Morjes!

Welcome to my blog. I write about fitting in, sticking out, and missing the motherland as a serial foreigner.

October 23rd, outsourced

I found this article about the misdiagnosis of child food allergies to be very interesting.

Fact: it wouldn't be as cute without the accent, but it would still be tremendously cute, and with the accent, it is astonishingly cute: this little boy is finding out he's going to be a big brother!

Finnish Nightmares.

Maybe this is only supposed to be funny to Asians, but am not Asian at all and I found it hilarious: Are You Asian Enough?

The world's best airports to sleep in. " In some countries sleep deprivation is a method of torture. At JFK it is civil engineering."

So many articles about the Finnish education system are vague and make it seem like some kind of magic is going on over here. That's why I loved this article - written by a Finnish educator - that clearly stated the major factors at work in Finland (and why sending Finnish teachers to the US would have little benefit on schools there). [HT Jeremy]

The libraries in Kansas City and Toronto have been having a book-title-off on Twitter. Precious. [HT Jeremy]

Kaarina Syysmaraton 10K

Kaarina Syysmaraton 10K

Everyday procedures in Finland