One odd week ago, I lost my wallet. It kinda sucks.
I had to block my bank cards, and my driving license was in there as well....
Oh well. I got a new card from my British bank after two days, and it's good that I leave my Finnish account untouched for some time :)
Last Friday night me, Lera and one of our supervisor and her family went to Millets farm to experience the "Mass-acre Maze", a Halloween maze in a cornfield with some hired people running around scaring the living hell out of the people walking in it. I shot a video of 99% of the time we spent in the maze. I'll put it up sometime, if I remember :)
Tomorrow Friday, I'm going London to my cousin, and on Saturday night we're going to a Halloween party. I'll dress up as Håkan Hellström :D It was my cousins idea, and I like it!
And the latest news, I'm going home for Christmas and New years! OoOh!
My first plans was to go to Liverpool to some EVS friends, but since then, something has happened, and I've chosen to go home instead.
No, nothing bad happened. Not bad at all acctually. :)
Happy Halloween!
Ps. All of you non Finnish people who might read this, remember the words "Maalaisjärki" and/or "Bondförnuft", I'll talk about it another time :)
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Work progress, language and life
Everyday that goes by on work makes me like it even more! The thin we do is not only very important, it's also very fun to do! Soon we, me and my EVS buddy, will be able to deliver our own sexual health stands, so that's really good!
From now on I will write this blog in English only, since I have people reading this from almost all over Europe.
My life seems to be going quite good right now. I really enjoy my work, I have good contact witht he people at home, and soon I'll be getting to know some Oxfordians as well! And there is another thing I'm really happy sbout at the moment, but it's too early to ay anything about that.
Oh, and today I bought the sixth part of the trilogy about The hitch hikers guide to the galaxy. Hope it's good!
Now I'm off to finally listen to an artist that I've been waiting to liten to ever since I read the lyrics of a few songs of his.
Until next time, cheers
// A flying Finn.
From now on I will write this blog in English only, since I have people reading this from almost all over Europe.
My life seems to be going quite good right now. I really enjoy my work, I have good contact witht he people at home, and soon I'll be getting to know some Oxfordians as well! And there is another thing I'm really happy sbout at the moment, but it's too early to ay anything about that.
Oh, and today I bought the sixth part of the trilogy about The hitch hikers guide to the galaxy. Hope it's good!
Now I'm off to finally listen to an artist that I've been waiting to liten to ever since I read the lyrics of a few songs of his.
Until next time, cheers
// A flying Finn.
Sunday, 4 October 2009
The long awaited video!
And why not the link to the photoalbum aswell? Don't worry, you don't have to be signed in to look at them.
Photos:
Mr. Woodnote and the Bonobo Hobos in Oxford, Swindon and Bristol
AAAAND the video :D
Enjoy!
And why not the link to the photoalbum aswell? Don't worry, you don't have to be signed in to look at them.
Photos:
Mr. Woodnote and the Bonobo Hobos in Oxford, Swindon and Bristol
AAAAND the video :D
Enjoy!
Friday, 2 October 2009
Nödlösning 2.0
Med den rubriken kanske ni undrar va ja talar om, när jag aldrig ens nämnt en Nödlösning 1.0.
Nåh. Nödlösning 1.0 var att surfa me mobilen i dens engna yttepytteskärm, på obila versioner av de fyra viktigare sidorna:
- Google
- yahoo mail
- x3m-comunityn
- Facebook.
Nödlösning 2.0 går fortfarande ut på att surfa med hjälp av mobilen. Men denna gång använder jag den som externt modem. Ipluggad i datorn fungerar telefonen som ett mobilt bredband (mokkula). Att ja int tänkt på de tidigare. Såhär ha ja ju surfa tidigare.
"Men! De e ju hur dyrt om helst!?" kanske du funderar.
Med min operatör får man, förutom en massa minuter till telefoner med samma operatör, även tillgång till Live Messenger, Skype, och vid varje top up (keditladdning) 150MB att surfa med.
Visst, mobila sidor är ju mycket mindre i form och storlek, och tar därför färre MB att använda, men vill man kolla sin mail, facebook'a loch x3m'a litet och skriva ett och annat blogginlägg, så fungerar det hur bra som helst. Något youtube eller sånt så e de ju inte tu tal om, men de klarar man sig utan.
Delivery'n igår skrev ja inget mer om. Det kan jag göra nu istället.
Det vi gjorde va att vi satt i ett rum som gränsade till aulan i en skola här i Oxford. Dit fick skolungdomarna droppa in och fråga frågor om sexuella hälsa, (ska man översätta sexual health så, eller finns det något bättre?) få gratis kondomer, eller utföra klamydiatest. Allt detta gratis.
Jag gillar THT.
Nåh. Nödlösning 1.0 var att surfa me mobilen i dens engna yttepytteskärm, på obila versioner av de fyra viktigare sidorna:
- yahoo mail
- x3m-comunityn
- Facebook.
Nödlösning 2.0 går fortfarande ut på att surfa med hjälp av mobilen. Men denna gång använder jag den som externt modem. Ipluggad i datorn fungerar telefonen som ett mobilt bredband (mokkula). Att ja int tänkt på de tidigare. Såhär ha ja ju surfa tidigare.
"Men! De e ju hur dyrt om helst!?" kanske du funderar.
Med min operatör får man, förutom en massa minuter till telefoner med samma operatör, även tillgång till Live Messenger, Skype, och vid varje top up (keditladdning) 150MB att surfa med.
Visst, mobila sidor är ju mycket mindre i form och storlek, och tar därför färre MB att använda, men vill man kolla sin mail, facebook'a loch x3m'a litet och skriva ett och annat blogginlägg, så fungerar det hur bra som helst. Något youtube eller sånt så e de ju inte tu tal om, men de klarar man sig utan.
Delivery'n igår skrev ja inget mer om. Det kan jag göra nu istället.
Det vi gjorde va att vi satt i ett rum som gränsade till aulan i en skola här i Oxford. Dit fick skolungdomarna droppa in och fråga frågor om sexuella hälsa, (ska man översätta sexual health så, eller finns det något bättre?) få gratis kondomer, eller utföra klamydiatest. Allt detta gratis.
Jag gillar THT.
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
1 down, 11 to go.
Första månaden är över, jestas va snabbt de ha gått!
Såå.. va ha vi hunni me denna månad?
Flyttat in, lärt känna jobbet, fått ny dusch, åkt på spontan resa söderut.
Ganska lyckad månad!
Och imorgon ska ja me på min första "delivery", då en ur ungdomsteamet åker ut och visar upp THT på fältet. Vi ska till Abingdon College,
och min uppgift blir att svara på frågor så gott jag kan, ocg kasta kondomer på folk, och ge ut broschyrer som passar det som en person kanske råkar fråga om. Får se hur det går.
Har fortfarande inte internet hemma. Först måste jag få ett utdrag ur min credit report för att kunna ringa till samma bolag som ger ut ovannämnda rapport, för att fråga hur ja kan höja min credit level så att The Post Office förstår att jag nog kommer att kunna betala räkningarna..
Ploppar kanske in med ett inlägg imorgon angående delivery'n.
Såå.. va ha vi hunni me denna månad?
Flyttat in, lärt känna jobbet, fått ny dusch, åkt på spontan resa söderut.
Ganska lyckad månad!
Och imorgon ska ja me på min första "delivery", då en ur ungdomsteamet åker ut och visar upp THT på fältet. Vi ska till Abingdon College,
och min uppgift blir att svara på frågor så gott jag kan, ocg kasta kondomer på folk, och ge ut broschyrer som passar det som en person kanske råkar fråga om. Får se hur det går.
Har fortfarande inte internet hemma. Först måste jag få ett utdrag ur min credit report för att kunna ringa till samma bolag som ger ut ovannämnda rapport, för att fråga hur ja kan höja min credit level så att The Post Office förstår att jag nog kommer att kunna betala räkningarna..
Ploppar kanske in med ett inlägg imorgon angående delivery'n.
Sunday, 27 September 2009
Monkey see, monkey do, Monkey die.
Yeaterday, at about 2 o'clock, while on town just to make time go by, I heard the beat from some street musicians. I liked the beat, so I followed it to a square, where I saw one guy with a saxophone around his neck, one guy in some goofy looking sun glasses, and one guy with a woollen cap.
The beat, obvious beat boxing, came from the speakers, but none of the three were making the sound. "Odd", I thought.
Still liking the sound of it, I decided to sit down, take out my camera and shoot some pictures. Starting to love it, I noticed the girl on my side were holding up some CD's, waving with them and probably selling them.
I bought one of the CD's, sat back down, and thought I'd film it.
In the middle of a few songs, they presented themselves as Mr. Woodnote and the Bonobo Hobos, and explained how they do the music. The saxophonist/beat boxers' (Mr Woodnote's) microphone is commected to a loop station, which loops recorded sounds (no shit?) and can add sound effects to recorded sound. They had no pre-recorded sounds with them. In between of every song Mr Woodnote recorded the background beats and riffs needed, and during the song itself played some additional sax, while the other two, Theo and Lil' Rhys, did the text.
1½ hour later, the band was banned from Oxford.. Forever. "Why?" you may ask. The thing that they were selling CD's without permission. They made fun of the fact of their banning before starting to pack up their things. Wanting to thank them for the best 1½ hour of my time here in Oxford, I went up to them, thanked them and then asked Mr Woodnote;
"So, if you're banned from Oxford, where will you be playing next?"
"Well, were going to Bristol to play at a street party tonight."
"Hmm.. How do one get to Bristol from here" At this point, they already knew I'm not from around
"Well.. we do actually have a few spare seats in our truck, we could give you a lift?"
"Sound splendid! When do we go?!"
And about one hour later we were on the road towards Bristol. I was in the same truck as Theo and Lil Rhys, Mr Woodnote, his brother and girlfriend (the girl who sold CD's) was in another truck, heading the same way.
In he truck the two told me we were going to stop in Swindon, to do another gig on the streets. So we did, and I did my thing with the camera. The only thing the city council people thought in this city was "The music you play is good, I love it! But coukd you turn down the volume a little bit?" There was a gut who went up to the performers and asked if he could try some singing, he could, and he was really good! A few moments after the first guy left, there was another guy, this one maybe in his late teens, who came up and wanted to sing.
And if the first one was really good, this second one was nearly a god! He was fantastic!
After this, we packed down and went on to Bristol, where the boys performed at a street party for the seconf year in a row.
Well actually, last year it was a house party on the second floor of a building, but the band then caused so much jumping around and dancing, that the floor bended and radiators fell of the wall.. So this year, everybody thought the street was a better choice, but thus, there were no less dancing (or drinking)!
Having to catch the last train back to Oxford, I asked Woodnote how to get a cab from here to the station. He just flipped up his phone, called a number, told the person he talked to to come to "this place" and pick up a guy with a checkered hat.
We waited around for about 5 mins and then the car was there. I said farewell to my newfound friends, with a bunch of photos and videos in my pocket that I promised to publish on internet, and a joke-promise to introduce the band to the finnish audience. Whoops :P
On the train station I had to buy a ticket, and find out from where the yrain left. Since it was about 10pm there were no staff around to ask, so I went online on my phone and spoke to a good friend of mine who is back in Finland. With a low battery on my phone, there were no time for small talk, so I just asked her to tell me this and tell me quick.. Poor girl.. But she sorted it out for me, platform three and 22.33.
The result of that train was 22.40 and platform 11, but that was the train companys fault, not my wonderful friends' :P
There were obviously some repairing of the tracks going on, so we had to take a bus from Didcot Parkway (where ever that is) to Oxford. On the bus platform, where I had to wait for half an hour, I saw a few guys in the same situation as I was in, and decided to talk a bit to them.
We ended up sitting close o each other on the bus to Oxford, and that made the trip seem really short.
Well in Oxford, I had to walk from the railway station, since the buses in my direction weren't going that frequently, and the bus that my bus card works in didn't go at all.
I got home at about 1.30am, yet to have listened to the CD. I popped it in my computer this morning and weren't disappointed.
About now, my housemate is back from London, will find me not being in the house, and she has no idea what I've been up to. :)
When the video is uploaded, I'll add it up to this blog post, and edit this last sentence out :)
The beat, obvious beat boxing, came from the speakers, but none of the three were making the sound. "Odd", I thought.
Still liking the sound of it, I decided to sit down, take out my camera and shoot some pictures. Starting to love it, I noticed the girl on my side were holding up some CD's, waving with them and probably selling them.
I bought one of the CD's, sat back down, and thought I'd film it.
In the middle of a few songs, they presented themselves as Mr. Woodnote and the Bonobo Hobos, and explained how they do the music. The saxophonist/beat boxers' (Mr Woodnote's) microphone is commected to a loop station, which loops recorded sounds (no shit?) and can add sound effects to recorded sound. They had no pre-recorded sounds with them. In between of every song Mr Woodnote recorded the background beats and riffs needed, and during the song itself played some additional sax, while the other two, Theo and Lil' Rhys, did the text.
1½ hour later, the band was banned from Oxford.. Forever. "Why?" you may ask. The thing that they were selling CD's without permission. They made fun of the fact of their banning before starting to pack up their things. Wanting to thank them for the best 1½ hour of my time here in Oxford, I went up to them, thanked them and then asked Mr Woodnote;
"So, if you're banned from Oxford, where will you be playing next?"
"Well, were going to Bristol to play at a street party tonight."
"Hmm.. How do one get to Bristol from here" At this point, they already knew I'm not from around
"Well.. we do actually have a few spare seats in our truck, we could give you a lift?"
"Sound splendid! When do we go?!"
And about one hour later we were on the road towards Bristol. I was in the same truck as Theo and Lil Rhys, Mr Woodnote, his brother and girlfriend (the girl who sold CD's) was in another truck, heading the same way.
In he truck the two told me we were going to stop in Swindon, to do another gig on the streets. So we did, and I did my thing with the camera. The only thing the city council people thought in this city was "The music you play is good, I love it! But coukd you turn down the volume a little bit?" There was a gut who went up to the performers and asked if he could try some singing, he could, and he was really good! A few moments after the first guy left, there was another guy, this one maybe in his late teens, who came up and wanted to sing.
And if the first one was really good, this second one was nearly a god! He was fantastic!
After this, we packed down and went on to Bristol, where the boys performed at a street party for the seconf year in a row.
Well actually, last year it was a house party on the second floor of a building, but the band then caused so much jumping around and dancing, that the floor bended and radiators fell of the wall.. So this year, everybody thought the street was a better choice, but thus, there were no less dancing (or drinking)!
Having to catch the last train back to Oxford, I asked Woodnote how to get a cab from here to the station. He just flipped up his phone, called a number, told the person he talked to to come to "this place" and pick up a guy with a checkered hat.
We waited around for about 5 mins and then the car was there. I said farewell to my newfound friends, with a bunch of photos and videos in my pocket that I promised to publish on internet, and a joke-promise to introduce the band to the finnish audience. Whoops :P
On the train station I had to buy a ticket, and find out from where the yrain left. Since it was about 10pm there were no staff around to ask, so I went online on my phone and spoke to a good friend of mine who is back in Finland. With a low battery on my phone, there were no time for small talk, so I just asked her to tell me this and tell me quick.. Poor girl.. But she sorted it out for me, platform three and 22.33.
The result of that train was 22.40 and platform 11, but that was the train companys fault, not my wonderful friends' :P
There were obviously some repairing of the tracks going on, so we had to take a bus from Didcot Parkway (where ever that is) to Oxford. On the bus platform, where I had to wait for half an hour, I saw a few guys in the same situation as I was in, and decided to talk a bit to them.
We ended up sitting close o each other on the bus to Oxford, and that made the trip seem really short.
Well in Oxford, I had to walk from the railway station, since the buses in my direction weren't going that frequently, and the bus that my bus card works in didn't go at all.
I got home at about 1.30am, yet to have listened to the CD. I popped it in my computer this morning and weren't disappointed.
About now, my housemate is back from London, will find me not being in the house, and she has no idea what I've been up to. :)
When the video is uploaded, I'll add it up to this blog post, and edit this last sentence out :)
Friday, 25 September 2009
Fredag.. Jamen visst.
Hmm.. Fredag kväll..
Att vara ny i stan har sina sämre sidor. Man känner ingen än, vilket betyder att man int har så mycke till socialt liv än. Det märks på fredagkvällar.
Sitter på lokala Wetherspoon-restaurangen, snyltar på deras wifi, å älskar det nordiska tangentboret.
Finns visst nån från hemknutarna här i Oxford, men den personen ha ja int fått tag i ännu.
No worries, har ännu ca 50 veckor kvar här :D
BTW, if you don't understand this, but bloody well would want to, use google to translate. The text is written in Swedish.
Not only will you get information of my whereabouts, you will also have a great laugh at how fun it is to translate with google :D
Cheers, mates :)
Att vara ny i stan har sina sämre sidor. Man känner ingen än, vilket betyder att man int har så mycke till socialt liv än. Det märks på fredagkvällar.
Inom några veckor ska man väl ha träffa nån som man kan umgås med, utöver kämppisen, som btw för det mesta läser vidare på sin läkarutbildning.
Sitter på lokala Wetherspoon-restaurangen, snyltar på deras wifi, å älskar det nordiska tangentboret.
Finns visst nån från hemknutarna här i Oxford, men den personen ha ja int fått tag i ännu.
No worries, har ännu ca 50 veckor kvar här :D
BTW, if you don't understand this, but bloody well would want to, use google to translate. The text is written in Swedish.
Not only will you get information of my whereabouts, you will also have a great laugh at how fun it is to translate with google :D
Cheers, mates :)
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