"Hi.
I would be interested in giving you lessons on the SibeliusViolin Concerto. I am part of the Violin faculty in Sibelius-Academy, and the great-granson of the composer.Hope to hear from you!Jaakko Ilves"
Sweeeeet
I'm on a boat, I'm on a boat
Everybody look at me, cause I'm on a boat
Hey ma, if you could see me now
Arms spread wide on the starboard bow
I love big cannons that shoots big balls. (Suomenlinna Fortress/Islands)
- Pink/purple trains? Seriously, Helsinki?
- Gabriele (Ph.D student from Italy) being tortured in the MEG
- MEG lab with too many monitors and computers.
I've been in lab for most of my time and days here. In a very busy month when subjects and the MEG machine is open until the end of June due to July being the official month of traveling and Finland being a ghost country, we have been recording from the beginning of last week and need to get up to 13 subjects (who come in for two-day sessions) while sitting in a very uncomfortable seat in a dark room for 6 hours at a time. This means work begins at 9AM and ends at 9PM, including weekends. It is never dark here, however, and only is "dusk" in the night.
Nevertheless, St. Petersburg/White Nights Festival this weekend, Stockholm/Midsummer Festival the next, Lapland/Sauna/Lake the following.
PS. Coding sucks. Labview sucks more than MatLab.
those are some long work hours!
ReplyDeletei thought of you today on NPR when i heard something from Sibelius. keep workin hard!
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing about your violin lessons. What a treat! And I loved the photos and captions :)
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what the lunar eclipse will look like for all of you very up north!
I hope White Nights Festival was fun, and that you get to do the Sibelius Concerto lessons!! Both the MEG and the boat look cool.
ReplyDeleteHey, a pink/purple train is better than the dull grey to get around Britain.