tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247312482011-12-06T12:43:24.672+02:00Pink Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577433066243466229noreply@blogger.comBlogger1291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24731248.post-87166687760945860292010-05-02T09:21:00.003+03:002010-05-02T09:27:26.337+03:00

Well, we moved yesterday. Yes, we loved the old apartment, it was gorgeous. But some little things were finally just too much for me. The worst thing was the electricity: Bangalore has a huge problem with electricity, i.e. there simply isn’t enough for everybody in the city so they need to cut the power of each neighborhood for something like one to four hours every day. Of course places like big

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I got to thinking how different my life is here in India as compared to how it was in Finland. Here are some reflections:Today is April 10th, so in Finland it’s barely spring yet. The snow has just melted because of the rains. Here in Bangalore it’s already officially summer and it’s been a bit hotter than normal, the forecast for today is 36 C. So far, it’s rained twice during the past two

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Well, Pink Lady is at it again, up at 5:30 am and not able to sleep anymore. I wonder what it is about India that makes me get up so early, since this is something I absolutely never do at home? Maybe all those roosters crowing? ;-) Even though we live in Bangalore (population 8 million), we live in the outskirts of the city. This means that it takes me 5-10 minutes by car to get to work when it

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Well, it has finally happened. After more than 2 years of planning it, waiting for it, Pink Lady has finally moved to Asia. To Bangalore, India to be more precise. The Hubby will join in a few days. Since I will be working here, I wanted to buy some local-style, business-appropriate clothes. Frankly, I felt very underdressed here in my Western clothes. All those Indian beauties in their sarees

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Pink Lady finds herself in the grips of a nasty head cold, yet is still somehow inspired to blog. Can't complain...Pink Lady recently attended an innovation seminar, where the keynote speaker was Sarah Miller Caldicott, great-grand niece of Thomas Edison. She (together with co-author Michael Gelb) has written a book called Innovate Like Edison, which Pink Lady was immediatly inspired to purchase.

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No, in spite of rumours to the contrary, Pink Lady is not dead...just tired. She yearns to write yet has trouble "finding the time". There is a saying "There will never be enough time to do everything that is important but there will always be enough time to do the most important things" (or along those lines). But why is it that this does not seem to be true in our lives?Why do we spend so much

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As mentioned in the previous post, Pink Lady had a birthday yesterday. And, as is customary, she has bought a present for herself. It is really the only way to guarantee getting exactly what one wants.Pink Lady was naughty....she had a half hour to kill while waiting for her hairdresser's appointment and, alas, her hairdresser's is located right next to a really super vintage store (Ruuturouva):

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Pink Lady is thinking a lot about birth right now. It was Pink Lady's own birthday yesterday - hence the beautiful (pink!) flowers (pictured) that Hubby brought to her (a day late...). There was the usual dining, bubbly-drinking, gift-giving extravaganza on the day, however.But the other reason that Pink Lady ponders birth is that she is awaiting news any minute/hour/day now from a friend....she

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It was inevitable: Pink Lady is writing down her new year's resolutions for 2009. *The title is  from the Madonna song Act of Contrition. The photo shows Pink Lady mountain biking near Rovaniemi, Lapland - near the Arctic Circle. In 2009: I choose healthI choose energyI choose well-beingI choose happinessI choose joyI choose beautyI choose wealthI choose freedomI choose courageI choose strengthI

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OK, it's not really "Tall Puppy" it's "Tall Poppy". But it's much funnier to imagine a really tall puppy - in fact, it's hard to imagine a tall puppy. But....I digress.I'm reading the novel "The Zahir" by Paulo Coelho (a fave author of Pink Lady's). He mentions something called "the Law of Jante". I became immediately very interested and googled it. The law is first mentioned in a novel by Aksel

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I guess Pink Lady is now really grown-up and boooring, because she bought herself a Singer (yes, a sewing machine, not Amy Winehouse) as an X-mas pressie. Pink Lady is a big fan of Project Runway (the US version) and Project Catwalk (the UK version), so she undertook her own challenging"Project Pillow". The result is shown.Pink Lady's colleague was kind enough to donate to Pink Lady & hubby a set

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Pink Lady Ties the Knot!!Yes, Ladies and Gents, it's true. Pink Lady is now married. So she is now truly a Lady (with a capital "L") since she is no longer living in sin. ;-)The happy event took place on Friday, the 16th of May 2008. It was a modest ceremony with only the Best Man and Maid of Honour as witnesses. The Bride wore a dress by Rils and shoes by Penelope. Hair by Pink Lady's trusted

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Well, it's finally Christmas and all the shopping is done. It's time to just relax!The photo actually shows the spoils from a shopping trip in Paris in February (Notice the Burberry bag! That's was my new Burberry trench - in light pink!). But I did do a lot of shopping before Christmas this year, as I do every year. However, some of it is now done on-line and delivered to my home and that

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Hello there!Aren't these creatures adorable? In life, we must make choices...and sometimes we must give up something that is important to us. I have a fridge magnet that says: "You can't have everything - where would you put it?" ;-)But seriously....these are my boyfriend's former cats. Why former? Because I am allergic to all animals and he had to give them up when we moved in together. It's

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Well Ladies and Gents, Pink Lady is back!It's been quite a roller coaster ride lately. In about 9 months time, the following major events have taken place in Pink Lady's life:- Splitting up with live-in boyfriend of 4 years- Moving to one bedroom apartment- Selling house and doing the mine/yours thing- Buying car (used - alas!)- Falling in love, thus acquiring wonderful new boyfriend!! :-

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Hi,I received this via e-mail and simply had to post it. Enjoy the cookies! :-)Pink Lady*******************BISCUIT RECIPEThis is a true story. Please forward when you finish reading! A little background: Neiman-Marcus, if you don't know already, is a very expensive shop; i.e. they sell a typical $8.00 T-shirt for $50.00. Let's let them have it! THIS IS A TRUE STORYMy daughter and I had just

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Hey there, hi there!My blog seems to be turning into a bibliography. I do apologize. It seems that books are my current raison d'être...I read a surprisingly deep book called What Your Clothes Say About You by Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine (of BBC TV series What Not to Wear fame). The book inspired me to go through my closets and to commit a whole big trashbag-full of old clothes to

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Hey There Bloggers!The news of the death of Pink Lady's blog have been greatly exaggerated - Pink Lady has simply been busy with other things...I am reading a book called Principle-Centered Leadership by Stephen R. Covey (the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and also known as a "modern day Socrates"). He has some brilliant things in the book. Here is one: The Seven Habits of

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I am just finishing up reading a book called Personality Plus by Florence Littauer - and I'm recommending it to all who will listen to my ranting. If any book is truly life-changing, this one is it!!It was Hippocrates (also known as the father of medicine) who first defined the four basic temperaments:SanguineMelancholicCholericPhlegmaticMs. Littauer does a brilliant job of explaining the

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I've been thinking about why so many people would like to live by the sea. What is the fascination? it might be something to do with being able to look into infinity. And the power of the ocean - even the potential danger. It's something very exciting. I'm not even interested in sailing and yet I'd still love to live by the sea.I was watching the movie Basic Instinct (the first one, from 1992)

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Whispers of Immortality(By T.S. Eliot)Webster was much possessed by deathAnd saw the skull beneath the skin;And breastless creatures under groundLeaned backward with a lipless grin.Daffodil bulbs instead of ballsStared from the sockets of the eyes!He knew that thought clings round dead limbsTightening its lusts and luxuries.Donne, I suppose, was such anotherWho found no substitute for sense;To

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In yesterday's post, I mentioned that I went out with a bunch of women last night. We had a lot in common, but there was one thing that distinguished me from the rest: I was the only one out of six women who does not have children. One of the first things they all did was to break out the baby pictures or pictures of their kids (one lady had three). As the pictures were being passed around, at

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I went to a really interesting reunion tonight. There were 6 of us girls and some of us hadn't seen each other in 13 years. We had all at one time or another worked in the same café - a very beautiful one in a very beautiful place.It was amazing catching up and getting to know each other as grown women. We all work in very different fields and have had very different lives, but we seemed to have

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This is not Pink Lady's home, it's just a cute house I photographed in Salo.

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Hello again, I mentioned in the previous post that I used to memorize a lot of poetry. Here is one (written from memory - I did, however, check the punctuation):The Sick RoseO Rose, thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night, In the howling storm, Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. It's by one of my all-time fave poets: William

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Yellow?!!?I was reading a friend's blog where she gives this "Book Challenge". So here goes: One book that changed your life:Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. It changed the way I view business life, my career and money. It really opened my eyes. I bought it on a business trip to the UK. I was there for a week and was reading the book in my hotel room. I became so disgusted with all my

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Hey There Bloggers and Blog-Readers,In my previous blog, I mentioned having attended a birthday party recently. It was at a summer "cottage" - well, more of a summer house, really. It was an amazingly beautiful place in Särkisalo. My boyfriend's uncle and his wife have owned the place for about 20 years and have been making improvements the whole time. It really was like paradise. The garden was

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Now this is what a bunch of roses should look like!!! I went to my boyfriend's uncle's 60th B-day party last weekend and he had received a bouquet of sixty roses - they were sooooo gorgeous!! This is also a "slight" hint for my boyfriend, since I have a big birthday coming up... ;-) Well, not 'til January...Here's a thought: every birthday, I'd like to get a bouquet of roses with the same number

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"Be the change that you want to see in the world". Mahatma Ghandhi

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Well Bloggers, Bloggees, et al,This is a historic moment: this is Pink Lady's post number 100!Here are some stats:Pink Lady's first post was on March 25th of this year - so about 5 months ago. That means that Pink Lady has posted 20 times per month on average! That's a lot! It's an average of about 5 times a week. I didn't realize it was that much. The post currently has 843 hits - that's around

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This is a traditional Finnish rag rug. People my grandmother's age (and sometimes much younger) used to cut up all of their old clothing to make rugs out of. This rug is one of the many, many at my boyfriend's parents' farm - they are all hand-made. Wow! That's somehow so ecological! Talk about Wardrobe Refashion! ;-)Speking of rags to riches, I've lately been thinking about money - what is it's

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Here's the sand-maid's boyfriend... :-)

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This gorgeous creature was sculpted by some "sand artist" in Naxos, Greece - I have no idea who, but I simply had to get the photo. The title of this post is a reference to a Neil Young song where he sings "Hello cowgirl in the sand" (I don't remember which album or even which song...!). I saw Neil Young live in Helsinki several years ago - it was by far the best rock concert I've ever seen!!!

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Hey There Blogeroos!This photo was also taken in Naxos, Greece. It somehow makes me think of the Narnia books - maybe there was a street lamp like that in one of the books? I really can't remember, since it's been so many years since I last saw those books. My Mom used to read the books out loud to us when we were kids. She read in Finnish and one of my earliest memories is wondering why my Mom

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Here's some more Madonna lyrics for your reading pleasure, this is ye old song called "Open Your Heart":I see you on the street and you walk on byYou make me wanna hang my head down and cryIf you gave me half a chance you'd seeMy desire burning inside of meBut you choose to look the other wayI've had to work much harder than thisFor something I want don't try to resist meOpen your heart to me,

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Seeing a beach this blueMakes me blueBecause I'm not there! It's still warm in Finland - which is highly unusual for this time of year. The funny thing is, many people are saying that now they don't mind that fall is coming - they seem to be saying that summer should be over now - we've had hot weather for about 3 and a half months now - enough is enough! I don't think that!!! But it seems that

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I was reading this blog and saw this Sonnet By Shakespeare that I haven't read in a long time. It's so beautiful that I was inspired to copy it here. Enjoy! :-) Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the

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I somehow imagine that if I were to step throught the door in the last post, I would arrive somewhere like this. In reality, this is a storefront in Mykonos, Greece. And the sunlight was so blazing hot that it would not be pleasant to lounge here in the middle of the day - but imagine what a wonderful place to hang out on when the evening is just a little bit cool....mmmmmmmm... :-)

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Here's another amazing courtyard in Mykonos, Greece. To me this somehow symbolizes goal setting: we are standing in the dark but we are looking into the bright sunshine. It is so close that we can see the goal already but all that we have to do is walk through the door into the bright sunlight.However, in real life, stepping through the door - symbolically speaking - is not as easy. It means that

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I went to a really cool party this week. It was a Finnish-Italian party and we had dinner in the courtyard of an apartment building on Tehtaankatu. It's in downtown Helsinki. I know the area quite well, since my parents live very close to there (and I too used to live there years ago). But I'd never known that they have such amazing courtyards there hidden away!! It's not the courtyard pictured

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Pink Lady is feeling very boooooring today: no deep, philosophical musings, just posting photos of her crappy shoe collection... ;-)This is another fave pair of shoes for summer. I bought them in Oulu years and years and years ago (2000 maybe?) and still wear them all the time. They actually look really great with a pair of beige pants - even quite business like. I would even wear them to a job

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Here's yet another self-inflicted piece of photography of Pink Lady's hand. This time jewel-encrusted with rings from the Finnish Kalevala jewelry. They make really cool jewelry based on ancient Finnish designs - a bit like Viking jewelry in some cases. Do check it out. This jewelry is as popular with elderly ladies as it is with gothic pre-teens: something for everybody. Even for men. I've got

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I am the kind of person that you should never give a digital camera to, 'cause I get all wierd and start shooting everything in sight (with the camera, I mean). I was making dinner and slicing up some red onions when I noticed that my nail polish is exactly the same colour as the onions - isn't that wierd! The nail polish is called Chrome Shine by L'Oreal and it's number 346 (no it doesn't have

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This cute little purse is a tiny, tiny backpack - it's just big enough to fit a wallet. I've been on InterRail lots of times in the past and carried a somewhat bigger backpack. Imagine - if you had enough money, you'd only need a backpack this size - you could buy everything along the way... ;-)You could stay in 5-star hotels, have your clothes laundered over-night - or you could throw away your

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This cute fake snakeskin purse is not only fake snake, but also fake leather - it's plastic really, but somehow "good quality" plastic, i.e. it's pretty durable. I used to have shoes in the same material, but I got rid of them years ago. These are from a Finnish designer called Pertti Palmroth. He sells a lot of shoes in this material - they call them shoes "for all types of weather" - actually

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I got this cute purse dirt cheap in Rome, Italy - at Accessorize. Suitably small for days when you don't feel like luggin' a lot of stuff.

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Here is Pink Lady's shoe line. Obviously not all of her shoes!! These were just the ones that I was trying on when I was about to go out.If you look very closely, you can see where the mules from the previous post are disintegrating on the inside. The inner soles have already been repaired with good quality leather. They used to be the same material as the inside of the straps.

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Hey There,Here's another shoe photo. I got these babies in Cyprus several years ago. I've worn them twice, I think. One reason is that they're a bit challenging (for me) to walk in. I have a bit of trouble walking in a high-heeled mule - lack of practice. I wore them once all night and my calf muscles got a real workout; they were really sore for days. The other reason that I haven't worn these

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Well...speaking of shedding one's inhibitions, here is a photo of Pink Lady's legs. Dressed to kill and ready to go party. This was taken a couple of weeks back - I actually took the photo myself (yes, of myself) through the mirror. Well, you can see the frame of the mirror in the photo. The shoes pictured are my fave party shoes: they are fairly high-heeled, yet really comfy. They actually don't

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The photo of this cute garden shed was taken on our Sunday walk in Espoo.

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Hi'ya Bloggers,OK, here's another business-related post - but it does relate to the wider concept of human happiness. Excuses, excuses...I have been reading a guy called Bernd Schmitt. I highly recommend his books: he has lots of revolutionary ideas - and he's really funny! He has written books such as Experiental Marketing and Customer Experience Management. I've just finished reading the latter

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Well, the photos just don't stop tonight! This is our entry hall - in an uncharacteristically organized state, which is why I was inspired to photograph it.I dabble in feng shui, and practitioners believe that the way the entrance to your home looks is one of the most important things. Well, seeing a mess first thing when you come home certainly can be a downer!I read in some comic book (I think

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"Hello, my name is Pink Lady and I'm an Italophile. I haven't been to Italy in over a year". "Hello Pink Lady!".Yes, I love all things Italian. I wonder why? A former boss of mine - an equally huge Italophile - was of the opinion that people love Italy only because of the food. Well, I admit that it's a big attraction, but it really isn't all there is to it. At least not for me.Other Italian

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Here is one of my fave dishes - caprese, i.e. tomato and mozzarella salad. I never get tired of this. I put lots of balsamic vinegar on mine - the recipe does not call for it, but I find that it adds a nice touch.

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I've always loved these old VW vans. And this colour is so great - it even matches the shed in the back! Great photo op - and I've never noticed it before: simply because I wasn't carrying my camera. Whenever I'm carrying my camera, I seem to find beauty simply everywhere. It's like I put on my "photographer's hat". :-)

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Here's another fall phenomenon: no more roses in the bushes, only hips. Yep, for the non-English-speakers: these "berries" are called rose hips. I think that it must be a different hip than what we have on our bodies! ;-)Rose hips are really good for you - lots of vitamin C. I had one yesterday. Yum!

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This was the view from my home office a couple of days ago. You can tell that the vegetation is already going a bit red. It has been this way since the beginning of August. But it's the dryness.

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Wow!!!! Great photo - if I say so myself. The flower is so amazing that it wasn't hard to get a terrific shot of it. Very close to our house, there are some lands owned by the city of Espoo, where you can rent just a little piece of land in order to cultivate something. I had seen the sunflowers - which are really one of my ab fave flowers in the world!! - from the car window and that's why I

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Hey again!!Yesterday, my boyfriend and I took a long Sunday walk and, for once, I brought my camera. I took quite a few photos and this is the first time I've photographed my own neighbourhood (Espoo). The photos have quite an autumn feel already! Some trees are already changing their colours. However, that is because of the dryness - not yet cold weather, since it's still amazingly warm here in

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OK, OK, no more of Pink Lady's own poems today. But here are some more song lyrics. The album that I'm listening to the most these days is Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor. I didn't like it all that much at first, but it's really grown on me (as the song below states!). I don't know how many times I've listened to it, but it might well be nearly a hundred times! I tend to get very obsessive

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OK, one more poem. Well, I actually intended this to be a song lyric, but not being a composer, I don't have a melody for it. I wrote this when I was getting divorced. In 2002 - the year of my divorce - I wrote 54 poems! So about a poem a week... In her heartShe knew from the startShe fell so fastIt would never lastTo just tell him noWas the way to goBut she was afraidSo that's not what she said(

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We long for freedomFor abandonmentYet fear itWe long to touch itYet won't go near itFear is goodIt points the wayFear is lifeDon't run awayBy Pink LadySan Diego, California, August 2nd, 2002The photo was taken in Salo, Finland.

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Hi again, OK, now I'm on a roll: here's another poem written by Pink Lady. I showed this one to a friend (quite a brilliant writer and poet herself) and she said that it was "very jim-morrisonesque". I am not sure if she meant it as an insult or a compliment, but I chose to take it as a compliment. Well, I do adore the Doors and Jim Morrison! (see my previous post).The face of loveThe face of

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Dear all,Encouraged by TJ 's kind words, (he commented my last two posts), I decided to post a poem I've written myself. This is the first time I've done this! So behold Pink Lady losing her poetic virginity:In the trenches of loveWe wade through mudThe blood of those we've lovedOn our handsAnd coursing through our veinsEvery victory, every defeatBecomes a super-human featWe lay our lives on the

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Robert Frost is one of my Mom's fave poets, and I love him too. I occasionally intend to publish some poems written by other people in this blog. Perhaps later on some of my own as well. I'll have to go through the stuff I've written and see if there's anything I'm not ashamed to publish... ;-)This is a poem by Robert Frost that we studied at University in Canada (I went to the U of T, i.e.

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Well guys and dolls,It was inevitable...in my last post I mentioned that my ab fave car is a Jag, so I do now have to give you the details. Here's the model I like: the S model in a colour they call "quartz" (pictured). And yes, I nicked this pic off the Jag website. Some day...The point I want to make is this: don't ever stop dreaming! About little things, about big things, about superficial,

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Hi all,My fave car in the whole wide world is a Jag, but it'll be a while before I can afford one. And anyway, I think I'll look better in it as an older Lady.My current dream car is the one pictured: a Mini in British Racing Green (metallic). Yes, British cars are the best!! I hope to be able to afford to lease one next year. I am currently driving an 8-year-old red VW Polo. It's perfectly OK,

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Hey, hey!I went out with a girlfriend last night and we ran into an old friend of hers and got to talking about music, movies, books, etc, i.e. all the important things in life. I realized that I've never written about my fave music in this blog. So here goes!My fave music of all time culminates into this "holy quartet":Jimi HendrixLed ZeppelinNirvanaThe Doors(in strictly alphabetical order, so

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This summer, I've been thinking a lot about deep, philosophical issues. As I explained in a previous post, I had a lump in my breast and that kind of stopped me in my tracks and made me think about what's most important to me in life and what I really want to achieve, who I really want to be, etc. The lump turned out to be a completely harmless cyst. They drained out the liquid with a big needle

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These were flowers in a city park in Salo, Finland. Simply breath-taking!

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My boyfriend washed his new (leased) car last weekend, so I took advantage of the situation. Those of you who know about cars will recognize that it's the new Ford Focus ST (it's bright orange in all the ads on TV). Quite a sporty number, moves nicely. 225 hp, if I'm not mistaken. My boyfriend won't let me drive it; for some reason he doesn't trust my skills in that area - I wonder why on earth

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Being a city girl, I haven't witnessed animals giving birth, so it was a big deal for me that the cat on my boyfriend's parent's farm had kittens - although I did not actually see the cat in labour or anything. They got rid of most of the kittens in some unrevealed way (that I don't want to think about), but they kept this one. Awwwwwwww! I saw her when she was really tiny for the first time, but

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Here is something that Pink Lady lives for: Greek salad!!! In the background, you can just make out the label of the beer bottle: Mythos. Apparently very good beer. I wouldn't know, Pink Lady is way too ladylike to drink beer. Drinking wine, however, is considered very ladylike indeed. Note how Greek salad is served in Greece - there's a whole big piece of feta cheese on top; no cubes of feta or

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Greece is usually known for its blue-and-white architecture, so of course Pink Lady had to get a shot of this unidentified pink hotel, also taken in Naxos.

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On a much lighter note, here is a photo of Pink Lady's summery - and embarrassingly unmanicured - toes. As you can see, Pink Lady's pink foot is not very tiny! The previously posted photo of the cute little footprint is unfortunately not Pink Lady's footprint but that of an unidentified German child who was passing by. We took a one-week holiday to Greece a few weeks back. The footprint photo was

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Hey There Bloggers and Blogettes!!Eventhough Pink Lady is a business woman, this blog has - up until now - strictly avoided business topics. The idea being that the blog is a weight on the side of "life" in the work-life-balance scales! ;-)However, today I am inspired by Peter Drucker to write on the subject of business. Let's start with a quote:"Peter Drucker has suggested that companies have to

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Dearest Bloggers,For a change, I will publish something that I myself have not written. This is from a book I read recently called Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill - an absolutely brilliant book. The title is somewhat misleading, since it's not just about making money, but rather about leading a rich life - in every sense of the word. The book was originally published in 1937 and it has sold

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Hey There,This is a restaurant I recently visited in Tampere (a city in Finland). It's called Telakka. The decor was somehow just perfect, the weather was perfect and jazz was playing! Mmmmmmm..... :-)I took this photo with my boyfriend's cell phone - turned out pretty good.Pink Lady

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This is another photo from Pink Lady's modelling album (see previous post). So it's an old photo. The look says very much "biker chick", yet it was many, many years before I actually rode on the back of a motorcycle and I still don't know how to ride one myself. But I believe that we can achieve anything that we truly desire. I recently learned to drive and I'm way, way, way past the age of 18 (

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Now Pink Lady does not actually ride a motor bike. But she loves to sit on the back of one! And has a dream of learning to ride herself one day. This is Pink Lady's boyfriend's bike - isn't she just gorgeous!!

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Dearest Bloggers,A couple of people - namely my boyfriend and my Mom - have said that they don't like the photo I've chosen for this blog. They said that I look like I'm grimacing and not smiling. Interesting, since I really like that photo of myself - and I almost never like photos of myself! It's interesting that different people "see" you in different ways. This does not only apply to what

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Well Bloggers, it's time for another purse story. I got this one in Tallinn, Estonia around a year or two ago. Isn't it adorable? I've used it a lot in the past couple of weeks. It's really tiny, just big enough to hold a wallet, a set of keys and a cell phone. It's perfect in the summer if you're wearing a dress or shorts and haven't got pockets - it's like a portable pocket. It looks like it

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Holiday! Celebrate!Yes, my summer holidays began today. A whole month, 4 weeks - 30 whole days of nothing to do!! Or, we could also say, all the time in the world to do all the things I've been longing to do.What things might those be? See friends. Sleep - a lot!!! Go jogging or to the gym or get some sort of exercize every single day. Read!!!! Write. Cook from scratch. Clean the house (yes, it

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This purse is very close in colour to the shoes (a couple of posts ago). So this is the colour the shoes really are. They look way too dark in that photo, I may need to take a new picture. I adore this purse. It's several years old, but I may never get tired of it. It's nice and big so it's practical as well as beautiful. It's good quality Italian leather. I must admit that I can't remember

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This is the fleece that led me down the garden path (see previous post). Guilty as charged!! ;-)

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Ello-ello-ello!This is currently my favourite pair of shoes that I wear just about every other day (depressingly, it's still not sandal season here in Finland!) I must say that they look much better live; somehow their gorgeous brown colour doesn't show in the photo at all. They are actually not dark brown, they are rather a reddish medium brown with lots of nice texture. And I love the long

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Hey there,This is the view from our kitchen window. Not bad...Pink

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Hi,I just found this blog and I love it:http://wardroberefashion.blogspot.com/Pink Lady

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Hello People! Are you happy people?I found this photo a couple of days ago and felt that this represents Pink Lady the way she views herself: happy and radiant - and quite pink, actually! ;-)This was taken a couple of years ago at a pre-party for a company Christmas party. A bunch of us girls had our make-up done professionally - and here is the result. And yes, champagne was of course consumed

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This photo was taken in our backyard a couple of days ago. It's now the turn of the tulips to be in bloom. Tulip Girl

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Hey there,This pair of shoes was my very first pair of "high" heels. Aren't they just butt-ugly!! I wouldn't be caught dead in something as gruesome now, but back then they were soooo special to me. I felt very grown up in these babies at age 12! I refuse to say what year that was... ;-)By my current standards, these shoes are obviously not high at all. Take a look at my fave boots in my post of

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These Bliw soaps have been around for years, probably decades. But they changed the design a couple of years back. The designer of these new soaps is the same guy who designs the Alessi stuff. I don't recall his name right now.Pink & White Lady

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Hey, hey!This flower was a gift from a friend a couple of weeks ago. Gorgeous colour! :-)Pink

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In the previous post, I mentioned that I use Marimekko paper napkins. Here are the ones I currently have. Don't you love 'em? :-) The napkin holder is Asian, I forget from which country. So yes, we have a very Asian theme in our house. Well Scandinavian-Asian...

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The title of today's blog was obviously inpired by Homer Simpson. The photo, however, was inspired by the movie Frida, about the life of Frida Kahlo. I saw it again recently on TV and was reminded again how much I love the bright colours of the Carribean and of Latin America! They are so vivid, so full of life. Finns tend to use very light, neutral colours in their home. Mine is no exception, but

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Dearest Bloggers,The photo shows my calligraphy set - so far unused! I got it on a trip to Florence, Italy. They had the most amazing gift shops there. My handwriting is really terrible (luckily you can't tell in this blog...) and I'm hoping to improve it and to eventually learn calligraphy. I've already checked, so I know where calligraphy classes are available. But I haven't registered yet. So

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Yo!In the 80's, there was a band called Salt-n-Pepa. They were in fact the first ever all female hip hop band. Their song Push It, was a big hit back in the day. This photo of my salt and pepper mill is one of my favourites: I just love the play of light and shadow in this photo. Over the years, I have developed a "photographer's eye". Sometimes the light just looks really amazing and then I have

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Hello again,My mother had bought this teapot for me at the fleamarket. Somehow, it looks exactly like a pink elephant to me. It's made in Italy and in perfect condition. This photo was taken at Easter time, so a pink Easter Bunny is also in the photo.

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Hey There,I got this photo from my Mom recently. It's Pink Lady as a Pink Baby. Pretty cute, huh? ;-)Pink Lady

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OK girls, those of you hoping to read about the latest addition to my purse collection will be sorely disappointed today. For today, I have every possible intention of writing some "serious" stuff. Hope you’ll excuse me. I did warn you, dear readers, in a previous post, that - in spite of appearances - I am actually not a superficial and materialistic kind of gal. So moving on. Lately, I’ve been

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