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10803 New site We got a new site up. http://www.digitalt.dk/malaysia follow us there. //Niels 170703 CorrectionJonas is also going to Malaysia... So be aware!!! //Niels 170703 Next adventure ready to goYesterday I confirmed my presence in Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur from September 2003 until July 2004 where I will be studying a bachelor degree. It looks like Jonas will also be there, but it is not yet confirmed. Too all my good friends in China... Cya in Thailand in February. //Niels 110603 Back in DenmarkHey guys Just wanted to say hello to all our friends stuck back in Wuxi. We miss you guys and hope to see you in Thailand next year! Niels and I are enjoying the Danish summer and all its perks. Cold Carlsberg by the gallon and pretty girls. What more could one ask for? Take care!!! Hej gutter Ville bare lige sige hej til alle vores venner som vi efterlod i Wuxi. Vi savner jer og håber at se jer i Thailand til næste år. Niels og jeg nyder den danske sommer med alt hvad der-til-hører. Masser af kolde Carlsberg og kønne piger. Hvad mere kan man forlange? Pas på jer selv!!! //Jonas 20603 We are out of here!Hi all Today is the day. We are out of here. At 18.00 we leave Wuxi to go to Pudong airport and get on the plane for Denmark. No need to say we will miss Wuxi alot, but we are ofcourse also looking forward to see Denmark, our friends and family again. We met alot of wonderfull people over here and we want to thank each and everyone for enriching our lives here. Hopefully we will see some of you again. Take care. Hej alle I dag er dagen. Vi tager hjem til Danmark. Kl 18.00 forlader vi Wuxi og tager til Pudong airport for at hoppe på flyet til Danmark. Vi vil savne Wuxi, men ser også frem til at komme hjem til Danmark, vores venner og familie igen. Vi har mødt mange dejlige mennesker her i Wuxi og vi vil gerne take dem alle for at have gjort vores liv mere rigt. Forhåbentlig ses vi en anden gang. Bye bye. //Niels 260503 Boat trip on the canalsYesterday we went on yet another boattrip. This time through the canals down to Suzhou and back to Wuxi. It was a great day and everyone had fun. You can see the pictures in the gallery. I går var vi på endnu en bådtur. Denne gang sejlede vi gennem kanalerne ned til Suzhou og tilbage til Wuxi. Det var en dejlig dag og alle ombord havde det sjovt. Du kan se billederne i galleriet. //Niels 200503 Happy birthdaysHAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jonas and my mum. Both of these great people have birthday today. May you have a good day. And mum: Sorry I am not there, but I will be home soon :) TILLYKKE MED FØDSELSDAGEN til Jonas og min mor. Begge disse dejlige mennesker har fødselsdag i dag. Må i have en rigtig god dag. Og mor: Beklager jeg ikke er der i dag, men jeg kommer snart hjem :) //Niels 160503 More picturesToday I have put up some random pictures from the past week or so.. Should be good fun to watch. I dag har jeg puttet lidt blandede billeder op fra den sidste uges tid.. Skulle være en god kigger. //Niels 150503 Happy 38 AnnaOne of our dear classmates have birthday tomorrow. So from all of us here in China. HAPPY 38TH BIRTHDAY ANNA! Give our love to the kids! En af vores gode klassekammerater har fødselsdag imorgen. Så fra alle os i Kina. TILLYKKE MED DE 38 ANNA! Hils børnene. //Niels 80503 Recent eventsHi all Just a little news to bring you up to speed on what is going on in China. Nothing is going on actually. We are doing our thesis at the moment and we are well in shape. We miss the conclusion and the final revision and still have 10 days to go, so things are looking good. SARS is everywhere now. Well not the decease itself, but the word SARS, so we cannot travel or anything as there are restrictions even though there are no SARS in our area. Other than that everything is absolutly great. Hej alle Lige lidt nyt om hvad der sker herovre i Kina lige p.t. Der sker faktisk ikke en pind. Vi er i gang med hovedopgaven og mangler konklusionen og de sidste smaa revideringer og vi har stadig 10 foer vi skal sende den hjem til Danmark. SARS er over det hele i oejeblikket. Ikke sygdommen selv, men selve ordet. Vi kan ikke rejse rundt for der er restriktioner for al rejse aktivitet ogsaa selvom der ikke er SARS i vores del af Kina. Udover det saa har vi det godt og vi kommer hjem d. 1. juni. //Niels 40503 Pictures are up!!Hi everybody New pictures have just been uploaded. They are from a great BBQ party that Peter and Kaori threw on Friday May 2. We just want to thank them for inviting us all and we look forward to more BBQs in the future. Go on through to the galleries and check out the pictures. Enjoy! Hej allesammen Så er der nye billeder i galleriet. De er fra en kanon grillfest som Peter og Kaori holdt i fredags d.2 maj. Vi vil gerne sige tak til dem for at invitere os alle og vi glæder os to flere grillfester i fremtiden. Smut ind i galleriet og se billederne. God fornøjelse! //Jonas 280403 The boat tripA great sunday on the Tai Hu Lake. The Australian Bar had arranged a BBQ on a boat. Lots of foreigners and we had a great time. Thank you to all the people who were present and who helped make it a great day. See the pictures in the gallery. En dejlig Søndag på Tai Hu søen. The Australian Bar havde arrangeret en bådtur med barbeque. Der var mange udlændinge der og vi havde en rigtig god tur. Tak til alle de mennesker som var der og som hjalp med at gøre dagen til en rigtig god dag. Se billederne i galleriet. //Niels 200403 Dinner partySaturday night we had a small dinner party. Malu, a great guy from Bangladesh cooked up some fine curry and everyone had a good time. You can see the pictures in the galleries. Lørdag aften havde vi en lille middag. Malu, en fin fyr fra Bangladesh lavede noget kanon godt karry and vi havde alle en god aften. Du kan se billederne i galleriet. //Niels 140403 More pictureHi all We have just uploaded some more pictures. Most of them are from sunday afternoon and evening were we had a BBQ with a bunch of guys from the Australian Bar i Wuxi. Peter and Kaori were good hosts and we had a very good time. Hej alle Vi har lige puttet lidt flere billeder på siden. De fleste er fra søndag eftermiddag og aften hvor vi havde en BBQ med et par mennesker fra Australian Bar i Wuxi. Peter og Kaori var gode værter og det var en god aften. //Niels 130403 A hard decision - thesisHi all We have Friday finished the big market research we have been doing for Hydro with the exception of a few maybe minor corrections or additions. So from Monday we will be fully concentrating on our thesis. But during the small work we have been doing so far on the thesis we have had the feeling that it has been a 2 man job even though we are 3 on the project. There are ofcourse many sides to the story, but the reality is that from now on we will be doing a thesis as a 2 man project. Jonas and I will do it together while Roger will do a thesis by himself. We have been thinking about this hard for the past 2 weeks and the facts are that when you do a thesis alone only one person is responsible. When you do it 2 person then 2 people are responsible and when you do it 3 together then 3 people are responsible. The last scenario we dont see happening. Roger has as far as we are concerned not participated and we cannot be responsible for him passing or not passing his exams.. that is his responsible alone just as it is my own responsible to contribute to my passing or not passing the exams. We know some of our classmates and teachers may not agree with this, but we hope they will understand and respect our decision. Hej alle Vi har i fredags færdiggjort den markeds research som vi har arbejdet på de sidste par måneder, måske er der er par små rettelser med mere, men den er 99,9% færdig. Så fra på mandag vil vi koncentrere os om vores hovedopgave. I det arbejde vi har lavet på opgaven indtil videre har vi følt det som om at det har været 2 mand der har lavet 3 mands arbejde. Der er selvfølig flere sider til sagen, men det korte af det lange er at vi vil lave hovedopgaven som et 2 mands projekt. Jonas og jeg laver den sammen, mens Roger laver hans egen. Vi har tænkt meget over dette de sidste 2 uger og fakta er at når man laver en opgave alene så er der en person som er ansvarlig. Når man laver den 2 så er der 2 personer som er ansvarlig, og når man laver den 3 sammen så er der 3 personer som er ansvarlige for opgaven. Det sidste scenario er ikke tilfældet. Roger har ikke deltaget indtil videre og vi vil ikke være ansvarlige for ham og hans eksamen. Det er hans eget ansvar ligesom det er mit ansvar at bestå eller ikke bestå min eksamen. Vi ved at nogle af vores klasse kammerater og sikkert også lærere vil være uenige med os, men vi håber at de vil forstå og respektere vores beslutning. //Niels 120403 More SARS..Just to one more time state that we are fine and SARS is not a daily concern of ours. We are aware of it and there have been rumours about 2 people being infected in Wuxi. But lets be honest.. even thought it is a deadly desease, the chances of getting killed in traffic is much more higher. Bare for at fjerne diverse bekymringer derhjemme fra. Vi har det godt, SARS er ikke en daglig bekymring for os. Vi er klar over det eksistere og der er rygter om at 2 mennesker er smittet i Wuxi. Men lad os være ærlige.. selvom det er en faglig sygdom så er chancerne for at blive drabt i traffikken meget meget større. //Niels 20403 Another tripToday we will leave for another trip around China. This time we will go to Chongqing, Zhenzghou and Changchun to visit some people who have information that will help us in the work we are doing for Hydro. We will be back tuesday. Idag tager vi afsted paa endnu en rundtur i Kina. Denne gang tager vi til Chongqing, Zhengzhou og Changchun paa besoeg til nogle firmaer som kan hjaelpe os med informationer som vi skal bruge paa vores arbejde hervore. Vi er tilbage tirsdag. //Niels 300303 Pictures are up!!Hi everybody This weekend the weather shifted from spring to summer. So we decided to go sightseeing around Wuxi. We went to Lingshan Buddha, which is the world’s biggest statue of Buddha with its 88 meters. On Sunday in was 30 degrees, so we went to the park to get some sun. Here we tried to fly a kite, but ended up just sipping cold beer in the sun. Great weekend. Go on through to the gallery and see the pictures. Enjoy! Hej allesammen. I weekenden skiftede vejret fra forårsagtigt til sommer. Så vi besluttede os for at se os lidt omkring i Wuxi. Vi tog til Lingshan Buddha, som er verdens højeste bronze statue af Buddha med dens 88 meter. Om søndagen var det 30 grader, så vi tog i parken for at få noget sol. Her købte vi en drage og prøvede at flyve med den, men den virkede ikke særlig godt så vi drak bare nogle øl og nød vejret i stedet. Herlig weekend. Smut ind i galleriet og se billederne. God fornøjelse! //Jonas 260303 Spring in WuxiHey Spring has finally arrived in Wuxi. The last couple of days have been really great with lots of sunshine and temperatures of around 20-25 degrees. Yesterday we were in Shanghai to visit a big car parts exhibition, but there wasn’t much to look at, so Niels and I took the subway to Shenyang Market (the market we have mentioned before) and shopped for a couple of hours. We had lunch at a great little restaurant with an overview of the market and two huge Carlsberg drafts in 25 degrees and sunshine. What more can a guy ask for? Well, maybe a girl at his side. :-) They say the weather will be like this for the rest of the week, so we plan to go sightseeing in the weekend. We’ll make sure to take more pictures for you! Other than that, work is still a little busy but we have started to focus more on our thesis now. It has to be finished in the middle of May so I guess it is about time we get to work on it. I watched the weather forecast for Denmark yesterday on TV2 and I see you have gotten a taste of spring as well. Enjoy! Hej Så er foråret endelig kommet til Wuxi. De sidste par dage har virkelig været kanon, med masser af solskin og temperaturer på op omkring 20-25 grader. Fanme også på tide!! :-) I går var vi i Shanghai for at se en stor udstilling for biler, tilbehør osv, men der var ikke rigtig noget at se, så vi smuttede på undergrundsbanen og tog til Shenyang Market (det marked vi har været på før) og shoppede i et par timer. Vi spiste frokost på en lille restaurant med udsigt over markedet, drak store Carlsberg fadøl og slikkede sol i 25 grader. Hva’ kan man mere forlange? :-) Vejrudsigten her siger at vejret fortsætter resten af ugen, så vi regner med at lege turister i weekenden. Vi skal nok tage flere billeder til jer! Ellers er arbejdet ved at stilne lidt af, og vi er derfor begyndt at fokusere mere på vores hovedopgave. Den skal afleveres i midten af maj, så det er vel også på tide at komme i gang. Jeg så vejrudsigten for DK på TV2 i går, og det ser ud som om i også nyder vejret… //Jonas 190303 The virus in ChinaHi all There have been a lot of talk lately in the media in regards to the S.A.R.S. virus. Let us just tone it down a bit. It is a bad virus, but it is under control and there are cures and medicin for it. Half of China is not dead because of it. We are all fine over here and except for my bad knee we have not been affected by it so far. Hej alle Der har vaeret megen snak omkring S.A.R.P virussen i medierne rundt omkring i verden. Vi har det godt herovre og virussen er under kontrol. Der er medicin mm. mod den. Halvdelen af Kina er ikke doede pga. SARP. 9 mennesker i hele verden er doede af virussen p.g.a. laeger som ikke kendte til virussen. Selvom det er en tragide saa er der ikke saa slemt som medierne goer det til. Vi har det alle fint herovre, men mangler nogen slik. Haribo Stjernemix f.eks :) //Niels 190303 Pictures are up!!Hello everybody We’re back! After a long week of travelling last week, we are finally back in Wuxi and are pretty busy converting our information gathered into something useful to Hydro. The pictures in the gallery are from the trip to the southern parts of China, where Roger and I had a lot of great experiences. As you might notice there are not pictures from all the cities on the map, because we only saw some of them at night and early morning before leaving for a new city. But we did our best to give you a view of our trip. If you haven’t seen the pictures yet, go on through to the gallery. Enjoy! Hej allesammen Så er vi tilbage! Efter en laaang uges rejseri, er vi endelig tilbage i Wuxi hvor vi har travlt med at omdanne alt det indsamlede info til noget Hydro kan bruge. Billederne i galleriet er fra turen til syd Kina, hvor Roger og jeg havde nogle rigtig fede oplevelser. Som i nok kan se, er der ikke billeder fra alle de byer vi beskrev på kortet. Det er fordi vi kun var i nogle byer om aftenen og morgenen, for derefter at tage videre til næste by. Men vi har da alligevel fået samlet lidt billeder til at give jer en idé om hvordan vores tur har set ud. Hvis i ikke har set billederne endnu, så smut ind i galleriet og tjek dem. God fornøjelse! //Jonas 80303 Pictures are up!!The pictures from the past week are up! There are only a few since we have been very busy this past week. In the gallery I've also added a map of China so you can see where we will be going. Så er billederne fra sidste uge oppe! Der er kun et par stykker, da vi har haft meget travlt det sidste stykke tid. I galleriet har jeg også lagt et billede af Kina, så i kan se hvor vi skal hen. //Jonas 80303 A week of travellingHi everybody Here’s the plan for the next week or so: As of tomorrow the three of us will split up into two groups. This is a part of our thesis and will take us to different parts of China on work related trips. To cover more ground we therefore decided to split up. So for the next week Niels and Xinuy (a woman from the sales dep.) will travel to Northern China. Roger and myself will go south in search of better weather :-) Niels and Xinuy will be visiting Changchun (a major car production city), Dalian, Yantai and Hefei. Roger and I will go to Fuzhou, Nanchang, Wuhan, Shashi, Shiyan and Guiyang. After posting this message I will upload a couple of pictures from the past week and also a map of China with our travel destinations charted on it. So if you think the site might be quiet for a week, it’s because we’ll all be on the road and not necessarily have Internet access at the hotels. But please keep signing the guest book. We really look forward to checking it every morning and seeing all of your messages. Great to know you’re following our trip!!! We will take a lot of pictures on the trip, as it will take us around a lot of different places in China. These will of course be uploaded as soon as we get back. Take care. Hej allesammen Her er så planen for næste uge: Fra i morgen vil vi tre dele os op i to grupper. Det er en del af vores hovedopgave at lave research på automobil markedet, og derfor kommer vi til at rejse til en del byer. For at være mere effektive, har vi valgt at dele os op. Niels og Xinuy (en dame fra salgsafd.) vil rejse til den nordlige del af Kina, og Roger og jeg tager så sydpå i håb på at finde varmere vejr :-) Niels og Xinuy kommer til at besøge Changchun (en kæmpe bilproduktionsby), Dalian, Yantai og Hefei. Roger og jeg besøger Fuzhou, Nanchang, Wuhan, Shashi, Shiyan og Guiyang. Når jeg har skrevet denne besked færdig, uploader jeg nogle billeder fra sidste uge, samt et kort over Kina med vores rejsedestinationer på. Så hvis i synes hjemmesiden bliver lidt stille her den næste uges tid, er det fordi vi er på tur og ikke nødvendigvis har mulighed for Internet-opkobling på de hoteller vi bor på. Men bliv venligst ved med at skrive i gæstebogen. Vi glæder os hver dag til at se jeres beskeder. Kanon at vide i følger med derhjemme!!! Vi skal nok tage en masse billeder på turen, da den kommer til at bringe os vidt omkring Kina. Vi skal selvfølgelig nok uploade dem hurtigst muligt efter vores hjemkomst. Pas på jer selv og vi snakkes ved senere. //Jonas 50303 Happy birthdy KasperBetter late than never.. Happy birthday to my younger brother Kasper. I am sorry I have been unable to call since we have been out of the house the past 2 days on business trip. Bedre sent end aldrig.. Tillykke med fødselsdagen til min lillebror Kasper. Vi har været på arbejde fra kl 6 til 24 de sidste 2 dage, så jeg har desværre ikke haft tid til at ringe. Håber du har (havde) en god dag. //Niels 10303 Money spending at home.The recent economical u-turn by the dollar must have been profitable for our families :) Jonas' parent bought a new house and my parents just bought a brand new Fiat Stilo. Congratulations to you all. Det seneste opsving på dollar kursen har vist sig profitabelt for vores familier :) Jonas forældre har købt ny hus and mine forældre har lige købt en plinter ny Fiat Stilo. Tillyke til jer alle. //Niels 270203 At the restaurantHi Well, here’s just a little story from yesterday. We were in Shanghai on business and on the way home we decided to stop at a restaurant to have dinner. One of the managers has promised us to find a restaurant where they serve dog, but no luck so far. But apparently it is custom that the person buying dinner orders for everyone and so he did. We tried cold duck feet, jellyfish soup, roasted pigeon and then there was the rice win. Roger, Niels and I all got a big glass of this stuff. After drinking it, which was no easy task we were told it was approx. 45% alcohol. Hmm, not something we usually consume at dinner but still a fun experience. Hej Her er så en lille historie fra i går. Vi havde været i Shanghai hele dagen på forretningstur og bestemte os på vejen hjem for at stoppe ved en restaurant og spise aftensmad. En af lederne her på Hydro har lovet os at finde en restaurant hvor de serverer hund, men vi har indtil nu ikke kunne finde én. Nå, men her i Kina er det åbenbart normalt at den der betaler for middagen også bestemmer hvad man skal have at spise. Vi fik kolde andefødder, vandmandsuppe med store stykker vandmand i, stegt due og så den berømte kinesiske risvin. Roger, Niels og jeg fik alle et stort glas af det. Efter vi havde drukket det, hvilket var svært da det smagte mærkeligt og var meget stærkt, fik vi at vide at det var omkring 45% alkohol. Hmm, ikke noget vi normalt drikker til middagen, men alligevel sjovt at prøve. //Jonas 220203 Pictures are up!!Hi everybody The pictures from the last week are up. We have been quite busy at work this week and therefore we haven’t been doing much outside work. But yesterday we went to Suzhou (a city close to Wuxi) to watch a soccer match between Shanghai Shenhua, a very popular team from Shanghai, and Vejle Boldklub. Yes, a Danish team although not the greatest but still Danish :-) Anyway, the pictures are up so go on through to the gallery and see them. Enjoy! Hej allesammen Så er billederne fra sidste uge på nettet. Vi har haft ret travlt på arbejdet her den seneste uge, så vi har ikke fået oplevet så meget uden for arbejdstiden. Men i går tog vi alligevel til Suzhou (en by tæt på Wuxi) for at se en fodboldkamp mellem Shanghai Shenshua, en meget populær klub fra Shanghai, og Vejle Boldklub. Ja, mine damer og herrer, ikke ligefrem et tophold, men alligevel dansk. :-) Nå, men billederne er oppe så skyld jer ind i galleriet og se dem. Go’ fornøjelse! //Jonas 170203 YES.. it is clean!!ok ok.. we keep our house pretty clean, but we found that we were a bit busy at work and all. Sooo.. we got a cleaning lady. We thought a little about it, but over here it is not like in Europe. Over here it is an honour to be able to give someone the option to work. So we did that. She comes 2 times a week, monday and thursday and she does a pretty good job, we are very happy about it. Ok ok.. we mener selv vores lille lejlighed er pæn og ryddelig, men vi fandt ud af at det er svært at følge med når vi har rimelig travlt på arbejdet.. såååå.. vi har hyret en rengøringsdame. Vi havde vores tvivl om vi skulle gøre det, men vi fandt ud af at det er ikke som i Europa. Herovre er det en ære at være i den position at man kan give en anden person arbejde. Så det var lige hvad vi gjorde! Hun kommer 2 gange om ugen, mandag og torsdag og hun laver et rigtigt godt stykke arbejde. Vi er yderst tilfredse. //Niels 160203 StavefejlUps. I de seneste news skulle der altså stå billederne istedet for billerne... :-) Begge steder. Bær over med os. Det er søndag. //Jonas 160203 PicturesHi folks The pictures from the past week are up. We had a dinner party yesterday with some friends from Wuxi. Niels and me tried to prepare the traditional dishes from Denmark. It went pretty good. Check out the pictures in the gallery! Enjoy. Hejsa folkens Billerne fra den seneste uge er oppe. Vi havde middag med nogle venner fra Wuxi igår, og Niels og jeg prøvede at tilberede nogle traditionelle retter fra DK. Frikadeller og kartoffelmos :-) Se billerne i galleriet nu. Go' fornøjelse. //Jonas 140203 a tailor!!!Hi all Tomorrow morning we will find a tailor in downtowm Wuxi. One of the employees here at work (the lovely Li Li) have promised to help us with becomming nicely dressed men. I personally have never been to a tailor before, so I am looking forward to the experience :) Hej alle I morgen tidlig skal vi ned i midtbyen her i Wuxi for at finde en skraeder. En af de ansatte (soede Li Li) har lovet at hjaelpe os med at blive velklaedte maend. Jeg, personligt, har aldrig vaeret til en skraedder foer, saa jeg ser frem til oplevelsen :) //Niels 110203 The last newsHi all The latest news is that there isn't much news. Everything here in Wuxi is going fine. Ohh yea.. I finally found myself a pair of shoes in size 45. Most Chinese people do not have that big feet, so it was a bit of a find. But we found it! On saturday, if all goes well, we will treat some of the lovely girls from work to a nice home cooked danish meal (frikadeller) and hopefully go out to the town after. Should be good. We have some pictures, but they are not uploaded yet, but soon! I promise. p.s. remember to write in our guestbook. It is nice to know you are watching our little page. Hej alle Det sidste nyt herfra Wuxi er at der er ikke meget nyt. Alt går fint og efter planen.. åhh ja.. jeg fandt endelig et par sko i størrelse 45, hvilket er lidt af et kup herovre da de fleste kinesere ikke har særlig store fødder. På lørdag, hvis alt går godt, vil vi traktere et par søde kinesiske piger til lidt dansk middag. (Jonas skal ikke deltage han skal vidst nok spille stangtennis med en fra Viborg) Bagefter skal vi en tur i byen og kigge lidt på natlivet. Det er planen i hvert fald, men lad os nu se. Vi har et par billeder, men de er ikke klar til upload endnu, men det kommer snart! p.s husk at skrive i gæstebogen. Det er rart at vide i følger med. //Niels 80203 The days in ShanghaiHi everybody Here is a little about what happened during our four day trip to Shanghai. First of all we went there to visit our classmate Claus, who is doing his internship at Omega Language Institute in Shanghai. The school is located about 20km from the centre of Shanghai, but the school had buses driving back and forth 5-6 times a day. After arriving to Shanghai, Claus picked us up at the train station and we took the subway to the place where the Omega bus would pick us up. We had to wait for an hour or so, so we decided to see what a beer tastes like in Shanghai. Surprisingly there wasn’t really any different other than the price. After a 20 min drive with the Omega bus, we arrived at the school, which is located within a small township with gates and guards and so on. Here we met almost the whole teachers staff consisting of mostly Canadians and Americans and we were warmly greeted. Later in the afternoon we took the Omega bus into the centre of Shanghai to walk down to The Bund (A very European looking part of the city) where there was a great view of the river and the illuminated Pu Dong area. (This part of Shanghai is only five years old, so if you look at the pictures of the many buildings there, you can see they’ve been busy constructing) Later we went to a restaurant and after that joined some of the other teachers from Omega at one of the local bars called The Stage. Here they sold beer for 1 Yuan = 0,85 Danish Kroner. Very cheap but not that good tasting, well not before you had 5 or 6, then it wasn’t so bad. After countless beers here, we went to another place, didn’t catch the name of it, but it was filled with people. It looked like a lot of western people came here to enjoy the company of the many Chinese girls. Among them, many turned out to be prostitutes. A very strange bar environment for us Danes, but still fun to experience. The only services Niels and I enjoyed there was the selection of European beers there. Carlsberg to mention one. Tuesday was spent curing our hangover and later we took the Omega bus to the centre to go to a big market. Here you could buy all the counterfeit products you could ever dream of and at extremely low prices. Claus told us to be careful with our money and to be sure to bargain about the price. They always started to give us an offer, which was double/triple the real price and then we had to suggest the next price. A bit time consuming, but we felt we made some good purchases even though they probably robed us anyway :-) That night we stayed at home and watched some of the many DVD’s we bought at the market. At midnight there were huge fireworks all over the city. It was the beginning of the fifth day in their holiday and apparently the Gods come down to Earth on this day. Didn’t see any though. Wednesday was spent at the Pu Dong area walking around between all the huge skyscrapers and in the evening we pretty much repeated the success of Monday’s night on the town. Thursday after resting we packed our bags and headed to the train station to catch the train to Wuxi. When we arrived in Wuxi after 1½ hour's ride, all we wanted was to jump in a taxi and go home. Not as easy as we thought. Apparently the train station has its own taxi stop in the basement and all the taxis on the roads around the station are for some reason not allowed to pick up any customers who are not in the taxi basement. So that took us 45 min to find out and at that time we where both pretty frustrated and tired. But when we got home we could both laugh about it. We must have tried 10 taxis and every time they popped open their trunk and we told them where to go and they would take out our bags again and drive away. What a drag! That’s all for folks! Ok then, now to the translation part… Hej allesammen Her kommer så lidt om hvad vi oplevede på vores fire dage i Shanghai. For det første tog vi til Shanghai for at besøge vores klassekammerat Claus, som er i praktik hos Omega Language Institute (En sprogskole for kinesere so vil lære engelsk). Skole ligger omkring 20km fra centrum af Shanghai, men skolen havde deres egne busser som kørte frem og tilbage 5-6 gange om dagen. Meget fornemt. Efter vi ankom til Shanghai, tog Claus os med hen til det sted som bussen plejer at stoppe, men da der stadigvæk var en time til den kom, besluttede vi os for at se om øllene i Shanghai smager som dem i Wuxi. Og det gjorde de. :-) Måske var de lidt dyrere, men hva’ faen. Efter en 20 min køretur med bussen, ankom vi til skolen og mødte der det meste af lærestaben bestående for det meste af canadiere og amerikanere. Senere på eftermiddag tog vi bussen tilbage til centrum, hvor vi gik ned til The Bund (en bydel med et meget typisk europæisk udseende), hvor der var en fantastisk udsigt over floden og den oplyste Pu Dong bydel på den anden side af floden. Denne bydel er kun fem år gammel, så hvis i kigger på billederne med det store tårn, så kan i se de har haft temmelig travlt med at bygge alle de ting. Senere tog vi på restaurant og hoppede derefter i en taxa for at møde nogle af lærerne på en bar kaldet The Stage. Her kostede en stor fadøl 1 Yuan = 0,85 DKK. Meget billigt, men det smagte så også derefter. I hvert fald indtil man fik 5-6 stykker :-) Efter en masse øl der, tog vi til en anden bar, fik ikke lige fat i navnet, men det så ud som om det var her en masse vesterlændinge tog hen for at nyde det i selskab med kinesiske piger, og som vi senere fandt ud af mest bestod af prostituerede. Et meget anderledes miljø at færdes i for os danskere, men det var da interessant at opleve. Den eneste service Niels og jeg benyttede os af der, var dog kun udvalget af europæiske øl. Carlsberg bland andet. Tirsdag brugte vi mest til at kurere vores tømmermænd, men tog alligevel Omega bussen ind til centrum senere, hvor vi tog på et kæmpe marked. Her kunne man simpelthen købe forfalskninger af en hver slags til ufattelig lave priser. Claus sagde vi skulle passe på hvor mange penge vi brugte, og at vi altid skulle huske at prutte om prisen. Sælgerne der startede som regel med det dobbelte/tredobbelt af hvad produktet egentlig kostede, men vi syntes selv vi gjorde et par gode køb. De tog sikkert røven på os alligevel. Om aftenen blev vi hjemme og så et par at de talrige DVD’er vi havde købt til 8kr stykket. Klokken tolv var der kæmpe fyrværkeri over hele byen. De fejrede begyndelse på den femte dag i deres ferie, hvor de siger Guderne kommer ned til Jorden. Vi så godt nok ikke nogen. Onsdagen brugte vi på at vade rundt i Pu Dong området blandt de mange skyskrabere og om aftenen gentog vi succesen fra mandag aften. Torsdag efter at være udhvilede pakkede vi vores tasker og smuttede ind til togstationen for at fange vores tog til Wuxi. Da vi efter 1½ times kørsel ankom ville vi bare hoppe i en taxa så hurtigt så muligt og komme hjem. Men det skulle åbenbart ikke være så lige til som vi troede. Togstationen i Wuxi har åbenbart deres egen taxaholdeplads i kælderen, og alle de taxaer på vejene omkring stationen, må af en eller anden grund ikke samle passagerer op, med mindre det er i kælderen. Så det tog os omkring 45 min at finde ud af det, op på det tidspunkt var vi begge godt frustrerede og gale i skralden. Men da vi endelig kom hjem, kunne vi da godt se der sjove i det. Vi prøvede nok omkring 10 taxaer, og hver gang de havde åbnet bagagerummet og puttet vores bagage ind, for derefter at fortælle os at de alligevel ikke måtte køre med os, ja så kørte de igen. Fikst ikke!?! Men det var alt for den femogtyveøre. //Jonas 60203 Back from ShanghaiHi people Today we returned from our little vacation in Shanghai. We have uploaded some pictures from it allready, so enjoy! We want to thank Claus for a great time and introducing us to some great people. We had much fun. There is an open invitation to Wuxi to Claus and the guys. Stop by anytime. Cya in Wuxi or Shanghai soon! Hej igen Så er vi hjemme fra Shanghai igen. Vi har puttet nogle billeder op allerede, så skynd jer at klikke på gallery og se dem! Vi vil gerne takke Claus for 4 fede dage. Det var rigtig sjovt. Claus og Co. er velkommen i Wuxi til hver en tid. Vi ses i Wuxi eller Shanghai snart. //Niels 50203 ShanghaiHi everybody At the moment we're in Shanghai getting ready to go to the Pu Dong area and climb the big Pearl Tower. Our first day here we spent doing a bit of sightseing and then went out to a club in the evening. One beer for one yuan. CHEAP!!! Yesterday we went to a big market where you could find almost anything for no money. For instance I bought the whole Friends series on DVD for 400 yuan and Niels got a hold of Band of Brothers for no money at all. We've taken a lot of pictures and they will be uploaded as soon as we get back to Wuxi tomorrow. Hej allesammen Lige nu er vi i Shanghai og er ved at vaere klar til at tage til Pu Dong omraadet hvor det store Pearl Tower er. Verdens tredje hoejeste bygning, og vi skal derop! Vores foerste dag her blev brugt paa at se lidt af byen og vi tog i byen om aftenen. En oel for en yuan. BILLIGT! Igaar tog vi paa et kaempe markede hvor man kunne koebe alt i kopivarer til billige penge. Jeg koebte f.eks hele Venner serien paa DVD for 350kr. Vi har taget en masse billeder her fra Shanghai og vi laegger dem paa nettet saa snart vi kommer tilbage til Wuxi imorgen. //Jonas 20203 ShanghaiWe are going to Shanghai for a few days to visit Claus, a classmate of ours. We will be back thursday evening, so dont expect any update on this site before then. Vi tager en tuur til Shanghai de næste par dage for at besøge Claus, en af vores klassekammerater. Vi er tilbage på torsdag, så forvent ingen opdatering af dette site før torsdag. //Niels 20203 Pictures from a sunday in the parkMore pictures!! After spending saturday resting after a good night on town New Year's Evening, we felt like doing a bit of sightseeing today. We went to a park called Xihui in the outskirts of Wuxi. We climbed a view tower, rode the cable cars and visited a zoo. Enjoy the pictures. Flere billeder!! Efter at have brugt lørdag på at hvile ud efter festen nytårsaften, følte vi idag at vi burde gå ud og opleve lidt. Så vi hoppede i en taxa og køre ud til en park i udkanten af Wuxi kaldet Xihui. Her klatrede vi op i et udkigstårn, kørte i lift og besøgte den zoologiske have. Nyd billederne. //Jonas 10203 Happy New yearSince we are new to China we didn't really know what was going on for the Chinese new year. We learned that most Chinese stayed home with the families and had a good dinner, watched the Beijing TV new year show and then fireworks at 00.00. Despite of this we figured something must be going on downtown so about 20.30 we decided to take a taxa downtown. We went into the Amazon, but it was pretty much dead, but we stayed an hour chatting to Jojo and the waitresses and found out they had CARLSBERG!!!! so we drank 2 of them also :) Very good actually to get a good Danish beer after 10 days of Chinese watery beer. We heard of a place called Strawberry bar where apparently alot of foreigners should go. So we tried to get there. We never found it, but found a nice little bar called BarBerry's. We were the only foriegners there, but the atmosfere was very nice. It keeps on surprising me, but the people over here are really nice and friendly. We talked about maybe it is because they think we have alot of money, but everyone is treated the same. In a country with so many social problems their attitude towards life will get them far. back to the new year. We stayed at the BarBerry's for some hours and before we knew it it was new year. Everyone jumped up and stormed outside with alot of fireworks. We ofcourse went outside also and was congratulated by everyone outside. Happy new year - happy hew year they all said. They gave us some fireworks so we also could participate in the festivities. I must admit I have never seen people so happy about the new year in Denmark. It was something Jonas and I will never forgot. At about 1.30 we decided to find the Strawberry bar and jumped into a taxi only to drive 200 meters to a closed bar :) so we drove downtown insteed and went into a place where we saw some foreigners hanging out. An Australian (Bruce) came in about 20 minutes after us. An english teacher apparently and he gave us some very good inside info on where to go and on how to talk Mandarin (Chinese). At 3.00 we decided to head on home. Chinese New Years eve was an absolut pleasure. Vi er jo ret nye i Kina, så vi var ikke helt klar over hvad der foregik rundt omkring. De fleste Kinesere holder Nytår sammen med deres familie og ser Beijing TV Nytårs show and kl. 12.00 går de udenfor og fyrer fyreværkeri af. Vi tænkte at et eller andet måtte der dog ske, så vi tog ned i byen til Amazon. Det var totalt dødt, men vi brugte alligevel 1-2 timer dernede og snakkede lidt med Jojo og hans ansatte. Vi fandt ud af at de havde CARLSBERG. Sikken en fryd efter 10 dage med vandet Kinesisk øl. Vi var blevet fortalt om et sted kaldet Strawberry Bar hvor det skulle være mange udlændinge. Så vi hoppede ind i en taxa for at finde det. Vi fandt det aldrig og endte op på et lille sted kaldet Barberry's. Vi var de eneste udlændinge der, men det gjorde ikke noget da atmosferen var meget hyggelig. Det overrasker mig igen og igen hvor flinke og venlige folk er. Vi snakkede om at det var sikkert fordi vi var udlændinge med penge på lommen, men alle bliver behandlet på samme måde. I et land med så mange åbenlyde sociale problemer kan de stadig nå langt på deres indstilling til livet. Vi blev på BarBerry's et stykke tid og før vi så os om var kl. 00.00. Frem kom en masse fyrværkeri og alle stormede udenfor. Vi gik selvfølig også ud for at se hvad der foregik. Happy New Year - Happy New Year sagde de alle sammen. Vi fik stukket fyrværkeri i hånden så vi kunne deltage i festlighederne. I tror aldrig jeg har set folk være så glade for nytårs aften i Danmark og det er noget Jonas og jeg aldrig vil glemme. kl. 1.30 besluttede vi og for at finde Strawberry bar. Ind i en taxa igen. Vi blev kørt 200 meter hen til en lukket bar :) OK.. vi tog ind til midtbyen igen og fandt et sted hvor der sad et par udlændinge. Efter 20 minutter kom en Australier (Bruce) ind og vi faldt lige i snak med han. Han gav os nogle gode inside tips til hvor man skulle gå hen og spise osv. samt en lille lektion i udtalelse af det Kinesiske sprog. Omkring kl. 3.00 besluttede vi os for at tage hjem. Godt nytår folkens! //Niels 310103 Out for dinnerHi everybody Yesterday after work we decided to go out for dinner. Our Chinese class mate Roger left this morning to go and visit his parents in the southern part of China, and so we thought we should have a little something good to eat before he left. First we went to a famous restaurant in Wuxi called the Roast Duck House where they serve the special Peking Duck and other duck specialties. But since we are getting close to the Chinese New Year, everybody in Wuxi seem to eat out a lot, and we couldn't get a table. So we stumbled on down the road and found something called the Amazon Grill. Very nice place, with an all you can eat bouffe and live music. (A Phillipino band consisting of an old guy with a synthesizer and two go go girls as singers. Interesting combination!) First we thought it was a karaoke band, but it turned out they would entertain us for the whole night. We began to chat a bit with the head waiter named Mr. Jo Jo and he was very excited to learn something about Danes. He came up with one of the coolest arguments for buying a beer I have heard in a long time: "This english beer looks interesting. Is it any good and how much is it? It's SO good you will forget about the price!" I couldn't argue with that and tried it. Not very good actually, but what the heck. After a solid meal and 5-6 big draughts we stumbled down the stairs and jumped in a taxi. All in all a very nice evening and we plan to go back soon to visit Mr. Jo Jo and the go go girls :-) Hej allesammen Igår efter arbejde besluttede vi os for at gå ud og spise lidt go' mad. Roger, vores kinesiske klassekammerat tog afsted i morges for at besøge hans forældre i den sydlige del af Kina. Derfor syntes vi at vi ville gå ud inden han tog afsted. Først tog vi til en berømt restaurant her i Wuxi ved navn The Roast Duck House, hvor de serverer den velkendte Peking Duck samt andre andespecialiteter. Men siden vi nærmer os det kinesiske nytår, ser det ud til at alle her i Wuxi spiser ude for tiden. Derfor kunne vi ikke få et bord og traskede videre ned ad gaden for at finde et andet sted at spise. Her fandt vi et fint sted der hedder Amazon Grill med en alt-du-kan-spise buffet og live musik. (Et Filippinerband bestående af en gammel mand med et el-orgel og to go go piger som forsangere. Meget interessant kombination) Først troede vi at det var et karaoke band, hvor alle kunne prøve at synge, men det viste sig senere at de skulle underholde hele aftenen. Sikke et show :-) Vi begyndte at snakke med overtjeneren som hed Mr. Jo Jo og også var fra Filippinerne. Han var meget begejstret for at lære noget om danskere og hang derfor konstant ved vores bord. Han kom med en af de bedste argumenter for at købe en øl, jeg længe har hørt: "Den her øl ser go' ud. Er den go' og hva' koster den? Den er SÅ go' at du helt glemmer prisen!" Det kunne jeg ikke modstå og prøvede den derefter. Var faktisk ikke særlig go', og den kostede 40 yuan. :-) Efter et solidt måltid og 5-6 store fadøl, væltede vi ned ad trapperne og hoppede ind i den nærmeste taxa. Alt i alt en fornøjelig aften, og vi har tænkt os at besøge Mr. Jo Jo og go go pigerne igen snart :-) //Jonas 310103 testing newsA little test for obviously testing purpose :) //Niels 290103 Pictures from week 5 are up!Ok folks, move on through to the gallery section. I've uploaded the latest batch of pictures from our first week here. Enjoy! Ok folkens, så er det bare med at smutte ind i galleriet. Jeg har uploadet de seneste billeder fra vores første uge her. God fornøjelse! //Jonas 290103 Dog or DuckToday at lunch we came to chat a bit about the local food and yes.. you can get dog in Wuxi. The sales manager Darryl Tan knew some places where you can eat dog. We admit this seems a rather odd dish for Europeans, but we figure we should try it. So we are looking forward to tasting it :) Roger, our Chinese partner, is arriving today from Denmark. He will most likely be very tired when he arrives, but some sleep and then he is ready for work tomorrow. Rumours say he is maybe bringing Danish beer for us :D Some pictures are ready for upload very soon. Today or tomorrow so stay tuned. I dag til frokost snakkede vi lidt om de lokale retter and saa sandelig ja.. man kan faa hund i Wuxi. Darryl Tan, Salgs Manager, kender et par steder hvor det er muligt at faa hund. Vi indroemmer det, for en dansker, er lidt babarisk, men vi syntes at saa laenge vi er herovre skal vi proeve det. Saa vi glaeder os :) Roger, vores kinesiske klassekammerat, ankommer fra Danmark idag. Han er med garanti noget traet efter rejsen, saa han er nok ikke til noget idag, men skulle saa vaere klar til arbejde imorgen. Og rygtet siger han har oel med fra Danmark. Nogle nye billeder er klar enten idag eller imorgen. Saa besoeg os igen snart. //Niels 270103 Snow in WuxiWhat in the world is happening with the weather??? For the first time since last winter it is snowing in Wuxi. No a lot, but it's there and it's freezing outsize. The forecast for the next four days say -2 degrees celcius in the day time and down to -14 at night. I thought we were moving towards spring??? At the moment four guys are working on our air-conditioning system, since it's not heating the place one bit right now. Pretty funny to watch four guys doing one guy's job. But this is China :-) Hva' dælen sker der med vejret her? For første gang siden sidste vinter, sner det her i Wuxi og det er hunde koldt udenfor. Vejrudsigten for de næste fire dage siger -2 grader om dagen og ned til -14 om natten. Jeg troede ellers vi var på vej mod forår??? Lie nu er fire gutter igang med at fikse vores air-condition system, da det slet ikke varmer vores kontor op. Vi sidder her med jakke og halstørklæde på. Ret sjovt at se fire mennesker udføre én mands arbejde. Men sådan gør de det åbenbart her i Kina. :-) //Jonas 270103 We are freezingThis morning when we arrived at work the aircondition didn't work, so not heat for us at the moment. Please pray for us not to die a slow freezing death :) Temperature here is about minus 20 degrees.. or so it feels like. Our weekend went good. We did nothing really. Went down town to look around a bit, but couldn't understand anything anyone said so we just browsed around looking at shops. Vi fryyyyyser Her til morgen da vi moedte var den ufatteligt koldt. Denne her air condition ting virker ikke alt for godt naar det kommer til varme. Det foeltes som om her er minus 20, saa vi haaber vi overlever :) Weekenden gik ok. Vi lavede faktisk ikke noget saerligt. Tog ned i midtbyen for at kigge lidt rundt, men ingen forstod noget af hvad vi sagde og vi forstod heller ikke dem. Vi maa se om faa laert lidt kinesisk. //Niels 250103 A little info for my belgian friendsYesterday evening we were downtown. In the very center of Wuxi there is a big intersection. Guess what was located on 3 of the 4 corners?? Anyone care to make a guess? Write the guess in the guestbook. A little hint is that you can dans too it, allthough I wouldn't recommend it with all the traffic :) Btw. they got Duvel & Chimay beer here in China. A bit expensive, but they got it! No Westmalle though :/ We have yet to find a decent Chinese beer. They have a beer tradition like USA which means very light and watery beer. Alt hvad der er skrevet ovenover er lidt en intern vits jeg har med mine Belgiske venner, så tilgiv mig hvis i ikke lige forstår hvad det handler om. Jeg skal nok beskrive det på et eller andet tidspunkt. Vi har fundet lidt Belgisk øl og lidt amerikansk øl herovre. Det kinesiske øl er ikke særlig godt, men vi har dog ikke smagt det hele endnu. //Niels 240103 We said we wouldn't but we did anywayWe said we wouldn't go to McDonalds over here, but we were a bit hungry after work and needed a small meal. If you ever come to China then order number 5 on the menu. Some kind of spicy chicken burger. BEST burger worldwide at McDonalds. In a minute we will try our first ever Taxi trip in Kina.. God bless. Vi svor at vi ikke ville gå på McDonalds eller lign her i Kina, men vi var lidt sultne efter arbejde i dag. Bestil nr. 5 på menuen hvis du nogensinde er i Kina. Spicy kyllingeburger af en slags. Den bedste McD burger nogensinde. Om lidt vil vi tage vores første taxa tur i Kina... Gud være med os. //Niels 230103 Pictures are up!Uploaded pictures from our stay in Løgumkloster and pictures from the flight and our first days in Wuxi, China. See them in Picture Gallery. Enjoy Så er billederne fra vores ophold i Løgumkloster samt billederne fra flyveturen og vores første dage i Wuxi, Kina oppe. Se dem under picture galleri. //Niels 220103 Spelling errors, stavefejlHello We apologize for the spelling errors in the news section from today. The keyboard on the laptop must be broken... :-) Hej Vi undskylder for de stavefejl i nyhederne fra idag! Der må være noget galt med tastaturet på min bærbare computer. :-) //Jonas 220103 Arriving in Wuxi, Ankomst til WuxiHi everybody We finally arrived in Wuxi yesterday afternoon after a long flight. On the flight from Paris to Shanghai we met a cool guy called Per who was on his way to yell at some of his Chinese employees. We hung in the plant and emptied Air France's supplu of Vodka and Gin. Thanx to Per for a nice time!! We had some problems in the Pu Dong airport in Shanghai, when our bagage didn't was no where to be found on the bagage belt :-( We waited for two hours while filling out papers, before leaving the airport. We were picked up in the company car by a driver who only spoke Chinese, so the conversations were limited to me and Niels. The next three hours we spent hugging each other on the bagseat, while the Chinese version of Michael Schumacher sped through traffic at an unbelievable pace. What a trip!! We were then taken to the plant in Wuxi, where we were greated by the Financial Manager, Kjell Stenstadvold. We then had our first Chinese lunch in the canteen using those damn chop sticks :-) After a quick lunch, we then drove to our new appartment. Very nice! They had bough new beds (very hard to sleep in) and bed linnen, a washing machine, new TV and big air conditioning system for us. On the other side of the street, one of Wuxi's biggest malls is located. There Niels and I had our first encounter with 5000 Chinese in one store. They were everywhere! But everything was very very cheap and they had a massive selection of everything from bicycles and HiFi to live fish and fried ducks. We finally went to bed at 18:00 in the evening and slept to 7:00, and was then picked up by the company car (new driver, now a sleepy fan of Chinese boy bands) to go to work. And here we are! We will write much as things happen in China. The pictures fro the trip over here will be uploaded as soon as possible. Hej allesammen Så er vi ankommet i Wuxi, Kina efter en lang flyvetur. Mange hilsner til Per, en fyr vi mødte i flyveren og undskyld til Air France for vores overforbrug af vodka og Stella øl i flyveren :) Da vi ankom i Pu Dong lufthavn og gæt engang... ingen bagage. strejke i lufthavnen i Paris så.. dumme frankmænd, men det kommer nok.. i skrivende stund har vi hørt at det kommer i eftermiddag engang. Vi blev hentet i lufthavnen af det kinesiske svar på Torkild Thyrring. Han kan kører bil og han kører stærkt, meget stærkt!! Så i tæt traffic tog turen fra Pu Dong til Wuxi "kun" 3 timer (ca. 200 km). Fremme på fabrikken i Wuxi blev vi mødt af Kjeell Stenstadsvold, en normand som er Financial controller på fabrikken. Efter en hurtig og meget velsmagende frokost blev vi kørt hjem til vores lejlighed. Fin lille lejlighed med nye senge (dog kinesisk hård - fakir modellen :), nyt TV, ny air condition, nye vaskemaskine plus lidt mere. Så alt i alt meget fin lejlighed. På den anden side af gaden hvor vi bor ligger Carrefuor, stor frask supermarkeds kæde, hvor vi var ovre og handle ligt morgenmad mm. Det blev vores første møde med 5-10000 kinesere på et og samme sted. Sikken et virvar. Supermarkedet må siges at have alt ligefra cykler til helstegte ænder (med hoved) til meget billigt HiFi. Vi kom iseng kl 18.00 lokal tid og sov til kl. 07.00 imorges. Kl 08.30 kom vores chaffør (en ny) og hentede os og nu er vi så her på arbejde. :) Vi lægger billeder op så snart det er muligt. Vi ses. //Jonas & Niels 190103 Billund-Paris-ShanghaiTomorrow morning Jonas and I will hop on a Boing Airplane in Billund Airport and first fly down to Paris (De Gaulle Airport) and from there nonestop to Shanghai. We leave at 12.20 from Billund and arrive in Shanghai 10.00 local time. We will be sure to upload some pictures very soon. I morgen vil Jonas og jeg hoppe på et Boing fly i Billund for a flyve til Paris og dernæst non-stop til Shanghai. Vi tager fra Billund 12.20 and ankommer i Shanghai 10.00 lokal tid næste dag. Vi vil snarest muligt få nogle billeder uploaded til denne side. //Niels 140103 Chinese namesHello... Today it was decided from Hydro Alunova, that the three of us should have our own business cards to hand out at meetings in China. The cards will be printed in English on one side and in Chinese on the other side. But our Danish names can not be translated into Chinese, and therefore Niels and I had to come up with a Chinese name for ourselves. Niels will in the future be called "Wei Hai Dong" and I will be "Feng Le Bin". We find it pretty amusing!!! :o) Hej. I dag bestemte de her på Hydro Alunova, at vi skal have trykt vores egne visitkort, sådan så vi kan dele dem ud til møder i Kina. De vil blive trykt på engelsk på den ene side, og på på kinesisk på den anden. Men vores danske navne kan ikke oversættes til kinesisk, og vi var derfor nødt til at finde på nogle kinesiske navne til os selv. Niels hedder i fremtiden "Wei Hai Dong" og jeg hedder "Feng Le Bin". Vi synes det var hylegriner at finde på de navne. Nu må vi se hvordan vi bliver modtaget :o) //Jonas 110103 Site updateHi... This weekend Niels found some time and updated the "About the trip" section. Now you'll be able to read about our actual assignment over there, and also a little about the city of Wuxi. Enjoy! Hej. Her i weekenden har Niels opdateret siden "About the trip". Nu kan i læse om vores egentlige opgave derovre, samt læse en smule om byen Wuxi. God fornøjelse! //Jonas 90103 EksamenUps. Totally forget to tell you all that we received our final grade from the 6 hour written exam yesterday. Niels and I both got an 8 and Roger got a 6. But we are all happy that we passed! Now the only exam left, is an oral defence of our main thesis in June. Ups, jeg glemte helt at fortælle jer, at vi igår modtog den sidste karakter fra vores 6 timers skriftlige eksamen. Niels og jeg fik begge 8 og Roger klarede sig med 6. Vi er bare glade for vi bestod. Nu mangler vi kun den sidste mundtlige eksamen i juni, hvor vi skal forsvare vores hovedopgave. //Jonas 90103 Starting at Hydro AlunovaThis monday the three of us started at Hydro Alunova in Løgumkloster. We have been given tons of papers to read, in order for us to understand what is actually going on here. Today we went to see some of the plants in the area to get an idea of what the products look like, and how they are produced etc. Furthermore we'll be having meetings with people from the organization, to better understand what our task will be once we arrive in Wuxi. I mandags startede vi hos Hydro Alunova i Løgumkloster. Vi har fået udleveret tonsvis af papirer som skal læses, sådan så vi bedre kan forstå hvad det er de foretager sig her i virksomheden, samt at have en chance for at forstå det fagsprog de bruger internt. Idag har vi besøg nogle af de omkring liggende fabrikker for at se de forskellige produkter, og også se selve produktionen. Udover det kommer vi i løbet af denne og næste uge også til at have adskillige møder med folk fra organisationen, sådan så vi inden afrejsen er bedre afklaret med hvad det egentlig er vi skal lave når vi ankommer til Wuxi. //Jonas 291202 Grades / KaratererAll grades are in except 1, which is first due in the new year. Jonas got 9,9 and 10 so far and I (Niels) got 9,11,10. So we are both very pleased. Not so bad for 2 people who really don't know what they are doing :) Alle karakterer fra eksamen undtagen 1, som kommer i det nye år, er kommet. Jonas fik 9,10 og 9 de 2 sidste i valgfag henholdsvis Personligt salg og Entrepenourship (spelling? :) and Niels fik 9, 11 og 10, de 2 sidste i valgfag henholdsvis Statistik og Driftøkonomi. Egentlig ikke så ringe når man tænker på vi ikke aner hvad vi har med at gøre :) //Niels 191202 Exams!Our exams are over and done with. Now all that is left is to enjoy the Christmas vacation and then we are set to start at Hydro January 6th for 2 weeks and after that we leave for China. //Niels 101202 hubba hubbaJust a little test news. //Kenneth 51202 First examBoth Jonas, Roger and me went to our first exam today. The exam was oral and we all got a 9 in accordance to the Danish 13 scale. For the non-danish people who dont understand that scale, all you need to know is that 9 is a good grade and we are all happy about. 1 exam down.. 4 to go :) //Niels 11202 wolly wollyForgive us if the site sometimes seems wierd and useless.. we are doing some improvements on it at the moment. //Niels 281102 Details..Most of our details are getting in place. We are arriving in China 21 January and will be leaving at the end of May 2003. We will be joined by a Chinese student called Roger for the trip, so we have someone in our team who understand the locals out there. Most chinese people dont speak English :) //Niels 271102 Just a little test newsHello :) //Niels |