Dear Diary

So I finished my placement. So I thought I was going to have a nice relaxing week of vacation. Turns out I was wrong. I had an insanely sore throat on Sunday, thinking it might just blow over I didn't think much of it. It was sore enough on Monday for me to seek medical attention. Luckily I know the guy who manages the local GP so he did me a solid getting me to see a doctor. Turns out I had a throat infection and since it was "2 for 1 Special"- at the Bridgend GP, I got an ear infection as well. Quite a nice parting gift! All this fun didn't cost me a penny though. NHS I love you. Back in Finland I would have paid at least 50 euro's for the same thing. So I got some antibiotics and I am Faaaaaabuuuuloooous! *waves pinkies in the air*.

My trip into Europe is finally shapin' up a bit. I bought tickets to Amsterdam for the 16 of April. After a couple nights there, I'm gonna take the train(I got an inter rail pass as well) down to Germany to hopefully spend some time with my Sub-Sergeant(or Corporal) back from my army days as he is on exchange in Germany at the moment. From there on out my plans are yet a bit cloudy as I have many choices on where to go. I might go to Prague to see my brothers girlfriend and spend a couple days there. I was supposed to go to Poland and see Auschwitz originally but as I only have around two weeks to travel, I might not have the time to make the trip there. Another thing I also want to do is go to the beaches of Croatia for a little trip with my mate from Lahti. We already have matching G-Strings for our hand-in-hand strolls on the beach. And baby oil of course.... I'm kidding. Or am I? I don't want to make too many plans for my trip though. Kind of ruins the whole adventure aspect of it all. I bought myself a new backpack for my travels, its made of rain resisting material, durable, lightweight, padding etc.. Had to get something decent since I'm going to be carrying my earthly belongings in it for two weeks.. I'm a dude who likes comfort. I just really, really do hope that I don't get robbed or stabbed in the face during my trip. Firstly, a stab in the face would ruin the picturesque, roman god-like face of mine. Secondly, getting stabbed in the face isn't exactly on my bucket list anyway. And getting robbed just sucks. I'll have to hide my money in places where people won't look. Like bills in my shoes and coins in my mouth or something. Coins don't taste good though. I guess I'll just have to figure that one out for myself as I go along.

I haven't been exercising as much as I should. That's going to change! Today after watching Powerthirst 3 like four times in a row, I went out for a pumped up run. I ran around into this park and I stopped at this overpass bridge. It had a really nice, modern look to it. There was no people anywhere so I just decided to do some sit ups and push ups. For some reason it was really nice on the bridge, watching the cars drive around in the round about and go on the freeway. After I came back I had one of those American Beauty moments. Anyone familiar with the movie will know what I'm talking about. The sun was going down, but it was still shedding light on the town in a sort of slanted angle. And it was raining. But the rain wasn't like any normal kind of rain. It was so light that it almost looked that it evaporated before it hits the ground, as if nothing was getting wet but it just looked like it was raining. And the drops were spread out, falling slowly. Truly a Kodak moment, I need a proper camera some day. Here's the quote to those of you unfamiliar with the movie. If you haven't seen it, you really should. I hope I have more American Beauty moments in my life, they're pretty spectacular.

"It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. Right? And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in."