Protected: i’ve got another confession to make
cruising
Esiteks võlgnen ma vabanduse kõigile Tallinna-sõpradele, kes oleks mind näha tahtnud ja keda ma oma lühikesest Tallinna visiidist ei informeerinud. See kord lihtsalt läks sedasi 
Et me olime teinud tublit tuutori tööd otsustati meid premeerida kruiisiga. Minu õnnetuseks oli tegemist kruiisiga Tallinna. Naljakas ju natuke kodumaale turistima minna. Aga võtsin seda kui uutmoodi kogemust ja nii kogu see trip ette saigi võetud.
Eelmine nädal oli paljude asjade ja juhtumiste tõttu äärmiselt raske. Rääkimata sellest, et meil olid feedback session‘id, mis mu alati täiesti tühjaks imevad. Seega tundus kogu see kruiis äärmiselt hea run-a-way ja puhkusena. Ja ma olen väga väga väga väga tänulik Mikkole tänu kellele see kruiis üpriski meeldivaks kogemuseks kujunes! Ilma temata oleks võinud asjad oluliselt nukramateks osutuda. Head sõbrad lihtsalt oskavad su päeva heaks teha Ja tore oli ka Tarvot näha. Lühikeseks ajaks küll, aga siiski!
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To thank the degree programme tutors we were invited for a cruise. And well, I guess I just got unlucky that the cruise destination was Tallinn, Estonia. But hey, it’s a new experience to go and visit your home country as a tourist, so of course I decided to join for the cruise.
The entire week has been a rather difficult one and the feedback sessions on Wednesday and Thursday always suck out all the energy. So therefore this entire cruise looked like a nice holiday and run-a-way from everyday life. And I truly am very grateful to Mikko who was a great companion for the entire time! Without him the cruise could have been way more boring. It’s just a pleasure to have really good friends around
we only do it our way
Sellel õppeaastal ei ole me vist ühtegi koolitööd teinud päris 100% nii nagu peaks. Saime täna poistega kokku ja tegime kiired märkmed Academic Research‘i kodu-eksami jaoks, sest Wilsonil õnnestus raamatukogust röövida see üks ja ainuke laenutatav eksemplar ja raamatukogus ei taha meist keegi istuda 4 tundi. Tegime märkmed ära hämmastava poole tunniga. Ehk siis võtsime eksami küsimused ette, mina lappasin raamatut, alguses tegi Mikko minu dikteerimisel märkmeid, hiljem asendas teda Anttoni ja üsna pea olimegi ühel pool. Nüüd tuleb lihtsalt nendest märkmetest laused teha ja ongi eksam tehtud. Fantastiline!
Jätkasime kooli lainel. Artist Management‘i eelmise teisipäevases loengus hakkasime vaatama filmi Walk the Line, mis teatavasti on film Johnny Cash’ist. Klassis on aga filmi vaatamine totaalne katastroof ja kuigi ma olen seda filmi ehk kaks korda juba näinud, ei olnud siiski sugugi mitte paha mõte see korra uuesti läbi vaadata. Seega astusime poest läbi ja läksime Anttoni juurde filmi vaatama. Ja meie loogika ütles selle pihta muidugi seda, et nüüd ei pea me homme enam loengusse filmi vaatama minema. Sjupöörb!
Aga mingitel veidratel põhjustel on mind täna terve päeva vaevanud mingi räme uimasus ja aeg-ajalt valutab kurk. Sain vist eile väheke külma kui ma lahtise rõdu ukse all istusin…
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I bet there’s no school-work we’d done 100% the way it should be done during this academic year. Today we met up with the guys to make the notes of the book we have to read for the take-home exam of Academic Research. Wilson was lucky enough to get that one book they actually lend from the library and because none of us really feels like sitting in the library and doing the work we just gathered together and took the most important notes and now it’s everyone’s own job to form them as proper replies. And taking the notes took us about 20 minutes: I read the book and either Mikko or Anttoni took the notes.
And we continued doing school things. For Artist Management we have to watch the movie of Johnny Cash, Walk the Line. We started to watch that movie last week in the lecture but watching it in the class room is extremely bad, so we thought we’ll rather watch it on our own and skip the lecture tomorrow morning. So we just dropped by the store, got some food and watched the movie. If I could only get all my school-work done so easily
On the bad side, I’ve felt a little dizzy for the entire day and from time-to-time my throat hurts. I guess I caught some cold when sitting next to the open balcony door yesterday…
it was london calling me
Mul on hea meel, et Niko, Eeva ja Olle mu täna õhtul endaga välja sikutasid. Tegelikult tegi seda küll Olle, aga no see selleks. Polnud juba õige mõnda aega kuhugi piule sattunud. Et meie kolmanda kursuse tudengi Antti üks bändidest mängis Londonis, siis peale mõningast istumist Niko ja Eeva juures oligi aeg sinna minna. Londonis on aga mingil kummalisel kombel vanuse piirang reedeti ja laupäeviti 24. Ma olen selle koha jaoks järelikult liiga noor. Aga Antti oli meid kenasti listi pannud! Turvamees tegi natuke pettunud nägu, et ta ei saanud kahte meie seast ukselt tagasi saata, aga no mis teha meid taheti lihtsalt seal näha.
Muideks, Londonis on üks ütlemata khuul asi. Nimelt lähed uksest sisse, asjatad turvaga ja siis käid piletitšiki juurest läbi ja guess what’s next? Sõidad eskalaatoriga teisele korrusele! Sürreaalne! Eskalaatoriga baari minna! 
Tagasi teel tuleb kahjuks tavalisi treppe kasutada.
London on muidu üpriski mõnus inglise pubi. AGA. Hästi suur aga on selle kohaga. Et seal on nii kõrge vanusepiirang nagu seal on, siis oleks ilmselt enamus neist pubis olnutest võinud olla oma vanuse poolest mulle ema-isa eest. Olime neljakesi seal raudselt ühed noorematest. Kuulasime mõnda aega The Loud’i ja läksime siis lihtsalt paremasse kohta edasi. Bänd iseenesest mängis kavereid ja nende naislaulja hääl ei tahtnud mulle kohe mitte sümpatiseerida. Seega oli Soolosse edasi minek täiesti loomulik.
Olgu aga mainitud, et mul oli välja minnes päris selge plaan mitte üle kella kahe ringi tuigerdada. Aga kell oli põhimõtteliselt kaks kui me Soolosse sadasime. Seal ootasid muidugi mitmed tuttavad ja varsti oli meie seltskond juba oluliselt suurem Koju jõudsin aga alles kella kuue ajal hommikul… nii palju siis sellest. Aga vähemalt oli kogu veedetud aeg päris kvaliteetne!
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I’m glad Niko, Eeva and Olle dragged me out last night. Well, truth to be told, it was actually Olle but we were still altogether, so yeah. I think I haven’t really been out already for few weeks. Just because I haven’t had time. But I was glad to go yesterday. And since Antti’s band was playing in London then why not to go and relax for a while.
London has this weird rule on Friday’s and Saturday’s that their age limit is 24. So apparently I’m too young for them But thanks to Antti who had wrote our names to the list I got in. The security guy wasn’t very happy about it though but I couldn’t care less.
By the way, there’s something really cool in London! You enter the pub, hassle with the security guy, deal some things with the ticket-chick if you have to and then, tadaaa! You step on the escalator to go to the second floor and enter the pub area. How cool is that! I have never been to a bar before that would have an escalator! Unfortunately you have to take the ordinary stairs if you want to get back downstairs…
But London in general is a rather nice English pub. Due to the age restriction the majority of people were old enough to be my parents… so I really felt myself like a little kid over there. We listened to The Loud for a while, had a beer and then went to Soolo. I didn’t really like The Loud’s female vocalist and it took as damn forever to try to order a second beer, so we preferred to change the bar.
Truth to be told, I had a plan to return home around 2 but I changed my mind when we went to Soolo because it was already two at that time And of course there are always people you know in Soolo, so soon our group was bigger. And due to all the great time we had, I got home around 5.30… sweet. But at least I really had a great time!
I want to ride my bicycle!
Hommikul ei viidanud miski sellele, et maha võiks sadada paksem lumi, seega sikutasin oma ratta välja ja hakkasin kooli poole libisema. Ma ikka natukene pelgan seda talvel jalgrattaga sõitmist, aga no mis sa teed kui jonn on nii suur, et ei taha mitte bussiga sõita, tuleb ära kimada. Ja tegelikult ei ole see sugugi mitte nii hull kui ta esialgu tundub. Lihtsalt nelja kordselt ettevaatlikum tuleb olla.
Ühesõnaga siis läksin kenasti kooli ja minu suureks rõõmuks ei võtnud ka kusagil rattast eriti “vedama” nii et justkui kuival maal oleks sõitnud. Parkisin kenasti ratta tema tavalisele kohale rattaparklas ja läksin rõõmsal sammul enne 9.45 algavat loengut endale kohvikust kohvi lunastama.
Aga-aga! Nii kella 12 paiku hakkas sadama lund. Ja sajab siiamaani (kell on praegu 8). Et mu ratas oli täitsa lageda taeva all nägi ta kella 7 ajal välja just täpselt selline nagu ta oleks 7 tundi lumesajus seisnud! Lükkasin aga lume istmelt maha ja kopsisin ratta enam-vähem lume vabaks ja alustasin vapralt teekonda kodu poole. Algus oli erakordselt kerge. Kuigi esimese valgusfoori taga pidama saamine oli tsipa kobav, aga ei paha. Rohelise tule süttides andsin kerge tõuke ja väntama hakates tiris kergelt ratta ringi käima. Nojah siis. Kihutasin ettevaatlikult väiksest künkast alla, rühkisin ühest vähe kõrgemast künkast üles ja tabasin end mõttelt, et no mis see lumega sõitmine siis ikka ära ei ole. Umbes nii lihtne nagu lumme kusta. Keerasin mu kõige vähem lemmikule tänavalõigule. Kõige vähem lemmik on ta sellepärast, et seal on kõige parem sõita sõidutee peal, mitte jalakäijate osal. Esimesed 200m läksid vägagi edukalt kuni ühel hetkel tuli ohjadest vähe kõvemalt haarata, sest autode lihvitud lumi ja seal olevad jäljed hakkasid esiratast kes teab kuhu suunas vedama ja selja tagant muidugi lähenes auto. Faking ebamugav. AGA ma jäin ilusti püsti ja kontrollisin ratta üle-tee, sest sinna lihtsalt oli vaja minna. Kogu edasine retk läks äärmiselt kergelt ja rahulikult, kuigi alati oli kergeid raskusi foori taha pidama jäämise ja siis kohalt minema saamisega. Ma arvan, et homme saab jälle rattaga kooli minna Kuni ma käna pole käinud ja luid murdnud ei kavatse ma ratast jätta
Nüüd õhtusöök, kohvi ja dr House!
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I was quite sure in the morning that there’s no real possibility of snow. I did know from the news that the weather forecast was predicting snow but it just didn’t look like it could snow and they actually had predicted snow for days already and there had been no snow. So therefore I decided to take my bicycle and go to school by bike. I’m still a bit scared of driving a bike with snow but I just don’t want to give up and start using the bus.
My journey to school went rather well considering that there was some ice on the road but I felt quite ok about it. But I also was about 4 times more careful than usually! But yeah, I arrived at school, left my bike to its usual place at the “parking lot” and went to grab a coffee from cafeteria to survive the lecture starting 9.45.
But guess what happened around 12? It started to snow. And it’s still snowing (it’s around 8 o’clock now). Apparently I hadn’t put my bike under the shelter for the day so basically look at the photo above and you’ll get a picture of how my bike was looking like when I finally got it from the parking lot at 7. It looked like it has been in the snow for the past 7 hours
So I just removed the snow from the bike and prepared myself to ride the bike home. The beginning was quite easy and that calmed me down a bit. Though I had some difficulties stopping the bike when I reached the first traffic light which was red for me but no major issues with stopping. When the green light turned on I started to drive and then I had some difficulties as the back wheel was just moving round&round but not really going anywhere. Well, that made me to be a little more careful again. So I continued carefully down the hill, then cycled up the hill and realized there’s nothing really difficult about cycling with snow.
But after turning to my least favorite part of my route I kind of changed my mind for a while. This part is my least favorite because I have to cycle next to the cars, not on the pedestrian, so you always have to look out for the cars. Luckily there aren’t that many of them around. First 200m went rather well but then I really concentrated on controlling the bike because the pattern of car tires and other cycler’s made my bike to move to a direction I didn’t really want it to go. And obviously there was a car coming behind me. Damn uncomfortable! But I made it! The rest of the journey went well and now I’m safely at home
I guess I’ll continue driving the bike until I’ll really fall and break my bones
But now dinner, coffee and dr. House!
photo from iStockphoto.com
fotojaht: õhtul kell 7
What could I possibly be doing at 7 o’clock in the evening?
Right… Mitte alati ei ole mul küll laua peal töö tegemise kõrvale seltsi võetud üks õllepudel, aga juhtub ka neid kordi tavaliselt pesitseb selle koha peal üks kohvitass. Aga selline mu tavaline kell 7 õhtul juba välja näeb. Hunnik töid ja lugemisi.
I don’t generally have a beer with me when I’m reading/working with my school things but well, this time it was so usually I prefer a nice cup of coffee. But yeah, that’s how my life looks like around 7 o’clock in the evening.
Aga vahel võib juhtuda, et on ka muid tegevusi. Sobrasin natuke oma failides ja leidsin, et oma sünnipäeval olen ma täpselt kell 7 teinud sellise pildi:
But I’m not always studying around 7 in the evening. I just found a photo that I have taken 7 sharp on my birthday:
Nii et vahel veedan ma kell 7 õhtul aega ka oma sõpradega
So as you can see I sometimes spend time with my friends at 7 o’clock as well
the ground gets covered with the white blanket
Kui ma hommikul juurdlesin selle üle, millal võiks lumi maha sadada, siis justkui vastuseks sellele mõttele sajab õues juba mitmendat tundi järjest laia&valget lund. Esimese lumega on mul alati üks väike traditsioon. Üks väike traditsioon, mida ma endale iga aasta vähemalt ühel päeval luban. “Tähistasin” selles mõttes esimese lume ära. Ja man, it felt good! Tahaks loota, et praegusel hetkel jääb see nii mõnekski ajaks viimaseks korraks.
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I was wondering in the morning when we’ll have the first snow and well, here it is. For the past few hours it has been snowing. I have one nice tradition when it comes to first snow. One tradition that I’ve had for few years and that allows me to do something at least on that one day in the year. So in that sense I’ve “celebrated” the first snow. And man, it felt good! But I hope for a while it was the last time to do it.
tik-tak, tik-tak
Kakskümmend üks minutit üle kaheksa. On häbiväärselt varajane hommik. Järjekordselt. Aga vähemalt on reede, kuigi tundub, et oleks (nagu Mikki armastab öelda) damn Monday. Täna on veel viimast päeva European Business Law intensiivkursus ja mul on tegelikult päris hea meel, et lektor otsustas meid täna kella üheksaks kohale kamandada, esialgse kella kaheksa asemel.
Tegelikult ei olegi ju kell nii väga vara, ega ju? Natuke peale kaheksat. Põhjamaine pime talve ootel öö on end kokku pakkinud ja õues on juba parajalt valge. Talvest rääkides, siis “ootan” kaua on veel seda aega, et saab rattaga kooli minna. Karta on, et varsti muutub jalgratta kasutamine omajagu ohtlikuks. Olen juba praegu kolm korda ettevaatlikum kui ma enne olin!
Aga, ah jaa, et kell on natuke peale kaheksat ja tegelikult ei ole ju vara. Ma olen lihtsalt väsinud. Mul on need vampiirselt punased silmad juba mitmendat päeva ja ma tarbin kohvi veel ja veel ja veel. Seda viimast olen ma küll alati teinud ja ärkvel püsimise eesmärgil pole ma ka tegelikult kunagi kohvi joonud, aga asi on selles käelises tegevuses!
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It’s 20 past 9. Bloody early. It’s Friday. I’m really glad it’s Friday though I must say it feels like it would be damn Monday. Just like Mikki has been explaining almost every single morning this week. Damn Monday. Today we have the last lecture of European Business Law intensive course and I’m extremely glad the lecturer decided to start today at 9 instead of 8 like scheduled earlier.
Actually it’s not very early, isn’t it? It’s not even dark outside like it usually is during winter. Talking about winter then I’m actually “waiting” for the day when I can’t go to school by bike anymore. I’m already three times more careful than usually when riding a bike. But I also hope the snow won’t come soon. Seriously. I hate public transportation no matter how much quicker and warmer it is.
So yes, it’s past 8 and it isn’t very early. But I’m just damn exhausted. I’m having those red vampire eyes and I live only thanks to the coffee.
Time to go to school…
Protected: i’ll write you a song
I want a cand… cookie!
Kujuta ette, et sa tahad süüa küpsised. Aga sugugi mitte kõige tavalisemaid küpsiseid, vaid kindlasti neid, millel on šokolaaditükid sees. Teate küll, need chocolate-chip cookie‘d. Need on mu meelest kõige paremad küpsised üldse. Ühesõnaga, mul on äärmiselt suur tahtmine neid küpsiseid süüa, poed on kas a) kinni või b) pannakse kinni enne kui ma ka kõige kiiremaid liigutusi tehes poodi jõuaksin.
Seega tuli mängu võtta teatav ports ettekujutust, sest leidsin, et ma pole seni avanud seda küpsiste pakki, mille mu prantsuse vahetusõpilased mulle kinkisid ja mõnest Sunday dinner‘ist on mul alles suklaakastike‘t (eesti keeles siis šokolaadi kaste? ehh? no ühesõnaga see vedel šokolaad, mis tuubi sees on). Ja nüüd ma siis sööngi šokolaadiga küpsiseid! Pole küll 100% see, mis ma tahaksin, et see oleks, aga ajab asja kenasti ära.
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Imagine that you want to eat cookies but not the most simple and ordinary cookies. You definitely want to eat the ones with chocolate pieces in them. The chocolate chip cookies. Those are by the way my favorite ones 
But unfortunately the stores are either already closed or the ones that are still open would close for the time I’d get there. So I was about to be without the cookies BUT!
I found that I still have those basic cookies my French exchange students gave me and I also have some chocolate sauce left of one Sunday dinner. So with a little of imagination I now have cookies with chocolate How cool is that! They aren’t though exactly what I would wanted to have but it’s absolutely great substitute!
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