lauantai 30. elokuuta 2008

Food wasting

Interesting article:Half of all food is wasted.

Many of my friends while eating leave the plate unfinished if they are full. I always try to eat everything no matter what. This action of my friends of course isn't going to destroy the world but in some way it shows that people think differently about food.

I've been thought not to waste food so I try to do my best.

I'm just waiting for the day when this food wasting is really going to stop because as long as fast food places such as McDonald's etc. are allowed to throw away perfectly good food because it's been on the counter for more than 4 minutes (don't know the exact time), no major change is going to happen.

Same goes for grocery stores that throw away perfectly good vegetables, fruits and other food just because the the product isn't "pretty" anymore or the date has expired.

I just think there is something wrong with the food system we have at the moment. I don't know exactly how to make it better but for all I care all the so called fast food places could be turned into slow food restaurants where everything that goes bad in 4 minutes isn't ready before ordering.

By the way: Next time when buying a Big Mac with Coke acknowledge the fact that it takes 250 liters of fresh water to make one liter of Coke.

tiistai 26. elokuuta 2008

keskiviikko 20. elokuuta 2008

Movements of the future are.. .

This whole “we can't do that because that would be just stupid” attitude for me is really old fashioned way of thinking. What are some really old habits that people don't seem to get rid of? Armies, bombs, gasoline, gold and diamond rings...

I've been a vegetarian that eats fish for almost a year (what ever the right term is). (Why? I don't think the Earth can support 6-10 billion meat eaters.) so I started thinking about the whole thing. Let's start with war. It's an age old way of expanding or keeping our own territories. It's been in fashion since the stone age and for my taste it's starting be a thing of the past.

The world is rapidly turning into this one unified place that we as a movement call globalisation. It has it's ups and downs put eventually it will diminish borders like it's already done in Europe. We can now move freely, use the same currency and even cross-border shopping is a reality thanks to Amazon and eBay.

So as the world is getting smaller independence of nations is becoming irrelevant. We are not defending anymore our countries but our ideologies and larger cultures such as communism, capitalism, freedom of speech etc. The future isn't in independence but in movements. China is no longer a communist country but a mixture of many things. It's a country that isn't fighting with other countries anymore, but it's fighting with it's self. Young generation wants consume and party all day long when the old folks want things to be the same, meaning the family values and traditions (not the spying and torture and other human right issues).

Inside the nation is were the modern battles are fought. Of course there are these countries that still rely on good old methods of controlling their citizens when fighting abroad. They praise certain gods or make people think that everything they do they do it for their great nation and their wonderful citizens.

I mentioned that different movements are the future but nationalism isn't one of those. It's a nice thing but when you use that feeling to death and destruction it's not that nice..

Movements have to start from somewhere. For example most of us want a world without wars and killing. What does that kind of movement need? I'll tell you what it doesn't need. It doesn't need armies. Solution: Let's not join the army. I didn't think it that way when as a kid (18 years old) I had the choice between army or voluntary work for 12 months. Nowadays I've been thinking about resigning from the army, if it's somehow possible.

Russia attacked Georgia or Georgia attacked Russia. How ever it went now Finnish people are AGAIN talking about joining NATO. Wouldn't it be much cheaper to just destroy all our tanks and machine guns and destroy the whole Finnish army? Since no one in public dares to think that Russia is a threat to us where do we need our army?

Wouldn't it be cool if Finland was the first real nation (Monaco, Vatican and Andorra are not real countries to me) who dismantled it's army? That would really be the movement of the future. I know it sounds stupid but can you imagine the worlds first vegetarian who said to his/her friends that he/she doesn't eat meat because it's against his/her values and moral?

lauantai 16. elokuuta 2008

Boys night out

Tonight I decided to break out from the normal routines. We drank some really expensive champagne and saw the elite girls of the city. It all started fine when I talked to some girls on behalf of my friends and at the end we ended up dancing with the girls on the dance floor without any shoes or socks.

I did my best to convince one of the girls that she looked liked one hollywood star. She actually did so It wasn't new to her so I told her she had something in common with Jessica Alba (I wish). Eventually her humor ran out and I decided to move on.

Next I met this really nice looking girl that had traveled around the world. She was really interested about our company but I couldn't tell anything. She was quite interested of me since she spent like 2 hours with me when she could have danced or gone to home.

Finally we had to leave the disco and at the door she met her friend, Jenni Dahlman (wife of Kimi Räikkönen the F1 driver) and after that it was all gone. I was like air so I decided to walk home (45min). Still I really enjoyed the night.

Now it's 5.10 a.m so I think I have to go to sleep.

keskiviikko 13. elokuuta 2008

a hug idea



I saw this video and remembered that our marketing team at work made posters that say: "Marketing team offers free hugs."
It's kind of lame so I made this t-shirt

I'll wear it at work tomorrow and then let you know what happened. Might be that I'll become the joke of the company but I don't care. There are few good looking girls so I'm willing to take the risk.

NEXT DAY:
Well I got hugs from almost all the nice girls and my boss after I signed my contract (not with my blood unlike I thought). Rest of the gang didn't seem to pay any attention. I'll wear it every week until they start to give me hugs automatically. It might take a while since we are in Finland...

New chapter

Lately I've kept myself busy by writing only to myself. I don't know why that is. I hardly post any of those writing. Like now, I don't have anything in my mind that would suite the style of my blog, what ever that style is... Probably that is the problem. I'm stuck with a certain style. I've forgotten that the whole point of blogging is that I can write what ever I feel like.

At first I did that. I wrote what ever came to my mind. Nowadays I'm trying too hard to influence 'something'. I'm trying to lead my thoughts and other peoples thought as well to a certain direction. Since I don't know what is that direction the idea loses it's point.

This might be the end of one chapter. I'm not going to stop writing but I might start a new blog or at least forget my own style since I don't want to have my own style.



I've always been hungry but I've forgotten how to be foolish (actually I like more of the word impulsive).


It' time to get down to the basics. "This is not the end this is the beginning of something new." I wonder who said that...

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tiistai 12. elokuuta 2008

My blog continues

I haven't been quite sure what I'm going to do during next six months. My options were to go to Mexico as an exchange student or stay in Helsinki and work for Fruugo Ltd. Well today they offered me a permanent job and when we came to an agreement of the compensation I decided to stay in Helsinki... for now.

My intention is still to go to Mexico in half a years time with or without the blessing of my current employer. For a long time I wasn't sure what to do I mean Mexico and Helsinki are totally opposite to each other. At the moment my goal is to "get" them both because I want it all.

Anyway this decision means I'm going to keep on blogging and when I move to Mexico I'll start entirely new blog. But for know let's stick to this one. I've been writing quite a lot during the past few months. I just have to go through all of it and post the things that other people might find even remotely interesting. I'll promise to write more.

Summer is almost over so it's time to prepare myself for the dark autumn that lurks behind the corner. It's time to get productive.

My next post will be about time. I calculated I have 5 years in my life for myself (if I live to be 70) and the rest is just waste of time.

perjantai 1. elokuuta 2008

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