Day 198 & 199

Happy New Year to all.

Day 196 & 197

I'm so bored ... writing the blog Thanks Kalle for the Lisbon photo. That will be it

Day 195

Thursday 27th of December

There are five days left and I'm considering to quit this blog after 200 days. There are not many stories to be told. Plans to revised for 2013.

Day 194

Festive season is reaching the end, and it has been fine, relaxing and enjoyable time. And what could be better way to finish the season but the late night Boxing day footy on the telly!  4 mins played and already 1-1 (Stoke Liverpool).

Most of us have been eating a great food, some of us -including me- too much. We had two short walks around the town today, but still at ten p.m. my stomach is begging me to stop eating no more. No mercy. Still some chocolate left in the box..

The front yard of the Church of Keski-Pori

... AND MORE FESTIVE FEELINGS by Morottaja

Day 193

!   Panorama from Suolijärvi Tampere by Kurittu !

 

 

 

 

 

 We want more photos around Finland and globe !

Send them to arminen66@gmail.com

 

 

Day 192

Thanks Kalle and Mikko. Keep sending photos, I'll do updates tomorrow and Wednesday also.

 

 Cemetary of Nakkila 24th Of December

Lisbon 24th of December

 

 

Merry X-mas.

Would be nice if you could send your X-mas photos to this blog where ever you are currently. We could all share the feelings of various places around x-mas festive.

Send photos to arminen66@gmail.com

Here's the picture of Pori (cemetery of Metsämaa) at 10.50 on 24th of December

 

 

 

Day 191

 

Nope, can't claim copyright for this master piece.. but will claim a nice piece of it tomorrow..



Day 190

A quick update: since 15th of June - that's over 6 months and 10 days short of my original plan- I haven't been even close to find a job. It's been kind of surprise as I expected a bit more. Makes me wonder if my strategy has been.. hmm.. let say "not the best kind of plan man can create". And I can't pretend not thinking various options how to continue. And even though I had a really good time with all activities and spare time I have had, I want to perform in my working life once again. It's about a time to move on, or it would be time...

X-mas is just in two days time and it's time to switch brains off and have relaxing time, so no more words about "work" (sorry V, I know you have working day tomorrow till 6pm and only after that the word have no meaning).

Day 189

The latest unemployment status of Satakunta. Increasing from last year, 11% in overall and around 13% in Pori. Not too encouraging.

And this young fellow could have some future as a singer one day ?

http://www.iltalehti.fi/iltvhullumaailma/20121220017138987_a6.shtml

Day 188

Not me flying, but friends arriving from Budapest for the X-mas.

Day 187

That's December temperature in Pori, years 2003-2011 (days 16-31).
Today it was -8.

Day 186

Some 17 years ago I used to write some codes using Pascal or C+ and I kind of enjoyed doing it.
Today I tried to do some "programming" by using functions and macros of Microsoft Excel. Damn it was hard; used all night and got only a couple of lousy actions done. Does anyone now any handy website for "Excel for Dummies" ?

Day 185

http://lounaassa.blogspot.fi/

We all could boycott the above blog: If they don't have any readers, then they wouldn't have anyone to tease and they might come back sooner to suffer with us; it's -19 on Saturday. U know what I mean ;)

Day 184

Entering the world of building an own enterprise is a challenge, which has never really hit me, but lately I have considered the option slightly. Having a excellent business idea is to start with. So far none occurred and seriously thought.

But what about having an own computer repair center? I'm sure I could success. Or what you think: On Friday I mentioned that my PC is fuc.. sorry, broken, and I question the graphics card. I had some time today to check, if the card is really broken by installing it to another PC. And it worked on that PC. So it sounded that something else is broken, maybe the mother board. That would be much more complicated to replace without replacing other parts also. Before jumping out to buy a new mother board I tested the "broken" PC,  with original setup, but with another display. And it worked. So it was the display, the monitor, which was broken? Apart that it wasn't. Nothing was broken. All machines are playing the tune of Windows 7 and 8. All what were needed a) take parts out b) give them fresh air for two days c) hover the dust and wola !

If that's not an easy way to earn some money then what is?
And I have another story to prove my case: That's fixing iPhones. I used to fix my son's iPhone quite a few times; and almost every time I fixed the problem by taking certain parts out, leaving them to the table for couple of days, scratching my head and putting peaces together again. Handy.

So, who's my first customer? Bring your PC here and pick it up after two days, meanwhile I'll have a coffee.

Day 183

They are gone now. Flew away. Why in earth anyone would like to change this

To this!

Some people are weird. Pori vs Lisbon. Do they have even electricity down there? Or Salmiakki or sausage. How come they could survive.

Day 182

My PC crashed today, it simply does not work. More likely it's graphics card which is broken but cant say for sure. And the model is media pc type, which means that it is not easy to find replacement card. Annoying! It is my main pc and really need it; tablet pc cant replace it. 

Not sure what to do, but need to do a decision soon. All my files, including CV are stuck in a hard disk. No uptodate backup available, ofcause not. Shit.

Day 181

19 days to go t have a job, if i follow the original plan. But i dont

Day 180

12.12.12

Did you get married today? I didn't. Did your world ends today? Mine didn't.

Instead I swam, had a lunch out, did x-mas shopping, visited couple of coffee houses; basically we had a relaxing day out, even the shopping was OK, no panic at all (I don't take any stress for x-mas).

"Hundreds of romantic couples have chosen today to get WED - believing the combination of dates is lucky.
 
"Some are convinced that today will be the day the world ends, as it is the last date on the calendar used by the ancient Mayan civilisation. "
 
"But most experts agree that their calendar really ends on December 21 this year - giving everyone a few more days to call their loved ones. "
 
"Bad-boy footballer and Steve McLaren impressionist Joey Barton weighed into the debate online, declaring: "The world's not going to end today, you ****ing imbeciles. "

Day 179

I have spent  two days inside in a row; well almost two days as I needed to cycle to grocery in a light snow storm today. It reminds me why one needs a car. It still snowing, and I can spent another day inside.. actually tomorrow is time to have a swim in a morning (last time we, me and Virpi, jumped from 5m high and it was the first time for us, pretty scary, but we did it. Is it 10m tomorrow?).

There hasn't been any particular reason for staying in, but I started to fix the house, just a small things which should have been done ages ago, just killing time and it's a good variation to my routines (what routines? Do I have any routine now-a-days? It's clear that I'm getting to bed later than used to, and waking up later as well, but that's all about the routine). I have managed to vary the structure of days pretty nicely and thus not got bored at all. Now, it's snowing and there are decent amount of snow outside already, should I start doing something new again? Like skiing? I hate that! Always hated, starting from early school times (and maybe the reason lies there..). So, I better buy some skis and start skiing twice a week.. (NOTE: this was only a though, not a promise).

Good night folks.

Day 178

I just heard that Huawei ("Huihai" näin kavereiden kesken, just  between friends) is investing R&D (tutkimus ja kehitys) unit in Finland and location would be Helsinki. Huawei is a Chinese competitor for NSN. (and also for Nokia, but not in a same scale)

Isn't a bit funny that NSN transferred its R&D to China but Huawei is investing in Finland? NSN reason was purely economical, cost effective they say, but that's very narrow minded and risky, if you don't understand the foreign culture and act accordingly. NSN didn't.  Maybe Huawei just likes the Finnish weather and delighted employees around.

Day 177

Jobs in Satakunta today.
Unfortunately all interesting ones needs extended knowledge of offshore business, which might not be my core competence area I'm afraid.

But this is interesting ! :)

Day 176

Pete Kettunen, a great win, and what a thriller in Switzerland! I don't congratulate yet, but tomorrow. All the best for the final!

And for those who does not have a clue what I'm talking about:
http://yle.fi/urheilu/suomi_mm-finaaliin_huikeasta_trillerista/6408318

 Why this news? I played with him in early 90's . (So basically I'm entitled for all the glory :) )

Day 175

I paid today for headhunters. Well, it's not really a headhunter as such, but a company who "finds suitable job for you". It's annoying that there are jobs around,  where you are directed with external company to apply. And you are not able to apply without paying a monthly fee. Even more annoying is the fact that one of the job advertized today in trusted site is not existing via headhunter pages, even though that is said to be only channel to apply. --> I find a job which was interesting --> paid for headhunters as it was only way to get more info and apply --> job is not esiting in their pages --> can't apply --> paid for nothing --> me, a jackass?

Day 174

The day number 174 is also known as Independence Day of Finland. This is 95th year.
This is what Wikipedia says about the day:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Finland)

Day was well received in our family and included a nice lunch and TV, more than 7 hours of it. The tradition is to watch "Tuntematon Sotilas" movie, twice (2 versions), more than 3 hours each.

Day 173

Today is the day when most of the Finns get some tax refund ( I heard the figure of 3 millions with average refund of 700 €. That`s a big pile of money).
I got some refund too, but it's all gone already. ( I like to burn some money before I get any. In that way you dont need to worry too much how to spend all the money in one go). That's sooooo bloody handy!

Day 172

Tuesday 4th of December.

Is this THE job for me:

" Our business is expanding and we are looking reinforcements. 
If you are a lazy GOOD-FOR-NOTHING BUM Location: Lempäälä

You know zip, zilch, zero about sales work and despise anything to do with technology. Your worst nightmare would be a well-drilling project that you had to organise at your step-dad's summer place. You are dead set against anything that has to do with mining, because, basically, tunnels and parking garages suck! Computers are great for playing patience on, but other than that, all they're good for is a paperweight. You're great at avoiding any tasks set by your supervisor, in fact you excel at it.
 You are a loner and your co-workers should steer clear of you. The only travelling you want to do is after work... straight to the nearest pub. You speak fluent street slang; any other language is a waste of time. Speak Swedish? You’ve got to be kidding! Keep those Vikings away! If you have any friends to speak of, even they think you're a complete loser. You lack all creativity. Your favourite pastime is drawing rude pictures on the walls of public toilets. If this description is nothing like you, please do not hesitate to apply for the position of Export Manager or Export Engineer.
 For more information contact Jukka Luoma on 3 December between 1 and 3 p.m. or on 10 December between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at tel. +358 400 744 746. Send your CV and application, including your salary expectations, to the address rekry(at)robit.fi by 16 December 2012.

 In case we have no other option we might even consider hiring a Finn."

Day 171

It looks like someone has seriously decided it's time for a proper winter. It has been so dark last 2 months, but not anymore. That's a chance for better, although -15C is not what I have in my mind; I would rather have +5, but then it would be dark again, instead we have snowy surroundings

I hope that all you homeless people have some shelter tonight.

You might fancy to follow http://lounaassa.blogspot.fi/ also starting from 15th of December (and prior)

Day 170

a cold day, -16 C

Day 169

A night with a snow storm Ratsia and a good food, red wine, Ratsia. Lontoon Skidit.

Hmm, doesn't make much sense, does it?.
Anyway, a night wirh goiod friends!