What comes around goes around
I am sitting here at the HK airport in a juice bar (they should open one in Finland), waiting for my mum and her friend which I am supposed to meet here, and I am writing an entry for my blog: again I see one of the little advantages a small Apple laptop brings into student life!
Not much has actually happened since Saturday: I went to the dragon boat practice Martin and Erkki, which turned out pretty cool! I was told that there is something similar going on in Kaivopuisto every year – but of course it is mostly companies that (have the money to) participate… A dragon boat looks like aFinnish church boat in terms of size, but instead of rowing, one paddles like in a canoe, but much faster! And there is a drummer in the front and one guy steering in the back – and, for the real race –hopefully- some dragon or other decorations… The weather was great and combined with the amazing landscape in Stanley, some Finnish humor and eager Chinese who took us on in practice races (which of course we all lost) it was a perfect day! After practice we went for some beers in a German (!) restaurant perfect with the Bavarian potato salad, bread and salted ham, and heard some nice Finnish and Swedish expat stories of HK….
Sunday was again Stanley –this time with my mum- and Victoria Peak. Yesterday I was in school and slept at the hotel where my mum and her friend are staying –of course not paying *how unethical *(and I hope they won’t bill her) – which lengthened my school trip in the morning substantially. But it was interesting rushing through HK with everyone going to work – again a completely different atmosphere, completely different people…
And of course I realized how much I would like to go home RIGHT NOW! Some emails awakened me to the reality that yes, life is moving on in Finland –some people graduating, finding jobs, moving…- although changes for those there might be small, I wonder how everything is when I get back? And it would be so easy to jump into a plane right now and then be in Helsinki 14 hours later, Wednesday morning…
… and I have still no clue about the summer. Of course staying here is natural –at least for some time- since there is so much to see and to do! My job hunt has so far ended without results: I got an interview with an (i) bank (what a surprise!) but of course in Europe and it was impossible to find a flexible solution… let’s see where life takes me!
Not much has actually happened since Saturday: I went to the dragon boat practice Martin and Erkki, which turned out pretty cool! I was told that there is something similar going on in Kaivopuisto every year – but of course it is mostly companies that (have the money to) participate… A dragon boat looks like aFinnish church boat in terms of size, but instead of rowing, one paddles like in a canoe, but much faster! And there is a drummer in the front and one guy steering in the back – and, for the real race –hopefully- some dragon or other decorations… The weather was great and combined with the amazing landscape in Stanley, some Finnish humor and eager Chinese who took us on in practice races (which of course we all lost) it was a perfect day! After practice we went for some beers in a German (!) restaurant perfect with the Bavarian potato salad, bread and salted ham, and heard some nice Finnish and Swedish expat stories of HK….
Sunday was again Stanley –this time with my mum- and Victoria Peak. Yesterday I was in school and slept at the hotel where my mum and her friend are staying –of course not paying *how unethical *(and I hope they won’t bill her) – which lengthened my school trip in the morning substantially. But it was interesting rushing through HK with everyone going to work – again a completely different atmosphere, completely different people…
And of course I realized how much I would like to go home RIGHT NOW! Some emails awakened me to the reality that yes, life is moving on in Finland –some people graduating, finding jobs, moving…- although changes for those there might be small, I wonder how everything is when I get back? And it would be so easy to jump into a plane right now and then be in Helsinki 14 hours later, Wednesday morning…
… and I have still no clue about the summer. Of course staying here is natural –at least for some time- since there is so much to see and to do! My job hunt has so far ended without results: I got an interview with an (i) bank (what a surprise!) but of course in Europe and it was impossible to find a flexible solution… let’s see where life takes me!
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