Time to say goodbye

So this is going to be my last post in English. At least for now. And I have to do it at the bar, because the owner of the flat I live, decided to change the network packet and of course there's no network today. Luckily there are some great bars in Helsinki where to go, have a cup of coffee and use their free internet.

Yesterday I had an opportunity to practice my English once again. I was at my Czech friend's birthday party and since I don't speak any Czech, I had to speak English with them. Simple as that. And I also had to speak English with Finnish while some Czech was participating in the conversation. But all the Czech people left quite early and then I had a change to practice my Finnish. It can be really really hard to think in three different languages. I felt sorry for the birthday girl, because she had to talk with all her guests and change the language all the time. But I also find it very challenging and interesting.

I got home around 6 in the morning, because I and one Finnish guy missed our bus and then we decided to walk to the next stop. But it didn't take so long and we continued walking until we got lost. There was about 5 minutes until the next bus, but we couldn't find the right stop anymore. And it was bloody freezing outside! But we didn't give up and after 2 hours of searching and trying to find some stop from where the bus goes to the city center, we finally found one. But we had to wait for half an hour till the right bus comes. And then we had to wait for the first train to get back home. That's one reason why I like small towns, where you don't have to count on the public transport to get home in the night time. But at least I had a company and I didn't have to wander around alone. Hopefully I won't get sick or anything.

Control yourself, Take only what you need from it...

Last weekend I was at the Estonian themed fair. I think it went well, except that one kid almost got killed in the nursery. My task was to keep an eye on children and help the performers there. Although, there was a parental responsibility for children and I even made some very visible posters for that. But kids are still kids. So, there was two boats with wheels and kids were driving around with them. While I was drawing with one kid, some other ones were driving around with the boats and suddenly there was too much speed. So one girl drove straight into the table of the sound mixer and the huge speaker fell on one kid who was sitting and reading a book on the floor. First I only saw the speaker falling, but then I noticed that there was a kid under that! Luckily there was a father of that kid driver who lifted up the speaker, because it was really heavy. It was just a huge schock for everyone. First the boy who got hitted from the speaker was just holding his stomach and didn't say anything. He didn't even cry or scream. Finally he said that his stomach is hurting, but everything else was okay. He didn't have mobile phone with him and his mom was somewhere at the fair. When the first aid guy arrived he asked the boy does he remember his mom's number. And he did! So everything was ok with his memory and all his bones were unbroken. When the mom arrived, she wasn't shocked at all. She even said that his son is always falling from the stairs or something always happens with him. So it was a happy accident, but the boy didn't want to come back there in the next day. You just have to think about every detail and thing what can happen when children are playing. I didn't decorate that room and I think it was a bit bad idea to bring the boats to that room. They were really populat, though, but extremely dangerous. But despite all this, it was great to be with the kids and have some fun with them. We even got some free ice cream :) And I saw one of my estonian acquaintance and her 6 months old baby there. It was a real surprise when she came to look for me to the nursery. She's a bit famous in Estonia and she just got married with Estonia's one of the great musicians (and journalist and writer)who was talking about his books there at the fair. While we were talking, some kids came to ask for an autograph from her. I couldn't hold back my laughter. It was a real surprise for her too. But what the hell, let's write an autograph to the piece of paper and take a picture! It was a great weekend, but I was just exhausted after 8 hours of being in people's mass and talking and walking. There was so much noise and it can be very tiring. Because our association was organizing this, we also had to clean and pack our stuff on Sunday evening. When I got back home, I just laid in my bed and watched tv.

Time has gone so fast and soon there's Christmas! But before that I need to get my school works done, i'm going to celebrate Finland's independence day, visit some friends, go to the theatre, say goodbye to my colleauges, have a dinner and Christmas party with them aaaaand go to Depeche Mode's concert. And of course, i'm going to travel to Estonia and see my dear friends and family. Happy days are coming :)

Busy times

Yesterday I went to the univerity's international evening. One of my Czech friend asked me to go there, and I thought that why not. I skipped it last year, because I didn't feel like i'm an international student. And it was a bit weird to be there because we're speaking Finnish with my Czech friend and all the other students were speaking in English. So the evening's program started with the university's president's speech. And I have to admit that his English is quite awful. Not that i'm perfect in speaking English, but really, it was awkward. I even noticed that he made mistakes in grammar! There wasn't any articles at all. I was just wondering, why some person with better English language skills didn't help him with the speech? Despite this, everything else was nice and the others who were giving their speech did it well. And there was also a performance from Eva & Manu. The girl is from Finland and the guy is from France and they met in England while they were studying music there. And they were great! I honestly had chills while they were singing. It means that their performance really moved me. And it came out that I have heard one of their songs before. From the radio, I guess. After the speeches and musical performance the evening continued with food and wine. So we just enjoyed it as much as we could since it was for free. I also met there one of my Iranian acquaintance who's making his research here in Helsinki. So I had an opportunity to practice my English as well. After the evening in the university we decided to continue it in a bar. And when I got back home, I was a bit dipsy, but happy :)


There are busy times at school and also at work right now. At the moment i'm doing my internship in a companionship of Estonian and Finnish culture which is called Tuglas-seura. At this weekend there's going to be a big Estonian themed fair in Kaapelitehdas. And everyone from Tuglas-seura has to do there something. Including me. They gave me a task to look after children in the nursery. No one knows how many of them are going to be there. So i'm a little bit scared of what's going to happen there. If there's going to be, say 100 children, and suddenly they all want to pee or start to scream at the same time, i'm going to freak out. And I have to be there for 8 hours in two days. I think i'm going to need a good rest after this weekend. But kids are fun and i'm definately going to enjoy it as much as I can. Besides, i'm going to have an another person helping me there. So it's just the fear again. And I have to get my schoolworks done before the weekend. But everything's under control and soon there's (black) Christmas :)

Weekend pleasures

It's weekend and I can say that I have done a lot. It's like second or third weekend during last few months when i'm spending my weekend without rushing somewhere. Feels good. Last evening I went out for a speed walking after a long time. It was full moon and the ducks on the river were making some weird moves which I haven't seen before. They made some very quick moves and it sounded like a motorboat or smth. Maybe they're doing it only when it's dark? So it was kind a romnatic walk. And I also had time for my homeworks. So I finished my essay, filled in my learning diary, read and discovered Prezi.com(!). Usually i'm a bit afraid of using new things. But this time I decided to check and try the new presentation program (at least for me it's new). And it's great! I had some doubts about the Prezi, but it's really easy to use and it looks better than Power Point. Now i'm very proud of myself. Hope that there's a reason to be proud after my presentation as well. I like when things are working out and there's no need to worry. Actually, there's no need to worry at all. Never. People are worrying too much about everything. It's easier said than done, though.


I'm used to watch English tv series and films with the subtitles. But yesterday, while I was watching Midsomer Murders, subtitles suddenly disappeared (thank you, Yle). Sometimes it is difficult to understand England's English without having subtitles. But all went just fine and I understood all the killer's motives and Barnaby's jokes. But sometimes subtitles help you to learn some new word or saying.

Now I should make some grammar exercises and learn the new words. But maybe later. Now it's time to relax and do something fun, like going and feeding the ducks or read Anna Gavalda's book. Hard to choose.

At the moment I've got some time and i'm just copying my old texts from the notebook. From now on I promise to write here every day. We'll see.

Some more videos from Ted.com. I have to admit that it is quite difficult to choose something from there. There are just so many interesting speeches, but most of them are also quite specific and hard to understand. When i'm watching and listening some speech, I have to use English subtitles. And I have to watch one video at least three times to get and remember someting. I'm not very good at telling stories or paraphrasing something. But i'll do my best.

So the next video I watched was about how your brain knows where you are by Neil Burgess. The video is very interesting and there are a lot of good animations and drawings (or however these things are called). For me the speech was a bit too fast and there are a lot of medical terms. So I had to watch that video at least 4 times before I understood what's happening in our brains while we're moving around and recognizing places. There's like hundreds of billions of different neurons in our brains and the neurons are sending signals to each other. The scientists have done some tests on rats or mices and they have begun to understand how spatial memory works by recording from individual neurons in these animals while they forage or explore an environment looking for food. So also humans have the same reactions in their brains. The main point of that speech was that different patterns of electrical activity in brains cells guide us through space. Those pictures and animations helped me a bit to understand some more of that whole thing.

I should now start to watch and listen some podcasts. Enough of Ted.com. Altough BBC Radio 6 music is also a podcast, but usually i'm not really listening to it. It's just a backround.

More independent work

Now i'm trying to make up my independent work. I haven't written down my thoughts often, but that doesn't mean that i'm not doing anything. It just takes time to think and then to write something. Especially in English. It just feels like I can't say everything I would like to. I know that we can also write some stupid or "not so deep" thoughts, but when I do something, i'd like to do it properly. And it disturbs me that I don't have sufficient vocabulary and my grammar sucks. I should take some English schoolbook for the beginners and start to learn some basic stuff. Because 4 years of English lessons are not enough and I have learned from the media by listening.

I really thought and hoped that I would have more time to learn English. But it seems that I haven't done enpough. Though, I have learned some new words and how to write academic texts. At least something, huh?

I also have started to read my academic book for the class presentation. This book is called "Naming and Identity. A cross-cultural Study Of Personal Naming Practices" by Richard D. Alford. Why that book? Because at the moment i'm interested on people's names and also identity. I would like to do my Master's research about my name. I've got some ideas, but nothing specific. For example I could interview estonian women in Finland called Kai. It's because Kai is a men's name here in Finland (and also everywhere else, except in Estonia). I have had some weird coincidences and situations in Finland and I also didn't like my name when I was a child. So that subject just seems interesting for me. And also personal. I'm having some great courses about names and naming, so I hope that this will work out.

About my academic book. It's about naming rituals and naming in general in different societies. There are very interesting examples of name bestowal in different societies. For instance the period of naming is varying from society to society. It depends on society's beliefs and traditions. In most of the nordic countries you have to name your child after at least 6 months after child's born, but e.g. Ganda children are named in a group ceremony after they are weaned at three-plus years of age. The difference between name givers is also quite big.

Alford says that to name a child is to help shape that child's identity. Nietzsche suggests that name giving is an act of power by which the name giver takes possession of the named entity. In some societies parents (or some other name givers)first are giving an ugly name to their child or just calling her/she "boy" or "girl". When the child has grown older, he/she can pick a new name for him/herself. I found it really impressive. Sometimes parents really don't know what tey are doing by naming a child. There can be very awful and insulting names that parents can give. At least there are naming laws in most of the countries, but not in America for example.So parents can name a child "Destynee" or "Krystougher". But still there are weird names in the countries where naming law applies. So if you really care about your child's future, give him/her an ageless and easy name.

Stop killing animals

What else have I done for my independent work module? Well, I watched a speech kalled "Leather and meat without killing animals". It's just incredible how far can the science go. In that video Andras Forgacs tells us, how hea has created new technique to make leather without killing animals. He is using animals cells to grow leather with them. He takes cells from some animal and then coax these cells and after that grow the sheets. He also had an example of the piece of that leather which is made without killing an animal. I understand that this is a big problem when people are killing animals and all the fabrics are destroying our environment. But isn't it too much? Do we need leather at all? Ok, yes, we need shoes and stuff like that, but maybe there's another opportunity to replace leather. People have killed animals for ages and that is for a reason. They want food. And when you kill an animal for food, you also have to remove it's skin. Sounds discusting, but that's how it is. Now you can say that we don't have to eat meat at all. Ok, at least not that much as in US. But it's the most important food to get necessary iron. And I think that in a climate like here or in Estonia you just have to eat some meat. At least a bit. Bff, I really don't want to argue with this topic, but that video made me think of things like that. I totally understand that killing animals has gone too far and there's a lot of animal fabrics which are causing problems for the environment. People's wishes to get meat and leather have grown and there has to be something done. So here's the one option - to grow animals cells without killing them.

My English blog begins

Oh well, what can I say...I can be very stupid sometimes. I started my blog (or diary) by writing down my thoughts in the notebook. When I told my friends about that, they laughed and asked, why am I doing this and wouldn't it be easier to use my old blog and just continue with that. So here I am again. But this time I have to write in English. Hope my teatcher's going to forgive me that it took so long. Now I just have to make some double work. But I think it's worth it and it's easier for my teatcher to read from the blog (not from my handwritten diary!).

In the beginning I thought that yeah, this is so original to write in a notebook. Plus it's healthier, safer and I can do it where ever I want. But it came out that I need to use computer anyway to use dictionary or check something from the Google.

I should jot down my thoughts about independent work or whatever comes to my mind. So here it comes...

When our English class started, I watched on Ted.com website a video about how schools kill creativity. In that video Ken Robinson is telling us that being afraid of being wrong is the main problem in schools. I can't agree more. He says that public education is focused on producing university professors. I think it's because our society affects us and everything is focused on producing more money. You just can't be rich if you work as a dancer or musician. That's what people usually think. In my opinion the Ken Robinson's speech is very good and he gives a lot of vivid examples. He's also funny and meanwhile it felt like he's a stand-up comedian or something. But I totally agree with him that we're over producing people with high education and it's getting more difficult to get a job after graduating from university. And high education is not for everyone. I also think that teatchers should take every student into account separately and target them. I know that it's difficult, but not impossible though.

And I decided to keep my posts public. Maybe for my friend it's not so interesting to read, but then they can see how i'm using my free time. And have a great laugh maybe :)

Hei, voisinko pysäyttää sut hetkeksi?

Vaheaeg alaku! Käisin eelmisel nädalal loengus nimega Popular music, politics and social protest. Osalejad olid enamasti hipsterid ja suurem osa neist prantslased. Loengut pidas itaallane. Noh, kasu oli sellest ehk nii palju, et nüüd oskan mõne loo sõnu tõlgendada ja nägin huvitavaid dokfilme. Et ainepunkte saada, tuleb esitada essee mingist laulust. Jääb ära. Arvan. et 2500 sõna selleks on liiga pikk ja minu inglise keele oskus ei küündi sinna. Aga muidu vaheaeg möödub kenasti ja käin trennis ja võtan toas päikesevanne.

Olen avastanud, et ma näen välja nagu soomlane. On see siis hea või halb. Aga näiteks saunas välismaalased minuga rääkima nii lihtsalt ei hakka. Teistega aga küll. Ja siis kui jutupeale saame, on nende esimene küsimus et kas ma olen soomlane? Ei, eestlane. Aaa ooo aga sa oskad soome keelt? Jah, ma õpin seda. Ooo vau, aga miks? Järgmine küsimus palun. Ma siis järeldasin, et neil on ilmselt soomlastega samu kogemusi nagu mul. Ei tasu ise juttu alustada. Ja siis need feissarid, inimesed kes erinevatest organisatsioonidest sinult tänava peal allkirja või jumal-teab-mida tahavad. Hulgast inimestest leiavad nad just minu, keda kõnetada. A võibolla olen ma lihtsalt naiivse näoga? Või hoopis heatahtliku? Või vaatan inimstele silma? Kui ma nüüd kõigi nende juures peatuse teeksin ja nende toredast organisatsioonist juttu kuulaksin, läheks sinna ilmselt terve päev. Mida teha? Eesti lipp kätte võtta? Pensionärina vestleksin nendega hea meelega. Noore elu on kiire, eksole.

Mu naabritädi nikastas tööl selga. Nüüd ta ei saa kummardada ega kaua ühe koha peal olla. Ja lisaks on ta kogu nädala haiguslehel. Woohoo! Väga rahu siin ei saa. Iga kord kui köögis olen või vetsus-vannitoas liigun, siis tuleb ta äkilise ukseavamisega oma toast välja. Olen mitu korda tõsiselt ehmunud. Ta on veidi nagu tüütu putukas. Aga mis sa teed. Ootad augusti lõppu. Ja siis saan võibolla mitu temasugust korterikaaslast. Nagu ütleb Õnnepalu, siis alati on millegi üle viriseda. Alati.

Aga näeme reedel või järgmisel nädalal. Igatahes näeme.

Tsau!

Lugejate tungival soovil tuleb taas miskit kirjutada. Tegelikult on hea ka enda mälupilt siia talletada, kuna näiteks Tampere-aegset blogi tagantjärgi lugedes olid pooled asjad meelest läinud. Et ma siis teen seda ka enda pärast :)

Igatahes asjalood on nüüd nii, et mul on uus korterinaaber, Sari. Ta on umbes 50ndates ja kolis siia Hämeenlinnast et suvel Helsingis välitöid teha. Ta on muidu väga sõbralik ja tore, aga...ärkab ta kell 4.45, tal on tohutu hulk asju, räägib liiga palju, peab köögis minuga samal ajal toimetama, ootab sellelt korterilt kõiki mugavusi, tal läheb rull vetsupaberit päevas, kas ma jätkan? :D Noh, selline "tahan veel noor olla" vanainimene. Aga samas on tore, kui seltsi on. Ja ta ütleb "moi" asemel "tsau". Vaatas ka vbla itaalia filme kunagi. Küsisin talt selle kohta, aga ta arvas, et see tuleneb sellest kustpoolt pärit oled. Hmmm.

Eelmisel nädalal õppisin usinalt. Noh nii palju, kui mul võimalik oli. Vahepeal tuli naabrit juhendada ja poes ja joogas käia ja värsket õhku hingata. Aga eksamid läksid ehk paremini kui esimese semestri omad. Nüüd on veel rootsi keel jäänud ja siis lastakse vaheajale.

Järgmisel nädalal on suured Vappu pidustused. Ehk siis üliõpilaste joomapidu. Ilmselt lähen lihtsalt seda tänavapilti vaatama. 7-kraadise soojaga väga pargis mätta peal istuda ei tahaks. Pealegi järgmisel päeval lubas Keilin külla tulla. Toob mulle Eestist moosi ja muud tavaari :) Ise tulen sinnapoole ilmselt reedel, kui kõik plaanipäraselt sujub.

Tampere tuletas end jällegi meelde. Üks venelane, kellega seal koos õppisime, kirjutas et nägi vist mind afros. Kindlasti nägi. Maailm on jälle nii väike. Mina jälle inimest ära ei tundnud. Tüüpiline. Arvatavasti kohtume mõnes tunnis.

Suveplaanide kohta ärge küsige. Tööd on suht võimatu saada. Üks variant on korter paariks kuuks välja üürida. Aga eks see selgub lähiajal siis. Augustist alustan praktikaga ja töökoht on Flow-festivalialal :D Mitte et see peamine oleks, aga vägev ikka :)

Varsti näemeee! musmus

Virvon varvon tuoreeks terveeks tulevaks vuodeks. Vitsa sulle, palkka mulle

Oooo Suur Reede! Nüüd on palju vaba aega ja kooli tuleb minna alles järgmise nädala neljapäeval. Varusin omale külmkappi mämmit ja mõned munad. Jeesus, tähistan lihavõtteid uhkes üksinduses. Midagi uut jälle. Aga muidu ilmad on ilusad, päike lõõskab, soojakraade keskmiselt +2.

Ja mida ma vahepeal teinud olen? Saanud häid ja halbu uudiseid, prükkarit mänginud, õppetükke teinud, joogas, pilateses ja afros käinud, teatrietendust vaadanud, baaris istunud ja koosolekust osa võtnud. Ei midagi erilist siis. Minu suur soov oli CIMO-sse praktikale saada. Valiti mind küll välja ja käisin vestlusel ja puha. Aga anti teine koht! Mida ma sellega peale hakkan?! Valiti inimene, kes järgmisel aastal kandiderida ei saa. Duh. Milleks see kogu komejant?! Otsuse oleks saanud ka puhtalt paberite põhjal teha. Soovitati järgmisel aastal uuesti kandideerida. Igatahes olin ma juba vaikselt ahastusse langemas. Aga siis! Järgmisel päeval avasin oma meilboksi ja seal oli kiri Tuglas-seurast. Olin teise valikuna sinna kandideerinud. Küsiti, kas olen endiselt huvitatud sinna praktikale minemisest. Otseloomulikult! Ühe agaga. Praktika algab augustis ja lõpeb novembris. Nojah. Koolis pole enam palju aineid teha jäänud. Saame ehk graafiku klappima. Loo moraal: pole halba ilma heata ja vastupidi. Mitte kunagi. Minu puhul vähemalt. Aga suvi tuleb ka ju tööga täita. Kõikvõimalikele suvetööökohtadele on igatahes kandideeritud. Võin varsti unepealt motivatsioonikirju kirjutada. Oh seda tänapäeva rasket nooruspõlve!

Aga prükkarielust. Olen vahepeal ennast võõraste asjadega ehtinud. Kuna mu naaber ära kolis, siis kadusid ühes temaga ka mõned vajalikud nõud. Tema omad siis. Mul oli vaja suuri praetaldrikuid ja väikseid desserttaldrikuid ja muud nipet-näpet. Need sain ilma rahata taaskasutuskeskusest. Okei, desserttaldrikud maksid 50 senti tükk, aga üks nendest on ka Villeroy & Boch ja teine hiina portselanist :D Allkorruse kogumispunktist sain taignarulli ja pottide komplekti ja varasemalt ka fööni. Ausalt, mul oli prükkari tunne. Tulin just saunast ja käisin sealt läbi. Nii igaks juhuks, äkki keegi on oma asjadest vahepeal loobunud. Ja pistsingi kraami ilusti kotti. Keegi ei näinud. tegelikult ei ole asi nii hull ja ülinormaalne kui keegi tunneb teise vanadest asjadest rõõmu.

Eile sain tantsuelamuse osaliseks. Käisin afrotantsu trennis. Õpetaja oli selline pisike blondi poisipeaga soomlanna, energiast tulvil. Mul oli terve tund naeratus suul ja tuju hea :) Pärast ka. Heasti higiseks sai ka. Joogatunnid on siin veidi teistsugused kui harjunud olin. Kuna enamus on lagajad, siis kasutatakse abivahendeid. Näiteks spetsiaalseid korgist klotse mis painutamisel abiks on ja rihmu, mis venitamisel aitavad. Pigem meenutab asi võimlemistundi, aga abiks seegi.

Kuna ma siin endiselt suht loner olen, siis läksin ühel õhtul oma õppeaine üliõpilasorganisatsiooni koosolekule. Eelnevalt olin kindel, et ei tee enam midagi sellist. TLÜ-s komejandi tegemisest suht piisas. Aga siin on natuke teistmoodi. Inimesed on vanemad ja kokku saadakse harva. Pealegi teadsin ma osavõtjaid juba varasemalt. Järgmisel nädalal korraldame ülikooli aastapäeva puhul peo. Teemaks Soome ja soomlus. Dekoratsioonid, riided ja söök tuleb vastavalt teemale. No näiteks Marimekko kleit või vihmaülikond on kindel minek. Või siis lihtsalt sini-valge riietus. Ehk tuleb üritusest asja.

Oh well, palju mune teile ja näeme varsti!

Kaikki laivaan tatatatatatataaaa

Niinii. Tõde soomlaste kohta on selgunud! Mulle saadeti link ühe soomlase kirjutatud blogist, mis kannab pealkirja Helsinki For Urban Travelers. Seal siis kirjutatakse, kuidas soomlastega sõprust sobitada. Väidetavalt on nad erakordselt häbelikud ja käituvad nagu kassid. Ja seda peetkase väga veidraks kui sa mõnele soomlasele iga kord naeratad. Blogis soovitatakse soomlasi nii kaua ignoreerida kui võimalik, sest nad tulevad ise su juurde (nagu kassid). Ja see on ootamist väärt, kuna soomlasest sõber on eluaegne sõber. Kui sa siis oled selle ühe sõbra siin Helsingis leidnud, tekib võimalus sõbruneda omakorda tema sõpradega :D Ja tänava peal pole mingit võimalustki kellegagi sõprust sobitada. Ma siis jään oma võimalust ootama.

Eile sain kokku Ruudiga (või Ruuduga?), kes on meil tõlkekursusel tekstide toimetaja. Ta on kunagi Tartu ülikoolis vahetusüliõpilasena olnud ja õppis seal eesti keelt. Kahjuks tahab ta ka minu ja Margotiga eesti keeles rääkida. Kirju saadame soome keeles, aga eile läks vestlus sujuvalt eesti keele peale. Aga ta on väga tore tüdruk ja andis nii muuseas oma Viking Line'i boonuskupongi mulle. Ma juba lootsin, et saan seda siis kasutada, kui vaheajaks Eestisse tulen. Aga kupong kehtib ainult 13. veebruarini. Sellega saab 4 euroga päevakruiisile ja me Margotiga otsustasime, et teeme ühe väikse tripi Tallinnasse. Kuna meil mõlemal kolmapäev vaba on, siis oligi mõeldud-tehtud. Läheme kusagile sööma ja ostame toidukraami kaasa. Nagu soomlased :D Et kui kellelgi juhtub kohtumiseks aega ja viitsimist olema, siis lähme 13. veebruaril kusagil kella 14 ajal sööma :)Aga märtsi esimesel nädalal näeme nii või teisiti ;)

Koolist ka veidike. Täna hommikul oli mul populaarmuusika ajaloo loeng, kus jõudsime lõpuks rock muusikani. Esimeses loengu osas käsitleti veel avangardset jazzi, mida on veidi raske kuulata. Aga kui jutt biitlite ja rollinguteni jõudis, siis klassis oli tunda kohe elavnemist :D Naljakas oli jälgida inimeste reaktsiooni, kui õppejõud pani mängima biitlite kaverduse loost Matchbox. Selline tunne oli, et kõik tahaks püsti karata ja tantsida :D Aga hoog rauges kui jutt bluesile läks.

Täna avastasin, et päris tobe on oma läpakaga loengus kellegi ees istuda. Tagumine näeb kõike, mdia sa seal teed ja mis lehekülgedel kolad. Isegi nime võib teada saada, kui feissbuugis surfatakse. Täna jälgisin paratamatult ühe minu ees istuva noormehe läpakat. Ta isegi kirjutas konspekti ja nii. Aga imelikuna tundus mulle tema desktopi pilt. Seal oli Nicolas Cage. Nagu miks ühel kultuuriteadust tudeerival noormehel on desktopil Nicolas Cage'i pilt? Oi ja täna toodi seal samas loengus üks väga hea näide selle kohta, et kultuur pole ikka päris globaliseerunud. Näidati ühe Jaapani bändi pilti ja õppejõud küsis, kas keegi teab neid. Üks tütarlaps teadis. Ülejäänud ei. Bändi nimi on Kat-tun ja nad on hetkel Jaapanis ja Lõuna-Koreas umbes sama kuulsad nagu omal ajal läänes Backstreet Boys. Ja see pole iseenesest mõistetav, et kogu maailm teab, kes on Britney Spears. Ma ei tea, kas mu mõte jõudis kohale :D

Ilm on meil lumine ja sajule ei paista veel lõppu tulevat. Kraadid on kusagil -3 ringis. Ja viirused ringlevad. Oh lõppeks see talv juba...

Ooksä Katariina?

Tjena!

Leidsin nüüd selle tunnikese, et teile veidi kirjutada. Aga ei tea, kust alustada. Kuu aja jooksul on nii mõndagi toimunud. Mõned head, mõned mitte nii head asjad.

Keegi kunagi ütles, et selline nagu on aasta esimene päev, tuleb kogu ülejäänud aasta. Noh, minu aasta algas rootsiteemaliselt ja tundub, et jätkub ka. Igatahes alustasin ma nüüd rootsi keele õppimist. Siis vahepeal käis üks hollandlane visiidil ja tõi kingituseks Rootsi hobusekujulise kausi ja tutvustas mulle Rootsi jazzi. Üks päev kooli tõtates tõmmati mind teelt kõrvale ja pidin Soome Rootsi tv-le intervjuu andma. No tegelikult vastasin ainult mõnele küsimusele mingi uue seriaali kohta. Polnud suurt midagi öelda.

Sel semestril võtsin rohkem aineid ja nüüd ma siin siplen koduste töödega. Aga mõned ained saavad märtsi alguseks läbi, siis võib kergemalt hingata. Saades innustust Raoul Kurvitza raamatust Attitude.Ülevaade hoiakulisest popkultuurist, võtsin loengu nimega sissejuhatus populaarmuusika ajalukku. Seal me siis kuulame muusikat ja vaatame videoid ja kirjutame ja joonistame. Noo silmaringi avardamiseks väga vahva :) Ja siis on mõned erialased loengud ja rootsi keel ja kultuuri uurimise viisid vms. Üks erialastest ainetest on käännöspaja, kus me tõlgime enda valitud ilukirjanduslikku raamatut oma emakeelest soome keelde, ja siis soomlasest paariline teeb toimetaja tööd. Oleme seal Margotiga paaris, kuna keegi ei tahtnud eestlasi võtta :D Lõpuks siis saime ühe Ruut-nimelise tüdruku. Täna kohtusime esimest korda ja jättis väga sümpaatse mulje. Tõlgime Margotiga Tõnu Õnnepalu Paradiisi. Mõlemad teeme esialgu oma versiooni ja siis Ruut paneb need kokku. Ikka küllaltki raske on seda tõlkida, aga samas põnev. Viimasel ajal on kuidagi palju nalja saanud. Kui keegi naerda tahab ja soome keelest aru saab, siis soovitan sellist saadet nagu Putous. Näeb ka youtube'st. Olen siin mõni päev üksinda itsitanud ja südamest naernud. Noo ja sellest tuli ka koolis juttu. Siis ma ei saanud muidugi loengus naeru pidama. Huh. Lisaks anti mulle pastakas, millel seisab kiri: Russian tours. Üks koolivend Pavel on seal tööl ja väljastab soomlastele Vene viisasid :D Koolist siis nii palju. Aa ja too pealkiri, ooksä Katariina? Koolis üks naine arvas, et olen keegi Katariina. Küsis lausa kaks korda :D No ei ole!

Eile käisin siidri-testi tegemas :D Netis on selline koht nagu Mielipidemaailma, mille kaudu saadetakse sulle erinevaid küsitlusi ja kui teatud arvu punkte kokku saad, võid valida mingi auhinna. Noo ja siis vahel on sellised uuringud, kus helistatakse ja kutsutakse mingit toodet kohapeale testima. Ükskord pakuti õlletesti, aga sellele ei õnnestunud minna. Nüüd siis pakuti siidri testimist. Mina sain aru, et seal ikka maitstakse siidrit ja nii. Aga tuli välja, et pidin hindama siidripudeleid :D See oli ilmselt mingi uus siidrimark, mida tahetakse võimalikult maskuliinseks vist teha. Et mehed ka siidrit hakkaksid jooma. Istusin siis seal arvuti taga ja vaatlesin ja katsusin erinevaid pudeleid :D Et kuidas sildid küljes on ja kas on mugav käes hoida. No täitsa põnev :D Tänutäheks sain valida, kas tahan kohvipakki ja šokolaadi või kinopiletit. Võtsin viimase ja valin Finnkinos nüüd kõige kallima seansi :D

Lõpetuseks üks filmisoovitus ka. Või siis kaks. Käisin DocPointil ühte filmi vaatamas ja selleks oli Inside Out, mis räägib Anton Corbijnist. Ta on teinud ühe minu lemmikfilmidest, Control'i ja peaaegu kõik Depeche Mode'i videod ja palju muud head kraami. Ja milliseid fotosid! Soovitan soojalt. Mulle läks muidugi hinge, teistele ei pruugi samamoodi mõjuda. Ja teine film on Rent a Cat. Kel üksindusetunne peal, vaadaku.

Ja üleüldse lumi sulab ja varsti on kevad :)