Some guiding events on the West coast
I hosted some friends recently...
Checking some areas in the neighbourhood...
And went fishing for a while...proving that its hard to get any fish...
I also made some hamburgers...
And went on some exhibition...
Omg...autumn sign #12...
And sun sets pretty far south right now (it sets more west in the summer)...
Even the planes are heading south...
I also made some Halloween preparations...
A classic design...
And one Jack the Pumpkin king face...(from one of my favorite movies)...
Not sure where to put it...but as long as there is no storm it seems cosy and spooky enough near some fields...
Webcam spot
I use to check my hometown when im abroad for a long while...
...and this buiding is what I have been checking for some years in Alingsås city...
I posted some screen shots previous years on this house...
Warm days in Sweden
Its warm in these days...
A guy cutting the grass, and its almost november...pretty brave (many times, the autumn rain, makes the lawns fragile and thus few people cut them (at the same time the grass wont grow that fast in winter time))...
I also got some surprise, peanut butter M&M from USA...epic happiness...
A rendez-vous in Alingsås
I met some family members in Alingsås today...
Som blur pic of my present to my neighbour, and my cousins present to my neighbour...
Omg, he has a cabin...
...and a new house...
And a atlas on the wall...only large cities asre listen...and "älmhult"...must be an IKEA map....
And the top 5-6 largest cities in Sweden...
Omg...second or third coffee of the day...
Then out for a walk...
And a nice meal...withmore coffee...
At Sally´s in the middle of Alingsås...
And some photo shoting...
And back for the start...it didnt really rain...but it was cloudy...typical westcoast weather...
A hectic evening in Gothenburg
Yesterday evening I passed by my uncle to take some pics...
I picked up some equipment, took some pics and enjoyed the autumn...
Next stop was at Tess...
She got a chili plant...and was very happy...
I also passed by Erik, this tree has been there as long as I can remember...
Next stop was at Eberth...
I brought some mushrooms...and he also had some...
I also tried some beers...
He likes to try new things...like a casserole...
Omg...he also had a golden mug...very interesting...
And some herbs from southern europe...
The casserole was very nice...autumn flavours...
Eberth has alot of chilis...we all tried some...pretty spicy...
We also used his bluetooth sound system...listening ti the anthem of Kreml High, by varan-TV...
We used smart phones...
And tried the camera...Eberth think I should remainthis blog to "blur pictures"...
Later on I passed by Eriks house again...he was kind and dove me to the train station aswell...on tuesday he is going back to London...
Alley Cat Gothenburg
I joined the annual Alley cat event in Gothenburg yesterday...
However...I had some lackintime...and for the first time brought my bike in the train (i usually havethe habit to cycle to gothenburg)...
The alley cat race is an infomal event...and they like dark places...
We were about 80-100 people...all dressed inblack...and most people had skeletton make up in their face....
And with a map and about 30-40 questions, each question generate 3 or 6 points...it was up to us to pick a route, so that we in 1,5-2 hours could gather as many points as possible... a question coule be like Check point 5: "how many leaves does the flower have above the iron door in on the church"
It passed by many graveyards...
It was fun...black dressed people painted with a skull-white face...
It was a late october night...but no rain...
My friends chain jumped...unfortunetely...and we were late for the first deadline...
It didnt bather me...since I had to leave to the airport...at 10...however...later onthe second roundstarted and some sprint race...and people ended up at some place in the middle of nowhere...
And we could see the answers to all the questions...
And some party...
And awards...
The host...
The bar...
And many people were using fixed gear bikes...not sure why...but these guys always tend to join events like this...
And an interesting bike...
Fixed gear and turnable back wheel...
This guy got award for best dress...and make up...
Pretty funny guy...
They even had their own beer...
I ended the night by changing to "normal time"...meaning winter time...
An evening in Gothenburg
I spent some time in Gothenburg last night...
Near a place called Puta Madre...
Omg...they have Wisby beer...same as in Taiwan...
I had a local beer...it was pretty bitter...
I also tried a lager...which tasted like an I.P.A...
Many familiar faces were there...
And Viktor showed his hair...he looks a little bit like Ola Salo...some swedish singer...
Fishing moments at Mjörn
Frank my friend joined for some fishing sessions recently..
He got a car from italy...
And he brought his fishing equipment with him...
Omg...high water level...
I have tried to catch fish almost 10 times this year...so far no luck...
I hoped that Frank could deliver something...
Omg...so many lures...
I also made some cinnamon muffins from the last apples in the garden...
Some drying of the lures were necessary...
Frank turned out to be good in music and piano...
And made some attempts...to learn a john legend song...
A short visit to Gothenburg
I paid a quick visit to Gothenburg today...
Doing some business...and meeting some people...
My cousins came from London this weekend...
We went to Daniel...the bartender...
Omg...94%...
And a lot of dishes...
Cool signsof how to use the fan...
And they made somesan fransisco...
Daniel is creative when it comes to furnishing...
A TV-insidea table table...
And the party crew...
Wealso did some cinnamon shots...
I got an irish coffee...
Really professional...
Almost done...
Just some chocolate on the top...
Omg...like a palestine scarf-pattern...
We also added more apple to the cinnamon shot...
And checked some beer...from belgium..
This was 12%...pretty strong...
A Hefweisen...
And finanlly,thebikes on the wall...its eems like many people in this part of gothenburg has bikes on the walls...
A trip to the park
I made a trip to the park yesteday afternoon...
Summer is still struggling to remain...almost 15 degrees 2 days ago...but now its more like 10:ish...
Random events in October
I made some nice "moussaka på svenska", which is one of my favourite swedish dishes some day ago...
In a small pottery, so it was more like a snack...
I also had a discussion with a swedish institution...they seem pretty lame some times...
Later I claimed a free coffee...
...and helped some friends taking pics in a local exhibition...
"Autumn is coming"...I use to say...(even if its 16-17 degrees some days)...I might say "winter is coming" soon...
Early sunday morning
I never said "no" to an airport visit as far as I can remember...
...I had the plessure to enjoy taiwanese food yesterday...
...before...seting the alarm on 5:ish...
Helping some friends to the airport...seems like spain is a common destination nowadays...my parents went there some week ago...an old classmate last week...and now some swedish friends...
A morning in the forest...
I spent some time in the forest with my cousin this morning...
Another mushroom session...
A night with interaktion
I went to an event i gothenburg city last night...
Neartheavenue...pretty cool people...
And the guests got sun glasses...
Omg...a horse-lamp...
And a pie competition...
And some car that didnt exist...
Me and some friends went all in on festis...
They also had a competition who made the best pie...
While some random kids were throwing potatoe chips all over the floor...
Also a voter for the best pie got a prize...
The company is doing apps...and other design things...
Omg...they guy won a tree...
Other guests were evaluating a car simulator...
"Interaktionsbyrån"...
And people in this building weight about 78kg...
Later on I went to a nearby store to check out a cheese that you laugh when u eat...accordig to my friend chris...
A night at the avenue...
I also went to a kebab place later on in the night...
...to mingle with some locals...
Some thursday snax
Some thursday snacks...that I madet oday...
Popcorn...said to be better than vegatables...
Curry...one from "Mandalay" in myanmar...had to try...
And finally apple muffins and chocolate milk...
No competition to train for in sight...I try to sign up for a local alley cat race..but I have no one to join me in my team :(
Some event in October
Almost like in frankfurt, the sky is pretty clear...
But here up in the north...its more colourful...
It was also apple time...
I was also invited to some engineering event...
And some event at NCTU Europe...
Omg...they study chinese...
And many of my friends were inthe brochure...
Omg...they seem to like to take pice of europeans...
Later on I went to some gathering...at a lunch bar...
A friend of mine has transformers logo on his laptop...he bought them onine...pretty cool...
I also made another "home made" hamburger...
A trip to Småland
What is art?
I did a painting...I wonder if its not art...
And some project in the garden...
Some business brought med south to Småland...
I also treated some people with mushrooms...
Omg...the birds...
Some old furnitures...
...fomr 1792...
And chili cookies...
Autumn is arriving here...its colder than the west coast...
After 1 days adventure...I had to head back...
Omg...chocolate donuts...pretty nice...
Road 27 took us back west...
Someapples wre collected at my uncles place...
And some oxtail soup...pretty nice...
Fishing championship
There is a championship in town...
Many people from all around the country is visiting...
And many boats nearby...
I met last years winners...
It was a rather warm day...
Jose´s in town
My old friend Jose came to sweden yesterday...he was taking car from finland...and was heading to spain...
Interesting plate...
He took the ferry to stockholm, and drove cross the country...
Pretty funny guy...
Omg...finish spirit...
And the moon was pretty impressive...
We had some typical spanish breakfast...bread with oil and salt...
Jose taught me thattraditional protestat countries dont use curtainsthatcover up as much as in katolic countries...
We later on headedto the forest...
Piked some mushroom...
And later on headedto gothenburg...omg...kopparbergs...
After some kebab pizza...I headedto skansen lejonet...
And later on went onmy bike fora trip...and made a hamburger...
Some hang out
I went to a HAng out place yesterday called Sallys, owned by a turkish guy, who sells real estatein southern turkey...
A friend us to go here many times...
I had a daim brownie...
I also made some paintings...
Omg...after some afternoon activites outside...I saw a squirrel...
...hmm...I wanttoms hedgehogs...to transport so an car free island for future protection...
Recent events at the west coast
I recently had a mission to cut the lock of a friends bike...
And enjoyed a Oppigårds beer mean while...
And later I also passed by a local chinese restaurant where the staff comes from nearby taiwan...
Omg...the sauces thatmakes thechinee food swedish (or western)...sweet and sour, curry and peanut sauce, side by side...
Later I got a coffee at espresso house by using an app...
And hosted some people, and experimented with the local apples...
There are many deers nearby that wants apples...
I also had fun with a swing...in the evening...
Sun sets around 18.30...
Slowly slowly...the sky has othercolours than in taiwan...
Later another visit was paid to lights in alingsås...
And some play grounds were visited...also with interesting lights...
A gathering in gothenburg
I went to gothenburg today fora gathering...
A party tent was arranged...
Omg...many plants...(darkphotodue to someexperiment with the camera)...
I got a mugg with my name,,,its easy to put it at a random place and mix it up with someone else...
I had some taiwanese food, prtty nice...
They also had Egg tar...omg..
And some cake...
Nils was 2 years...
Super many cakes...this one was blueberry cheesecake...
I also got a "Granny Smith" mugg...pretty exclusive...
Otherinteresting food...
The top layer was pancake...
Håkan was there...I met him in the summer of 2008 in hsinchu the first time...
He was cleaning some dimsum equipment...
Omg...my friends mom did a wholeset of clothes in kid sice...pretty cute...
The day of the cinnamon bun
Yesterday was the day of the cinnamon bun...among other days...
So I had some small ones...
Andsome pizza salad...
Omg...an new coke is in town...
I also had a kebab pizza...
My fahter passed by to fix somethings in town...
Sun sets just before 19...
Just checking the settings of the camera...
Itsabout 15-20 minutes each week...theday time...
Some mushroom picking and local events in Alingsås
I went to the Risveden forrest today...
Taking the car initially to my "secret mushroom place"...
Some foreigners...
Lingonberries....and also some blue berries werefound...
We found some locals working in the forrest...
Pretty isolated place...
And alot of mushrooms...
Time for picking...
At this secret place...its not about "finding the mushrooms"...its more like, pick until u get tired of it...
Hampus, my friends who lives in Alingsås even brough a basket...
After some time, it was time for fika...
And the more picking...
More or less 1 or 2 kinds thatwe know about...
We had some other things on the agenda...so we left after some bags...
Omg..they even had road names here in the middle of nowhere...
Enwei, a.k.a Walter was a little busy with his phone...planning his next trip...
Finding potholes...
And enjoying the views...
Nice view...
And later on we had to remove the dirt...
We also had apple juice from the garden...
And fried...
The next stop was light in alingsås...
We had a map...this exhibition has been here for more than 15 years...
Pretty intereting lights...this year Grieg was the theme...
They had some english brochure too...
First year I was wearing shorts...
And many people walking...
Interesting lights...
Omg...Alingsås was the first city with accepting freedom of religion...
And the name was pretty old...
And the local football club selling hotdogs...
And instagram frames when taking pics...
For this caslte...including how to make a hashtag...
Many people taking pics...
A fontaine with interesting electro music...
Some wierd pic of a purple dog...
We ere experimenting with exponential time...
And I learned somemore features about my camera...
More instagram frames...
This part was the coolest..."the Hall of the Mountain King"...
Still crowded on the path...
And some local gardens that also used light...
Even the tunnels were pimped...
Omg..."hallbergs blommor"...in taiwan i often saw this place...since they have a live webcam...
Autumn days
Summer, Autumn, Summer...Autumn...
Apple times...and autumn is coming slower that usual...
Boats on the lake...I might go for a ride myself this weekend...
NCTU 10 year Anniversary dinner
Still summer in sweden...
Some flating bridge on the lake...
And in Gothenburg there was a 10 year anniversary for NCTU...
Many Chalmers students attended...
We were at Radisson hotel at the avenue...
Wawa was hosting...shes so funny...
And a representative from NCTU...
Some blur pic of President Markides from Chalmers and the Representative from NCTU...
It was a pretty nice dinner...
Then, the Taiwanese students performed anaboriginal dance...soo cool...
I didnt really recognize it...but some moves were from the Amis...
And the "hold hand" move...thats common for most aboriginals...
Main dish...
Hugo@hugo and anders...mingeling...
And mashed potatoes...pretty nice...
The Chalmers students at NCTU prepared a video...
It was funny...
Lateron it was dessert...
And my friend Walter did some tricks...
with diabolo...which they claimed was a taiwanese thing...(originaates form China)...
Omg...2 of the diabolos...
And later on the swedes went up...
For some singing...
More people on the stage than in tha audience...
Wawa invited everyone up for a group photo...
Just like last year in Jhubei...
Some VIP photo...
Many people taking pics...
And the final group photo...
Omh...anders took a pic from above...tomake us look more handsome...
And tais wanted to do a classic Beatles photo..
...or something...
Walter was editing the pics...
Some final mingeling...
These guys known each other for a long time...
The swedes planned to continue to a bar...
The tais werentsure...
But weended uphere...
Its a pretty nice club...
They didnt have any beer from gothenburg...
I had a newcastle...
Swedes and Tais...
And Wawa...
Sofie likes to drink beer...we had very intereting beer discussions...
Mr Falk had a Bowtie...
I had my Alishan tie...
Pascal had s nice suit from shanghai...red one...
"Brittish" pub tradition...means one needs to go to the bsar to order...thought that was pretty swedish too...
Hampus had pretty nice shoes...
He stays in Alingsås...interesting, never seen him here before...
