Merkinnät käyttäjältä Karoliina Vallipuro

This is how we do Christmas in Finland

It’s almost that magical time of the year – time of Christmas. Some hate it, some love it; I myself am a big fan of Christmas time and have been waiting for it to come for quite some time now. Although Christmas is not particularly a Finnish thing, m...

When in Finland…

They say travelling is the only thing you buy that makes you richer and I couldn’t agree more. Whenever I travel, I make tons of lists what to do there so I will get the whole experience. Actually one the most longest lists is what I want to eat and ...

Be gentle with yourself

For students spring is often a conflicting time. On the other hand there is the First of May, summer holiday is coming and sun is shining. But on the other side of the table there is a huge pile of unfinished reports and assignments, group works and ...

Let it Snowday!

When you tell someone that you are from Finland, they usually don’t know much about what kind of country it is. One of the first things that comes to mind about Finland is very often that it is cold and there's a lot of snow. Well, as you can see ...

Get up, stand up!

You get up in the morning. You’re in a hurry, so you take a bus to school. In school you sit the whole day listening lectures. At breaks you stay in class with your school mates and talk about the upcoming weekend. After school you go home and start ...

Enjoy your time as a student

I graduated from JAMK a year ago. The graduation was a happy occasion, of course. After all, that is what you‘re waiting for (and aiming for) the whole time you are studying. Still, you might stumble on a certain feeling of emptiness after graduating...

The new Tutor and Sports Secretary introducing herself

Hi! My name is Karoliina Niinistö. I’m the new Tutor and Sports Secretary of JAMKO. I’m 23-years-old and got my Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies from JAMK last summer. I could say that the student life is still in fresh memory, since only a year a...