I say YES to fun weekends in Pärnu!

   
        Suvi on täies hoos! Kuigi jah, kui praegu siin kampsun seljas ja teetass käes istudes aknast välja vaadata, siis tunne on sügisene. :D Igatahes nädalavahetusel oli suvi ja suvepealinn Pärnu teemas! Sihtmärgiks oli eelkõige sõpradega mõnusalt aega veeta, nalja teha ja pidutseda. Simple as that! Ja pidu sai ja oi, kuidas veel sai.
    Ürituseks oli Beach Grind @ Club Sunset koos Netsky ja Camo&Crooked`iga. Kes selliseid nimesid ei tea, siis nüüd tuleb youtube abiks võtta. ;) Igatahes korralik dnb küttepidu, kus ligi 3200 inimest panid täiega hullu. Seda kõike on päris raske sõnadesse panna ja sellepärast ma pigem ei üritagi, sest sõnadest jääb väheks. Leidsin youtube`st mingi sellise video, mis vähesel määral annab aimu, mis toimus.
    Kuigi ilmateade väga ei hellitanud lootusi, et Pärnus olles randa ka saab, siis vaatamata tugevale külmale tuulele, õnnestus meil järgmisel päeval mingi poolteist tundi ikka rannatoolide taga tuulevarjus päikest võtta.
Kohustulik ring sai ka Steffanis tehtud ja samuti tegime tiiru veinifestivalil, mis oli rannahotelli kõrvale püsti pandud. Sellest inspireerituna otsustasimegi tol õhtul teha veiniõhtu, mis lõppes jällegi kord sellega, et kõik tulid linna pealt erinevatel aegadel koju ja magama saadi kell 6.30 kui sedagi. Good times!
   Laupäev andis küll hommikul suuri lootusi, et saab veel enne ärasõitu randa, aga minut peale söömise lõpetamist lahedas Supelsakste kohvikus, sadas maha selline padukas, et lootused purunesid. Läksime rõõmsalt lahku ja sõitsime kõik erinevates suundades kes koju, kes sõprade juurde, kes Tallinnasse. :)
   Tänud Aira, Kosa, Paurik, Marten, Laur, Oliver & Andreas!


Kris.

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    The summer is here. Well actually I am sitting here in my sweater with a cup of tea right now, since the weather is damn cold, but we spent the weekend in the capital of summer- Pärnu! We went there to party and have a good old time. And that we did.
    The main event of the weekend was a drum`n bass event called Beach Grind, where the performers included Netsky and Camo&Crooked. About 3200 people attended the event and it was full on madness. In a good way of course. Everybody went crazy and words won`t do this event justice so I`ve located a little video in youtube. It doesn`t really do it justice either but you slightly get the idea.
   Even though the weather forecast was not optimistic we still managed to snuck in a little sunbathing at the beach. Pärnu`s beach is the most popular in Estonia but that day it was pretty much empty since there was a chilly wind outside. We didn`t care because we don`t get to go there as often anymore so we had to take advantage. There is also a legendary Italian restaurant called Steffani in Pärnu. The place is always a must since the pizza there is delicious. We also attended a small wine festival and decided that we`ll have a wine evening that night. It pretty much ended up like the last evening when everyone got home at like 6.30 in the morning. But it was so worth it.
   The last day gave hope at first that we can go to the beach again. But when we finished lunch it was pouring rain outside and everyone decided to end the fun weekend there and go their seperate ways. All an all a perfect Pärnu weekend. ;)

Kris.

I say YES to spontaneus fun-filled days with my friends!

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Me alustasime oma päeva hommikusöögiga. Sõime omlette ja jõime lattesid ja rääkisime naistejutte.

Me sõitsime linnast välja. Tegime peatuse, et teha pilti keset rapsipõldu. Need on nii võrratult kollased praegu.

Me sõitsime Kiidjärve juurde ujuma. Vette hüpates oli vesi eriliselt külm. Mingi aja möödudes läks aga järjest soojemaks ja lõpuks oli väga mõnus. Väljas sadas õrnalt vihma.

Me läksime Risse suvilasse, kus me korjasime ja sõime metsmaasikaid. Mõnusalt magusaid.

Me peatusime tagasiteel tee ääres, et teha heinapallidega pilti. See on olnud Risse suur unistus juba pikka aega.

Me naersime terve päev ja eriti palju ja eriti kõvasti.

Me teeme seda varsti jälle! ;)


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We started our day by going to breakfast together. We had omlettes and latte's and fun girl talk. 


 We drove out of the city. We stopped the car to take pictures in the middle of a rapeseedfield. They are gloriously yellow this time of year. 


 We went to a lake called Kiidjärve. It was lightly drizzling rain. There was noone else there but the 4 of us. We jumped in and it was shocking cold at first but then it started to warm up and the water was amazing. 


We went to pick some wild strawberries at my friends summer house. They tasted delicious. 


 We stopped by the side of the road to take photos with the hay rolls. It had been my friends long last dream to do that. So we did. 


 We laughed a whole lot! 


 We are going to have days like these again! :)




 Kris.

I say YES to random blog posts! vol 1

1. I bought the new Justin Bieber album. No shame! I like his music and that`s that. Deal with it! :D

2. I bought Michael Kiwanukas album. Feel good music at its best.

3. I learned you shouldn`t go to iTunes when you`re drunk. :D

4. I went swimming for the first time this summer. The water was awesome.

5. I spent a great weekend with my colleagues finishing our season.  I went to Kekkose sauna with one    group and to a fish farming place with the others. I love spending time with my colleagues.

6. I babysat my brother and put him to bed all by myself. If you know my brother then you understand that it was an accomplishment.

7. I`ve eaten a lot of strawberries, sweet cherries, nectarines and watermelon. Goosh I love summertime!

8. I`ve walked barefoot a lot. Yet again, the many perks of summer ;)

9. I`ve made some plans for the summer. Some festivals and concerts and stuff here and there. But mostly I will enjoy the free time that I have

10. I bought a new car. A separate blog post about it coming soon ;)


Kris.

I say YES to going to concerts with my friends!

   Ei tahaks seda blogipostitust alustada sõnadega, et mul on olnud liiga kiire, et kirjutada siia, aga kahjuks ma pean seda tegema. Nii et nüüd, kui sellega on ühel pool saan teile kirjeldada klassikalist juhtumit sellest, kuidas ma ütlesin ei asemel jah.
   Kui sa oled eestlane, siis sa arvatavasti tead bändi nimega Ewert & The Two Dragons. Kui ei tea, siis on viimane aeg ennast kurssi viia. Mina tean Ewertit juba "Kahe takti" saate ajast ja kui ma ütlen tean, siis ma mõtlen, et olen tema loominguga tuttav, aga kahjuks isiklikult teda ei tunne. Selle bändi loominguga sain tuttavaks tänu Raadio 2´le , kes mängisid nende "Sailor man" lugu (mis on siiamaani mu lemmik) raadios 2 aastat tagasi, kui tuli välja nende plaat. Armastus esimesest kuuldud noodist. Kuulasin nende plaadi lugusid internetis ja Eesti muusika iTunes`i jõudis ostsin ka nende plaadi lõpuks terviklikul kujul. :D Teadagi on nad Euroopa peal endale nime tegemas ja tuuritavad pidevalt erinevates linnades, aga üks linn kuhu nad polnud juba 2 aastat jõudnud oli Tartu. Õnneks parandati see viga paar nädalat tagasi. Ostsime piletid järgmisel päeval peale nende facebooki teadet, et nad on tulemas ja meist järgmisel päeval oli juba kontsert väljamüüdud. Nii et meil vedas täiega, et saime kohad. Siit aga loo mõte: "vana" mina oleks mõelnud palju pikemalt enne kui oleksin nõus olnud kontserdile minekuga (mis oleks arvavasti mulle ka pileti maksma läinud, kuna see oli kuum kaup). Ma pidin ära jätma ühe oma trennidest, et sinna minna, mis vanasti oli nagu miskipärast probleemiks vahepeal, sest mulle tundus, et mul on kohustused teha iga trenn ise ja ei saa niimoodi ära jätta trenne. Ma ei ütle, et ma nüüdsest kergekäeliselt oma trenne ära annan, et kultuuri nautida, seda kindlasti mitte, aga olen aru saanud, et mingid valikud ei mõjuta minu töö tulemusi või usutavust treenerina. Vahepeal ikkagi ongi vaja jah öelda nendele asjadele, et mitte päris hulluks minna. "Uus" mina isegi ei mõelnud paar sekundit kas minna või mitte, selles polnud nagu küsimustki. :)
    Kontsert ise oli suurepärane, nagu oli ka oodata. Kahjuks mind natuke häiris, et see korraldati Vanemuise kontserdimajas, aga arusaadavatel põhjustel muidugi mõistan ka seda, sest sinna mahub kõige rohkem rahvast. Mulle muidugi meeldiks kunagi neid näha ka live`s kuskil festivalil või Rock Cafe tüüpi kohas, kus on natuke rohkem chillout ja mõnusam õhustik. Loodetavasti on selleks võimalused tänavusel Positivus Festivalil. ;) Igatahes kokkuvõttes oli kontsert super ja rõdupealne rahvas võttis asja vabamalt ja seisis püsti ja oli väga kihvt õhtu.

Kuulake ka postituse all olevat akustilist versiooni "Sailor manist" ja toetage Eesti muusikuid kontserditel käimisega. :) (naljakas slogan siia lõppu, aga las ta jääb... :D)


Kris.

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   I don`t want to start with a lame excuse how I was too busy to write the blog but I`m afraid I have to. So now that`s out of the way I can describe you a perfect case of saying yes instead of no.
   There is a band in Estonia called Ewert & The Two Dragons. They are huge in Estonia and getting more huge around the world which is really exciting for the Estonian music scene. So they have existed for a while now and have had concerts everywhere and I have their album which I love so I have wanted to see them perform live for a long time now. And finally they decided that right before they go on tour in Europe they are gonna give one concert in my home town Tartu. This was great news for me and one of my friends who is also a big fan of them. We bought the tickets pretty much the same day they announced the concert and the next day after that it was sold out so we were extremely lucky. But the classic case here was that I had to give up a class to go to the concert. The old me would have thought about it much longer (which would have cost me the ticket by then for sure) weather I should ditch my class to go have fun (sounds ridiculous right?!) and weather I should go or not. The new me said YES without a hint of hesitation. And once again I found out that nobody is gonna hate me for taking an evening off to go see my favourite estonian band play live. And one of my clients was actually sitting pretty much next to me at the concert and was happy I cancelled the training. :D
   The concert itself was amazing. The venue wasn`t really the perfect one in my case because it was a formal concert hall and people were nicely sitting down. It should have been outside at a festival, holding a cold drink and dancing to the songs. All n` all it didn`t ruin the concert whatsoever and we enjoyed it so much.
    To all the foreign followers, go check out Ewert & The Two Dragons on iTunes and support Estonian music at its best :)


Kris.

I say YES to Nordic Walking!

I am thinking you are all having a wtf moment right now. People who haven`t heard about it wonder what it is , people who have heard about it don`t know the english translation for it. In Estonia we call it kepikõnd. So to those who have no idea what I am talking about it`s pretty much like powerwalking but with sticks. Since one of the purposes of this blog was to experience new things I tried it this saturday. I have wanted to try it for a while now but never gotten around to it. When I discovered there were some leftover nordic walking sticks hanging around in my workplace I took them with me and took my mother along and went walking. And loved it! Really, it`s much more forgiving to your knees than running and considering I need healthy knees in my job, walking is a much healthier choice. But it does really work your upper body too because with the right technique it`s quite a hard workout. There is a 10 km marathon coming up this Mother`s Day and I think I might spend it with my mom nordic walking in the marathon. She doesn`t know the plan yet so I`ll have to break it down for her gently. But she loved it too so I´m guessing she will agree to take part of the marathon with me. I`ll let you know how the plan worked out. ;)

Kris.

I say YES to Bon Iver!

  I`ve discovered a new band for myself. I normally don`t have too much time to search for new bands but I`ve had some great discoveries over the last 6 months so I have decided to make more of an effort in finding new music. I came across Bon Iver last week. I know they have existed for a long time but as I said I discover the bands rather randomly. I saw a video of them performing at the Coachella weekend and I was hooked immediately. Their music is alternative and kinda melancholic but at the same time hopeful. My moods have been really up and down lately because I am experiencing some kind of a life crisis (which I will talk about at an upcoming post maybe) and their music really suits my life right now. :p I also recently discovered that they will be performing in Helsinki @ the Flow festival which is really close to me. And since it`s the year of the YES I think I should really make an effort to attend.

I say YES to Bon Iver!

Kris.

I say YES to Simple Session!

    Okay, so first this post is really late but I don`t care because it`s an important one. Namely it`s about an important event in my life which is called Simple Session. Everyone who knows me well knows I have been to that event for 11 years now. First just as an onlooker and the as a volunteer who worked there for 7 years. I have made some great friends and met some incredible people. I pretty much remember all the stuff that happened during the whole year with the help of this event. Okay and I mostly remember the different years thanks to the different guys I`ve met there. :D Oh well...ce la vie.
    Anyway this year was no exception. We haven`t worked there for the second year in a row now because I think we`ve kinda grown out of it sort of but we still go there to support our friends and cheer on the riders. And of course take a chance to enjoy some partying as well because the party scene during Simple Session is worth mentioning. So during the years we have seen a lot of crazy shit go down on that course and every year we wonder if this will go any wilder and every year it does!
    I really loved being a part of the crew that organized the event and help run it. My job was to greet all the riders and press and VIP guests so I got to meet a whole lot of amazing people and have so much fun. If I would live in Tallinn I would definitely wanna be part of the crew and help organize the event more but I don`t live there so it`s a little bit harder. But who knows maybe life has plans for me and some day I will end up working there again.
    This year we just went and enjoyed the event. We got to see all the riding, all of our old friends and have a bloody good time :D And every year we kinda mention we might not return because the "normal" life has gotten much more real over the years, it`s harder to get off from work and plus we seem kinda old for it too seeing all the 15-18 year old girls running around that event. :D But I think as long as they keep having Simple Session we will go there no matter what because it has been such a big part of our lives for such a long time and it would be weird to miss it... :p

So everyone who is interested in extreme sports and the Simple Session brand, go to their facebook page www.facebook.com/simpelsession They update it often and have some cool videos and stuff on there. ;)


Kris.


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