Question 4: what other English-speaking countries have you been to? Question 5: am I making too many questions? (Sorry, I'm so curious that I can't help it). I'll be waiting for that PM
I wasn't calling you boring, dear. I was suggesting that refusing to fight a bear is boring (I know, I know, I'm a mad lumberjack ) Besides, now I have an argument to put forward when biased people begin mumbling about how weak a woman is. Now I can say "I know this lady who can wield an axe and make knots much better than a boy, became patrol leader at age 12, and she's my friend" which leads me to the following comment: I am so proud of my Valkyrie friend Question 1: ever tried knife-throwing? It's an essential skill for a Scandinavian warrior Question 2: are your translations always technical? Nothing like translating a poem or part from a novel? I mean, is your career mainly technically oriented? Question 3: do you often lead the choir? Are they obedient, or you have to do an axe-threat before performances? more questions ->
I've given so much attention to my homework that I just have to take a little break. It took me two days to finish a turbofan jet engine patent translation which was really trying to kill me and nearly succeeded. Then today I've washed some laundry, translated an article about a malaria vaccine and led my choir at a university party, where we performed three songs. I think I've deserved a little break and some sleep before I start working on a translation about nonlinear solutions in plastic industry. I'll spend the weekend on the scout leader course (why does it have to take up two weekends at the busiest time of the autumn?) and on Monday I'll be off to England. It's a high time I visited an English-speaking country, I do study English translation after all... I'll spend almost a week in London with my father, so I'll probably be offline for a while. But when I return, I'll finally write you the PM about Finnish mentality. It's a promise!
First you tell me not to pick up a fight with a bear and then you call me boring. Try to decide already! I promised to tell you something about my adventures, so here it goes: Even if I didn't meet any bears, I did have got some fun with an axe. I was much better at woodcutting than the boys There's something about edged weapons - knives and axes are fun (Yes, I only use them as tools, and no, I would never intentionally use one to harm anyone, unless I was attacked first). I also got to teach about certain knots to some people. Other than that I was the difficult one there - I was the oldest of the course members (most others were still teenagers), and the one always disagreeing with the leaders It's just that the principles they're trying to teach there are good on paper, but don't work in real life, especially in smaller troops. I had to become a patrol leader myself already in the age of 12, because there weren't enough older people to do the job
They'd better keep calling you, or I will start scolding misbehaving parents Hmm.... leave quickly but quietly... hmm... so I guess you will never tell me any fascinating story about picking a fight with a bear, right? Hmm... what a pity... AND HOW BORING! One day I will tell you about my fights against barking dogs that also bite (quite contrary to the famous proverb, which proves that reality is not always easily explained by proverbs, which in turn proves that I won't give a darn about this particular proverb ) Good luck with the homework attention
My parent's call me a couple of times a week and I usually see them once a week or so (it's sometimes logistically better to stay over at their place, for example when I have work at the neighbouring library ). I guess they just didn't want to tell anyone about the accident, as nothing serious happened, but as you said, the media is everywhere nowadays I learned to swim at the age of five or six. Finland is the country of thousands of lakes, many people have a summer cottage on the bank of a lake and we have compulsory swimming lessons at school, so almost everyone can swim at least a little There are bears in the woods, but I've never seen any. They usually go away when they hear people approaching, so it's not often that there are any accidents. Should I see one, however, I would leave quickly but quietly, 'cause there's no use taking unnecessary risks. I'll tell you more about my adventures later, but now I really have to give some attention to my homework
What forest is it? When you come back tell me about your adventures fighting bears in the woods HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND ENJOY A LOT! PS: remember that bears are taller than people. As soon as they strike, go under their bellies (their weak spot ) and supply them with a good amount of punches and kicks though it would be safer if you carry a long spear Back to seriousness, are there bears in the woods of Finland? Because if there are, then I hope you stay away from their territory. That's always the safest.
Okay I forgive your disappearance Probably your parents didn't call not to worry you. People often hide serious events for such reason. Sorry if I seem intrusive (don't answer if you don't want to), but... do they call you often? I mean... do you all communicate well with each other? I think communication is one of many things that build the ties that bind. That comment about drowning without the media getting involved... was it their explanation for not calling you? Sounds funny because the media is everywhere nowadays. However if no one cared, then many would feel ignored. I figure it happens because we need to get attention, though we lack a switch to regulate the amount of attention we get from others at our own free will so the media will come, whether we like it or not Anyways I feel they should have told you, as humble opinion You swim too? I just learned short ago. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, though I need more practice
I'll be spending the weekend on a scout leader course (sleeping in the forest for the first time for a couple of years, I hope I'll make it in one piece, or with at least some skin left in me), so I won't be online for a couple of days. I'll come back though unless I get eaten by a bear or something Have a nice weekend
Sorry, I've been really busy these past days... My little brother is sixteen and he can swim pretty well. He was wearing a life-jacket and wasn't that far from the shore so the real danger was hypothermia, as the water is already quite cold this late in the autumn. Luckily he had a light survival suit he'd got second-hand from my father's workplace, which helped to keep him warm I'm just a bit disappointed that my parents weren't even going to call me, and I had to hear it from my aunt who'd read about it online (They said they hadn't realised it would be on the news. "What's wrong with this world when one can't even drown in peace? The media is everywhere."
