Today I don't have things to say.

All I have to say is this. I have finished my school assignment. And I have watched the two following videos which have made my day, here you you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw

and

http://www.riemurasia.net/jylppy/media.php?id=95329#amedia

Enjoy.

Finito.

-Mikko

(Whats the Story?) Morning Glory

Things are finally becoming reality. 4 Days to Dublin. In 14 days I am in Amsterdam. In around 32 days I am in Finland. I actually managed to skip half of the Finnish winter. Feels good man! I managed to do some of my schoolwork as well. We have this ridiculous assignment from Uni of Glamorgan that we weren't aware of when we applied to the exchange. 2500 word report on what ever. Here is some of the text I've written so far:

"The lesion in the back of the infant should be closed within the first 72 hours after birth as this reduces the risk of a CNS infection (central nervous system infection). Prior to the closure, the infant should be put on broad spectrum antibiotics in order to avoid a CNS infection. CNS infections are rare if antibiotics and prescribed and proper wound care is applied. The closure of the lesion can cause a CSF leak (cerebrospinal fluid leak), infection and dermoid inclusion tumors. After fixing the spina bifida, 80-90% of the infants develop some level of hydrocephalus."

I have about 1200 words to go and it shouldn't be too hard. I just don't have a whole lot of interest in completing the assignment because it gives us credits in the UK, which don't really do anything for us in Finland.  Most we could get is some note from the person who gave us this assignment saying that "they did this" whooptiefreakindoo. In addition to that I have some schoolwork from Finland I'm gonna be doing this week. But its not all bad even work wise, I am absolutely loving my placement in community. I have only been working in hospitals and care homes before. But this is completely different. In community you actually go to peoples homes and you get to see how they live and a more "natural" living environment if ya'll know what I mean. So far almost everyone has been really nice and there have been some visits that I will probably never forget. I have also gotten to do a lot of wound care, which is an area of healthcare that I am quite interested in. I would say that the Finnish standard of hygiene is quite a bit higher than the one here in Wales. But its not that bad though, the girls from my class who are currently in Vietnam on exchange told me that there's cockroaches in the hospitals and due to overcrowding people are actually sleeping on the hospital floors.. not cool man, not cool at all. 

I am starting to miss Finland a bit though. I miss the people, I miss my friends, I miss my family. I miss the country even a bit. But hey, I'll have plenty of time to enjoy Finland when I get back. At the moment I am a bit frustrated that I will have to come back to Wales to pick up my stuff, then go to London again to stay with Simo for a couple days. Rather unnecessary back and forth traveling. I am also a bit cranky about moving in with my mom for a couple months again.. I do get free food, free accommodation.. and I guess its nice to see my brother and mother a lot more for a while. But since I am used to living alone it seems that 1-2 weeks is about as much as I can take. 2½ months might be preeeeetty interesting. On top of that my mental health placement in Winland called and said that my MRSA tests aren't going to be ok for them as I have been abroad afterwards and they won't swab me here so I need to get it done in Finland, which means that I my placement will be moved forward by a week.. which means that I will either have to work like hell for about two weeks 24/7 or then move my summer job forward. I don't know. No use stressing that anyway! Anyhoo, despite this angsting everything is pretty good around here. Just looking forward to my trip and meeting my friends in Europe.. the trip is going to be LEGEN...wait for it....DARY! Yes, I have been watching How I met your Mother lately. 

Good night everyone.