Oulu Trip

I went on my very first Business Trip within Nokia to Oulu, Finland on Tuesday, November 19th.
My day started off at 06:00 getting ready to get to the airport before my flight took off at 07:35. Made it in the nick of time as it took some time to get to the airport as the weather was not cooperating at all. Rainy / Snowy day that day.
Got on board and had a very relaxing 1 hour flight from Helsinki / Vantaa Airport to Oulu Airport. Landed at around 08:40 and walked from the airplane and greeted the Nokian shuttle service and got me to the Oulu Office a little after 09:00 in the morning.
Met with my coworker Jari (the person who I went to go see for work stuff) and enjoyed the day in Oulu working on our current Project.
Very nice city to visit, lots of snow, and it a bit darker during the morning hours and toward the eveing hours than in Helsinki. (sun rises around 09:30 and starts to set around 14:45. (still wierd to see this process happen and I have been here two winters so far..)
Well, not much other than that. Still snowing and its really kewl looking to see all the snow everywhere. Will take some pictures this weekend and post them on my Photo Gallery.

…more to come soon…

Enjoying time in Kouvola

Well, since not being at Hanna’s parents home in Kouvola for such a long time, its nice being here now, enjoying everyone’s company and playing with her little sister, Tiia.

Went shopping and Hanna spent lots of money on xmas presents. It was nice to check out the shops and see all the kewl stuff out on the store shelves.

There is about the same amount of snow here in Kouvola as there is in Helsinki, so we shall see who gets more snow in the coming months, (most likely here in Kouvola, but It may be colder in Lauttasaari for sure..)

…more to come soon…

Busy as a beaver…

Been really busy at work with related projects and things.

Been also busy with outside work projects namely a friends website growing pains and creating something completly different. (Take a look). It will be a Palm user group in Finland. (and possibly in the US if he can get someone that uses the Palm Pilots hand helds all the time. We shall see. Well, the site is just in the growing stages, and some links do not work, and the pages have no real content.

Been also working on my own site, adding a few odds and ends. Also finished transforming all of Hanna’s pictures into a format that fits well. Now the teadious work of creating a catch name for her site and making a few graphics and then placing all those files on the host site. OH JOY!..Where does the time go?

…More to come soon… (if I do not get snowed in) :)

Snow, Snow, Snow.

Its finally here.
Some real good snow dumping on us here in Finland. Hurray!!!

Some Pics from today from outside our Kitchen Window that has now become a winter wonderland. At least there is enough snow now to stick and make snowmen out of.

Feeling much better now, but not taking any chances and staying home and not going out.

…more to come soon…