Wow! I can't believe I have been living in Finland for 8 weeks now! Practically two months! The first jakso of school has already come to an end, as of today. And on Thursday I start a new jakso and a new schedule.
I haven't had to attend class since last Tuesday because it
has been the exam week at school, and on Thursday I return to school
for just over a week until it is Autumn Break already. I will be taking
conversational English and Spanish, textile design, recording studio
music, and physics. I am looking forward to a more challenging course
schedule.
It has gotten colder and darker here already and it has put
me in a Christmas mood prematurely. Admittedly, I did watch White
Christmas the other night, and I have already begun practicing some
Christmas music for guitar.
I was only homesick a few times this month, and not for very long either. Within the month, on October 26th
I will be moving into Klaukkala city to live with my second host
family. I'm sure it will be a very bittersweet time for me. I really
love my current host family, but it will definitely be nice to be closer
to the school and all my friends.
A lot has happened in the past month, its hard to remember it
all. The Rotex organized their first meeting with the students in
district 1420 and it was a fun time. My best friend from Rotary, Sarah,
got to spend the night in Lepsämä which was a lot of fun, we made real
American pancakes. I attended a few Rotary meetings, one was a visit to a
rehabilitation center, and the other was a presentation on Nuclear
safety in Finland. And tonight, I went with Sarah's host family to a
hockey match between Jokerit of Helsinki and Ilves of Tampere. Jokerit
got slaughtered at 4-0.
Sincerely,
Michaela Schnore
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