Vol 19 issue 06

INSIDER 14.10.16 | VOL. 19 | ISSUE 06

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IN THIS ISSUE Cover Story Kassun Lanit

Current Affairs

How bad exchange students miss their home country's food Holiday Apps

Recipe

"Finnish-Swedish-Greek" Meatballs   

Reviews

Robert Galbraith: The Cuckoo's Calling Herb Alpert.: Human Nature Paula Hawkins: The Girl on the Train

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EDITORIAL

Autumn break is here!

This is our last issue before the autumn break which is why I think it is important to talk about relaxing. We are all familiar with procrastination, of course some of us more than others. But how do you avoid the guilt after not doing anything?

The reason why we feel like human trash after relaxing is because we think other people have their lives together better than us. However, the most important thing to remember is that also

other people like to avoid responsibilities every once in a while.

When comparing yourself to another person, you should always try to compare yourself to someone who is worse than you (Like the kid who used to forget his gym clothes and had to wear boxers in front of the class in P.E.). This helps you to remember that you will survive in life even though you do not have it all together.

However, if you want

to pretend to be energetic why not try this week’s recipe or read the book we wrote the review about. Whether you choose to spend your autumn break being active or avoiding adulthood, our editorial staff hopes that you will have an amazing autumn break!

a n i i l o Kar

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how bad exchange students miss their home country's food

By Julia Felizitas Weyrauch Before I moved to Finland, people told me about the scarcity of food in the North and how I will probably suffer from malnutrition. And they also told me how unseasoned everything is, which is basically the worst for me, a child of parents, who loved to cook spicy Asian food instead of German. When I came to Kouvola the first thing I noticed was the surprisingly high amount of supermarkets and kioskis and the opening hours. There's usually no way you'll find a open supermarket in Germany on Sunday. There my study colleagues from abroad always wondered how they should get their desperately needed groceries at the end of the week.

I felt relieved as soon as I realized the situation is actually not so bad: In some of the grocery stores the range of fresh vegetables and fruits is even comparable to our supermarkets. These factors were especially important to our vegan and vegetarian exchange students, but also to those who believe that they have a health-conscious lifestyle. I was very excited, when I found out about the broad seasoning selection and the comparable low prices for high quantities. Of course the prices of all products are in the aver4

age higher than the prices in our home countries because of longer import ways, but we were aware of this before coming here.

Even though we are all content and surprised about the food offerings in the supermarkets in general, there are still some products we miss. This is mainly dependent on country-specific groceries, such as cheap beer and higher quality sausages for Germans and fresh ingredients for pizza and different coffee beans for the Italians. I grew up in the multicultural area of Frankfurt and therefore I miss the most the variety of groceries in Turkish or Chinese supermarkets. However these are small minus points, which we first had to be reminded of after a while living here.

In my opinion, food and non-alcoholic beverages in supermarkets are affordable in Finland. The shockingly scarce range is not provable and high prices are only noticeable in restaurants. In future I would really like to eat more specific Finnish food. I tried diverse forms of Salmiakki and venison, but I never had mämmi or a voileipäkakku. And I seriously would like to try them out! ď ?

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Kassun Lanit

By Roope Sorvo

Two nights. 72 computer seats. A barrel of Extension Cord. Two bags of meat pastries. Too much caffeine.

One soldering iron. That’s what LAN parties are made of.

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LAN

party is perhaps the most curious form of social gathering: for a weekend, dozens of people come together, sit in a darkened room in front of their computers, snacking too much and sleeping too little. Someone cynical might call it 21st Century social interaction in a nutshell. Last weekend Kyamk’s now semiannual LAN party event was arranged for the second time. With the combined efforts of the school, student organization Heimo Ry, a few scoops of volunteers, and a couple of generous sponsors, the space of Meduusa Studio was turned into a shrine and safe haven for this very purpose.

In the titular studio space of Meduusa, over 60 people brought their computers to the scene, and over a hundred other people popped by to play the variety of games available.

The people with their own computers were able to play whatever they pleased: the game most often spotted running on anyone’s computer screen at any given time was Blizzard’s knee-slappingly popular, class-based shooter Overwatch. Timeenduring classics like Team Fortress 2 and League of Legends were also proven to be popular. The biggest group matches turned out to take place in the absurd prop hunt of Garry’s Mod and aboard the airships of Guns of Icarus.

The participants that didn’t feel like hauling their heavy PCs on the scene were able to try the newest consoles and multitude of recent releases in the console lounge. People hanging there seemed especially fond of the cartoony, literally off-the-wall racing of Mario Kart 8, and the ridiculous car-based football (wheelball?) of Rocket League. Over the Kouvola Pelikahvila corner visitors were able to test their skills at daily retro game challenges like the speedrunning the original Super Mario Bros. and F-Zero with the best possible times, while in Meduusa theatre the visitors were able to test their rhythmic skills and singing ability in Rock Band. Hits from bands like Green Day, Queen, and Muse were belted out all night. In the lobby beside the studio, bucketload of board and card games were made available for visitors, from modern classics like Ticket to Ride, Seven Wonders and Dominion, to cult favourites like Battle Sheep, Sushi Go and One Night Ultimate Werewolf. On Saturday afternoon, Kouvola’s foam weapon fighting association Koura Ry held practice and display matches on boffering. Despite the cold weather people were eager to beat

each other to pulp with foam weapons.

Maybe it was the tournament tension of the previous night.

Speaking of which, multiple tournaments with monetary prizes were held over the weekend: on Friday, the contestants pummeled each other with classic gaming mascots in Super Smash Bros., played cards in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, and exhibited unhealthy amounts of road rage in Crash Team Racing. On Saturday, people competed in NHL 16 and Rocket League, alongside the Hearthstone finals.

As with last year, the CTR finals turned out to be a little hysterical, which probably had something to do with the tournament running until well past three in the morning. Local companies like Puolenkuun Pelit, Papulaari and the GameStop in Veturi chipped in for the tournament prizes, in addition to the Kouvola hockey team KooKoo (K.K.? Kouvolan... Karhut? Koalat?

Kiviaidat? Beats me), who gave out free tickets to the winner of NHL 16.

Those tired from the excessive sitting in front of the computer were able to lay their weary heads to rest in the Arthouse, even though due to a slight hiccup with the security the timed locks were still active, effectively locking everyone out until the custodians were informed. This was problem was later averted by duct taping the lock. Is there anything that thing can’t do? Not that this prevented people from sleeping elsewhere, as people were often caught napping on the sofas and beanbags in the lounge area. Kudos to those who could do it amidst all the background noise.

Overall, the LAN party proved to be even bigger success than the one held during previous semester. Everything was made bigger than last time: there were more available seats, bigger prizes, more people, and more games. Fortunately, as anyone who has ever seen an interaction between an intricate LEGO building and a child can prove, dismantling things takes a lot less time than assembling them, and the positively enervated organizers were able to leave the almost-finished clean up site at three in the Monday morning. Here’s to hoping that everyone is able to fix their sleep cycles before the next LAN party inevitably screws it up again. 

See you all again in February!

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"Finnish - Swedish - Greek" Meatballs This week we’ll be making tasty meatballs. They are quick to prepare and even quicker to disappear from the plate. Also we are preparing a fresh and filling salad on the side.

By Suvi Karell What you need (meatballs):

What to do:

• 1 (nordic style) sour

1. Combine the sour cream, bag of onionsoup and the breadcrumbs:

• • •

2. Chop garlic, feta cheese, sun - dried tomatoes and fresh basil and

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cream 1 egg ¾ dl breadcrumb 1 bag of French onionsoup 2 cloves of garlic 400g of minced meat (or textured soy protein granules) 200g feta cheese sun - dried tomatoes fresh basil black pepper

set aside while preparing the rest of the meatball mix. combine them.

3. Whisk the egg and pepper.

4. Combine the egg and minced meat (or the soy). Use your hands to mix the egg well into the meat.

5. Combine everything together in a big bowl and mix them thoroughly.

6. Start forming the meatballs. Take off a piece of the meat mixture

and roll between your hands to form the meatballs. If the mixture is getting sticky on your fingers, just moisten your hands a bit with some cold water.

7. Bake in 200-225 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

What you need (salad):

What to do next:

• • • • •

1. Cook quinoa.

2. Chop other ingredients in fairly small pieces, then mix them and

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1dl quinoa 1 cucumber 1 courgette green olives fresh basil

enjoy with meatballs.

Text by Lan Le

Robert Galbraith Published in 2013 Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym of J.K.Rowling that she used when she tried the mystery genre. Up to now, Robert Galbraith is the author of 3 detective novels: The cuckoo’s calling, The silkworm and Career of Evil.

When the beautiful, famous/ scandalous supermodel Lula Landry died from falling down from her balcony, everyone, including the polices, assumed that it was a suicidal action. Only her brother John Bristow found it suspicious and he came to Cormoran Strike- a private detective with attempts to find out the truth.

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private detective. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office. John Bristow’s case came just in time to help Comoran get over his pitiful financial situation.

However,the case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.

Many may find this book dull & tedious, especially if they expected a detective book full of actions and thriller. In stead of giving details about the case and the investigation process, the author decided to describe the surrounding, the weather, the architectures,... with so many pompous adjectives. It is, of course, nice when you can im-

agine the scenery and the people in it, but somehow it doesn’t feel like a detective novel anymore.

The whole book is full of conversations since every incident is told but not shown. For example when Robin, Comoran’s assistant, went to Oxford to do some investigation. We should have watched her and seen her interacting with people. Instead Robin “tells” what she found to Comoran afterwards. In the first three-quarter of the book, all the clues given to the readers are all distracting clues, everything is only shown in the last “Tell-all” part.

The highlight of this book is the characters, especially Robin. Her cleverness and thoughtfulness delighted me. And Comoran with his pitiful life and complicated past-relationship made me curious. I have to admit that most of the time, I cared about digging up Comoran’s past and looking into Robin’s thoughts more than I cared about finding out the perpetrator. Creating characters who are so diverse in personality is obviously the strength of Rowling.

Actually, getting to know the characters with their personality, realising that they are so real, with the good and the bad are what I enjoy the most when I read any J.K.Rowling’s novel.  9

Genre Jazz Release Date September 30, 2016 Producer Herb Alpert Presents Rating   /HerbAlpertPresents  @HerbAlpert  @herbalpertandlanihall Text by Leif Heflin Human Nature is an album which goes on holiday throughout the world. Calm down with a glass of wine and a cigar. Life is to be celebrated when listening to Herb Alpert's most recent release. A catchy dance beat with an overly expressive bassline and a content trumpet describes each song found here. The ones with vocals are done by a female with a sensual voice.

Each track on here fades out at the end (no crossfades) and lasts for only a short period. With quick notes, enchanting strings, giddy guitars, and spatial electronic pads thrown in, it is bound to keep those juices flowing.

“Alfie” is a sexual tango which starts off as instrumental. When the vocalist chimes in, she makes you think that the song is only getting started. It ends after only a verse though. In 10

fact, any time the singer does show her face, it is for a mere 20 seconds. It feels like this album was a bit rushed. Maybe Aplert needed some extra money on the side to finance his habits. It is a bit perplexing to think that he would be short on cash considering he has won nine Grammy Awards, fourteen platinum albums, and fifteen gold albums.

Even with an alternate life as an abstract painter and sculptor, he should be on top of the world. With such a career starting in the 50s, what went wrong?

As mentioned before the songs are over quite fast. It would be nice if they stayed around a bit longer so I could get to know them. I could ask them some questions about their personality and what makes them tick. Maybe go out to a candle-lit dinner and split a bottle of wine. Unfortunately they shake their hips, cool me down, and warm me up before dancing off into the sunset. Human Nature is a collection of one night stands. Sure pleasure is

good but if you have to start over fresh with a new vessel for your attention each and every day, you are left with a feeling of emptiness inside; Wanting more with each encounter.

Human Nature may be an analysis of our desires. We like passion and romance, but we also crave the novel.

If every day could be a new experience we would never get bored and maybe that is why the songs are so short.

Humans need boredom however, to achieve greatness. Herb has lived a glamourous life. He has been on the peaks of the charts and danced with many fair damsels. Now he is telling all of his stories in quick succession. Do you prefer one-night encounters just to kick him or her out of bed in the morning? Or would you rather build a relationship with trust and mutual awareness? The choice is ultimately yours, but if it were up to me, I would choose the latter. Give this album a listen but don't expect to get on one knee and offer it a ring. 

A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shock waves throughout her life.

Text by Sarah Rosenthal Alternatively they could have named the movie "Paranoid alcoholic Stalker who can't let go of past Relationships", at least that's what the movie makes you think in the first 100 minutes of the plot. You might think that's a good thing for a movie that tries to combine mystery and thriller.

Genre Mystery, Thriller Director Tate Taylor Writers Paula Hawkins (novel) Erin Cressida Wilson Rating 

Emily Blunt's outstanding performance isn't enough to keep The Girl on the Train from sliding sluggishly into exploitative melodrama. It's the thriller aspect that most lets the film down, failing to truly engage or offer enough plausible red herrings to send your mind whirring through different theories as to what could have happened. The twists rarely, if ever, have the impact that were intended.

The complicated web of narrator-switches, flashbacks and POV-shifts seems clotted and Emily Blunt - usually so witty and stylish - is landed with a whingy, relentlessly weepy role in which her nose hardly ever resumes its natural colour.

It's shiny trash that begins with promise but quickly gets tripped up by its own screenplay and grows increasingly ludicrous and melodramatic, to the point where I was barely able to suppress a chuckle at some of the final scenes. For one thing, and it's a big thing, it's filmed all wrong. Director Taylor and cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen favor handheld, Rachel's-eye-view close-ups, by the woozy hundreds. The toggling editing rhythms get to be a bit of a chore.

The whole plot of the movie could have been avoided if American and Western society in general was not so overly focused on humans having to have the desire to be codependent on another human being and their eternal quest to live a "happy" life stuck in holy monogamous monotony with the ultimate goal to reproduce while that is clearly not how human nature works. That's at least what the movie strongly impl ies.  11

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