Töttöröö pitkästä aikaa. Innostuin sitten viimein ja alotin uuden blogin kirjottamisen. Tsekatkaa ihmeessä. Sinne pääsee TÄSTÄ. :)
Sami
lauantai 26. marraskuuta 2011
keskiviikko 20. heinäkuuta 2011
Famous Last Words
Kaikki hyvä loppuu aikanaan. Niin myös mun blogi. Kiitän kaikkia, jotka jaksoitte olla hengessä mukana mun vaihtovuoden ajan! :) Arvostan sitä todella. Toivon, että kaikki kertomani sai teiät (kyllästymisen lisäksi) innostumaan vaihdosta, ja parhaassa tapauksessa ehkä jopa lähtemään itsekin vaihtoon. Itse nautin vuodestani täysin siemauksin, enkä katunut päivääkään, että lähdin vaihtoon.
Sen verran voin vielä sanoa, että ei ole yhtäkään vaatimusta, mikä pitäisi täyttää ryhtyäkseen vaihto-oppilaaksi. Ei tarvitse olla enkun numerona 10 tai luokan rohkein ja pihalle heitelty nuori. Voit olla täysin oma itsesi, vaikka olisitkin tosi ujo. VAIHTOVUOSI MUUTTAA IHMISENÄ. :---) Enkun numero voi myöskin olla vaikka 5. Ei tarvi VIIS veisata, koska kielitaito paranee kuin itsestään alkuviikkojen sönkötyksen ja parin sanan käytön jälkeen.
Ite välillä laiskottelin tänne kirjottelun suhteen, mutta in general nautin tänne kirjottelemisesta. Saattaa olla, että jonkunlaista blogia jatkan skriivaileen tässä joskus. Ihan kaikista elämän ihmeistä ja omasta elämästäni. Laitan tännekin sitten linkkiä, jos ja kun kyseisen homman alotan. Muttei kannata liikaa toivossa elää. Mut eläkää TÄYSILLÄ!
Vielä kerran kiitos ja kumarrus, meikäläisen munaus
Sami
Sen verran voin vielä sanoa, että ei ole yhtäkään vaatimusta, mikä pitäisi täyttää ryhtyäkseen vaihto-oppilaaksi. Ei tarvitse olla enkun numerona 10 tai luokan rohkein ja pihalle heitelty nuori. Voit olla täysin oma itsesi, vaikka olisitkin tosi ujo. VAIHTOVUOSI MUUTTAA IHMISENÄ. :---) Enkun numero voi myöskin olla vaikka 5. Ei tarvi VIIS veisata, koska kielitaito paranee kuin itsestään alkuviikkojen sönkötyksen ja parin sanan käytön jälkeen.
Ite välillä laiskottelin tänne kirjottelun suhteen, mutta in general nautin tänne kirjottelemisesta. Saattaa olla, että jonkunlaista blogia jatkan skriivaileen tässä joskus. Ihan kaikista elämän ihmeistä ja omasta elämästäni. Laitan tännekin sitten linkkiä, jos ja kun kyseisen homman alotan. Muttei kannata liikaa toivossa elää. Mut eläkää TÄYSILLÄ!
Vielä kerran kiitos ja kumarrus, meikäläisen munaus
Sami
keskiviikko 22. kesäkuuta 2011
Home Sweet Home
Ei meiän talo oo makeessa homeessa... Eli ei tartte huolestua. :)
Täällä ollaan sitten ny vähä yli viikko "homehduttu". Kyllä on ONNELLINEN fiilis ei voi muuta sanoo. :---) Selittelenpä ny pääpiirteittäin miten tää tästä on lähteny käyntii tää elämä. Ihan ku olis kaikki nyt sillee puhtaalla pöydällä, jonka likaamisen voi taas alotella.
Tulin siis siinä kahden maissa päivällä 17. kesäkuuta kentälle. Sitä ennen lennot meni ihan jees. Sellaset vaivaset 30 tuntia tuli matkustusaikaa lentoineen ja perse homeessa istumisineen. Ei teitä kumminkaa kiinnosta lentojen ajat ja muut ykstyiskohtaset tietopaukut. Joten sanottakoon nyt vaan se et kone istuskeli Washingtonin kentällä 2 tuntia paikallaa märän kiitoradan takia. Se oli oikein hauskaa; 10 minuutin välein tuli kuulutus, että vielä 10 minuuttia lähtöön. Tätä jatkuki sitte se kuuluisa 2 tuntia. No, onneks ei koneita missattu. :) Muutenki tuli suomen kieltä harjoteltua oikein olan takaa, kun ryhmässä oli parikymmentä suomalaasta. Ei tarvinnu ihan sönköttäen porukoiden huomaan astella, vaikka kyllä se suomi, oma äidinkieli, sieltä nopeesti lähti sujuu ku rasvattu salama ukkosella.
Koko matkan oli sellanen outo fiilis. Tottakai ekaks oli aika surullista sanoo hyvästit host perheelle, mutta tieto siitä, että ne tulee 11. heinökuuta hengailee Suomen sateisiin, teki lähdöstä helepompaa. Matkan aikana ei pystyny viä käsittää et on tulossa ikiroutaiseen Suomeen takasi. Vasta sitten, kun näki Helsingin ja Suomen maisemia lentokoneen ikkunasta, alko perhoset lentelee vastan syvyyksis, ja tajuaa että EI PERKELE, mähän oon kohta taas Suomessa. Kentällä sitte ku matkalaukut oli käsis, nii alko sydän pamppaa ku meksikon pikajunan raiteet talvipakkasella.. Sitte löysin itteni iskäni, sitten äitini, sylistä. Ja kaikki purkaantu, jännitys siis. Outoo oli koko 2 tunnin automatka kotii. Ku tulin meiän taloo nii oma huone ja WC näytti ku pienoismalleislta ku oli tottunu vähä isompaa jenkkivuotena. Jenkeissähän kaikki on isompaa u know. (:
Tän vähä yli viikon mua onki sitte revitty suuntaan ja toiseen. Sukulaaset haluaa nähä, kaverit haluaa nähdä, kaikki haluaa nähdä. Aika on menny kaikkien näkemiseen. Se on ollut outoa ja tosi onnellista yhtä aikaa. :) Yleisesti ottaen tuntuu välillä joidenki ihmisten kaa että olis vasta eilen lähtenyt. Sen verran hyvät on välit. :) Niistä huonoista ei sitten puhutakkaa haha. Nyt olis tänä pe juhannus, se meni sukulaasten kaa juhliessa ja hauskaa oli isolla h:lla. On se vaan niin outoo ostaa ite ja juoda jotain alkoholipitoisia virvoitusjuomia. Mutta seura se tärkeintä on. Ei juoma. Tottakai jos ne yhdistää..
Fiilikset on tällä hetkellä IHAN mahtavat!! :)) Rakastan Suomee ja kaikkia tärkeitä ihmisiä kyseisen maan sisällä. Suomi on nyt ja aina MAAILMAN PARAS MAA. <3 Vaihto-oppilasvuosi kasvatti, mutta ei se tosiasioita muuttanut mihinkään suuntaan.. :)
Seuraaviin jauhamisiin,
Sami
Täällä ollaan sitten ny vähä yli viikko "homehduttu". Kyllä on ONNELLINEN fiilis ei voi muuta sanoo. :---) Selittelenpä ny pääpiirteittäin miten tää tästä on lähteny käyntii tää elämä. Ihan ku olis kaikki nyt sillee puhtaalla pöydällä, jonka likaamisen voi taas alotella.
Tulin siis siinä kahden maissa päivällä 17. kesäkuuta kentälle. Sitä ennen lennot meni ihan jees. Sellaset vaivaset 30 tuntia tuli matkustusaikaa lentoineen ja perse homeessa istumisineen. Ei teitä kumminkaa kiinnosta lentojen ajat ja muut ykstyiskohtaset tietopaukut. Joten sanottakoon nyt vaan se et kone istuskeli Washingtonin kentällä 2 tuntia paikallaa märän kiitoradan takia. Se oli oikein hauskaa; 10 minuutin välein tuli kuulutus, että vielä 10 minuuttia lähtöön. Tätä jatkuki sitte se kuuluisa 2 tuntia. No, onneks ei koneita missattu. :) Muutenki tuli suomen kieltä harjoteltua oikein olan takaa, kun ryhmässä oli parikymmentä suomalaasta. Ei tarvinnu ihan sönköttäen porukoiden huomaan astella, vaikka kyllä se suomi, oma äidinkieli, sieltä nopeesti lähti sujuu ku rasvattu salama ukkosella.
Koko matkan oli sellanen outo fiilis. Tottakai ekaks oli aika surullista sanoo hyvästit host perheelle, mutta tieto siitä, että ne tulee 11. heinökuuta hengailee Suomen sateisiin, teki lähdöstä helepompaa. Matkan aikana ei pystyny viä käsittää et on tulossa ikiroutaiseen Suomeen takasi. Vasta sitten, kun näki Helsingin ja Suomen maisemia lentokoneen ikkunasta, alko perhoset lentelee vastan syvyyksis, ja tajuaa että EI PERKELE, mähän oon kohta taas Suomessa. Kentällä sitte ku matkalaukut oli käsis, nii alko sydän pamppaa ku meksikon pikajunan raiteet talvipakkasella.. Sitte löysin itteni iskäni, sitten äitini, sylistä. Ja kaikki purkaantu, jännitys siis. Outoo oli koko 2 tunnin automatka kotii. Ku tulin meiän taloo nii oma huone ja WC näytti ku pienoismalleislta ku oli tottunu vähä isompaa jenkkivuotena. Jenkeissähän kaikki on isompaa u know. (:
Tän vähä yli viikon mua onki sitte revitty suuntaan ja toiseen. Sukulaaset haluaa nähä, kaverit haluaa nähdä, kaikki haluaa nähdä. Aika on menny kaikkien näkemiseen. Se on ollut outoa ja tosi onnellista yhtä aikaa. :) Yleisesti ottaen tuntuu välillä joidenki ihmisten kaa että olis vasta eilen lähtenyt. Sen verran hyvät on välit. :) Niistä huonoista ei sitten puhutakkaa haha. Nyt olis tänä pe juhannus, se meni sukulaasten kaa juhliessa ja hauskaa oli isolla h:lla. On se vaan niin outoo ostaa ite ja juoda jotain alkoholipitoisia virvoitusjuomia. Mutta seura se tärkeintä on. Ei juoma. Tottakai jos ne yhdistää..
Fiilikset on tällä hetkellä IHAN mahtavat!! :)) Rakastan Suomee ja kaikkia tärkeitä ihmisiä kyseisen maan sisällä. Suomi on nyt ja aina MAAILMAN PARAS MAA. <3 Vaihto-oppilasvuosi kasvatti, mutta ei se tosiasioita muuttanut mihinkään suuntaan.. :)
Seuraaviin jauhamisiin,
Sami
keskiviikko 15. kesäkuuta 2011
Last day in Iowa
Today is the day which came WAY too soon.. MY LAST DAY IN IOWA. It feels so weird.. Right now I'm (trying) packing my stuff, and I can tell I have SOME haha.
These last days went by like a tornado. (we had one tornado two days ago btw) I don't have any time anymore.. Where is the time? I already checked under my bed.
So, last Saturday I had my Good Bye Party for my closest friends at our house. I had a BLAST and fun. Even though it was sad, at the same time, to know that was the last time we are having a bonfire and fun time together..
Here's a photo from the party. There were more people haha. But, who would like to take a picture with me..? Haha. I wanna get rid of my "haha" manner. It's annoying I know haha.
A day after Saturday (which would be called Sunday) I went to my favorite restaurant, Buffalo Wild Wings, with my bro and Mom. Here's a pic. What a pretty family, right?
Last night my friends organized a Good Bye Dinner for me (they were just hungry). I had, again, a great time with them and it was hard to say good byes.. and hug them one last time. Some of my friends are coming to the airport tomorrow morning though. 6AM oh boy :) I have to get up 4AM, so I might be a winner.
I'm gonna ask some of your guys questions now. My general opinion of my year here is defeinitely positive. This was a life experience which you can't even describe with words. I changed as a person; gained more self-confidence, got a strong self-esteem, learned to speak better English, got a new family and friends and lots more good stuff. I enjoyed so much, all those memories will stay in my heart. This year was a BLAST. I didn't regret doing this at all, not even a second. I recommend going to be an exchange-student for everybody. It will change your life, and make it better!
Annoying and bad things in American culture are, in my opinion, that sometimes they are too proud of their own country and don't care about the other countries so much. Also, everything has to be FAST. They can't wait and be calm so well. I don't think there's nothing else, which is kinda bad. But I love American culture and those "bad" things make it the American culture. So, don't get mad American guys. I love you and USA. Nobody is perfect. There are lots of stuff in Finland too, for sure, that you guys dislike. :--)
Good things in American culture. This list would take too long, so I try to be quick (must pack all the stuff..). All the people are more brave and friendly for other people than I used to see in Finland. They take good care of others. All the fast food places, stores, landscapes. I just love them all.
I'll write next time, when I'm back in Finland. Then you will see what are my feelings then. (--: I think I'm gonna feel sad 'til I'm in the air, and then starting to get happy of going back home and seeing everybody. We'll see. I'm gonna miss everybody here, but as I said my host family is coming to Finland in three weeks! So, I don't have to wait too long. :--) I promise to have a safety trip, and try to get over the sea.
Good bye, see you later American alligators !
Sami
These last days went by like a tornado. (we had one tornado two days ago btw) I don't have any time anymore.. Where is the time? I already checked under my bed.
So, last Saturday I had my Good Bye Party for my closest friends at our house. I had a BLAST and fun. Even though it was sad, at the same time, to know that was the last time we are having a bonfire and fun time together..
Here's a photo from the party. There were more people haha. But, who would like to take a picture with me..? Haha. I wanna get rid of my "haha" manner. It's annoying I know haha.
A day after Saturday (which would be called Sunday) I went to my favorite restaurant, Buffalo Wild Wings, with my bro and Mom. Here's a pic. What a pretty family, right?
Last night my friends organized a Good Bye Dinner for me (they were just hungry). I had, again, a great time with them and it was hard to say good byes.. and hug them one last time. Some of my friends are coming to the airport tomorrow morning though. 6AM oh boy :) I have to get up 4AM, so I might be a winner.
I'm gonna ask some of your guys questions now. My general opinion of my year here is defeinitely positive. This was a life experience which you can't even describe with words. I changed as a person; gained more self-confidence, got a strong self-esteem, learned to speak better English, got a new family and friends and lots more good stuff. I enjoyed so much, all those memories will stay in my heart. This year was a BLAST. I didn't regret doing this at all, not even a second. I recommend going to be an exchange-student for everybody. It will change your life, and make it better!
Annoying and bad things in American culture are, in my opinion, that sometimes they are too proud of their own country and don't care about the other countries so much. Also, everything has to be FAST. They can't wait and be calm so well. I don't think there's nothing else, which is kinda bad. But I love American culture and those "bad" things make it the American culture. So, don't get mad American guys. I love you and USA. Nobody is perfect. There are lots of stuff in Finland too, for sure, that you guys dislike. :--)
Good things in American culture. This list would take too long, so I try to be quick (must pack all the stuff..). All the people are more brave and friendly for other people than I used to see in Finland. They take good care of others. All the fast food places, stores, landscapes. I just love them all.
I'll write next time, when I'm back in Finland. Then you will see what are my feelings then. (--: I think I'm gonna feel sad 'til I'm in the air, and then starting to get happy of going back home and seeing everybody. We'll see. I'm gonna miss everybody here, but as I said my host family is coming to Finland in three weeks! So, I don't have to wait too long. :--) I promise to have a safety trip, and try to get over the sea.
Good bye, see you later American alligators !
Sami
perjantai 10. kesäkuuta 2011
One week left, then my year will end...
One week. ONE week. What the.. ONE WEEK! :o After one week I'm sitting in my room in Finland. That feels weird, really weird. I can't believe my year is almost over. Right now I have so many feelings and all of them are in a huge disorder, like a mess in my head. So, that was a warning; this blog is gonna be as messed up.
I would separate my thoughts to these themes: sadness, speed, weirdness, happiness, change and frustration. Now I'm gonna explain each one of those, because a word doesn't tell thousand words. Even though I tried to be sneaky and take a picture of speed and stuff..
Sadness. This is really obvious one. From the moment I wake 'til the moment I fall asleep, I'm feeling sad. In some point of the day more, in another point less. Sadness and a thought of leaving is always on my mind no matter what I do. I've played guitar, Xbox watched movies, hanged out with friends (not so much because most of them are workaholic dudes haha), none of those hasn't helped. After each day, I realize, I have one day less time to spend here, behind the cornfield. This is definitely different feeling than I had, when I left from Finland. Then I knew I'm coming back and living rest of my life there, but in this case, I'm not coming back here to live anymore. Of course I'll come to visit, as often as I have time and money. I think I'll have more time in my life than money though.. Anyways, it's not a same thing at all to come visit than stay and live. My year was a huge blast. I know I'm gonna miss everything here. My best family ever is the number one in my missing list; Kyle (my brother who is like a real bro for me now, I don't have any real ones as u guys know), Georgeanne (my Mom who was always there for me, helped me through my some problems, made me laugh and was a person who I could tell everything) and Alan (my host Dad). For more I have so many things I'm gonna miss, but I could mention like friends, our animals, Iowa, our daily routine stuff, American fast food places and stores, you name it. My leaving is going to be easier than it could be though. The reason for that is my host bro's and Mom's visit to Finland, after a month I leave from here. So, it's gonna be much harder to say good byes, when they will leave from Finland. That's good that I have some time to save some water for my tears then. Every day I try to cheer up and be happy. Most of the part it's possible, but there's the though of leaving every frkn second. :/
Speed. I don't mean my running speed in Track. I mean time. It's really going whole the time faster as my time runs smaller. These 10 months flew in general. Before I came I though: "10 months are going to feel really long!" I was sooooo wrong. Feels like I just said that I have two months left, after a moment it was one month, and like after few days (that's how it feels) it's now one week. For the future exchange-students I'll give an advice: Even if time would feel long at the start or in some point of the year, don't think about it! Just enjoy 110% because in some point, you realize: "Who the f*** stole my time?" Somebody did pick pocket me already. I don't have any time in my pockets anymore. I'll try to enjoy 110% the rest of my days, but, I can tell, it's really damn hard. Few blinks and I'm at the airport with my suitcase.. Anyway, there's one more week to E-N-J-O-Y! (:
Weirdness. This is not meant to describe me, even though some of you might think it does. I feel lots of weirdness about going back home after 10 months. It feels weird, how I'm gonna see my family and friends again, sleeping in my own bed (my parents bought me a new one because my old one was broken.. and don't think it was broken because of some activity on it, it just had a hole, the bed had I mean..) and going on living my life in my lovely home town. It's gonna be fine I bet, but it takes time for sure to get used to it again. Also, all the daily routines, people and places. They are not the same, they gonna be familiar in Finland, but it's weird to get used to them again. It's like learning how to walk again. You know how to do it in the back of you head, but if you sit on a chair 10 months, walking might be hard and weird at first. After a while it's starting to work again though. I'm feeling really wise because of my comparasion. Don't ruin that up from me by saying I'm just dreaming!
Happiness. Still, with all weird and sad feelings, I'm in some way feeling happy too. A thought of seeing all the love ones, family, friends and all the familiar places, foods and everything. Those all give me a happy thought. Those things are definitely going to make happy. Don't get me wrong though. As I said I'm feeling kinda sad whole the time. I can't be smiling and cheering for leaving, because I don't feel that way. I hate to leave all behind, but it's also kind of happy side in leaving too (which is hidden somewhere), that I will see my host family in one month and in my final destination; there's people who love me too.
Change. Many people, also called as exchange-students, are scared of change. I have to admit, I was maybe kinda scared of that when I first came. Right now, I'm not scared at all. I know for sure that I've changed a lot. It's hard to notice in myself. So, I can't say that 100% sure. Anyways, I read some of my old blogs, notes, messages and stuff from last year and little bit later than that. It was funny, ridicilous and ashaming to read all of those. My opinions, self-esteem and self-confence were way different than they are now.. I'm not gonna give any examples because I could turn red (like you would see my face). For more all the people in Finland have changed; people I know, my friends, everybody. They might have their own things, new friends and own stuff now. I might not be a friend of some of them anymore. So, I'm prepared to face that fact. It could be hard in some cases, but I have a way of thinking for all that; if they are not my friends anymore, they were not a worth of being my friends. I know there are at least my closest friends who will stay as my friends. That's enough for me. I'm gonna make new friends too, so there you have it. :--) Can't change the change, but can learn to live with it and turn it to a positive thing. (:
Frustration. This is the last thing in my mind (small brains). There's so much to do, people to see, places to go.. and not enough time. But, I will make a best from it. I quit baseball already. That helped my frustration a little bit. Tomorrow, I'm having a GOOD BYE PARTY for my friends at my house. There's gonna be a bonfire and we are all gonna have fun and a blast for sure. :--------) Then, on Sunday, I'm going to Buffalo Wild Wings-restaurant with my family. It's the chicken wings place. We were there on my birthday plus few times more during this year. The main reason I wanted to go there, is that it was the first restaurant we went to eat after I arrived here. Memories.. Then the top of my frustation will be next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Oh man.. I think I will just hide the whole frustration under a carpet and just smile. :) I will write again soon. On Sunday (that's the plan but..) about my Good Bye Party and that dinner in BWW with my family.
Our Track Coach and I in out Track Banquet today.
'til next time
Sami
I would separate my thoughts to these themes: sadness, speed, weirdness, happiness, change and frustration. Now I'm gonna explain each one of those, because a word doesn't tell thousand words. Even though I tried to be sneaky and take a picture of speed and stuff..
Sadness. This is really obvious one. From the moment I wake 'til the moment I fall asleep, I'm feeling sad. In some point of the day more, in another point less. Sadness and a thought of leaving is always on my mind no matter what I do. I've played guitar, Xbox watched movies, hanged out with friends (not so much because most of them are workaholic dudes haha), none of those hasn't helped. After each day, I realize, I have one day less time to spend here, behind the cornfield. This is definitely different feeling than I had, when I left from Finland. Then I knew I'm coming back and living rest of my life there, but in this case, I'm not coming back here to live anymore. Of course I'll come to visit, as often as I have time and money. I think I'll have more time in my life than money though.. Anyways, it's not a same thing at all to come visit than stay and live. My year was a huge blast. I know I'm gonna miss everything here. My best family ever is the number one in my missing list; Kyle (my brother who is like a real bro for me now, I don't have any real ones as u guys know), Georgeanne (my Mom who was always there for me, helped me through my some problems, made me laugh and was a person who I could tell everything) and Alan (my host Dad). For more I have so many things I'm gonna miss, but I could mention like friends, our animals, Iowa, our daily routine stuff, American fast food places and stores, you name it. My leaving is going to be easier than it could be though. The reason for that is my host bro's and Mom's visit to Finland, after a month I leave from here. So, it's gonna be much harder to say good byes, when they will leave from Finland. That's good that I have some time to save some water for my tears then. Every day I try to cheer up and be happy. Most of the part it's possible, but there's the though of leaving every frkn second. :/
Speed. I don't mean my running speed in Track. I mean time. It's really going whole the time faster as my time runs smaller. These 10 months flew in general. Before I came I though: "10 months are going to feel really long!" I was sooooo wrong. Feels like I just said that I have two months left, after a moment it was one month, and like after few days (that's how it feels) it's now one week. For the future exchange-students I'll give an advice: Even if time would feel long at the start or in some point of the year, don't think about it! Just enjoy 110% because in some point, you realize: "Who the f*** stole my time?" Somebody did pick pocket me already. I don't have any time in my pockets anymore. I'll try to enjoy 110% the rest of my days, but, I can tell, it's really damn hard. Few blinks and I'm at the airport with my suitcase.. Anyway, there's one more week to E-N-J-O-Y! (:
Weirdness. This is not meant to describe me, even though some of you might think it does. I feel lots of weirdness about going back home after 10 months. It feels weird, how I'm gonna see my family and friends again, sleeping in my own bed (my parents bought me a new one because my old one was broken.. and don't think it was broken because of some activity on it, it just had a hole, the bed had I mean..) and going on living my life in my lovely home town. It's gonna be fine I bet, but it takes time for sure to get used to it again. Also, all the daily routines, people and places. They are not the same, they gonna be familiar in Finland, but it's weird to get used to them again. It's like learning how to walk again. You know how to do it in the back of you head, but if you sit on a chair 10 months, walking might be hard and weird at first. After a while it's starting to work again though. I'm feeling really wise because of my comparasion. Don't ruin that up from me by saying I'm just dreaming!
Happiness. Still, with all weird and sad feelings, I'm in some way feeling happy too. A thought of seeing all the love ones, family, friends and all the familiar places, foods and everything. Those all give me a happy thought. Those things are definitely going to make happy. Don't get me wrong though. As I said I'm feeling kinda sad whole the time. I can't be smiling and cheering for leaving, because I don't feel that way. I hate to leave all behind, but it's also kind of happy side in leaving too (which is hidden somewhere), that I will see my host family in one month and in my final destination; there's people who love me too.
Change. Many people, also called as exchange-students, are scared of change. I have to admit, I was maybe kinda scared of that when I first came. Right now, I'm not scared at all. I know for sure that I've changed a lot. It's hard to notice in myself. So, I can't say that 100% sure. Anyways, I read some of my old blogs, notes, messages and stuff from last year and little bit later than that. It was funny, ridicilous and ashaming to read all of those. My opinions, self-esteem and self-confence were way different than they are now.. I'm not gonna give any examples because I could turn red (like you would see my face). For more all the people in Finland have changed; people I know, my friends, everybody. They might have their own things, new friends and own stuff now. I might not be a friend of some of them anymore. So, I'm prepared to face that fact. It could be hard in some cases, but I have a way of thinking for all that; if they are not my friends anymore, they were not a worth of being my friends. I know there are at least my closest friends who will stay as my friends. That's enough for me. I'm gonna make new friends too, so there you have it. :--) Can't change the change, but can learn to live with it and turn it to a positive thing. (:
Frustration. This is the last thing in my mind (small brains). There's so much to do, people to see, places to go.. and not enough time. But, I will make a best from it. I quit baseball already. That helped my frustration a little bit. Tomorrow, I'm having a GOOD BYE PARTY for my friends at my house. There's gonna be a bonfire and we are all gonna have fun and a blast for sure. :--------) Then, on Sunday, I'm going to Buffalo Wild Wings-restaurant with my family. It's the chicken wings place. We were there on my birthday plus few times more during this year. The main reason I wanted to go there, is that it was the first restaurant we went to eat after I arrived here. Memories.. Then the top of my frustation will be next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Oh man.. I think I will just hide the whole frustration under a carpet and just smile. :) I will write again soon. On Sunday (that's the plan but..) about my Good Bye Party and that dinner in BWW with my family.
Our Track Coach and I in out Track Banquet today.'til next time
Sami
maanantai 30. toukokuuta 2011
Graduation (fake one)
Yesterday was the day I had been waiting for: the GRADUATION DAY. I mostly waited that 'cause I wanted to wear that lovely hat so badly, just kidding. Anyways, I bet you guys there in snowy Finland don't know more about Graduation than American TV shows have shown to you. I've watched American shows and the only thing I remember about them is that frkn hat. So, let me tell ya everything (a little bit more than the hat) that I remember from yesterday.
Our Graduation started at 2PM. That was good since I got my beaty dreams which I need for living. In the beginning of the Graduation ceremony we, seniors, walked to our jim two people at the time. I got to walk with a boy, so we didn't hold hands (should I have?). Then we sat down, which is wise thing to do when you have chairs behind you. We listened one speech from our Principal, another from one teacher, and then few from seniors. That wasn't that bad. I sang with our Choir after the speeches. We started with the national anthem of the United States. I have to admit; I didn't have any clue that we were suppose to sing that, and I don't know the words either.. Oi maamme Suomi synn.. No.. wrong country. I knew the words for our second song which was called "Lean On Me".
Once the American Idol Contest was over, teachers started the longest part of the whoel ceremony; scholarships. They gave like 54878789990 scholarships. There was always a different person to represent, who got the scholarships and where. I was pissed they didn't say any reasons for choices. Maybe they gave those for them whose faces they liked best. Well, I don't think that was the reason. Otherwise my bookshelf would be full of scholarships.
After those scholarships it was time for giving High School Diplomas for seniors. Everybody got theirs. I didn't. The reason for that was that I'm an exchange-student. All the others have gone to school for 4 long years and I have just chilled there one year. I got a different kinda paper which said this: "The handsome Finnish boy (changed the name because this is a public blog haha) has completed the basic requirements as an exchange-student at Springville High School."
Then, the ceremony was over and we made a line in our cafeteria. The line was for parents and teacher, that they could say "Good job!" for each one of us. I hugged about 79874987 times and said "Thank you." at least same amount of times. My smiling muscles were dead after the line had passed us.
Photos tell you more than my stupid stories. So here you are guys. (:
The rest of the day was fun too. We went to some Graduation parties, ate some free food there and met people too. (Ofc food was the main reason to go...) I, myself, spent the evening 'til 2AM in my friend's yard. He had a bonfire and there were tons of people, and lots of fun! :--)
Today, I took some suntan, helped my Mom in gardening (not gay stuff at all...) and chilled. It feels so horrible, when people ask "When do you leave back home?" Then, when I say the answer, I realize how little time I have left... It's gonna be awful to leave my friends and family here. After all, it's gonna be easier than it could be, because... my host family is going to visit me and the other exchange-student brother to Europe! They will come to Finland in the middle of July. :)) So, I bet the good byes from Finland will be even harder. Right now, I'm gonna enjoy these last weeks for SURE! :---)
'til next time
Sami
Senior's life is an easy life
For the first time, I have a really good reason why I haven't written for a long time; I shut down our Internet. Please, don't get me wrong... I'm not a computer freak who plays games 24/7 and sleeps two hours per day while eating popcorn. Alright... I love popcorn, but the reason for our Internet problem was me. I watched some hockey games via Internet. So, I'm a hockey freak instead.
Anyways, now it works again, and you can read my lovely thought after that little break. Isn't that great? Even greater thing is that I've been done with school since 20th of May. After that I have been pretty much sleeping, eating and relaxing. Even though, these last months at school were pretty much sleeping and eating too. After all I like this situation better (a softer couch).
Between sleeping and eating I've been playing Baseball in our school's team. We have practices every day from Monday to Friday 5-7PM. As you guys might remember, I played Finnish Baseball for 10 years. So, I walked to our first practice with really confident thoughts. After that first practice my thoughts were: "Thank God I didn't tell anything about my FInnish Baseball career to coaches... That career didn't help me at all."
Of course catching the ball is similar stuff. Running to bases has different rules though. Then, there is the most different thing: batting. To be honest, in the batting, there are only two common things, when comparing to Finnish version: both have a ball and a bat. Everything else, including pitching and batting technique, are new things for me to learn. I admit, it's kinda funny to start learning to bat in a totally different way than I have used to do 10 years. Until this day the ball has hit my body parts more than my bat. I might have more bruises than home runs in the end of this season. I was cathing in one of our games already... for one inning. I might play in one or two games still, we'll see. I'm gonna quit Baseball soon anyways though, because I have only few weeks left and I wanna see my friends and enjoy the rest of my time here. :--) Enjoy these photos of a future baseball star and his team.
St. Louis. I found myself from there last Wednesday. I was there for two days with our Senior Class. You don't have to be Einstein to realize that it was our Senior Class trip. We left 6AM, which was really wonderful. After we got there, we went to a City Museum. It was kinda like children's playground, but hey; I'm only 18! It was like a work-out to climb in small holes, and some of them were really slippery (doesn't sound perv or anything...). Anyways, here are some pictures from there. In the second one, you can see our Senior Class of 2011. Believe or not we had fun.
Once we have acted enough like babies, we drove to our hotel. The hotel was awesome; free popcorn and pops as much as you can get into your belly. As soon as our bellies were full, we went swimming to our hotel's pool. We had to go back to our rooms after and hour or so, because there wer tornado warning in St. Louis! I was ready for flying cars in the sky and lots of broken glass. After a while I got dissapointed, when the only stuff that I saw were huge wind and rainy weather. After all it was maybe better that it wasn't any worse. Otherwise I woulnd't been writing this blog. I wanna keep you readers happy.
Hard Rock Cafe was our next address. Waiters there weren't as excited as in Hawaii, but burgers were as delicious for sure. Here's a bad quality from the restaurant.
Next morning came (what a suprise!) and we ate breakfast and headed to the Mall of St. Louis. I didn't buy anything. My suitcase is in a diet right now and can't gain any more weight.
Today was a really hot, sunnt and nice day. I also graduated yesterday (not a big deal). There's some limit in people's interests to read this blog. So, I will make a new blog from Graduation. I always think your best.
'til next time (which will be after 20 mins..)
Sami
Anyways, now it works again, and you can read my lovely thought after that little break. Isn't that great? Even greater thing is that I've been done with school since 20th of May. After that I have been pretty much sleeping, eating and relaxing. Even though, these last months at school were pretty much sleeping and eating too. After all I like this situation better (a softer couch).
Between sleeping and eating I've been playing Baseball in our school's team. We have practices every day from Monday to Friday 5-7PM. As you guys might remember, I played Finnish Baseball for 10 years. So, I walked to our first practice with really confident thoughts. After that first practice my thoughts were: "Thank God I didn't tell anything about my FInnish Baseball career to coaches... That career didn't help me at all."
Of course catching the ball is similar stuff. Running to bases has different rules though. Then, there is the most different thing: batting. To be honest, in the batting, there are only two common things, when comparing to Finnish version: both have a ball and a bat. Everything else, including pitching and batting technique, are new things for me to learn. I admit, it's kinda funny to start learning to bat in a totally different way than I have used to do 10 years. Until this day the ball has hit my body parts more than my bat. I might have more bruises than home runs in the end of this season. I was cathing in one of our games already... for one inning. I might play in one or two games still, we'll see. I'm gonna quit Baseball soon anyways though, because I have only few weeks left and I wanna see my friends and enjoy the rest of my time here. :--) Enjoy these photos of a future baseball star and his team.
St. Louis. I found myself from there last Wednesday. I was there for two days with our Senior Class. You don't have to be Einstein to realize that it was our Senior Class trip. We left 6AM, which was really wonderful. After we got there, we went to a City Museum. It was kinda like children's playground, but hey; I'm only 18! It was like a work-out to climb in small holes, and some of them were really slippery (doesn't sound perv or anything...). Anyways, here are some pictures from there. In the second one, you can see our Senior Class of 2011. Believe or not we had fun.
Once we have acted enough like babies, we drove to our hotel. The hotel was awesome; free popcorn and pops as much as you can get into your belly. As soon as our bellies were full, we went swimming to our hotel's pool. We had to go back to our rooms after and hour or so, because there wer tornado warning in St. Louis! I was ready for flying cars in the sky and lots of broken glass. After a while I got dissapointed, when the only stuff that I saw were huge wind and rainy weather. After all it was maybe better that it wasn't any worse. Otherwise I woulnd't been writing this blog. I wanna keep you readers happy.
Hard Rock Cafe was our next address. Waiters there weren't as excited as in Hawaii, but burgers were as delicious for sure. Here's a bad quality from the restaurant.
Next morning came (what a suprise!) and we ate breakfast and headed to the Mall of St. Louis. I didn't buy anything. My suitcase is in a diet right now and can't gain any more weight.
Today was a really hot, sunnt and nice day. I also graduated yesterday (not a big deal). There's some limit in people's interests to read this blog. So, I will make a new blog from Graduation. I always think your best.
'til next time (which will be after 20 mins..)
Sami
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