Christmas 2017

Spending our Christmas this year in my boyfriend's parents house. We had a nice and warm Christmas. On Christmas Eve, my boyfriend and I were busy making baked salmon, glögi cheesecake, ginger bread and sweet potatoes casserole to bring to his parents' home. We cooked and cleaned, cooked and cleaned again, and I spent one whole evening on the previous day wrapping the gifts, it was tired but fun. I hope you had good time with your loved ones too and good luck for new year.

Pikkujoulu, 2017

Last weekend was my pikkujoulu with co-workers. We went to Colorado restaurant in Helsinki centre to eat.

The baby ribs with BBQ sauce that I chose was very good. The portion is kinda big to me so I was full quickly and couldn't finish it all, I even needed help from my boyfriend. French fries I guessed was made there because it tasted differently and better than the fries in common fast food restaurants.

Ordered uunijäätelö (baked alaska) with strawberry flavor, it was nice except way too sweet for me. The service was nice with friendly waiter so I had a pleasant time there.  

We went to Tallinn by boat after that. This is my room, the nicest room on boat I have ever had.

"Breakfast in Tiffany", no, it was our special breakfast included in room service. I liked the food there, however the coffee was kinda bad that I and my boyfriend couldn't take it.

We went after that to Tallinn centre to have coffee. First time in Reval cafe and it was very cool there.  

Finland is cold and windy at this moment. All autumn leaves are soon departing because of a few winds. It's getting dark quicker, however, there are a few things I do to cheer up a little in this weather.

1. I got some plants and flowers from my friends, seeing and taking care of them make me happy. People say plants can bring joy to us, I think it's true. Seeing beautiful flowers in the kitchen table after a tired working day makes me smile, having a plant in my room when I meditate can bring calm and zen feel, or seeing a new leave from a plant is exciting.

Here is a rose plant I got from my boyfriend and a Swiss cheese plant (split leaf philodendron) I got from my friend this summer.  

Ficus lyrata bambino

Ficus I bought from Plantagen last Sunday.

2. Taking care of myself

There are many times I have negative thinking and wouldn't want to do anything. But I tried to take care of myself. For example, I start with something very simple: taking a shower, enjoy warm water flowing in the skin with favorite shower gel scent and relax with music on.

3. Meditation and yoga

It's easy for me not to do exercise. That's why I tried to do very short yoga every morning that wouldn't last longer than 2 minutes before I go to work.

4. Listening to music or reading good book

Someday I went home and laid in bed with my head phone, listened to music without doing anything else and I felt so good. My currently reading is “the life changing magic of tidying up”, it is really an inspiring book. I had de cluttered before but now I have a lot of stuffs. I will try if I can de clutter a gain.

Last but not least is the picture of my favorite products.

Bevita lip balm: I cannot live without this. My lower lip is super dry and breaks out easily. Since I know this lip balm from the pharmacy, I have used it almost 2 year and introduce it to my friends. It is my magic lip balm.

Garnier Micellar cleansing water: this product is super effective for removing makeup.

Lumene: I love many Lumene products because of its gentle and exotic clean fresh smell from nature like arctic berry...I have used this toner and it is good to my skin.

Biotherm aqua source ever plump: the jar is almost empty now. It keeps my skin well moisturized and smells like the ocean.

Shiseido ibuki refining moisturizer enriched: this is a second time I bought this product. I love the sophisticated subtle scent and it keep my skin hydrated for all day long.

Early spring

Picture taken 2 months ago from my balcony. In real life, it looked kind of romantic.





Now I feel Easter is coming soon when the market sell narcissus flowers, I bought 2 plants for my home and put in the kitchen near to the window, it’s my favorite place to place flowers when i can see them easily and they can get the sun. They grew very fast after a few days but very nice.



Baking with my babe in the weekend, since boyfriend wanted to eat buns so he and I made together but different batches, using different recipes. They turned out both very good, seriously one of the best buns we had ever made. I tried to make different shapes, I actually like to make buns than eating them but couldn’t eat less.

My favourite products, February 2017

I'm very happy with the way my skin look by using this oil. I not only apply in the night, but also use a bit in the morning too.



My Valentine gift this year from my boyfriend, a classic red rose and J'adore L'absolu. Definitely my favourite sent besides Elie Saab Le parfum and Dolce& Gabbana Dolce. I so love it, thank you ♡