Happy New Year!
My New Years outfit was gonna be a Candy Kane combo, but the Candy & Caviar vest looked much better with a tuxido shirt, and its New Year so why not!
A old French friend makes a guest apparence at 7-Eleven, Beijing. Limoux and Sieur D'Arques are taking over!
We started the New Years Eve at Let's Seafood in Nali, Beijing. 8 Swedes, 2 Aussies, 1 Korean and 1 Chinese makes a perfect crowd for a New Years dinner... OK, maybe 1 or 2 too many Swedes but we leave no one behind;)
Rinko, Mirinae & Sebante.
Warren & Ali; the two of them dressed sharp as always!
Alex & Oscar; you never see one without the other. Possible office romance?!
The newly opened VIP lounge at d.lounge! Pretty damn sweet!!!
The Fantastic 3; H&M, Cheap Monday and Christopher Kane! Rooarrr!
Let's get it oooouun...
Warren - the dragon
Svante - the Sommelier...
Xinnian kuaile!!!
2010, is off to a fantastic start! This year it's finally turning!!!
Still have a touch of Christmas in Lomma
When in Rome...
This is a common sight in the IKEA stores in China; tired Chinese people taking power-naps...
So I thought after a hard days work:
"When in Beijing, do as the Beijingers..."
So I thought after a hard days work:
"When in Beijing, do as the Beijingers..."
A day in Pinggu city...
Sometimes faith takes you to random places... Today it took me and Ali to a small farmers-town, 1.5 hours outside of Beijing. To QC an order of knitted sweaters...
This surrealistic image I saw this morning walking to the subway. A of a group of fake deers gathered in a park among all the high-rises of downtown...
First a typical Chinese lunch. Cigarette smoke, phones ringing, heavy drinking and delicious food, just like any lunch in China!
Both me and Ali were lucky and got out of the drinking tradition, no baijiu or beer today:) It did not however, stop the 3 factory managers who all downed a whole bottle of 100° (50%) ricewine...
You know you are outside the downtown area when you have to wait for pigs to cross the "street"!
Still, a beautifully charming area...
Not exactly smokin' hot;)
After QC'ing several hundreds of knitted sweaters, we deserved a break!
And we found this poor little thing...
It was hard not to take her home with us, but I am sure she will have a great and playfull life in the fields of Pinggu!!!
This surrealistic image I saw this morning walking to the subway. A of a group of fake deers gathered in a park among all the high-rises of downtown...
First a typical Chinese lunch. Cigarette smoke, phones ringing, heavy drinking and delicious food, just like any lunch in China!
Both me and Ali were lucky and got out of the drinking tradition, no baijiu or beer today:) It did not however, stop the 3 factory managers who all downed a whole bottle of 100° (50%) ricewine...
You know you are outside the downtown area when you have to wait for pigs to cross the "street"!
Still, a beautifully charming area...
Not exactly smokin' hot;)
After QC'ing several hundreds of knitted sweaters, we deserved a break!
And we found this poor little thing...
It was hard not to take her home with us, but I am sure she will have a great and playfull life in the fields of Pinggu!!!
Tröst burgare...
:(
Tomorrow its time again...
...for some QC at the knit factory. Let's hope that the factory now have managed to fix the problems, I do not want to have a 4th go at this order:(!
This is from last time:
The quality problems were a fact and as cold the factory...
The only highlight of the day was when I discovered this rare design stool in the factory... How's your design skills? Anyone? If I say: Kraitz?
Answer here!
This is from last time:
The quality problems were a fact and as cold the factory...
The only highlight of the day was when I discovered this rare design stool in the factory... How's your design skills? Anyone? If I say: Kraitz?
Answer here!
X-mas Dinner at Ali & Rinko's
Julegranen!!! Ohh va den doftar!
IKEA also dressed up for this fantastic evening...
and guarded the Christmas tree and gifts;)
Beijing Duck instead of turkey was not an option!
Last minute food shopping.
Busy in the kitchen.
We challenged the new talent from the Swedish Trade Council with the difficult task of peeling the potatoes. They surprised us and excelled! ;) (They are also great at rolling Swedish meatballs!!!) Talk about talent!!!
More kitchen duties...
This could have been anywhere in Sweden... Ham, knäckebröd, salmon, julmust, prince-sausage, meatballs, potatoes, red cabbage, julöl, egg, etc etc...
Collective massive amounts of "vuxenpoäng"!!! ("Grown-up points", makes sense or no?...)
The labor force finally sat down to enjoy!
J is Christmas happy!
Alex managed to put on a quick smile without loosing precious time chewing:) We were all surprised how well everything tasted. However, without microwave, it would have been a cold, cold Christmas..
Svante had been out all night trying to find Christmas gifts for everyone. What a champ!
Kalle Anka's jul on the projector!
Christmas gift gambling...
You ever wondered about all the Asians at casinos? Question has been answered, they are extremely lucky!!!
and this guy too, to have an Asian gf to win everything he wanted...
Easy come...
..easy go;)
The newly won Japanese golden lucky cat, broke into pieces, I think next year the rest of us will have our revenge!
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
Merry Christmas!!!
Busy days, but the blog is still alive!
We wish our friends and families and of course our readers a very Merry Christmas!!!
Love you all!
/J & J
Looking back on the final days (for now) in paradise...
A common form of cayak battle...
JJ and the fifth wheel;)
Work was much easier with a cold Chang and in 30°C heat!
Respect!
Happy times!
Another cold Chang; less working...
This one's for you Nicky!
One of the rare moments of being a gentleman;)
Only one way to end a perfect vacay; With a smokin' hot Whopper!!!
The monkey and The man?!
Sometimes the different levels of evolution between the speices is hard to distinguish.
Now we're talking!!!
When we got back we decided that comfort and wifi was a higher priority than food on the table the rest of the month when we get back so we stepped it up a bit! Doubled the budget and ended up at a nice place for 1300 baht / night...
The closet was awesome, concrete and a cold, harsh light from a fluorescent lamp. Let's get inspired!
Wanted to try some mexican food for a change, landed at a Scandinavian rest, called Unni's.
Result: Weak mojitos, Curry with chicken tasting like chewinggum and a dry nachos plate. Going back to authentic food for sure! Not a hit! Or maybe if you're going Swede hunting, cuz it was like a real charter restaurant à la Gran Canaria...
This surprisingly fashionable store sold really nice tees, shirts, watches, shoes and as it seemed, a little kitten...
The closet was awesome, concrete and a cold, harsh light from a fluorescent lamp. Let's get inspired!
Wanted to try some mexican food for a change, landed at a Scandinavian rest, called Unni's.
Result: Weak mojitos, Curry with chicken tasting like chewinggum and a dry nachos plate. Going back to authentic food for sure! Not a hit! Or maybe if you're going Swede hunting, cuz it was like a real charter restaurant à la Gran Canaria...
This surprisingly fashionable store sold really nice tees, shirts, watches, shoes and as it seemed, a little kitten...
Back to the island...
After 26 hours away from the island, we finally returned to the island life and away from all the less charming areas in Phuket...but now Erik is on his way back to Beijing via Bangkok... best of luck homes!
More Thailand...
Erik is flying!
Leaving: An early breakfast, I woke up 2 hours later...
"Steker" literary on the boat from Phiphi to Phuket. We were gonna check out the beaches around Kata and Karon, but omg where they disappointing...same goes for the food, the prices and the nasty "night markets"!
Interesting name for a restaurant...???
At night the whole area changed into with long rows of "meatmarkets"... We just had to leave this place!!!
First days in Thailand...
Checked-in.
Burger King is a great Airport tradition, and it feels just like X-mas too:)
Last coldness for a while!
Love food and travelling, airplane food feels just like heaven! Thai Airways is almost like the Golden Jaguar, but with better drinks!
Waiting for Erik in Bangkok airport
Just like bums, sleeping at an airport bench, with the "cart" on the right, the bowl of instant noodles and lots of random luggage...
Mmm...more food. The trip's first banana pancake, for sure not the last!
The water is just a bit brighter than in the houhai lake, where Joanna normally takes her daily swims...
Another factory run to an end..
Delish grilled Chicken enjoyed with the factory "laoban"s wife..
Quality needs hard work...
Musician at work.
A traditional flip-flop Christmas picture...
...and a picture of a traditional purple Christmas tree:) HK feels just like home at first of advent!
The fantastic view from our 5 star wannabe "mansion" hotel! ;)
Wifi on the beach, its hard not to love Hong Kong!
The golden elevator.
After a night on a sleeping bus on the bumpy roads of Southern China, I felt just like...
...this guy:) (Who is asleep btw, maybe hard to tell from the small picture...)
And now I have the great pleasure of waiting for my delayed flight to Beijing at Xiamen airport. Yeah me!!!
