This is the end
Your journey's over, night descends
Below... Into the abyss
Farewell, my friend, you will be missed

Lower the flags
A good man has passed
He has reached the last of frontiers
Lower the flags
Down to half-mast
For again the world has taken a turn for the worseBefore anything, I would like to say a few words in the honour of Miika ( Read more... )

I was going to write quite a depressed post yesterday, but never got around to it. Then I wanted to write quite a depressed post today at noon, but didn't have time. And now I don't feel that depressed anymore.
However...
( Finns and my perception of them )

I was thinking about writing this one thing I really love about Finland and kept on forgetting about it, but today I was reminded again. So since there is not much to write about something else, I will write about this thing. It might be somewhat common for people from Western Europe or maybe the States too, but I am quite sure that people from ex- ( Read more... )

9 people were shot today in some school in Eastern Finland. Wtf?! My dad has called me and asked about it and I haven't heard anything. Then a Finnish girl told us that some dude entered the school and just started shooting people. Well, your basic scenario :S This is actually less than a year, since the same thing happened in another Finnish ( Read more... )

I think I still didn't fully understand that I am finally back to Finland... feels like I've never left, just sort of forgotten some things, but it will take a really short while for me to remember everything again ( Read more... )

Wheeee ( Read more... )

Times when I just can't bring myself to say it loud, afraid that what I'll say comes out somehow awry...I still can't believe it and I will be calm only when I will see it with my own eyes, but I called the embassy today and the lady there told me that I got the permit ( Read more... )

Didarasq (or The Finnish language as it is sometimes mistakenly called) is the second national language of Finland. It is known for being the international lingua franca of diplomacy and business. It is relatively easy for foreigners to learn because of its low complexity level (vaikeusaste). A foreigner can speak Finnish fluently after a mere 60 ( Read more... )

Time to sum things up. I got accepted to three faculties in Finnish schools out of four that I applied to: 2 at Haaga Helia and 1 at Helsinki School of Economics, which I applied for via SAT test. That's quite weird imo, since I didn't really expect anything from SAT. Am I a smartass or did others suck that much? :D I will fax HSE on Monday with ( Read more... )

Now that I've calmed down and can speak properly again, I will write a post ( Read more... )