På tal om svenska

Varje dag publicerar Husis en liten notis från 20 år sedan. Den 6e november 1989 intervjuades Jörn Donner med anledning av Svenska dagen. Han sa bland annat:
“En god finlandssvensk är en person som talar både svenska och finska. Bor man i Finland måste man behärska majoritetens språk, fastän man råkar vara en minoritetsrepresentant själv. Ju [...]

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How to make blood bread, part 2

You mix some cow blood with an equal amount of beer.

Then you add the flour, salt and some butter.
My mother’s comment: Don’t eat too much, you might get sick!
My grandmother – she started laughing. And then she told my mother that, in the old days, you had to boil the bread before you ate it [...]

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Det är så roligt att läsa tidningen

När man far utomlands och vill uppleva en annan kultur brukar jag:
1. Fara till en begravningsplats. Detta är väldigt informativt, tro mig!
2. Läsa en dagstidning. Tyvärr inte så lyckat om man är i säg Frankrike och inte kan franska – men om man råkar vara i Sverige, Irland eller Hongkong så kan det vara mycket trevligt.
Om man [...]

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Turku is showing it’s dark side

I went to the library to borrow some magazines. And I thought it was my lucky day when they had all the latest issues of Damernas värld and Amelia. I quickly grabbed two copies of each, but it was then that I noticed…
they all had little notes on them. And what did it say on [...]

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Saker som gör mig förbryllad

Jag upptäckte att även Åbo har en konstens natt. De gjorde reklam för den i veckans skräptidning. Med stor glädje skriver de att man efter kl 17 bara kommer att behöva betala 4 euro i inträde till konstmuseet. Och hoppsansa, om man är under 16 år slipper man in gratis! Museet håller dessutom öppet ända [...]

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Medieval market

This weekend Turku celebrates its glorious past by having a medieval market. This is in the same league as Night of Arts in Vasa or maybe something that Skansen would do. So beautiful and really family oriented.

             
Two guys get to beat the crap out of each other. When I first saw them they [...]

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Midsummer

Celebrated midsummer in Helsinki this year. I think it was a first. And even though I’ve been living in the city for like 6 years it was the first time that I visited Svartholmen as well!
Svartholmen is where my church has its campsite. It’s four mold infested buildings + a sauna + an outdoor toilet [...]

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Today’s bonus song

I seem to be humming the first song a lot!

And now I really have to wash the dishes!

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My day

We’re having a lecture series at work. About animal imaging. And I came to the conclusion that I know nothing about it. And that you soon have to know way too much about computers to be a scientist.
One of the lecturers was from Gotenborg. He was a Chinese with a very obvious Swedish accent. Except [...]

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Why I’ll have to be very creative in the future

I am named after my great-grandmother Ida, and I think it’s quite a lovely name. My older relatives, however, were very suspicious of how appropriate it would be to name a little girl Ida. But this was of course in the 80’s and anyhow, older relatives tend to frown upon any name you give a [...]

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What I did on Friday

I spent half of my Friday cursing Itella (the Finnish postal service).
First of all I cursed it for the fact that it always takes two days to send anything, from a small postcard to a large package, from Vasa to Helsinki even though they kind of promise that it will only take one day.
Then I [...]

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I’m a thief!

Today I stole something. When did I do it last? I can’t remember. Maybe I’ve never stolen anything in my life - I would not be surprised.
Before eating my lunch of pasta and minced meat that I brought with me to work, I took the elevator down to our cafeteria, grabbed a small plate from the salad stand [...]

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