Short update

Many things have happened since the last update. Sorry for not writing that often. Anyway, here is a quick recap:

• Wrote thesis proposal & commented one. Got good feedback from Olga about mine, still waiting to hear something from LUT & GSOM....
• Contacted FinPro today to ask whether they would be interested in doing collaboration about my thesis topic. I hope the answer is positive.
• Been doing presentations & groupworks. One more paper left to deliver as well as preparing one last presentation. It will be cooool :)
• Been totally neglecting Hungarian studies. My priorities have not been good. I will correct my behavior (this time for real).
• Bought a cool woollyhat :D Also bought gloves. Now maybe I need to buy another scarf....
• It has snowed a bit in Budapest. Today was the first day when I saw some snow in here. Apparently there has been some also in some other days but have melted before I have left the apartment.
• Watched El Clasico. HUUUUUUUUGE win for Barca! Probably one of the most convincing performances I've ever seen on a football pitch. Well, that and Milan's 3-0 thumping of ManU few years ago.
• I was a bit sick, but now its better.
• Exams are starting soon. My first one is already next Tuesday!
• I can believe its Christmas in about 3 weeks. I don't want to leave Hungary
• ....which reminds me that I need to book my tickets back here for New Years and January.

I guess that's about it.

Accomplishments of sick Saturday

At the moment I am a little bit sick. I woke up today at noon and since then I've felt kinda bad physically and feel like I never woke up mentally. However, since it would be just dumb to waste Saturday I've been torturing myself with some one hour of running (appr. 10 km). Apparently my running technique was so good that it needed to be filmed and broadcasted live. While I was running by the Danube, a camera helicopter really did film my running. Or perhaps some dudes who where driving their bikes like madmen on the roads. Nevertheless, I was in the forefront :D


I've also realized that I eat almost exactly 600 grams of cheese every week. This has happened now for 3 weeks running - I always run out of cheese on Saturday. Hence the visit to Tesco where I always seem to tire extra fast.


I also learned that it is impossible to find an umbrella from a clothing store from a mall. I checked P&B, H&M, Zara and few others but I couldn't find one to save my life. Oh well, then I'll just take the rain and soak.


My daily schedule has also included one lesson of Hungarian. I do understand better and better every day, but still am useless with the language. Hopefully in a few months the situation will be so much better.


At the moment a big part of us exchange students are at lake Balaton for some stupid fresh camp. Of course, I didn't go there since I've kinda seen those events. "Let's get to know each other!!!"-games etc shit, which of course means pointless name learning games, doing some useless tasks and just being forced to "have fun". No thanks. So, instead, I am most likely going to meet with some other exchange students who stayed in Budapest and spend some time with them. I am sure I will get to know more people better like this than by going to the camp. 

Farewell Lappeenranta.

I moved out of Lappeenranta today. The stay in there was a bit longer than intended, but now it is over. Budapest is calling in 2 weeks time, somehow I haven't yet realized that I'll be going there that soon. But definitely going there with enthusiasm :)

Little update

Yesterday I booked my flights to Hungary for my exchange. I am flying there 14th of August, a healthy 3 weeks before the school starts. In that time it would be cool to see some other parts of Hungary besides Budapest. I think it can be arranged :)


Otherwise I am still procrastinating with starting the thesis process. Last couple of days I've been trying to deal with my iPhone replacement since it broke down (already months ago) and the operator/manufacturer is not going to give me a new one. Comparing electronics sucks.

Exchange on third semester.

First of all: WOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I got the place that I wanted and I am now heading to lovely Budapest next fall for 4 months :) :) I am really happy for several, several reasons. Ghihi.


I am going to study in Corvinus unless something dramatic happens. I will go there through GSOM, but it should be okay and certain. Anyhow, I also have a place to Budapest through LUT so I am definitely going to end up there. Can't wait for next fall, I know it will be so freaking much fun!! I know I will come back from there many experiences richer :)

Budapest

First things first: Budapest is a freaking beautiful city. The beauty is different kind than in St.Pete - it is not that flashy but a bit more modest looking place. But, the thing is that at least to me it was more like "let's build a cool building because we can"-kind of place than "okay, now some emperor wants something really flashy". Kind of beautiful in a natural way - not too much makeup but just good bone- and body structure without too much glitter and stuff :) Btw, that is exactly the case with the local ladies too compared to Russian ones :)

Budapest is also cheap city, at least for a Finn. Basically everything in cheaper than in Finland, which is not a surprise at all. It's also cheaper than St.Pete for sure. One of the coolest things about BP and Hungary in general is the foooooooooooooooooooood. It's definitely yummy yummy across the board. They really do like their bread and red meat making the country kind of heaven for me :D Eros Pista - the hot paprika cream - is really good stuff and if you like hot food even a bit and visit Hungary you must, must try that one! Most likely you'll bring some of that with you to your home country. At least I did as did other members of our group.

From this trip I remember the Mexican dudes I got to know a bit and especially Pepes insane sandwiches :D Also the spas - a larger spa with many pools outside and a smaller, but older, some 500 years old spa - were amazing and definitely worth the visit. The water smells a bit funky because of the minerals in there, but with shower gel that problem can be solved. Really relaxing places and not that expensive either I think (something like 9 euros per visit). It was also refreshing to see functioning public transport system (a part of that is the oldest metro line in the continent, really cool in a way. Well maintained, short distances between stops.). Some of the places like the square of heroes were really impressive as was the older part of the city.

I will visit Budapest again for sure.

The old metro line.

The square of heroes.

The parliament.

More pictures in Facebook.

Back in Finland, this time for a longer time period.

I came back to Finland late yesterday evening. During my 1.5 week absence not that much has changed here, of course didn't expect that to happen either. New Years eve in St.Pete is now experienced and the life at Karabli is now over. I also took first ride in minibus from St.Pete to Helsinki and experienced the "joys" of it. More about that later. The latest adventure was in Budapest, Hungary. Beautiful city, great food! Some more details coming about that trip later too :)