The Six Million Dollar Man

I came across a rather hilarious joke today:

'How many different online applications do you need to fill in order to apply to a Spanish university?'
'... I dunno..?'
'La solicitud online de la UC3M consta de dos fases. ¿Comprende?'

So, in other words: I'm screwed. By the way, I also found out that I won't be able to study Spanish here at Aalto during the summer. Just great, I'm telling you. Umm... Does anyone know of any extra-cheap and half-decent Spanish teachers in Espoo or Helsinki?

And that's all, folks!

Great. I got a letter, whoopee! I'm telling you, someone ought to give the administrative personnel  here at Aalto a slap in the face to wake them up...

Here's the letter:

SURNAME, JOPE KALEVI

DECISION ON THE SCHOLARSHIP

This is to certify that Mr SURNAME, JOPE KALEVI who is currently studying towards the degree of Master of Science in Technology in Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Espoo, Finland, has been granted the standard scholarship for studies at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (Erasmus), during the autumn term 2011 and spring term 2012. The studies pursued abroad will be counted towards the student's degree at Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering.

(Signature etc...)

Bollocks! Those idiots had my name all wrong! C'mon, how hard could it be to write a student's second name right? Although... I guess I don't hate the name... Kalevi. Yeah.

Call me Kalevi.

A cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors.

This morning I woke up as a simple mortal human being. Now, on the other hand, I'm a Has-Visited-a-Cleanroom type of guy!

Even though I don't consider myself as one of the most religious whackos on Earth (at least, not anymore) I have to thank God for this Friday and for my summer job at Micronova. How cool is it to visit a facility full of very costly scifi-kind of equipment in a suit that makes one look like a Moomin character? I tell you, it's beyond words! And, to make it even better, I found out that I could maybe work there all by myself after some basic lab training. Well, unfortunately there's a downside to everything...
I love spending time in toilets. Really. I know, it's stupid. I know they say that you can get hemorroids if you spend too much time sitting in a toilet. But, anyway. I like toilets. If I could, I'd spend most of my free time sitting on a toilet seat. And so, in a way it was terrifying to visit the cleanroom today. I mean, do you guys have any idea how much extra stuff (protective clothing etc.) you have to put on to be able to access a cleanroom? The answer is 'a lot'. Now think about going to the toilet in the middle of a lab test in a cleanroom. Not handy. No, no..! So, that raises a tough question: Where am I going to eat my lunch?