After munching down some Fairtrade (when did that happen?) Kitkat...

I went to an apartment showing in Bricklane:

Across from the flat is a Swedish cafe called Fika (means Snack btw)...is the universe giving me a hint?

The flat itself was okay ... I've got a few more showings booked until Moday. Let's see how that goes....

4 Hour exam in 45 min?

It's possible! Learn how below.

Steps:

1. Catch the early bus to the exam - you want to make sure to arrive relaxed, as well as have some time to talk to friends
2. Make sure the bus takes a wrong turn into some strange off-road factory area.
3. Ensure said bus makes it's way into a traffic jam when finally back on track.
4. Look at your watch. At about 15 min until exam time you should just be arriving in town. Plenty of time
5. Briskly walk through central station to the tram area. There should be multiple trams leaving to the exam, about 1 every 3 minutes. Wait at least 7 minutes.
6. Get on the tram prepare yourself. Maybe some stretching? Exam coming up really soon!
7. Run off the tram in the opposite direction! This is vital! This will be your big warm up for the final sprint...
8. Sprint like a lunatic to the exam! Constantly glance at your wrist watch to count the seconds. Only about 2 minutes - you can do it!
9. 10 seconds to go, and you're in! Most of the seats will be taken, so take your confused walk to the back of the room and try to relax while doing so.
10. Take the exam! All the adrenaline should give you super-human Matrix bullet-time style writing abilities! The world will appear to you as going in slow motion - and the others will only see you as a blur.

I answered all but 1 question in 45 minutes! Now, let's hope I actually passed as well :p

Thanks to Anders, Emma, and Isabelle for putting up with me in their group - it was alot of fun while it lasted!

Tomorrow begins a new chapter...

This post will serve two purposes.

1. To let me try posting with Bilbo Blogger
2. Point out some observations/thoughts since I moved to Helsinki

If you can read this post, it means that 1 actually worked. Bravo - this is one sweet app. Automagically configured everything for me given the address to my Drupal site and user+pass. Try Bilbo Blogger today.

2...

• Weather is identical to Oslo, maybe a degree or two colder
• People are actually more timid/quiet in Finland than Norway/Sweden. That says allot.
• Food in the company cafeteria is awesome (wide selection, high quality)...but not free: 5.50€
• Work is quite a bit more intense than in the Oslo office. You can definitely feel the stress/tempo of the "We need to get to market ASAP" mentality. I guess this is what working at a game company is like.
• I have a sweet steam-punk elevator.
• I need to make a "fast-forward" video of me going to work, featuring said elevator.

I look forward to learning more about Helsinki. A big bummer that I've been slightly sick basically the whole time since I arrived. I'm almost well now though, so that's good I guess.

Finally, It really sucks that some folks at Nokia got laid off. Despite it only being something like 1% of the workforce, it still stings to know some of the people leaving. You guys will be missed, and I hope we can all still keep in touch wherever you end up :)

Finally, to continue with point #1, I'm going to try to attach an image to this post, let's see if it works...

if it *did* work, then what you're seeing is the feature I added to Quassel (an AMAZING IRC client) last weekend - spell checking :)

That's all for now. Totally time for some sleepy action.