That's why I unfortunatel had to miss a concert which most likely would have been just awesome. But well... Sometimes there's just nothing one can do. Unfortunately.
I'm now here for already two months - arrived at the 12th of August - and three more months are still left. I will fly back to Germany on the 12th of January. So each 12th of a month I will talk about my progression.
Between the last 12th and today a new personal goal was born: I want to become a real Finn! In the end, I'd love to live here, work here, in best cases even have a partner here and whatnot. But I won't plan this far, I'm too much of a realist for that. But I want to achieve my goal by fulfilling a few requirements.
What does it need to become a Finn?, I've been thinking. Well, this list is probably full of prejudice and mainly based on what I as a foreigner think of typical Finnishness. It may not be true at all!
Some prejudice first:
- Finns are always grumpy.
- Finns are shy and don't really talk.
- Finns love to drink booze.
- Finns are good at doing music.
- Finns go to sauna completely naked and take a bath in a frozen lake thereafter.
I may add some more to the list when more comes to my mind.
Of this list, I luckily already fulfill some prerequirements. Due to my melancholic/sanguine temperament I am on a good way already to become a Finn. This temperament makes me calm, thoughtful (mostly of heavy, depressing thoughts), slighty lazy and grumpy. And I hate people. I have a natural mistrust against people I don't know. I want my peace most of the time. According to the prejudice, this is just what a perfect Finn is like - except for the being lazy part perhaps. Let's rather say... Finns use their resources in the best way. Why take the long way if you can have a short one? Okay, I take it all back: Finns are like the laziest bunch of people I ever met... Except for the Italians, which are worse.
However, I am aware of the fact that not all Finns are like that what is depicted here. Many people I got to know here are very happy and talky and partyloving people. They're outgoing and enthusastic about everything. Some of them are able to talk for hours. And sometimes I even like to talk with them along for hours! Depending on the chemistry, of course.
Last month, I started to list what I have done so far. This time, I will rather make a list of things which I have to do and comment on their completion status here.
Become a real Finn
- Be grumpy,silent and cold on the outside, but the opposite once somebody is able to break the ice. (100% completion)*- Speak fluently Finnish. (30% completion, perhaps)
- Fall in love with Finnish music. (100% completion)
- Go to sauna, preferably naked and with an icy lake nearby. (0% completion)
- Get drunk together with Finns (and probably totally wasted thereof
). (0% completion)
- Spend a winter in the high north or see at least some northern lights in the south. (0% completion)
- Like Finnish food and drinks. (50% completion -- I'm at the moment pretty unsure what it contains. I really love Salmiakki and Fazer chocolate and Punajuurisalaatti. But there are some things I haven't tried yet. Mämmi for example. And normal dishes, not just sweets...)
This will be probably updated. Perhaps.
*= Apparently I smile too often to be a real Finn. Damn!
What I've done so far
- I've been to a Finnish excavation.- I've been to Helsinki (2x).
- I've been to three concerts.
- I've been to a karaoke-bar twice.
- I met a lot of Finnish and also international metalheads \m/.
- I improved my Finnish-skill a lot!
- I've been to sauna.
- I started to learn swordfighting.
What I still have to do
- Go to Tampere (planned). - Go to Tallinn (planned).
- Go to Stockholm.
- Go to Lapland.
- Sauna more often.
- See Ruissalo.
- Visit Turku castle.
- Visit museums in Turku.
- Become a Finn. :D
- Find a Finnish boyfriend. xD
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