Its been a tough week but positive as such! Eventhough school is hard, i'm not totally failing my classes here!!! Found out on friday that from one of our sociology test I got the best point in our class..what an ego boost I must say!! hihi quite satisfied and happy, actually over the moon! ^^
Most days of last week have been spent doing test and the other time revising for them. Yesterday after getting the result from my test, celebrated it with Camille from my class at an evening over a couple of beers and watching French reality tv, was a nice and relaxing evening! Today had super awesome trainings with Quintana. Knock on wood i really can't bare her getting sick anymore but now it is going so great with her and i am enjoying it so much..we have progressed quite a bit and couldn't be more happier about it!! :) The evening i spent at the christmas happenings of Rouen with Nataly, we drank some "Vin Chaud" the french correspondant to the Finnish Glögi and enjoyed all the christmas light and decorations around town, made me feel a little more like home, am so happy . Then we continued to remenice the first time we met with Nataly at Boite de Bieres at the happening of the Erasmus, and i took they're only finnish beer on the menu, Lapin Kulta, hihi..today has been almost like being home (well not at all, but the Vin Chaud and Lapin kulta were a nice addition to the evening).
Tomorrow i'm going to try to wake up early and get to the stables to ride Quinny, then during the afternoon we are going to church with Nataly, i'm going to light a candle in memory of my dear grandfather who i so love and miss.
In the evening ofcourse more studying ;)
I wish everyone a nice sonday!
Bisous, AM
lauantai 11. joulukuuta 2010
keskiviikko 8. joulukuuta 2010
working hard or hardly working?
working hard indeed. It's the last effort still that needs to be made before christmas and i couldn't be less motivated..i am motivated but just so extremely exghausted!! only 1½ weeks work left and then my brain gets a well deserved holiday for 3 weeks mmm ^^ can't wait!
Today was our last class of JUDO, hallelujah!!! anyone wanna buy a kimono!?! hahahah i'll sell it to the next lucky bastard on first year in STAPS for next year, hihihii. Today's class was however a controle of combat, Laugh Out Loud..it was ridiculous..everyone trying to get something done but hardly being even able to make the other fall ^^ though the guys more succesful then girls, it must be that guys have that adrenaline to combat or something, haha. Anyways last time and extremely glad of that :)
In store for today, laundry, finish off a project and still if time remains study for fridays exams = awesome afternoon and evening ahead, dare i say the best part of my day will be doing laundry..how sad :D
Bisous, AM
Today was our last class of JUDO, hallelujah!!! anyone wanna buy a kimono!?! hahahah i'll sell it to the next lucky bastard on first year in STAPS for next year, hihihii. Today's class was however a controle of combat, Laugh Out Loud..it was ridiculous..everyone trying to get something done but hardly being even able to make the other fall ^^ though the guys more succesful then girls, it must be that guys have that adrenaline to combat or something, haha. Anyways last time and extremely glad of that :)
In store for today, laundry, finish off a project and still if time remains study for fridays exams = awesome afternoon and evening ahead, dare i say the best part of my day will be doing laundry..how sad :D
Bisous, AM
tiistai 7. joulukuuta 2010
Joulumaa jos jokaiselta löytyy sydämestä
Is so waiting for Christmas! :) has a playlist of christmas songs playing and would so wish that we would have snow, but at least i will enjoy it to the fullest in Finland..i'm so going to make snow angels the minute i get home, hihi.
The weekend was great fun!! It got of to a terrbile start with having to do a motherf*ing anatomy test, which i'll probably have to do again in june..just doesn't stick in my head for freaks sake. Well i'll survive, thank god i don't need to know the exact structure of the bones of the hand to be able to do management of events ;) haha. The afternoon was great!! Drove to Versailles to the Boat Show of Paris to meet Alexandra, ate lunch with her and look at fabulous boats (its just slightely bigger than the Helsinki Boat Show, just a teeny bit, haha). Came home and made my self ready for a lovely evening with friends at Rouen :)
The week started with a tortureous 800m swimming test in our swimming class...blaah...i barely survived it. :P but anyways.. that was the last swimming pratice this year, jeijj:)
Today got our faculty clothes, so great! they look lovely :)
Should continue writing my project now..has to be in the day after tomorrow. Well lets hope i get good points in that.
Bisous, AM
The weekend was great fun!! It got of to a terrbile start with having to do a motherf*ing anatomy test, which i'll probably have to do again in june..just doesn't stick in my head for freaks sake. Well i'll survive, thank god i don't need to know the exact structure of the bones of the hand to be able to do management of events ;) haha. The afternoon was great!! Drove to Versailles to the Boat Show of Paris to meet Alexandra, ate lunch with her and look at fabulous boats (its just slightely bigger than the Helsinki Boat Show, just a teeny bit, haha). Came home and made my self ready for a lovely evening with friends at Rouen :)
The week started with a tortureous 800m swimming test in our swimming class...blaah...i barely survived it. :P but anyways.. that was the last swimming pratice this year, jeijj:)
Today got our faculty clothes, so great! they look lovely :)
Should continue writing my project now..has to be in the day after tomorrow. Well lets hope i get good points in that.
Bisous, AM
torstai 2. joulukuuta 2010
le week end m'attend
Today i had my first presentation in french, thank gosh it was a group presentation, but anyway, me and my french in front of 40 students :P well it went ok! wuhuu, though when it came to question time i was totally lost, jeez the type of questions that the teacher asked and the words that he used, i was a huge question mark! i'm sure i would've been able to answer his questions if i would have understood even half of what he was saying. well at least it was a pass, so that shoudn't cause any problems ^^
SNOW!!! i am so happy. though have to admit its a bit crazy driving with summer tires on snow...all of the main roads are really well salted so no problem there but when it comes to parking lots..wiuuu sliiidiiiiing, i sware i was driving 10 or 20 km/h cause i was searching for a parking spot, then the car in front of me stops i hit the breaks and we just nicely and smoothely glided practically past the other car :D so yeah...gotta be careful.
This week has been quite some week, and so will the coming ones too. monday, wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday all exam days.. tiring. I was yesterday at the library until closing time and then studied until midnight at my appartement. Was so tired today that i fell dosed of for 3 hours during the day, missing my todays library session..totally screws up my sleeping rythm cause now i have energy to study more and its already 23.30 ... oh my how i can't wait for the christmas holidays!! :) a properly heated room! it might be much colder in finland, but at least we have proper heating. I am now sitting by my desk inside a sleeping bag...ridiculous i know, but its the only way i don't freeze, and i sleep with 4 quilts... i hope this isn't like this for several months.
Saturday is going to be a super day (despite my anatomy exam in the morning) if the stewards of finnair would just give in and let Alexandra come for a visit!! jeijj waiting for that, and a party with the guys at Rouen, well deserved weekend after a hard worked week i think :)
Write to you later, bisous, AM
SNOW!!! i am so happy. though have to admit its a bit crazy driving with summer tires on snow...all of the main roads are really well salted so no problem there but when it comes to parking lots..wiuuu sliiidiiiiing, i sware i was driving 10 or 20 km/h cause i was searching for a parking spot, then the car in front of me stops i hit the breaks and we just nicely and smoothely glided practically past the other car :D so yeah...gotta be careful.
This week has been quite some week, and so will the coming ones too. monday, wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday all exam days.. tiring. I was yesterday at the library until closing time and then studied until midnight at my appartement. Was so tired today that i fell dosed of for 3 hours during the day, missing my todays library session..totally screws up my sleeping rythm cause now i have energy to study more and its already 23.30 ... oh my how i can't wait for the christmas holidays!! :) a properly heated room! it might be much colder in finland, but at least we have proper heating. I am now sitting by my desk inside a sleeping bag...ridiculous i know, but its the only way i don't freeze, and i sleep with 4 quilts... i hope this isn't like this for several months.
Saturday is going to be a super day (despite my anatomy exam in the morning) if the stewards of finnair would just give in and let Alexandra come for a visit!! jeijj waiting for that, and a party with the guys at Rouen, well deserved weekend after a hard worked week i think :)
Write to you later, bisous, AM
maanantai 29. marraskuuta 2010
exams exams exams
3 weeks til' christmas holiday and i get to come home!!!!!!! wupiiii
can't wait for it!
The last weeks remaining is all about test and exams in both practicals and theoreticals. pff. i'd rather skip it all and just go home ^^ hihi but unfortunantely they have to be done. Really really reeeeeally hopes that my grades are good enough!! :/ if not i don't know what i'm going to do. So in that ase, now i just really have to go and continue to study so that i can pass all of my exams with good grades and be able to continue to the second year (or atleast half of the work is done ;) hahah) still the seond semester to improve!! and it shouldn't be a problem as french is getting easier :)
(I'm actually liking it here, so would like to continue doing my studies and living here rather than finland for the next 3-5 years, hhähä)
Bisous, AM
can't wait for it!
The last weeks remaining is all about test and exams in both practicals and theoreticals. pff. i'd rather skip it all and just go home ^^ hihi but unfortunantely they have to be done. Really really reeeeeally hopes that my grades are good enough!! :/ if not i don't know what i'm going to do. So in that ase, now i just really have to go and continue to study so that i can pass all of my exams with good grades and be able to continue to the second year (or atleast half of the work is done ;) hahah) still the seond semester to improve!! and it shouldn't be a problem as french is getting easier :)
(I'm actually liking it here, so would like to continue doing my studies and living here rather than finland for the next 3-5 years, hhähä)
Bisous, AM
perjantai 19. marraskuuta 2010
jestas mikä sumu!
Yes its foggy as hell. I live in Normandy so its to be expected, especially up at the mountains where my teeny appartement is on (Mont Saint Aignan) so now that the weather is getting colder and the temperature changes a lot there is a lot of humidity. Should soon leave to drive to soccer practice but is hesistant if i'll be able to see anything, haha. Well its not quuuite that bad, but i can't properly see to the parking lot opposite my house...it isn't far.
Today out for drinks wiht Nataly :) i now have strenght! can you believe it, i slept for 10 hrs last night, cause i was able to fall asleep at 10 pm rather than 3 am , soo happy. Well rested, mm nothings better than that! ;)
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!
Bisous, AM
Today out for drinks wiht Nataly :) i now have strenght! can you believe it, i slept for 10 hrs last night, cause i was able to fall asleep at 10 pm rather than 3 am , soo happy. Well rested, mm nothings better than that! ;)
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!
Bisous, AM
keskiviikko 17. marraskuuta 2010
ping pong test in practical and theoretical = done and done.
The theory part ,COME ON! how the hell would it even help me as a sports teacher to know who was the french player that won the championships in 2009...seriously!? any logic..noup as usually..who cares, i just wanna pass it, i'll rahter focus on my management courses more ;)
Practical part, didn't really have my A-game on, haha who am i kidding, i have no A-game in ping pong, at least i didn't score as the last in our class so not a total failure :D
Is actually ahead of some of my class mates in our project work, go annmarie! don't know when last something like this has happened, must have been before IB :P cause there I was known as the last minute, last second stress running to the teacher begging for him to still accept my project too ^^ thank god that's a chapter in the past.
Feels like a lucky person to have so many people in this world that i miss and who miss me back, and who are right here with me to make my days that much greater!
Now off to meet Charlotte who I probably haven't seen for a month :D and then tomorrow meeting Clemence who i unfortunantely haven't seen since summer. Two nice evenings ahead, in other words :)
I'd like to finish with something I said to my one of my dear friends today, to all people that i am not in the same country with right now:
Side by Side,
or miles apart,
always close to heart.
Bisous, AM
Practical part, didn't really have my A-game on, haha who am i kidding, i have no A-game in ping pong, at least i didn't score as the last in our class so not a total failure :D
Is actually ahead of some of my class mates in our project work, go annmarie! don't know when last something like this has happened, must have been before IB :P cause there I was known as the last minute, last second stress running to the teacher begging for him to still accept my project too ^^ thank god that's a chapter in the past.
Feels like a lucky person to have so many people in this world that i miss and who miss me back, and who are right here with me to make my days that much greater!
Now off to meet Charlotte who I probably haven't seen for a month :D and then tomorrow meeting Clemence who i unfortunantely haven't seen since summer. Two nice evenings ahead, in other words :)
I'd like to finish with something I said to my one of my dear friends today, to all people that i am not in the same country with right now:
Side by Side,
or miles apart,
always close to heart.
Bisous, AM
maanantai 15. marraskuuta 2010
alarm clock, it doesn't do its purpose if you don't set the alarm..
Yes, suprise suprise, even the alarm clock of a BlackBerry is not a mind reader..it would have been pretty useful to set the alarm yesterday before going to bed..but see i forgot, thus i didn't wake up for my swimming practices today :/ let's hope they understand me and won't kill me..
Today however i've gotten some work done, started on my "projet professionnel", a project on our future career, what we want to do and expect of it etc. It's not that hard, no wait its in frech so yes it is :D but the basic form and idea of it is easy. It should be okay.
Still need to study some ping pong, we are finally going to have our exam tomorrow, jeeeijjj..not.
We'll its not impossible but it sure isnt enjoyable to study, hah
Oh and yes laundry day today..considering that i have no underwear left, that would be a pretty good idea ^^
Yestreday was fathersday, i really wished that I could have been in person to wish I happy fathersday to my dear daddy, unfortunantely since i'm so far far away, the telephone had to do :)
Sun is shining, for once after 6 days of pooring rain! I'll get to put my swade shoes on again, hihii
Til' tomorrow, Bisous, AM
Today however i've gotten some work done, started on my "projet professionnel", a project on our future career, what we want to do and expect of it etc. It's not that hard, no wait its in frech so yes it is :D but the basic form and idea of it is easy. It should be okay.
Still need to study some ping pong, we are finally going to have our exam tomorrow, jeeeijjj..not.
We'll its not impossible but it sure isnt enjoyable to study, hah
Oh and yes laundry day today..considering that i have no underwear left, that would be a pretty good idea ^^
Yestreday was fathersday, i really wished that I could have been in person to wish I happy fathersday to my dear daddy, unfortunantely since i'm so far far away, the telephone had to do :)
Sun is shining, for once after 6 days of pooring rain! I'll get to put my swade shoes on again, hihii
Til' tomorrow, Bisous, AM
perjantai 12. marraskuuta 2010
normandy weather = rain rain..and oh did i mention rain!
36 km/h wind, pooring down with rain = its friday and ofcourse we have football trainings! It was ridiculous, the wind was so strong that it just took the ball on its own ways :D there's trainings. I've been telling everyone here cause they think it's crazy how cold it gets in Finland, but come on, we are equipped for poor weather. We have indoor arenas for everything, even football! So when it gets cold, rains or snows we are inside, not outside freezing. Took a long warm shower and hoping I wont get sick ;)
Trying to study for my osteopathie exam (ie human anatomy) puff, its hard, and not really my favourite subject, i just wanna pass, let's see how that goes!
Can't believe that christmas is around the corner, just a little over a month and i'll be home with my family and friends, waiting for that <3
though christmas holiday for me means studying for exams, aah la vie dans l'universite francaise n'est pas facile, dur dur. Mais les finlandaise sont des survivants =)
I CAN DO THIS!
Now off to study some more.
Bisous, AM
Trying to study for my osteopathie exam (ie human anatomy) puff, its hard, and not really my favourite subject, i just wanna pass, let's see how that goes!
Can't believe that christmas is around the corner, just a little over a month and i'll be home with my family and friends, waiting for that <3
though christmas holiday for me means studying for exams, aah la vie dans l'universite francaise n'est pas facile, dur dur. Mais les finlandaise sont des survivants =)
I CAN DO THIS!
Now off to study some more.
Bisous, AM
torstai 11. marraskuuta 2010
free from school
Today is "férier", public holiday in France. Woke up without an alarm clock and slept until 11 :) mmm, my brain is working again!
Doesn't feel like stepping out of the appartement, there's a rainy storm.. i do have to go to the stables at some point though, let's hope it would get milder towards the evening.
Projet Professionel - have to interview a person who does event management as their job title and then write a project about it, uff, that shouldn't be that difficult if i properly understood what i should do :) not quite sure i did though hahah :D have to check with my classmates!!
Osteopathie et Arthrologie...yes human anatomy which I have a test in on Saturday, should properly start sudying today. It is really hard! learning all bone and tendon names and parts by heart and their definitions and functions...i hope i pass.
Well i'm going to make myself another cup of coffee, attack my homework and listen to good music :)
Hope ya'll have a nice day.
Bisous, AM
Doesn't feel like stepping out of the appartement, there's a rainy storm.. i do have to go to the stables at some point though, let's hope it would get milder towards the evening.
Projet Professionel - have to interview a person who does event management as their job title and then write a project about it, uff, that shouldn't be that difficult if i properly understood what i should do :) not quite sure i did though hahah :D have to check with my classmates!!
Osteopathie et Arthrologie...yes human anatomy which I have a test in on Saturday, should properly start sudying today. It is really hard! learning all bone and tendon names and parts by heart and their definitions and functions...i hope i pass.
Well i'm going to make myself another cup of coffee, attack my homework and listen to good music :)
Hope ya'll have a nice day.
Bisous, AM
tiistai 9. marraskuuta 2010
FC Rouen - FC Amiens, 2 - 0
Alleee Rouen, ici c'est rouen!! ICI C'EST STAPS!
Did not think she was going to enjoy a football game that much!! it was suuuper fun, and the ambiance was great! I really do love my Group N at STAPS :)
no judo tomorrow! the relief, late morning, only 2 hrs of school, but loads of studying to do.
Bonne nuit, Bisous, AM
Did not think she was going to enjoy a football game that much!! it was suuuper fun, and the ambiance was great! I really do love my Group N at STAPS :)
no judo tomorrow! the relief, late morning, only 2 hrs of school, but loads of studying to do.
Bonne nuit, Bisous, AM
maanantai 8. marraskuuta 2010
nage du papillon, je n'arrive pas!!! merde
Today we had after a 3weeks break swimming practice and this time with a new professeur cause the previous got recruted to the French National swimming team, damn it, i really liked her though the new guy seems nice too he just makes us swim with the butterfly technique like crazy, hence the title ;)
I really have to this weekend go alone and try to train a little cause thats just embarrasing that i really dont know how... and its hard as hell. Anyways i'm sure after a little practice i'll do ok.^^
Soon to the second class of a new course, Public and sportive formations, part of management. The course seems interesting, just that the prof is a bit all over the place, and she doesnt get the microphone in the amphitheater to work plus that her articulation is crap so trying to understand her is an enormous effort :D even my classmates (who are french) can't quite catch what she's saying..funny.
School ends at 20.30 today..blaah. and all because of the stupid strike which caused us to miss all kinds of classes so now we have to make up for them..what a bore.
Now off to class, have to go a bit earlier so that i have time to buy myself a coffee ;)
Bisous, AM
I really have to this weekend go alone and try to train a little cause thats just embarrasing that i really dont know how... and its hard as hell. Anyways i'm sure after a little practice i'll do ok.^^
Soon to the second class of a new course, Public and sportive formations, part of management. The course seems interesting, just that the prof is a bit all over the place, and she doesnt get the microphone in the amphitheater to work plus that her articulation is crap so trying to understand her is an enormous effort :D even my classmates (who are french) can't quite catch what she's saying..funny.
School ends at 20.30 today..blaah. and all because of the stupid strike which caused us to miss all kinds of classes so now we have to make up for them..what a bore.
Now off to class, have to go a bit earlier so that i have time to buy myself a coffee ;)
Bisous, AM
sunnuntai 7. marraskuuta 2010
well rested!! mmm nice
slept 11 hours!!!! magnifique :)
yesterday the guys and nataly continued to the club and i drove home to sleep, best choice i've made this week, hahaha!
Now going to do some studying and then tomorrow swimming practice, haven't had it for 2 weeks so looking forward to it.
A very good sonday to everyone, i know i'm enjoying mine eventhough i have to study ;)
Bisous AM
yesterday the guys and nataly continued to the club and i drove home to sleep, best choice i've made this week, hahaha!
Now going to do some studying and then tomorrow swimming practice, haven't had it for 2 weeks so looking forward to it.
A very good sonday to everyone, i know i'm enjoying mine eventhough i have to study ;)
Bisous AM
lauantai 6. marraskuuta 2010
Finnish music
Now that i'm here i really like finnish music, just hearing finnish and ofcourse swedish too. Really become a huge fan of Johanna Kurkela and Juha Tapio :)
yesterday went out with the guys cause exeptionally we only had only class at 10 today. Had a loovely evening. Today still have to revise a bit of ping pong. Tomorrow more studying ahead :D well just a lot of stress now but then it will get easier. i can manage! i almost feel like i wouldn't want to work next summer because i'm going to be so tired but money money money, maybe if i'd just work 2 months :D then i'd still have like a month of holiday to just not having to anything if i don't feel like it, hihih ^^
Now to the stables to take care of my sweetie pie Quinny. Then we're going with Nataly to see a new club, though i'm going to just be the designated driver, partly cause i'm too tired to take the bus and secondly cause i need to do a lot of school work tomorrow so i can't be tired.
Good to get a hold of myself and actually work!
Bisous, AM
yesterday went out with the guys cause exeptionally we only had only class at 10 today. Had a loovely evening. Today still have to revise a bit of ping pong. Tomorrow more studying ahead :D well just a lot of stress now but then it will get easier. i can manage! i almost feel like i wouldn't want to work next summer because i'm going to be so tired but money money money, maybe if i'd just work 2 months :D then i'd still have like a month of holiday to just not having to anything if i don't feel like it, hihih ^^
Now to the stables to take care of my sweetie pie Quinny. Then we're going with Nataly to see a new club, though i'm going to just be the designated driver, partly cause i'm too tired to take the bus and secondly cause i need to do a lot of school work tomorrow so i can't be tired.
Good to get a hold of myself and actually work!
Bisous, AM
perjantai 5. marraskuuta 2010
i'm a survivor
i can now honestly say that i'm better in football!!! finally i'm not just the girl that is in the way all the time on the football field, i'm actually of some help, hihii, felt so good today during practice :)
Psychology exam...well all i can say is thank god i did it with someone else, Bastien saved my ass with that test today, the thanks all go to him.
Sociology, and easy thing that i should have known and my brain was blank..argh hate when that happens. though from my previous test i had gotten 10/20 so thats a pass, jeij.
Why is studying in french so hard, i always feel like nothing sticks :/ i'm really stressed about midterms which are in 2 months...i really wanna pass all my exams...actually i really wanna pass this first year and continue to the second..what if i try my best and dont pass. I think i'd just go and beg on my knees to the school board to give a finnish girl a second chance, all in all i'm not doing that bad and this is all in a foreign language! mercy mercy
headache, knee is just killing me and i'm just exghausted.
greys anatomy and off to bed.
a demain, lets hope a good nights sleep will give me strength to study properly this weekend cause i really need to.
bisous, AM
Psychology exam...well all i can say is thank god i did it with someone else, Bastien saved my ass with that test today, the thanks all go to him.
Sociology, and easy thing that i should have known and my brain was blank..argh hate when that happens. though from my previous test i had gotten 10/20 so thats a pass, jeij.
Why is studying in french so hard, i always feel like nothing sticks :/ i'm really stressed about midterms which are in 2 months...i really wanna pass all my exams...actually i really wanna pass this first year and continue to the second..what if i try my best and dont pass. I think i'd just go and beg on my knees to the school board to give a finnish girl a second chance, all in all i'm not doing that bad and this is all in a foreign language! mercy mercy
headache, knee is just killing me and i'm just exghausted.
greys anatomy and off to bed.
a demain, lets hope a good nights sleep will give me strength to study properly this weekend cause i really need to.
bisous, AM
torstai 4. marraskuuta 2010
stress
i really should blogg more, this is hopeless :D i'll try my best to become more active then i'd have more energy to actually right about everything that i'm doing, cause so much has time to happen during a week that theres no way i have the strenght to write about it, it would become a short story, haha.
My past week .. and a half in a nutshell.
I had my autumn break, which was great! Sofia came here to celebrate her birthday :)
Wed: seightseeing and shopping at Paris (the seightseeing for sofia obv. hahaa)
Thu: slept in and later went in to rouen, ate and saw a movie, The American with George Clooney (very depressive but it was the only one in english)
Fri: Versailles, mm j'adore! and then lucky coinsidence that sofias mother came at the same time to Paris for a business trip so we went to have a looovely dinner with her.
Sat: slept in, went to see Quinny, went food shopping and made a delicious 4 course meal for S's B-DAY! :) and then continued into the Rouen night!
Monday, walking around rouen and then came Tuesday and sofia left back home.
Great times!
Going back to school really made reality hit me, teachers informed of upcoming tests and projects, due in 2 - 4 week...äääks, then we still have midterms the 3rd to the 14th of January, stress, ulcers, anyone? no please. So going to make a good plan ahead so that I can get rid of this stressful feeling.
Otherwise everythings fine! I had my first lesson of wall climbing today, AWESOME! so cool, though i'm a bit too careful, eventhough i have someone to secure me, it still feels scary when your at 5m with just a little rope :D fun anyhows.
Really miss Finland, but in a different way than before, cause i'm actually pretty satisfied with my life here :)
Bisous tout le monde, AM
My past week .. and a half in a nutshell.
I had my autumn break, which was great! Sofia came here to celebrate her birthday :)
Wed: seightseeing and shopping at Paris (the seightseeing for sofia obv. hahaa)
Thu: slept in and later went in to rouen, ate and saw a movie, The American with George Clooney (very depressive but it was the only one in english)
Fri: Versailles, mm j'adore! and then lucky coinsidence that sofias mother came at the same time to Paris for a business trip so we went to have a looovely dinner with her.
Sat: slept in, went to see Quinny, went food shopping and made a delicious 4 course meal for S's B-DAY! :) and then continued into the Rouen night!
Monday, walking around rouen and then came Tuesday and sofia left back home.
Great times!
Going back to school really made reality hit me, teachers informed of upcoming tests and projects, due in 2 - 4 week...äääks, then we still have midterms the 3rd to the 14th of January, stress, ulcers, anyone? no please. So going to make a good plan ahead so that I can get rid of this stressful feeling.
Otherwise everythings fine! I had my first lesson of wall climbing today, AWESOME! so cool, though i'm a bit too careful, eventhough i have someone to secure me, it still feels scary when your at 5m with just a little rope :D fun anyhows.
Really miss Finland, but in a different way than before, cause i'm actually pretty satisfied with my life here :)
Bisous tout le monde, AM
torstai 21. lokakuuta 2010
kicked out of class
yes i know the title implies that i would've done something bad, but no worries on the contrary. Half of the class had left earlier to meet at the general assembly to dicuss the retirement age. After they were ready discussing, they came and ordered all students out and announced that the students are on strike and blocked all entries to the school building!! can you believe this, cause i sure can't.. :D
well new try tomorrow, hopefully school could pretty soon get back to normal :)
cause i actually came here to study not to hang around.
Fun news, starting next week i am going to be a rock climber, well not exactly, but i'm going to take courses in it and do wall climbing, so much fun!! my friend Oriane got me with in it, thanks to her, thats going to be a nice afternoon activity on thursdays! :) hihi
Best news this week, my dearest SOFIA is coming to visit me from england during my autumn break, wuuppaaa. We have planned, shopping in paris (i still need those winter shoes), partying for her Birthday (my gals turning 20!!) and then touristing in Normandy, monday we are off to Mont Saint Michel. Unfortunantely we both have to school work, but sitting at a cafe over a cafe creme in rouen with books isnt that bad now is it :) next week is going to be greeeeat!
miss finland, please never take back the habit of striking ;)
Bisous AM
well new try tomorrow, hopefully school could pretty soon get back to normal :)
cause i actually came here to study not to hang around.
Fun news, starting next week i am going to be a rock climber, well not exactly, but i'm going to take courses in it and do wall climbing, so much fun!! my friend Oriane got me with in it, thanks to her, thats going to be a nice afternoon activity on thursdays! :) hihi
Best news this week, my dearest SOFIA is coming to visit me from england during my autumn break, wuuppaaa. We have planned, shopping in paris (i still need those winter shoes), partying for her Birthday (my gals turning 20!!) and then touristing in Normandy, monday we are off to Mont Saint Michel. Unfortunantely we both have to school work, but sitting at a cafe over a cafe creme in rouen with books isnt that bad now is it :) next week is going to be greeeeat!
miss finland, please never take back the habit of striking ;)
Bisous AM
keskiviikko 20. lokakuuta 2010
life is smiling
Long time no write.
I've been super busy, last week i was at Finland! So nice to be home, comforting to know that eventhough everything has changed, things are somewhat the same. still have my loving people around me <3 thank you all for not forgetting AM:)
Lady Gaga's concert was amazing! the stage was incredible she had really put a lot of effort to it!! great fun with my girls Emmy and Sandy <3
My dear daddy had made my new room look extremely nice, slept really well my nights at home (my unikulma bed like a million times better then my CROUS bed here in france, haha how is that not even suprsising)
Unfortunantely i didnt have time to see all my friends :( sorry for that, you're all still in my thoughts;) christmas holiday will make it easier to see ya'll as i'll have more then 3 days! Think only 8 weeks until i come back to finland again, wuuppaa!
Le greve!!!! if you love to strike then come to la france! :D haha they really do it proprely and thoroughly here, for gods sake its ridiculous. We havent had school normally now for two weeks in a row and transportation is hopeless, and there's no gas in rouen! i mean when have we last had a strike as bad as this in finland!? after the second world war!? well its funny to notice, i dont actually mind that much, but i would like to go to my classes since thats what i'm here for and not just hang around..
Next week is autumn break!! mmmm, i'm going to do some shopping, i need a pair of winter shoes. Got Nataly to come with me to Versailles, my favourite place in France <3 its going to be löööveliiii hihi
Happy to be back in france=) i actually missed my friends here!
a demain, bisous AM
I've been super busy, last week i was at Finland! So nice to be home, comforting to know that eventhough everything has changed, things are somewhat the same. still have my loving people around me <3 thank you all for not forgetting AM:)
Lady Gaga's concert was amazing! the stage was incredible she had really put a lot of effort to it!! great fun with my girls Emmy and Sandy <3
My dear daddy had made my new room look extremely nice, slept really well my nights at home (my unikulma bed like a million times better then my CROUS bed here in france, haha how is that not even suprsising)
Unfortunantely i didnt have time to see all my friends :( sorry for that, you're all still in my thoughts;) christmas holiday will make it easier to see ya'll as i'll have more then 3 days! Think only 8 weeks until i come back to finland again, wuuppaa!
Le greve!!!! if you love to strike then come to la france! :D haha they really do it proprely and thoroughly here, for gods sake its ridiculous. We havent had school normally now for two weeks in a row and transportation is hopeless, and there's no gas in rouen! i mean when have we last had a strike as bad as this in finland!? after the second world war!? well its funny to notice, i dont actually mind that much, but i would like to go to my classes since thats what i'm here for and not just hang around..
Next week is autumn break!! mmmm, i'm going to do some shopping, i need a pair of winter shoes. Got Nataly to come with me to Versailles, my favourite place in France <3 its going to be löööveliiii hihi
Happy to be back in france=) i actually missed my friends here!
a demain, bisous AM
torstai 7. lokakuuta 2010
contente
Lazer game was fun!!! swetty, but fun haha! Group N at staps is super:):)
and finally finally finaaaaaalllly....i understand fully the system of staps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)
a 40 000 pound weight has been lifted off from my shoulders, mmmmm, niice.
Tomorrow a normal school day, saturday out with Nata again!:)
Now to sleep.
Bisous, AM
and finally finally finaaaaaalllly....i understand fully the system of staps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)
a 40 000 pound weight has been lifted off from my shoulders, mmmmm, niice.
Tomorrow a normal school day, saturday out with Nata again!:)
Now to sleep.
Bisous, AM
keskiviikko 6. lokakuuta 2010
franchement vraiment fatigue
9 hours of sleep per night - check
vitamins and minerals - check
eat properly - check
... so why am i so tired, not that much pysichally more then mentally. I guess this is also realted to me just missing home so damn much, cause actually things are going pretty well as i think about it. i just can't seem to enjoy them at all :/
Last weekend was great! had a super out night with my super friend Nata :D tried out several bars cause not all seemed to be good, never the less, found good places too and ended up having a lot of fun;)
Now that we've found the places we prefer it will be much better next saturday, hihi
Monday was great too, got to meet after a long time my dearest C! Charlotte and i met for a drink and cathced up, uni life reeaally keeps you busy, but we ´both have time on monday evenings so that will be made into a habit:) i even got a souvenir from NY to make my before oh so boring appartement keys nicer;)
Tomorrow afternoon is all about getting things organised and having fun! First i'll meet the bde president (student body president i guess in english) all thanks to charlotte, hehe good having connections, he'll help me get everything organised as theres just somethings that i dont seem to understand..even with the help of our study council..huff puff. Aaanyways that should be the last weight lifted off my shoulders! Plus found out a really positive thing! i can start cometing by representing the university and get study points for that, awesome!!!!!
In the end everythings great, i'm just totally dead beat tired. though its always been a lot easier when i've gotte my visiteurs, friends and daddy <3
A demain, bisous
vitamins and minerals - check
eat properly - check
... so why am i so tired, not that much pysichally more then mentally. I guess this is also realted to me just missing home so damn much, cause actually things are going pretty well as i think about it. i just can't seem to enjoy them at all :/
Last weekend was great! had a super out night with my super friend Nata :D tried out several bars cause not all seemed to be good, never the less, found good places too and ended up having a lot of fun;)
Now that we've found the places we prefer it will be much better next saturday, hihi
Monday was great too, got to meet after a long time my dearest C! Charlotte and i met for a drink and cathced up, uni life reeaally keeps you busy, but we ´both have time on monday evenings so that will be made into a habit:) i even got a souvenir from NY to make my before oh so boring appartement keys nicer;)
Tomorrow afternoon is all about getting things organised and having fun! First i'll meet the bde president (student body president i guess in english) all thanks to charlotte, hehe good having connections, he'll help me get everything organised as theres just somethings that i dont seem to understand..even with the help of our study council..huff puff. Aaanyways that should be the last weight lifted off my shoulders! Plus found out a really positive thing! i can start cometing by representing the university and get study points for that, awesome!!!!!
In the end everythings great, i'm just totally dead beat tired. though its always been a lot easier when i've gotte my visiteurs, friends and daddy <3
A demain, bisous
perjantai 1. lokakuuta 2010
TOTAL AND COMPLETE WIN
euphooriiaaaa..i expected that today was going to be an epic fail day. We had to tests, in psychology and sociology which i got to know about two days ago. It turned out to be an epic win instead..or as much as it can be for now. I thought i wasn't going to be able to pass the test let alone write anything on the piece of paper but proved myself wrong. In psychology the test was a group work and i did it a smart guy so no problems with that area;) and then the sociology test was to be done alone, then started the panic attack, i felt like crying before our techer gave us the title of the question. Thankfully our teacher was kind enough to let me use a dictionary which saved me and the question wasnt even that bad (assuming now that i understood it properly) i do hope though that they give me a little mercy and easier scale given that this is the first time i'm studying in french. Well i wrote a page and i thought i got some good stuff in their too. Especially as yesterday when i was reading for the exam all of my notes seemed just like a big french blurr and nothing stuck into the back of my brain, but i hoped for some dream magic and i must have received some from "nukkumatti" =) Ahh, i was expecting to feel like crap tonight but on the contrary i feel enthusiastic, cause if this wasnt that bad then i should be able to do fine with the other exams as i'll have more time to study and practice my writing for them:) nice nice nice!
On the other hand, i'm pretty sure i have a fever..regardless that i've been eating medecines to keep it away. Here's a question: how do you get a sports university student sick and prevent them from getting better? Well one simple answer, have football trainings in the rain in 10 degrees and that should do it. Yes the weather here has decided to make us all sick and stay sick. One of my classmates actually vomited after our football trainings cause he's so sick and we're not allowed to miss trainings unless its something serious and you have a note from the doctor. Super duper i say. I hope a weekend under the cuilts drinking tea and keeping myself warm would do the trick.
Tomorrow school and then i'm going to the movies with my friends after which we'll go into Rouen for a few drinks! Nice saturday ahead.
Next week our class is going to play the lazer game, like megazone in finland, and they invited me with :) i'm sure that will be great cause its always been super fun at finland.
And last but not least finally meeting my dear friend Charlotte for drinks on monday!! she's like a french big sister to me, hihi looks out for me and helps me :) so a nice next week ahead. Oh and then i need to take care of some sports courses which i'll be 3 weeks late for since our lovely faculty members just forgot to inform me about.. i hope all of the good classes arent full and i end up with something like boxing :/
A demain! Bisous, AM
On the other hand, i'm pretty sure i have a fever..regardless that i've been eating medecines to keep it away. Here's a question: how do you get a sports university student sick and prevent them from getting better? Well one simple answer, have football trainings in the rain in 10 degrees and that should do it. Yes the weather here has decided to make us all sick and stay sick. One of my classmates actually vomited after our football trainings cause he's so sick and we're not allowed to miss trainings unless its something serious and you have a note from the doctor. Super duper i say. I hope a weekend under the cuilts drinking tea and keeping myself warm would do the trick.
Tomorrow school and then i'm going to the movies with my friends after which we'll go into Rouen for a few drinks! Nice saturday ahead.
Next week our class is going to play the lazer game, like megazone in finland, and they invited me with :) i'm sure that will be great cause its always been super fun at finland.
And last but not least finally meeting my dear friend Charlotte for drinks on monday!! she's like a french big sister to me, hihi looks out for me and helps me :) so a nice next week ahead. Oh and then i need to take care of some sports courses which i'll be 3 weeks late for since our lovely faculty members just forgot to inform me about.. i hope all of the good classes arent full and i end up with something like boxing :/
A demain! Bisous, AM
keskiviikko 29. syyskuuta 2010
Tu connais Nicolas?
In our communications class our professor was talking to us about connections and their importance. Then he asked me if i knew who Nicolas was. Blank face..umm what?! Well the girl behind me new straight away that he meant the president Nicolas Srakozy (or how you now spell his name). Well if he would've said the last name, obviously i know the french president. Then a follow up, he asked if i knew the prime minister of france. Wuppsie guess i should study politics a bit, the answer yet again no. That he undestood though and then presented the rest of the class with the question, who is the president of Finland? No one had a clue..in my defense i wasnt that stupid, after all i do know their countries president :D thought its not like Tarja is a lot in the tabloids compared to Nicolas, haha. funny things
A good nights sleep and a helpful studies guidance councellor always lights up a new day. I guess things will get sorted out, i really hope this is the last problem for sometime, i need a rest from fixing things with the faculty repeatedly.
And one very important fact, i get to go to Finland regardless if i would have test, because i am going to see my knee specialist, so its not for leisure its of important, thank god. I really need to get to finland now!!!!!!
Bisous, AM
A good nights sleep and a helpful studies guidance councellor always lights up a new day. I guess things will get sorted out, i really hope this is the last problem for sometime, i need a rest from fixing things with the faculty repeatedly.
And one very important fact, i get to go to Finland regardless if i would have test, because i am going to see my knee specialist, so its not for leisure its of important, thank god. I really need to get to finland now!!!!!!
Bisous, AM
tiistai 28. syyskuuta 2010
i live in misery, there ain't nobody who can comfort me
on the contrary to maroon 5 i'm not talking about relationships...last thing on my mind..its life
Is so sick and tired..literally, sick and tired. I dont have the strength to fix things all the time. I'm always late, or didnt know about something..and its always a little too late to do something about it. No one even seems to be able to help me. Always when i think things are getting better and i'm finally happy in france the unversity throws shit in my face and i'm in square one all over again. I've reached my limit.
Oh and the person who came up with the saying "what doesnt kill you makes you stronger" can go fuck themselves...this is practically killing me and it sure as hell aint making me stronger, cause never again will i want to be in a situation like this....so how about hanken or whatever else? totally sending papers to other universities for next year cause if this doesnt get any better i need to get the hell out of here..thought france would be a nice country but i guess if your not francais its not all that awesome. though i was right about the riding, that is going well and quinny works perfectly here.
thats that for that depressing entry. ya'll enjoy your life
Is so sick and tired..literally, sick and tired. I dont have the strength to fix things all the time. I'm always late, or didnt know about something..and its always a little too late to do something about it. No one even seems to be able to help me. Always when i think things are getting better and i'm finally happy in france the unversity throws shit in my face and i'm in square one all over again. I've reached my limit.
Oh and the person who came up with the saying "what doesnt kill you makes you stronger" can go fuck themselves...this is practically killing me and it sure as hell aint making me stronger, cause never again will i want to be in a situation like this....so how about hanken or whatever else? totally sending papers to other universities for next year cause if this doesnt get any better i need to get the hell out of here..thought france would be a nice country but i guess if your not francais its not all that awesome. though i was right about the riding, that is going well and quinny works perfectly here.
thats that for that depressing entry. ya'll enjoy your life
sunnuntai 26. syyskuuta 2010
tea and oranges
I REFUSE TO GET SICK!! that would mean that i would miss all of my classes in sports, not cool!
Damn it. Woke today with an extremely clogged nose and ears, mal a la gorge ... its unacceptable - thus i've started my war against the cold, loads of tea and oranges..i have swimming practice tmrw..is it very dangerous to sport with a flue?? just so long as i dont have a fever its okay i guess. Hmh, i'm sure this is all because of our trainings in the rain at football practice on friday. I'm going to be FINE tmrw morning, nemas problemas.
Bisous, AM
Damn it. Woke today with an extremely clogged nose and ears, mal a la gorge ... its unacceptable - thus i've started my war against the cold, loads of tea and oranges..i have swimming practice tmrw..is it very dangerous to sport with a flue?? just so long as i dont have a fever its okay i guess. Hmh, i'm sure this is all because of our trainings in the rain at football practice on friday. I'm going to be FINE tmrw morning, nemas problemas.
Bisous, AM
keskiviikko 22. syyskuuta 2010
tuut-tuut
honking the horn is very different in France than it is in Finland. In Finland if someone honks the horn, people usually get afraid, they most certainly wont honk back (unless they're 18 and have just gotten their drivers licence, haha). In France however, if someone honks the horn it just gets everyone else to start too, and once is never enough! at least 5 times, then maybe if the other one has stopped they can stop too :D its ridiculous. its the same thing everyday at the end of the work day in traffic as it just at the same time that i'm riding on the fields next to a big cross-roads (gladly Q has gotten used to the sounds).
I didnt actually have that much school today..3 hours of judo in the morning, came home and ate lunch, thought i'd watch an episode of HIMYM and then go to the stables..that worked out fine seeing as a woke up two hours later, haha, judo wore me out pretty well. So didnt have time to go riding during the day. Had my communications class today, somehow my concentration was else where, had the hardest time making notes..hmh. Then to the stables making, gallop trainings on the fields whilst enjoying the sunset, not at all a bad way to spend an evening!
Bisous, AM
I didnt actually have that much school today..3 hours of judo in the morning, came home and ate lunch, thought i'd watch an episode of HIMYM and then go to the stables..that worked out fine seeing as a woke up two hours later, haha, judo wore me out pretty well. So didnt have time to go riding during the day. Had my communications class today, somehow my concentration was else where, had the hardest time making notes..hmh. Then to the stables making, gallop trainings on the fields whilst enjoying the sunset, not at all a bad way to spend an evening!
Bisous, AM
the ever forgetful displacing lindfors brain
Its a bullet i hoped to be able to dodge, but nope its hit me! especially now that i've been living on my own..
During the past days. First: lost my hairbrush, was sure someone had broken in and stolen it (yes exactly and left all my electronics behind). for some odd reason i had put it on a top shelf behind a picture. finally after 30min it was found.
Second: my i-pod...unfortunantely still missing after going through my car and appartement :/
Third: Car keys, which got me to panic just a little, had to go to the stables and food shopping with my spare keys, found the original keys later that evening from my pants pocket!
Fourth: my BB headphones, when i came back from class i notices that they were in the drawer where i had looked in.
Either i'm just stupid or going blind, which ever it isnt very good :D
Have to work on this..
Bisous, AM
During the past days. First: lost my hairbrush, was sure someone had broken in and stolen it (yes exactly and left all my electronics behind). for some odd reason i had put it on a top shelf behind a picture. finally after 30min it was found.
Second: my i-pod...unfortunantely still missing after going through my car and appartement :/
Third: Car keys, which got me to panic just a little, had to go to the stables and food shopping with my spare keys, found the original keys later that evening from my pants pocket!
Fourth: my BB headphones, when i came back from class i notices that they were in the drawer where i had looked in.
Either i'm just stupid or going blind, which ever it isnt very good :D
Have to work on this..
Bisous, AM
sunnuntai 19. syyskuuta 2010
my very own first rented appartement
Here are some pictures of my mini appartement, even though everything mini its still my own and i dont have to share ;)
When you come to the entrance straight away to the left is my little bathroom, then comes to the "living room" so to speak. I have my desk and opposite my desk the kitchen. Last comes by bedroom (sorry wasnt able to level the picture). Its small, but its practically perfect in every way! ;)
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| The entrance |
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| The kitchen unit |
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| my bedroom |
When you come to the entrance straight away to the left is my little bathroom, then comes to the "living room" so to speak. I have my desk and opposite my desk the kitchen. Last comes by bedroom (sorry wasnt able to level the picture). Its small, but its practically perfect in every way! ;)
perjantai 17. syyskuuta 2010
...but that's allright because i like the way it hurts
Yeap today is friday and i am staying at home. not because i wouldnt have anything better to do, its more that i cant, i am not able to. One week of 9hrs trainings and riding later my body is in total shock!! i think if i'd ask my body its opinion it would be around " what the f* are you doing, you can't all of a sudden do this much sports at once and use muscles that you didnt even know existed" yeap thats the strain i've put my body through and going to do that every week for the next year. Anyways, so this weekend is all about healing :), lots of sleep..several hours of streching, and applying aloe heat lotion!
The first week of school is behind, and i must say "j'adore!", haha, it was so much fun, can't wait to do it all over again!! :) however, i have my tests in 16 weeks and i'm aready now stressing about the exams!! i need to, seriously neeed to pass with good grades so that they'll let me continue to the second year cause i love my studies at the moment (i'll remember to look back at this text when i'm studying for my exams and going through all of the curse words in all languages that i know).
Yesterday we had a soiree for the erasmus students and i was kindly invited with so that i'd get to know the other foreign students here! I met really nice people and am sure i'll have a nice time with them, some of them are even staying here for a year, there was even talk about spending spring break at the south coast, now that sounds like a plan!!
Je suis tres contente maintenant! Finlande me manques!
Bisous, AM
The first week of school is behind, and i must say "j'adore!", haha, it was so much fun, can't wait to do it all over again!! :) however, i have my tests in 16 weeks and i'm aready now stressing about the exams!! i need to, seriously neeed to pass with good grades so that they'll let me continue to the second year cause i love my studies at the moment (i'll remember to look back at this text when i'm studying for my exams and going through all of the curse words in all languages that i know).
Yesterday we had a soiree for the erasmus students and i was kindly invited with so that i'd get to know the other foreign students here! I met really nice people and am sure i'll have a nice time with them, some of them are even staying here for a year, there was even talk about spending spring break at the south coast, now that sounds like a plan!!
Je suis tres contente maintenant! Finlande me manques!
Bisous, AM
torstai 16. syyskuuta 2010
autsch
Yesterday was interesting. Had my first Judo class, right at the beginning our teacher asks us is we have any classes straight after our judo class. Everyone replied "no" as we're all free until the afternoon, so our techers decided instead of 2h trainings to make it 3h! Oh my.. judo is tough.. i was thrown around the judo mattrasses so many time, pushed, shuved, and then ofcourse all of the defence moves. It sure was a proper workout, beats all aerobics lessons..haha.
The day after, i could almost say that this is worse then the day after a party :D:D i even strenched yesterday night so that my muscles wouldn't hurt as much today morning. Unfortunantely it didn't do any miracles, cause i am hurting..my whole upper body is stiff and every movement hurts hahaha this is crazy, even the muscles in my ass hurt, i mean seriously it hurts to walk hahahahha!!
Today thank god no trainings! and i ended up only having a class of computer informations today, and i totally rocked, wuhuu. Tomorrow my first lesson of psychology and then football trainings, can't wait! and i'm not being sarcastic this time (for once) cause i'm actually looking forward to the psychology class, and hey why not give all of my classmates a proper laugh for the end of the week while they watch me trying to kick a ball ;)
Ooh ooh ooh, i had my first course realted to my bachelors degree, Communication in organisation and i totally LOVED IT!! it was the best and most interesting class this week:) i'm so happy, it was just the boost that i needed to be reassured that i didnt make the worst decision of my life by coming all alone across europe:D looking forward to next week already!
I am officially starting to enjoy my life in Rouen! :) Finalement.
Today I will meet all first year Erasmus students for a soiree, hope it will be cool.
Bisous, AM
The day after, i could almost say that this is worse then the day after a party :D:D i even strenched yesterday night so that my muscles wouldn't hurt as much today morning. Unfortunantely it didn't do any miracles, cause i am hurting..my whole upper body is stiff and every movement hurts hahaha this is crazy, even the muscles in my ass hurt, i mean seriously it hurts to walk hahahahha!!
Today thank god no trainings! and i ended up only having a class of computer informations today, and i totally rocked, wuhuu. Tomorrow my first lesson of psychology and then football trainings, can't wait! and i'm not being sarcastic this time (for once) cause i'm actually looking forward to the psychology class, and hey why not give all of my classmates a proper laugh for the end of the week while they watch me trying to kick a ball ;)
Ooh ooh ooh, i had my first course realted to my bachelors degree, Communication in organisation and i totally LOVED IT!! it was the best and most interesting class this week:) i'm so happy, it was just the boost that i needed to be reassured that i didnt make the worst decision of my life by coming all alone across europe:D looking forward to next week already!
I am officially starting to enjoy my life in Rouen! :) Finalement.
Today I will meet all first year Erasmus students for a soiree, hope it will be cool.
Bisous, AM
tiistai 14. syyskuuta 2010
ping-pong-pang-pong
So yesterday i filled in the registration form and looked all these sports options and i chose swimming so i kinda figured that was the only sports i was going to be taking, proved that my french obviously isnt good enough yet :D today morning found at that i am in group N and then looked at the schedule to look at my classes for the next six weeks. hmm little did i know to expect, i had been registered to Table Tennis (hence the title) for today, tomorrow morning Judo in the gymnasium of combat and fridays football. Oh gosh, i felt like starting to laugh. Cause i'm good at individual sports like swimming and riding, but football?? seriously, we tried that out with my friends when we were 17 years old by joining the Helsinki Football Tournaments, and we lost all of our games without making one single goal. And now i'm supposed to do the sport and get evaluated in it, absolutely hilarious!
Anyways, its going to be fun, met my group (class) for the next year and they seemed really nice. Though i totally suck at ping-pong, but who actually cares, its not like i'm making a career out of it, just have to progress a bit so that my evaluation is good :D:D
For next week i need to do a with two other girls from my group a presentation on Table Tennis competitions, haha guess i know what i'm going to be doing during the weekend, oh and yes we have school on saturdays :D huhhuh this is so different. But i'm really relieved cause i think its all going to be good after all.
Also had my lessons in sociology and human anatomy, the human anatomy was ok cause i actually kept up and was able to make notes, the sociology on the other hand..yeah that was a bit harder, like THIIIIIIIIS much harde ;) i'll get the hang of it!
Hope ya'll miss me, cause I sure do miss finland, wuup wuup and in a month i get to visit:)
Bisous, AM
Anyways, its going to be fun, met my group (class) for the next year and they seemed really nice. Though i totally suck at ping-pong, but who actually cares, its not like i'm making a career out of it, just have to progress a bit so that my evaluation is good :D:D
For next week i need to do a with two other girls from my group a presentation on Table Tennis competitions, haha guess i know what i'm going to be doing during the weekend, oh and yes we have school on saturdays :D huhhuh this is so different. But i'm really relieved cause i think its all going to be good after all.
Also had my lessons in sociology and human anatomy, the human anatomy was ok cause i actually kept up and was able to make notes, the sociology on the other hand..yeah that was a bit harder, like THIIIIIIIIS much harde ;) i'll get the hang of it!
Hope ya'll miss me, cause I sure do miss finland, wuup wuup and in a month i get to visit:)
Bisous, AM
maanantai 13. syyskuuta 2010
No one ever said it was going to be easy
When i applied to a sports university, i didnt think that the sports referred to the running between buildings that had to be done to get your registration done. Finally all registrations are done, but my password is invalid so i cant get to my shedule or any school things on our website. My luck here in France is incredible, university is supposed to prepare you for life, well yes this is what it is doing, be prepared everything is difficult and need solving. I think i could make a career of this, go around universities worldwide and try and help them make a system for foreign students to have a bit of a easier time. I guess its true, just stay in your home country its easiest that way, though why make life easy when you can make it a challenge. yeap thats right, i think after this challenge i need at least 10 years of a easy going life, so yes i will return to Finland..oh simple life how i miss you.
Tomorrow i have to go to school and try to figure out when where and what i have as my morning class. mmm loving my life right now
Tomorrow i have to go to school and try to figure out when where and what i have as my morning class. mmm loving my life right now
keskiviikko 8. syyskuuta 2010
normandy weather
Today morning was lovely, free day from all tests and school. I had trainings in the morning, Quinny was super and jumped beautifully. My trainer said that now i have to start competing, and i couldn't agree more! just have to fix a licence for competitions and this finn is off to french competitions :)
A few hours later i'm now wrapped in cuilts, listening to good music and sipping on a cup of tea and enjoying the rainy weather. mushy afternoon.. after my rest i'll have to review some french books though so that i'm prepared for my informations test tomorrow..jaiks don't know what to expect, fingers crossed.
Bisous AM
A few hours later i'm now wrapped in cuilts, listening to good music and sipping on a cup of tea and enjoying the rainy weather. mushy afternoon.. after my rest i'll have to review some french books though so that i'm prepared for my informations test tomorrow..jaiks don't know what to expect, fingers crossed.
Bisous AM
tiistai 7. syyskuuta 2010
The first days at the uni
So the french aren't that well known for their great skills in administrative stuffs..dare i even say its crap. but hehe unfortunantely when you have to deal with it e-v-e-r-y-single day you get used to it.
My first day at school, the meeting for all "L1" , first year students, i was really nervous but it ended up being just fine. We're 400 students of which probably 150 max are girls..i guess that's what happens when you come to a sports uni, i also think i'm the only girl who likes using high heels :D:D converse sneakers seem to be the thing.
As i told in my earlier entry that i dont like dealing with unplanned situations, well they've really forced me to deal with that issue here, they decided to tell me monday that we will have tests tuesday and thursday (this was all new info). Today we had our language tests, french and english. Well it didnt go as well as i would have wanted it too,haha, but who am i kidding it was a freaking french mothertongue level test for all native french students, so talk about a simple french test being difficult this one was difficult on a whole new level! a-and they kindly had the time to inform me that we will have french lessons..yes french native lessons. i knew this year was going to be hard but come on! now i have to learn the insides of french grammar which even french kids dont know, they have a lifetime head start its unfair :D i'll manage can't be that hard..right?
They told all kinds of things that i had no previous knowledge of, kind of dissapointing, because it resultet in me having to cancel my trip to London :( poor Emmy who had to listen to me yell on skype (cause obviously when all of my plans were crushed i panicked...totally normal) and for that matter my next door neighbor, very nice guy he does like cooking a lot, sometimes its like i lived next to a chinese restaurant =) but i'm not complaining, if i only had a oven then i'd make "maksalaatikko" finnish style and see how he'd like the smell of that, hah.
This was a long entry, i'm sure the next ones will be much shorter. I'll tell you all about my informations test that i'm having on thursday :)
Bisous AM
My first day at school, the meeting for all "L1" , first year students, i was really nervous but it ended up being just fine. We're 400 students of which probably 150 max are girls..i guess that's what happens when you come to a sports uni, i also think i'm the only girl who likes using high heels :D:D converse sneakers seem to be the thing.
As i told in my earlier entry that i dont like dealing with unplanned situations, well they've really forced me to deal with that issue here, they decided to tell me monday that we will have tests tuesday and thursday (this was all new info). Today we had our language tests, french and english. Well it didnt go as well as i would have wanted it too,haha, but who am i kidding it was a freaking french mothertongue level test for all native french students, so talk about a simple french test being difficult this one was difficult on a whole new level! a-and they kindly had the time to inform me that we will have french lessons..yes french native lessons. i knew this year was going to be hard but come on! now i have to learn the insides of french grammar which even french kids dont know, they have a lifetime head start its unfair :D i'll manage can't be that hard..right?
They told all kinds of things that i had no previous knowledge of, kind of dissapointing, because it resultet in me having to cancel my trip to London :( poor Emmy who had to listen to me yell on skype (cause obviously when all of my plans were crushed i panicked...totally normal) and for that matter my next door neighbor, very nice guy he does like cooking a lot, sometimes its like i lived next to a chinese restaurant =) but i'm not complaining, if i only had a oven then i'd make "maksalaatikko" finnish style and see how he'd like the smell of that, hah.
This was a long entry, i'm sure the next ones will be much shorter. I'll tell you all about my informations test that i'm having on thursday :)
Bisous AM
The beginning
Hello!
I haven't thought of myself as the type to write a blog, but here i am writing..
So the reason for me starting a blog is because in July i decided to move to France to study at the University of Rouen (right now i'm not quite sure was i thinking clearly when i made this decision.. but its been made).
I live in the Normandy area, just an hours train ride from Paris, one of my favourite cities in the world!
So living here isn't all that bad :D actually i like it a lot! there are just some teeny tiny things which don't tend to go according to plans and well for those who know me well, i'm not very good at handeling with suprises good or bad (especially bad) and at our university they throw suprises at me all the time..jeijj now isn't that great!? (you probably figured out the answer).. aaanyways i was supposed to start this earlier so there's loads to tell, maybe i'll write more this evening. Now i have to go back to school and do an english test (i'll explain later..loong story haha)
Bisous, AM
I haven't thought of myself as the type to write a blog, but here i am writing..
So the reason for me starting a blog is because in July i decided to move to France to study at the University of Rouen (right now i'm not quite sure was i thinking clearly when i made this decision.. but its been made).
I live in the Normandy area, just an hours train ride from Paris, one of my favourite cities in the world!
So living here isn't all that bad :D actually i like it a lot! there are just some teeny tiny things which don't tend to go according to plans and well for those who know me well, i'm not very good at handeling with suprises good or bad (especially bad) and at our university they throw suprises at me all the time..jeijj now isn't that great!? (you probably figured out the answer).. aaanyways i was supposed to start this earlier so there's loads to tell, maybe i'll write more this evening. Now i have to go back to school and do an english test (i'll explain later..loong story haha)
Bisous, AM
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