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Beijing Olympics 2008

Well, China is a big country, and Beijing is not in the neighborhood. With low expectations I decided watch it on the TV like most of you. For the spectacular opening ceremony (picture), I decided to go out to enjoy the atmosphere at a restaurant with 2 projectors. Apart from that, I’ve only been checking in infrequently, but suddenly as I was watching live, Olaf Tufte won our only gold medal up to now!

Vel, Kina er ett stort land, og Beijing er ikke i nabolaget. Med lave forventninger bestemte jeg meg for å se lekene på TV som de fleste av dere. For den spektakulære åpnings sermonien (bildet), så dro jeg sogar ut til en restaurant som viste den på 2 prosjektorer/storskjermer. Siden det har jeg bare vært innom sporadisk, og helt tilfeldig fikk jeg se ”live” at Olaf Tufte vant den eneste gull medaljen vi har til nå!
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Making ear holes

Punching holes in the ears is part of growing up? Anyway, it wasn't as painfull as feared.

Aa lage hull I oerene er kanskje en del av det aa vokse opp? Uansett, det var ikke saa vondt som fryktet.
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Summer 2008

This is where we went in the summer of 2008, well actually this is a painting in my apartment, and I took this picture mostly because of my girlfriends fresh haircut. Quite unlike Norway, the summer is not the time to travel, it’s just too hot (nearby anyway), better travel in spring or autumn.

Some facts about summers in Shanghai
- average number of typhoons 4 (but they are not strong when they hit the shores), the one called Phoenix is over us now.
- 20 days 35C or more every summer, including last Sunday 27th (hottest ever was 40,2C)
- average number of people with heat related illnesses during the summer, 3 million

Dette bildet viser hvor vi var i sommeren 2008, vel faktisk så er dette ett bilde fra leiligheten min, og jeg tok dette bildet mest på grunn av at Veslemøy akkurat hadde klippet seg. Ulikt Norge, er sommeren ikke tiden man reiser, det er rett og slett for varmt (i nærområdene iallfall), det er bedre å feriere om våren eller høsten.

Noen fakta om Sommeren i Shanghai
- Shanghai treffes av gjennomsnittlig 4 tyfoner hver sommer, slik som tyfonen Fønix akkurat nå (men ikke rare greiene)
- Det er i gjennomsnitt 20 dager hver sommer som er 35 grader eller varmere
- 3 millioner mennesker blir behandlet for sykdommer tilknyttet varmen hver sommer.
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Just married!

Well... it’s a month ago now, but it’s a short time in a life time, and in this perspective you could say I arrived at the ceremony a split second before it started. Anyway, the prince got his princess, and half the kingdom they have already.

Akkurat giftet seg! Vel,.. dvs det er en måned siden nå, men allikevel kort i en livslang sammenheng, og i dette tidsperspektivet kan man jo si at jeg kom ankom før sermonien tok til. Uansett, prinsen fikk prinsessen, og halve kongedømme har de allerede.
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9 million bicycles in Beijing

During the wedding they had a song about the number of bicycles in Beijing (originally by Katie Meuha), a song I both liked because it put’s love in a nice perspective, and because I by now are “semi-chinese”.

Under signingen bled et fremført en sang om antallet sykler i Beijing (originalen av Katie Melua), en sang som jeg likte både fordi den setter kjærlighet i ett fint perspektiv, og fordi jeg er blitt ”semi-kineser”.
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After celebration party

The party afterwards was respectable (maybe too much so for some), but in the end everyone was everyone happy.

Festen etterpå var respektabel (nesten I overkant for enkelte), men til slutt var alle fornøyde.
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Elgsetra

Gunnar’s mansion in the woods, no elks to be seen, but the horses of the neighbor are grassing outside.

Gunna’s seter langt til skogs, ingen elger å se, men naboens hester gresser utenfor.
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Aker seafood dinner..

The best raw materials, combined with the best chef, in the best surroundings, a real treat at Gunnar’s.

Den beste indrefileten (torsk), tilbredt av en habil kokk, i vakre omgivelser, mao en skikkelig fornøyelse å bli bedt på middag til Gunnar’s.
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The opera, 50 years ago

And this is how it looked before (archive photo).

Og slik så den gamle operaen ut (arkivfoto)
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Indecency at the Operahouse

Rumors have it that the opera house at night has been used for sexual activities, could it have been this couple? (Ha, there you have for sabotaging my super photos by kissing in the background)..

Ryktene skal ha det til det allment tilgjengelige operataket har vært benyttet av elskende par, kan det være disse? (Hah, der har dere igjen for å sabotere mine portrettfot med kyssing i bakgrunnen).
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