Partying is over!

UPDATE (2 May, 1245am):

I'm quite sad now, and have started to say my goodbyes. There are people who are sad that I am leaving too, like my brudder Nima. I was selling off my stuff on the Exchange list (a mailing list for the exchange students) and he bought a lot of my stuff. (Hahahaha this guy is damn funny.) But he is quite depressed as well, cos his wife's grandma died yesterday night and well, the party didn't go well yesterday night and all these things probably added on to the fact that I was going to leave too.

Nima's probably the person I talked to most, and then my other flatmates Manu and Thomas are pretty good buddies, and I'm very glad I've shared this period of time with them. They have been great flatmates and I'm happy that there wasn't any friction between us.

Well, I never thought I would be the first to leave the flat. But yes, it is going to happen. I'll host my farewell party this Wednesday for the the people who care. (Those who don't, I probably won't miss them anyway.) So there, my student exchange will end, just like that. And I'll be a tourist from then on, spending my last days in Europe before heading home.

For my mum: Will be joining ZM and WL with his parents and brother on a tour of Scandinavia (Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo) from 23rd May - 4th June. Air tickets have already been booked so this trip is more or less confirmed. As for the backpacking tour, details have not been confirmed.

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Vappu is today, and today I shall spend this one whole day at home, detoxifying my stomach of the junk food I have consumed these few days, detoxifying my liver of the alcohol and my lungs of the cigarette smoke I have inhaled over the past few days, detoxifying my brain of all the stupefying images that have entered my brain from the Vappu celebrations. And also, to continue on my project.

Vappu is a great event and it was quite memorable for me. The Finns really know what is partying. Partying for them means drinking to get totally wasted. That's the only thing they have in mind, to get totally drunk and smashed and not remember what the hell was going on the next week. Spend the next week in bed, concussed. Is this really enjoyment? I can only wonder.

For me, I was perfectly sober for these few days, observing people around me. Now it seems that the Finns aren't exactly the greatest people to hang out with when they get drunk (but who is nice when drunk?). But they are still rather polite, as compared to Spanish and Italian people (just a generalization, no offence eh).

OK dudes back home in NUS, exams are almost over. Have a happy summer holiday and hope to meet up with all of you when I come back on 1st July! Suddenly overwhelmed with a longing to head home right away.

I'm going travelling some time soon, if everything goes according to plan. Latvia and Lithuania from 6th - 10th May, then Poland from 11th - 21st May for the Sailing Festival. This leaves me with about a week, including today, of time left in Oulu.

Well, I won't miss the place that much, but the people, ah, that makes up the memories. I guess I'll write more when I actually leave the place. It's kinda sad, but well, life goes on. I just hope the friendships forged during this period will last.