Meil metsas kasvas kuuseke

Täiesti ootamatult saime me eile endale kuuse. Mitte suure (õnneks), vaid sellise armsa pisikese, mis kapi peale vaasi kenasti ära mahtus. Kuusk pärineb kusagilt Tamsalu metsade vahelt ja Ardo vanematega ühes see eile meile jõudiski. Vaasi saime ka juurde. Siis oli häda selles, kuidas panna kuusk vaasi nii, et ta seal kenasti seisaks ja sellega koos pikali ei kukuks, sest vaas on üsna kõrge ja kuuse oksad hakkasid kah kohe alt pihta ja ta tahtis sealt hirmsasti välja vupsata. Siiski, peale teatud MacGyverlikku lähenemist mutrivõtme, kaltsude ja kinnitusaasadega minu ja Argo poolt, saime hakkama sellega, et kuusk seisab nüüd kenasti kapi peal ja ei kuku ümber.

Aga sellega ei lõppenud veel mured, sest siis tuli välja, et mul pole kodus ainsatki kuuseehet. Niiet praegu on kuusk veel täitsa paljas. Õnneks on see väga lihtsasti lahendatav mure - panin oma nobedad näpud tööle ja eile õhtul superstaari saadet vaadates sai kaks ehet juba valmis heegeldatud. Ema lubas mul enda ehete hulgast ka mõned võtta, niiet asi hakkab ilmet võtma.

Eile sai lõpu ka Ardo-otsib-talvemantlit saaga. Lõpp oli igatahes õnnelik ja mantel sai nii kena, et nüüd ta  peab hakkama naisi harjavarrega eemale ajama :D

Unexpectedly we got ourselves a Christmas tree yesterday. It is a small one that fits nicely on top of a cupboard in a vase. The tree was brought to us by Ardo's parents who were visiting us in the city. And we also got the vase to put it in. But the trouble was that the vase was quite high and the tree didn't fit in it as well as it could have and wanted to fall over. But after a few MacGyver-ish moves by Ardo's brother and I, which included a wrench, some rags and some plastic attaching-thingies, we were able ti accomplish our goal and now the tree stands nicely in our living room.

After we tackled this problem, I remembered that I have no Christmas ornaments to decorate the tree with. So at this moment the tree is in its very natural form. But fortunately this problem is easily solved and last night as I was watching tv, I managed to already crochet two ornaments, and my mother said I could take some of her ornaments as she is not using them all at once any way.

Yesterday was also the day when the saga of finding Ardo a nice winter coat ended successfully. We had been looking for it for such a long time, but now we found the perfect one and he is so handsome in it :D

Istanbul, not Constantinople

PÖFF hakkab järgmisel nädalal. Sain graafiku ka ja värki. Loodan, et saab lahe olema :)

Ardol oli sünna vahepeal. Suurt pauku ja pidu nagu polnud, selline rahulik. Möll tuleb sel nädalavahetusel :D

Ja siis oli uute tantsude konkurss ka pühapäeval. Meie tants oli selle laulu järgi, kus on "rätiku all palav leib". Päris armas tants on tegelt, mulle täitsa meeldib. Päris hästi tuli välja ka vist. Mingit kohta me nagu ei saanud, aga tants läheb tantsupeole ikkagi.

Ardo's birthday was last saturday. We didn't have a big party or anything, just a quiet evening. The party will be this weekend :D

We went to the new dances competition last weekend that is held here every year and where folk dance choreographers can submit their new dances and the best in each category are chosen. We had one dance that was quite lyrical and very nice, in my opinion. I think it went well, we didin't mess up much or anything. Although the dance didn't win any prizes, it is still going to be in the next dance festival in 2014.

Täna on mul kohe kaks laulu. Esimene laul on (päev 17) - laul, mida tihti kuuled raadiost. Niiet jah, viimasel ajal olen seda tihti kuulnud. Aga pole ka ime - James ju möllab kinodes. Võib-olla lähen teda isegi vaatama... Daniel Craig pakub silmailu ju küll. Kuigi tal on suured kõrvad. Aga ülejäänud osa temast on kena vaadata :P

Today is a two song day. The first song is (day 17) - a song that you hear often on the radio.

So yeah, I have been hearing this quite a lot recently. But that's obvious, because James is in the cinema again. Maybe I'll even go and see him... Daniel Craig is definite eyecandy. Even though he has big ears. But the rest of him is nice to look at :P 

Teist laulu kuulsin ma täna lindy hop tunnis. See oli nii lahe ja siis ma otsisin selle koju tulles kohe üles. Ja siin ta siis on. See sobib ka järgmise teemaga - päev 18 ja laul, mida sa sooviksid raadiost kuulda.

The second song I heard today at my lindy hop class. I liked it so much that I looked it up when I got home. And here it is. It also suits well with the next topic - day 18 and a song that you wish you heard on the radio.

"Why did Constantinople get the works? It's nobody's business, but the turks'" :D

With warm greetings to my turkish friends :)

Lugu

Nüüd juhtus selline naljakas lugu pasteldega. Selle tantsuhooaja alguses vahetasid Ardo ja Siim omavahel pastlad ära, sest Ardole olid tema omad natuke väiksed, aga Siimul jällegi natuke suured. Natuke aega olid kõik õnnelikud. Eile hakkasin mina siis oma pastlaid otsima, aga mida ei olnud, olid minu kenad uuemad pastlad. Vanad ja katkised olid olemas. Seal oli ka kolm paari Ardo pastlaid, mis oli kummaline, sest teoreetiliselt pidi tal olema kaks... Ja seega oligi nii, et hoopis minu pastlad olid need, mis Siimule vahetati. Ta küll natuke imestas, et noh, tundusid veidi pisikesed küll, aga nagu sobisid, niiet... Ja Ardo nähtavasti kandis neid ka paar korda trennis ja ei saanud midagi aru. Näed siis mis juhtub, kui sul ja mehel on peaaegu et sama jalanumber :P

There was a funny story with the special dance footwear - pastlad - we use when performing folk dances (I'll just call them shoes for now for simplicity's sake). Ardo's new pair was a bit small for him, so he made an exchange with Siim whose shoes were a little bit too big. And everyone was happy for a while. Yesterday I started looking for my dance shoes, but couldn't find them anywhere. The old ones with holes in them were there, but the new and pretty ones were missing. But I found three men's pairs which had to be Ardo's. And so... yes, he had exchanged my shoes instead of his :P Siim, who had got them said that yes, they seemed a bit small, but they were okay for him... And Ardo himself wore them in practice a few times. See what happens when you and your man have a similar shoe size...:P

This is what these pastlad look like..and what eventually happens to them :P

Päev 16 - laul, mida sa armastasid, aga nüüd vihkad.

Enn Sünk oli kunagi ikka päris kuum. Nüüd jätab nagu jahedaks. Vihkamiseks seda küll nimetada ei saa, pigem ma olen sellest lihtsalt välja kasvanud. Paras nostalgia laks oli küll seda vaadates...ja ou mai gaad, milline Justin Timberlake välja nägi :P

Day 16 - a song that you used to love but now hate

N Sync was totally hot when I was younger. Now it leaves me cold. I can't say I hate it, I think I have just outgrown it. Still, it was really nostalgic listening to it again... and I had forgotten that Justin Timberlake used to look like this :P

Hundu

Lumi tuli maha nagu kõik on vist juba märganud. Reede hommikul, kui see veel uus nähtus oli, mõistsin ma, et on halb mõte sõita varahommikul jäistel teedel suverehvidega. Päris libe oli. Aga jäin terveks.

Eelmisel nädalal nägin hirmsat unenägu, kus meil oli laborist isopropanool otsa saanud. No täiesti otsa ikka. Nii et enam tilgakestki kusagil polnud. Ja mul läks seda vaja ja siis ma otsisin ja otsisin ja otsisin... Järgmisel hommikul laborisse minnes (kui mul tõesti oligi isopropanooli vaja), oli see igatahes olemas. Aga mulle vajalikud praimerid oli jällegi kaudunud. Ja siis ma otsisin ja otsisin...kuni leidsin need otse oma nina alt karbist, kus ma teadsin, et need peavad olema. Neil oli vahepeal vist mingi nähtamatuse mantel seljas või miski.

Nädalavahetusel käisin PÖFFi koolitusel, sest minust saab sel aastal ka PÖFFihunt. Minust saab Coca-Cola Plazas piletikontrollija. Niiet 12.-28. november on PÖFF, tulge ka filme vaatama! ;)

Mina küll lähen!

We had our first snow here last friday. And it still hasn't melted, which is unusual, because usually it melts almost right away.

Last week I had a terrible dream where all the isopropanol had run out in our lab. There wasn't a drop of it anywhere and I needed it in my experiments. So I searched and searched and searched... The next morning when I went to work and actually needed the isopropanol, it was luckily there, but some primers I needed were missing. So I searched and searched...and finally found them in the box where I had looked many times and where they were supposed to be. But apparently they had their invisibility cloaks on or something...

I have been confirmed as a volunteer in the Dark Nights Film Festival that is held in Tallinn in November. This is really cool! My job is to be the ticket controller, which is great because usually there are two checking the tickets and one has to be inside the movie theatre while the film is showing. And we can go see movies for free also, as long as there are empty seats. So yeah...I get to see lots and lots of (hopefully) great movies soon! :D

Päev 15 - laul, mis sind kirjeldab

See on vähemalt mõnel päeval päris täone kirjeldus. Ja ma olen kindel, et ma pole just ainukene! :D

Day 15 - a song that describes you

The words of the refrain go like this:

I will get it done by tomorrow, it will be ready by tomorrow. Tomorrow we can plan ahead. Tomorrow I have the will and the time. Tomorrow it will be quick and easy.

Yeah, that's sometimes pretty accurate. Though, I'm sure it applies to many other people too :D

Kuna seda laulu Youtube ei sisaldanud, siis on see kuulatav järgnevalt lingilt:

Because Youtube didn't have this song, you can listen to it there:

Kukerpillid - Homseks saab tehtud

Mida ?

Reedel juhtus laboris naljakas lugu. Mina omaette itsitasin igatahes. Hakkasin valguforeesi tegema ja kirjutasin tuubidele nimesid peale. Mul oli kolm erinevat proovi koodnimedega B, C ja WT. Otsustasin siis selguse mõttes lisada neile tähe F nagu foreesiproov. Seega sain ma kolm tuubi: BF, CF ja WTF. Natuke oli naljakas ju küll.

A funny thing happened in my lab on friday. I found it giggle-worthy at least. I was just about to do a gel electrophoresis of proteins and I was writing names on my test tubes. I had three different samples names briefly B, C and WT. So I decided to mark them with the letter F (as phoresis sample, which would start with an F in Estonian). So in the end I had three test tubes: BF, CF and WTF. It was a little funny, wasn't it..

Päev 14 - Laul, mida keegi ei ootaks, et sulle meeldib

Ma arvan, et inimesed võib-olla ei arvaks, et mulle meeldib Rammstein. Aga meeldib küll. Minu meelest on see parim asi, mida kuulata peale väsitavat töö- või koolipäeva. Ajulõõgastus.

Day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love

I think that most people wouldn't guess that I like Rammstein. But I do. I think it's the best thing to listen to after a hard day of work or school. Relaxes the brain.

Stuff of nightmares

Mu jõulukaktus on kurb, sest ma vist kastsin teda natuke liiga tihti. Edaspidi püüan ma oma lilli rohkem ära unustada.

Muide, täna sain ma teada, et on olemas selline süvamere elukas nagu vampiirkalmaar (vampire squid). Päriselt ka. Science'is oli pilt ka ja puha.

My christmas cactus is sad, because I apparently watered it too often. Next time I try to forget about my plants more.

Btw, today I learned that there is a creature living in deep seas called the vampire squid. Seriously. There was a picture of it in Science and everything.

Day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure

Ma ei tea, kas sellist laulu üldsegi on, mis oleks minu "süüdlaslik nauding" või kuidas seda nüüd tõlkima peakski... Umbes siis kui puberteet üle läks, sain ma aru, et ükskõik, mida ma kuulan, on täiesti normaalne asi, mida kuulata ja ma pole küll ennast eriti "süüdi" tundnud, kui mulle mõni lugu meeldib. 13-aastasena ei oleks ma kellelegi julgenud tunnistada, et ma raadio Elmarit kuulan, aga nüüd ei lase ma ennast põrmugi häirida sellest, et see pole just kõige enimlevinud minuealiste muusikaeelistus.

Aga et mingit laulu siia panna, siis mul meenus seda juttu kirjutades see lugu, mis tundus raadiost kuulates täiesti normaalne ja kuulatav lugu. Ja siis ma nägin selle videot. Ja siis ma sain teada, et seda laulab mingi punt poisse, kes kindlasti veel legaalsed pole. Peale seda polnud see laul enam endine (tähendab, see läks minu jaoks kuidagi palju halvemaks kuulata. Kindlasti oleks sel olnud vastupidine efekt, kui ma oleksin olnud nooremaealise demograafilise grupi esindaja)

I am not even sure that this kind of song exists. After living through puberty, I realised that whatever I listen to, is a completely normal thing to like and since then I haven't felt guilty about any songs I listen to. When I was 13 I wouldn't have told anyone that I like to listen to radio Elmar - a radio station that plays only Estonian songs and that mostly older people like - but now it doesn't bother me that most people my age don't like this sort of music.

But to put at least some song in this post, I, for some reason, thought of this song while writing this. It sounded like a completely normal song when I heard it at first on the radio and I even liked it. Then I saw the video and found out that it was performed by this bunch of guys not even legal yet. After that the song was never the same again (meaning that it got worse for me. Although it definitely would have had a contrary effect if I had been representing a considerably younger demographic group)

Mmmm...väljas on sügisene sügis. Muud midagi.

It's an autumny autumn outside. Nothing more interesting to report.

Päev 12 - laul bändilt, mida vihkad

Ma vihkan seda bändi lihtsalt selle laulu pärast. Päriselt nagu.. mida laulu? Miks?

Day 12 - a song from a band you hate

I hate this band just because of this song. It's mostly because of the words, which are like...what? I don't even want to translate this. Anyway, it's called Werewolf and it is kind of like a love song, only with blood and potential rape. Like....why?