Current Mood: Cool & Grinning

“It’s to go when I say rock’n'roll!”

That’s what John Lennon said before their America’s tour…

Naah, I’m just kidding. I’ve no idea what he said nor if they ever went to US in first place. Just something to start of instead of using the likes of “So”, “Anyway”, “Once upon a time”…

I got my laptop, finally. Only took 2 and a half weeks, but that not the thing. The thing was that after I had ordered the laptop, I happened to read some things about this particular webshop I ordered it from. So I got a bit scared since I already had paid for the machine. Then I tried calling them and asked for any updates, but there was no reply. My calls were only answered once which made me crawl on the floor.
But eventually I got the laptop so no worries anymore!

Now as I got the machine, I’ve already started working on some school stuff I’m supposed to finish before the end of this semester (ends before Christmas) in order to receive the required credit points for my studies that eventually help me to get the financial aid for my exchange.

As for the more happy news: The Finnish nurse association (or whatever) didn’t go striking so I will have the surgery pretty soon which means that my recovery time will be longer and my exchange seems more certain than before

Anyway, don’t want to bore you all (two of you) anymore so come back later as I update the situation. Lots of stuff to talk about, but so little time and space.

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Current Mood: Confused & Cool & Playful

Aye, it’s been a week since I got the instructions from my physio to start working on my knee in order to get to that surgery. Knee is doing fine, though I can’t really tell how many degrees is it (I don’t have one of those fancy measuring equipment), but I’d say it’s 5 degrees most when trying to get it straight and close to 100 degrees when bending it.

I made a slight mistake by going out last Friday and when I woke up the next morning, I knew it was a mistake when my knee felt like I just had broken it. It wasn’t painful, but it didn’t bend as well as it used to just a day before, but it clearly felt like I had been walking for 10 kilometres. Well ok, I don’t need to walk more than 500 metres to get it to that condition

So briefly: despite the Friday’s drunken escapades, I’m fine and the knee is doing better. I’ve one more week (until next Wednesday) to prepare it and then just hope for the physio to give it a green light!

As for other matters. A course list considering the exchange to Slovakia is almost done. Just need to check if the courses over there work as replacements for the courses at my school. Because the minimum ECTS points per month is 4,8… I should get the points from February to June. That means 5 months which makes it 4,8*5 = 24 ECTS points. Right now according to the plans, I’ve 32 points planned for the exchange so shouldn’t be a problem. But just in case I fail a course or some problems occure, I think having more than 24 is just wise and justified

That’s enough for exchange and my knee… Feels like I could write a book about those by now…

Then… I ordered a laptop last week, it hasn’t shown up yet nor has it been sent yet. So bite me DigiComp and the stock they get their stuff from!

Umm… Been playing a lot of PES2008 lately since I can’t really do much without a computer that has Office etc installed. And my parents’ computer is sooooo slow. And my brother has his own computer which of course is always used by himself

As for the PES, it’s doing good. I started a Master League and got players that are young and I know from either real life (not like I’ve met them) or I’ve seen them in Football Manager I got players like Kasper Schmeichel, Babacan Volkan, Jelle Van Damme, Ronald Zubar, Kevin Monnet-Paquet, Frederic Nimani, Henri Saivet, Alexei Eremenko Jr., Roman Eremenko, Ji-Parana, Federico Ponzio, Hermanni Vuorinen… A young team in overall. I was in deep shit when I started playing as these guys were like 17-20 years old and had no chance in physical battles against players like Van Buyten or Pablo Ibanez. But now after 3 season, I’ve managed to get myself to Division 1 and the players are at least 20 years old and I totally rule the world for the next few years

Okay, nuff about that as well… I’ll catch up with you again some other day!

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Current Mood: Esctatic

So I came to my parents’ place in Tornio to get ready for the surgery and recover from it. But first I need to get my physio instructions in order to get to that surgery so there’s quite a lot to do and to be honest, it’s harder than I thought.

But as for Tornio, it’s good to be back home. Just chill, check and send some e-mails in the morning, eat something and then train my knee a bit. I can’t say how many degrees it’s now, but I can say that there’s a lot to do. So 2 weeks might be enough time.

Sooo… My sister is coming here today as well. Already had a talk about this evening and whether or not to go out (surprisingly) since it’s been like 3 months since we saw the last time. My nutty little sister has moved to south and a trip to there or here takes like 7,5 hours.

What else… Blackburn vs. Liverpool tomorrow at 19:10 (Fin time). Fingers crossed for at least a draw and not getting any more injuries. And for Babel to play in the 1st eleven!

But there’s today’s news from me. Catch you later

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Current Mood: Cool & Esctatic

So I went to see the physio today. She told me that there are requirements I need to meet in order to go to that operation:
- my knee must go straight
- my knee must bend at least 90 degrees, preferably upto 110 degrees

We tried how it went today and I got it 10 degrees from going straight and upto 82 degrees bent. After a couple of excercises, I managed to get my knee to 5 degrees from straight and 90 degrees bent. So there’s some work to do…

I will have my control with the physio in two weeks. The operation is reserved for me so if all goes well, I will have my knee ready for surgery in two weeks. And taking the delay, I might have a surgery before Christmas. Which would leave me at least 5 weeks to recover. This being the worst case scenario again
According to the physio, after the surgery I would be required to see the doctor 3 weeks after the surgery and then 6 weeks after. So approximately every 3 weeks. I would be using the crutches for at least 3 weeks. Then shitloads of physiothreapy to get my knee function properly. So, basically it means that if I don’t have my surgery before Christmas, I might have to cancel my exchange as well.

But, me being the optimistic I’m hoping to have my knee ready for next time. Then 1-4 weeks until surgery. Then 6 weeks until all control checks are over. I’d be ready in early January - late January. Just in time for my early February exchange

So get your thumbs up and hope for the best!

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Current Mood: Alarmed

It was a big day today for us Liverpool supporters. A game against Arsenal who had 6 consecutive wins before today’s game. Liverpool on the other hands, has been struggling with the wins and the team just hasn’t been playing the way they should if they wish to battle for the championship.

So Liverpool 11st eleven today:

Reina
Finnan - Carragher - Hyypiä - Riise
Gerrard - Mascherano - Alonso
Kuyt                                  Voronin
Torres

It didn’t look too good for me, but surely some might like it. Yet just after 8 mins we got a reason to celebrate as Gerrard took a cannon freekick shot from the edge of the box, Hleb moved away just enough and the ball found its way in the back of the net! 1-0 to L’pool.

The whole match was quite nice to watch, but the Finnish commentator on Canal+ sounded more like an Arsenal every now and then criticising Liverpool’s actions and defending Arsenal’s good acting skills.

Just around 40mins, Torres got a knock and even though being sort of out of the game the whole 1st half, it wasn’t too pleasing to watch him being substituted for the 2nd half. Peter Crouch marched in and from that point on the tactic was clear - play it long to Crouch’s head. I don’t support this as I know Crouch’s a good player with his feet as well so unless trying to get a freekick after Crouch is fouled outside the box… this is pretty useless.

Around 80th minute, Hleb had the ball in 20 metres, played it through past Carragher to Fabregas who nicked it past Reina quite easily and the game was 1-1. Disappointment was huge! I felt I just had been raped by a group of squarrels… not saying that I know what it’s like though.

So a 1-1 draw… In the end it doesn’t feel that bad as we were the clear underdogs in this match and considering the past few matches’ form, it’s ok to get a draw against someone who’s been winning the past 7-8 games in a row. But yet… It’s always disappointing to lose a 1-0 lead

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