Princess Backpacker Una 烏娜的秘密花園

  (photo from kakslauttanen arctic resort)
I took the bus from Rovaniemi to Kakslauttanen in the morning.

有時人到異鄉，就會特別想念家鄉味。芋頭糕是Una很愛的一道台灣料理，應該說本身就是個芋頭控，舉凡從芋頭麵包、芋頭蛋糕、芋圓、芋稞巧、芋泥西米露都是自己的最愛。昨天邀請公婆和大姑子來家裏用餐，就特地做了這道芋頭糕來招待他們，以下就是食譜分享。
 
食材:
A.炒料

 
曾問過身邊已經當媽的朋友們，她們覺得最棒的胎教是甚麼?她們一致性的回答，那就是保持心情愉悅。 

因為媽咪的心情會影響到寶寶在身體裡面的成長狀況，只要媽媽難過、生氣、擔心、壓力、抱怨都會直接影響到肚中寶寶。我朋友因為在孕期都盡可能保持心情愉悅，生出來的小孩也就總是笑嘻嘻，不太會哭鬧。 

 
網路霸凌這個新聞最近鬧得沸沸揚揚，不少部落客或粉絲團的版主也開始抒發自己藏在心中的秘密。

提到網路霸凌，自己順便也想說說生活霸凌。相信不少網路霸凌者，很有可能是現實生活中的被霸凌者，可能工作、愛情、婚姻、友誼、家庭不順。這不代表說這些網路霸凌者情有可原，而是網路霸凌變成一種發洩和逃避自己現實生活很糟糕的出口，將自己的負面情緒想加諸在別人身上，另一種方面來說，是心理上的一種變態，必須透過批評，才能活在自己其實比對方好的自欺欺人感覺裡。

 
The dreams are not always possible in reality. I had a big dream to get the sponsor for the trip, but I didn’t know how to make it a reality.
I got the e-mail from the NBE to remind me of registering information for the MATKA Workshop Day, so I might have the chance to get the 15 min speed meeting. The MATKA suppliers are the potential business partners for the global travel companies and media. For the travel bloggers the MATKA suppliers are the potential sponsors or the business partners.
Ok! Let me say that the game rule is the suppliers are like the bosses, the buyers (traveling bloggers, the travel companies, media) are like the candidates. The bosses can make the decision to accept your requested meeting or not by your profile and you if match the condition they are looking for.
Every supplier listed what kind of business partners they were looking for. Of course, travel blogger never on the list. Both parties can request, accept and decline meetings. Meeting requests must be confirmed by both sides in order to be scheduled. It means the meeting will be canceled once you haven’t been accepted or been rejected.
Business is business, the suppliers will chose the main target buyers, even though they are looking for the bloggers, they must chose the top travel bloggers. I’m not famous enough, I have no local social relationship. It seems like the mission impossible to get the 15 min speed meeting for me.
I will have no chance to get the sponsor trip if I didn’t get any speed meeting. Even though I have the speed meeting chance, it can’t guarantee I would win the sponsor.
It’s like looking for the job and be a sales. The first step is to send your profile to request the meeting. The supplier accept your request, then you will have the speed meeting. The second step is you are attending the 15 min one to one speed meeting. You must proposal yourself for your purpose in English. Successful or not relied on your presentation and communication with the supplier.
At the beginning I was looking for the Australian suppliers, but I couldn’t find any on the supplier list. I started to send the Asian and Africa countries, but I didn’t get any answer or been rejected.
Zero meeting sounds no good at all. Maybe I only attending the NBE for this trip. It’s not bad, whatever nobody knows my big dream, even though I don’t make it. I was on fire to chase my big dream, I haven’t had the ambition for a dream and challenge for a long time.
Ok! Then I changed my mind to only focus on the Finland suppliers. At first I also didn’t get any answer or been rejected again. Finally one supplier accepted my request. This meeting was meaningful for me. It gave me the confidence, no matter if I was successful or not.
I almost finished my Finland travel schedule when I got the first meeting permission. I found out that I would only have few days in Finland after MATKA Workshop Day. I was setting my basic goal that to get at least one night accommodation sponsor. Not only save the money, but archive my dream and overcome the big challenge. I wanted to build a milestone for my travel blogger career on 2015.
I renewed my profile and sent the request to the meeting request. This time I only sent the request to the supplier where I might go there, then some suppliers accepted my requests. Final I had 7 speed meetings.
I felt it was not real when I knew I would have 7 speed meetings. I never present a proposal overseas before, I never think of my first proposal overseas would be from Australia to Finland. It was my first time to take a flight over 24 hours.
Actually no one could help me how to write the English sponsor proposal, most of my top blogger friends don’t need to write the proposal for the sponsors. You only need to write the Chinese if you are looking for the sponsor in Taiwan. I was going to have the meeting with the Finn, so I got to write the English proposal. The only way was to do it by myself without any help. 
Honestly, most people would think that I didn’t have the chance to win the sponsor. I need to compete with other buyers and top bloggers. I need to impress the supplier within 15 min speed meeting by my presentation and communication, even though my English was not fluent, then make it so they would like to sponsor me.
Anyway, I have a stubborn personality that I go on undeterred by the dangers ahead. I want to overcome the challenge when I know it is hard to make it. It’s not my style to quit without trying. I was thinking that I would only get the chance once to try it, otherwise I would never have the chance. The worst situation is that I fail at all the meetings, but it didn’t mean I lose anything. It means I earn 7 meetings experience with Finn. Once I won 1 meeting, it means I got 14% performance for the first experience overseas. Yes, I was ready for the worst situation, but I was still keeping positive. I was promoting myself as the product.

 
My first trip was in Northern Europe this year. Anyway this trip came true my dreams. Why did I chose to go to Northern Europe? The only reason was the bloggers workshop where was located in Northern Europe.
Bloggers’ workshop? You must be curious what is that? Ok, I got to say it from the beginning. After all I came true my South America trip and Europe trip on 2014. I didn’t have any traveling plan on 2015 until I saw my friend sharing the information about the international travel bloggers workshop in Finland.
I saw the opportunities to me. Whatever the international workshop, win the sponsor or get the case. It’s a tough challenge for me, but I’d like to take it. To attending the international workshop was one of my dreams when I was studying the master degree. I love to get the sponsor for my trip, but I hadn’t tried it yet. How to get a case or sponsors in oversea? I want to challenge myself to see how far I can go.

Can you image that you swim in the frozen sea? You must think that's too crazy! OK...I tried it today. Just amazing.
The Sampo Icebreaker ship is the only one in the world. You can enjoy swimming with ice cubes. Of course, you got to wear the special warm survival suit. Actually people will look like the lobster after wearing it, so we call it's lobster suit as well. I should call it lobsters swimming in the frozen sea.

I a little worried it was not warm enough, but it's warm enough. Your body not feel cold at all. Only my hands felt cold. Next time you should try the unique experience in Finland.
 
你可以想像你自己在冰海游泳的樣子嗎?你肯定會覺得這想法太瘋狂。 
但Una今天就在芬蘭的冰海浮泳，這個經驗太奇妙。
  
準備下船煮龍蝦去冰海浮泳
 
 
龍蝦下水冰海浮泳的樣子
 
芬蘭的聲寶觀光破冰船是全球唯一的，這冰海浮泳的行程也是唯一的。想要在零下幾十度的冰海浮泳，當然得穿上特別的防寒衣，大家又叫它龍蝦裝。
因為每個人穿上這一身紅色的防寒衣真的就很像一隻大龍蝦，遠遠看就像一群龍蝦躺在海上做日光浴啊!因為龍蝦裝很大，每個人走起路來真的超好笑，穿上去也很難認出誰是誰了，因為大家看起來真的差不多都像龍蝦!哈哈 
 
破冰船一周通常只開兩班，而且視天氣而定，若是天氣不夠好、冰塊不夠多，就算訂票了，也有可能無法出航。
 
Una貼出這些照片真是犧牲自己和.........別人啊!哈...如果你穿上這龍蝦裝還能美若天仙和帥氣逼人，請務必分享一下!
 
芬蘭破冰船官網 Sampo Icebreak ship http://www.visitkemi.fi/en/sampo-icebreaker
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La Bocca della Verità (the Mouth of Truth) is located in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy.Starting from the Middle Ages, it was believed that if one told a lie with one's hand in the mouth of the sculpture. Most Romans believe that the 'Bocca' represents the ancient god of the river Tiber. I got to admit that I was a little worried that the mouth of truth would bite my hand.  
I went there twice. They closed the door before 10 mins, so I missed it at the first time. Anyway I went there second time, finally I got this photo. There just for tourist photo. Of course, I'm a tourist. haha

 

It was cold at the night in Huaraz. You can see the woman was selling the clothes, the hats...etc. The bulb was not light enough to see the whole stall, so she would move the bulb to show you the products. It reminded me of Taiwan night market. Anyway I got a exotic hat there. Hope she could have the good business.
是說Una的旅遊雜記欠很大，今天看到今年去南美洲一個人的自助旅行照片，忍不住想要來跟大家分享一下。 

 
(照片來自Les官網)
今天來介紹一下Una有上過的課程"BODY PUMP"，又稱為槓鈴有氧，有"世界最快的塑身運動"美稱。
話說當初Una的健身房業務，幫Una規劃和推薦可以去上的課程。這門課Body Pump就是他的強烈推薦之一。