Yes, I have taken part in the flu epidemic going on the campus, since Thursday I have sounded like a duck an blown my nose over 200 times. 3 empty napkin packs and now a roll of toilet paper relieving my agony. Funny thing is, here it feels that flu sure feels horrible - I have never had anything like this in Finland or in Belgium.
Week has been full of school and assignments, more and more group works are ahead. Two months and three weeks to go, time is flying pretty fast I'd say.
Many things I miss:
-My family
-Mark
-My friends
-My cat
-My mongol idiots
-Finland and the people who are silent and look always angry
-Europe, the cultural variety and good food
-My apartment
-Autumn, rain, snow
-Loneliness
How's the homesickness coming now and not earlier? I wonder.
Here's a great song for today, this is how I feel right now.
A bit moody, huh?
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
So tired!!
Yup yup, again another regular week here in Kansas. Nothing special have happened, just that last week our tower got evacuated because someone had triggered the fire alarm. I got a picture of a green fire department vehicle in my phone, but apparently it looks like I have thrown away the USB cable along with the package of the phone, over a month ago, so you will never see the picture!! MUAHAHA.
I have been sleeping badly, and sometimes good, but still I am so damn tired all the time. I want to get home and sleep in my own bed :( Really hard to motivate myself to like studying here - it sucks everywhere but here it sure sucks big time.
This post is a bit lame this week but like I said earlier, nothing has been happening, I haven't been anywhere or taken any pictures, so meh. Boring. BORING. 3 months to go and them I'm OFF.
I have been sleeping badly, and sometimes good, but still I am so damn tired all the time. I want to get home and sleep in my own bed :( Really hard to motivate myself to like studying here - it sucks everywhere but here it sure sucks big time.
This post is a bit lame this week but like I said earlier, nothing has been happening, I haven't been anywhere or taken any pictures, so meh. Boring. BORING. 3 months to go and them I'm OFF.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
These (zebra) shoes are made for walking!!
A week has gone again, and it has been boring! I have figured with myself that the best ways to spend your time in Lawrence is either lay in your bed and watch TV with your roommate, or go shopping. I have been really active on both of these activities.
Nothing interesting have happened this week, except that Thursday night there was a rumor going on about a guy on campus with a gun. No one knows how accurate this rumor was, but I was happy that I had no classes on Friday.
Friday I was supposed to go shopping, but as the busses here are always late, my bus came five minutes too late - in the meanwhile the pouring rain got me all wet, so I had to go back home and just get myself dry. I have never been in a rain like that, everything got wet, even my underwear. All in all, no shopping for me in Friday - so that resulted into another boring Friday evening, as I had finished my book the day earlier. "Storage Wars" is still way too funny TV show to watch.
Saturday, I got to do some shopping finally. Famous Footwear had an offer to buy two pairs and get another pair free, so my Converses ended up being only 20 dollars. Pretty nice deal, as in Finland you pay 60€/pair or even more, if you are unlucky. When I was waiting for bus, I got asked out. Apparently here men think that it's a good way to start a conversation, when the other part is not even seeing you. In the evening we went Downtown, and figured out that Lawrence sure is hell of a boring town. We went through almost every bar and club in town and none of them were too entertaining. Yet alcohol is cheap; Gintonic for 3 dollars. No hangover today, thank God. Kobe hamburger was nice, but I bet I wasn't as happy as those cows who spend their life being drunk.
Nothing interesting have happened this week, except that Thursday night there was a rumor going on about a guy on campus with a gun. No one knows how accurate this rumor was, but I was happy that I had no classes on Friday.
Friday I was supposed to go shopping, but as the busses here are always late, my bus came five minutes too late - in the meanwhile the pouring rain got me all wet, so I had to go back home and just get myself dry. I have never been in a rain like that, everything got wet, even my underwear. All in all, no shopping for me in Friday - so that resulted into another boring Friday evening, as I had finished my book the day earlier. "Storage Wars" is still way too funny TV show to watch.
Saturday, I got to do some shopping finally. Famous Footwear had an offer to buy two pairs and get another pair free, so my Converses ended up being only 20 dollars. Pretty nice deal, as in Finland you pay 60€/pair or even more, if you are unlucky. When I was waiting for bus, I got asked out. Apparently here men think that it's a good way to start a conversation, when the other part is not even seeing you. In the evening we went Downtown, and figured out that Lawrence sure is hell of a boring town. We went through almost every bar and club in town and none of them were too entertaining. Yet alcohol is cheap; Gintonic for 3 dollars. No hangover today, thank God. Kobe hamburger was nice, but I bet I wasn't as happy as those cows who spend their life being drunk.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Labor day, another silent day
Been not-so-busy week, not much to do with school - or does it mean that I'm actually getting used to it and adjusting myself to the workload? I guess that only way is to get to the top, and feels like I'm on the right track. During this week I have received a letter from Mark, and two books I ordered from Amazon... one for a class, and one for my personal interest; Under and Alone, by William Queen. I recommend!
Nothing special have happened this week, yet I have had lots of time to go around and buy stuff (as in do shopping again!) and finally visit the gym. So I'll just make sort of a list for what I have done. ( By the way, I booked my flight to Amsterdam today!!!!)
Monday to Thursday, just spent my time in classes and did my homework well. Thursday afternoon after classes I was about to mail a letter to Mark to Holland, but apparently FedEx would have been way too expensive to do it (50 dollars/ 35 euros), I had to postpone it. I ended up in Kohl's, which is a clothing store. I'd say they have the best underwear ever and a nice collection of bags ( !!!! ) and jewelry ( !!!! ). I love that store, just like I love Old Navy.
Friday, I went to downtown to mail the letter to Mark - apparently I saved 20 euros by finding the post office. Was good to try! Also went to eat in Zen Zero, later in this post there is a picture of my meal. Bought a lovely bag and a shirt from Buckle, and got the best customer service in one shoe store at Mass street. This never happens in Finland: You go in the store, check out few models with the seller guy, and then sit down and the guy comes to you with shoes, puts them on your feet and even ties the laces for you. Apparently I found the best shoes ever, for jogging, and actually they weren't that expensive even: 114 dollars.
Saturday I finally visited the gym as I had nothing else to do and I wanted to try out my new shoes. I figured out how awesome place it is - I will definitely go there more often. I went bowling with my friend, as well. Also today on Sunday I went jogging in the evening, and saw some orange lights flying across the campus. Maybe I'm getting crazy, or I saw UFOs, or transformers or something, because I'm pretty sure they weren't airplanes either...
Optimus Prime, I'm waiting to see you!
And few pictures follow:
Cherries from Walmart! Yummy!
"Drunken noodles" with chicken at ZenZero, was so good!
And today I tried to be fancy and make toasts... well, they burned.
Nothing special have happened this week, yet I have had lots of time to go around and buy stuff (as in do shopping again!) and finally visit the gym. So I'll just make sort of a list for what I have done. ( By the way, I booked my flight to Amsterdam today!!!!)
Monday to Thursday, just spent my time in classes and did my homework well. Thursday afternoon after classes I was about to mail a letter to Mark to Holland, but apparently FedEx would have been way too expensive to do it (50 dollars/ 35 euros), I had to postpone it. I ended up in Kohl's, which is a clothing store. I'd say they have the best underwear ever and a nice collection of bags ( !!!! ) and jewelry ( !!!! ). I love that store, just like I love Old Navy.
Friday, I went to downtown to mail the letter to Mark - apparently I saved 20 euros by finding the post office. Was good to try! Also went to eat in Zen Zero, later in this post there is a picture of my meal. Bought a lovely bag and a shirt from Buckle, and got the best customer service in one shoe store at Mass street. This never happens in Finland: You go in the store, check out few models with the seller guy, and then sit down and the guy comes to you with shoes, puts them on your feet and even ties the laces for you. Apparently I found the best shoes ever, for jogging, and actually they weren't that expensive even: 114 dollars.
Saturday I finally visited the gym as I had nothing else to do and I wanted to try out my new shoes. I figured out how awesome place it is - I will definitely go there more often. I went bowling with my friend, as well. Also today on Sunday I went jogging in the evening, and saw some orange lights flying across the campus. Maybe I'm getting crazy, or I saw UFOs, or transformers or something, because I'm pretty sure they weren't airplanes either...
Optimus Prime, I'm waiting to see you!
And few pictures follow:
Cherries from Walmart! Yummy!
"Drunken noodles" with chicken at ZenZero, was so good!
And today I tried to be fancy and make toasts... well, they burned.
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