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    Finnish Language Journey

    12 Things That Helped Me Improve My Finnish

    September 19, 2026 - By pinoyupnorth

    Reading Time: 9 minutesMy Finnish Language Journey — Part 5E Learning Finnish didn’t suddenly become easier for me because I discovered one perfect study method. There wasn’t one book, one class, one app, or one trick that magically made everything click. For me, improvement came from many small things happening…

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    Reading Time: 10 minutesMy Finnish Language Journey — Part 5C There are some things in Finnish that I can understand perfectly when I see them written on paper. Give me a sentence, my notes, and enough time to think, and I might be able to figure out which case ending,…

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    September 11, 2026 - By pinoyupnorth

    Reading Time: 14 minutesReading Time: 3 minutes5B Why Finnish was so difficult for me? There were a lot of reasons. Finnish is VERY new to me. I didn’t think of it even when I was young, living in the Philippines, or even when I was living in Dubai, that oh!…

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Hei! I’m Dii Roqz, the voice behind Pinoy Up North.

We’re from the Philippines, and my family’s journey has taken us through Dubai and eventually to our new home in Finland, where we arrived in April 2023.

Here, I share our everyday experiences – from family life and travel to health, education, migration, and the joys and challenges of adapting to life in the Nordic north.

I hope our stories inspire, inform, and remind you that home isn’t just a place … but memories we create along the way.

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