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Hard rock – no sleep?

After many hours of high volume and music like ACDC and Metallica, the
neigbour finally had enough. Frankly it was enough for myself too, but
we were heading out anyway.

重金属摇滚乐 —使人不能入眠？
在许多小时的高分贝的摇滚乐以后，邻居不能入眠。对我来说也不喜欢, 所以我们很高兴地外出。

生词
重金属[--屬] zhòngjīnshǔ n. 〈chem.〉 heavy metal
摇滚乐[搖滾樂] yáogǔnyuè n. 〈loan〉 rock 'n roll
使人 ¹shǐrén v.o. cause people to be | ∼ nánshòu make people feel bad
入眠 rùmián v.o. fall asleep
分贝[-貝] fēnbèi m. 〈phy.〉 decibel (db)
邻居[鄰-] línjū n. neighbor M:ge/¹míng/²wèi
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Strolling in Gongqing forest park

Shanghai has some green lounges, and Gongqing is a great place with a
big area of forest, clean air, many activities and you can even use
throw away barbeques (essential picnic gear for any Norwegian). Janet,
a Swedish friend I know from Fudan last semester joined me along with
her flatmate Ryna. We have all studied half a year, and persist
studying (/party?) hard.

散步在上海的共青森林公园。
共青森林公园里面很大，有空气新鲜，还可以烤肉（一次性烤肉架在挪威特别流行）。 我和Janet,
一个瑞典的朋友跟他的法国同屋Ryna一起到那里去。我们都一起学过半年汉语，一起坚持努力学习。
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"Wine festival Shanghai¡"

Well, it doesn't take a lot to call something a wine festival these days, but I was happy to meet 3 Chinese producers and taste 6 wines.
My favorite was this sparkling Muscat from "Dynasty", 2 bottles will be brought to Eivind on Friday where we co-host a party (I'm the chef). Apart from drinking this wine straight, I recommend to try the variant "Kir Royale" – mix it with a fifth blackcurrant liquor.

酒节日
在虹口酒节日我见面了3个酒产品公司，尝6个酒。最好是这酒"Dynasty"做的。
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Business as usual

I went out to see how the national day looked like. I was surprised to find out that all shops were open just like any other day, indeed even the banks on a Sunday and on a national day were open! However along the road and on a few cars there were Chinese flags, and I saw some fireworks (archive photo - flower festival).

平时商务的
我想出去看看国庆节怎么样的。走在街上，我惊奇的发现商店都开门着，甚至银行都有开门。在挪威银行星期天是不开门的，国庆节也是不开门的。我看到马路边上悬挂着许多的国旗，汽车上也插着不少的国旗。还有最后的燃放烟花。
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Happy national day!

Today is China's national day, and we celebrate the foundation of China as we know it today, by Chairman Mao Zhe Dong on October 1st 1949. These days things are going very well in China, so there's good reason to celebrate. Chen Liangyu (picture), the top Communist Party official in Shanghai, has limited reason to celebrate though, as he was sacked earlier this week, on the basis of corruption alegations. This way current president Ju Hintao both asserts his power, and removes a political rival. PS: a friend of me proposed I should add something like "long live the glorious Ju Hintao" to make this politically correct, but I would rather just state that I have no political interest, nor opinion.

More about the case:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2374182,00.html/


祝大家国庆节快乐！

今天是中国的国庆节，1949年10月1日已故主席毛泽东宣布中华人民共和国成立。全国发展一片大好，所以值得庆祝。不过上海市长陈良宇(照片)就没有心情庆祝了，因为这个星期他被炒鱿鱼了！罪名是贪污，所以中央撤了他市委书记的职务。
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CCTV "international"

CCTV (Central China TeleVision - government controlled) has one
English Channel - CCTV International (/CCTV9). I especially enjoy are
the travel programs "Getaway" and "Travelogue". However I just
realized they only (almost) show destinations in China (foreign
"travel destinations" are primarily shown in the news as "sites of
terrorist attacks"). Indeed their slogan is "A world of travel in
China", and this is often reflected in public opinion, "why should we
go abroad, we have everything here (partly true though)."

中国中央电视国(际)

在中国有一个英语广播得中央电视频道。特别好是游览节目，但是我就意识到只有中国的目的地(差不多)。确实在中国很多人说"为什么出国只是我们都有在中国"？可能有人不太熟悉世界地理？
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Chinese name - Bei La Hua

All people that have something to do with China must have a Chinese name, so I decided to make one right away for my daughter. My own name for example is “Jiang Hao De” with the characters of “river, mighty and morality”. For “Isabella Fiore” I decided to make use of the pronunciation of “Bella” and the name’s meaning “beautiful flower” (Italian words). Since she comes from the north I chose “Bei” with the character meaning north, “La” with the meaning of good looking / hot-spicy, and “Hua” means flower. Thus the beautiful girl from north…

中国名字 - 北辣花

在中国，外国人都有中国的名字，所以我就给我的女儿也取了一个。她的挪威的名字是“Isabella Fiore” （意大利语）。“北辣”是“Bella”的发音，还有另外的意思是：漂亮的花，所以我又加了“花”在她的名字上。最后她是一个来自北方的热
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My daughter - Isabella Fiore

Recently a former girlfriend of mine contacted me with some surprising news. The relationship was brief, but no less fruitful, I’d become father to a lovely girl. She was borne on November 16th last year. This photo is taken shortly after her birth, and no doubts she has some traits of her (handsome?) father. I won’t speculate in why I was not told before, but the most important for both of us is that Isabella now will have a relationship to her genetic father. Of course I’m exited, but at the same time, it will not influence my intensions to stay 5+ years in China (pending I can make a living).


我的女儿 ——北辣花

最近一位前女友跟我联系，给了我一个意外。我们的关系不太长，但是有成果的，现在我是一个大胖女儿的爸爸。她是在去年十一月十六号出生的。这照片就是在她出生的那天拍的，当然有一点像她的帅哥爸爸。现在我的女儿将知道我和她的关系，但是我不能就这样结束我在中国的生活。我的安排还是坚持在中国学习和工作。
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Look who’s walking!

To look closer at the miracle girl 10 months old, I sent my brother to pay a visit (they both live in Oslo). Kids grow fast these days, and mine is no exception, especially since the baby I just learnt that I have, all by a sudden grew so much. She tends to be a little naughty (like me?), but is smiling a lot. From what I know about her mother Christina Dybvik, she should be in very good hands! I look forward to see them both during Christmas or Spring break.

看,谁在散步！

现在我女儿已经十个月了，所以我让我的哥哥去看看他们怎么样了，孩子成长的大很快，因为以前我不认识我的女儿。她有一点儿淘气，但是一直在笑。她妈妈很好，所以我觉得她对女儿很呵护。我期待在圣诞节，或者在春节里见到他们。
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The yellow streets of Shanghai

Chinese have a very relaxed attitude to dirt on their streeds, and although a more common sight rurally, many kids still have a crack in their pants in order to pee anytime on the ground.
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