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EDITORIAL
Finally, the winter has come! No
more annoying rain and depres-
sions. This beautiful white snow
made the day look longer and
brighter. And so is our new issue
of Insider looks refreshed and full
of different amazing events that are
going to take place in the first days
of December.
Stop sitting at home, wasting your
time on the internet. Wake up; you
are going to miss the whole winter!
Now, when the days are still warm,
the best decision is to go outside
with your friends and enjoy the we-
ather. There are so many activities
that you can choose from at this
period of the year: snowboarding, skiing and
skating.
Looking outside the window we can see that
our neighbors didn`t waste their time sitting
around and doing nothing. Many houses and
flats are beautifully decorated for Christmas,
making the atmosphere even more festive
than ever. There is already a Christmas tree
in the city center of Kouvola, which makes us
realize that the winter holidays are so soon.
If you enjoy wearing beautiful gowns and out-
fits, then you will probably like the events that
December is bringing to us. On December 2,
the annual Independence Day gala will take
place at Kouvola city hall. Another important
and beautiful event is graduation ceremo-
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ny that was awaited for so long
by many students. If you want to
participate, register immediately,
otherwise you`ll lose your chance.
Unfortunately, the proximity of
December also means that there
is not so much time left to prepare
for our exams. We should try to
combine our desire for fun with a
need to study, because right now
it is our main duty. But don`t seat
for too long with your nose stuck
in the books - participate in all
the events and activities, that will
bring you joy and happiness. This
will make your student life unfor-
gettable and amazing.
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EXCHANGE VIEW
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Next week is the week that I’ve been
afraid of. Yes, we have three exams but
no, it’s not the exams that I’m afraid of.
It’s actually the International Day. It me-
ans that the IT arranges a day where all
the cultures can show what they are like.
So pretty similar as the one in KyUAS.
Apart from me, there’s also two lovely
Finnish girls from Tampere. With the girls
we are supposed to present Finland to
everyone in the IT Carlow. To be honest
we are a bit lost about what to tell about
Finland.
During my stay here I have noticed that
Finnish people are too honest. We don’t
have the same kind of proudness of our
background like some other nationali-
ties. When people ask us: “What are the
Finnish people like?” We automatically
answer: “Depressed, quiet and distant.”
If someone tells that they’ve visited Fin-
land, we always ask “why?” We want
to change this with the other Finnish
students here. But what are the great things about Finland that are
not depressing?
One fool-proof idea would be Santa Claus. So we thought that we turn
the whole Finnish stand into a Christmas stand! After a quick thought,
we realised that actually everything about Christmas is borrowed
from some other countries, including the red-dressed Santa Claus.
I was doing some research about the background of Finnish Santa
Claus. However turned out that the original Santa’s whole point was
to “scare children while being drunk”. So that wasn’t as merry idea as
we thought it would be.
Many foreigners are interested in midsummer in Finland as it’s so
different in here. Because of this, we were thinking about introducing
some of our midsummer-traditions. Unfortunately they are probably
too weird to share. Even if collecting seven flowers from the fields
naked sounded quite normal, it’s hard to convince other cultures that
there’s nothing stupid about that.
Living in a different country opens your eyes as you are able to see
how crazy your own traditions are. Unfortunately most of Finnish tra-
ditions include nakedness, depressing stories and alcohol.
Text & Photos: Karoliina NIemi
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Text: Alena Kiianichenko, Photos:Anke,Anna&AzzuraIn this issue we have made it possible to hear interesting
stories based on Finnish experience of three wonderful girls
a.k.a Anna, Azzurra and Anke, who not only share the same
university in unfamiliar for them country, but also live together.
They have a lot to tell, so let’s get started!
Girls, first thing first, what do you study at Kyamk as exchange
students?
Anke: I study International Business. Actually, I was supposed
to do the Media studies here in Finland, but my home university
didn’t get that the Media course was dropped, so basically, when
I arrived here, they told me that I needed to choose business
subjects. So, I ended up with Business.
Anna: I’m studying Game Design here, but it happened acciden-
tally because I was not going to study that. So, it’s quite difficult,
but I’m trying my best.
Azzurra: I’m studying Product Design, this program is the same
as I study in my home country, so nothing has changed. However,
what I am doing now is something not very focused on product
design because I wanted to explore something else: web design,
visual communication. I really appreciate the opportunity to take
optional courses at this university because you have a possibility
to study whatever you want.
How is your home university different from this one?
Anke: The education differs because I study International Media
and Entertainment Management at my home university and
right now I study International Business , so the courses are very
different. In my home university I’m used to work from 9am. till
5pm., so I had a lot of work pressure and no personal connections
with teachers and here it’s personal connections way, relaxed
and nicer in a certain way.
Anna: It’s quite different because my “home” university in Poland
is a private one, so the contribution to students is completely
different. I’m studying Film Production there, so I’m really used
ANNA, ANKE & AZZURA
to another stuff: not computer designing, but media communica-
tion. It’s something very-very different to this studyng program,
but I’m happy because I experience something new here.
Azzurra: Well, it’s different in several aspects: first of all, we don’t
have workshops at my home university at all. Even if we have,
we have them once a year and they are not so cool as here. Here
we have wooden, metal, plastic ect. workshops, 3D modeling,
which is really amazing because you can create whatever you
want. Secondly, here we do more practical things. In my home
university we are more theoretical. Organisation here is really
good, in my home university it’s not like that.
Why have you chosen Finland for exchange studies, any rea-
sons for that?
Anke: Well, this is actually funny, because I always thought if I
go on exchange, I will choose a very warm country, but it didn’t
work out because I live here. It was probably because I was
supposed to study at Jyväskylä, getting musical education, but
I fould out that if I wanted to go there for this period, they won’t
get subjects so I’ve decided to switch to Kyamk. Why I’ve chosen
Kyamk in specific is for the fact that Kyamk is pretty well-known
in the ERASMUS to be a good school so that’s why I’ve chosen
this university.
Anna: It was the only one option, so in my university there were
no options for me to go on exchange, because fim production is
not that popular. However I’ve seen that Media is studied here,
so I came to my university’s international office and said that I
was going to Kyamk.
Azzurra: I feel closer to Finland. I could have chosen Eng-
land,France or Spain but I felt closer to Finland because of nature
– snow in particular. I don’t know why, but I don’t like warmness
even though I’m Italian. I enjoy Finnish landscapes and trees
everywhere.
What is the wierdest thing you observed so far being as stu-
dents at Kyamk?
Anke: That would probably be my naked neighbour. Well, I would
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generally say it is nudity. For my native
country and for me personally it is not nor-
mal when you go to sauna naked or go
swimming naked. For example, in the fres-
hmen party we went to “House of Rock”
and there were naked people and for me it
was like: “What’s going on?”. Also, I had an
accident with my neighbor once : I came
home in the middle of the night and there
was my neighbor who was naked, he was
staring at me…
Anna: Everyting in Finland is so strange.
For example sauna in EVERY building,
even in our university cafeteria! Sauna is
everywhere!!!
Azzurra: I think it is snow. I mean it is
not weird but strange and unusual for
me. We have snow in Italy as well, but
not that much.
How do you usually spend your free
time in Kouvola?
Anke: I live with my roommates,so I
spend most of the time with them: we
go shopping, clubbing, making cakes or
watching movies. It’s all about sociali-
sing with my friends.
Anna: I spend my time with my roomma-
tes: always eating, sleeping, watching movies or
going to some bars, making surprises for every-
body. Our hobby here is making surprises or just
making fun of Ringo and Menno * laughing*.
Azzurra: I spend it with my lovely friends! We
have a good time: we go to the bar, watch
movies, talk about important things. We also
have food and tea together.
Your favourite bar in Kouvola?
Anke: We often spend time in “Bar Q” just to
talk and to play pool, but if we really want to
go out, we go to “Amarillo”.
Anna: The same as my roommates’: “Bar Q”,
we spend a lot of time there, it’s like my native
bar already.
Azzurra: “Bar Q” as well, “Amarillo”. I recom-
mend everyone to visit the first one because
it’s cozy in there.
If Finland was a cake, which kind of cake
would it be?
Anke: Probably, “Pavlova” because this is the
first cake which I made here according to ano-
ther recipe, which I normally don’t do in Nether-
lands. So, this cake is connected to Finland.
Anna: Apple pie! Why apple pie is because
we make it here, I don’t know, three times a
week. If we make an apple pie, it’s not only
one apple pie: is four enough to feed
everyone here?
Azzurra: Cinnamon rolls, but it’s not a
cake.I don’t know why, but I associate
them with Finland. The taste of cinna-
mon remind me of this country!
After finishing your studying period
here, are you planning to visit Finland
again?
Anke: Yes! This is because I’ve decided
not to go to Lapland with some exchan-
ge students, so I want to go there and
because I want to spend more time here.
So, I’m planning to go back!
Anna: Definitely yes because I haven’t
experienced that “Finnish” Finland yet.
Maybe Lapland wil make it clear for me.
I’ve alreay heard that Kouvola is not really
Finnish town. I woud like to go to a small
village just to see real Finnish people.
Azzurra: I woud love to go back to Fin-
land after finishing my studies! I’m
thinking about doing my specialisation
training here or in Sweden. I really love
Finland and I’m happy that I’ve decided
to come here.
Thank you girl for the interview!
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GYMNAESTRADA
Text:Riia Järvinen, Photo:GymnaestradaOn a Monday afternoon when someone
walks in to the class wearing bright
colours and talks about summer, some
of the students can start to doubt their
mental health. I’m sure that I was one of
those, when this happened to our class.
Anyway after a few sentences I and ever-
yone else were back on the map again.
KatriinaSahala, who is Volunteer Manager
of Gymnastrada gave us one hour presen-
tation about the event and for somewhen
talking about summer, it may seem like a
long way away but for Gymnaestrada ’15
organization warmer weather and sun
seems to be almost too close.
The World Gymnaestrada is the largest
general gymnastics exhibition and it is
held every four years. This year it will be
held in Finland, Helsinki - from 12th of
July till the 18th of July. The difference
between other sporting events is that
on this event, the focus is not on win-
ning medals. The Gymnaestrada is about
Group Performances – some with hund-
reds or even thousands of participants.
Let’s just say that this event will fire up
people together. Imagine 25 000 partici-
pants this year in Helsinki, 3000 of them
from Finland and the rest from 57 other
countries - 5 continents.
The main stage for the event will be Hel-
sinki Exhibition centre but during the one
week festival Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Ice Hockey arena, Linnanmäki amusement
park and many other places will be shoo-
ting different shows and events from dawn
until sunset.
If you are 16 years old, you can speak Fin-
nish or English, you are positive and mo-
tivated and you would love to share this
international experience why not to apply
for volunteering? The event lasts for one
week but you can apply only for a few days
as well.
As a volunteer you get free ticket for public
transport inside in Helsinki, one hot meal
and coffee every work-day, clothing, trai-
ning for your work and testimonial and the
closing party at the end. When working in
such an international environment you can
also use and improve language skills, enjoy
the atmosphere and make new friends.
Official languages for the event are Spanish
and English, but there will be many other
languages to speak as well.
For more info about the event visit the website
www.wg-2015.com .If you are interested in
volunteering, sign up here http://eb-wg-2015.
promid.fi/public/recruitform/view/1
If you come through organization, society
or educational institution write it down to
the registration form. If you want to be part
in some else way, KyUAS offers courses in
the summer about this event but you can
also ask for job training and thesis –sub-
jects. For more info from our teachers
PäiviKorhonen and HanneleLappalainen.
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GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY JAM
Text&Photos:Bac LeSaving the world in 48 hours? Sounds like beco-
ming Superman (well, except wearing his distin-
ctive pants). Actually, you don’t need superpower
to do that. Simply joining Global Sustainability
Jam 2014
What the heck is a Jam? Each year, people who
are interested in creating new thing meet at loca-
tions all over the world without knowing the the-
me topic. During the weekend of the Jam session,
everyone will be contacted with other Jammers
around the world to exchange ideas (salute to the
Internet!), getting advice and developing their
concepts. Of course, the fun part is not missing.
Last weekend, our university also joined the Glo-
bal Sustainability Jam 2014 in Paja and had been
working for the whole weekend for the event. Surprisingly, we were
the only ones participating from Finland! This year Jam theme was
the picture of four footsteps marking from 1 to 4 and no more or less.
There was no right or wrong answer so Jammers could do whatever
they think the picture is.
You can see the work done by the students who were joining the jam
on our Insider Facebook page and it’s definitely worth watching. And
also all the prototypes and the results coming from other jam places
around the world can be found on the website (www.globalsustain-
abilityjam.org).
In case you missed this one, there are more jams coming soon. The
original one – Global Service Jam, will be in the last days of February
and this one is definitely the biggest jam of the year. If you like mee-
ting new people, working together and having fun – joining one Jam
session is the good choice!
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TOOLS
Bowl, foil, mixer, a baking dish, oven, rolling pin
1. Mix the curd with softened butter. Add flours
and baking powder. Stir until smooth. Wrap it into
foil and put to the fridge before rolling with rolling
pin.
2. Roll the base into thin sheets and shape squares.
Cut the corners and make them look like stars. Add
INGREDIENTS
Curd250g
Butter 250g
Flour260g
Baking powder 1tsp
Grease with eggs
Plum or apricot marmalade for the filling
Powdered sugar to the top
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JOULU TORTUT
marmalade to the middle.
3. Grease stars with eggs and bake in 200c for 12
to 15 minutes. Put powdered sugar on top.
Text:Riia Järvinen, Diana Tykhonenko, Alexandra Ivchenkova, Photo: Riia Järvinen
DID YOU KNOW? is a Finnish Christmas
pastry, traditionally made
from puff pastry in the shape
of a star or pinwheel and
filled with prune jam dusted
with powdered sugar.
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MOVIE REVIEW CINEMA
28.11.2014.-04.12.2014.
STUDIO 123
Kymenlaaksonkatu 1
45700 Kuusankoski
05 3792082
www.studio123.fi
AUTOLLA NEPALIIN:UNELMIEN ELOKU-
VA|(S)|8€
Fri,Sat,Wed,Thu 17:00|1h43min
MUUMIT RIVIERALLA|(S)|8€
Sun-Tue 17:00|1h16min
MIELENSÄPAHOITTAJA|(S)|10€
Fri-Tue 17:30|1h43min
NIGHTMARE 2-PAINAJAINEN
JAKTUU|(16)|10€
Wed,Thu 17:30|2h15min
INTERSTELLAR|(12)|10€
every evening 19:30|2h49min
NÄLKÄPELI|(12)|10€
every evening 19:30|2h03min
´71|(12)|10€
Fri,Sat,Wed,Thu 17:30|1h39min
KAKSI PÄIVÄÄ, YKSI YÖ|(12)|10€
Sun-Tue 17:30|1h35min
THE JUDGE|(16)|10€
Fri,Sat,Wed,Thu 19:30|2h22min
KROKOTIILIN KELTAISET
SILMÄT|(12|10€
Sun-Tue 19:30|2h02min
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Lloyd and Harry are back after 20 years. Still dumb and still dumber, they go on a journey in
search of a long lost daughter, with their standard shenanigans and „accidents“along the way.
Before you ever consider watching this movie in the cinema, you need to get the 1994 one
and watch it. Without having watched it, you won‘t really get a lot of things they do or say.
It is really continuous in many aspects, that it is an absolute necessity.
Having sad that; this movie sucked. It should have stayed buried in 1994 when „poop“ and
„fart“ jokes were still funny and new and exciting. Cheap humour and, frankly, annoying
jokes just made me uninterested in the entire story. Lloyd selfishness is extremely irritating
and most definitely not funny and in more than one occasions the jokes just go too far.
However, if you are 10-16 years old, you will have a blast. I am sure that I would love this
movie if I was younger and still in the mind set of a silly teenager, just like when I saw the
1994 one, and enjoyed myself then.
Now with all the bad stuff out of our way, there are some goofily positive things, though
gross and inappropriate will make you giggle a bit, or at least feel embarrassed for them. If
you like stupidity and consider farts a hilarious event, do go see this one!
DUMB AND DUMBER TO(2014) / Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly / Genre: Comedy
/ Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels / Rating:
Mattea
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KOUVOLA
29.11 Christmas Party @ Amarillo
Starting 22.00
Amarillo / Kauppalankatu 13
29.11 Royal Sound
Starting 20.00
Coffee House / Kauppalankatu 1
29.11 Sparzanza
Starting 23.00
House of Rock / Kouvolankatu 28
29.11 KyAMK Design Market 2014
Starting 10.00
KyAMK / Kuuselankatu 1
02.12 Independence Day Gala
Starting 18.00
Kouvola’s City Hall / Torikatu 10
Tickets: 20€
03.12 Ice hockey: KooKoo – Keupa HT
Starting 18.30
Kouvolanjäähalli / Topinkuja 1
FREE entrance with student card
03.12 Basketball: Kouvot – BisonsLoimaa
Starting 18.30
Mansikka-ahon sport hall / Mansikka-ahontie 1
Tickets: 12€ students
KOTKA
29.11 Christmas opening in Kotka
Starting 10.00
Kotkankauppatori / Keskuskatu 8
29.11 Free X-mas ZUMBA! Party
Starting 15.00
Ekami / Kymenlaaksonkatu 29
LAHTI
29.11 Glow Rockers – UV #Massive
Starting 22.00
Lahden Tivoli / Vapaudenkatu 13
Tickets: 22-23 – 6€ / 9€
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HELSINKI
29.11 Christmas Market 2014
Starting 11.00
Helsinki city centre
29-30.11 Suomenlinna Christmas Event
Starting 10.00
Suomenlinna Helsinki