Today I applied to exchange my Swedish driver's license for a Finnish one. This is because after two years in Finland the foreign is not valid anymore. Poliisi.fi is the main resource for information. The Finnish page has a bit more information than both the Swedish and the English …

Merry Christmas ya'll! Making food in our little apartment this year, avovaimon family is coming here. Ham in the oven, potato and carrot box, janzon, lots of fun stuff :)

Some things to remember: Follow the rules of the road, like, stay on the right side :) People tend to follow the rules and get confused if you start bicycling on the left side, there's also some streets where the bicycle part of the road is one-way (like Boulevardi). Don't bicycle …

Another round of applauds please! Just got back from the holidays and grabbed a copy of Uncut - Bob Dylan's 70th Anniversary edition because I had just enough of moneys in that foreign currency to get rid of. CD kind of sucked though, bunch of happy birthday songs. The songs didn't …

Very interesting and for some maybe expressing the frustration with studying a language - a website about Finnish idioms. Check it out :) One of my favorites: "viskata kirves kaivoon" - translates to *throw axe into well* - means *to give up* http://saaressa.blogspot.com/2011/01/finnsh-idioms.html

Hey! Not sure if people click on the links in the top, the one in particular this time is the Moving to Finland one - or https://www.guldmyr.com/moved-to-finland. I just updated it because after I got a job I finally got into The System. Have not gotten a …

Walked through a peaceful and frosty Helsinki today, when we stumbled on the Boulevard we were showered in candy and various songs on the theme 'we are the best'! Turns out this is a tradition, the to be graduates celebrate last school day in 'Gymnasium' the rest of the semester …

To install Ubuntu 10.10 with a virtual kernel instead of the normal one = good, less stuff installed that you may not need. When setting up the install, do not use the easy install. Chose to install an OS later. Set up bridged/nat depending on which one you want …

Part one of this article - describing the Cases expressing Grammatical Functions. Part two: Locative Cases Part three: Others Non-productive Cases Abessive Meaning/function: without Ending: -tta; ttä Example: syyttä Examples: S/he got angry without reason. - Hän suuttui syyttä. Prolative Meaning/function: channel , by Ending: -tse Example: postitse, maitse Examples …

Part one of this article - describing the Cases expressing Grammatical Functions. Part two: Locative Cases Part four: Non-productive Others Translative Meaning/function: change into for (future time (DYN)) Ending: -ksi Example: johtajaksi, jouluksi Examples: S/he became the manager last year. - Hän tuli viime vuonna johtajaksi. I'm going to Finland …