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Kokkola Tour - Group 5

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Music assignment by Oriol Fabregas

Last Saturday (22th of October) there was a really nice concert in Kilta Bar made by a local group called Kaiku. As it is typicall here, all the pubs and bars give to small groups the chance to show their ability to play wonderful music and help the young people of the bar to have a great time. The band consisted on a nice soothing voice female singer and two instrument players. One musician was playing the saxofon and the other the acoustic guitar.   

They didn't play an exact type of music because during all night they were displaying all kind of themes. The majority of songs played were classic 70s-80s-90s rock and pop hits. Some examples are Every Breath You Take by Police, Hotel California by Eagles and Have You Ever Seen The Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival. 

They also played Finnish music which all the people of the bar fully enjoyed by singing the lyrics. That was what I liked the most in the concert because you feel really an stranger when everybody is singing a song in a pub which you don't even understand a word. To sum up, I truly enjoy the concert and they made me have a nice time with the company of other students

Oriol Fàbregas Oller D-I-E assignment.

I left my bike without the lock, and nobody stole it.

Describe

As everybody, I bought a bicycle to be able to move easier around the city. In one of the first days with it, I forgot to lock it before getting into the city library. I realized that 15 minutes after and I quickly ran to check if it was still there. Surprisingly for me, it was there. Since that day, I have left my bike without the lock several times and nobody took it. Maybe for another person this situation can be casual but for me it is very different from my country.

Interpret

This is not an easy situation to interpret because it goes beyond the Finnish culture. The reason why almost everybody acts correctly is because they live in community. If someone decided to steal bikes, it would affect the community welfare because they would feel less safe. In my country, if you park a bike in a public space (like libraries or the city hall) without locking it, it will probably be stolen in 10 minutes. That is because in some countries (like mine) people follow their own interests and the criminality rates are higher.

Evaluate

I really think that safeness is one of the main advantages of Finland and it is shown in the confidence they have on leaving personal objects in public places. Looking at these actions you can realize that this country is very advance and open minded.  Maybe if we look from a Finnish person perception, this must be the most normal thing and maybe they have never realized why there is almost none criminality in here. In my opinion, this is because they have been very well educated.

I have posted this photo in order to show what can happen to your bike even if it is locked. 

Wordle - Finnish language

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Man : Well, it is true that finnish language is pretty hard to learn, because of our very long words. But we learnt how to speak english, and pretty well. Most of the finnish at work can speak english, to give informations about something you need. But if you want to learn finnish, you must be brave ! 

First Women : Of course finnish language is not open to everyone, espcially if you have difficulties to learn a foreign language, that is totally different from your native language. But with time and practices, a lot of practices ( talk to finnish in the street, ask them if they understood you well or not ) , you can manage to speak finnish within 2 or 3 years ! 

Second Women : what can i say ? We know that finnish is hard to learn, and because not a lot of us go abroad to study , not many people take the shoot at learning finnish. I would say that the best way to learn our language is to watch movies, documentaries, be familiar to the finnish sounds, the way finnish talk to each others. And of course, take finnish language courses, to be able to write and to get how our difficult grammar is. 

Wordle - Finnish attitude

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Man : To get how finnish behave and how to act like a finnish, it is about to take the time to know the finnish ; we , as finnish people, are pretty shy about strangers, about the rest of the Europe and the world. We are not a lot in our country, so we already know our neighbours , and we are afraid to take the first step in a relationship. 

The first Women : The finnish attitude ? Well, it is all about the respect of the others first. We don't act for ourself,even if we seem to be close-minded. You will never see a finnish act in a bad way for the finnish society. We have this respect for everyone. If you are a stranger to this country, don't be scared about this very large "personal space". We rather first talk with a long distance with you , to trust you, and then , we might become physicaly close to you. 

The second Women : Yes, indeed it is about trust issues at first. We don't leave our country easily , and because of that point, we must take the time needed to trust someone who is not from our home ( even with others finnish ! ). And an other important point about the finnish attitude, is the respect of the environment. It is not because it is not your street, your forest, our your bus, that you should not care and pollute it. You live in there too. There is this community spirit here in Finland. 

Introduction: Oriol Fàbregas Oller

Hi everyone!

My name is Oriol, but most of the people call me Uri. I am from the wonderful city of Barcelona, Spain. Currently I am studying my third year in Chemical Engineering in Spain. I decided to go to Finland because it is known to be one of the most developed countries in Europe with a very high educational level. It would be interesting to know more about these effective learning system.

I also want to learn more about Finland history because I am so interested in what happened in the past, specially during World War II. They took part in the different conflicts during that period and I would want to know what part they were fighting for and why.

I have a lot of hobbies like playing football, go running, listening to music and spend my free time with my friends. Nice to meet you all! C'mon FC Barcelona!