January 10th? 2008 - maybe
I just had the best fish of my life - from a grocery store….
It was brought to my attention again that I would make a terrible homeless person. Sure I’ll eat directly out of a can, but what’s inside the can is organic, low sodium, high-grade in ecco friendly packaging. And I spent six dollars on grapes.
Oh and I watched an episode of the OC. It’s shaming I know. I shouldn’t even be admitting to it. But it was what I could find to watch that was actually in English, and… I liked it. (I know, I Know. The cold and dark must be having more of an effect than I realize.)
I actually like the dark though. People in Finland leave you alone. Everyone is a hermit together. It’s sort of awesome. My favorite cultural Finnish fact so far is the concept of “oho”, which they seem to say in all sorts of situations. As it was explained to us one of the first days here, it roughly translates as “I know that I may have just done something mildly clumsy, or offensive, or preformed some minor indiscretion against your person, however, in this instance, ‘oho’ is sufficient acknowledgment of the occurrence and now we can both part from one another as if it never happened.” It’s apparently a sign of respect and social decency to let things go as fast as possible.
My classes do not start until monday, so I haven't been up to much. Everything is closed on sundays, so we'll see what happens with that. Maybe I'll clean something. My flatmate is awsome, but she's also really clean. as in always does the dishes right away and scrubs down the counter, ect. So... yeah, needless to say there is a bit of a difference between the interior of our rooms. But I feel really bad if I leave a teaspoon out while waiting for the coffee to boil. Poor girl having to deal with me. But I will try...
it hasn't even been all that could the past two days. It was warm enough to snow this morning. The finns were all about is long sleeve t-shirts. Hell, I didn't even need a jacket. (Thank you Rochester.)
Finnish words:
Aamunkoitteessa (at the break of dawn)
Harmaa - grey
Taivaalla - in the sky
Isku- slash
Iltahämärä or Iltarusko - twilight
It was brought to my attention again that I would make a terrible homeless person. Sure I’ll eat directly out of a can, but what’s inside the can is organic, low sodium, high-grade in ecco friendly packaging. And I spent six dollars on grapes.
Oh and I watched an episode of the OC. It’s shaming I know. I shouldn’t even be admitting to it. But it was what I could find to watch that was actually in English, and… I liked it. (I know, I Know. The cold and dark must be having more of an effect than I realize.)
I actually like the dark though. People in Finland leave you alone. Everyone is a hermit together. It’s sort of awesome. My favorite cultural Finnish fact so far is the concept of “oho”, which they seem to say in all sorts of situations. As it was explained to us one of the first days here, it roughly translates as “I know that I may have just done something mildly clumsy, or offensive, or preformed some minor indiscretion against your person, however, in this instance, ‘oho’ is sufficient acknowledgment of the occurrence and now we can both part from one another as if it never happened.” It’s apparently a sign of respect and social decency to let things go as fast as possible.
My classes do not start until monday, so I haven't been up to much. Everything is closed on sundays, so we'll see what happens with that. Maybe I'll clean something. My flatmate is awsome, but she's also really clean. as in always does the dishes right away and scrubs down the counter, ect. So... yeah, needless to say there is a bit of a difference between the interior of our rooms. But I feel really bad if I leave a teaspoon out while waiting for the coffee to boil. Poor girl having to deal with me. But I will try...
it hasn't even been all that could the past two days. It was warm enough to snow this morning. The finns were all about is long sleeve t-shirts. Hell, I didn't even need a jacket. (Thank you Rochester.)
Finnish words:
Aamunkoitteessa (at the break of dawn)
Harmaa - grey
Taivaalla - in the sky
Isku- slash
Iltahämärä or Iltarusko - twilight