"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" - 2
Well, hello ~~~~! I have been here in Kangasniemi - what's it now, a week? Yes, a week. Feels like forever, there's really not that much to do... I haven't even worked everyday because the weather has been terrible; cold and rainy, the strawberries are growing slowly and they don't need that much people there. But, my job is quite nice, yes, but kinda tough. The worst thing about it is that I have to be able to recognize 4 different species of strawberries by their taste, smell and looks! I'm getting pretty good at it >:D Then I sell, eat, pack, wash and eat strawberries. I also have to keep an eye on 12 14-years-old young berrypickers; and I don't like that. I have to make sure that they pick full basket, with no raw ones etc... It always breaks my heart to send them back to the hellish, sunny fields to pick more berries D:
Kangasniemi... Well, I don't know if you have noticed, but there seems to be two types of towns in the Finland Countryside; the kind of towns, where people are a lot more friendly and outgoing than Finnish people usually, they like to sosialize and form all kinds of communities, festivals etc. to get together... The kind of places where everyone says "hi" to you even though you've never met them. And then there are the kind places where people are even more lonely and quiet, they speak as little as possible; and Kangasniemi is definently this kind of place. Pretty much nothing ever happens here. I drive a bike here at the town centre (it's about 10 km from our mökki.....) for library and to do groceries, and I think no-one has ever said even one word to me...? Or am I just really that scary?!
---though just now I met a really nice man who's working at a very cute café called Ruusukuppi - we had a long long conversation, drinking maybe 5 cups of coffee in a row :D But, that must because David isn't Finnish xD He's from Camerun, and he has been teaching in Africa and China and now he wants to do so in Finland. He shared a lots of expirences from all around the world :D I'm happy that I found at least somebody to talk to during these lonely weeks... Though for that I have to bike that 10 km and then another 10 km back to Mökki...!
Oh and my little owl-friend is doing perfectly fine :> She is such a fluffy fattie - I'm more likely afraid if she'll ever be able to fly, she's so fat, seriously :D Her parents seem to do good work at hunting... And I should find a name for her, but... I just can't come up with a name good enough :/
Good thing about mökki is the sauna and the lake! Going to sauna every night and then going to swim in the lake, now that makes me very happy to be Finnish :D
I've been reading a lot, because I don't have that much to do... I read two books of Kjell Westö, "Leijat Helsingin yllä" (Kites Above Helsinki) ja "Missä kuljimme kerran" (Where We Once Wandered) - his way of writing is genious, but I hate how realistic and depressing his books are. There are some really beautiful parts, though - like when in the "Leijat Helsingin Yllä" he tells how there's hundreds and hunreds - one for every person living in Helsinki - of kites, different, uniqly coloured; and every kite is a dream of one person. And people need those kites to live.
Then I read that one classic, "Saatana saapuu Moskovaan" (Master and Margarita... Why it's the name so different in Finnish?) by that too-hard-to-remember-Russian-name. It was a masterpiece! So weird that I couldn't but love it! It's always been my dad's all-time-favourite book, and he's been telling me to read it for ages - and I'm happy I did.
And, now I'm reading "Gone with the Wind" :D I guess every girl is supposed to read it at least once in her life... I've read about 200 pages from the 1000. Ah, there's just something about historical books - I could just keep reading and reading them for forever, falling to the history <3 But I totally dislike Scarlett O'Hara! Her personality is intorelable, truly... Well at first I hated her, and now I only dislike her, so I guess I'm growing to like her a little bit. But Rhett is such a nice man. Though I was totally terrified that he's already 45 or so... ^^;
Why isn't there a messenger in Kangasniemi library computers? >:(
But now I guess I'll ge going - I have to go buy something to eat and then I need a new diary, the old one is full... I hope I'll be able to come back soon...





