Oh yes! We've taken the plunge and got ourselves a new computer. I've been using Kati's rubbish old laptop for long enough. The damn thing would piss me off every five minutes with one thing or another. And that was on a good day ( Read more... )

This weekend we visted Kati's parents in Toholampi. There are two good things about that, one being that I get to drive again and the other being able to see Lare, the kitten. Although people have started to call him Lari now, which is easier to say. Remember that in Finnish it's not Lare, it's La-re, which doesn't exactly roll off the tounge too ( Read more... )

So we've taken a few pictures of our new home, and these are a selection of them!

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So I'm writing this from our new apartment. We were able to get one of the keys on Friday afternoon, which was a relief as otherwise the office wouldn't be open again until Monday and that would mean no help with the move. The previous tenant moved out on Saturday, so late that evening Kati and myself carried a few of the lighter things over by ( Read more... )

So I didn't do quite so bad in that large Finnish test as I thought I did as I still got a 4+. I also found out on Friday that I've made it to the next level course which starts in August. Around 80 people applied and only 16 made it, so that's something to be thankful for! Also, Michael, Larisa and Raticha will also be going to my course, so there ( Read more... )

So I had a large Finnish test today and I don't think I did too well at all. The first part was a listening exam which wasn't too bad, but they lady did say two words I'd never heard before which makes it difficult to spell them. The second half of the listening part was just writing down the numbers you heard, so that was pretty easy. Then the ( Read more... )

I got some sad news yesterday from my mum. David, the father of my English friends Simon and Paul, died on Sunday night. He'd been suffering from cancer for a long time and had several invasive operations over the last two years, but it in the end it claimed him. Apparently they were all with him when it happened. David was a really funny man. He ( Read more... )

OK, so there's gonna be a mini-wave in celebration of me, because I got the results back from my last Finnish test and I kicked ass again :D I got another 5, which is the highest score you could get. The total test was out of 60 and I got 58, beating my friend Michael by 1 point, giving me the highest score in the class. It's a nice feeling to be ( Read more... )

So I've been meaning to write this for about a week now, but we'll be moving soon! The flat that we have now, although I really like it, is just getting a little bit too small for us. The new one is in the same area, on the same road infact, less than 2 minutes walk away. What can I say, Ristonmaa is a really good area! The new one is about 10sqm ( Read more... )

So some of you may know that last October or there abouts, I bought a bike for going to the shops and general riding around the lake fun. Only it didn't have any gears or proper brakes, just that strange 'pedal backwards' crap that slows you down gently. Not much good if you flying downhill towards a lake and need to slow down quickly! Anyway, this ( Read more... )