The document discusses the author's experience moving from their noisy and crowded hometown to Kajaani, Finland. They found Kajaani to be much more peaceful but also boring and lacking opportunities compared to their hometown. While the author initially moved to escape their normal life, they soon wanted to leave Kajaani as it was too quiet. The author compares adjusting to a new place to putting together a jigsaw puzzle, where you only see the full picture once all the pieces are in place.

1. CULTURE SHOCK
How I met Finland

2. Jigsaw puzzle
 My expectations - the decision to live
in a totally different place from
hometown
 Jigsaw puzzle. Only when we filled in
the segments do we recognize how
interesting the picture we get

3.  My home city: noisy, crowded,
populated, polluted but it’s
colorful, lively, active and has
many opportunities. Though it’s
more competitive and harsh to
catch up with the pace of life.

4.  Kajaani, I came to here since I failed to Lahti
UAS. Nature is everywhere, silence/ quite
atmosphere covers up every corner. I found
my peaceful life in here but never expected it
to be boring this much and freaking lacking
opportunities.
 Opportunities: jobs, social activities (AIESEC,
all kinds of clubs, cultural exchange
activities). I think, gaming industry is the
most developed thing in here.

5. Awesome moments

6. Conclusion
 Because I need to get rid of my normal
daily life. Because I need to live in
another place, to change a new
environment or a to flee, in whatever
way, I know that I have a need.
 I feel lucky to know a saying by chance
“Studying abroad might be like going to
a water closet. You’re in then just want
to out and others might repeat the
same”

7.  In either options – hometown or
abroad living, it’s like the jigsaw puzzle,
we need to fill in it even though we do
not know which pieces fit the holes or
we are even not aware of what holes
we got. Get a go, dare a change, bad
or good it’s still funny~!