This is going to be the last time that it’s going to take me so long to update the blog. From now on, I will update it at the least every week.
Pori is slowly getting greener and the sun is coming out more often. This week it was even 23 degrees at some point! The weather is becoming really, really nice.
There was a bench competition here at SAMK. Basically, everyone could come up with their design for a bench, and then a winner would be chosen and that design would actually be put on the bench. The benches got placed right outside my office, in the grass. They’re in a pretty place too; you can look at the lake and the forest. The winning design was actually from someone at my office, Päivi. There are 5 benches, a blue, yellow, red, green and an orange one. Each bench has a word on it in Finnish and in English. Joy, happiness, passion, friendship and courage. It’s a nice message, and with the weather this nice it changes my view since students go to sit there now.
My parents visited Finland a while ago. They came to Pori for a couple of days (which was probably a nice contrast for my dad, no more ice and snow!), then we went to Turku and then my parents went to Helsinki. When we were in Turku (the first weekend of May) there was a Finnish holiday going on. It is called the first of May celebration. And before that was Vappo, I’m not sure if that is how it’s called, but it involved partying and drinking and lots of happy people in the street. On the first of May the streets were completely packed! It was flooded with people. It looked really cool too, because everyone was wearing a white cap, which I think was their graduation cap. It was quite something to see. I really liked Turku as well, there was a lot to see and it gave a vibe that I’ve only felt before in London and Paris, and it even made me think of a Dutch city at times, Utrecht. I would recommend for anyone who hasn’t seen this city yet, to go visit it! I know I’m definitely going back sometime.
The Summer School is coming up! SAMK and RAMK (Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences) organize this together yearly. Two weeks of the Summer School will be in Rovaniemi, and 2 will be in Pori. In Rovaniemi there is also a nature track in Lapland, and in Pori there is a trip to St. Petersburg, where, guess what, I get to go to too! I’ve never been to Russia, so I’m pretty excited about this trip! I’m excited about the Summer School in general, because it will be nice to have some new people around. Most of the exchange students are leaving or have left by now, since the semester has ended, and Etappi (the building where I live) is getting rather empty. My flatmate is leaving Sunday, so that’s pretty sad as well. But I had a great time with her and I’m happy we had that.
We started a picture competition here at SAMK for the exchange student. They can enter a picture that best describes their time in Finland, and the best picture wins a prize. The pictures are pretty cool, if you want to see them, sent a friend request to Samk International!
http://www.facebook.com/samk.international
Until next week :)
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