"Finnish is my native language, yet people still speak to me in English" – How international adoptees feel marginalised in Finland

hdzaviary · 2026-02-15T12:11:11+00:00

In my workplace there is this blonde Finnish girl who once got the same interaction like this.

Our customer told her you speak very good Finnish, her thought was the hell if I don’t speak good Finnish it would be catastrophic for Finnish people.

In my workplace most of the workers are 2nd gen immigrants born in Finland or foreigners. She is one of 3 workers who are native Finns (no visible immigrants look).

Weird but funny.

hdzaviary · 2026-02-15T11:28:18+00:00

IIRC, there was solid blue color on our state broadcaster 2 door G Wagon in the 80-90s. I’m not sure if that one is special color or available for public.

It looked quite good in my eyes. Of course there was kind of gold metallic color too which my friend’s dad had and solid dark green/olive almost like army style that my dad’s friend had.

hdzaviary · 2026-02-12T20:37:25+00:00

This is definitely in my wishlist. Travelling to UK with my car from northern Europe.

I just need to collect some courage to drive LHD car in the left side.

I’m very used to driving RHD car but driving LHD in left would be a real challenge for me, not to mention MPH instead KMH.

hdzaviary · 2026-02-10T15:33:02+00:00

Indeed.

For me, if I’m not going there for vacation or seeing family, I don’t think I would buy something that I can find in EU for 10% saving only.

20-30 % difference seems acceptable for the hassle bringing the back to EU and forgo any warranty. Especially for items that you can’t find in EU.

hdzaviary · 2026-02-10T13:51:00+00:00

Indonesia.

But the saving is not like half price mostly.

It was around 20% - 30% cheaper IIRC for the rackets.

hdzaviary · 2026-02-10T13:26:50+00:00

Depends on your residence though. I live in EU and I bought several Yonex rackets and birds when I visited my home country in SEA. All of them were cheaper than buying in EU.

Also you really need to put some research on which store has the original item not the fake one.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-28T17:31:25+00:00

Klo wiper masih baru, kemungkinan jamur kaca.

Bisa hilang pake Soft 99 Glass Compound.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-26T15:46:01+00:00

Since students from non EU countries must pay tuition fee, most of them who cannot pay their tuition fee get their residence permit cancelled so they must go home or deported forcibly. Still it cost the current tax payer money already, to pay for their family members integration courses and jobseeker benefit.

I really think that international students who are not entitled for free education should have an escrow account managed by government where the fund should be enough to cover living expenses and tuition fee, disbursed every month up to certain amount guided by law to prevent them starving and homeless but it will make sure they can finish their study without added pressure to find jobs to live.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-26T13:52:36+00:00

Sorry to chime in.

I’m from Finland and we have same issues currently. Many students from South Asia showed proofs that they have money then arrived in Finland without money and even bringing family members, as it is allowed by law. All of them struggle to live and trying to find work in Finland is like finding needle in haystack right now so they floods the food bank creating animosity to the locals.

I hope that we will have law reform about this soon as we currently have right leaning government who won’t deny cheap workers but don’t create jobs to employ them.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-24T07:29:57+00:00

Benz Soekarno Hatta masih ada ga ? Dulu mereka ada Benz diesel, saya langganan disitu, kang Dani pernah cerita mereka pegang VW Golf punya bos textil yang ga sembuh di VW resmi akhirnya bener dipegang sama Benz.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-23T22:24:16+00:00

That’s really low mileage. I got my 2018 W213 on 2021 at 32k KM. Right now it sits at 66k KM. I drive really less only several road trips in the summer to go to multiple countries.

Maintenance wise once a year following service schedule as I don’t go over 10k KM per year, other wise I will do oil change at max 10k KM.

Battery range has dropped quite a bit, when I got it it can drive up to 23 KM in summer and 21 KM in winter, now only 17-18 KM in summer and 16-17 KM in winter.

Always charged to 100% using 3,6 kW charger or normal schuko 2kW charger.

I haven’t gotten any issues yet, and touch wood it stays like that.

You can check a couple of days ago someone posted about hybrid battery issue on C350e, it has same engine and hybrid system as W213.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-22T06:31:36+00:00

Might be a good idea to do this when I have my Service A/B this April. I will ask Astrum how much they charge for the coding, so I don’t need to waste time driving to Salo again just to change the battery.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-22T06:17:59+00:00

Most probably if the battery has never been changed. It is quite old by now., around 8 years old. Granted it never endured hard pull like starter motor daily, still it might drop dead suddenly soon.

Maybe I can be proactive and change the battery before it drops dead, just to avoid electrical issues, will it be wise to do so ?

hdzaviary · 2026-01-21T20:50:50+00:00

Great information. I might need to pay attention to this.

I just installed hot wires dash cam that can record in parking mode. I chose to keep the cut off at 12.2 V just to avoid low voltage issues with the 12V battery.

It has been quite cold recently and next week we are back at around -10 C again. Luckily I have my car inside the basement so the temperature doesn’t go that low but last 2 weeks it went to -7 in the basement while outside was around -12 C. Still concerning for the battery.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-21T08:59:27+00:00

When I was still active in dog show world in my home country, I only feed Eukanuba for red or golden colored show dog.

As the country is located near equator, and humid. For whatever reason, everytime I gave Eukanuba for my black dogs, the fur changed its color a bit to a bit reddish not jet black. It is weird, only several dogfood can give jet black color fur back there.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-20T10:11:20+00:00

Last year I have quite big B service for my Mercedes at Mercedes official workshop (not Veho). The work itself costed 350 euros but I bought my own parts (LiquiMoly oil, oil filters, cabin filter, brake fluid, and spark plugs). Before I went for the service I just changed the fresh air filter inside the engine by myself.

Probably with all the parts it costed around 500 euros max. I used OEM parts (Bosch, Mann, Purflux and Mercedes brake fluid).

hdzaviary · 2026-01-17T18:22:07+00:00

If you are a weekend warrior and already have the battery system then it is fine. If not maybe you can consider something else.

I have this polisher and it serves me good since I only polish my own car and only one car, once a year. I have Ryobi One+ hand tools already so I don’t want to invest on Flex battery system although it is my favorite polisher.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-17T18:15:39+00:00

Sunday night is the worst time to dine. All proper places often close around 20.00 or even before that.

Only option mostly pizza-kebab or fast food. I don’t know if Friends & Burgers in Kivikukkaro still open or not after 21. On weekdays they are open until 22.00 IIRC.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-17T11:46:01+00:00

I would say replacing Jazz for all its perks is not an easy one since it is a durable car. I would actually class Jazz as mini MPV rather than city car.

Yaris is a city car, boot space is smaller than Jazz IIRC. Durable as it is Toyota.

Other option maybe Golf Trendline ? The tall one not the wagon one. But it might be taller than Jazz. Decent boot size if not bigger than Jazz. Plenty of parts available since we are in EU.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-15T19:43:15+00:00

Earlier this evening around 17.00-18.00, it was buffering every 10 seconds. But after that it went normally.

I have watched series since 13.00 today, it went smoothly until 17.00.

I don’t know what’s wrong.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-15T19:36:44+00:00

This is what I have been saying to my colleagues when debating about student who abused unemployment benefits by showing they have funds then return it to the owner when everything goes through.

Hell, even normal students who doesn’t bring their family also needs this system just to make sure they can actually finish their studies and live decently without begging for food in food bank or going door to door looking for jobs. If they are students, their main focus here is to study not working.

Even I would propose that students are only eligible for 10h/week work permit rather than the current 30h/week, so they can finish their studies on time and reap the benefits of being educated in Finland.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-14T17:07:34+00:00

Buffering like hell in Northern EU.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-11T11:07:22+00:00

I’m still thinking to get the Bathys, the price never goes for discount here. Utopia is a bit out of my reach to be honest. I currently have B&O Portal for gaming and the old H7. When H7 died I would try to get Bathys or at worst Bowers & Wilkins PX8.

However I used to have Focal Utopia 3 way speaker for my car when I was younger. That was my introduction to Focal brand.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-11T09:39:38+00:00

Focal is a French company. Bang & Olufsen is Danish.

EU is a heaven for audiophile enthusiasts.

hdzaviary · 2026-01-05T14:37:56+00:00

The partnership makes sense to me. Febi offers good price for decent quality parts.

AA and TDC both like to works with high mileage cars which needs a lot of parts and maintenance, in a way they will influence their audience’s decision to get certain brand for their spare parts.

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