Something about me

Päätin tehdä oman esittelyni Englanniksi, mutta loput päivityksistäni tulevat olemaan suomeksi :)

Hello!

I am Iiris Nieminen, 22 years old girl from Finland. I was born in Helsinki but at the age of 3 my family moved to Kerava where we have lived ever since. Kerava there wasn´t so many people living there but now they have built houses and company buildings to open fields and forests so population has almost doubled. Kerava has a tough reputation but I have always loved living there and have felt safe even when walking my dog at the middle of a night.
In my family there are my Dad, my older sister Iida and my dog Welsh Corgi Pembroke  named Rölli. At the moment I´m studying in Hyria Education for Diploma in Business Administration and I will graduate this June. After I graduate I would like continue studying in Finnish university. What I would like to study is still a big question. I´m staying in Randers for four weeks and going school called Tradium. Later I will tell you more about Tradium but it is basically just Danish copy of Hyria. I´m hoping to learn how to work in a foreign company environment. In Randers I´m living in a hostel. It is far from glamorous but it has the best bed I have ever slept on so I am not complaining!





In my free time I go to the near horse stables. I started riding when I was 7 years old. First I rode horses in equestrian centers but when I noticed that wasn´t enough for me I decided to start renting a horse. Renting a horse basically means that 3 times a week I treat the horse as my own. I also clean the horses box, groom her and ride her. That also means that if the horse is sick I can´t ride her but I still have to take good care of her. I also have to go to the stables even tough I´m tired or feeling sick. I think this is a good practice if I ever decide to buy horse of my own.

I have rented a horse named Vica for 3 years now. Vica is 9 year old Estonian sport horse mare. She is very kind and loves jumping. Sometimes she is lazy but when you put a jump in front of her, she gets excited.

I have participated in dressage and showjumping competitions with Vica. Jumps are her speciality but I really like dressage as well. In dressage, horse and rider are expected to perform from memory a series of predetermined movements. The judges are looking for excellent rhythm and regularity, relaxation, contact, impulsion, straightness and collection. In showjumping competitions you have to run through an obstacle course in a numerical order without making any mistakes and being as fast as you can. Also the obstacles are different height. I usually jump obstacles that are about 80cm high.


Last year I started kickboxing and I have loved to do it ever since! I really like heavy training and that is why kickboxing is just made for me. I now have yellow belt which is the second belt you can get and I would love to get as much belts as possible. I´m not interested of kickboxing competitions which is why I can´t get all the belts. In order to get different colored belts you must have trained for a certain time. The more belts you get the harder it is to get the next one. You have to start training others and also begin to compete.


I hope you will enjoy my stories of Denmark!!