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Finnish "Me" -page was the first ever created content page that I did in 1997. Here is the English version that was created at the same time. I never changed the layout of the page while it was online during 1997-2001, I only kept the text updated. Some of the external links may still be working.

The life of Jari-Pekka Mäkeläinen so far (and the saga goes on...)


Once upon a time there was a Tampere University Hospital in Finland. On a cold (an extremely cold one) winter day in a XXX 198X a miracle took place there: Jari-Pekka Mäkeläinen (picutre above) was born (applause).

At the age of seven the society brutally grab him from the elbows and threw him to the its endless treadmill: Primary school started in Tesomajärvi ala-aste. After six grades the society pushed him to the next level: Secondary school started in Tampere Klassillinen yläaste. After three years he proceeded from his 'own' will to Tampere Klassillinen Lukio (well, almost like high school), where he studied for three years and graduated in spring 199X
In June 199X he got a practice work in Tampere City Media Workshop.

Then he was pushed to compulsory civilian alternative service (weaponfree alternative for compulsory army, CO). After spending one month in training in Lapinjärvi training center (in Lapinjärvi) he was located to rehabilitation center for disabled people called Pääjärven kuntayhtymä in Lammi for 12 months.

After civilian alternative service (end of August XX) he applied and was selected to Satakunta Polytechnic in Pori. There he studies data processing. He works hard to graduate in three and a half years but it's a long long road ahead. We'll wait excited what the future brings.

Highlights from the life of Jari-Pekka Mäkeläinen

-Played soccer in Finnish 'top'(?!) team PP-70 as a defence player

-Did karate (for about week or two)

-Attented to a videoediting course and animation course

-Attented to a B&W photography course

-Was in secondary school the editor of school magazine 'Puhuri' for one year, and two years member otherwise in editoral staff

-Attented to a bowling course, as well as to a badminton course

-Was in U2 concert at Helsinki Olympic Stadium in 1997

-Got his driver's license at the age of 18

-When he was little he won a street painting competition, but it was really a fluke since a rain washed all the works away immediately, and the jury picked the winner by a DRAW!

-Was in Sori's Circus School

-Won (against all odds) tickets to a concert of an Italian rockgrandpa called Zucchero. The concert was held in the summer of 1999 at a club called Tavastia in Helsinki, but it was orginally supposed to be held at a larger place called the Helsinki Culture House). The competition was organised by a local radiostation in Tampere called the (Radio 957).

-Happened to win tickets to Eros Ramazzotti concert in Pori, Finland held June 2001. Strange luck.

From here you can read Jari's answers when he was put on a spot with short but tight questions

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