lauantai 17. syyskuuta 2011

The Park that stays in my heart

 Picture of Kirismäki playground(printscreen from Google maps)

I chose this playground/park to this memory post because of it was the center of my childhoods plays.
In the winter there's skating ice so we can skate and play icehockey there. I've played on the sandbox in the park for countless times in  the summers.

 This park is also important for my lovelife. I found my girlfriend from here and got engaged with her in here.
For the other love of my life(my former moped) the asphalt in the center of the park was a great place to learn to handle it. Also I somehow managed to do a wheelie with that 120 kilos weighting beast. Nowdays when I pass the park I feel something warm inside me even in the cold of winter.

 I wish that when I'm adult the park will stay there and not get converted to field of houses. I want now and in the future keep the park there for other generations. Gladly there's Kirismäki residental district society which improves the environment of the park and keeps it there. I'm proud member of it. Let's hope other parks like this will stay in finnish districts even if there's need of space. Parks like this are centers of societys.

tiistai 30. elokuuta 2011

My English learning history

I started my English learning journey in May 2004 when I was in the Vatican. I got lost from my mother and tried to say to one of the security personell something like:" Can you call my mother here?". I had English only on the TV and got annoyed because those people were not able tMy first English class was succsess because I realized that it's in fact really easy! Of course there had been couple of stepbacks and for example in Spain asking more jam with my potatoes instead of ham.

Back in the elementary school I got only top grades.   I am a fast learner so it's really easy for me to learn grammar and vocabulary. In the lower secondary school the same happened. The reason for that is that I adopted all the grammar immediatly and as a bonus I began to get involved in to small gaming community. There were no other finns. When I chatted there I learned something that isn't taught at scool, the spoken language.

I find my spoken language skill very important in everyday conversations. I have wondered that in the future the spoken language will be a great advantage in the labor market. Ín the future it may be that you heaer English spoken even in the countryside of Finland!