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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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Indian @ my place

Had my friend (Galen and his girlfriend Joanna) from years back in Shanghai over for some Indian treats. Only later I learnt they were vegetarian, but fortunately practicing something they call “even Buddha would jump the wall to eat the delicious dish”.

Hadde hyggelig besøk av min venn fra studietiden i Shanghai, og bød på indiske delikatesser. Kun senere gikk det opp for meg at de var vegitarianere, men heldigvis praktiserer iht historien om at også Buddah hoppet over gjerdet for å smake på en (kjøttholdig) delikatesse.

http://uk.ask.com/wiki/Buddha_jumps_over_the_wall
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Indian @ Galen's

The friends favor of Indian home cooking was soon returned, when Galen invited to Indian vegetarian treats at his place. For this occasion I also had the pleasure of meeting another common friend from studies in Shanghai, swedish Tomas, accompanied by his girlfriend Zeynep.

Vennetjenesten ble snarling gjengjeldt når Galen inviterte meg på indiske vegetar retter hos seg. Her fikk jeg også treffe en felles studievenn, svenske Tomas, som nylig også returnerte til Kina, sammen med sin kjæreste Zeynep.
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Joanna's cacke

And Joanna’s delicious cake in itself was in turn the “icing on the cake” for the night and the meal as such.

Og kaken som Joanna hadde laget var prikken over ien for måltidet.
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KTV - 100% top scores

Have you ever tried tried KaraOK/KTV, or even Singstar on playstation, you know that the scores you get are not exactly in line with your potential as a singer. But I felt I got a little closer when I got 100% score 4 times in a row, it can’t be all a coincidence?… Here Joanna and Galen are just done with a song and a good score.

Om du har prøvd å syne på Karaoke i Asia, eller med Singstar for dens saks skyld vet du at det er nokså tilfeldig hvor mange poeng man får. Men når jeg fikk 100% karakter på 4 sanger på rad, så følte jeg meg iallfall litt nærmere, det kan da ikke være tilfeldig?... Her er Joanna og Galen akkurat ferdig med en sang med god score.
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Smoking Hookah (/Nargile) with a Turk

So, in Italy I started drinking coffee, but that doesn’t mean I am not going to start smoking opium in China (which no-one does anyway), but I did accept to try smoking a waterpipe since being accompanied by a Turkish friend (Zeynep), but rest assured it will not become a habit (and I didn’t inhale of course).

Så, i Italia begynte jeg å drikke kaffe, men det betyr ikke at jeg skal begynne å røyke opium i Kina (hvilket ingen gjør unasett), men jeg takket ja til å prøve denne vannpipa når jeg allikevel var sammen med en tyrkisk venn (Zeynep), men vær trygg det ikke blir noen (u)vane, og som Bill - jeg inhalerte selvsagt ikke.

Get yours at
http://www.turkishcoffeeworld.com/Turkish_Nargile_Hookah_p/tcw-h001.htm
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