Surreptitious side of Becoming a Woman

2.6.2011

''Ylioppilaat'' -cookies (recipe without any egg since some of my guests are allergic to it)

Only two days to go and the pressure is on. In this week I've been cleaning, fixing, shopping, planting, tidying,decorating and baking... Stress and deadlines have become really familiar in these days. While I'm waiting for my nervous breakdown I decided to share one recipe I tested for my graduation party!

Don't be afraid if you're not ''professional'' in baking. So far every one here are life and kicking. I need to say that I don't usually enjoy being in kitchen but these were really easy to do, so don't worry!

When using your imagination you see
the cookie is ought to look like the graduation hat on the right hand side ;)

Ylioppilaat -cookies
(recipe without any egg since some of my guests are allergic to it)

200 g margarine
1½ dl sugar
1/3 dl potato flour
3 dl wheat flour
raspberry jam
chocolate
hundreds and thousands/Sprinkles

Knead the sugar and the margarine so that they're mixed together. Mix potato flour and the wheat flour with the sugar and the margarine.

Roll the dough and use something ''round'' item to do the shape of the cookies. I myself used our schnapps glasses to do them ;)

Then put these cookies to the oven with the temperature of 175°C about for 10 minutes. They should become light brown. Let them cool for sometime.

In the meantime melt the chocolate (with the double boiler so it doesn't burn.) Then dip the upper cookie in the chocolate so that chocolate covers one third and a bit more of the cookie and put one piece of hundreds and thousands/Sprinkles in the middle (look at the photo above.) Let the cookies cool a bit.

Take another cookie (one that doesn't have chocolate at all) and put the jam there. I myself don't prefer jams much so I didn't put there that much of it. Then put the upper part (Cookie that has a choloate) on the top of the cookie.

Now the ''Ylioppilaat'' -cookies are ready! Congratulations, you made it sweeties ;)

- Ninni

29.5.2011

No need for pocket money

While enjoying a great afternoon with our Feo some time ago, we saw this in one shop window and got really surprised... or more like shocked.

130 euros for one shoehorn?
It can be that I just live quite a simple and miserly life but seriously, come on.

As a young women, we wondered what do they have in this shoehorn because of this vertiginous price. Not that we didn't think this shoehorn is luxurious and wonderful but... In an area, where poor students live and where is only secondhand shops or cheap grocery stores, who needs this expensive shoehorn? Soon, when I'm going to move to my own apartment, I think I'm wondering do I even have enough money for paying my bills and a packet of pasta or a can of tuna...

On the other hand, if I really ponder this issue and look deep inside of me I'd say that if I would live rich luxury life and if I wouldn't have to watch every coin I get this carefully, this shoehorn would be right now in my hallway! In the end, I think it's quite cool and has a royal taste ;)

- Ninni

28.5.2011

"Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands"

Cherry Tree

a nice Cup of Coffee

Some chill out by reading a good book. Some by watching a good movie or by taking a nap in the noon. Today, I chose gardening and playing my piano to get more loosen up after picking up some goods from the store for my graduation party.

In case some of you live quite stressful and hectic life in a minute (like I do right now) and haven't ever tried gardening, I warmly suggest it to you. As a young and extremely impatient woman I need to say that as brainless chore as it is, it truly improves your patience and your mental/physical condition. For example I, who hasn't ever been a fan of sports, have got little biceps because of that! Who needs to sweat in gyms to have muscles when you can do some gardening at your home instead ;)

When doing some gardening you can also get rid of work or free time issues that are troubling your mind even for an hour or two. To me, it's therapeutic when you really don't have to think of anything at all. What's more: You don't need to be professional to succeed and it surely doesn't harm anyone if you don't succeed right a way. Imagine how many times this 19 year-old girl have failed by growing anything? Many times !

"Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands"
- Japanese saying

- Ninni

27.5.2011

Four done, two to go and Fridays Five

After spending these three passed days by sitting in a bus, I really started to miss traveling a lot! Not that I wouldn't like to live in Finland but I've always been the type of person who feels like being born in wrong country and who just can't be inside four walls long time ;)

Thinking of you darlings, I took some photos from my ''Entrance exam'' journey in Turku (the city we told you here, where the'' musik + X'' exhibition is ). It took 7 and a half hours sitting in a bus yesterday but I must say I enjoyed the travel a lot. From these entrance exams I didn't enjoy that much even though I must say I expected more demanding level, especially from German. It can be that either the tests were easier than they normally are or I just didn't get anything and did all wrong... Whatever! At least I had fun ;)