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Friday, January 29, 2010

8:01

I don't know why I hedged! I knew I wanted bacon. I wanted bacon since last night. You should always go for bacon, but then the guy in front of me got sausage and I just hadn't considered sausage since I was all for the bacon! So I got sausage and have regretted it ever since.

Things that are weird about Finland (In one Canadian's opinion, anyway)

There are slot machines everywhere: cruise ships, gas stations, grocery stores, etc. And gambling is considered a positive thing as all the money goes to the government kind of like another form of taxation.
People are good parallel parkers (especially my roommate)...I appreciate this as a Vancouverite
There are no stop signs, at four way stops everyone just yields to the right
Nobody locks their bike to anything, they just lock the back wheel in place...you could just carry them away...it would be so easy...I need a bike
People won’t jaywalk, but they’ll ride on the back of someone’s bike with no helmet
Yogurt comes in a carton.
Teachers are respected as highly as doctors or lawyers and need almost as much education.
People take notes on grid paper, not lined.
Nobody speaks English, but if you speak to them in English they will understand and respond...in English
Stopping for a pedestrian waiting at a crosswalk is only a suggestion, but heaven forbid if you jaywalk!
Everyone wants to know if you like Finland and what you did wrong to end up here :-)
Bicycles are not allowed on the street and have to run over pedestrians instead.
You have to take a number to do anything, but I guess it beats waiting in line!

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