Being Positive

This time I'm going to write something positive, because I have to. "Do you actually like it in Finland" Yes I do. I highlighted some parts, because they were in my opinion quite typical. I've been accused of treating the Finnish with disregard, maybe... But at some points they do weird things. And yes again, I say this probably from a Dutch perspective.

So what did I do in this positive Era? The first event was some sort of opening party of the design week. There was this catwalk show and some art was displayed. Ever noticed what a catwalk attracts.... beautiful women..... lots of them..... (isn't that positive?) Secondly I went to this sauna party. Unfortunately not with those beautiful women. It was a party for the international students, but only a few showed up. I stayed in the sauna for a while and had some dinner with Ian and Vladimir afterwards.

Friday was stage 1 in my becoming serious progression. Sebastian took me to this underground club called "playground". The club closed at 4 am and opens again at 5 am for an after party. Drugs was offered and drugs were taken. I just took the regular one, alcohol, and watched people getting some everlasting energy boost. Yup, that was a serious party.

Sunday night we went to the Helsinki amusement park. Fun.

Monday was a moment of serious studies. The class started at 3 pm and finished around 7 pm. The teachers give interesting lectures and the exercises are some you can actually learn from. A remarkable thing is the relaxed attitude of the teachers. They are never in a hurry and not worrying about time. While TU Delft admitted this year around the 600 freshmen, these teacher are pretty shocked/surprised with 34 students in a seminar room. As time doesn't matter the teachers start discussing about the 'huge' amount of people in a room, which is to small. After 30 some minutes they conclude (like last week) that we should move to another room. 30 minutes are wasted, but none of the teachers consider to shorten their story. Best thing to do as second lecturer is to take a power nap at the front row, even though you're snoring. Things are maybe not that well organized, but flexible and relaxed.

For some of you:

Rather German than Dutch........... anyway....... we all love concrete!