Eivind's World

Today was Mona’s birthday and I booked a nice restaurant for us to have dinner. The food was tasty! The beef was very tender and the chocolate mousse mixed with pistachio ice cream was fantastic:):) The restaurants name is Kathlene and is located in an old European style building that used to be a library. [...]

Tonight we had dinner with our new President at Paulaner Brauhaus. Our Finance Director found out that the Happy hour finished at 19:00 so she ordered 10 litre beer! None of my Chinese colleges likes beer, so it was a lot of beer for me… Here is Sabrina, Tony, Hu Bin, Frank, Joyce and Judy: [...]

Today me and Mona went to take a look at the Shanghai Automotive exibition. Mona had lots of models working there so she got us in for free. It was a fantastic line up! Here is Mona next to the Mercedes Benz 500SL: Here Mona is trying a new Mercedes Benz SLK: Here is a [...]

I arrived Hongqiao airport from, took a “black” cab home, got changed and went to Peppes Pizza for the monthly Norwegian gathering. Here we are trying the local mao tai;)

Today I spent 7 hours at Hongqiao airport. 4 of them inside a plane on the runway… The weather in Shanghai was terrible and my flight was cancelled. I managed to change my flight to a different airline for a flight that wasn’t cancelled, boarded the airplane just to be waiting 4 hours on board [...]

H&M just opened in Shanghai, and the Chinese love it. This Saturday it was more than 100 metre queue outside the 5 stories building: I have to admit me and Mona also stood in queue. Not proud of that, but good to get some basic clothing for less than 100 rmb pr item that is [...]

Leaving office today I saw this Chinese teenager cruising with his car. I wish!

Mona is having a well earned ice cold beer after a hard weekend. She is organizing a fashion event with 10 different brands and more than 35 models. Using her phone more than a ship broker, I’m happy when she finish this case;) Here are some of the models and the schedule including casting, fitting [...]

I couldn’t reach any people in our European offices today. Someone told me it was Easter…? Well, it was 22 degrees and sunshine in Shanghai this weekend and no holiday. When I think about it I haven’t celebrated easter for 8 years (!) Here is a pic my mam sent me from this years Easter… [...]

I tried my macro for the first time, it didn’t turn out very well. The picture was too dark so I had to adjust it in photoshop. Anyway, here is a imitation of Ephemera Ignita, spent spinner: I will try to evolve my macro skills…