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Happy new year!!!

What do you want for the new year? Let's hope for a lot of LAUGHTER and an
end to SLAUGHTER, the contrast is stark, as this installation outside the
Nobel Peace center in Oslo illustrates.

Hva ønsker vi oss til nyttår? La oss håpe det blir mye latter og en slutt på
nedslaktning av folk, kontrasten er sterk, og på engelsk skiller bare en
bokstav, mao en hårfin balanse. Det blir viktig å trå rett i 2011.
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WE were the fireworks

.. as we poured this 3 liter champagne bottle into the stomachs of the group
of 10.

Denne nyttårsaftenen drakk vi fyrverkeriet, en 3 liter champagne flaske
Thomas hadde med seg.
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The turkey is ready!

Despite some hesitation for having a New Year's party in 2010, my brother
delivered a top notch dinner.

Til tross for nøling ift. nyttårsfest, så ble resultatet desto bedre, bror
leverer nok en gang til terningkast 6.
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Best before - christmas

My brother's Christmas tree withered fast, as we were away for a week
without watering it. Christmas (trees) definitely not last till Easter as
some say.

Tor Anders's juletre visnet raskt, ettersom vi forlot det en uke uten vann
og tilsyn. Jul(etrær) varer iallfall ikke til påsken..
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A remarkable sunset

I was afraid I would be bored as I was driving alone from Lillheammer to
Oslo, but I was too spellbound by a breathtaking sunset.

Jeg var red jeg skulle kjede meg når jeg kjørte fra Lillehammer til Oslo,
men jeg var fullt ut underholdt med en fantastisk solnedgang.
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Wilbert with his fiancée Tonje

After studying Chinese in Shanghai with me in 1996, Wilbert returned to
Benelux and happened to find a Norwegian girl at his university in Holland,
that lives only an hour drive from my parent's home in Lillehammer. It's a
small world, any many international relationships thrive.

Etter å ha studert kinesisk med med i Shanghai tilbake i 1996, så dro
Wilbert tilbake til Benelux og fant ei Norsk jente på universitetet sitt i
Nederland. Tonje's barndomshjem er bare en times kjøring unna mitt, så da er
det enkelt å besøke. Forlovelse har det blitt, spennende år i Dubai, og
planer om flytting til Norge.
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Delayed departure

As we were supposed to head back to Oslo, we noticed a pool of oil where the
car had been parked, as we backed out of the garage. It was easily fixed
though, by changing the oil filter, cars don't like -20 degrees+ for days.

Når vi skulle tilbake til oslo la vi merke til en stor oljeflekk hvor bilen
hadde vært parkert, år vi rygget ut av garasjen. Det var lett å reparere
dog, ved å bytte oljefilteret, visstnok vanlig at pakningene ikke tåler
sprengkulde.
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Wild salmon as it is supposed to be

The best dinner during Christmas was probably this 3,2 KG salmon, that my
oldest brother had caught during summer. I had the honor of gutting and
cleaning it.

Julas beste malted var trolig denne 3,2 KG villlaksen fra Hardangervidda,
som Per Martin fisket i sommer. Selv fikk jeg æren av å sløye den og renske
bort skjellene.
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6years old, and not dangerous with a shotgun

Firstly the shotgun was of course not loaded, but even if it had been, my
young nephew pretty much failed to hit anything in the shooting simulator,
even if using it as a machine gun.

Jens Martin viste seg å være nokså ufarlig med hagle, for det første var den
ikke ladd selvsagt, men uansett om den hadde vært det bommet han stort sett
på alt han siktet på.
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Too wet in the hot tub

24 hours before the annual hot tub party on second day of Christmas, says he
cannot make it hot in time. After hard labor we do make it, even if a little
late and with a layer of ice in the bottom as we got in. To make up for cold
water, I decided to bring in Vodka, a profoundly bad idea!

24 timer før den årlige stampefesten sier Thomas at det er for kaldt og at
vi ikke rekker å varme stampen, da tar vi affære og fyrer ved på skift. Litt
i seneste laget ble det dog, da det var ett islag i bunnen når vi satte oss
inn, da fant jeg på at det var på tide med Vodka, en svært dårlig ide!
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