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Posted in Denmark on Feb 24th, 2010
If anyone is interested: As expected the runaway dog never showed up. No idea about it’s fate, but C may end up being correct. To compensate for the loss, C’s parents now have a new puppy. Hopefully this one will not be lost as easily as the first one. C told me about the new [...]
So, my parents-in-law bought a dog last summer. They were very fond of it, but a few days ago it ran away. My wife’s father was walking it and suddenly some firecrackers set of, and so did the dog. Its leash broke only being a line my in-laws made themselves. Now they blame themselves for [...]
Posted in Denmark on Oct 7th, 2008
Maybe it’s just me, but the last week, I have noticed an increasing number of girls that decided to wear short skirts and pantyhose. This disregarding the fact that in the same time, it has become pretty cold in the mornings and after the dark sets in (approximately 0-5 degrees celcius). C has noticed it [...]
Posted in Denmark on Sep 16th, 2008
This may have interest for the Danes reading this blog. For curious non-Danes: don’t think more about it. It’s a petition for Danes being allowed double citizenship, which is not legal atm.
Posted in Denmark on Sep 11th, 2008
Here I should have been writing a whole lot about how we tried to get our money back from the Chinese bank. As you may know, they decided to “withdraw” the fee we already paid here in Denmark from the transferred cash, instead of getting them from the Danish bank as the OUR agreement states [...]
Posted in Denmark on Sep 3rd, 2008
Recently we sent some money to Cs father and mother. We’ve done so a few times already, because they need the necessary doe to prepare passport and visa for their hopefully upcoming trip to visit us here in Denmark. For us the fees are peanuts, but for them, it’s a whole lot of money. We [...]
Posted in Denmark on Aug 20th, 2008
Need to brush up on your Chinese character recognition? Then maybe Stig in Shanghai has a handy tool for you. This is a link is to his blog, which is in Danish, but no worries… Read on. Check the game out yourself here. (In English and Danish if you like too). There is both a [...]
Posted in Denmark on Aug 11th, 2008
What the h… did Mark “Da Shan” Rowswell do in the Olympics parade? I read that he is attached as a “consultant” to the Canadian sports people, but why was he allowed to walk in the parade with them? It’s a sportsman event, not an “I-love-to-see-myself-in-the-media-event”, is it? Any one but me who would like [...]
This post is inspired by Ben’s recent entry. My wife always tells me that she does not feel full for a long time unless she eats rice. If we eat Danish food (potatoes, pasta, salad, bread or whatever) one day, she will often complain that she miss rice the next. When I giggled at her [...]
Posted in Denmark on Jul 30th, 2008
U.S Senator Sam Brownback, claims that some Beijing hotels had their arms twisted on their back and was forced to install surveillance equipment to spy on their guests Internet usage. At a conference he handed out translated documents to back his claims. According to the documents, hotels who fail to comply with the instructions will [...]
Posted in Denmark on Jul 29th, 2008
A very cool t-shirt Should have worn it last summer. I would have earned roughly 100kuai just on “hellos”.
Posted in Denmark on Jul 28th, 2008
I’ve always been of the opinion that China should get the Olympics. I felt it would pull China towards better hnm@n r!ghts and more fred0m of sqeech. Right now I am not so sure. Actually I have to admit that I was wrong, and now feel the opposite. A feeling I don’t quite like. From [...]
Posted in Denmark on Jul 24th, 2008
Just found a picture at The Opposite End of China, that reminded me of exactly how the chicken feet I ate back in China looked. Nails and everything. Fancy a bite anyone?
Posted in Denmark on Jul 21st, 2008
Finally got around to doing what Ryan has been to busy to do: I adjusted the China Blog Ring gadget that was in my sidebar, so it fits WP themes with narrow sidebar margins. This is what I’m talking about: Old look New look Actually I’m pretty happy with the result. Not only do it [...]
Posted in Denmark on Jul 2nd, 2008
So C has vacation atm. Her exam is over, and she is waiting to start her new vacation job. So how does she spend her time? Well, she’s not a lazy woman, so she keeps the place clean and does not insist that I help as usually. I like it. It won’t kill all the [...]
Posted in Denmark on May 21st, 2008
Seems that the quake does wonders for the Chinese spindoctors (or lack of same) these days. There haven’t been much Olympic Games/China bashing going on in the press, as the quake in Sichuan have claimed all headlines. Think it was a much needed breather anyway. I wonder if it can hold until this summer?
Posted in Denmark on Mar 28th, 2008
Yet one of them popular follow-ups on our trip to China the summer of 2007. My wife’s sister is a private tutor in writing and drawing. She’s very talented at drawing and as I later found out, she also writes beautifully. She works through all vacations and weekends to make an extra buck. When we [...]
A few days from now, C’s father has birthday. We want to send him some money, as it is way easier than buying a gift, sending it and wait for it to arrive. I should have known better. To send money there are 2 obvious options: Either by regular mail (will take about 7-11 days) [...]
Posted in China on Feb 28th, 2008
Yet another of those popular follow-ups on our trip to China the summer of 2007. Have you ever had a discussion about how to do things with your wife/girlfriend? A discussion where you knew that no matter what you said it would be futile? I am talking about discussions where you know you’re right, because [...]
Posted in China, China trip May 2005, Denmark on Feb 27th, 2008
Today I added a new category to make my first posts easy to find. These are all from my first trip to Shenzhen/China where I met C for the first time. The meeting and later Justins blog – Shenzhen Zen – was what spurred my interest in blogging. The category can be found on the [...]
