Planned weather?
This morning I woke up in continuous boom-boom-boom sound that came from the distance. At first I of course thought it's war again, but as it came closer we realized it's thunder. It was followed by insane rain and I had to wait for my tuktuk for 2,5 hours.I complained about this to my Sri Lankan friend and she asked: "What, don't you ever get heavy rains or floods in Finland? Is everything so planned... including weather?"
I thought for a while and responded: Yes, there can be unpredictable weather in Finland, but the society is indeed so well-planned and structured that there are hardly any traffic jams. Even in the case of heavy snowfall, the trucks are dealing with it in 30-60 minutes. And especially in the capital area the public transportation is just heaven! The trains go always without traffic jams. The buses have their own lanes so those sad buggers who want to pollute the environment in their own cars can just watch the busses swooshing by. And the trams go by the minute. At the tram stops there are even electronic signs showing when the next tram is coming. And of course with the metro it's the same thing.
The question is: do I want to live in that structured and well-planned environment? The certain care-freeness nominal to Sri Lanka can be quite pleasing at times. Yet again, living in Finland is just so easy... if you don't go with the flow and create your own bubble of rushing from one thing to another and being busy all the time.
posted by Tomi Astikainen @ Thursday, May 03, 2007
1 Comments:
Life in Finland is easy in a way, that's true. But you just need to know everything. Once you are out of the loop, it can be pretty challenging to find your way back.
It's all in the internet... ;)
So, enjoy the chaos, the crowd, the people. To the "system" you will have time to adjust back later...
Peace.
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