Update 29 - Summer party!

Marianne’s Birthday

Marianne's birthday! We celebrated at a Japanese, Mongolian, Chinese restaurant (it's a Norway thing).The birthday girl and her boy, Rui.Dan went for the all-you-can-eat mongolian bbq feast while I had a japanese dinnerbox. It was the first time I'd seen it on a menu here!Mmm dessert...The gang outside mr hong :)Ooo a storm! Oslo doesn't get many storms so it's very exciting when we see one (even better when we hear one!).To our amazement Shank told us that he'd never tried sushi before. So we promptly took him to Asia House.For someone who is used to eating with their hands he is surprisingly good with chopsticks!Mmm sushi. The verdict? He enjoyed it!We washed it all down with some deep fried bananas.Then it was off to the toilet...where I noticed these funny wall tiles.

Summer Party 2007

The other weekend Funcom held their annual summer party at the Norwegian Wood Festival.We walked there past our apartment. Here are the guys looking very cool.The party was right where those white tents are.With all the drinking it was rather surprising that noone got pushed into the pool. But then again, we're not in Australia :)We had a bbq feast cooked for us.Wa hey!Shank and Joel...an indian and an aussie!We got 3 free drink vouchers each which they call 'bongs'. Seriously!There was even some kilt action.Thumbs up Jo!Shank, me and Greg :)Dan, Olve, Maja, Will, Trygve (nice timing trygve!) and Marie.Rui and Marianne...looking good guys!Torstein being his usual mad self.AwwHa!The guy on the right is our CEO. Also the guy we consulted on the whereabouts of more 'bongs'.Terje, me and OleDan and I tried to talk our way into getting one of these tshirts for a larf back home.Hacky sack actionIt was a beautiful sunny and warm evening. This is about 8pm!Relaxing on the grass. We had our own private area next to the main stage area where bands were playing.Here are some of the guys from the China office that are working over here for a couple of months.Olve and MariaStrike a poseA clump of english folkI'm gonna miss these crazy guys!Simon, Will, me and JoPål, Henning and ØyvienKorn started playing so we headed over to check them out.Dan, Jeff and JoelThe crowd were going off...So we started going off...Everyone except Will were going off...Even me :)Then out came the bagpipesHanifa and Kjetil...Kjetil was our 'bong' supplier for the night...cheers Kjetil!Still going offYou can guess what Joel (far left) is about to do.Kjetil and Taina dressed up for the festival.Me and KristianThe end of the night. This is as dark as it got the entire night. And as crazy :)We partied like it was our last Funcom party. Fantastic night :)Some smurf clouds the next day.Ooo another storm!Last week it looked like this at midnight. I've had a difficult time getting to sleep!A ladybug on the way home from work.Tibi's 30th birthday. He had norwegian class that night so we celebrated with a few drinks afterwards.Last weekend the rain set in. We hadn't had much so I think it was a good thing. At least it wasn't cold!We went over to Rui and Marianne's place for dinner last Saturday night. Rui is from Portugal and he loves to cook. This was the starter.The food was delicious!3 Courses!Then we veged out and played games. A perfect way to spend a rainy evening :)The next day we had a picnic near our apartment.There was loud thunder but we returned home just before the rain started.I've put a movie of this on facebook.:)Mmm picnicAnd so ends another update! The closer it gets to us leaving the more I'm realising how much I'm going to miss this place :)