Travel is a far-fetched dream

August 20, 2015 MiaLeave a comment

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Travel had always been popular. For pleasure, not business. It’s even easier now then it was before. Especially in Europe if your country is in the European Union where the currency is Euro. I have had my share of traveling. My family did those trips to Lapland to ski. We were there in the summer as well a few times. Then we’re traveled to Europe. But then I was a child and it was less expensive since I was 6 (or 7) and my parents didn’t have to pay extra for the hotels. Then of course when I studied in another city. That was the first time I traveled alone. I was 17. We’ve also done trips to different cities in Finland. Cruises to Stockholm several times. 2008 we went to Germany. Then we’ve been on a Christmas cruise to Riga in Latvia. Went last Christmas too. First time without mother. Spent half a day in the city. The only travel I’ve been doing lately was to Helsinki twice a month by train or bus when I studied photography there.

So why did I choose that subject, far-fetched dream? What do I complain about? Some people never get to see other places. I should be lucky that I have traveled somewhere. As any other travel fan, once you started you can’t stop. I like to travel. But you need money to do that. Which I don’t have. You also need courage. The same with that. If I had money to travel, just going somewhere is hard. With internet it’s easier to book trips but I don’t really trust those services. Traveling alone in this world, has its risks too. I’m not that adventurous either. Traveling in my own country is easier than going abroad. Being a single traveler is also more expensive. I’m not really into sharing a room with strangers. That’s where my introversion kicks in. It’s a burden from time to time.

You only live once sounds cliché but it’s true. My life won’t be less lived if I don’t travel to a lot of places. I don’t need that much excitement. But when I read or hear people talking about where they’ve been, I feel a bit jealous. Especially if they’ve been to a sport event. It’s positive jealousy. I feel happy for the person. I just wish I could have the money to travel more. Since I like travelling I wish I had a budget to do that. Who doesn’t like to see other parts of the world and stay in hotels where you don’t even have to tidy your own bed?

The way things are going on in my life, travel will remain a far-fetched dream. I don’t believe dreams can come true. At least my dreams won’t. It may sound pessimistic but with my luck I never getting anywhere. If it comes to friends, studying or finding a job, I’ve had no luck whatsoever. At least I’ve got some travel experiences. That’s something not everyone have. I got years to live so maybe one day I’ll get to travel more. If there’s a will, there’s a way. If I only were that brave and adventurous though. You also need luck and money to travel. Because let’s face it, you need luck to get a job that pays well and to travel you need money. The way the economics is at the moment, especially in Finland, to get those things is impossible. Unless I win the lottery which is even more far-fetched. The only trips I could afford would be cruises to Stockholm. But when you’re been on those 1000 of times, you get bored with it.

Being a photographer seeing other countries would be a dream come true. But again, no money. If I’ll never travel again I hope it will be at least to New Zealand. That’s been a dream of mine for years. Maybe one day I get there. If not, at least I haven’t stopped dreaming.

When social media gets annoying

July 13, 2015 Mia2 Comments

This post will contain some strong language!

Almost everybody uses social media today. Especially younger people. They walk around with their smart phones and play with them. It seems they can’t go anywhere without it. I’ve seen people walking on the street with their phones in their hands. They hardly look where they’re going. What’s even more dangerous is those that cycle with their mobiles in their faces. One day they will get to an accident. Maybe they have a death wish.

Since when has social media become so important? They can’t even go without internet when they go outside. People are more concerned about their mobiles than their own safety. The only time I’m on the internet is on the computer. I don’t need to be online all the time. That’s one of the reasons why I don’t own a smart phone. The other reason is the small screens on them. I don’t understand why people even bother using the internet on them. Even typing is a pain. Sometimes I use my dad’s phone and it just irritates me. It’s much easier to surf on the net with a computer.

I’ve used Twitter for 6 years and have only posted 5000 tweets during that time. Facebook since 2007. For me social media is a lonely business. You never know if anybody really cares. People post a lot of nonsense. I really don’t want to know everything they do. I only post when I have something to say. Not to fill my status list. I mainly use Facebook for news and from time to time take part in conversations on fan sites.

Then there are those that brag about how many followers they got. Especially on Tumblr. I don’t give a damn about how many you got. That doesn’t make you any special. Most of them are probably not even interested what you post. Who wants to know when you went to the toilet or what you ate for breakfast. They just there because they know how to click on a Follow button. No one cares if you got 10 000 or more followers. Didn’t your parents love you enough so you have to substitute them with people you’ll never know personally? That’s all we need, another wannabe celebrity, you attention whore. It would be different if your actually did something special to earn that celebrity status. With posting on social media is not a way to become one. You get more attention if you ran naked in front of a big crowd. Also called ‘Glory hunters’. Only want to become famous because it’s so “glamorous” A pain in the ass more like it. Even a less educated person should understand being famous is not a walk in the park.

These days it’s more of rule then an exception that actors and such join the social media. It’s a good way of informative fans of what they’re doing professionally. But they are not like these nobodies (ordinary people) that post everything they do. Not everyone even tweet or use Facebook everyday. That’s something ordinary people should take an example off. You shouldn’t even post where you’re travelling to. But people still do it. Maybe it’s just so easy to use social media to tell people where they’re going. That’s also bragging. “Look where I am going. Ha haa and you have to stay at home. Jealous much”- kind of attitude. Of course we’re jealous but no need to rub it in you selfish jackass.

Luckily not everyone use social media and people who do should respect that. You can keep in touch with people without having to be online. If everybody had Facebook or Twitter, no one would know how to talk to people face to face. Human contact is more important than electronic devices in your face. Now get out there and discover the world. Like Gandalf said

“The world is not in your books and maps, it’s out there”

In this case, the internet. Gadgets come and go but a human touch is forever.

It’s so easy to judge others

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 MiaLeave a comment

judge me not

The first impression is important, they say. I make a very bad first impression. When I meet new people the first time, I’m definitely not showing the real me. For others it might seem I’m like that all the time. Quiet and reserved. I’m like a box of chocolate, you never know what you get when you meet me the 2nd time. I’m like most Finns, I hate small talk. I think that’s the reason I don’t get friends easily. Or jobs. It’s so easy to judge someone you don’t know. The first impression thing somehow annoy me. When I was an intern in a local newspaper for two weeks (which is laughable) they said I wasn’t extroverted enough for the job. You don’t get to know me in two week’s so how would they know. I can be extroverted if there’s a good reason to be.

When I started in Helsinki Design School I didn’t make a good first impression. Now that many fellow students talk to me. Unless it’s group work. Even then I’m the one who has to say something. I don’t know if it was the first impression that had anything to do with it. Maybe it’s a Finnish thing. People only talk to you if they know you. If we met more often, they would probably be more open. Soon the school is over so I don’t feel I have a need to get to know them better anyway. We also live in a different city.

Internet is a place where all the judgemental people meet. It’s so easy to judge others behind their screen names. They would never dare to say them out loud in real life. Online you can write anything you want. Bash celebs with all your heart’s content. Forums are the worst. Forums like on IMDB. Especially in The Blacklist forum. Day and night these small brained people bash Megan Boone. I don’t know if the forum is made for Boone haters or The Blacklist fans. Even the so-called fans of the show bash it. I don’t know any other place where they write negative things. I don’t bother posting there. Why would I waste my time on people with small brains cells anyway? I hope Megan won’t ever see it. I don’t even understand how these haters think she’s a bad actress. I don’t think they even know the difference between a good or a bad one. Maybe their just jealous because they are not as talented as she is. They probably judge others in real life too. Hater usually have personal issues and have the need to be negative all the time.

Then there’s judging someone by their age. Some employers think someone in their 50’s are too tired to work. Or teenagers are not experienced enough. How would they get experience when no one offers them jobs? Employers look too deep into age. They see an applicant that has all the qualities for the job but then their see their age. “Oops, sorry can’t have that. Let get someone younger who’s crap at what they do” I have no experience of age discrimination. Not yet but that can happened one day.