Insider Volume 24 Issue 2

INSIDER 17.9.2021 | VOL. 24 | ISSUE 2

STUDENT MAGAZINE OF XAMK

STAFF

EDITORIAL

Editor in Chief: HUGH CLACK

JOONATAN BERG

EVA MOROVSHCHIK

JOONA RÄTY

DOUAA CHALOUN

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QUYEN HUYNH

EDITORIAL My first editorial in Insider of days of my first vaccine!

Yes, the vaccine is pretty popular nowadays some of us are against it because they heard from nowhere that somebody died due to it or it’s a political reason and on the other hand a lot are for taking it because it's a trend now getting your first injection and taking a selfie with it or for real they want to protect themselves from this virus.

I'm going to talk about my personal experience with the vaccine. I took it last week here in Hansa Kouvola. It wasn't that bad honestly I didn't even feel the stick of the syringe until she said it’s done then she told me to wait for 15 minutes before leaving the area just to be sure that I won't get any symptoms. And on the same day, we had the town tour with my tutors here in Xamk. And maybe as all of you know this day was raining like never before. Even though that was good because if I stayed in my room I won't stop overthinking and being astonished. But at the end of the day, I felt a giant pain in my arm I couldn't even move my hand, and I had a headache so it was necessary to take the painkiller but nothing else. This pain stopped two days after the vaccine and then everything was fine.

This was my experience, a friend of mine told me that she suffered a lot she even had a fever and fainted but I would say that we can't generate and be afraid of everything because of someone's experience. If you think you have allergies, do the analysis and ask your doctor just to avoid health issues! If it's allowed get your dose of vaccine and spread safety And now after sharing my experience with the vaccine it's time to talk about this week's topic First of all, our friend Quyen will share an article about pets titled pets the beloved friend of ours, then Joonatan Berg as usual will do a movie review but this time it is called "ShangChi and the Legend of the Ten Rings". Concerning my article, I've written about my trip from my country Morocco to Finland. Furthermore, our friend Joona will share with us his book review !

This was all for this week I hope you'll have a nice weekend see you soon Hyvää viikonloppua!

Text by Douaa Chaloun

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TRAVELING

Leaving my homeland for a fresh start “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.

This day was rich in emotions! This wake up was different I was raring to go to the airport but at the same time I was trying to spend more time with my family Seeing my grandparents crying was so hurtful seeing my friends trying to hide their tears was so hurtful but then hearing them saying you’re doing the right choice was relaxing honestly it was so hard and it’s still because I don’t even know how to describe my feelings

"Fragments"- series of paintings

I left my cat Reina my little doggy Camel there I left my bedroom my life there but it was for a good reason that’s what I was saying and what I’m still saying because honestly, I don’t regret being here in Kouvola, Finland ’’ 13 of August 2021 6:30 am "We took the road to Marrakech to take the airplane" 12:00 am "Arriving at the airport and time to say goodbye!

Take a breath and trying to hold my tears and be courageous " 12:30 am "First time at the check-in without my parents" "Everything went smoothly this day and thanks to God for it!

I had a layover in Malaga - Spain because due to this pandemic Norwegian air canceled the direct flight from Marrakech Morocco to Helsinki-Finland.

"So, it was also a chance to explore this city this magnificent city. Even though it was only 18 hours but I fell in love with it and can’t wait to visit it again. Spanish people are so kind and helpful.

Malaga was full of all the nationalities and they were enjoying their time."

This is a real proof at 1:30 am 4

14 of August 2021 ‘’Time to leave Malaga and to go to the main destination Finland‘’ 6:30 pm After 4:30 of flight here I am in Finland for the second time after all the checks and doing another Pcr at the airport it’s time to go out And that’s the surprise :) I thought I was in Siberia I was wondering if I'm really in Finland because maybe I was in a public and outside sauna in Marrakech From 46°C to 14°C it was unexpected but what wasn’t unexpected honestly is raining in August!

I was saying what’s going on?

I thought I was dreaming but it was real.’’

Text by Douaa Chaloun Photo by Douaa Chaloun

PETS

The beloved friend of humankind!

Pet, a common thing to all the people worldwide. I used to have a lot of pets and now I still owned two dogs and a cat back home. I cannot express all of my feeling about pets, they are just indispensable.

They have contributed a lot to my childhood so between me and them are a bunch of good times.

Would you like to share your story about yourself with your pet?

Maybe pets have taught us many things. Loyalty, happiness, love, CUDDLE TIME! There are many discussions about whether you are a dog person or a cat person or other like goldfish, bird, hamster,etc. But for me, I love to own any one of them, despite their differences, they are still your best friend, you choose to take care of them because you love them and they love you in their way too. Moreover, they may even taught you that difference doesn’t matter too, who know *wink*.

This is a picture of my cat at the moment I picked him up in my garden and him slowly turning into a potato.

outside my garden. It was very loud when they start calling their mother cat haha. Eventually, the mother decide to move away, we cannot spot her anymore but we sure she is moving those kittens too since the number of kittens decrease over night and night. But there is one indivituals got left behind. He was the last one which didn’t get move away. We don’t thing she forgot him but we think the mother give him to us, as a thank you. I took him indoor and got him a little box fill with soft pillows. Its like taking care of a baby, he was loud and very active at night. No wonder she left him, just kidding :).

When he can start climbing and walking around, there is something wrong with his leg. It was weak and he can hardly run. We thought he has an illness, but nope, he hit us hard when he was a little older. He would run around the house, asking for food times to times, jumping on us when we sleeping, basically he just having a blast in my house. But despite all that his kitty eyes is too cute to blame. We love that he has grown and matured, to be honest, I am very proud of myself.

It is a long process with ups and downs, but that is why it is a story worth telling.

Pet can be a friend who will always be on your side when you feeling down, always ready to make that frown upside down. So keep showing your love and care. You going to receive all of it love too, believe me.

Let me tell you a story of mine with my cat back then. At home, I have a little garden next to the main door, we usually spot animal in the little garden, with the sunshine, butterfly. It is very beautiful and calm to see sometime. But an extraordinary things happen, we saw a mother cat with a bunch of her offspring. We build her a cardboard house since it is rain season when we saw her. We feed her with cat food and soon she grow trust in us and always meowing when she saw us. I never felt this good when we taking care of a small cat family.

Until 2-3 months later, her kitten have opened their eyes, see the big wide world awaiting them

Text by Quyen Huynh Photo by Quyen Huynh 5

BOOK REVIEW

Shadow of Fog Island, Mariette Lindsten This is a continuation of last issue’s book review regarding the Fog Island -trilogy, this time I am reviewing the second book. The book is called Shadow of Fog Island and it was originally released in October of 2020.

Sofia Bauman is free from the movement, physically at least. But what have those years done to her mind? Franz Oswald is in prison but that doesn’t seem to stop him. He is famous and charming person with a skill of manipulation.

Is Sofia free from ViaTerra? Is she free from Franz Oswald? Or has she gone mad herself?

Now that I have told you some background and a little bit about beginning of the book, let me tell you my favourite characters. Simon, Sofia and Franz. Simon, a rather older man, is a farmer at ViaTerra and a good friend of Sofia.

He is a person with little fear or hurry, a quiet but intelligent person who values the little joys in life. Meanwhile Sofia, the main character, ––is quite brave person who isn’t that easy to manipulate. She is a risktaker and has a strong mind that is a reason Franz likes her too. Franz is like the intelligent evil in this story.

I must admire his capabilities in manipulation, networking and leadership. He has somehow made himself godlike to the people of ViaTerra.

He keeps his people under his command and has created a network to support his power.

He has done his PR properly, keeping people interested in him and ViaTerra, thus getting people to join his movement. Lack of empathy and psychotic but intelligent mind makes him to be a good evil character in this book.

I know I didn’t rank this book as highly as the first book. As a sequel this didn’t impress me like the first one although knowing the characters helped me to get more immersed in the story. In this book you can see love 6

and hatred, innocence and evil. The book depicts the situation where you want to let go of something that doesn’t want to let you go away. The frustration, the despair. I would not recommend this book to people nervous of violence, psychological or physical.

I rank this book 3/5.

The third book “Children of Fog Island” hasn’t come available in English at the time I wrote this article. I will write a review regarding that when there will be a change in the situation.

Text by Joona Räty

MOVIE STUDIO 123

Kymenlaaksonkatu 1 45700 Kuusankoski 044 375 3686 www.studio123.fi 17.9-23.9.2021 STUDIO 1 RYHMÄ HAU (7) | 12€ | 1h26min Every day 16:45, Sat 14:45, 16:45 DYYNI (12) | 13€ | 2h36min Every evening 18:45 STUDIO 2 OASIS KNEBWORTH 1996 (12) | 18€ Thur 23.9 19:00 ISÄ (12) | 12€ | 1h44min Every evening 17:00, Sat 15:00, 17:00 LUOKKAKOKOUS 3 - SINKKURISTEILY (12) | 13€ | 1h44min Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed 19:00 SANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS (12) | 13€ | 2h12min Sun-Mon 19:00 STUDIO 3: Sat 19:15, Wed 19:15 STUDIO 3 PERUNA (7) | 12€ | 1h49min Every evening 17:30 Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed 17:15 PERTSA JA KILU (7) | 12€ | 1h26min Sat 15:15, Sun-Mon, Tue 17:15 PERSIAN OPPITUNNIT (16) | 12€ | 2h08min Fri, Sun-Tue, Thur 19:15

Students/armed services, pensioners 1€ discount on all full priced tickets of 10€ or more

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is the latest superhero film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and stars Simu Liu as the main character Shang-Chi. The movie is about Shang-Chi who is a master of unarmed weaponrybased Kung-Fu and he must confront his past life after his father forcefully brings him back to his Ten Rings organization. That synopsis might sound very bare bones and the truth is that it unfortunately is. What the story does do a good job at is not leaving many loose ends, any kind of question you have will be answered at some point or another, but that doesn’t really save the poor state of the overall story.

The thing that carries this movie and made me enjoy it was the action. While the story is very bare bones, it does its job which is to move the characters to another location and have them fight some amazingly choreographed Kung-Fu battles. Fights are very face to face and reminded me of the old Kung-Fu movies starring Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. The director likes to frame the fights in a way that they look like they’re filmed in one take and that makes them very easy to follow. Camera work outside of action scenes is also well done and help convey the story through visuals alone. All the effects and presentation in general is so well done that you can follow the action even in large scale battles.

The characters were generally well established and got to show off how cool they are at some point, but I felt that some of the character progression kind of went sideways and by the end of the movie I was left with an empty feeling, because it didn’t feel natural.

All in all, this movie is amazing, but your personal enjoyment really depends on what you’re going in to watch it for. If you’re in for some high-octane action, then I recommend this movie 100%.

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THE FRIEND FAMILY PROGRAMME offers foreign degree students the opportunity to get to know Finland and the Finnish culture, language and lifestyle through local families and their everyday lives.

YOU GET TO SPEND TIME WITH a Finnish family in everyday matters. You and the family can freely plan different activities within the framework of your own resources and schedules. The Finnish friend family is not a host family.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLORE the Finnish culture in a unique way? The application period for the Friend Family Programme is between September 1 - 27, 2021. We will do our best to connect you with a local Finnish family!

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