Walked through a peaceful and frosty Helsinki today, when we stumbled on the Boulevard we were showered in candy and various songs on the theme 'we are the best'! Turns out this is a tradition, the to be graduates celebrate last school day in 'Gymnasium' the rest of the semester …

Awaiting job confirmation then I will have more lovely things to write about! All depends on the NDA I may have to sign :s It is possible to find a job in Finland if you don't know the local language. Just takes persistence.

Ah, finally. That felt good. Maybe Boston was a bit down but honesly, 6-1? A few shots from Boston that hit the posts but it didn't feel like they sent many really difficult towards Jimmy Howard. Been a while since Red Wings won this - and especially nice to see the …

http://www.explosm.net/comics/2322/ brought Onomatopoeia to my attention. Pretty awesome word :)

Part one of this article - describing the Cases expressing Grammatical Functions. Part two: Locative Cases Part three: Others Non-productive Cases Abessive Meaning/function: without Ending: -tta; ttä Example: syyttä Examples: S/he got angry without reason. - Hän suuttui syyttä. Prolative Meaning/function: channel , by Ending: -tse Example: postitse, maitse Examples …

Part one of this article - describing the Cases expressing Grammatical Functions. Part two: Locative Cases Part four: Non-productive Others Translative Meaning/function: change into for (future time (DYN)) Ending: -ksi Example: johtajaksi, jouluksi Examples: S/he became the manager last year. - Hän tuli viime vuonna johtajaksi. I'm going to Finland …

Found out today that if you move to Finland and don't have a husband/wife/sambo that is in the Finnish system - you won't either be. So in my case where my Finnish sambo has a non-Finnish employer - I will not get a Kela card. So no snowboarding this season …

Part one of this article - describing the Cases expressing Grammatical Functions. Part three: Others Part four: Non-productive Locative cases (expressing place) - internal locations (in) Inessive Meaning/function: in, inside, etc (STA) Ending: -ssa/ -ssä Example: hotelissa, puolessa, tunnissa Examples: I am in the/a hotel now. - Olen nyt hotellisa. I …

Finnish works the way that it adds something at the end of the word (and maybe change the middle of the word) to make it mean things like: location, possession, from, receipient, future, channel, how, ..., there is 16 of them - obviously I find this a little difficult! I will try …

Part 1 As you may have figured out, I sincerely doubt I will ever read another R.A. Salvatore - unless somebody tells me it's worth it and points to another series/trilogy. Thus part 2 will contain the last time I mention this book except for the title: It is …