So, here I am again :P One day late, sorry. I forgot about it (A)
Last sunday, we went to my host grandpa and grandma, as I already mentioned last week. We got up early, still later then planned, tho xD First we went to Seppo's father, that was nice, and we picked berries. A lot of them. Really xD
After that we went to Tuula's mother. The sisters & brother of Tuula were there as well, and all with all it reminded me a lot of my own grandma, that was a bit though. But it was a really nice day, and really nice to meet all those people. Even tho they don't speak English xD
Monday was exactly 1 month after I arrived in Finland, 20-09-2010! It was a normal schoolday, and after that we went straight to the stables. At the stables I showed Tuula some things in the Finnish - Dutch - Finnish dictionary, and there is also a map of the Netherlands in there. She was shocked over how small the Netherlands is :P
Tuesday wasn't much interesting either. Normal schoolday, last day before the testweek started.
Wednesday was the first day of the testweek. Meaning that I didn't have much to do. It felt like weekend xD In the evening I had Finnish class, that was nice again :)
Thursday I had a Maths test, harder then I expected in English, but yeah, I managed and it's more about making the test than having great results right now :P I was finished quickly compared to the others (They have 2.5 hours to make the test O.o' So long), so I went to the store and found Reckoning Night (Sonata Arctica CD) for just €13,-! So cheap! After school we bought curtains, and then we had a very interesting pizza at ABC.
Friday was an empty day again. Slept long. Played some guitar but my fingers are starting to hurt, I play quite a lot xD In the evening we went to the stables, and the farrier was there at that moment. Really nice to see :P
Yesterday was a day of not-so-much again. Sleeping long, watching some TV, laptop, etc..
Oh, there was a musquito that I had to kill, that was interesting. They are so fast O.o'
Today I will include with next week because it's not over yet :P
Oh, and I will start noting the dates I write about on top of every blog entry from now, so I don't have to find out where I have to start writing each time xD
Music for today:
Van Canto - Magic Taborea. I know I already showed you some Van Canto, but this is a new song and it's very addictive :P
I'm sorry for my lack of update in the last week, but I first had camp in the weekend, and then I was really tired, and then I got a light flu and felt pretty crappy too xD It just didn't exactly go as I planned it, but I'm back now with an überlong update about 2 weeks =D
Week 3:
So, on the 17th day, Sunday the 5th, I had a relaxed day. Playing some guitar, been at the stables pretty long (Okay, that was quite boring, but whatever :P), etc..
On Monday we made the schoolphotos, that was interesting. Find out where you have to be, together with 3 other exchange students, in a Finnish school xD But we found it with some help, and it was okay.
Tuesday I watched Wit Licht, for a presentation in music class, beautiful movie! In the evening I watched NL-FI soccer game. The Netherlands won, ofcourse 8D Was fun to see, especially because I was the only one supporting Dutchland xD
Wednesday was the day I had to present in music class. Went quite okay, told some things about the music in Wit Licht, and about Marco Borsato as a singer in general.
On Thursday we had a little test, where I got 24/28 points without even having the book xD So I already have a + for the test in the upcoming testweek :)
Friday was quite an ordinary day, school (including 3 hours of nothing, I bought candy for camp :P), and at home making some music :)
In the weekend there was AFS orientation camp! It was so much fun :D We played some games and had 'sessions' with the campleaders, in little groups, where we talked about problems that could come up. Was good to talk about ofcourse. And I talked with so much other people and it's so nice :D On the second day there were 2 more sessions, and we got the results of the "talentshow" we had the day before. We won 8D Then we played more games, in one of them I slipped (on stones & sand), opened up one of my knees, and one of my hands, nothing too bad. Then we got home, and as soon as I lied down I was asleep, to wake up 5 hours later, realizing that the whole house was sleeping and that I should probably change to pajamas, brush my teeth, and continue sleeping :P
That week I looked up quite some stuff from Kopspijkers, with some hilarious songs in them. This is a sketch with 'Bush' singing You were always on my mind.
Week 4:
Monday I was still really tired. In some classes it was very hard to stay awake (A). After school some regular stuff, guitar, TV, laptop.
On Tuesday we went to the store to bring back the little bottles and get money for them.. 10 bottles.. €2,- (A) After school there was choir, where my throat got pretty messed up. In the evening Anniina helped me with making my schedules for the coming periods.
Wednesday was a long day! First school, then we went to the police station to fill in some things. After that Finnish lesson :D I like it :D Can't wait till my Finnish starts looking like something :P
In the evening we watched a concert for a good charity on TV, that was quite fun :P
On Thursday we had another jump hour, and I decided to get new money for my cellphone.. WHOA what an adventure ö We went to R kioski, and I was like "Hi.. I need new money for my cellphone, from DNA." and the woman was like "Okay, do you want it on receip or *something*" and I was just like, what's the easiest? And I had to give my number, and she did something in the computer, and a few minutes later I got a text message (In Finnish) that I in school got translated by someone, saying the money is on my cellphone :D I love it :D
In English class we got our essays back, I have 88 out of 100 points, and a big compliment from the teacher!
Flu was getting better today, throat wasn't on fire anymore, but my nose was still running.
On Friday there was the 3 hours of nothing during school again. We went to K citymarket, and I got the brilliant idea to buy a Finnish magazine, just because Tarja Turunen was on the cover. After school we bought a FI-NL-FI dictionary, so now I can start translating the article xD
When I was chatting with Iivari we tried to translate the title, "Olemme Marcelon kanssa halihiirulaisia", but we couldn't find halihiirulaisia in dictionary and internet dictionary. Iivari knew that "hali" means hug, and "hiirulaisia" means mouse, tho. We ended up having a huge laughing attack because we were imagining Marcelo Cabuli (& Tarja) hugging mice xD
(The title is just saying that Tarja is very happy with Marcelo, we found out later. Anniina told me "halihiirulaisia" is a word to show that you're very happy and lucky or sth)
And then today we went to the car stores to buy a car for Anniina, after that we went to the stable to hear that Vesku (one of the horses there) died due to colic, yesterday :(
And I just heard that tomorrow we will go to my host-grandpa&grandma, and we leave at 7.30 AM O.o'
The song for this week is "White flag for peace" by Disco Ensemble:
Last saturday was a relaxed day, slept till 10, then breakfast and I ended up watching some comedy on my laptop and playing some games while listening music. After that made some music, and then we went to some restaurant or something, pizza-kebab-place, had pizza, was nice. The evening was watching Finland vs. Sweden, a lot of fun to see! They're so fanatic here :P
Sunday was fantastic, we went to Helsinki! Awesome city, big, and I've seen some important buildings (And made pictures!)
We also went to the island Suomenlinna, nice, old, castles, and beautiful sights
Monday the 2nd week of school started, after music class I ended up talking with the music teacher (He figured out I play instruments & sing), and he's going to try if he can fix a violin for me, oh, and I'm in the choir :D
The choir was on tuesday, after school. Seems to be nice :) First song we'll do is Fairytale by Alexander Ryback, and I'm with the soprano's, as expected :P
But before that I had my schoolday, and with art we now have to copy a painting of a famous painter, I'm copying a painting by van Gogh :P
Wednesday wasn't much special. School-Hesburger-music shop to check out some guitars-making a little walk in the village. Nice place, really :)
Evening ended with panic for a big moth flying into my room, and me trying to kill it with a towel.. *ahem* I succeeded and could go to sleep in safety!
Thursday was a normal school day, and after school to the stables, Markus had to show off with his new machine, some kind of mini-tractor. Awesome thing! :D
Friday was an empty schoolday again, art - 3 hours nothing - maths
Maths was easier to follow this time because there were more numbers and less words :D
When host-father got home he played some piano, nice :P He has this book what he tried to play from, but left hand is hard for him, but we ended up playing a song, and then listening to the other playing one, and so on :P
I start missing my own comfortable bed, tho, this one is not as soft as my own :(
And today we went to a horse show with only Finnish horses. Beautiful animals! It was quite cold, but that didn't make it less fun, I made almost 400 pictures O.o'
Then when we got back home, host-mother came back home with the guitar! :D We decided yesterday that they would buy it and it stays here when I go back home. It's a really nice black steel-stringed guitar :) Spent the whole evening playing :D
So, some music for this week. Very addictive song, and very funny videoclip :)
