johansvennung(臺灣)

I reached my goal...

Ok...puh...im 100kg... it is like reached the peak on a moutain...now im going bo back to normal again...
Im thinking of participating in an Iron man in Taiwan later on in the autumn...so i better get into shape soon

This is the weight without Johan on it...
awesome!

I was about 92 kg or something when I came here...I was up at 96kg, but my swedish lifestyle, with alot of exercise and cycling makes it hard to really gain weight...even if I eat alot...

I made some pizzas with extra cheese...

The other pizza was even more cheese...alot of fat (hopefully)

I ate thise pizzas and I also drank alot of wine, in order for the liver to prioritze alcohole, instead of fat burning...and thus absorb more fat...to gain weight...
i think i might increas to 96 kg this night (wishfull thinking), I need to gain 4-6kg in 2 days...(I can drink 2-3 liters of water so in reality I need to be 97-98 kg to fulfill my goal 100kg, before I return...

I packed my things in Gothenburg today and cyceled back to Alingsås...

I also returned some of my brothers books he had when climbing mountains...
I was reminded how convenient it is to borrow and return books in sweden, no staff needed, only use machines...(thus seldom queues...)

When I came back to Alingsås, it seemed to be rain in the air...

Some dark clouds in the horizon...

Last time this year I used my bike to cycle to gothenburg...or at all...

I also passed by my grandma, and there I met my cousin and my aunt...

She will be 90 next year, and was chilling out at the tv. making some textile decorations...

After that I went to the supermarket with my mom...we met my neighbour Janne, who, when we were talking got bird shit on his head...bad luck that generates good luck?

When we were done, the rain finally catched up on us...

On the way home we passed by some places where they are vuilding new houses...this are pavement stones...

We also passed by some new houses, that are super expensive...

For dinner I ate kebabpizza that ws frozen and bought at the supermarket...kind of different to the other ones I use to eat...

My parents were watching TV while eating...

It was finally sunshine on the house...

The whole sweden were celebrting the bronze prize in the football championship...
Now im gonna start preparing for my upcomming days and return back to another world...scooters, chaos, fumes, all you can drink, mandatory attendance on useless school classes and elevators that says 10 people or 500kg (or something similar)...etc etc

After that oscar returned, he had to throw away some things he left in the fridge..not informing me i could take it...

I found some eggs I though about to give to my cousin...
But he would only throw them inthe compost, so it wouldnt b fun...

My brother has nice neighbours...there are often new ppl in the house, which is even more fun...

Then my brothers old classmate passed by (who also joined him to Mount Blanc), since they took the car, they passed by the german border...and ofcourse bought cheap alcohole...

Alot of alcohol...infact there is a big big big distribution central in the north of germany, just to sell alcohole to scandinavians...ppl come from far away to buy there, since they still save money...

I also saw a 2 floor västtrafik bus, which was exotic.
After this I went to my old classmate Ville...

We use to play guitar hero and rockband when we were young...
now her had this "Pro guitarr", and some other more advanced tools to take the game to another level...

He was doing some ironing and cleaning when I came...
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Even though he usually get Bluray rips from internet, he had a some bluray films at home...

We drank some czech beer while hanging out...

I also got some good coffee...and swedish biscuits...

He had programmed his TV so that when he picks a film from the computer, it automaticly gets the IMDB score... (from www.imdb.com), and he uses this rank to pick films...

He had alot of candies,which I almost ate up...

He had an advanced home cinema...Im also gonna get this when I get a job...

We continued to play rockband 3, it is hard but fun...

The cool part is that u acctually learn to play the real song, when u manage to play the game...

Togetter with the surrounding sound, it was an intersting feeling to play...

After this I went to an indian restaurant with my parents...
its a pity im not a big fan of swedish indian food...

I had an intersting carrot cake for dessert...

My mom just bought an Sony Ericsson xperia arc, my brother tried to fix some settings...
my dad will probably buy one as well...

Later on in the night I went with my cousin to a golf court...

We were collecting balls for some party next week...
After that action I went back home...

At home I met an interesting indian guy who was in sweden for a 2 month visit to settle some business here...he also has business in italy, dubai and india (something to do with car industry)...indias car industry in increasing by 30% per year, since all indians want to have a car...maybe for status purpose....so it seems to be a good way to earn money...

He gave me some nie indian food (as it taste in india...), it was better that the swedish indian food...

I cyceled to gothenburg ...
On my way (in Lerum) I met my old friend Christer, who was training Jujutu when i was a kid...it was a nice reunion, I use to meet him once every second or third year by coincidence...
At partille some ppl had a bachelor party...

For every car that blow its horn the guy must take a shot...
it iw a well trafficed road...he was sitting in the middle of a roundabout...

After that,I went to meet my friennd at humanisten in gothenburg

IT was a nice fountain there...and at that place i met chris...

We went to eat lejonet och björninen icecream...all the way at linnestaden...

Chirs got more icecream than me :(
I have carrot cake, texas fudge and coconut icecream...

It was a sunny nice evening...unfortunately I burned myself when i was cyling to gothenburg...so I had pain... :S

We passed by a nice restaurant street at linnestaden.

Gothia cup is in town, the worlds largest football championship (what i heard)...so alöot of people are in town from all over the world...so exotic....

After that i payed a visit at "uncle Nils".
 
I got a steak, which was nice...

He had a rowing machine at home...

Else we were watching tv

Family guy and some dancing program...

After that I passed by Ica focus, the best supermarket in town. They have alot of exclusive food

I went here to buy a cheese that is that good so that you laugh when u eat it... (according to my friend). It was a nice experience...

Then I went to meet other people...at a nice restaurant near the riverside.

We cyceled there and stayed until the sun set (about 22).

It was a nice view over the city.

Not that many cisites has these kind of places...

They also had a live band playing...

Then we went back togetter...

The police attended at the avenue....

There were cool light where we cycled...

We went to buy hamburger...
I could recall that my younger sisters friends once promised me extra mashed potatoes when i ate food at her kiosk. So i was looking for her to get benefits...But i couldnt find her at this kiosk...

So we went to another, but she wasnt there either...

I bought a 200 grams hamburger...

We continued though a cementary...
And after that I came back home...

When, back home I tried the good cheese again togetter with some local beer...

My brother came home that night aswell...
He had been  up on Mount Balnc in france and Grand Paradiso in Italy.

My cousin Erik lives in London, and came to sweden today, for a short visit
Once upon a time I use to get free eggs from Erik that he got from his job.

Today it was payback time...

The reason I got eggs from he for free was that they always expired...
My eggs were old, so perhaps they also expired, thus he threw them in the compost...
After this we went to buy kebabpizza.

Erik claims that Deniz pizzeria is the best in town..., however kind of expensive

They even had a mongolian flag on the top of the building where the pizzeria was...so exotic

The pizza looked good.

I also used a mockabryggare at his place...to make coffee...

I made him pose in the same way he did 8 years ago, when I visited him another time...

Here is Eriks development since a child...collected pics in his parents room.

My copy of his Mickey mouse poster was also still there...so exclusive...(i didnt have the original accesssable when I made the copy, why it might not look 100% exactly as the other one).

He still had him Batman alarm watch...which was cool...

After some hours his father came home from his work. They were suppose to eat dinner togetter, so i went to his neighbour Maja.

I stayed there until it was dark, since then me and erik and some other guy were suppose to make an secret action at the golf court ("borrowing" golf balls"). However Erik later on said he was tired, so we ended up watching a movie...

It was raining outside

She had 2 cute rabbits...

And her parents had a very cozy kitchen...

I had Chai tea for breakfast today, it was soo good.

It is also known ad Masala tea...it is common in india and nepal.

I spent a long time at my brothers appartment this morning...not doing so much...

I ate blodpudding for lunch...

In the evening I went to the casino in town  (in sweden there are only a few casinos and they are owned by the government)

I met some old friends...to have a beer...

I drang Paulaner, a very good beer...

After that I met more friends...

We passed by Gotheborg, which is an old ship originally, but was built as a perfect copy some years ago. It sailed to china and back.

We went to an old favourite restaurant in gothenburg, an all you can eat mongolian barBQ, however it is not the same taste as in mongolia...not any horse meat  etc.mostly chinese food...

They have a good salad...

As a predish we god noodle soup and garlic brread.

We picked material for the  the main course.

Then this guy fried it for us...

We picked different mongolian souces...

I had alot of pineapple in my food.

In the second one as well, and sheap meat...Im lucky sheap doesnt taste the same here as in Mongolia, I heard it was soso there...

It was a good time...

It is a rare pic to see a buddha and a swedish flag...

It was an old restaurant, they been in the news papaer some times...
The people on the news paper pic looks mongolian, however the saff in the restaurant spoke mandarin, and barely swedish...

We stayed until the sun almost set...22-23 something...

We also passed by a building in the center of gothenburg near brunnsparken owned buy Chalmers...I always wondered what that houe was about, but it didnt say, it only told us about the history...

On a sunny tuesday evening I cyceled to Gothenburg.

I started at 20 and arrived some hours later...

I visited some friends who also were visiting Gothenburg and some who came home from some trip...
(some ppl on the pic are from Singapore)I also mt some of these friends the day after...

I met them at Swedbank where I also saw Gunnar Ek, a famous guy in stock associations in Sweden...

We went to eat kebabpizza...we decided to eat it at another friends place...on the way to look for a pizzeria, I found this sign at a cementery, "tänk på döden" means "think about the death".

We found a pizzeria that had Halal meat, since they are muslims...

Ín the elevator to my friends place I saw this sign...meaning 1 person is 85 kg...i think that is heavier than in taiwan...

TB my chalmers friend had bought a new appartment in Gothenburg city...

He had a cool water machine, that also gave ice...

I got to try it myself...

So I had cool water when i ate my...

...kebabpizza.

The also had a set of Global knifes, which was impressive...

They had many starbuchs cups...(i use to collect HArd rock cafe T-shirts, maybe I should aim for starbuck cups instead).

I also got to try some chinese starch cake...with green tea flavour...

We also got to see the rest of the appartment...

with cool interior design...

and a big closet...

We ended up in the couch, and had a nice time...
later on I went to c another friend...

On the way to there I saw the new water tower that is said to be a dormitory for students with rich parents...u can also see the ocean from there, i was told...

At my friends place I ate another kebabpizza...

I also treid a new beer that was super good.

I also had some coke...plus i was trated coffee...(i was a little high on caffein...)

I also saw a movie...at this new appartment that belongs to my chalmers friends anna.

I went to the supermarket yesterday...
In sweden many of the supermarkets offers customer cards that you can pay with.

At the ICA stores in sweden, the customer acts cashier, but calculating the total price of the items with a device, and pay at the exit, without help from any staff...there is almost never any queues at those counters.

Yesterday I went out with the boat...

As a marine I know the importance of using sea chart, even if it was a little old.

The weather was nice, but the wind was perhaps a little to strong.

I didnt have a seaman hat...but I still felt like a seaman...

Captain of the ship...I found my way around the lake...
went home for a short dinner...

I didnt drink that much beer, even it if only was 2,9 % alcohol, in sweden it is high penalties to drink and drive also on the lake.

I ate fish, perhaps it came from the lake...

"Mayday mayday, we are sinking, we are sinking". What were we sinking about?
By some reason the engine died on the second trip...I had to call my dad, ask to pull us from the cliffs...

He was near the lake, so the problem was solved. Lucky us that we had the cellphone with us on the boat.
NB: The boat didnt go aground. I managed the situation by the book (if u ask me). Not sure what caused the engine problem, but we took the smaller boat out instead on the second trip.

I have a big family...some live in big houses...
Many time those houses are full with old clothes...and once in a while the owner of the house wants to get rid of clothes...(which is far more harder than it seems).
My mother and her siblings emptied my grandmas old closet, which was to big according to them (my grandma is about 90 and doesnt like to throw away things)

old dresses that are super nice...and me and some friends were free to pic before they sended they to chairity
I spent a long time looking for an oliver twist cape some year ago when i was travelling in south east asia..., now I got a perfect Frodo cape (top right pic)...that I surely will use later on this year...
i also got some hats and shirts...vintage is nice sometimes...

I was told that they cut some trees in my parents garden, and eventually some tree fell on my windmill (on purpose!)...hmm

I spent 10 minutes collecting the pieces and made a provisional solution...I will work on it later on...

After my short windmill fixing attempt, we took of to Gräfsnäs where there is a bog ruin from a former castle...
We drove though endless of woods...

While in Gräfsnäs there were alot of handcraft stores...

They were selling alot of interesting things

We visited an old castle that has been in alot of interesting fires, historical moments etc

There were people there acting like soldiers from some centuries ago

They were selling bread a la 100 years ago

This is how the castle looked like a long time ago

This is how it looked a long time ago (but not as long as the other pic)

there were a moat around the castle...

People were shooting with an ancient gun

An old friend of my parents who won the world championship in BarBQ at the caribeans some years ago had a restaurant nearby.

AFter the castle visit we went to a cafe

Alot of people were having their "fika" there

I had a small prawn sandwish...
my mom payed ;)

My sister bf insited of paying for himself, i "borrowed" his wallet, and found these classical GF pics in his wallet...so fun to see how my sister used to look like

The cafe is kalled "Kallestugan" and has been a cafe managed by relatives to me for ages...but since some years some other family has it...

I visited a nightclub in Alingsås last night...
It was interesting...I called some friends and asked which club that was the best for the moment...it seemed like there were not that much of an option in alingsås (population 20 000 people).

My friends complained that the music was not that good. it was a little house but alot of latino music...which im use to so i think it was ok...

The place use to be a cafe during daytime. and night club in night time...

I had a tie from a former activity I did, which made me look like a business man that had a night club after work experience...

The security guards some times has a text on their back saying "ordnings vakt", making them feel very powerful. It is entertaining...
After the club visit (it closed at 2 am), we went to eat hamburger...usually swedes prefer kebab...but it was my favourite hamburger chain...(or use to be), so exception was made.

It was a long queue, but we came there rather early...

The kiosk had sign saying "like us on Facebook", my friend Patrik told me he and his two friends were they only 3 people liking them...
We asked for discount due to this...but did not get any...

I ordered a 130g burger and a Västkust salad. It was long time since I ate this. So awesome.

I visited my cousins today, one of them had a confirmation party...

Alot of people...

The food was great...

We often have parties in the family, since I have many relatives...that has things to celebrate...

And as usual, the summer experience...strawberries, icecream and whipped cream...

They have a trampoline, it is very common in sweden that people have a trampoline in the garden...

Their house is red, as most of the swedish houses...originally from a famous iron mine...in sweden.

When I came home people were barBQing...

They used the big grill...

A strom came kind of quickly in the middle of the BarBQ event...

We offered the germans help, since they were out fishing...but there were fine...

I went to gothenburg for a quick visit...
I wanted to take the car...but there were not enough space...my sister also made a visit with her friends...she was not as willing to go tourist either...
So I made a private guiding for my taiwanese guest. very exclusive.however alot of walking.

We started out by eating at BK...

Partillecup is a handball competition (the biggest in the world), so the streets was crowded with young handball players...

There are alot of tourist attractions in Gothenburg. "Hjulet" is a ferris wheel, 60 meters high near the river...it is interesting but kind of touristic.

It was an interesting view.

They also had a VIP carriage, that was more expensive and had shaded windows...I wonder who wanna go with that one...

There weree alot of performances downtown...

Many kids has this as a summer job, Gothenburg really puts an effort in beeing an event city, I think they are really doing a good job...

Over 90 people were performing, singing and danceing all over the city...

We also saw an exibition about the falun gong society in China...

It was very interesting...just like my fear to be kidnapped in china, where they take all my organs and sell on the international market...it seems like they earning some extra money on poor falun gong people...

Also a short visit at NCTU europes office was payed...the staff are in Taiwan I think...

I ate another mossens pizza, and ofcourse pizza salad...which is comomn in Sweden but rare in other countríes.

There after Liseberg was on the agenda...(spontaneous visit), where I met Per, my old Chalmers classmate...so awesome...and nice...

I went with the rollercoaster in this station several times...

It was raining so there were not that many people. it was the perfect condition.

It was a funny sign "Åkmesar" and "Våghalsar", the first means something like "cowards" the other is like "daredevils", choose the path depending if u want to try the ride or not.

The staff were kind of passive...since it was raining and lack of people (initially I thought it would be alot of people, since the handball cup oinvited thousands of people...but lucky us, not that many people chosed to come).

Carl Einar Häckner was performing his Varité, very entertaining...

Also an acrobat from leibniz was there...kind of strong guy...

The Bumber cars were sponsored with the radiostation I use to work at...I took the NRJ car...it suited me most...

The top-of-the-line ride was Atmosfear...some 100 meter drop down...with great view over the city...

After a short visit at  Tiroler restaurant, checking out some läder hausen...the visit was over...

It was more than 10 years I was here the lasat time, doing the rides like now...thank u liseberg...

I spent some time fixing the boats at my parents house...

It was alot of problems...but finally I got them to work...guiding my friends around the lake...and hopefully going on more fishing trips...

We also passed by some inner courtyards in Alingsås...there are alot of them...very picturesque...

I also compared some camera prices...conclusion: Sweden is expensive :(

To fika in Alingsås is a must...so we passed by a famous cafe...

I had a mango chocolate muffin...

We went shopping, as usual I looked for the nearest seat in the store...and soo did "Ferna", the visitor from Stockholm...so professional...

We also passed by Systembolaget...and I saw a "Absolut Svea", a vodka with summer flavours...

A store had Sale...they were very clear with that...
Later on I went to gothenburg...

Here in sweden I often use a dish washer...it is so convenient.

The best solution is to have 2 dish washers...where the dish goes from one to another...

I always wonder...

The candies left in the bag...the ones that were picked last...why did I pick them? low prioritization. I asked myself this question yesteday when I bought candies...which ones gonna b the last eaten...usually the chocolate goes first...and other unique candies

I went to meet my old school mate up near Chalmers...

This was Gothenburgs highest home before...it is an old water tower that became dormitories...
Now they made dorms in another water tower as well...these dorms are just one of a kind ;)

In sweden the dorms encurrage parties and social activites. so they often have bars, and barBQ places in the dorm areas...difference mentality than in TW where u r not even allowed to bring alcohol into the building (kindergarden attitude)

We went to my favourite pizzeria in Gothenburg - Mossens pizzeria...
I picked no 78, Maffios. it use to be a favourite...

...and look, my old note from 2 years ago was still on their bill board...I was gratituding their pizza..I even wrote the chinese word "hao3" on the top...i think they liked my comment

look, i wished some years ago that my parents bought this and shipped it to Taiwan...perhaps they can do it next time they visit...(frozen might b easier)

Chris, my mate bought another kebabpizza and added ham...it was more crispy...

...and Yes, I also eat fast compare to other swedes...

After this we went downtown...it was full of rockers...

Most of them were wearing Metallica shirts since they will play at Nya Ullevi tonite

I tried new flavours at a Triumf glass stand...Dammsugarglass, Delicatoglass and Lionglass...not as big as at the Triumfglass store in Partille but it was ok...

So many ppl had tattoos...it seems to b a part of the hard rock culture...atleast they were showing them...

We continued to buy Lösgodis...since it is not that common in Taiwan...

I bought half a kg candies...

Gothenburg also seem to adapt the convenient bikes that u rent...but i think the rules might b different compare to stockholm...

One can see that it is summer in the city, and that there is a concert tonite...Hard Rock cafe was full, playing metallica songs...so awesome...however perhaps i little to hot...it feels like more that 30 degrees...perhaps I should visit sweden in February next year and stop complaining...

Later on, another nice summer dinner was served...

BarBQed salmon and other nice summer flavours...so awesome

Strawberries and cream...

My friend Therese got a Mac...not my type, but still interesting...
She recently bought a new bike, I took my old one back, cruzing through a city filled with "the big 4" music...super nice

I just back back to Gothenburg...I will visit some friends who I havnt seen for a while...

On my way to Gothenburg I passed by a road that had my name...so awesome...

I cyceled on a road that my ancestor once funded...

He was a Duke or something and payed for the road, it became more convenient to transport between cities on the west coast of sweden due to this...