Hundu

Lumi tuli maha nagu kõik on vist juba märganud. Reede hommikul, kui see veel uus nähtus oli, mõistsin ma, et on halb mõte sõita varahommikul jäistel teedel suverehvidega. Päris libe oli. Aga jäin terveks.

Eelmisel nädalal nägin hirmsat unenägu, kus meil oli laborist isopropanool otsa saanud. No täiesti otsa ikka. Nii et enam tilgakestki kusagil polnud. Ja mul läks seda vaja ja siis ma otsisin ja otsisin ja otsisin... Järgmisel hommikul laborisse minnes (kui mul tõesti oligi isopropanooli vaja), oli see igatahes olemas. Aga mulle vajalikud praimerid oli jällegi kaudunud. Ja siis ma otsisin ja otsisin...kuni leidsin need otse oma nina alt karbist, kus ma teadsin, et need peavad olema. Neil oli vahepeal vist mingi nähtamatuse mantel seljas või miski.

Nädalavahetusel käisin PÖFFi koolitusel, sest minust saab sel aastal ka PÖFFihunt. Minust saab Coca-Cola Plazas piletikontrollija. Niiet 12.-28. november on PÖFF, tulge ka filme vaatama! ;)

Mina küll lähen!

We had our first snow here last friday. And it still hasn't melted, which is unusual, because usually it melts almost right away.

Last week I had a terrible dream where all the isopropanol had run out in our lab. There wasn't a drop of it anywhere and I needed it in my experiments. So I searched and searched and searched... The next morning when I went to work and actually needed the isopropanol, it was luckily there, but some primers I needed were missing. So I searched and searched...and finally found them in the box where I had looked many times and where they were supposed to be. But apparently they had their invisibility cloaks on or something...

I have been confirmed as a volunteer in the Dark Nights Film Festival that is held in Tallinn in November. This is really cool! My job is to be the ticket controller, which is great because usually there are two checking the tickets and one has to be inside the movie theatre while the film is showing. And we can go see movies for free also, as long as there are empty seats. So yeah...I get to see lots and lots of (hopefully) great movies soon! :D

Päev 15 - laul, mis sind kirjeldab

See on vähemalt mõnel päeval päris täone kirjeldus. Ja ma olen kindel, et ma pole just ainukene! :D

Day 15 - a song that describes you

The words of the refrain go like this:

I will get it done by tomorrow, it will be ready by tomorrow. Tomorrow we can plan ahead. Tomorrow I have the will and the time. Tomorrow it will be quick and easy.

Yeah, that's sometimes pretty accurate. Though, I'm sure it applies to many other people too :D

Kuna seda laulu Youtube ei sisaldanud, siis on see kuulatav järgnevalt lingilt:

Because Youtube didn't have this song, you can listen to it there:

Kukerpillid - Homseks saab tehtud

Mida ?

Reedel juhtus laboris naljakas lugu. Mina omaette itsitasin igatahes. Hakkasin valguforeesi tegema ja kirjutasin tuubidele nimesid peale. Mul oli kolm erinevat proovi koodnimedega B, C ja WT. Otsustasin siis selguse mõttes lisada neile tähe F nagu foreesiproov. Seega sain ma kolm tuubi: BF, CF ja WTF. Natuke oli naljakas ju küll.

A funny thing happened in my lab on friday. I found it giggle-worthy at least. I was just about to do a gel electrophoresis of proteins and I was writing names on my test tubes. I had three different samples names briefly B, C and WT. So I decided to mark them with the letter F (as phoresis sample, which would start with an F in Estonian). So in the end I had three test tubes: BF, CF and WTF. It was a little funny, wasn't it..

Päev 14 - Laul, mida keegi ei ootaks, et sulle meeldib

Ma arvan, et inimesed võib-olla ei arvaks, et mulle meeldib Rammstein. Aga meeldib küll. Minu meelest on see parim asi, mida kuulata peale väsitavat töö- või koolipäeva. Ajulõõgastus.

Day 14 - a song that no one would expect you to love

I think that most people wouldn't guess that I like Rammstein. But I do. I think it's the best thing to listen to after a hard day of work or school. Relaxes the brain.

Stuff of nightmares

Mu jõulukaktus on kurb, sest ma vist kastsin teda natuke liiga tihti. Edaspidi püüan ma oma lilli rohkem ära unustada.

Muide, täna sain ma teada, et on olemas selline süvamere elukas nagu vampiirkalmaar (vampire squid). Päriselt ka. Science'is oli pilt ka ja puha.

My christmas cactus is sad, because I apparently watered it too often. Next time I try to forget about my plants more.

Btw, today I learned that there is a creature living in deep seas called the vampire squid. Seriously. There was a picture of it in Science and everything.

Day 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasure

Ma ei tea, kas sellist laulu üldsegi on, mis oleks minu "süüdlaslik nauding" või kuidas seda nüüd tõlkima peakski... Umbes siis kui puberteet üle läks, sain ma aru, et ükskõik, mida ma kuulan, on täiesti normaalne asi, mida kuulata ja ma pole küll ennast eriti "süüdi" tundnud, kui mulle mõni lugu meeldib. 13-aastasena ei oleks ma kellelegi julgenud tunnistada, et ma raadio Elmarit kuulan, aga nüüd ei lase ma ennast põrmugi häirida sellest, et see pole just kõige enimlevinud minuealiste muusikaeelistus.

Aga et mingit laulu siia panna, siis mul meenus seda juttu kirjutades see lugu, mis tundus raadiost kuulates täiesti normaalne ja kuulatav lugu. Ja siis ma nägin selle videot. Ja siis ma sain teada, et seda laulab mingi punt poisse, kes kindlasti veel legaalsed pole. Peale seda polnud see laul enam endine (tähendab, see läks minu jaoks kuidagi palju halvemaks kuulata. Kindlasti oleks sel olnud vastupidine efekt, kui ma oleksin olnud nooremaealise demograafilise grupi esindaja)

I am not even sure that this kind of song exists. After living through puberty, I realised that whatever I listen to, is a completely normal thing to like and since then I haven't felt guilty about any songs I listen to. When I was 13 I wouldn't have told anyone that I like to listen to radio Elmar - a radio station that plays only Estonian songs and that mostly older people like - but now it doesn't bother me that most people my age don't like this sort of music.

But to put at least some song in this post, I, for some reason, thought of this song while writing this. It sounded like a completely normal song when I heard it at first on the radio and I even liked it. Then I saw the video and found out that it was performed by this bunch of guys not even legal yet. After that the song was never the same again (meaning that it got worse for me. Although it definitely would have had a contrary effect if I had been representing a considerably younger demographic group)

Mmmm...väljas on sügisene sügis. Muud midagi.

It's an autumny autumn outside. Nothing more interesting to report.

Päev 12 - laul bändilt, mida vihkad

Ma vihkan seda bändi lihtsalt selle laulu pärast. Päriselt nagu.. mida laulu? Miks?

Day 12 - a song from a band you hate

I hate this band just because of this song. It's mostly because of the words, which are like...what? I don't even want to translate this. Anyway, it's called Werewolf and it is kind of like a love song, only with blood and potential rape. Like....why?

Kummitused loopisid puudega

Nädalavahetusest pääsesin napilt elusalt ja tervelt. Laupäeval käisime Kadrinas tööd tegemas - ladusime puid Ljuba kuurist auto kärusse ja hiljem käru pealt meie kuuri. Ja niimoodi mitu korda. Seal Ljuba kuuris tegime ketti, sest see kuur oli üsna kitsas (see oli suures osas puid täis, sellepärast). Mina olin peamiselt teine lüli - ma olin kuuris sees ja Ardo ja Enn kes puuriitadel turnisid (need ulatusid kõrgele lae alla) ulatasid mulle puid sealt ülevalt ja igalt poolt mujaltki. Igal juhul, selle tegevuse käigus sadas mulle kaela terve hulk puid, luud, potikaas ja nii üllatav kui see ka pole -  väike vikat või midagi selletaolist, mis oli kavalasti puude vahele ära pandud, niiet keegi seda ei näinud. Alles siis kui see oli minust sentimeetri kauguselt mööda ja maha kukkunud, sain ma aru, millest olin pääsenud. Hämmastaval kombel ei saanud ma pihta ka ei puude ega potikaanega, kuid luud tabas mind küll veidi ootamatult. Õnneks oli see selline pisikene, niiet jäin terveks.

Katsumustest pääsenud ja kodus tagasi, otsustasin teha kaerahelbe-õunakooki. Tõeliselt hea tuli, proovige ka! ;)

This weekend was full of perils. On saturday we went to Kadrina to my grandmother's place where we had to get firewood from the shed of my grandmother's friend, who just died, to our shed. The first shed was tiny so we used the chain method - standing in a line handing each other the pieces of wood - for loading wood into a trailer (or whatever it's called...it's the open one you can pull with your car). I was the second link standing inside the shed and Ardo and my uncle were giving me the wood they were unstacking from the stacks that were quite high - they reached the ceiling, so they were over 2 meters tall. Anyway, while doing this work, a myriad of things kept raining down on me from these high stacks of wood - several pieces of wood, a broom, a lid of a pot and surprisingly - a small scythe or something like that, that was cleverly hidden between the wood so that noone saw it until it was lying on the floor after it had fallen past me with just centimeters to spare. I was really lucky because I didn't get hit by it, or as a matter of fact, the pieces of wood and the lid of a pot also missed me. Only the broom hit me by surprise, but it was ok as it was a very small one. 

Later , safely at home, I decided to make a n oatmeal-apple cake. It was really good!  The link to the recipe is in the Estonian text, but the site is unfortunately only in Estonian, but if someone is interested, I can translate ;)

Päev 11 - laul sinu lemmikbändilt

Ma arvan, et mul sellist suurt ja kindlat lemmikut ei olegi. Üks lemmikutest on näiteks Justament ja siin on minu lemmik nende lugudest - 36 :D Kui Ardo ükskord 36 saab, siis ma äratan ta hommikul üles just selle looga.

Day 11 - a song from your favorite band

I don't think I have one favourite among bands, I have several that I really like. For example, an Estonian band called Justament is one of them. They make this kind of country style music (I guess...I don't know much about music styles :P). And here is my favourite from their songs - 36. It's about a man who has just turned 36...so it's like a birthday song; kind of. When Ardo turns 36, I intend to wake him up in the morning by playing this song :D

Pavlovi koerake

15 päeva hiljem oleme jõudnud kümnenda päeva juurde, milleks on - laul, mis teeb sind uniseks/aitab magama jääda/...või kuidasiganes seda tõlgendada. Minu jaoks toob alati une silma Wikmani poiste sarja lõpumuusika. Ilmselt sellepärast, et kui see esimest korda jooksis, nii oma 15 aastat tagasi (appi, ma olen juba nii vana, et 15 aastat tagasi on täiesti normaalne aeg, mida meenutada), siis see tuli reede õhtuti nii umbes kella kümne ajal ja ema lubas mul siis ka kaua üleval olla ja see ära vaadata. Aga kui lõpumuusika juba tuli, siis ma teadsin, et nüüd on kell ikka jube palju ja enam pole valikut - tuleb magama minna. Tänase päevani, kui seda lugu kuulen, siis tuleb selline tunne peale, et ... peaks vist magama minema.

Youtube ikka üllatab vahel - ma tegelt ei uskunud, et ma selle loo sealt päriselt ka leian, aga näed...

15 days later we have arrived at day 10 -  a song that makes you fall asleep. This song is from an Estonian tv show that was first on tv about 15 years ago (I can't believe I'm so old already that 15 years ago is quite a normal time to remember :P). It was shown on friday night at about 10 o'clock and my mother would then allow me to also stay up late to watch it, because she was watching it too. And then, when this end music was playing, then I knew that it was really really late and time to go to bed. So to this day that song, for me, is kind of like telling - ok, it's time to sleep now...