Snow !!

I was SO happy this morning (11.30.. is that morning?) when I opened my curtains and saw that we have snow here! And not just 2 mm but more like 4 cm. Of course for me it's not that much (there is like 60cm in Finland now), but anyway I was really happy.  There was enough snow to cover all trees in white.

Well anyway first I was thinking about going jogging with my camera but then my friend Julio told me that Spanish and Italian people are gathering together for doing something and I decided to go with them. At first it was our intention to do a snowman but the snow here is too powder-like and we can't make big balls from it. So somehow making a snowman turned into a 1-hour and a half of snowball fighting. Finland was completely undermanned with only one soldier so I was completely wet and cold when we finished fighting.

After snowball fighting I took a warm shower and ate risotto with Italians. They told me that they are having evenings like that almost every night just to hang out. I'm so jealous that there aren't other Finnish people here so that I could do the same! I also learned that there is a problem with cocaine in the campus area and because of this we have guards patrolling during the nights. I didn't even know this! I'm happily sleeping in my room so I didn't have any idea. I also found out that there are some homeless people who take showers in these buildings because somehow they now the codes for th doors. This is kinda scary for me.

Anyway! Enjoy the snowy pictures ;) Let's see how long it lasts..

Finland lost....

French "winter" and exam week

 Before I came here I knew that French people don't know anything about winter. I was prepared to laugh at them when the temperature hits -5C and they are freezing to death.

This winter have denied me this pleasure.

It's between +5C and +10C every day. I'm still using my summer clothes. We haven't seen snow or ice here. People have been telling me that this has been a really warm winter.

 Well today I took pictures of trees that we have in our backyard. One of them is actually making flowers. And still people manage to complain how cold it is.. This weather is perfect! It's not too warm and not too cold :)

The only minus side of this weather is that they have the heating on in our rooms and it's awful. At this very moment I have a window open because it's just unbearable when it's closed. I have heard from my friends that they are sitting in their rooms almost naked. Especially during Christmas it has been really warm in the rooms and I'm happy that I was in Finland back then.

Well anyway. I got my papers for CAF. They responded to me that I need to fill them a paper telling that I have money to pay my rent.... Oooookay. Like I'd tell them if I didn't! It's nice to finally have some answers from them. It turned out that they are going to pay the allowance straight to my residence and not for me. They are paying all the allowances starting from October so I'm going to have a couple months of "free rent" :) I know this because my friends have already got their CAFs.

This week is our exam week. I'm lucky and I have 6.. Today I had my exam of Organic chemistry and I really hope that I passed it. Tomorrow I'm going to have Quantum chemistry, on Thursday I'll have Inorganic chemistry and German and finally on Friday I'll have Molecule-orbital theory (however we translate it) and then I'm free for two days! Also some day I should do a level test of English.

I decided to take an English course too this semester. I talked about it with my Uni first and then I talked with people here. I talked a bit with the professor keeping the courses and she welcomed me to her course. I'm not getting any credits that I can use in my bachelor for this because I've already done all my English courses in Finland, this is mostly just for fun.

Me and my friend Lisa went to see Gospel last weekend! It was amazing. I'm going to get the pictures from her later today and I hope to post something.

Well here I go again to revise for my exam tomorrow.. Have fun :)

The winter is approaching..

What do foreign people think about Finnish people? We are shy, not talkative, we drink too much, we are monsters bacause we eat Rudolf (reindeer) and no matter how many minus degrees there is we never feel cold. I've have heard the last one here so many times during the past weeks when it has been around +15C. What  can I say.. I come from a city where it can be -35C druing winter and +30 during summer. And unlike many people think we go on with our daily lives when it's -30C ;)


The winter is approaching.. (in Celsius)
+10° French people turn the heat on. People in northern Finland are planting flowers.
+5° Finnish people are sunbathing if the Sun happens to rise above horizon.
+2° Cars made in Italy won't start.
0° Distilled water freezes.
-1° You can see your breath. It's time to plan a vacation to the Mediterranean Sea. Finnish people are eating ice cream and drinking cold beer.
-4° The cat wants to sleep in the same bed with you.
-10° Time to plan a vacation to Africa. Finnish people go swimming.
-12° Too cold for it to snow.
-15° Cars made in France don't start.
-18° People in Helsinki turn the heat on.
-20° You can hear your breathing.
-22° Cars made in America won't start. It's too cold to ice skate.
-23° Politicians start to worry about homeless people.
-24° Cars made in Japan won't start.
-26° You can cut the vapour of you breath to build an iglu.
-29° The cat wants to sleep in the same pajamas.
-30° Cars made in Germany won't start. Finnish people swear, kick their cars and go start their Ladas.
-31° It's too cold to kiss because your lips would freeze together. Finnish football teams start practises for the next season.
-35° Time to plan a hot bath for two weeks. Finnish people are shoveling snow.
-39° Mercury freezes. It's too cold to think. Finnish people button up their shirts.
-40° The car wants to sleep in the same bed with you. Finnish people put on pullovers.
-45° Finnish people close the windows.
-50° Sea lions abandon Greenland. Finnish people start using gloves.
-70° Polar bears abandon the North Pole. In the University of Lapland in northern Finland they have a sports day.
-75° Santa Claus leaves the polar circle. Finnish people put on a hat.
-250° Alcohol freezes. This makes Finnish people really upset.
-268° Helium turns liquid.
-270° Hell freezes over.
-273,15° Absolute zero. All particles stop moving. Finnish people admit that it's starting to be a bit cold and pour another shot.