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Fra boken Japans historie av Arne Kalland:

[Provinsene] var et sted hvortil man kunne bli forvist, og det var stor forståelse [i aristokratiet] for at en statsmann som Sugawara Michizane (843 - 903)kunne dø i eksil simpelthen av lengsel etter hovedstaden. Etter sin død hjemsøkte han landet og fikk skylden for en rekke ulykker. Til sist så ( Read more... )

Here is a short update from me... I am in the middle of a four day study trip to Møre (Northwest Norway ( Read more... )

My parents came to town today, and we just had dinner in the Tyholt Tower. It was nice seeing them again, I have not seen them since Christmas.

I was at the Rosenborg - Brann game yesterday, but I do not feel inclined to dwell upon that subject...

Yesterday we had the annual general meeting in Mannhullet. I resigned from my post as cashier of the Motorboat Committee, by my own request. The Committee's finances are a bit sounder now than they were when I took over two years ago, and all in all it has been a quite easy job ( Read more... )

Yesterday, still in connection with the Kosmorama Festival, they showed Pirates of the Caribbean at Pirbadet, a so called Dive-In. Watching the film while floating around in the pool on an air mattress was quite cool! However, the acoustics of a swimming pool are far from ideal for films, so it was good to be familiar with the film from before.

The Kosmorama Film Festival takes place in Trondheim these days. Yesterday, a couple of friends and I saw Charlie Chaplin's City Lights in Olavshallen, with Trondheim Symphonic Orchestra playing the musical score composed by Chaplin himself. That was amazing! One of the funniest films I have seen in a long time. The orchestra and the music were ( Read more... )

My bags are packed and I am ready to go, Svalbard here I come!

I am not sure whether I will get to update from there, if not: Happy Easter everybody!

Usually whenever waterfall8484 is in town, we pay a visit to the Nidaros Cathedral. This year, we happened to go there at the same time as a group from Fortidsminneforeningen. We hung on to them, and got a very detailed guided tour of the building. That was very interesting, and I learned a lot. We even visited the crypt ( Read more... )

The last couple of days have been pretty busy...

On Thursday we had our annual Marine Tech ski-race, Skiregattaen. The weather was not as perfect as last year, but at least it did not rain. It was as fun as always. It is not a classical ski-race; the track consists of a jump, a hill, some mogul skiing and a bar where you get a drink per round. ( Read more... )