Guess Who Am I

I wanted to test drive the Range Rover Sport - after waiting for about three weeks I was arranged this nice model with 2.7 liter turbocharged diesel engine. I must say that this is so far the best car to drive what I have experienced, the ride is very smooth and comfortable.

I was supposed to have this car for the whole weekend but on Saturday morning there was unpleasant surprise waiting for me in the parking lot. Two other cars also suffered the same and I had to take the Range Rover back as it wasn’t in the driving condition any longer. So sad that you wait for about three weeks for something and then you have only about nine hours time to actually enjoy it instead the full weekend.

Edit: Local newspaper Aamulehti wrote an article about this case (unfortunately, only in Finnish).

Today bunch of guys from the office went to the driving school organised by Honda. It was arranged in the Nokian Tires test track nearby and offered excellent environment for some serious driving skill learning. The usual “Avoid the moose” and break on the slippery road was included and I must say that after you try to break hard on the slippery road and also steer the car and your speed is above 90 kph then it gets a little bit difficult.

We had also a nice collection of different Honda cars in there including both Civics, both Accords and CR-V. I must say that I was surprised about the CR-V, it was handling very nicely for being a SUV.

Guess who forgot to bring his camera with him? Yep, me. I brought the camera with me to the office but left it there. Silly me but of course I was driving most of the time so I wouldn’t be able to take so many photos anyway.

I just wanted to test the new Volvo S80 for a weekend and ended up this one with D5 turbocharged diesel engine. It wasn’t the most sporty one but it was pretty nice to drive anyway.

I was visiting UK briefly and staying one night in the local hotel, which was actually very nice. The hotel was 17th Century coaching inn and provided very nice atmosphere to see a little bit UK countryside.

The weather was really awesome, +15 Celsius degrees (59 Fahrenheit degrees), sunny and felt really warm. The grass was green and there were flowers. You really were able to feel the Summer coming fast.

As the hotel was very traditional then of course also the bathroom was very traditional - I am already used to have a separate taps for cold and hot water and I manage well with this British system - this photo is just for your enjoyment.

I received the following poem from Xinyue months ago but I didn’t know that I will be reading it with different view few months later …

the furthest distance in the world
is not between life and death
but when i stand in front of you
yet you don’t know that
i love you

the furthest distance in the world
is not when i stand in front of you
yet you can’t see my love
but when undoubtedly knowing the love from both
yet cannot be together

the furthest distance in the world
is not being apart while being in love
but when plainly can not resist the yearning
yet pretending
you have never been in my heart

the furthest distance in the world
but using one’s indifferent heart
to dig an uncrossable river
for the one who loves you

the furthest distance in the world - Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

This poem has been circulating the Internet many times already and it has been translated many times. I am not sure but this translation could be actually from Chinese to English and original wasn’t in Chinese … anyway … it is not about how it is translated to different languages and when but the true importance is the meaning inside, in the words.

Sometimes distance is too much … Unfortunately, I experienced that. At least I still have my memories.

Note: I posted this only after I felt that it is time to post this. I didn’t feel like that almost a month ago. That is the reason why it appeared suddenly just now in here and is dated to March 5th, 2007 while it is written almost a month later.