issue 02 · volume 12 23 Monday JULY 2012 Tonight: TUTOR MEETING ---> 8PM in the bar area
W E E K E N D . R E V I E W MONDAY MONDAY After an action packed weekend kicking off with the KONE party on friday, National Evening on Saturday and Excursions on Sunday, everybody is feeling somehow reborn for the busy week ahead. There is a sense of dejavu about the weather - the rain has come down again making it difficult to work outside but makes being inside is a little more guilt free. So, as you come back to your workshops having worked out all those design issues subconsciously over the last couple of days, take a moment to reflect on what was an unforgettable weekend and get busy preparing for the EASA exhibition and workshop presentations next saturday.
EASAFLU PANIC EXCURSION DAY While the main trip of the day was to take the ferry to Tallinn - over 100 people woke up at 8am to make a groggy sea voyage and didnt come back until today (trip report to follow) Most people stayed back in Helsinki to explore a the hosting city a little bit more. Especially to see this amazing church carved into the rock (go see it!). There was a guided tour of the Aalto University Buildings and another walking tour around the city. Organizer Pekka had suggested taking your inflatable mattress to the forest and coming back to the city by river (take the left fork at the delta) but I think it might have been too adventurous for our fragile state of mind. Another organiser Lotte was kind enough to bring a small group of lucky easaians up to her summer cottage by minibus where they chilled out by a lake, took a finnish sauna, ate, went out on a boat trip, ate smoked fish, chatted with her dad about Nature, probably ate and drank some more and arrived back on site at 2am with the biggest smiles on their faces. The rest of us stared into space groggily until well after lunchtime and made our way to the fortress island Suomenalinna to chill out on the grass. Some crazy Irish and Scottish guys jumped into the freezing sea without first warming up in the sauna. Otherwise we played with military guns and watched some people take bungee jumps across the bay before getting kicked off the island by a finnish navy officer. We got back in time for dinner and for the most part everyone took it easy and went to bed. Except for a few wild cards who held a speaker-party outside the tutors dorms. A nice relaxing day overall.
*Sniffle* It happens every year around this time (even in Spain) We all get run-down from lack of sleep and excess of party. The key to recovery is to GO TO BED EARLY for once. Take some vitamins then lie down in your bed wrapped in warm clothes. Just be glad that it’s happening now and not at a more critical time in the week. Look after yourselves! The weather wont get much better until later in the week.
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