Short, but good interview of Charles Fishman

I listened to the following interview on NPR (National Public Radio). Its really good and Charles Fishman clarifies some issues he made in his book "the Wal-Mart Effect".. i think this book is a must-read.

A note on the pop cultural side

Well, this morning in Shanghai i re-saw the movie "The Dark Knight". I must say that when I first saw it in the cinema in Stockholm I left the theatre thinking that Batman Begins was far superior... now, I have changed my mind. The Dark Knight is a fantastic experience.

Sunday, some work and little less fever

So, its now sunday morning.. i woke up at around 6.45. The weather seems to be ok and I can see the sky above, which in this case is sort of blue-isch. I regret not going to the tailor... ill see if I can do that today depending on the impressions from Rafa and Ran. I also have to do some actual school work, reading through a couple of articles. The sandwiches I had yesterday seemed to given from heaven and I also picked up a couple of books and DVDs on my way to the restaurant.

The paper we are going to hand in is going to be a short analytical piece about guanxi (social networking) and muanzi (face). Hopefully, it will turn out ok.

Quiet evening with fever

I have managed to have a horrible day today.. Slept really bad and woke up with a mixture of a funny feeling in my stomach, fever and pain in my head that probably originates from the lower and less friendly places of hell. Shortly, I have had a terrible day. Class mates Ranajay and Rafael came to visit my with some water - which I salute them for and then they headed out to find WW Chan & Sons, one of the citys best tailors. A pity that I couldnt join them since I hoped to copy my bowtie that I recently bough. Well, Im going to be here for quite some time so I will reach the tailer some day. Now, Im gonna head out for some western food: a couple of tuna sandwiches and a DVD.. hopefully ill find something uplifting, like Shindlers List or something.

After the food, after the night out

The food wasnt that spicy, the night out was fabolous.

Trip to Ningbo

During the last two days we have been to the city of Ningbo. Ningbo has the deepest natural harbour in China and has the second largest harbour in China when estimating tonnage of cargo. Well, we visited a Nordic industrial park and a factory that produced Stormberg clothing such as jackets and pants. It was quite an experience. The entire class also went out for some karaeoke. I have slept in today, but im going to head out soon. One interesting observation that I have done is that I used to like all of the simple chinese food dishes, but... now.. im not very fond of it anyome.. The mooshy Shanghainese dishes, its not really that good anymore. Well, tonight we are organizing a dinner with Hunan food, the most spicy there is in the Chinese kitchen. Interesting.

Funny picture from Nouriel Roubinis blog

I found this great picture from Nouriel Roubinis blog.

Picture from the class room

Here, Lars and Deepthi are having great fun in the class room at the campus in Shanghai. I am finally overcoming the jet lag that I have had for the last couple of days. Yesterday I had an evening out together with Kalle and Rafael. We visited an electronic fair and bought some really crappy non functional internet enabling equipment, which of course didn't work. I wonder what we are having for lunch today...

First lecture in Shanghai

So, Im now sitting in the my first class here in Shanghai - which is very interesting. I have moved into the Zheng Da Hotel, which is actually very very good compared to many other Thon Hotels in central Oslo. The hotel is located on the University premises and costs SEK ~160 a night.. quite a bargain.

What else, well.. i feel the jet lag.. I definitely feel the jet lag and yesterday I went by the housing complex where I lived a couple of years ago. That felt weird.. but I have not taken any pictures. Now it starts again.. so ill have to quit blogging. More to come, and hopefully more pictures.

Wonderful vacation

I am now in Stockholm for vacation and it is absolutely fantastic. Trying to relax and play some video games, go to the theatre and bought a bow tie. Very very nice.

Block #1 is now over

Block #1 is now over and I am back in Stockholm. We have finished several courses among them Applied Microeconomics with Dr Erik Grön. During our final lecture, we managed to take a photo of the class together with Dr Grön. Enjoy!

I feel I have to comment the immense thing that has happened..

Fantastic! Even if you don't agree with Obamas politics, its still amazing that he won. The value of a better American brand image is - according to my beliefs - much more valuable than any politcal differences in a time like this.

Done with marketing..

We are now done with one more course in block #1. We had a final examination in our marketing class. For this class, we prepared the following paper about geothermal energy in Norway and received a good grade for it, which was nice. Soon, soon only a couple lectures left and Ill have the possibility to take some serious time off. Only a week left.