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NO 06
THIS ISSUE
Patteri Network
STARTUPWORKSHOP
Meet the new students GD14
Food
CINNAMONROLLS
STUDENT MAGAZINE
KYMENLAAKSO UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES | 10.10.14 | Vol. 17
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Editor in chief: Hugh Clack
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EDITORIAL
34 Gb – that is the average amount of informa-
tion a typical American consumes during one
day. 130 times – this is how often the same
typical American looks at his cell phone. Fa-
cebook updates, news web-sites, movies and
TV – we are looking for the information ever-
ywhere because people want to feel being
a part of the environment they live in. How
much of the content that passes through us
is false? How much of it is true? Or there are
no truthful or deceitful content, no “black and
white” information?
We are not Americans, but we are trying to
feel the pulse of what is going on as well. So
Insider continues its holy mission and helps
you to keep an eye on the life here in Kyamk.
This time we review Start-up workshops that
took place in the previous week, ask Game
Design freshmen how it feels to study in Me-
duusa Studio at Kyamk and what do they
think about the study program for one of the
strongest majors here. We also cook some
sweetness for the Day of Cinnamon Rolls and
find out what Finnish students miss while
they’re in Ireland on exchange.
Let’s keep it simple: we write about the life
you are creating. So take your eyes off the
Facebook news feed and look around: Octo-
ber brings Kouvola beautiful shades. Green
becomes emerald, inchworm and cadmium
green. Yellow crumbles into canary and am-
ber yellow. Red is now burgundy, carnelian or
cinnabar. No black and no white. Shades. That
is what really matters.
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Anna
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EXCHANGE VIEW
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This week we made a trip to Kilkenny. In fact we made a
trip there on the first week also but the city is so lovely that
we decided to go there again. For a student, return ticket is
eleven euros, so it isn’t that expensive. I like Kilkenny becau-
se it looks so stereotypically Irish. All the small houses are
different colours with different coloured doors.
The city won the hurling triumph last week and you can see
that everywhere. You could see black and yellow flags all
over the city. It is easy to notice that it isn’t just football that
is popular here but also hurling and gaelic football.
When comparing Ireland to Finland, there is a huge diffe-
rence in the way that people behave. Our trip to Kilkenny
proved it again that people love small talk here and it is
easy to meet new people. We went to a restaurant where
we met an Irish guy who was in Kilkenny because of his
friend’s wedding. After few magic tricks and small talk, he
asked if he could join us. In Finland usually if a 40-year-old
man talks to you and show you magic tricks you would ask
him to leave, but in here it just makes sense to have lunch
with a stranger. Although I think that was great moment
with all the randomness, I think it’s one of the stories not to
tell your parents.
And in the matter of fact my parents are visiting me next
week. I’m really looking forward to it. Not because I would
be extremely homesick but because I assume that they
will bring me some Finnish candies. I have to admit that
I do miss salmiakki and Fazer‘s chocolate. Otherwise I’m
pretty happy with the food here and the fact that it is less
expensive. For example I bought a huge bag of food only for
ten euros. It also might be a downside as I probably need to
book two seats for me when flying back to Finland, but for
now I’m just happy to get cheap bacon.
Text & Photos: Karoliina Niemi
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PATTERI‘S
STARTUP WORKSHOP Text: Diana KamaletdinovaPhotos: Patteri(Sabine Suorsa)It is not an exaggeration that we
are given plenty of opportunities
during our studies in Kyamk.
The experience that is gained from
them is priceless and can be used
during our further education. One of
those important events is the Start-
up Workshop where you can create
your business idea, pitch it and form
a team to work on it.
This autumn, the Workshop was held
on October 3-4 in Metsola campus
in Kotka. During the first busy day,
participants were able to present
their ideas, vote for others‘ business
projects, form teams and, eventually,
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develop their start-ups. All of this they have
done with a help of amazing coaches – Fabian,
Laura, Povilas and Will.
During the second day, our teams were mostly
working on their pitching skills to be able to
convince people in the need of their start-up.
This difficult, but exciting work resulted in
several interesting projects: application for
mushroom identification, web-site of events
in Finland, web-site for freshmen designers,
application for easy shopping and creative
work space for designers. Some of these ideas
are going to be developed in the future, which
is a great result for two days work.
One of the best part of this event was the op-
portunity to work with people from different
departments and nationalities. It was quite
educating that teams were internati-
onal and one could find designers, IT
and business people in a one group.
Of course, some students are go-
ing to say that free lunches, pizzas
and chocolate have made their day.
Maybe they are right. What work can
be done if you are thinking about
your empty stomach all the time?
Well, we didn‘t have such a problem.
Everything was organized on a high
level!
I would highly recommend you to
participate in all events in the fu-
ture, because it‘s not just about
gaining experience, but also about
having fun!
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GAME DESIGN STUDIES@KYAMK
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Where are you from?
Julia:I‘m from Tallinn, Estonia.
Henni:Finland, Tuusula born and raised.
Adam:USA
If you‘re not Finnish, how has it been for you to move to
another country?
Julia:It was all right. The first day was really stressing
though, because I tried to deal with all matters concerning
my change of location in one day, but then I figured that I
should do things one step at a time and everything has been
great since.
Adam:Difficult, confusing, and expensive, but worth it.
How is life here different to from where you are from?
Julia:Well, the town is a whole lot smaller, so it‘s hard to
get used to the fact that the shops close early and there are
This autumn Kyamk welcomed the new Game Design students. About 20 student from five different nations.
Three of the new GD students, Julia Rässa (19), Henni Makkonen (22), Adam Stanley (28), answered a few
questions about themselves and what the studies have been like for them so far.
not so many buses on weekends. The streets are often so
empty, which is a in a way a good thing because I can
have these little Disney princess moments with singing
out loud and nobody will know. I got one and only big
culture shock from Finland. It‘s the fact that there‘s no
curd snacks here or a very small variety in some shops.
You locals have no idea what you‘re missing out on!
Henni:I‘m being more social than before, whoa. Apart
from that not much has changed. More busses.
Adam:Colder, different people (foreign and native), diffe-
rent languages, less cars and less raging drivers.
How did you find out about the GD program in Kyamk
and what made you want to study it?
Julia:I basically was trying to find a study place in Nordic
countries online last year, that involved something creati-
ve and was for free. Then I saw this programme and was
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like: „Hey, didn‘t I dream of becoming a game designer
once and dad laughed at me for it? I‘ll give it a try.“ WELL
LOOK WHO‘S LAUGHING NOW.
Henni:My teacher blurted out that Kyamk now has a GD
program in addition to the game programming. Guess
what happened.
Adam:I‘ve always wanted to be in the video game indust-
ry since age 13 or 14 in the „visual“ areas such as concept
artist, 3D artist, environment/level and character design. I
was referred to Kyamk by a friend of mine.
Have you liked it so far?
Julia:So far, so good. Not regretting a thing. Although,
at first I was really nervous like: ‚What if I actually don‘t
belong?“
Henni:Yepa! Has been awesomesauce.
Adam:Yes, love it. Lots of fun, finally got to experience
Oculus Rift.
Is this the first time you studying at a UAS? If not, what
have you studied before and how does it benefit you in
your studies right now?
Julia:Yes, my first time at UAS. Can‘t add anything here.
I‘m just fresh out of high school and now I‘m here.
Henni:Nah, studied game programming in Kyamk‘s
Metsola campus (Kotka) for two years. Sadly it mostly
just benefits me with experience, not that many credits.
(Two courses, WOO!)
Adam:Yes, first time.
Anymore information you are willing to give?
Julia:I love food, both eating it and cooking it. During
breaks I nest anywhere possible and take nap. One should
seize any opportunity to sleep. I love dressing up becau-
se even if my life‘s a mess, but I‘m still looking pretty in
this dreeeeesss~ I also like mythology, sparkly things,
feminism, coconut flavoured everything, Jamie Woon‘s
flawless singing, CAH and Gravity Falls. My favourite
colours are yellow, peach pink and mint green.
Henni:Shockingly enough I‘m a gamer and I like to draw.
Never expected that from a GD student, eh? As an added
bonus I love cooking.
Adam:Shoe size: 52 // Favorite color: Blue // Spirit animal:
a chicken? // Pepsi or Coke: Coke // Right/Left handed:
Right // Blood Type: O // Height: 193.04cm // Weight: Too
heavy // Cake or pie: Pie all the way, cake is a lie // Chi-
cago or New York City: uh NYC // Swam with dolphins?
No, but seen them // Swam with sharks? Yes, unpleasant
experience // Got mauled by a jellyfish? yes... // Pinched
by a crab? A lot // Note: I‘m hearing-impaired, severe he-
aring loss since birth. I wear hearing device on both ears.
I‘m also a lip reader.
We hope that you will enjoy your studies here. Have a
fantastic time!
Text:Sarah Rosenthal, Illustrations:Julia Rässa
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VITA BALAMA
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The Week before last was full of different events: lec-
tures given by our partner universities representatives,
the exchange students‘ presentations of their home
universities, amazingly organised Salsa lunch break
and, impossible not to mention, highly anticipated an-
nual food tasting in Paja( probably the best thing that
happened during the whole week). As a part of the In-
ternational Week at KyAMK, we would like to introduce
our guest lecturer who came all the way from Latvia
- Vita Balama, who works as an assistant professor on
the faculty of translation studies (Modern Languages
and Intercultural Communication). Mrs. Balama was
too kind to answer a couple of my questions related
to her personal experience in the field of giving public
speeches sharing with us a piece of valuable advice for
the future public speakers.
Hello! To start with, could you
please introduce yourself to our
readers? Hello, my name is Vita Ba-
lama. I come from Latvia. I am an
English, Business English and Eng-
lish for Electronics teacher. I have
created my own program which is
called «languages and intercultu-
ral communication». I have studied
English in Riga University and in
Moscow as well.
Which university do you repre-
sent? I represent Venspils Univer-
sity College, Latvia.
Are you in Finland for the first
time? I’ve been to Finland for many
times! Moreover, I was at Kyamk
last spring.
If so, what has changed ever since
you’ve visited Kymenlaakso for the
first time? It has changed a lot: people, premi-
ses and also system of lectures has changed.
Let’s talk about your home country: how
would you describe Latvia and Latvians in
your own words? Latvians, one the one hand,
have a great, warm hospitality, but as to the
inner circles, they might be competitive and
even envious.
Ok, how do you think then, is being «interna-
tional» or flexible to other cultures import-
ant nowadays? Why? Yes, sure! The world is
shrinking. There’s no problem to go to another
country anymore. It has became a necessity.
Especially businessmen understood the im-
portance of being «intercultural»
You gave as such an interesting lecture
about Intercultural Communication today.
Could you please give a piece of advice
based on your personal expertise in the
area of presenting the topic in front of the
audience on how to be success-
ful at giving public speeches?It
depends on a person, in fact, but
you have to believe in what you are
saying, first of all. And of course, you
have to have a certain knowledge to
present something. For the starters
who make their first presentation it
is important to check the presen-
tation materials and technologies
that are going to be used during the
speech. Moreover, you may present
your materials to your friends, fa-
mily or in front of the mirror firstly.
Well, thank you for the interview
and for coming here, Vita. Enjoy
your time in Finland!
Thank you!
Text:Alena Kiianichenko,Photo:Iuliia Pogorelova
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In this week’s issue it is a pleasure for us to get to
know something that we probably didn’t know about
our charming Patteri girl Sabine Suorsa.
I’m sure that the second and third year students know
at least something about you, but newcomers probably
don’t. So, tell us please where you come from, a couple
of words about your home country.
Well, my name is Sabine, as you already know. I’m wor-
king at the university here as a staff member and I’m also
a vice president of Patteri Entrepreneur Society. I’m also
working for Patteri Network, which is a part of ES, but not
the same thing. I graduated from KyAMK in May, being
alumni on International Business. I’m originally coming
from Austria. My hometown is located in the middle of the
Alps. Basically, my family is in tourist business so I have
an entrepreneurial background and that’s why what I do
for Patteri exactly fits my profile.
Why Finland?
My husband is Finnish. He is a professional ice-hockey
player and after he finished his hockey career, we’ve
decided to move to Finland. I wanted to make a second
degree, that’s why I came to KyAMK.
Ok, tell us something about your hobbies/interests.
What inspires you the most?
My interests? Well, for sure it is skiing – I’m a winter kind
of person. I love sports! My inspiration is my students
here, their talent and, of course, their entrepreneurial
mindset. I’m pretty passionate about that and my mission
is to get people to know more about entrepreneurship.
My other interests, for sure, is to read. My family is the
most important thing in my life: my husband and my little
daughter…of course my friend, I love them.
What does Patteri mean to you?
Patteri means a lot to me because it is an opportunity of
a lifetime for students to take their own life in their own
hands. That’s the vision we have to promote and that’s
what Patteri is about.
How long have you been a part of it?
I started to work for Patteri in 2013 in the spring, so it’s
like 1,5 years already.
How do you like your Patteri team, guys you collaborate with?
Oh, I love them! We are an extremely good team. We work
very efficiently, productively, but we also have a lot of fun,
which is the most important thing. It’s great to work with
my guys!
What are the benefits people who want to join Patteri
will definitely get?
Well, apart from having fun, they are getting a lot of ex-
perience and knowledge. For sure, they are getting their
entrepreneurial spirit. For example, someone is studying
marketing and wants to make an event, so you learn
something about marketing event organisation and all
these kinds of things at the same time. So, you gain a
lot of knowledge besides your normal study life and you
have an extra kind of work. You go «outside» and be fully
educated and motivated, an employer would be very
happy about that.
You has probably a lot of experience in Finland and you
see that people are eager to set their own businesses
here. So, is it the same in Austria?
No! In Finland it is a little bit easier to set up the business.
In Austria we have a lot of bureaucracy, in Finland, of
course, as well, but the start-up movement is way bigger
here than in Austria. That’s for sure because of the game
industry: the world leading game industry companies are
from Finland. For example, ‘Rovio’ or ‘Supercell’. Finland is
a very technological country, too, so it has more potential
in this field. //Text:Alena Kiianichenko, Photo:Patteri
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SABINE SUORSA
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TOOLS
bowl,rolling pin,baking pan,oven
1. Mix in warm milk, 1 tbsp. of sugar, yeast, 1 tbsp
of flour and leave for 15-20 minutes.
2. Add all the flour, salt, then 3/4 of softened butter
and make the dough.
3. Leave the dough in a warm place for 1 hour. Mix
the cinnamon and sugar.
4. Make from the finished dough flat rectangular form.
5. Coat the entire surface of the dough with butter
INGREDIENTS
500 g of flour,
200 ml milk
100 g butter,
10 g yeast
100 g sugar,
1 egg,
2 tablespoons of cinnamon
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CINNAMON BUNS
On 4th of October Scandinavian countries celebrated the day of cinnamon rolls!
and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture.
6. Roll dough into a roll. Slice the roulade on buns.
7. Put the cinnamon rolls at the covered baking
paper and greased pan at a distance of about 5 cm
apart. Then smear each muffin with beaten egg.
8. Bake cinnamon rolls in 200-210° C prehea-
ted oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Text:Diana Tykhonenko & Alexandra Ivchenkova
Photo:Iuliia Pogorelova
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MOVIE REVIEW INFO
10.10.2014.-16.10.2014.
STUDIO 123
Kymenlaaksonkatu 1
45700 Kuusankoski
05 3792082
www.studio123.fi
MUUMIT RIVIERALLA|(S)|8€|
every evening 17:15|1h16min
VADELMAVENEPAKOLAINEN|(7)|10€
every evening 18:54||1h34min
MIELENSÄPAHOITTAJA|(S)|10€
every evening 16:30, 18:30|1h43min
SECRET CINEMA-yllätysleffa|(12)|7€
Fri 19:45|?h?min
TRACKS|(12)|10€
Fri,Sat, Wed, Thu 17:00|1h52min
VIIRU JA PESONEN:Pikkukepposia ja
suurta ystävyyttä|(S)|8€
Sun-Tue 17:00|1h30min
GONE GIRL|(16)|10€
Sun-Mon 19:00|2h29min
A MOST WANTED MAN|(16)|10€
Sat,Tue-Thu 19:00|2h02min
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This movie is loosely based on a book by Alan Snow called „Here be monsters!“., brought
to us by studio Laika which has done Coraline and ParaNorman. It is basically about a kid
who gets taken by the fantastically creative creatures called Boxtrolls.
The trailer was cute and promised so much that I was very eager to see the rest. Once
reading it was from the same studio as Coraline, the expectations got pumped up. Unfor-
tunately, I was a bit disappointed.
Though a lovely movie, with fantastic artwork, cool characters and cute jokes, there was
something a bit lacking from it all. It did not have the depth of the story or something
substantially novel that I expected from it.
It was quite predictable and things resolved were very much expected. Most of all, I won-
der, how kids will be able to watch this movie. Though loads of fun, it had some seriously
scary/ gory stuff as well. A guy explodes in it. Literally. Explodes. For a kid that could be
quite a fright. Though, in comparison to Laikas previous movies, it is not quite as dark.
The Boxtrolls were phenomenal! Toothy, ugly little creatures, quirky and greatly named,
with their individual qualities and persistence kept me interested throughout. As far as
creatures go, this little buggers are innovative and they rock!
All in all, I can say that this is most definitely worth watching, but I would recommend
lowering your expectations.
THE BOXTROLLS(2014) / Director: Graham Annable / Genre: Animation / Star-
ring: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost / Rating:
Mattea
INSIDE INFO
KOUVOLA
10.10 Stratovarius
Starting 23.00
House Of Rock / Valtakatu 28
Tickets: 24€ / 28€
12.10 Open Skate! TryRoller Derby
Starting 13.00
Kuusankosken Urheilutalo / Uimahallintie 10
15.10 Ice Hockey: KooKoo – SaPKo
Starting 18.30
Kouvolan jäähalli / Topinkuja 1
Tickets: 20€ / 16€ / 12€ students
16.10 Student’s Board Game Night
Starting 18.00
Restaurant Aula, Hotel Vaakuna / Kouvola
KOTKA
10.10 Dj Anssi Honkanen
Starting 22.00
Amarillo Kotka / Keskuskatu 21
Free entrance till 24.00 / 7€
15.10 Elephant ball tournament 2014
Starting 15.30
KilpisenKenttä / Kotka
Free entrance
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HELSINKI
11.10-19.10 The Carnival of Light
Linnanmäki / Helsinki
Free entrance to the park, tickets: From 35€
11.10 – 02.11 Circus Finlandia
KaisaniemenPuisto / Kaisankuja
Tickets: From 16€
more info: www.sirkusfinlandia.fi
17.10-19.10 I Love Me – Expo
Tickets: 18 € / 15€ / 11€
more info: www.messukeskus.com
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