Week 10

24 - 30 october

So, I'm here again xD

Last sunday was the last day of the holiday, didn't do so much, computer, TV, puzzlebooks, played some piano, etc..

On monday the schoolweek started again, so I started with music. It was all explaination but it was mainly stuff I already knew so that wasn't much of a problem. At home I didn't do much again, read a bit, played some guitar, etc..

Tuesday was another normal schoolday, after school I had choir, that was fun. We did some new songs, mainly Finnish. And we started the Christmas songs! :D

Wednesday was another very normal average day :P It was really nice to see that we're doing something I had last year with maths now, tho! But now I learned to solve the formula in another way. It's fun. Then we had to spend quite some time in Nummela before we had Finnish class, so we walked around a bit and ate something.

Thursday was different, I didn't go to school because I felt really crappy. It started with just not waking up, and by the time I did wake up I had a massive headache and my stomach was hurting too. Well, didn't miss that much. French teacher wouldn't be there so I would only have art class.

Friday I went to school again, another normal day. Math teacher found a Finnish-English list of matematical terms, usefull. Apart from the fact I don't understand half of the English terms either xD So I have to look for an English-Dutch list, I guess.. For the rest nothing special again.

And then yesterday, weekend again. Didn't do much, watched some TV, made some sudoku's, played some piano, did some stuff on the computer. Overall quite an average week, but that was nice too :P

So, some music for today.

I've been listening to this song quite a lot lately, Casomai by Laura Pausini. I think it's great!

I'll be back next week, bai!

Week 9

17 - 23 october

Sunday was a quiet and easy day, mainly spent my time making puzzels, playing guitar and scrolling around the internet. In the evening we went to the stables, and the dog went with us, that was nice:P

Monday was another typical holiday-day. Sleep long, don't do so much. Took a nice and long walk tho, to the center of Vihti. Took the touristic route, what resulted in me at no point having no idea where I was, but just kept walking "Eventually I'll recognize stuff". It ended up I was on the right way so that's nice.

Tuesday was, again, a lazy day. Piano, guitar, computer, TV.

Wednesday we went swimming. It was.. well, different from what I'm used to. And no swimshorts allowed ö It was quite nice, but not as much fun as it usually is with friends. In the evening more TV! Also, it was the day I was in Finland exactly 2 months!

Thursday was great. First we went to the store because I did have neat clothes, but no neat shoes xD Then lunch, a quick shower and a littlebit of computer before we left to Helsinki for the opera! It was AWESOME 8) Really really nice experience!

The opera was called Pohjalaisia

(One of the characters, Antti)

Friday was again nothing special. Made a nice walk to the centre again, and made a quick stop at the store to bring in 16 empty bottles and get chocolate xD

Saturday was again a very very lazy day. Nothing special, apart from the fact that I've been thinking it was sunday untill I found out it's saturday at 22.30 (Thx Fay xD)

Some music for today, a very interesting collaboration from Wibi Soerjadi and Di-rect. Very nice song :)

Holidays are over now, so next week's gonna be normal again.

'Bai!

Week 8

10-16 october

Hi all =)

Another update for you. Time flies, it doesn't feel like 8 weeks.

So, last sunday was quite easy. We went to the stables for some time, started to learn a new song on the piano and watched some TV.

Monday was a long day. We had to leave at 7 because we had to go to school by bus. I had music, where the teacher first was surprised I knew the basic chords for guitar, and then was surprised again that I'm not some genius wonder-kid that can play everything on piano, or something xD Strange guy. Then I went to German, the extra class that I decided to take to kill some more time. Not too hard, but yeah. Also French and English, and I got home around 16.30 I think. And in the evening we watched Mr. Bean on the TV 8D

Tuesday was not such a special day, after school I had choir, that was nice again. I have to practise a Finnish song now, so I'm not struggeling with the lyrics every time we sing it :P

On Wednesday I had Finnish class after school, it was quite nice, and the teacher mentioned that the level will go up a littlebit now, so that's good news.

Thursday was a nice day. First normal classes, French, art and German, and then we got our grades for the testweek back :D

I have a 9- for Spanish, a 9+ for English and a 4 for maths :P But I expected a bad grade for that one. It's quite hard to follow maths classes in Finnish.

On Friday I got another grade back, for art, an 8 for my painting, unexpected high. I think it's not such a great painting, but yeah, I'm happy with it =)

And then yesterday we went to the horseraces, it was really nice, but quite cold (Even a little bit of snow at the end of the day! :D) and after that we went to the stables, we were there quite long because they had to fix something. When we eventually got home we got some pizza and we ended up eating pizza at 21.00 xD But it was good. And after that we watched the Princess Diary's 2 =)

Sorry, no pictures for you this week :P But ofcourse I have some music =)

It's the Finnish song I have to practise for choir =) (Glad I have a whole week of holidays to practise)

Ultra Bra - Minä suojelen sinua kaikelta

'Anouk

Week 7

3-9 october

Last sunday we celebrated Seppo's b-day =) Went to get some pizza, and then saw his working place, really nice O.o' (He leads building projects), and then in the evening some TV, was a nice day :)

At monday I had an AFS meeting in Helsinki (Again, yep), so after school we went to AFS, was really nice. There were presentations about Italy, Turkey and Thailand, nice to see, interesting to learn about these countries :D I think my turn to tell about the Netherlands is in december :P But I'll have to do it alone since I'm the only person from Dutchland here xD

Tuesday was again a normal schoolday, after school I had choir, where we suggested to do some songs from the music book, so we started working on Dreamer (Ozzy Osbourne) and the Phantom of the Opera :D

Wednesday was Finnish-class day, meaning that after school I stayed in Nummela and didn't get to be home untill like, 8 PM. Went through the months, and practised a bit.

Thursday was a special day. First I had school, art and French. After school a quick look at the laptop, and a bit of TV, and then to Helsinki Hartwall Areena! The Icehockey game between Minnesota Wild and Carolina Hurricanes! Anniina supported Minnesota, but I didn't really care about who won, it was just so great to be there and see it all live in that huge arena!

I also got a really pretty NHL Finland premiere shirt 8D It's so nice. The Carolina Hurricanes won, I think they were good but I don't really know because I don't know anything about icehockey :P

It was really a great day!

Then on friday I had to give a presentation about the Netherlands, for a lot of people, but it went okay I think. When we got back home eventually the package from home arrived, finally! About one month late, but I have my stuff now :)

And yesterday a friend of Anniina came over, and we watched a movie (Amistad), very impressive, and a good movie I think.

Now, some music for you again. I found this on youtube yesterday, a guy who made a great tribute to Star Wars. I hope the subtitles work here, but I'm not sure :P And I hope they automatically switch to the right language, cause I guess not all of you understand Dutch 8)

See you all next week!

Moi!

Week 6

26 september - 2 october

Hei hei

An update of my week again :)

On sunday I slept quite long, and then I watched F1 on the TV :) And in the evening the Finnish "Dancing with the Stars", not such an interesting day, but it was nice.

Monday I had another test, English, quite easy, especially the essay. Found out some stuff on the piano after school, and in the evening we watched Mr. Bean. Hilarious, as allways xD

Tuesday was another easy day. No school or tests. We talked about holidays, and I learned about Viking Line and Silja Line, cruise ships :P

Wednesday was the last test-day. Spanish. Easy, but nice. When we got back home we took a look at Anniina's bike. The thing isn't used for years, and the tires are dead xD Don't think there's much hope of quickly being able to use it :( Shame, cause I'd like to go cycling around some time, I miss my bike ö

Oh, and I have curtains in my room since wednesday! They're really nice :D

(Yeah, that's my laptop.. :P)

Thursday the new period (Jakso) in school started. I had 1 (!) class that day, extended French for people who've been taking extended French classes for 6 years. Quite damned hard xD But yeah, I think it's better than being really bored because the other French class is the absolute beginning. But we'll see.

Friday was a more interesting day if it comes to school. I had art, maths and music. The music teacher is still annoying, it seems I'm becoming the standard "Anouk, can you sing this so the rest of the group knows how it should sound" victim.. Not so great when the song is in Finnish and I'm messing up the words xD

And today I had a great day in Helsinki, it was an AFS day, and we held "The Great Helsinki Race", which my group lost glorious! We were slow, spent half an hour at McD's because we were hungry, and didn't care so much about winning, but more about being complete idiots, having fun, and complaining about the paper sending us back and forth through Helsinki xD

Was a really great day, met new people, seen new places, made nice pictures and did funny things.

And at the end we went to the square in front of a beautiful white church, and on the square are bears from all the different countries. Ofcourse I made pictures with the Dutch bear! ^^

Me and the church Me and the Dutch bear 8)

And ofcourse some music for today. It's a very addictive song, by Koop Arponen. The winner of the Finnish idols in 2008. His mother is Dutch, his father Finnish, and he spent most of his life in England.

Moikka!