I go by two names nowadays, depending on which country I am in at the time. Everyone in Finland knows me as Piia, after all it is my first name so it is kind of obvious isn't it. Here in England everyone calls me Maria, simply because I thought that it will just be less hassle for me and everyone else. I am 19, I live in Bognor Regis, happily in a stable relationship and study interactive media at Chichester college. Sounds like a simple life, doesn't it.
edit: just as a note, my name is Piia Maria <insert last name here>, for people who are wondering how I came up with Maria.
I wish my life would've always been this simple. I wasn't the popular kid in school, in fact after splitting up with my first boyfriend all my friends seemed to turn their backs to me. I was bitter, upset, angry at the time but thankfully we've all grown up at least a little now. Thankfully this chain of events that happened back then lead me to the life I am living now, including meeting my boyfriend, Dan.
As I wasn't exactly the most social person in the world when I was younger (drinking outside in the freezing cold when underaged wasn't my thing), I got into World of Warcraft. I must say that I got so hooked to it that I spent almost all my free time on the game - simply because I had somebody to talk to and could just forget about the awful real world I had to live in. Then came August/September 2009, when I joined a guild (sort of a game group) Dan was a part of. I was having a really bad day one day and he noticed it and offered to listen and help, after that we just got into talking more and more and pieces started to fall in place. Believe me, my intention wasn't to find true love on WoW but I guess miracles can happen. Dan flew over to Finland in November 2009 for a week, and we haven't looked back. It was one of the scariest and best moments I've had in my life. I kept thinking that what if he doesn't show up, what if he's just been messing with me? Well, he did show up. It's been about one and a half years now.
I do still play WoW. This game has made me travel to Holland for an amazing weekend with the people I play with, I've spent a weekend with a few fellow guildies in London and now we are thinking of getting together for a BBQ next summer! For me meeting up with these people is like seeing real life friends now, I don't see it as weird or risky in any way. I do after all spend countless hours with them online every day, you sort of get to know people.
Other than WoW, I don't do that much. I like photography but it's been so miserable in England that I haven't really felt the urge to go out and walk for hours to get some nice pics. Spring is on it's way though, you can see tiny leaves in most of the trees now and the sun has been shining for about a week now. I started swimming somewhere before Christmas, but I've had a two week break from it for various reasons. And now that it's been so nice outside I've wanted to go running and walking instead of spending my daily 30 minutes of excercise in a swimming hall, getting annoyed by old ladies blocking up the lanes.
And speaking of spending my 30 minutes, it's time to go for a walk. :)
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