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Beijing Opera - at point blank range

Had a great dinner with Norwegian School of Management (BI) alumni students, and BI’s shanghai management team. For dinner we were entertained with Beijing Opera, which at this time was OK since it was short and we were focused at listening.

Hadde en flott middag i Beijing med BI alumni studenter og ledelsen flydd opp fra Shanghai. I restauranten ble Beijing opera stykker fremført til maten på en armlengdes avstand. God underholdning i små doser..
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HOKAY

Ice Hockey,.. spelled as HOKAY in Beijing. Awesome big ice skating rink in Beijing East, open all year, but often reserved by groups (call 8578 2590 for schedule, open for drop ins). Their link: http://www.beijinghockey.com/maps/index.htm
Near 民航医院 (name of bus stop)

HOKAY er en knall ishokey bane, helårs i Bejing. Stor – og høy standard!
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Excersise

For some, maybe a romantic outing “Bambi on the ice”, but for me just for exercise. And best off all, walking distance from where I lived in Beijing.

En times skjøyte-trening på HOKAY, i gangavstand fra leiligheten i Beijing.
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"Hjernen er alene"

“The brain is alone”,.. (song name of a song in Norway). Just a CT scan, not only showing I am perfectly healty (so never mind why I went in the first place), but also shows a cunning smile, and maybe some wrinkles as a proof I am getting older.

“Hjernen er alene” synger Delillos, - den smiler iallfall, om enn den kanskje har fått en rynke eller to.
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AgryBirds - 3*@Haloween W1

Of the 650.000+ (or 2,3 mill+ for the original) that might be hooked on
iPhone app Angry birds (and registered on "Games Center"), I managed to get
within the top 3% best on the Halloween edition, world 1 - with 1,250,960
points/ 18366 place. A friend recently told me "the meaning of life", it
wasn't this though, but this took at least "only" 3 hours...

Av de 650.000+ (eller 2,3 mill+ for originalen) som kan være "avhengige" av
iPhone appen Angry birds (og registrert på iPhone "Games Center"), så klarte
jeg å bli blant de 3% beste på Halloween utgaven (verden 1) - med 1,250,960
poeng/ 18366 plass. En venn av meg kunne nylig avsløre meningen med livet,
det var ikke dette riktignok, men det tok iallfall "bare" 3 timer...
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Night at the EXPO - the end

Night at the EXPO, and now only a memory, the doors closed on October 31st.

Kveld på verdensutstillingen, og nå bare ett minne, dørene stengte 31ste oktober.

Some perspectives: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-31/shanghai-s-world-expo-to-close-after-attracting-record-72-million-visitors.html
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Snowy Kazakh pavilion

Several pavilions had actually real snow at their pavilions, but from those that I saw Kazakhstan was actually the pavilion that marketed themselves best as a winter-sport country, and indeed I have been to Kazakhstan during winter and they have great winter sports facilities.

Flere paviljonger hadde faktisk ekte snø i sine paviljonger, men av de jeg så var det faktisk Kazakhstan som var den paviljongen som markedsførte seg best som ett vintersportsland, og jeg har jo vært på skiferie der så det de står ikke mye tilbake fra mer kjente navn.
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Meeting Mukan at IKEA

Speaking of Kazakhstan I also had a chance to meet up with my friend from there, Mukan, whom has gone to great lengths both times I’ve been there, to make my stay in his country unforgettable. Here from drinking a cup of tea at IKEA in Shanghai, now he hopes to visit Norway in January.

Når man snakker om Kazakhstan så fikk jeg også muligheten til å treffe min venn derifra, Mukan, som har gjort mye for å gjøre mine to opphold i landet hans uforglemmelige. Her fra IKEA i Shanghai hvor vi drakk en kopp te, nå vurderer han å besøke Norge i januar.
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Artistic freedom?

Some of the exhibits at the EXPO could rather be classified as art rather than educational, but being a Norwegian, I was a little disgruntled to see one pavilion having placed Stockholm where Oslo, the capital of Norway should have been.

Av objektene på EXPO så var det mange som heller kunne klassifiseres som kunst snarere enn opplysende, men jeg var likevel litt missfornøyd med at en av paviljongene hadde plassert Stockholm hvor Oslo engentlig skulle ha vært.
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Memories of cuing up

What will people remember most from EXPO in Shanghai? I am afraid it will be from cuing up and battling with even larger crowds of Chinese inside the walls than outside. Previous record holder, also in having the longest cues(?), was Osaka in 1970 with 64 million visitors. Now beaten by China with almost 73 million people. In this case, giving away millions of free tickets to break former record, well or to let as many as possible enjoy the EXPO, did harm the quality of the experience for the about 2-3% non-chinese attending the expo, or paying visitors in general. Here a blissed view of no cues, but what once was.

Hva kommer folk til å huske best fra EXPO i Shanghai? Jeg er redd det er verdensrekorden i antall besøkende (72 millioner over 6 måneder), som igjen førte til verdens lengste køer for å komme inn i paviljongene. Men ikke alle dager og paviljonger var like overfylte, som her.
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