|
|
|
June 30th, 2008
 | 11:46 am
That book meme was certainly good in giving me a kick to start reading. I read the first part of Täällä pohjantähden alla, aka Under the North Star by Väinö Linna in three days. Have only been meaning to read that for the last four years, occasionally even taking it out of the library, but then never managing to start it. *sigh* Now Sister M luckily owns it, so I could get started the moment I felt like it :D And now I loved the first part and Dad is currently reading the second part, so I don't know what to do! I would feel so bad stealing his book, after all.
It's a really fascinating book. It's a historical book of Finnish history, the first part taking place before Finland becomes independent. The main characters are crofters or other commoners, and socialists like all of that class at that time, and it's funny how I find myself agreeing with their opinions, though now I so do not support the left. Though of course back then they were almost slaves, and so very much entitled to demand that the society should be fairer in terms of income distribution etc...
Another funny thing is the awkwardness there is between people and their strange relationships! Like how awkward a vicar and his crofter are in each other's company when they meet for the first time, or how the children talk so respectfully to their parents, even among the common people, or how different courting was back then :D Which reminds me, that I was a bit pissed off when I was reading it and couldn't remember who Akseli (kind of main character) marries, and then I remembered one of the most beloved wedding valses being called Akseli and Elina's wedding valse, so uh, kind of SPOILED ME. Even if I have seen a play based on the book, so I should have known it anyway. There are just so many characters that I can't remember what happens to whom >__<
*
In other, totally unrelated news, I'm going to be an international tutor in my university in August, meaning tutoring foreign students, and today I found who my tutorees are going to be! Degree students from Ghana, China x 2, Hungary and someone probably from Estonia/Lithuania/Latvia. Exchange students from Europe would have been the easiest, but ah well, I hope I can manage the visits to the police station and stuff that I have to do with them *g* I'm excited! *starts writing an e-mail to them*
Current Music: Sockerdricka och sprit (Bo Kaspers Orkester)
|
June 6th, 2008
 | 01:19 pm
So I'm reading some scientific literature for school essays now.
And waah, I feel like they are so spoilery D: Like, on the first chapter they reveal all the important findings to come in the later chapters! ;___; Why can't they just hint to it, so that there's the excitement of them slowly walking with me through their findings and then ta-da! there is it, proven how much value knowledge spillovers have for semiconductor firms! or something.
I haven't actually written any proper essays at university, yet. Yes, I realize that's quite pathetic since it's already my third year. B-but. My major kicks ass like that. We are all such slackers! :D And now I'm of course really nervous about it and about whether I'm going to finish them on time (total of 16-20 pages in two weeks), and so I haven't even had the time to read the novels I have started or watch more of The Legend, this awesome Korean drama or play these silly computer games I downloaded :D Something to look forward to, eh? :|
|
January 23rd, 2008
 | 04:04 pm - Oh cub leadership I have missed it
Yesterday I taught my teeny boyscouts how to write their names in hangul (Korean alphabet). I wrote it first and then they had to copy-paint it.
SIVU: *writes an example for Veikko*
VEIKKO: Look look how cool my name is!
SIVU: *writes an example for Patrik*
PATRIK: Well look at MINE it's so cool!
And then I turned away to write for Niklas, and when I looked up they had started painting with red paint.
SIVU: Oh um in Korea that means you are dead...
PATRIK: HAA THAT'S WICKED COOL!!
O-kay.
I also showed them pictures and they had so much fun finding me in the pictures. I was surprised. They recognized me better than my grandmother (or mother, for that matter). Unsurprisingly, the coolest picture was the one where we're playing paint ball.
School is exhausting and my days are only 6-4 hours - of lectures. I always have two hours of free periods between them.
Luckily I have a car so I can come home (takes just 7 minutes).
I haven't seen any of my uni friends yet and it's the second week already D:
Current Mood: tired
|
|
|