hello-win surplus stock, a 10 sek pumpkin.
first scratch out the pattern you want on the pumpkin.
gut it out
then cut
this is jack, a chinese pumpkin.
jack's alive!
can see the shadows from the teeth
jack's burning!
jack looking cool in a warm beanie.
then instead of wasting the pumpkin, i decided to use the other side of it to carve something else. so after alot of struggling:
its a beach with two trees swaing in the bayu as the glowing sun sets behind the trailing waves, echoed by the cries of the gulls high in the sky above.
this is how it looks in normal light, just a pumpkin with some holes.not attactive. but with the candles, the fruit transforms into an art.
after a whole night of fun and art, its time to say goodbye to my new friend by the beach
the beach turned into pumpkin soup, with added onions and bay leaves
jack was fried, with prawns from the sea and eggs. isn't jack sweet?
so after getting dinner, we went back to teh boat, you have to use your ticket to swipe through th gantry. no need to check passport.
waiting for the boarding time
walking along the gangway to the boat. theres another cruise line at another port. maybe next time can try that one.
walking along the length of the boat
entering into the boat, our last breath of helsinki air.
no smoking onboard boat
helsinki night cityview
we then went to the duty free shop an ddid a little spot of shopping.
our room
bought this doughnut like texture thing that looks like a hand. in th middle of the palm inside the bun is some jam.
the lounge.
we then collected all our spare change and pooled it together. collected €7+ and we decided toplay the one arm bandit. to my surprise, we actually won something
5€ winning
10€ winning - jackpot
so we won in total 17€ from the hour of hitting the button and shouting at the machines like kids. proably it was quite entertaining to watch us holler about. we decided to use the money won to pay for dinner and the sweets we bought. so i had the task of dividing up the sweets in a nonbias fashion.
the next morning we woke up and found the boat arriving in stockholm.
the vies is just great. but its really cold to stand outside.
docking. happy to be back home but also sad that the hol was really short. we need a longer vacation next time.
workers mooring the boat.
the gangway being attached.
bakery with little ghost tarts. hope the little kitty is not afraid.
i've heard of music in the air, but music on the ground?
big kids
on observatory hill looking down at the harbour
sculptour called the shipwrecked.
german church
patch of beautiful autumn trees and glowing sun
another perspective
the volunteer coast guards displaying their boats. its their commemorative day.
the old market, which has closed down. too bad. else could get cheap seafood.
huge gulls walking about. we tried to catch one for lunch
pretty aint we?
old house with rough glass planes. very cool reflection
weird metal bird isnt it?
turns out to be a red light camera
suddenly felt very attracted to the swedish embassy for some unknown reason.
we hopped into a supermart to buy warm cheap ready cooked food for dinner
on the way back to the ship, we needed a hand to get back
moon shine bright bright.
very calm waters and amazing reflection
after docking at the port, we scrambled down to firm soil and started walking about. Alot of cool art nouveau architecture to marvel at
russian orthodox church. thje churchgoers cross thier hearts three times repeatedly.
the main square and the main city church, domkryka.
statue of alexander ii. dont know wht he did for this city.
inside the church. not that big as you would expect from the outside, and very little deco. just plain domes and pews
house of estate. state dinners held here
some economists statue outside the finnish bank. the holes are scars from some bombing during ww2
boomz!
strange to have a telephone in the middle of the road.
ex helsinki uni students union building.
st johns cathedral. the accoustics very good, so alot of concerts held here.
took a weekend trip to Helsinki, Finland by boat from Stockholm. We left on friday evening and the boat took the night to reach Helsinki. Went by the cheapest liner, Viking Line. We got the cheapest tickets which is deck 2 which is even lower than the cars and lorries parked at level 3. and its below the sea level of the boat.
of course most of the time was not spent in the room but in the lounges around the boat. actually I thought there would be more entertainment, but maybe european boats are such.
one arm bandits
since there wsa nothing much to do, we went out to freeze ourselves in the 5C weather.
after that we went to the duty free shop and looked about then went back to the claustraphobic room to rest awhile before dinner. here i'm playing with a 2.2 meter long scarf.
buffet dinner whcih cost 350 sek and totally not worth it. its liek the worst buffet i've ever eaten in my life. there was lots of variety but everything was cold and didnt taste great. the fish was hard and the chicken too chewy. the rest were stuff straight out of a can.
groupie
probably the only redemption of this sorry dinner is the ice cream
then its back to the room and more hilarious joking about. here someone gets hungry and is thinking of having ladies fingers.
hope tomorrow will be less boring.
when winter approaches, hot soup is the order of the day, or rather, night.
steam boat, the ultimate cure for winter depression!
the usual south campus gang wonders how the food will be finished
first round always long in coming.
chopsticks flying fury skill - de-shell a prawn without your fingers
the tang hoon so long you have to stand up to get it out.
