Hooray for hot water

Good news, we have hot water again at the dormitory. No more cold showers in the morning. At least for now....

Managerial economics

Today we had the first lectures of Managerial economics. The first surprise came when we entered the room - the professor is really, really young. Very likely 27 or so. I was a bit sceptical about her, but quickly I realized that I was prejudiced for no good reason. She really seems to know what she is teaching us. Okay, that was only the first lesson but still I was quite pleased with her. Her teaching style was pretty "normal" which is okay and she used a lot of chalkboard to draw some pictures, which made it easier to understand the concepts that she had put on the slides. Let's see how this course developes in the upcoming lectures.

Quote of the day from Professional skills seminar

....when talking about face control in organizations, the teacher said:

How many ugly persons you see here at GSOM?

Living in the dormitory is so COOL

The winter is coming and you can feel it. Wind is getting colder, trees are starting to drop the leafs, it's getting dark earlier and earlier. For the last few days you have been able to feel the upcoming winter also in the dormitory. We have been without hot water now for about 48 hours straight. Okay, it's not the end of the world but still it would be quite nice to be able to take a good shower every now and then. Also, doing the dishes is a bit more easier when you don't have to freeze your hands.

To add to this situation, we window in our room seems to be leaking air. It has been quite cold in the past few mornings which really doesn't make it easier to leave your bed. And the Internet is still not working for Lauri or me in our room (4.5 weeks without a Internet in your own room, could you manage?). Seriously. I bet the next thing we are going to lose is the electricity. Stone age, here we come!

Cookies.

I dont feel like writing too much at the moment, but here is some updates. This week I have been

• playing this stupid EIS Simulator Game for Technology management class. Its useless, pointless and it has nothing to do with technology management. The idea of the simulator is to manage change in an organization and plaaplaaplaa. I dont recommend the software.
  
• Eating sushi. Again. During the last 10 days I have been eating sushi like 4 times.
  
• running out of a bar because of some kind of teargas or something. Quite an unexpected way to leave a party...
  
• Watching live football at Petrovskiy stadium. Zenit vs CSKA Moscow, 2-0. Pictures will follow later on.
• at a housewarming party.
• without an internet in the dormitory. Which is not a suprise at all...
  

Well that was unexpected but definitely fun

Yesterday I came back to the dormitory at 10 pm planning to rest a bit and also study some Russian. My plans quickly evaporated because of really unexpected event. My flatmates and I heard a knock from our door which we of course answered. On the other side of the door there was about 8-9 Russian students asking if they could come to our apartment to have a little party. That's not anything unusual actually, but the next part is - we didn't even know them. At all. So there they were standing on the other side of the door with wine, vodka, borsch, blinis and other traditional Russian dishes. Being the social gentlemen that we are, we of course invited them in and had a really fun evening.

The thing is that this kind of stuff doesn't happen anywhere else. Seriously. How often have you been in a similar situation or heard from your friends same kind of story? I bet never. This country continues to amaze me like Finnish "humor" amazes all other nationalities. Even hungry hungarians.

Sixth flatmate

Yesterday marked another chapter in our life at Karabliy. We got another flatmate to our spacious and lovely apartment. The coolest thing about the newcomer is that it has 6 legs and is a tough guy overall. Yup, we saw a cockroach in our kitchen.

Okay, it has to be admitted that it is not the cleanest kitchen in the world but still meeting a cockroach is a bit... abnormal for a Finn. Of course we can do something about the situation, but the "funny" thing is about cockroaches is to my understanding, that it doesn't matter that much whether or not your place is clean because if your neighbourgs live in a dump the cockroaches can still appear.