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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Celebrating 1st advent Sunday
We decided to take the funicular up to the Fløy Mountain today to celebrate first advent – it came early, to be honest I thought it was next Sunday. The “candle” were lit to song and some preaching, we didn’t see much so we moved on to say hello to workers in Santa-forest (seasonable name). This has been done for 10 years now. I read now that it was our bishop preaching, I didn’t notice that. 
We managed to fit 6 rollers in the roller-section of the funicular, that was impressive. Next weekend we’re going up instead though, its a lot of hassle to take the funicular with roller.
Visiting Santa and his wife, our little one loved it – they have a cozy cabin.
After taking the funicular down we went to our favorite restaurant in the city center, I always end up taking photos in there, so many fun stuff to look at.
Festival of Light 2009
Each year we mark the start of the festive season with a Festival of Lights. Thousands gather around a small lake in the city center. Christmas songs, fireworks, torches and lighting the Christmas tree. My daughter loved it, especially the fireworks – it was awesome. I was lucky to capture this after the celebration:
It was difficult to capture the beautiful moment, but here is a try, my daughter in my arms and the cell phone in the air.
If you’re interested here is a nice shot from above: BA.
Norwegians in Eurovision 2010 announced
Time has changed and I can relate more and more to the music in Eurovision. The list of Norwegian contestants have been released and I am happy to see Julian Berntzen, he will be my favourite. I’m not very found of the other ones.
I think Julian will be great, I look forward to hear Rewind Love.
This is one of my favourites of Julian:
Here is the list:
Rewind Love
Lyrics og music: Julian Berntzen
Life Is Here Today
Lyrics and Music: Arne Hovda
The Best Of Me Is You
Lyrics and Music: Arne Hovda, Hans Petter Aaserud og Heine Totland
Jealous Cause I Love You
Lyrics: Alexander Kronlund og Laila Samuelsen
Music: Alexander Kronlund, Laila Samuelsen og Lukas Hilbert
Make My Day
Lyrics and Music: Merethe La Verdi
Give It To Me
Lyrics and Music: Alexander Stenerud
Don’t Stop
Music: Mariann Thomassen og Lars Erik Westby
Lyrics: Mariann Thomassen
Be Good To Me
Lyrics and Music: Tommy La Verdi og Peter Ställmark
Don’t Want To Loose You Again
Lyrics and Music: Ben Adams, Mark Read, Christian Ingebrigtsen, David Eriksen
I’ll Take You High
Lyrics and Music: Mira Craig
Barracks On The Hill
Lyrics: Olaf Øwre
Music: Fred Endresen
Tokyo Night
Lyrics and Music: Aggie Peterson
Million Dollar Baby
Lyrics and Music: Robin Nordahl, Frode Andersen og Gerard James Borg
My Heart Is Yours
Lyrics and Music: Hanne Sørvaag og Fredrik Kempe
European Girl
Music: Matias Tellez
Lyrics: Håkon Njøten og Axel Vindenes
Rocketfuel
Lyrics and Music: Elisabeth Carew og Thomas Eriksen
Synk eller svøm
Lyrics and Music: Gaute Ormåsen, Laila Samuelsen og Kim Bergseth
The Dragontower
Komponist: Arnt Obsidian Grønbech
Lyrics: Arnt Obsidian Grønbech, Torbjørn Schei, Vegar Larsen og Robin Isaksen
Yes Man
Lyrics and Music: Simone Larsen, Simen Eriksrud og Bjørn Johan Muri
The Touch
Lyrics and Music: Rolf Løvland
Primadonna
Lyrics: Lene Alexandra Øien, Jarl Aanestad og Simon Walker
Music: Lene Alexandra Øien og Jarl Aanestad
The pocket man in trial
The “Pocket man” in Norway is in trial for molesting hundreds of children. Its a guy from my area and I hope he get life in prison. (sadly this mean 9 to 15 years in prison here in Norway)
This is one of his pants that he was wearing when he asked kids to pick up stuff from his pockets. Lets just say that noone would expect what they touched down there. Sick man.
Polls between elections
I’ve had it with polls between elections. We’ve just had an election and now media is starting with polls allready, 4 years until next election.
What is the point? We cannot throw out our government because of lousy numbers in a poll, people doesn’t care. Argh… I hate polls like that.
I wish they wrote about the hundreds of schools Norway is loosing these days – thousands of children have to move to other schools, meny of them have to walk dangerous unlit roads to their new school. Hooray for Norway. I wish Michael Moore would do another documentary; because his documentary about Norway is forgery – he should update his knowledge about Norway. Can someone tell him please?
Media fired Peter Mueller – Norways skating coach
Norway axes Peter Mueller, the coach for our national speedskating team. He said “you’re a discrase to Norwegian speedskating” to a girl. The media in Norway pushed this case to the limit and I bet that without the media hysteria Peter would still have his job. But I bet people will beg him to come back.
Two persons arrested for ruining Gingerbread city
Two persons (21 and 26 years old) have now been arrested and charged by the police. I bet they had a lot of fun while crushing the city but not anymore. I guess we’ll never get the names of the ones who did it, but I think that is for the best.
They haven’t done anything deadly serious, like many other do every day so I guess they’ll only be charged for vandalism. But I have a feeling their family will hate them for a while.
Our Bishop in our county asks people to calm down and not lynch them. I am wondering when the King of Norway will make a statement.
Nerd Monday – Pixel by Pixel
To draw pixel by pixel can be fun sometimes, how about doing it with tiles for the shower?
Iran’s days are counted
Now that Iran is soon being bombed by USA and Israel I remembered this one, maybe it can be used to calm people who fear nuclear holocaust?
Going by bus is not safe
Do you remember when bus-drivers where polite people? Time has changed, or is it only in Norway? Here the bus-drivers are rude, drive before elderly people have found a seat, doesn’t help people etc etc.
Now a bus-driver has throwed out a drunk passenger, it happened last night – the person is now missing.
Shouldn’t he at least have called someone and told them that he did what he did? What if the person had minus degrees that night?
Gingerbread city in ruins
Before every Christmas kids in schools, homes and kindergartens creates each their gingerbread house and delivers it to the Gingerbread City in our city centre. And when we’re getting closer to Christmas the city is prepared for view and everyone can visit it. It has become incredible popular, kindergartens takes the bus to the city centre to let the kids view it, schools and families with kids do the same. It creates nice atmosphere, visiting it is a nice break in otherwise hectic days.
Heres a few shots from last year’s Gingerbread city:
But last night someone broke into the tent in the city centre and vandalized each and every house the kids have created:
PHOTO: SILJE KATRINE ROBINSON
Isn’t it incredible? I hope the police finds them, they are working overtime now to find the guilty ones. I think they will be hanged by the public – people are angry.
The police went out to media today and called the vandelisers retards. I think that sums it up.
Link to our local newspaper (in Norwegian) : BT
Update: A man has now admitted that he vandalised it, he did it while he was drunk. Two friends of him called the police after they heard his story. Guess what, they got the 100000 NOK ($20000) bounty for finding the guilty one though half of it goes to charity.