Australian Planning to Move to Finland...

Pavlor · Post by **Pavlor** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:38 am

I love doctors here! I was told that I am allergic to water by one doctor and that my lungs are ihan puhtaita even though I have smoked over a million cigarettes in my life... Hardly cutting edge diagnoses by anyone's standards...

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Pilvii · Post by **Pilvii** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:54 am

Onegammyleg wrote: That example of the fin guy in oz with the dodgy doodle

haha... describes any Finns I have ever met in Australia

well, ones with 'doodles' anyhow

Mike&Hannele · Post by **Mike&Hannele** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:54 pm

Hey All...

We could argue who has the best and worst of everything...Finland will have somethings better and Australia will have others.

I, hate to say it, work for the gov't in health admin...there are good doctors and there are bad doctors...no matter what country you are in. We have great docs like the last Australian of the year who specialises in burns recovery and then we have Dr Patel...

My wife can't get her allergy medicine here in australia but there are ways around it.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that no one place is better than the other, you just have to live with it...if you can't...you go back to where you can

As they say when in Rome....do as the romans.

Mike.

disturbance · Post by **disturbance** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:15 pm

Pavlor wrote:I love doctors here! I was told that I am allergic to water by one doctor and that my lungs are ihan puhtaita even though I have smoked over a million cigarettes in my life... Hardly cutting edge diagnoses by anyone's standards...

my old man has smoked for over 40 years... about 5 years ago he decided it was time to get his lungs and heart tested... he was told his lungs are all clear..... and this is here in oz... take of that what you will!!

ok... ciggie break

disturbance · Post by **disturbance** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:16 pm

Mike&Hannele wrote:Hey All...

We could argue who has the best and worst of everything...Finland will have somethings better and Australia will have others.

I, hate to say it, work for the gov't in health admin...there are good doctors and there are bad doctors...no matter what country you are in. We have great docs like the last Australian of the year who specialises in burns recovery and then we have Dr Patel...

My wife can't get her allergy medicine here in australia but there are ways around it.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that no one place is better than the other, you just have to live with it...if you can't...you go back to where you can

As they say when in Rome....do as the romans.

Mike.

not a truer word spoken... any other view is plainly one eyed.

disturbance · Post by **disturbance** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:18 pm

Pilvii wrote:
Onegammyleg wrote: That example of the fin guy in oz with the dodgy doodle

haha... describes any Finns I have ever met in Australia
well, ones with 'doodles' anyhow

seen a lot of dodgy pussies here too

Pilvii · Post by **Pilvii** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:25 pm

disturbance wrote:
Pilvii wrote:
Onegammyleg wrote: That example of the fin guy in oz with the dodgy doodle

haha... describes any Finns I have ever met in Australia
well, ones with 'doodles' anyhow
seen a lot of dodgy pussies here too

Now you're just being gross!

internetta · Post by **internetta** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:40 pm

Onegammyleg ;D

Hahaha Mirrabooka!! Hahaha, I think my Dad lived around there when he was a kid

Where abouts in Perth were you from? :O

internetta · Post by **internetta** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:42 pm

I plan on holidaying in Finland, hopefully, late this year and then making a decision on whether I would like to move for a more permanent arrangement..

Definitely need to be learning the language, I know words, but not how to use them etc ;(

I wonder if there would be lessons somewhere in Perth..
Anyone know? :/

merirosvoLukas · Post by **merirosvoLukas** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:51 pm

Hey Im a kiwi living in Brisbane looking at spending some time with my girlfriend in Oulu next year. I just got back to Brisbane last week from a holiday over there, and am going through poro (reindeer meat) withdrawals already. Has anyone else fallen in love with the sweet sweet taste of roast Rudolph?

Pilvii · Post by **Pilvii** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:17 pm

When I first got home, I found some (I was shocked!) at some obscure butcher. Its long gone though

I think you could check out a local 'game meat' seller though... they usually have the more unusual meats. You could also ask from the Scandinavian Bakery at Springwood. If there is a place selling it - they will know (or help you find an alternative to get you through the addiction)

Onegammyleg · Post by **Onegammyleg** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:53 am

internetta wrote:Onegammyleg ;D

Hahaha Mirrabooka!! Hahaha, I think my Dad lived around there when he was a kid

Where abouts in Perth were you from? :O

Hi internetta.

I owned a house in Balga ( 1 suburb away from mirrabooka) some years ago and then sold it and moved to York (2hrs east from Perth) before coming here (Funland) 2 years ago.

I will be coming back to Perth in 2 months time for my annual pilgrimage to see my family who are still all over the norther suburbs.

Onegammyleg

Onegammyleg · Post by **Onegammyleg** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:08 am

Mark I. wrote:Onegammyleg, you should be more detailed and elaborate in bashing the Finnish system. Othervise, some reader might think you have some emotional outburst going on, little to do with real comparative analysis.

Hi Mark

Nahh , Finland is a great place , and definitely one of the best countries in the world with many great points.
Australia is also a good place , also with many great points.
A comparison between the two ,,in my opinion , is hard to judge , they are entirely different places and totally different life styles.

My reason for answering that last question passionately is that my medical problems were and are a life or death matter., and for a doctor , err , I mean a specialist in the top of his field , in a modern country (Finland isnt Africa) to be so out of the loop it is worrying.

I have found more information about my bone tumor publicly available on the internet than what this Finnish specialist knew.

Thats hardly confidence inspiring.

internetta · Post by **internetta** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:30 am

Ahh.
I'm south

South is where it's at!! lol

I hope to holiday in Finland over Christmas/New Years, to escape the heat and embrace the freeze!!

Anjamummi · Post by **Anjamummi** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:09 pm

Hi Mike!
You are welcome to join us at the Finnish Club at Mt Gravatt every second Saturday morning for Finnish classes for adults. Next class is 3rd March.

Or you can do a course through IML at UQ, which starts 12th March. This is a 11 week short course which will/can be extended further if there are enough willing students.

Anja

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