Last Night. [The Strokes.]

So yesterday was a pretty action-packed day! We woke up around 8am, got ready and headed to the gym to play badminton from 9am to 10am.
Needless to say, with my current diet and the lack of carbohydrates, I was exhausted all day. BUT there was so much to do! I came home, showered, watched *****, my new TV show... which is just too embarrassing to reveal to the INTERNET and all of you who will lose all respect for me. Then I did a bit of Finnish with Nina through FB chat. Basically I asked her to give me 10 Finnish words in basic form and I had to say them in partitive singular and genitive singular. I did okay. And most importantly I now know that ring is: basic form= Sormus - partitive singular= Sormusta - genitive singular = Sormuksen!
[And if that's wrong then I guess I don't remember haha...]

Anywho! Then Nina and I met up and headed over to WokWok for some fabulous food and company! Donna, Lauren and I like to meet up there on Fridays for lunch. We also bring friends to widen our circle. This week I brought Nina; Lauren brought her friend Candice, who is visiting from Florida, and her husband Kimmo. Donna invited her son, who was going to join us after school but he never showed up. Either way, we sat around for ages, as we often do, and ironically both Finns had to leave before we did. [I say ironically because I have a feeling that hanging out in a restaurant for hours on end at lunch time is not a Finnish custom.] But I have to say that WokWok is very tolerant of our needs - nutritionally and conversationally. Service and staff alike, are super friendly.

I headed home after about 3 hours, bought some more almond flour and raspberries on the way [my obsessions] and came home to the boys [Juha, Jonne and later Ossi too] playing NHL 95. I was feeling pretty drained so NATURALLY I sat down and studied some Finnish... then my mind wandered over to my computer... watched a bit of ***** and then started browsing recipes. In light of equality day yesterday, I decided to bake the boys some brownies... but let's call them experimental brownies... there was indeed a disclaimer. I say experimental because I hadn't tried Irina-friendly brownies yet and the Stevia does add a rather odd sweetness to them. But they were okay. I had some last night and today too and if you're not used to Stevia then they definitely wouldn't qualify as heavenly but otherwise, a nice break from vegetables.
[BTW, I've been making the avocado salad like... everyday haha. Changing little things here and there. Still obsessed!]

I'd spoken with Anne about going to a gig at night and then everyone decided to join so it was nice to get a big group. Ironically, it appears that absolutely no one is single in Tampere. Anne and Jonne came with Kalle and Niina then Juha and I showed up with Ossi and Kaisa. And in the upcoming days we have a few dates with other Tampere-based couples haha... it makes me laugh.

The set actually lasted about an hour, if not a little more and I really enjoyed it. Some of the songs - maybe 2 - made me a little sleepy but I can't blame the band, I was exhausted as it was. The band was Kiki Pau [or according to me earlier on in the day Kaka Puu or Koko Pau/Puu... and other such combinations.] You should check them out by clicking here. I especially like "Just Real." [Great song!]

As a side note, the weather is getting pretty gross in Tampere. The snow is melting and it's wet everywhere and snow is falling off building and killing people and you have to be careful. [I don't think the death rates have skyrocketed or anything, just something to be aware of though.] We took a cab to the bar and home last night and the flat fee [before driving anywhere, the driving is extra] for a cab on a Friday night [prices change here depending on time of day - do we have this in Canada??] is 8e!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Luckily we were 4 people so nothing too drastic. But 8 euros is 12$... and then you presumably travel more than 5 meters.. anyway, I'll stop being cheap haha.

Alright, back to my Finnish so I can eventually post about the complicated stuff I'm learning. I just have to understand it first.
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N.B. Turns out I stand corrected! Two of the people we went out with on Friday: Kalle and Liisi [whose name I thought was Niina] are not a couple. Alas, there are still single people in Tampere!