Graduation invitations - meaning that we FINALLY got our final marticulation exam results last friday, after two long months of waiting. Not only did I pass but also my scores, believe it or not, exceeded all of my expectations. Since you may not be familiar with the Finnish grading system, the grade scale goes L, E, M, C, B, A, I - Laudatur being the best and Improbatur meaning "fail". I took my first exams already last spring since I didn't want to stress about all of them at once (which was one of the best decisions that I've ever made in my life), took five exams in total and this is what I got:
Swedish - L
English - E
Psychology - E
Finnish - M
Spanish - M
I couldn't help but literally scream in surprise when I saw my Swedish grade - I worked so hard on it though, and apparently it was worth it. In the beginning of the year I would've been completely happy with a C but I guess I improved quite a lot which made me so, so happy, even my teacher came to congratulate me for good job. And for once I was proud of myself.
So now that I can breathe in relief knowing that I'm done with high school for good and that I finally get to graduate in less than two weeks, I'm going to need to use all of my energy on the planning of the graduation party. It's definitely going to be the day to remember in my life and I still have a bunch of things to be taken care of, including the last 20 or so invitations that I've been working on for a week now. I've got 30 done, 20 more to go and the ones that I have left on my list, well, I'll just send them an invitation in the form of a text message and hope that they'll forgive me. Making 50+ invitation cards by hand was a bitch to do, and I know I can only blame myself for that since I wanted the cards to look good and elegant, instead of just typing something lame on computer and printing them out. Today, after 6 hours of sitting on my desk and paper clipping and glueing, my head was about to explode and I was craving for an easy way out so I just decided to leave them more or less plain anyhows. Well, I wasted two whole days and too much money on them so people better be happy and not just throw the cards straight into the trash bin.
Apart from the invitations, I've got most of the other things under control now. Dress? Check! Shoes? Check! Getting hair extensions in two days and I'm a little scared of how they will turn out. I have a clear picture in my mind of how I want them to look like, using The Kills singer Alison Mosshart as my main source of inspiration.
Someone told me I look like her - if I had to name a style icon whose wardrobe I'd love to own, it'd most definitely be her. I hope that I'll be able to pull that hair off.
So anyhows, as I told you I totally flipped over my final scores which made me kind of lose control of my use of money that day, rewarding myself of the work I'd done and I still think I deserved it. Jade and I spent the whole day strolling around Helsinki city and both of us managed to find some great pieces - I bought a bright hot pink hoodie, an Ed Hardy-style T-shirt and an accessory for my grad outfit.
Besides spending money on clothes, I also invested on getting hammered that night - and that investment turned out to be a great success! It was Jannika's 20th birthday so we first got started at her place in the outskirts of Helsinki and later found ourselves at this bar called Pacifico.
Eurovision song contest party on saturday was simply awesome as well - BBQ, drinking contest and the people were hot and the music was definitely not, just the way it was supposed to be. Let's face it, 4 hours of laughing our asses off at the artists' ridiculous outfits, dance moves and song lyrics... Eurovision has got to be the most entertaining show there is. At 2am, after watching Norway kicking everybody's ass with the hot violin guy and Finland failing miserably, I realized I'd forgotten my wallet home so I walked home, saw a car accident happening on my way over there and went straight to sleep.
Tomorrow we're going to have a photo shoot for Marianna's portfolio - I'll be placed behind the camera and Maija's going to be infront of it. Gonna be fun for sure. And I still have a pile of cards to be written on my desk so, adiós amigos for now!
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