Penkkarit

En sano niin paljon tästä, mutta pitää kirjoittaa vähän suomeksi :P Penkkarit oli aivan mahtava. Minä mietin koko aja ’Miks meillä ei ole jotakin näin? Mää haluan heittää karkkia!’ Ehkä kun minulla on minun ylioppiston päättäjäiset, minä pukeutun odosti ja heitän karkkia. Kaikki olisi ’mitä hänen ongelmia? Ah niin, hän oli vaihto-oppilas. He ovat aivan outo, vaihto-oppilat.’

Se oli masentava, kun kaikki toisen vouden puhuvat ensi vuodesta (vau sori, tuo oli mahtava lause). Minä olen surullinen, että minä en ole täällä Muhoksella ensi vuonna... Mutta minä voin katsoa kaikki kuvat ja kuvitella minä olin tuossa!  

JK. En tiedä kennen idea se oli, että oppetaja tekevät Chubby Bunny, mutta voi ei se oli hauska. Hyvin tehty! 

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Penkkarit was everything that they said it would be, and it was awesome. I arrived at school to see some of the best and worst costumes ever. Every single Abi (third year) went all out, and the result was fantastic! The whole school piled into the gym for a presentation full of funny songs (at least, I think they were funny, haha), strange gifts to teachers, and little shows put on by the teachers. The highlights were when the teachers were asked to ‘act out what the Abis would be doing tonight’, which of course turned into a party scene with teachers throwing up, passed out on the floor, or being the classic Finnish boy and sitting in the corner with a drin- *cough cough* energy drink. This was the final product:

Four teachers were also selected to play the game ‘Chubby Bunny’ which is, for those who don’t know, a game where you have a plate of marshmallows and have to shove as many in your mouth as you can, but with the addition of each marshmallow must say/ attempt to say “Chubby Bunny”. Props to the Abis who thought of this because it was hilarious. I almost peed my pants watching, and half the audience had tears in their eyes. Here are some of the best photos I took, when my hands were steady enough to capture a photo:

After this assembly, the third years got to eat the cakes that myself and other second years made the day before. The parents of the third years also came to the school at this point to speak with the teachers and enjoy the rest of the festivities. Conveniently, there was a Finland men’s hockey game against Austria at that time, so most of the third years sat glued to the TV, as well as many of the dads and even moms. After some socializing, the fun began again for the Abis…

Each of the third years was carried out to these big trailers by second years. I really mean carried out. Once they were all loaded into the trailers, they thanked us by throwing candy for us. I spent most of the time dodging the tasty projectiles, because some of those kids had quite an arm! One of the teachers had a helmet on, and a big bucket to collect the candy. He was obviously a veteran, because I would have loved a helmet at that point. Then, with a chorus of screams from the third years, the trucks drove off down the street to visit all the elementary schools in the Muhos area. Thankfully the weather had warmed up from the -20 degrees we had the previous weeks, so we didn’t lose any third years to the cold.

(Kiitos paljon Jemiina kuvasta!)

While the third years were impaling children with candy, the second years were stuck cleaning up the mess. I actually had fun cleaning up, and managed to dodge all the icing in the cake fight… but it was depressing to hear the second years talking about how it’ll all be their turn next year. I have really started to feel a part of this school, and knowing that I won’t be here to throw candy and dress up with them is quite sad.

PS. The one on the left is a guy, if you couldn't tell.

SAM AND FRODO

All the third years in their crazy costumes

After this long day I went home and mentally prepared myself for the vanhojen tanssit, which were the next day. I am writing all about this in another post, which will be up soon…ish…maybe. Haha no promises :P