Last time
we met was 15th March. We knew Rika wasn’t able to come with since she was
going to abroad, but we decided to held a meeting just the 4 of us. We had
plans to go the grocery store, and buy foods which the exchange students had
been interested in, but not tried them. We planned to meet at Prisma. Me, Jonas
and Mayu were waiting for Tiia to arrive, but she informed us that she didn’t
feel well, and therefore couldn’t come. So in the end it was just the three of
us.
We went
inside the store, and saw some Easter decorations.
We told Mayu about the Finnish Easter tradition, and how she will most likely see children going around on Easter Sunday dressed as witches.
We
continued to the food section of the supermarket. We discussed about the foods,
for example what we have here in Finland a lot, but not much in Japan and what
there also is in Japan. It was pretty interesting. I’m still worried about the
fact that if I get accepted for exchange (and I really want to get accepted), I
can’t eat that much fruits in Japan as I can in Finland, since in Japan fruits
are really expensive. I really love eating fruits, so we’ll see what I’m going
to do then. Also the fact that in Japan they don’t have that diverse selection
in breads is worrying me too, since I really like to bread too. When I was in
Japan last year, I remember only finding that really white toast bread. I’ve
heard that they make other kind of bread too, sometimes they’re so just more
difficult to find.
Mayu was
also surprised that we have this many Easter chocolates here in Finland. Of
course they have these kind of candies too in Japan, but they are available
over the year.
After we
finished shopping, we came to my house to eat! Here’s all that we bought.
Mayu really
wanted to try some kind of special cheese. She said that in Japan they don’t
have so many different cheeses as we have here in Finland. We bought some kind
of pepper cheese and also bread and crackers to eat it with. Hapankorppu was
also something that sparkled Mayu’s interest, and she really liked it. After
eating everyone were feeling really full.
We talked a
lot while we ate, and after too. We also made a list about similar words that
we have in Japan and in Finland. Here’s the list in case someone is interested.
Word Finnish Japanese
Kutsu Invitation Shoes
Koko Size/Whole Here
Kasa Pile Umbrella
Sora Grave Sky
Tori Market place Bird
Me We Eye
Te You Hand
Se It Back
Suru Sorrow To do
Kani Rabbit, bunny Crab
Tai Or Thai
S(h)ika Pig Deer
Naku naru Naked string To disappear
Naku Naked Disappear
Naru String To become
Hai Shark Yes
Nai(da) Fuck Isn't
Sukunai Little
Suku Family (as cousins, aunts, grandpa etc)
Joku/Yoku Someone Often
Aho Meadow Idiot
Kai Maybe Shell
Word Finnish Japanese
Kutsu Invitation Shoes
Koko Size/Whole Here
Kasa Pile Umbrella
Sora Grave Sky
Tori Market place Bird
Me We Eye
Te You Hand
Se It Back
Suru Sorrow To do
Kani Rabbit, bunny Crab
Tai Or Thai
S(h)ika Pig Deer
Naku naru Naked string To disappear
Naku Naked Disappear
Naru String To become
Hai Shark Yes
Nai(da) Fuck Isn't
Sukunai Little
Suku Family (as cousins, aunts, grandpa etc)
Joku/Yoku Someone Often
Aho Meadow Idiot
Kai Maybe Shell
Our next
meeting wasn’t decided, and we’re still kind of deciding the date. On
Sunday 14th I’m going to meet with Mayu and Rika, but it’s not
really counted for these EOTO-meetings. We should still meet once next week I
think. Then we are going to Tampere again, at the beginning of May.
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