I went to Tusenfryd (wiki) tonight, an amusement park just South of Oslo. It’s heaps of fun riding those rollercoasters (Speed Monster was the best), the sun was shining and there were hardly any queues for the attractions, quite unusual for these kind of parks…yeah, good times!
Oh, and special thanks to my former employer for free entrance, hehe! (they rent the park for all employees two days a year)
My colleague brought me something special from sunny Zimbabwe: a 50 BILLION dollar note!! And yes, I *am* aware that the actual value according to the bank ain’t all that much, still it’s great to have it!
The note was issued on May 15 2008 and expired December 31 2008…and as I wrote in January this year, in the mean time a 100 TRILLION dollar note has been released! I heard that they actually take off several 000’s every now and then and increase the value of the million…sounds strange, eh?
Another interesting thing is that it turns out to be cheaper to use (old) dollar bills instead of toilet paper…HUH?!? So people literally WIPE their asses with dollar notes!!! Hahaha
(full size pictures in my Flickr photostream)
Damn, my Kef Subwoofer (PSW 2010) broke down. 🙁
It seems to be the same problem as two years ago (a noisy buzz whenever the sub kicks in). Last time it got repaired under warranty, provided by my audio specialist, Art’s Audio…I’ll give Arthur a call tomorrow, who knows how far his service reaches! 😉
We’re having an after-ski party with the Trysil–gang tonight, everyone will be there except Per&Ingrid, unfortunately (but I’m sure that Berlin is nice too! 😉 ).
I’m looking forward to the gathering; hehe, we’ll be drinking prosecco wines, having some delicious sushi and indonesian food, enjoying a 2 hour slideshow showing all the 1791 pictures from that one week in Trysil! Most of all however, I’m really looking forward to be together with some amazing friends!
NY Times: ‘Infectious-disease specialists say they understand the logic: surviving the current, apparently mild strain of the virus may be protective if a more virulent strain emerges next fall. But they are generally against it.’
Are they competely nuts???
Thx to Jason Calacanis and Mahalo Answers for the original link.
Mother Teresa: “Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.”
Yay! I will see the group that I went to Japan with in the Rotary Group Study Exchange (GSE) program, now 5 years ago…we have a lot of catching up to do, it will be great!
You can read more about our amazing trip on gse2004.nl.
My dad is having his Birthday today, congrats!
64, wow…and just one year from the ‘official’ retirement age of 65 in NL. Oh well, he retired some years ago (and has never been as busy! 😉 )
Arthur Rubinstein: “I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.”
It got quite late last night, so it was good to enjoy a relaxed and lazy Sunday. Muriel, Esther and Saskia, who visited us this weekend, left halfway through the afternoon (it was great to have you girls here!) and I’ve been playing with iPhoto the rest of the day…the ‘Faces‘ feature is really a lot of fun, and making a Slideshows is a breeze, iPhoto in that respect is one of the most complete and fun photo management software packages that I know of.
Next step in my Norwegian cultural integration; attending a concert of an all-norwegian band! So, tonight I’ll be going to the CC Cowboys concert in Oslo. I look forward to some quality Norwegian lyrics, and hope I can understand what they sing…oh well, the beers will taste good anyway! 😉
It was a stunning 20 degrees today, and since it was Labour Day I had the day off from work (as a dutchhead it still feels strange to NOT work on Labour Day 😉 )…anyway, with temperatures like this it is *about* time to change the winter tires for some sticky summer rubber. Gonna test-drive tomorrow!
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