Posted in church, events, family, music, party, pictures on August 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The second wedding of the summer took place on the 25th of July at Sion church in Vasa where my cousin André wed his lovely Sofia. (André is my younger cousin from my mother’s side)
Such a talented group of people at this wedding as well. Both the bride’s and the [...]
Posted in church, events, family, music, party on August 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The first wedding of the summer took place 6th of June at Sundom church where my cousin Andreas and his lovely Monica said their “I do”. (Andreas is my younger cousin from my father’s side)
The family band with Andreas’ sister on keyboard, his brother on base, his nephew on trumpet and [...]
Posted in Relatives and other friends, culture, family on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am named after my great-grandmother Ida, and I think it’s quite a lovely name. My older relatives, however, were very suspicious of how appropriate it would be to name a little girl Ida. But this was of course in the 80’s and anyhow, older relatives tend to frown upon any name you give a [...]
Posted in Finland, culture, family, random thoughts, work on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
(Something that might not be so interesting for anyone else but me, and perhaps my mother)
Ah, I realised something yesterday! We were talking about washing dishes and one of my colleagues came out with this statement:
“It’s such hard work to fill up the dish-washer but even worse to empty it!”
Now, I would ordinarily think of [...]
Posted in Relatives and other friends, events, family on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
And then you can become so happy when you come home and find an invitation card to your cousin’s wedding! And what a sweet card it was, even better than the engagement card I got a couple of months back. If I ever marry I think I have to copy the idea
So, Andreas, [...]
Posted in Asia, Christianity, Christmas, Finland, church, culture, family on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Shinya came back to work today after a 3 week long vacation in Japan. I am so glad and he was happy too. He said: “I’ve confirmed. I’ve confirmed that I’m Japanese.”
And I thought: Yes, how wonderful. To be able to feel that you belong somewhere, that is truly a beautiful sensation. To find your identity anew.
And [...]
Posted in Relatives and other friends, family on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve added my drummer cousin Jonas to my blogroll. He is currently living in Sweden together with his wife Hanna. A wonderful couple that I hope to see sometime during the Christmas holidays
(Warning, the blog is in Swedish…)
Posted in events, family on November 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Happy Father’s day!!
To my dad who is responsible for half of all that’s good in me. Including my good looks…
Posted in Christianity, church, events, family on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After 13 weddings it was time to attend my first christening. So off I went to far away Esbo where Mia and Christian’s youngest daughter was christened Thilda Viola Johanna Haglund. I was honored to be one of the child’s godparents.
Mia and Thilda
Emma and Neah - the chapel
Thilda is christened surrounded by her parents and godparents. [...]
Posted in events, family, life on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Even though it’s old news I still want to congratulate the two families of Haglund and Pörtfors on their newest additions.
Mia with Thilda, born 1.6.2008
Anna-Karin with Levi, born 1.7.2008
(and as I’ve added these pictures without having them approved beforehand, you can just tell me and I’ll have them removed…)
Posted in culture, family, life on June 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I went home this weekend to find one of my cousins engaged and another going to the Philippines for 6 months.
First thing’s first.
An explanation: When you marry into a Finn-Swede family it’s like marrying into the mafia. All families are connected and form a web that stretches through the entire coastal landscape of Finland. I [...]
Posted in culture, events, family on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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