al che mi sono resa conto che non è molto bello dire a un gruppo che scarichi i loro cd XD XD XD XD XD ma ho aggiunto che naturalmente avrei subito dopo comprato l' originale ! Spero che mi abbia creduta XD ma è stato così simpatico; davvero

Then a girl took us this pic:

 

 ... after this, i came back to my table, but i was regretting very much that i hadn't ask the autograph for me to Tuomas... so, when he was coming back from the toilet, i called him XD and he sat , and i asked him the autograph. Then i said thank you sooo much; and that i will spread the word of Norther in the whole Italy  perhaps i exhaggerated a bit, 'cause he had to go XD but i would have regretted not asking the autograph for me...

... dopo di cio', sono tornata al mio tavolo, ma nel frattempo mi ero pentita di non avere chiesto a Tuomas un autografo anche per me... quindi, mentre tornava dal bagno, l' ho chiamato XD e lui si è seduto, e gli ho chiesto l' autografo. Allora l' ho ringraziato un sacco; e gli ho detto che portero' il verbo dei Norther in tutta Italia  forse ho esagerato un po', perchè è dovuto andare XD ma mi sarei pentita di non avergli chiesto l' autografo...

The time was passing; Petri was not coming, and my friend was saying that if he didn't come for 23, we would have gone... so i was prayin'=P and every blonde long-haired guy that was entering, i was thinking he was Petri XD... well, finally at 23 i saw a face out of the door... and instead of fainting, as i thought, all my nervous went away in a second, and i felt completely calm ! Probably, as Marta says, because my blood was completely frozen in my veins. But my mission was completed, i could see him=P he looked already quite drunk...

Il tempo passava; Petri non arrivava, e la mia amica diceva che se non arrivava per le 23, ce ne saremmo andati... quindi pregavo=P e tutti i tipi biondi e lungocriniti che entravano, pensavo fossero Petri XD... bè, finalmente alle 23 ho visto una faccia fuori dalla porta... e invece di svenire, come pensavo, tutto il mio nervoso è sparito, e mi sono sentita completamente calma ! Probabilmente, come dice Marta, perchè il sangue mi si era gelato completamente nelle vene. Ma la mia missione era compiuta, sono riuscita a vederlo=P sembrava gia' abbastanza brillo...

 

... when he came, everybody sorrounded and hugged him =P

...quando è arrivato, tutti lo hanno circondato e abbracciato =P

... and someone put on his head a Santa Claus' hat !

... e qualcuno gli ha messo in testa un cappello da Babbo Natale !

 ... i went to him, because i didn't want to lose time, since a guy was organizing a karoke singing "Still of the Night" from Whitesnake... and i thought that maybe Petri was going to sing=P so i went there and asked if he could sign the autographs from my friends in Italy... and he said "where???" and me "Italy" and he said "you are from Italy???!!!" and me "yep" and he said " I HAVE TO SAY YOU ARE INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " and i told "thanx, i know XD XD XD"... this is cool; Petri Lindroos stated that i am crazy!!!

... sono andata da lui, perchè non volevo perdere tempo, dal momento che un tipo stava organizzando un karaoke cantando "Still of the Night" dei Whitesnake... e pensavo che magari Petri stava per cantare=P quindi sono andata da lui e gli ho chiesto se mi poteva firmare gli autografi per le mie amiche in Italia... e lui ha detto "dove???" e io "Italia" e lui "vieni dall' Italia???!!!" e io "sì" e lui "DEVO PROPRIO DIRE CHE SEI MATTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" e gli ho detto "lo so, grazie XD XD XD"... che figata; Petri Lindroos mi ha detto che sono matta!!!

By the way, it was fun 'cause when i asked the autographs he did only one, and gave me back with a satisfied expression. Then i dared to say "well, you should do other 3 of these"... and what's more... "and my friend Marta told me to say that you have the best unclean vocals in the scene!!!!! She's a great fan of you... could you please do a smiley or something like that on her autograph?" ...so he asked "is your friend a <he> or a <she>???" and me "a she !!!!" ... so he drew a very funny little metal girl... he took some time to do it !!! (you will see it in the autographs' pictures)

Comunque, è stato divertente perchè quando gli ho chiesto gli autografi ne ha fatto uno solo, e mi ha ridato i fogli con un' espressione soddisfatta. Allora ho osato dire "ehm, me ne dovresti fare altri 3"...e poi..."e la mia amica Marta mi ha detto di dirti che il tuo cantato non pulito è il migliore sulla piazza!!!!! E' una tua grande fan... perfavore, mi potresti fare una faccina o qualcosa del genere sul suo autografo?" ...e lui ha chiesto "il tuo amico è un <lui> o una <lei>???" e io "una lei!!! ... al che ha disegnato una divertente bambolina metallara... ci ha messo un po' a farla !!! (la vedrete nella foto degli autografi)

He also wore Children of Bodom's sweatshirt=P ... here's our pictures !!!!!!!! I was longing for so long for this ^_^

Indossava anche la maglia dei Children of Bodom=P ... ecco la nostra foto !!!!!!!!!! Era un bel po' che speravo di farla ^_^

 

... and now, i really have to write my impression; since the main reason i went to Finland now was to see Petri =P ... well, talking about his beauty, he's of course soooooo beautiful... but not a lot more than i expected... that would have been REALLY impossible !!! But in the whole evening, i was stroked more by Tuomas and Jukka, they are both WAY prettier than i expected, most of all Tuomas is very very beautiful and nice. Kride also is great, while it's bad i didn't speak to Heikki much... and Jari is god, there 's no need to add anything ^_^

... e ora, devo proprio scrivere la mia impressione; perchè il motivo principale per cui sono andata in Finlandia proprio ora è stato vedere Petri =P ... bè, parlando della sua bellezza, è ovviamente stupendoooooooooooo.... ma non tanto piu' di quanto mi aspettassi... bè, sarebbe stato DAVVERO impossibile !!! Ma in tutta la serata, sono rimasta piu' colpita da Tuomas e Jukka, sono tutti e due MOLTO piu' belli di quanto pensassi, soprattutto Tuomas è veramente bello e simpatico. Kride anche è un idolo, mentre purtroppo con Heikki ho parlato poco... e Jari è dio, non c' è altro da aggiungere ^_^

But Petri really looks like an elf... a drunk elf perhaps=P but his face is perfect

Ma Petri sembra veramente un elfo... un elfo ubriaco, forse =P ma il suo viso è perfetto


me with beer and the free beverage they offered... some kind of punch that i put 3/4 of this out of the glass because i was too nervous to drink with the band XD

io con la birra e il drink gratis che ci hanno offerto... una specie di punch di cui ho rovesciato 3/4 perchè ero troppo nervosa a bere con la band XD

me and Niky:

Petteri and Niky... they are such a perfect couple

this is a pic i took before going... and before going we also talked to the others and to Jukka we also asked if he wanted to come to the Hevimesta after party XD

Here's out autographs... as you can see i only have the ones of Jari and Petri, 'cause they were the 2 i most wanted, and the one of Tuomas, 'cause as i told you i decided after talking to him that i wanted also his very much XD

Then we went to the Hevimesta for the heavy karaoke; Elisa reached us there, while Petteri went home 'cause he was not feeling good and in these days he's recording with the band... at the Hevimesta we met a young blonde guy which kept on sayin' he sings and plays guitar in 3 bands... but he was nice so i booked with him to sing "Lai Lai Hei" from Ensiferum; i was drunk enough to do this... but i found out that there's 1 or 2 hours booking queue XD so i wasn't able to sing !!! We went home, me ready to watch all the pics in my camera thousand times, and with a happiness rarely felt in my life=P also 'cause i could bring to Marta, Ambra and Valeria their autographs... and believe me, the happiness to see their comments when i told them about Tuomas' and Petri's smiley were priceless  [ i kept on sayin' that Tuomas had been very romantic, and Elisa and Niky told me "Holy innocence!!!" XD XD XD]

Poi siamo andate all' Hevimesta per il karaoke metal; Elisa ci ha raggiunte lì, mentre Petteri è andato a casa perchè non si sentiva bene e in questi giorni sta registrando con la band... all' Hevimesta abbiamo incontrato un ragazzino biondo che continuava a dire che canta e suona la chitarra in 3 band... ma era simpatico, quindi mi sono prenotata con lui per cantare "Lai Lai Hei" degli Ensiferum; ero ubriaca abbastanza per farlo... ma ho scoperto che c' erano 1 o 2 ore di fila XD quindi non ho fatto in tempo a cantare !!! Siamo tornate a casa, io ero pronta per riguardarmi migliaia di volte le foto nella mia macchina fotografica, e con una felicita' raramente provata nella mia vita =P anche perchè avrei potuto portare a Marta, Ambra e Valeria i loro autografi... e credetemi, la felicita' nel vedere i loro commenti quando gli ho detto delle faccine disegnate da Tuomas e Petri è stata senza prezzo  [continuavo a dire che Tuomas è stato molto romantico, e l' Elisa e la Niky mi dicevano "Beata innocenza!!!" XD XD XD]

 

9 december

I dunno how i managed to wake up the following morning; but Niky decided that we had to do "alternative tourism" and so she brought me to the cemetery... and it is very beautiful... and it's full of squirrels!

then we walked until the Sibelius park... would you imagine from this pics; that it was about 3 pm?

Then we went to Elisa' s house (she's neighbour of someone from 69 eyes!!!) and then home; here's me with Behemoth:

In the evening; incredible episodes happened... me, Niky and Elisa went to the Heavy Corner, because according to Niky that could be a place that Jari attends... and there was a premonition 'cause when we went in there was "Dragonheads" from Ensiferum...

We went in (the limit age was 20.... luckily, now you' ll find out why) and after some time THE POLICE came to check our Identity Cards!! I suddenly recognized the policewoman who was checking us; as the one that in the end of Children of Bodom's new dvd brings Alexi away. But i thought it was not possible... so she was checking; and it seemed there was something wrong 'cause the normal Id was not enought=P but i said "you are not the woman from Children of Bodom's dvd???????" and she looked amazed and said "no...no....well...actually, i am!!!" and then she was so pleased XD and going away she greeted us and told me "it's amazing that you recognized me!!!" XD XD XD that was incredible ... but that was not enough... because after some minute i saw a figure behind us going to buy some drink... and i whispered "Niky... don't turn... THERE'S JARIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!" and really, i couldn't believe to meet him again... he was with the girl of the previous evening and some friends, and sat with them. I didn't dare to go to him again =/ perhaps i should have drunk more XD XD XD

 ... and then home... that was so sad to think the best 3 days of my life were going to end =(

 

 

10 december

I went with bus to the airport (Petteri could have drive me, if he didnt' have to record for his band... i write this because it is a cool thing XD XD XD); and took the plane, then 5 hours bus until fuckin' Kristiansand...

... the most shocking thing; was to switch language from Finnish to Norwegian... from the language of the Elves, to some fuckin' terrible Norsk dialect heard on the bus...

but everything was dreamlike in Finland... it was all exactly like in my dreams: the language, the people, the music, the parties, the places, the atmosphere... and i hope sooo much that in January i will manage to go and find my friend Alice in Erasmus in Turku =)

And i am always more sure that after finishing university, i wanna move to Helsinki for as more time as possible !!!

Paljon terveisiä ja kippis ... (greetings and cheers)

Lola

P.S. this time i expect many comments =) please !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




postato da NordlandLola alle ore 02:12
lunedì, 04 dicembre 2006

If you go on My Space 's page:

http://www.myspace.com/loluccia

you can see a slideshow with some of the Erasmus pics...

CHEERS !

 

 

 

 

I bet you were wonderin' where is Petri, so i add him XD (in this pic also Tuomas is not bad... ehm Ambrikki, only kidding XD)

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postato da NordlandLola alle ore 20:03
sabato, 02 dicembre 2006

Sorry, sorry, sorry !!! I said i would have updated my blog after my first exam, but i realised i have too much to study to do it (even if in the end i don' t study that much) ... Forgive me !

I promise that after coming back from Helsinki, i will write you a report with pictures about : the last International Pub, the Christmas dinner, and the farewell party for Thorsten and Arnaud =/ (we'll miss you guys !!!) !!! In the meantime i start anticipating you some pics!

Christmas dinner:

... and karaoke=P

Thorsten and Arnaud's farewell party:

 

... and of course i will post a report about my Helsinki's trip and other events that will occur in the meantime.
My friend Niky from Helsinki is working when i arrive, so i will have to go around in the city alone, probably in my period =/ (and the first day is so painful) and after one or two nights not sleepin'. A hard thing... but i think and hope it will worth it...

In the meantime i offer you my last masterpiece about Petri XD (in the dvd he keeps blowin' his hair from his face...)

how could you not love this guy???

[don't worry Henkka, you will always be first in my heart]

...and, since while i am studyin' i am creative, i also drawed Lauri Porra (from Stratovarius, Warmen and other 1000 bands) ... and i sent him by MySpace=P

Stay tuned for the report that i promised you...

Ah... not to forget... skaal to my friend Sora, who went to Germany only to see Mike Oldfield in concert... could i have normal friends? XD of course not!

She also invented a game where we'll have to kill each other XD and I am Lola the Viking =)

http://www.oceansoul.it/sonata/sonata.html

Ok, now that i made you laugh and my day is happy =) i can come back to my studies and Finland-dreaming... See you soon - as i told you 11-14 december !!!!!!!! Näkemiin!!!

sentence from the great Ambrikki:

UN POSTO DOVE NON SEI MAI STATO E VORRESTI ANDARE?
"che cazzo, Espoo.... dicono tutti che la Finlandia sia brutta xkè è spoglia e piena d lande desolate, ma io che sto in Italia in mezzo a duemilamiliardi d persone dalla mattina alla sera con un paesaggio pieno d merda d cemento m piacerebbe alquanto starmene buttata x terra a guardare il cielo x cazzi miei.... e cmq muoio davanti all'orizzonte...."

TRANSLATION BY LOLA:

A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN AND WOULD LIKE TO GO?"

"Fuckin' Espoo... everyone says Finland is not cool because it's bare and full of wasted lands; but for me that am in Italy with twothousandmilliard people from the morning to the night with a landscape full of bullshit of cement would be quite nice to lay down on the earth and look up at the sky on my fuckin' own... and by the way i die when i see the horizon..."

Guys i am comingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

Till Death Unites Us - CD
25.1.2006

01. Throwing My Life Away
02. Drowning
03. Norther
04. Everything
05. Evil Ladies
06. Omen
07. Scream
08. Fuck You
09. Alone in the End
10. Die
11. Wasted Years
12. The End of Our Lives


Music:
Koskinen
Ranta & Lindroos
Lindroos
Lindroos
Ranta
Ranta
Ranta
Lindroos
Ranta
Ranta
Ranta
Ranta


Lyrics:
Koskinen
Ranta
Lindroos
Lindroos
Ranta
Koskinen
Ranta
Lindroos
Ranta
Planman
Ranta
Koskinen

  -> by Valerikki

girls i will do the possible to bring you many pics and autographs=P I really hope i will manage to do it

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