PERSONAL BACKGROUND

i was lucky to be born in Finland (Helsinki), one of the wealthy Nordic countries, where I am still living. Being endowed with a reasonable amount of wit and with the help of the excellent Finnish education system, I managed to graduate from the Helsinki School of Economics (B.Sc. in Business Administration). After five years of domestic employment, it was time to work abroad - 4,5 years in Saudi-Arabia and one year in Libya . Later on I had the chance to study and work 6 months in China (Tianjin, Shanghai). Clan Ylä-Kauttu comes from Ruovesi in Central Finland.

MOTTO OF LIFE

"The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose." Richard Leider

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• practice makes perfect
• take the bull by the horn
• strike while the iron is hot
• you can't win if you don't play
• slow and steady wins the race
• good manners don't cost anything
• you are sure to get what you deserve
• a good picture is worth a thousand words
• you cannot please everybody, so keep your own style

HOBBIES

• Languages
• Gardening
• Blogging
• Tennis, gym
• Cycling (7trips to Europe)
• Photographing

FAVOURITE MOVIES

The Shawshank Redemption (click)

FAVOURITE MUSIC

• Alan Parsons Project
• Deep Purple
• Electric Light Orchestra
• Gipsy Kings
• Juliane Werding
• Joe Cocker
• Moody Blues
• Pink Floyd
• Queen
• Roy Orbison
• Tina Turner

FAVOURITE FOOD

FAVOURITE FLOWERS AND VIEWS IN HELSINKI

PLACES I HAVE LIVED IN

China
 

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh and Jizan

Libya

Finland
 

PLACES I WOULD LIKE TO GO

Mount Antero in Colorado

PEOPLE I ADMIRE

FRIENDS AROUND

FINLAND - Suomi

• Map of Finland
• Virtual Finland - Your window on Finland
• VisitFinland - The Official Travel and Tourism Guide
• Country Profile of Finland (About.com)
• FINNGUIDE - Finland Information in English

• Helsinki -  The Capital of Finland
• Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau

About.com:

• Helsinki Travel Guide
• Helsinki's Top Attractions
• Cheap Hotels in Helsinki

How to get there:

Flights to Finland Blue1

PICTURES FROM HELSINKI AND ELSEWHERE

More pictures from Helsinki/Finland can be found on my pages at:

• http://anteroyk.wordpress.com/pictures-from-finland/
• http://hetas.wordpress.com/kuvia-helsingista/

The Fortress of Suomenlinna 25.6.2009

Midnight Rugby 2009 in Myllypuro Urheilupuisto 12-13 June, Helsinki Finland

KUOPIO-KALLAVESI

Kuopion kaupunki (Wikipedia in Finnish)

The same in English by Google translate

the City of Kuopio homepages (in English)