I can't believe that it has been two months already that I have been here. It still feels as if last week I was flying to come here. I often think back to those days, me on my plane from Alanta to Amsterdam, eating airplane food and never deciding on a movie to watch and constantly checking where in the world we were. I think back to language camp, the first day how tiring it was but also eating my first taste of Finnish food right when we go to Karkku. Back in the states I never realised how fast time actually went. Here I blink and it is already the next week, which is why I like to reminiscence about my time here so far. Everyday when I'm walking home from school, I picture the country of Finland and where in Finland I am right now. I'm amazed that I am here, I still can't believe it, I don't think I will ever be able to believe it until I have to leave.
My yes's and no's are turning into joo and ei. My sorry and thank you's are turning into anteeks(i) and kiitos. My language is changing, I try often to translate what I will say into Finnish in my head even though I will say it in English. I can understand a lot better then a month ago, I can speak a lot better then a month ago.
I have friends! They are really sweet and nice and I'm glad that I have them! One of my fears about coming here to Finland was that I would not be able to make any friends, as Finns are not as open to strangers as other people are. Just the other day we made cupcakes for our English teacher as she is moving to California for a year in a few days, and it was fun making cupcakes and spending time with them outside of school. Here is a picture of when we were making cupcakes haha.
School is going well, I just finished my first Jakso and the next Jakso starts on the 5th. This Jakso I will be taking Music, Spoken English, Chemistry, History, and Math. It is quite boring just sitting in class not knowing what is going on but I find someway to burn time, haha. My school here is quite different then Bethel, and in a lot of ways I'm thankful it is. I'll be making a post about Finnish schools soon.
This past weekend 1420 had our District camp in Suomenlinna. All the inbounds in my district we all met up Saturday morning in Helsinki, where we for the major part of Saturday were in Helsinki being toured and shown around. At about 5 we caught a ferry to Suomenlinna and rode for 20 minutes then a minute walk to the hostel we were staying at! We took pictures and such, I also plan to write another post on the District Camp about everything in detail.
My 2nd month here in Finland has been great! I should have my District camp post up in a week or so!
-Hailey
My yes's and no's are turning into joo and ei. My sorry and thank you's are turning into anteeks(i) and kiitos. My language is changing, I try often to translate what I will say into Finnish in my head even though I will say it in English. I can understand a lot better then a month ago, I can speak a lot better then a month ago.
I have friends! They are really sweet and nice and I'm glad that I have them! One of my fears about coming here to Finland was that I would not be able to make any friends, as Finns are not as open to strangers as other people are. Just the other day we made cupcakes for our English teacher as she is moving to California for a year in a few days, and it was fun making cupcakes and spending time with them outside of school. Here is a picture of when we were making cupcakes haha.
School is going well, I just finished my first Jakso and the next Jakso starts on the 5th. This Jakso I will be taking Music, Spoken English, Chemistry, History, and Math. It is quite boring just sitting in class not knowing what is going on but I find someway to burn time, haha. My school here is quite different then Bethel, and in a lot of ways I'm thankful it is. I'll be making a post about Finnish schools soon.
This past weekend 1420 had our District camp in Suomenlinna. All the inbounds in my district we all met up Saturday morning in Helsinki, where we for the major part of Saturday were in Helsinki being toured and shown around. At about 5 we caught a ferry to Suomenlinna and rode for 20 minutes then a minute walk to the hostel we were staying at! We took pictures and such, I also plan to write another post on the District Camp about everything in detail.
My 2nd month here in Finland has been great! I should have my District camp post up in a week or so!
-Hailey
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