We spent one of Sunday in July in Porvoo. It was slightly cloudy and windy Sunday which was good for walking in old town of Porvoo. The old town of Porvoo is bigger than the old town in Naantali. I like old wooden houses by the Porvoo river. They are red wooden houses. (more…)

Celebration for 1st of May is a bit different here. During the eve, students will gathered in city centre in late afternoon. At 6:00p.m. present or previous graduated students will put their white hat on for the whole evening and also 1st of May. You will see many students and families picnic or partying in parks to celebrate the May Day or Vappu in Finnish. Friend of mine was a bit surprised with this kind of celebration. The event celebration is more like a family activity day. Yes, it is indeed. (more…)

Weather of last week was freezing cold. It was -16 to 18°C during weekdays and -20°C during weekend. Yet, after foggy evening in last weekend, branches of trees are cover with a layer of snow make an amazing beautiful snow scenery. Local say this scenery is rare and it might happened once in decade. Sharing with you the scenery. (more…)

December 2008 was the coolest December here since last recorded in 2002. The heavy snowfall since December 2008 made the neighbourhood looks white on the ground and remaining until now. Snow still fall every now and then, the weather is below zero from last December and believe will remains for the whole Winter. When the sun shines, the snow scene is really beautiful to enjoy. Sharing some pictures I have taken with all of you. Happy New Year. (more…)

Wishing all of you Merry Christmas and a happy new year. May your dreams come true and healthy life! Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta voutta! (more…)

I decided to feed birds around neighbourhood at our balcony. It is fun and nice to watch them come for the food. So far, great tit is the “frequent visitor”.

Later, (more…)

Just like last time, we need to setup our apartment. The layout of our current apartment in Helsinki is a bit strange to me but my wife like it. She said it looks like a family house layout to her. (more…)

In May, I started travel between two counties daily with train which daily life my wife already had for 15months. I saluted her patient for this. After I join her path, we decided we should move to somewhere a bit nearby because the traveling expensive for both of us in this way is too expensive. Therefore, it is wise to move from current county to another county. (more…)

I just learned actually we are using 10Mbps/10Mbps broadband here and the fee is about RM50 per month.

中秋节快乐 (more…)