I turned 29 a week ago (and no, no age crisis here!). L was supposed to come visit me on my birthday and our 7th anniversary (June 6th) but couldn't due to work schedules, and so I was struggling with birthday blues a bit.
A couple of weeks ago I got a lovely package from home. My clever pappa had walked into the HQ of our company in Helsinki and asked them to send over something in the internal mail. It was such a surprise! Kiitos pappa!
My homesickness hasn't unfortunately eased and initially I was so bummed out about not being able to spend my birthday with the one person I wanted to, that I didn't want to celebrate it at all. But a couple of days before I thought: should I cry myself to sleep or actually organize something fun? I opted for the latter and decided to make the most of it.
My birthday (May 29th) was on a long weekend due to the public holiday Madaraka Day (June 1st), and many were travelling then, so I decided to have a mellow hangout at home on Friday and a bigger birthday party next week.
On my birthday morning I Skyped with L and got to hear him sing 'Happy birthday' to me, like he has done every birthday morning for the past six years - how great is it to be able to keep a tradition like that going even if you're not in the same country? Kiitos L.
A couple of weeks ago I got a lovely package from home. My clever pappa had walked into the HQ of our company in Helsinki and asked them to send over something in the internal mail. It was such a surprise! Kiitos pappa!
My homesickness hasn't unfortunately eased and initially I was so bummed out about not being able to spend my birthday with the one person I wanted to, that I didn't want to celebrate it at all. But a couple of days before I thought: should I cry myself to sleep or actually organize something fun? I opted for the latter and decided to make the most of it.
My birthday (May 29th) was on a long weekend due to the public holiday Madaraka Day (June 1st), and many were travelling then, so I decided to have a mellow hangout at home on Friday and a bigger birthday party next week.
On my birthday morning I Skyped with L and got to hear him sing 'Happy birthday' to me, like he has done every birthday morning for the past six years - how great is it to be able to keep a tradition like that going even if you're not in the same country? Kiitos L.
Thank you also to all for the congratulations from around the world!!
I had the pleasure of spending the evening with my roommates the American, the German and our newest addition Oona the Swiss, who's South-African darling was visiting, as well as two awesome ladies, Alma the Finn and Nancy the American. Kiitos!
We had some pizza's and wine, and played a movie trivia quiz on a web-based game called Kahoot - I've played it with my students but it worked fantastically with a group of adults, too!
We had some pizza's and wine, and played a movie trivia quiz on a web-based game called Kahoot - I've played it with my students but it worked fantastically with a group of adults, too!
The next day I got the sweetest birthday gift - kiitos Nancy!
In preparations for the bigger bash this Saturday, I baked some korvapuusti (cinnamon rolls) with the American and the Swiss on Wednesday evening. They turned out nice!
Yesterday I got a sweet postcard from mamma, kiitos!
After work I went to the official launch party for Uber taxi service. I had met the launcher for it at a Digital Fair that I attended a while back, and got the invite to this really cool event through him. I was stoked to go, but since I was flying solo, I wasn't sure how fun it was going to be.
My worries were in vain, as usual, since right off the bat I met a very nice lady working for a food-delivery company. I had met her at the Digital Fair, too. She introduced me to a real estate agent/upcoming artist in Nairobi, who in turn introduced me to a publicist for a cool Kenyan DJ, who in turn introduced me to her boyfriend, who's the spokesperson for a music-sharing platform. Now, this guy knew a lot of people and introduced me to many; one of which was a guy working for largest teleoperator in Kenya - someone I wanted to ask a couple of work-related questions. The event was held at a trendy venue, suitable for this young, beautiful and fashionable crowd. I was so happy I got to go!
After work I went to the official launch party for Uber taxi service. I had met the launcher for it at a Digital Fair that I attended a while back, and got the invite to this really cool event through him. I was stoked to go, but since I was flying solo, I wasn't sure how fun it was going to be.
My worries were in vain, as usual, since right off the bat I met a very nice lady working for a food-delivery company. I had met her at the Digital Fair, too. She introduced me to a real estate agent/upcoming artist in Nairobi, who in turn introduced me to a publicist for a cool Kenyan DJ, who in turn introduced me to her boyfriend, who's the spokesperson for a music-sharing platform. Now, this guy knew a lot of people and introduced me to many; one of which was a guy working for largest teleoperator in Kenya - someone I wanted to ask a couple of work-related questions. The event was held at a trendy venue, suitable for this young, beautiful and fashionable crowd. I was so happy I got to go!
Which brings us to today. Since my boss is travelling, I have the pleasure of attending the Constitution Day reception at the Embassy of Denmark on his behalf. I'm not quite sure what to expect, but presumably it's something calmer than last night. ;)
After an early night today, I'll have the energy to party tomorrow at my birthday party, yey! I've invited pretty much every awesome person I've met in Nairobi so far (few from last night), and I was very pleased to note that I got to invite around 25 people, 18 of which have RSVP:d yes! With friends bringing friends, I have a feeling the party will be pretty great.
So all in all, this has been a wonderful week thanks to many wonderful people in my life! :)
Have a good weekend, everybody!
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