Happy New Year!

Will be going to the mountain tomorrow for a couple of days. Happy New Year everyone!

Yahoo's English Premier League Forecast

I can't say that I agree with them, but let's review this again in 5 months:


1. Chelsea
2. Manchester United
3. Arsenal
4. Manchester City
5. Aston Villa
6. Liverpool
7. Tottenham Hotspur
8. Fulham
9. Everton
10. Sunderland
11. Birmingham City
12. Blackburn Rovers
13. West Ham
14. Bolton
15. Wigan Athletic
16. Stoke City
17. Burnley
18. Wolverhampton Wanderers
19. Hull City
20. Portsmouth

2009 回顧 + 2010 展望

再年初寫了這個

In 2008, I......

- got married
- switched job
- crashed my car
- met up with an old friend

In 2009, I hope to......

- start a business or go back to school (Small success)
- passed the SCJP exam (Failed)
- become a father soon (Success)
- lose my "spare tire" (Totally failed)

In 2008, I have been to.......

- Stockholm, Sweden
- 重庆, China
- Füssen, Germany
- Salzburg, Austria
- Venice, Italy
- Locarno, Interlaken, Genevè, Switzerland
- Bergen, Norway
- Düsseldorf, Germany

In 2009, I would like to go to........
- Namsos, Norway (Didn't go)
- North Cape, Norway (Didn't go)
- Cyprus (Didn't go)
- Bombay, India (Didn't go)

Instead I went to .......
- Beijing
- Chengdu
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Fjord in west Norway


For 2009, I wish that ...........

- the financial tsunami will be over (Wish somewhat come true)
- my parents can finally retire (Wish come true)
- my sister can finally finish her study and support herself (Wish did not come true)
- Coco can get a job, make new friends and settle down in Norway (Wish somewhat come true)
- a friend would come and visit me in Norway (Wish come true)


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In 2010 I.........

- Will be a father
- Should finish my project
- Would try to amend the relationship with my sister
- Hope that Manchester United can overtake Chelsea for the EPL title

In 2010 I would like to visit.......

- Dublin, Ireland (Already bought the ticket)
- London (Work trip, unconfirmed)
- California again

新"車"入伙

由于家里两个车各有问题, 所以买车计划被迫推前. 昨天趁工作不忙蛇王出去买车.

挪威的车超贵(跟美国比), 所以由目标的VW Passat改为同是VW家庭的东欧版Skoda Octavia.

两个月前租车出去玩, 就是这一部(当时是08年款). 开过觉得没问题. 后来发现这车并不贵(跟其他品牌比). 于是就成为了这次买车的目标. 考虑到能力问题, 选择了这部2002年, 但只开了41000公里的. 这部车的另一优点是4x4, 在雪地开会比较好.

零首期, 供四年. 每月四千有找. 希望它可以无病无痛地陪我的孩子长大.

圣诞Party

上周末参加了公司的圣诞派对. 还玩了Curling. 当天狂喝酒, 第二天居然还可以若无其事地去餐馆上班, 简直是奇迹.

View from plane:


I decided to go up the mountain to see the sunset, some of the pictures:



Curling, me in action. Our team won 9-0


Some pictures from party:
My boss (department head) and the lady from accounting department:


Me and my manager:


Me with the English and the Austrian:


Me with the Spanish and the Scottish:


A few of us cornered the bar girl and forced her to take some pictures with us:



After the dinner we continue on to party at a local bar, I don't think anyone has ever seen me like this:





Me, Austrian and our company's secretary:


Here is how the place look like the morning after the party:

要走的此终要走.

公司七月的时候请了一个专家, 奥地利来的.

当时大家都不认识他, 只知道他是我们一个Developer主管极力推荐的. 我们都在想, 这样的人为什么会来我们这里呢?

后来他来了, 我们也跟他一起做过project. 发现他跟我们的想像中的一样, 而我更是连做他学生恐怕也没有资格. 公司里面的人去Conference都是听的, 他却是去讲的.

他比我年长8年. 那8年的分别, 恐怕就全是Programming了.

很难得的是, 他很平易近人. 午饭后的Dart Game他尽量出席. 慢慢我们变成无所不谈的朋友. 跟他做朋友比其他永远只谈风花雪月的人好多了. 而在挪威, 这种无所不谈的朋友其实就只有他跟斗牛士(他是西班牙来的同事).

上星期他说有事情跟我和斗牛士说. 反正星期天我们约了一起吃饭庆祝我快要做爸爸, 就等到那天再说吧. 真的吓了我们一跳. 他告诉我们他年底要走了, 理由就像我们想的一样, 想跟同Level的人一起工作. 而我们除了不舍得之外, 也替他高兴.

遗憾的只是这半年没有好好把握时间去跟他多学点东西. 幸好他不是去得太远, 只是去英国剑桥. 要看他不难.

另外旧公司的一个朋友也终于交了辞职信了. 从我走的那一天跟他说叫他快走, 他终于觉悟了. 他工作了三年的薪水都不够刚进来的多. 公司明显大细超. 这种公司留下来没意思.