It Takes 17 Years

Back in 1992 I remember watching the Pole To Pole travel series starring Michael Palin. In it, he travelled to Finland and experienced a traditional Finnish sauna, which included flagellating yourself with birch branches before sitting in an 80C hotroom for 30 minutes. He also went skinny dipping in a Finnish lake, which is tradition here. Often, you do it in the snow as it is very refreshing and closes the pores, increasing blood ciruculation in the body and the contrast between the hot sauna and the cold lake is very theraputic. When I first saw this all of 17 years ago, it was something I always wanted to do. Today, I finally did.

( Niin... )

I also saw a Japanese anime - Rozen Maiden - which was a little depressing but very compelling at the same time. I also saw a demonstration of the Sims 3 where Hiru created my very own character who looked very much like me in human form. Yet he wore more pink. It does look a lot better than Sims 2, which we showed me last year, and very addictive. Probably something I should avoid lest I spend every waking hour playing it.

He also played a CD of a fantastic Finnish band called Indica, which was cool. I am now watching the Finnish version of one of those late night quizzes that con drunk people out of their money after watching Lost and A Touch Of Frost with Finnish subtitles. Hiru is testing me on Japanese for some reason and I am looking at the empty bottle of a soft drink that has a cartoon cat on the front and it comes in Listerine green flavour. It's some sort of fruit and it tastes very nice :)

It Takes 17 Years

Back in 1992 I remember watching the Pole To Pole travel series starring Michael Palin. In it, he travelled to Finland and experienced a traditional Finnish sauna, which included flagellating yourself with birch branches before sitting in an 80C hotroom for 30 minutes. He also went skinny dipping in a Finnish lake, which is tradition here. Often, you do it in the snow as it is very refreshing and closes the pores, increasing blood ciruculation in the body and the contrast between the hot sauna and the cold lake is very theraputic. When I first saw this all of 17 years ago, it was something I always wanted to do. Today, I finally did.

( Niin... )

I also saw a Japanese anime - Rozen Maiden - which was a little depressing but very compelling at the same time. I also saw a demonstration of the Sims 3 where Hiru created my very own character who looked very much like me in human form. Yet he wore more pink. It does look a lot better than Sims 2, which we showed me last year, and very addictive. Probably something I should avoid lest I spend every waking hour playing it.

He also played a CD of a fantastic Finnish band called Indica, which was cool. I am now watching the Finnish version of one of those late night quizzes that con drunk people out of their money after watching Lost and A Touch Of Frost with Finnish subtitles. Hiru is testing me on Japanese for some reason and I am looking at the empty bottle of a soft drink that has a cartoon cat on the front and it comes in Listerine green flavour. It's some sort of fruit and it tastes very nice :)