My Rambling

18 mai 2007

17th of May

May 17th is an important day for all Norwegians: It is our independence day. Most Norwegians will struggle to remember whether we won our independence from Sweden or Denmark (or both), but that does not stop us from having one Hell of a party on their...

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15 mai 2007

Christian's Farewell Party

This Tuesday was a sad day. Christian was leaving. He's been one of the long-timers here, so I was very sad to see him go. The only correct thing to do, was to send him off in style. We started the evening at the fantastic Russian restaurant White Nights....

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4 mai 2007

Midi Festival

As everyone probably knows, May Day is a big thing in all communist and socialist countries. China is naturally no different. They do the boring military parades as well, but since that's more for the old die-hards, they also put on a big music festival...

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11 mars 2007

Absinth

What sounds more complete than an evening filled with beer, pizza, Machine Head (heavy metal), Playstation 2 and Absinth?Answer: An evening fillled with beer, pizza, Machine Head, PS2, Absinth and Bowling! Dave and me kicked off the evening by almost...

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24 février 2007

Saturday

Dinner and drinks! It sounds simple and mundane, but in Beijing it can quickly become exotic. Christian discovered just how exotic it can be when he got a snake dumped on him while he was enjoying his dinner. Steve's comment: "Dude, there's a snake on...

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17 février 2007

Chinese New Year

As is normal I wasn't quite clued in to what was happening around me, so only after I had invited Steve and some of the guys over for an evening of beer, whiskey and PS2 did I find out that today was actually Chinese New Years eve. The crew still gathered...

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14 février 2007

Valentine's Day

On the day that most people go on dates or do something special for their better halves, a group of us decided to meet up and make it anything but romantic. We met up at a Mongolian Hotpot restaurant right around the corner from where I live, where food...

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3 février 2007

My 31st Birthday Party

After a quiet birthday with James Bond and a Friday where I met up with the Norwegian crew in Beijing, it was time to celebrate my birthday in style. I had booked a table at Alameda in Sanlitun. Alameda is a great Brazilian restaurant that always gets...

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