Off to Tokyo!

Hi Guys!

Finally the day has arrived! My express passport is waiting for me in Helsinki-Vantaa airport and I have to go and get it during my layoff before I continue to Tokyo. Japan will be my first stop on my two month backpacking trip. I try to update my blog as often as I have the internet. I'll try my best but I won't be running after the WiFi all the time ;D.

Some of the things I'm planning to do in Tokyo:

• Eat sushi for breakfast, lunch and dinner because I'm such a cliche
• Go to a massive Sanrio store because I still secretly like Hello Kitty
• Meet up with locals
• Sell my panties. This is a joke (or is it?)
• Buy something weird from a vending machine. Maybe yet another passport?
• Sing karaoke like never before. Preferably in Japanese.

I'm pretty proud of myself managing to pack my backpack to under 10 kilos. The hand luggage will be close to 8 though because of all the heavy electronics, like the TV and the fridge...

This was the starting point..
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From this is still took about 1/3 away, mostly clothes..

All in, I still see a potential back pain here...

Keep your fingers crossed that I manage to get my express passport on time! Sayōnara!

Ps. I promised to try keeping everyone up to date where I'll be staying so this is where I'll stay in Tokyo until 9.6.:

SAKURA HOTEL IKEBUKURO

Address: 2-40-7 Ikebukuro Toshima-ku, Tokyo Japan 171-0014

Tel: +81-3-3971-2237

info@sakura-hotel-ikebukuro.com

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I'm moving to New York!

*In English below*

Noniin, näin tärkeä ilmoitusasia on tehtävä myös Suomeksi. Vaikka kyllähän te jo sen siä Suomes tierättä, ku äitee on huurellu kylillä! No sanotaan nyt kuitenkin vielä: Mä muutan syksyllä Nykiin! Kunhan kaikki viisumiasiat sun muut menee putkeen, niin aloitan siellä maisterin opintoni muotimarkkinoinnin linjalla. Se tuntuu tältä: JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Nuan. Ennen Nykiä painun vielä reissaamaan pariksi kuukaudeksi. Ensin Tokioon ja sitten Kaakkois-Aasiaan. Otan mielelläni vastaan kaikkia reissuvinkkejä, jos ootte ollu Tokiossa, Balilla, Malesiassa tai Thaimaassa :).

Tämähän nyt tietysti tarkoittaa myös sitä, että jouduin irtisanoutumaan työpaikastani Zalandolla. Oon todella kiitollinen kaikesta, mitä oon kokenut ja oppinut Zalandolla. On ollut mahtavaa työskennellä niin fiksujen, hauskojen ja lahjakkaiden ihmisten kanssa. Meillä on ollut ihan mieletön tiimi ja vaikka ollaan välillä email markkinoinnin luonteen takia haluttu vain paukuttaa päitämme näppäimistöön, on meillä pankissa rutkasti enemmän hetkiä, jolloin ollaan naurettu naamat vääränä. Voin kertoa, että näin mahtavat tyypit ja työpaikka on vaikea jättää taakseen.

Mutta lätinät sikseen, huomenna suuntaan Suomen Las Vegasiin, eli Teuvalle!

Hi guys!

I have an announcement :D. I'm moving to New York! Assuming everything goes smoothly with my visa application and all, I'll be flying there mid August. I will be doing my masters in Fashion Marketing. I_could_not_be_more_excited (I cannot stress that enough :D)

Another awesome thing is that I'll also go traveling for two months before that. I thought this would be a great chance to go for a lon(g)er trip on my own. On 1.6 I'll grab my backpack and head first to Tokyo and after that to southeast Asia. If you guys have been traveling there please share your tips, especially for Tokyo, Bali, Malesia and Thailand. Again, I_could_not_be_more_excited. Like, aarrefehgnedghae-aishf3r3+r!!

Unfortunately this all also means that I had to quit my job at Zalando. I'm so very grateful of the kick start of my career that I got from Zalando. I learnt so much and was surrounded by such a smart, funny and talented bunch of people that I can only wish that I managed to learn even a little bit of that awesomeness of theirs ;). It's very hard to leave that kind of friends and workplace behind.

But before I really have to think about that, I have still a few Finland trips ahead to transport my beloved clothing there! Tomorrow I'm off to Teuva. Some people call it the Las Vegas of Finland. 

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