Happy Midsummer or hyvää juhannusta as they would say in Finland. Our good old Finland is ing into holiday mode, cities get empty and folks pack their backs to move to country side. Yes, the annual semi compulsory drink-feat which we also call midsummer is here. As today has already been a national holiday the shipment of goods ordered since yesterday all the way to Sunday will only be shipped on Monday. So our crew also takes an initiative to chill a bit. So I’ll have a local beverage to toast juhannus and will then get some shut eye. Not so busy day ahead so be easy y’all. We’ll be back in no time…

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First off, happy Midsummer to you and yours. Or as they say in Finland, hauskaa juhannusta. Midsummer 2011 is here already, we’re already past the solstice and the day in Finland is at its longest. I would have probably missed the entire holiday unless people wished me happy midsummer. Since this is not such a big deal in Malaysia it comes as no surprise that we are not lighting up bonfires or anything like that.

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