Ride da Turku Bus

Things have been pretty laid back lately, so it has been difficult to think of anything worth writing about. The weather hasn't been very nice though. Snow, then rain, then a warm(er) day, which melts the snow, and then a cold day that turns all the puddles into ice all over again. During the middle of February I went on a few bike rides, but the rodes have been too slippery again. Last week I broke down and finally bought a bus card. I've started saving money already, and it has been liberating to ride the bus around the city and see new things without worrying about transferring home within 2 hrs. The bus card has also made visits to my friend Jenni's flat easier. Yesterday, we watched "Lady in the Water" by M. Night Shyamalan. It wasn't the best movie in the world, but still entertaining. What was better than the movie were all the fabulous waffles we made on Jenni's new waffle iron. I was supposed to go with Jenni and her boyfriend Chris to Lapland for Easter, but her family isn't going to their cabin anymore, so I'm trying to find something else to do. I'll probably plan something with my flatmate Charlotte, who is going back to England the week after Easter. I'm hoping to go to Estonia or somewhere in central Finland. I'm going to Stockholm in mid-April.

Last week, I discovered one of the best things in the universe: the Music Library! The Turku City Library has this branch entirely dedicated to music related CDs, DVDs, magazines, and books. The best part is that you can check out up to 50 CDs at a time, and they actually have CDs worth listening to. I also checked out a couple books from the City Library too, but they're not nearly as exciting as the CDs. I got Noam Chomsky's "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax" as a personal challenge, but I think it's too much of a challenge. I might have to stick to the celebrity gossip blogs for now.

In other exciting news, I have a part-time job teaching conversational English. One of my flatmates is from Korea, and he asked me if I'd like a job teaching English to a Korean woman he knows. I said "why not," and here we are. It's been a lot of fun, and a lot of work at the same time. I really wish I had my copy of "Analyzing English Grammar" with me! Right now, I'm trying to put together some exercises on (in)transitive verbs for my lesson tomorrow. Exciting, I know. I might even throw some gerunds in too. Watch out!