Manila traffic

We've had our car for a month now and the average speed recorded on our speedometer is 16.9 kilometers per hour...

Kanskje litt dyrt, men jeg har jo hatt lyst til aa kjoepe mitt eget en stund naa...

Istedenfor leilighet?

Happy New Year!!

I hope 2007 will treat all of you wonderfully! I look forward to a new year that will not mean moving and changing jobs four times... Though I hope to continue traveling, both with work and even more by vacationing - trips to both Norway and the US guaranteed.

Other than that I'd like to: read more books, see more movies, train the dog to become more obedient, do some painting, get a tan, work out a little more (my goal was every day but after 3 days my poor body was in shock so I had to give it some time off..), learn more Russian, start writing a book, organize my pictures on the computer and perhaps even print some and frame them, update the music on my Ipod, stop smoking (again..), learn how to cook at least one dish other than omelette, drink more wine (you can never drink too much wine), maybe learn how to like olives because it looks like a really nice thing to like, start throwing away ugly things instead of saving them for stupid occasions that never happen, organize my office, and update the blog a little more often.

That's it. I guess I have enough things to do in 2007 too then. Wish me luck!

When I get around to it...

... I plan to share my pictures with you using Flickr so you can check them out by just clicking on the link on the right side.

When I get around to it...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!

Q: What's Happening?

A: NOTHING

Which is why I haven't written anything here for a while.

The royal family has arrived

Well it's really just 5 members of my family, but it feels like it could have been the royal family with all the preparations and planning over the past few weeks. Getting 5 visitors is great, but when you've just moved into a house it requires some extra efforts to get everything ready in time... And Cliff has had some sort of pre-inlaws planning extravaganza so I had to tell him to remember it is NOT the royal family arriving. Anyway, we look forward to the company and showing off Manila and the Philippines. And best of all, come Wednesday we join them for 5 days in the paradise of Boracay. Now THAT will be nice!!

Hmmm

Ikke saa fristende aa flytte hjem til dette....


http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2006/10/23/480558.html

New member of the family

Ok, don't worry.... It's just a dog! I never ever thought I would actually get a dog but after one visit I was sold. We are getting one of these cuties next week and are already fighting over the name to give it. Give me some good ideas, I don't want my puppy's name to be Kim Yong-Il! Yes, hard to believe but that's one of the suggestions currently on the table! No, not mine and thankfully I have veto rights. Ok, here's the deal: whoever comes up with a name we'll actually use I'll treat to a night out when you come visit! I think that's excellent...

Camilla - Villa - Manila

We have a house!!!! Well, kind of - we can't move in until the end of the month because there was a really bad storm here last week that pretty much tore up all the trees in Manila by the root. There weren't that many trees here to begin with so it's a little sad.... And of course one tree decided to fall on one of the bedrooms of our yet-to-move-into house so we're homeless for a few more weeks. But that's OK, at least we know we'll be out of the hotel soon. And the house has plenty of room for visitors AND a swimming pool in the garden. Let me also mention 70 cent beers and the most beautiful beaches. Are you packing your bags yet....? Hmm, maybe I shouldn't have mentioned the storm. Storm season is over - promise!