Malaysians Abroad

Finland Independence Day

December 6

Finland’s Independence Day (in Finnish Itsenäisyyspäivä) is a national public holiday held on December 6 to celebrate Finland’s declaration of independence from the Russian empire. The festivities usually commence with the raising of the flag on Tähtitorni hill, in Helsinki. There is usually also a religious service at the Helsinki Cathedral, followed, in the evening, by a gala reception for approximately 2000 invited guests at the Presidential Palace. This event is broadcast on TV, and while it glues many Finns to the TV set, the reception invariably attracts the attentions of demonstrators, supportive of various causes.

The Finnish Defence Forces arrange a parade in one or other of the garrison cities. In 2005, the parade was in Lahti, Southern Finland

Source: Wikipedia

It is traditional for Finnish families to light two candles in the windows of their home in the evening. Historically these two candles were used as a sign to inform Finnish Jäger troops that the house was ready to offer shelter and keep them hidden from the Russians. The Ilkka Remes novel “6/12” documents about a hostage situation in the Presidential Palace.

Independence day is the most noticeable of the national holidays in Finland. There are parades, such as the university students’ torch parades, medals are awarded, and festive functions are held. During the early decades of independence, this day was a very solemn occasion marked by patriotic speeches and special Church services. From the 1970s onwards, however, Independence day celebrations have taken on livelier forms, with shops decorating their windows in the blue and white of the Finnish flag, and bakeries producing cakes with blue and white icing. Today, rock stars and entertainers have been accepted as worthy interpreters of Finnish patriotism.

Malaysians Abroad: Raz of Penang Plays Tunes on His Laptop

To get the code for this special piece of composition, visit Raz @ C.Razier

This special pc is composed by Raz Hoe, Malaysians Abroad Friend. He’s a VIP to us :)

Raz lives in Penang. He’s currently working in an IT firm. One of the biggest in the country. During his spare time, he likes to invent mods as well as design websites on a freelance basis.

Raz has done up a lot of websites and forums. He has also volunteered to design our website for us.

Malaysians Abroad: Mikkeli, Finland

We received a personal intro from one of our members. Jackie from Klang currently residing in Mikkeli, Finland has a little something about herself to tell you …

Hi everybody! I am Jackie Ng Poh Suan, born and grow up in Klang, Selangor. I went to Chinese primary school in Klang, after the secondary school, I further studied in UUM under BBA course major marketing. I used to have active life in my school time in terms of society activities as well as sports.

All these years, I have been working as a marketing personnel in the service industry, as that is what I prefer, communicating with people. I enjoy the process of a complete marketing process, which begins from an inquiry stage to negotiation stage, and finally to close the deal! I have been hadling all my projects from back to back, so I hardly have time to think how boring my job can be. In fact, it is so interesting for me that I just felt married to my job. Looking at the smiling faces of my clients at the end of a project or event, gives me a lot of self-accomplishment and job satisfaction.

My parents and my two elder sisters are staying permenantly in Singapore. My elder brother is staying in Klang, Malaysia. So, in a way, I have two sides I could always go home to. All of them are married and each of them with 2 babies, and they have a single aunty, which is me, who love them so much.

I have been travelling a lot on work and leisure, and I am currently working in a woodworking machine in Mikkeli, Finland. They employed me to take care of the Asian market as my previous job experience to deal with the Asians have truly impressed my boss. Thus, sometimes I need to travel from Finland to Asia on sales call.

I am glad that Carmen had recommended me to join Malaysians Abroad.net. I feel so good when I know there is actually so many Malaysians around the world. We could share experience and information among each other. Thank you for taking the time to read about me and that’s my life! May everybody lives happily ever after ……