Random Facts About the Blogger You Sometimes Read Whenever She Bothers to GET OFF HER MEDIUM-SIZED HEINY (Part 2)

Day 5 of the Blogathon of Awesome in 2015

I'm just so ready to get started with this post. If you're joining us now and you don't know what the *bleep* is going on, scroll down to the post right before this one ;)

Time to answer the rest of the questions:

26: Things you have in common with your parents?

My dad and I both love Top Gear. My mom and I both love the musical "Mamma Mia". She promised that if I ever happened to get married, She and her girlfriends would dress up in platform heels, costumes and sing "Super Trouper".

27. What is to the right of you?

My polaroid camera! It's all purple and prints out photographs and stuff. I got it to myself as a Christmas present. 

28: A favorite memory with a sibling?

I remember a birthday party once. It was one of those "let's get the whole family together" type deals. And my brother Mikk and I were just greeting our guests, when our relatives with 3 young (absoulutely beautiful) daughters walk in. You can already hear the girls arguing, pulling each other's hair etc. (they're about 7, 5 and 3 years old) and my brother sends me this look of "Holy hell! Chaos! HELP!" What do I do in this situation? I turn my head towards him very slowly, with an absolutely serious look, crack my knuckles (as I if I was going to fight someone) and say: "I've got this." He bursts out laughing, can't stop for 2 minutes. I love that memory because it's the one actual time I remember that I've made him laugh like that. He is unbelievably funny and as the younger sister (He's 9 and a 1/2 years older than me) it's hard to get him to laugh as hard, as he makes me laugh. 

29: What is something you wish you'd done?

30: What are some of your favorite Youtube channels?

I love Carrie Hope Fletcher, Superwoman, Danisnotonfire and AmaizingPhil, Anna Akana, Vlogbrothers, Buzzfeed, SourceFed, BarleyPolitical etc. (I spend way too much time on YouTube...)

31: Do you sing in the shower?

My dad has to remind me not to sing so loudly that the neighbors don't complain. Also I waste more water like that so I need to manage it. 

32: Something others have described you as...

Positive or energetic. Those are the two that ALWAYS come up. 








33: Name of every pet you've had...
I've had 2 hamsters - Hamsu and Hamsu Junior.

34: Your favorite superhero?

I like Spiderman :)











35: Two of your fears are...
Having no friends and everything involving/related to the college/career/the future. 

36: What you're majoring in in college/what you plan to major in...
Did you not read the last question? We do not mention the c-word in this house. 

37: What is your favorite season?

I'll be doing what snowmen do IN SUMMER. (I don't know if I even like summer that much... I just wanted to make a Frozen reference.)












38: The best vacation you took?
Last night in my PJ-s sleeping. Sleep is a vacation.

39: Why your best friends are your best friends.
Their "weird" is actually compatible with mine. They're also very caring and honest. (Absolute creeps, but still :)

40: How did you come across your favorite band/singer?
That is like picking a child. Favourite singer? You know what. I'm going to name an entire company - DISNEY. Whatever it does, I'm probably going to be jammin' to it. I have a Disney problem, I have whole soundtracks of Disney movies memorized.

41: Occupations you wanted as a little kid?
                                                         

I've always wanted to be a singer. 








42: Are you an introvert or extrovert?
Honey, you can't be this chatty and loud without being an extrovert.
This is my holy grail: Youtube link to BUZZFEED

43: When was the last time you drank?
*Cough* Milk? I don't know. This morning!

44: How many pillows do you sleep with?

45: Are you a "safe" driver?
I'm a NON-driver. 

46: Something that's bothering you right now?
That I really need to go to sleep...

47: How many cds do you own?
Here? 1! An "Elephants from Neptune" album I got as a birthday present. 

48: How many books do you own?
About 25 in my NYC bedroom now.

49: How many aunts and uncles do you have?
I have 1 uncle and 2 aunts. 

50: "Top 5" [Something]
Top 5 Favourite Foods:
1) My mom's cheese-milk-carrot-chicken soup
2)Garlic bread
3)Broccoli
4)Chocolate cake
5)Pizza (with pineapple, mushrooms. No olives. I dislike olives :)

THERE WE GO!
That is 50 random questions answered. I'll be back tomorrow with some exciting news ;)

Thank you for reading.

Random Facts About the Blogger You Sometimes Read Whenever She Bothers to GET OFF HER MEDIUM-SIZED HEINY (Part 1)

Day 3-4 of the Great Blogathon of 2015

(I had a physics test I needed to study for - that's why I didn't post anything yesterday. Please don't put me in blogger-jail, I really tried. ((Oh, btw, what is blogger jail, you ask? You have to write EVERYTHING in Comic Sans.)))

Today, I want to do something a bit different with this post. I've written a lot about NYC, the school, significant events etc. yet not a lot about me as a functioning part of society. So today, I thought I'd do something different. I'm going to answer 50 random questions about me. I found them online, someone had just written 'em out and it started a wave of people answering them on various media platforms. Youtubers were all doing this "tag" a while back. 

The first 25 questions today, the latter tomorrow. 

Here we go:

1: What was the last book you read?





I read this book for my higher English class. (Also, I switched by IB subject levels for English and Math. Now I'm doing Higher Level Literature and Standard Level Math.)







2: Do you like roller coasters?




Although they CAN make me hurl like I've just been on a rocking boat and eaten some questionable clams...In amusement parks, I generally just stay away from anything that spins. That doesn't agree with me at all.





3: Day or night?

Night owl (A fabulous one, I might add)











4: What do you hear right now?
Taxis, cars outside my window and my parents watching "Ringvaade" in the living room.

5: What would you name your son or daughter if you had one?

6: Do you want kids? Why or why not?
Yes, probably. I want to sing 7-part harmonies with my kids, like the Von Trappe family from "Sound of Music". Also I'd like to be Julie Andrews...Who doesn't want to be Julie Andrews?

7: What’s your favorite memory with your best friend(s)?
That's a really tough one. A certain evening in August springs to mind - board games, singing silly Russian party songs off of Youtube, getting some Chinese PJ pants for a present and writing my first song on a guitar. That's all you need to know ;)

8: How many times did it take you to pass your driver’s test?

9: The scariest dream you had?
My mind has adapted to block out bad things - so I don't remember...That's why I have no recollection of middle school.

10: How tall are you?
167cm.

11: The last thing you ate was…

A carrot.








12: A singer you want to see live is…
Beyoncè. That woman Tops my Love for her every time she opens her mouth. (Get it? Love On Top? They get it Viv...)

13: Do you have a hero/someone you look up to? If so, who?
My grandma is someone I really look up to. I mean, she uses Facebook, says "Shit Happens", bakes cakes, does yoga AND reads this blog! What's not to idolize? (Kallistused, Mamma ;)

14: Do you like to swim?

15: Things you look for in a guy/girl?
An inner, humorous "weird" that is compatible with mine.

16: Has a book ever upset you?
One of my favourite books - "The Boy With the Cuckoo-Clock Heart" by Mathias Malzieu - has an ending that just broke my heart.

17: What was the first instrument you learned to play? (if any)

The piano was my first instrument. That's actually where I wrote my first melody - It was called "Haige Laul"(in translation "Sick Song") which I wrote with a fever. It was very sad and depressing.







18: Some of your hobbies include…
Stalking people on Facebook. (Secondarily - singing, playing the guitar, acting, reading etc.)

19: How do you deal with anger?
I go work out. Or just try to let it go (*Cough* Elsa, where my gurl at?)
I try not to get angry a lot - rather just deal with the problem and move on. I think the world has enough hate in it to begin with, I don't need to put any more in.

20: Something you like about your appearance is…
My eyes. I like the shade of olive green they usually have, but they're known to change color to a yellow tone too. Like a vampire. Those guys are cool.
Also, my pupils are always really big, which makes everybody go: "Dude, are you high or something?". (Unfortunately, I never am. Or am I? Or aren't I? Oh. My. God. Look at my hand man - how much can you actually do with my hand. Like. WOAH a rainbow.)

21: What was the last movie you watched?
I re-re-re-...-watched "500 Days of Summer" which is my favorite movie of all time.

22: Do you have a favorite ghost story? What about a personal ghost story?

I do not like scary stories at all. Nor horror movies.
So "Ghost of my Girlfriends Past" would be my favorite one.








23: Where is the farthest from home that you've gone?

The Big Apple. But if we're assuming "home" is here now, then Connecticut on a school trip.






24: Have you met anyone through Tumblr that you'd like to meet IRL?
I do not own a Tumblr at the present moment in time... Whoops!

25: Do you look like your parents?

OF COURSE I DO :) (I'd go as far to say, I love them. Oh, so much controversy!)











That's the first half of the 25 questions. I'll see you tomorrow with the rest ;)

I hope you liked this new kind of format.

Have a great day - thank you for reading.

Kafka via  NYC via

The Snowiest Snow Day Where It Snowed And Also My Feet Got Wet From The Snow...Yeah, Snow. (Can You Tell I Like the Snow?)

Day 2 of The Epic Blogathon of January 2015

Today, New York City birthed a miracle. No, we did not find a unicorn lounging in an East Village Cafe. No, The Easter Bunny did not descend from the heavens on a golden donkey and cover the whole city in glitter and Reese's Peanut butter cups. And no, I did not run through Times Square naked like some of you have asked me to on various social media sites. (I'm not doing it, move on with your lives!)

Today...We had a snow day. School was closed, out of business, come back later, no classes today.

Basically:

My friends Andrei, Caio, Nicky, Tim, Katie and I (HA! She thinks she has friends...*Cough* I do, they're awesome) went to Central Park to celebrate. 

The only thing that was slightly off about today were my rubber boots. I wore them because I thought they would be extremely water-resistant. Yeah...Huge mistake, since my socks were wet and frozen in the first five minutes. To top it all off the boots were extraordinarily slippery, so I was doing a kind of mixture of ice-skating and tap dancing for the whole day. 

When I got home I put my feet in some hot water, drank lots of tea and I currently feel fine. I had to put that in here because I know my grandma reads my blog and I don't want her to worry. (Tsau Mamma! Kõik on korras, olen terve. Kalli :) 

I'm going to let the photos do the talking for a little while:

The third photo is a demonstration of what happens when you walk down a snowy hill in my horrible boots.

All of this snow is a result of the snow storm on Monday. Speaking of yesterday - I want to pose a question:

What do you think 6 11th graders would do at lunch break, when snow starts falling on the ground?

a) Sensibly eat their lunch in the cafeteria

b) Sit by the window to admire winter's beauty

c) Have an epic snow ball fight on the roof, involving throwing people in the snow, throwing snow on people/clothes/in clothes/hair/everywhere else.

I'll give you a hint:

The Chipmunk One, Noa, Theo, Michael, Amyn, Andrei

It was ridiculously fun.

I'll see you tomorrow! Thank you for reading :)

(Creds for the all the photos to mister Andrei. Thanks pal!)

I'm Back, Baby - the Tale of A Mystical Estonia and A Standing Proclamation

Hello darling! 

*Kisses both cheeks*

How are you? Haven't talked in such a long time. How's your mother? How'd the holidays go? Oh, mine went well, thank you for asking. 

If you could please imagine that in a Long Island accent, that would be lovely. (Do it. Come on. Did you? It won't be funny if you don't! Go back and read the last few sentences with a Long Island accent!)

...Sorry. It seemed like a cute idea in my head. 

Anyway, here I am again, in my bedroom, sat on my bed, at a time when I really should be sleeping, writing to you.

But because I don't want to make this post as long as a giraffe's scarf, here's what I'll do - I WILL MAKE A STANDING PROCLAMATION. 

I will blog EVERY DAY for the rest of the week. 

The two topics for this snowy Monday's post:

1) New Blog Design

I thought it would be good to start the year off with a new feel to the page. I love that the background is a photo that my mom took of the first time we were in Times Sq.

2) A quick recap of my time in Tallinn 

-- in a word? AWESOME! (In some words crazy, weird, quirky and borderline illegal, but we're not going to mention that here, Vivian, your mom's colleagues read this blog...Hi mom (and perhaps colleague)!) 

I just can't put it into words. So I won't. I made a collage. 

I am so sorry for people who weren't included in the photos, just know you're all included in my heart (also we need to take more selfies together, I has LITERALLY nothing to work with).

My schedule was completely packed. I had slots for people starting from 9AM in the morning - I never fully got over my jetlag. So if I seemed a bit doolally during the time you saw me, I'm sorry. (Oh wait, that could just be me.)

Also a weird thing that happened for a few nights - I couldn't sleep, because it was too quiet. The roaring of taxis that drive past my house, the wind I hear rumbling behind my window and the heater in my room formed a uniformed noise, that ended up comforting me every single night here, like a lullaby. I guess I got used to the unusual melody.

See you tomorrow,

Thanks for reading!