Day 19 Finnish class & "mbar"

I was told that Finnish people pride themselves in being punctual, but same couldn't apply to my Finnish teacher in Finnish Language and Culture class. Class was supposed to end at 7.45 pm, but she went on and on and on and on and on until it was almost 8 pm and the class was extremely exhausted.

So what did we learn in this Finnish class? well, today we covered some Finnish names and numbers. She went on for about 60 mins about Finnish names, and made the entire class spell Finnish names. After this class, we pretty much know her family background and history, as she used his family members' names to illustrate the pronunciation of Finnish names.

To sum up: His son Mikka Knuuttila went on exchange in the United Kingdom, and there he saw the famous Finnish soccer player called Sami Hyypia, "Hyypia" is not pronounced as "Hipia" but as "Hupia". Mikka said the entire standium pronounced Sami Hyypia's name wrong. Interestingly, "Knuuttila" is not her husband's name, but her ex-husband's name, she was divorced and vowed to hold on to her maiden last name, so today she is known as Merja Hietaharju-tuuri, Hietaharju is her maiden last name, and Tuuri is her now-husband's last name.

After the class, Barbora and I went for a drink in at an interesting and sheek bar near the Central Railway Station, it is called the "mbar". (photo: I like the atmosphere of this place, it is so nicely lighted and the picture hangings are nice.)

(photo: I wish in Hong Kong I have time to chill and relax in places like this!)