14 dec 09

Martti and Liisa came to our school and drove us to their house. Hahaha I always like the feeling of being fetch from school.

It was snowing the whole day yesterday. If you see closer into the picture, you can see the small snow flake. CAN ?

It is nice to receive a msg from Liisa telling us not to eat lunch in school because she have prepared it.

The two dish at the most right are their traditional christmas food XD. Not to forget, my favourite berry juice hahaha

YH! I think this is your favourite dish. Potato and MEAT!

Dessert ! There are three kinds of berries in it, strawberries, cranberries and raspberries. I love this so much that I got two servings in the end. I'm going to find the recipe for this !

Beautiful day XD Actually it was only 2:30pm in the afternoon hahhah

After lunch, we rest awhile in the sofa while listening to finnish christmas carols. The comfortable atmosphere never fails to make me feel like sleeping. In winter time, you really feel like hibernating, like a bear.

Next, put on our warm clothes and prepared to go out even though it's just going to their backyard. Hahaha

Tried out skiing in their backyard. They have only one pair so we have to take turn. Skiing is tiring, needs huge amount of hand muscles hahaha.

Looks like small little star shape.

You can eat the ice directly from the ground. I always love chewing on ice, you all should know bah hhahah

After being outside for some time, went back inside the house to warm up. Very troublesome leh ! Have to keep putting on and taking out layers of clothes.

Liisa passed us the skate, asking us to try on and see if the size fit. Get everything together before heading out to the ice skating place.

Guess the time? It's 4 in the afternoon!!

Can you see the sparkling floor? Whenever light is shine on the ice, the ice sparkles. When it snows, the snows look like raining diamonds~

No wonder people loves snow because it really brighten up the place and your mood in the dark winter.

Guess this is what you call NATURE. Though they took the sunlight away from you but they gave you these beautiful snows which gave you hope and light in a special way.

"There will always be light in the darkest place"

Remember it, it's proven!!

Thanks to the Friday ice skating practice we used to have last time, I can skate easily over here. But because it's man-made, the ice is dry and rough. Not really nice to skate unlike the skating ring in Jurong which is of water.

Oh man! The kids over here are so cute, all bundled up XD

Suuuuuuuuuuper tight!

Tea break at 5pm =)

Next up, boardgames

I have never played boardgames with my parents before, not to say anyone older than my parents.

Yet, I don't feel any generation gap with Liisa and Martti. Cool, isn't it. They are really cool people too hahhah Oh ya do you know they 'research' on us in FB before our first meeting.

Martti reaction when he won was really cute hahhah.

After two rounds of game, it's time for ....... SAUNA. XD

Changed clothes and in we go. When it got too hot for us, Liisa said she was going to go out into the snow and make a snow angel, asked us if we want to watch her little 'show'.Hahah

The both of us then stood on a bench inside the sanua resting room, watchingher through the small window up above. Right after she same back, both of us ran out and did the same thing. 5 seconds in the icy snow and ran quickly back to the sauna. 5 seconds outside is enough to make my hands and feets numb.

It was relaxing to chat with Liisa while hitting ourselves with birch leaves. This is the traditional way of finnish sauna. But the leaves are flying all around and sticking onto our body. I saw a leave on liisa's butt.oops hahha

show liisa our house in singapore using google earth since she wanted to know. although all you can see is blocks of building. she showed us OULU which was another city in finland, she was born there XD

Some bread,ham,salmons and tea. How can i not be fat with all these foods?

Photo taking with them =)

Liisa brought this. SHe wanted us to eat together but forgotten about it. So instead she broke the house into many pieces and packed some for us to bring back home.

This is what you call Christmas atmosphere man !!

I looked totally like an old granny.

Couldn't have asked for any better family. This is enough, more than enough.

Thanks for everything XD