2008 part II
So June? I think it started with an FCT game, where I think I showed the best ever football for that team. Two concerts in Tallinn – firstly Bob Dylan and then Massive Attack. The last one of these was probably one of the best concerts that I have ever been to. Definitely in the top three. Maybe London Elektricity in Brighton was just a bit better due to its intimacy. You just do not see drum and bass played live that often. But yeah, MA was excellent. They played all the good old songs, which consequently brought about nostalgia. So I had to dig up my MA record collection and listen it to again... As for Dylan - lot’s of respect to the man, but I just didn’t understand him... And I also think that he’s probably not the best live performer.
Her majesties birthday was celebrated on the 5th, which got me introduced to very interesting people. Went to Vilnius for the first time in my life for a Noria-Net workshop. Luckily it only lasted for half a day, so I ended up strolling around the city for the rest of the time. Cleaner and a bit less developed than Estonia, as far as I can remember. Three days in Malmö again, Kumu ÖÖ tradition again and then the midsummer short brake in Saaremaa and Noarootsi. And then Finland again - the introduction of the Wise Men’s Report to the two Prime Ministers. Also, a little fishing trip on the bay of Helsinki, which was quite nice, no fish though... And one more thing – started with tennis training…
July was the vacation month – remember the summer days in the Southern part of Estonia, near Otepää. Exceptional place. Was the best ever smoke-sauna experience I have ever had together with the swimming in the near by lake, while bats flying over our heads... Remember Juu Jääb Music Festival in Muhumaa, which I think is losing its edge and is becoming a bit dull and too commercialised. And then India for ten days.
Shruti’s wedding, Pondicherry, Mahabalipuram and Chennai. Some crazy experiences: riding around with motorbikes and discovering order in chaos; fish farms on the beaches; little lost or not so lost villages; people disturbed by the “almost forgotten“ tsunami; shark stake; walking alone in the streets of Chennai etc. Definitely makes one think about stuff. Am attaching two pictures here to get the message across...
Then another week in Saaremaa and Pärnu – the usual summer schedule. Did some riding around with my motorbike and tried to catch up with people whom I hadn’t seen for a while. I must admit that riding around is Saaremaa with a bike is a really good idea that definitely needs to be followed up also in 2009.
August saw me stay put all the month after all that traveling. Remember Christer my good friend visiting Tallinn with his girlfriend, some football, Night Song Festival (or however you translate it), which definitely made a mark to the year and I guess to a lot of Estonians, our crews get-together in Jõgeva (read the usual fishing trip) and then seeing GEP in No99 Theater. Work was also picking up again, however my mind I guess was already moving in a different direction…
Her majesties birthday was celebrated on the 5th, which got me introduced to very interesting people. Went to Vilnius for the first time in my life for a Noria-Net workshop. Luckily it only lasted for half a day, so I ended up strolling around the city for the rest of the time. Cleaner and a bit less developed than Estonia, as far as I can remember. Three days in Malmö again, Kumu ÖÖ tradition again and then the midsummer short brake in Saaremaa and Noarootsi. And then Finland again - the introduction of the Wise Men’s Report to the two Prime Ministers. Also, a little fishing trip on the bay of Helsinki, which was quite nice, no fish though... And one more thing – started with tennis training…
July was the vacation month – remember the summer days in the Southern part of Estonia, near Otepää. Exceptional place. Was the best ever smoke-sauna experience I have ever had together with the swimming in the near by lake, while bats flying over our heads... Remember Juu Jääb Music Festival in Muhumaa, which I think is losing its edge and is becoming a bit dull and too commercialised. And then India for ten days.
Shruti’s wedding, Pondicherry, Mahabalipuram and Chennai. Some crazy experiences: riding around with motorbikes and discovering order in chaos; fish farms on the beaches; little lost or not so lost villages; people disturbed by the “almost forgotten“ tsunami; shark stake; walking alone in the streets of Chennai etc. Definitely makes one think about stuff. Am attaching two pictures here to get the message across...
Then another week in Saaremaa and Pärnu – the usual summer schedule. Did some riding around with my motorbike and tried to catch up with people whom I hadn’t seen for a while. I must admit that riding around is Saaremaa with a bike is a really good idea that definitely needs to be followed up also in 2009.
August saw me stay put all the month after all that traveling. Remember Christer my good friend visiting Tallinn with his girlfriend, some football, Night Song Festival (or however you translate it), which definitely made a mark to the year and I guess to a lot of Estonians, our crews get-together in Jõgeva (read the usual fishing trip) and then seeing GEP in No99 Theater. Work was also picking up again, however my mind I guess was already moving in a different direction…
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