“My flat is tiny yet it eats all my money
So I am left with nothing the save the world with.”

With so much furore over public citizens expressing their disdain through music, I thought I’d share a video I came across today. It is another example of people using music and a little bit of humour to voice out things that bug them.

This is the Helsinki Complaints Choir (yes, believe it) who performed a whole song dedicated to complaints. Watching this video and reading the comments made me realise a few things.

1. People always think that THEIR country has the most complaining people, because they think THEIR country has the most things to complain about. We humans are never satisfied, eh?

2.People all over the world complain about the same things.
In the song, the Helsinki people complain about long working hours. Who doesn’t?
“People only take a stand in sms-forums”. Isn’t that a very similar situation in our country too?

3.Women complain more than men. Just check out the female:male ratio of this choir!

There are some rather funny rants in the song which I spoil the fun if I just typed them out here (But my faves are around the 5:40 - 6:00 of the song).

At the end of the day, the video just goes to show that no country is perfect, even post-industrialized Finland. I mean, of course there is so (very) much that is left to be desired in this country.
But would you be able to stand the -50 degrees weather and 3 hours of sunlight a day in winter?
Some policies in our country do need major tweaking, but can you eat dimsum alfresco for US$4 a person at 4am in Helsinki?

Moral of the story: Don’t just sit there complain-complain, form a complaints choir!

Another video I thought I would share. It is guaranteed to make you all mushy inside: the Helsinki Free Hugs campaign! (I swear I am turning into a “scandinaviophile”)
And for any of my friends still suffering from Glasgow withdrawal syndrome, a Scottish version.