4 Oct 2015 – With Family & Friends

Fri: what beautiful morning – flawless blue without a single cloud, but with the moon after the red sky last night. O made a creative drawing which was hanging outside the daycare.

Today’s walk along a short stretch of Drammenveien passing the US Embassy, crossing to Parkveien behind the palace…

continuing to Hegdehaugsveien at the NorthFace store and a Norwegian brand Brynje of the super mesh merino wool base-layers that I have been searching for. Had a set from HellyHansen (cotton but not mesh), which lasted many years. Now is the time to get new set –  NOK1,088 S$186. Hopefully will not have to buy another set again in-spite of the colour, the only colour in stock there that is not on the top of my wish list!

Bogstadveien – no glass slipper but must be the one of the biggest shoes in my fairy-tale land! Thanks Mette for stopping by for lunch and helping me to eat up left-overs!

Sat: have not been to a puppet show since Linn was little. O enjoyed Den Magiske Kiste=The Magic Chest and I cherished every moment with him.  Billy and Killy, named by O and created by us. The playgrounds located by the puppet show is also another a hit. A popsicle at Café Vigeland was another success. What an enjoyably afternoon with the youngest grandchild.

A bouquet and a joyful jump to welcome autumn. The fragrant freesia always bring back sweet memory of innocent young love…

Young love, first love
Filled with deep devotion
Young love, our love
We share with deep emotion – Sonny James 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9vXQX4vP9Q

Pleasant drive to look at houses on this cool evening. This red MG reminded me of the dating days of a member of the family, except that the owner with what looked like his young grandson got into this car and drove off…

Stepped into Mad Fork, no ratings for just a drink – a cocktail+a beer NOK200+ S$35+ is reasonable where one probably pays more in SIN.  It is literally located across the road with interesting interior but certainly NOT greener on the other side of the road 🙂

Sun: M&B have plans to drive to Moss to get B parents’ boat on land before the winter and if O does not wish to be in the car-ride, I am here for him…

2 Oct 2015 – The Wave

Tue: Bølgen***The Wave – even though awaited, no-one is really ready when the mountain pass of Åkneset above the scenic narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger falls out and creates a 85 meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it…

An epic tale based on the 1934 tsunami which killed 40 people in Norway’s Tafjord. The disaster was triggered when a mountainside collapsed, causing huge damage and casualties in a number of villages along Norway’s fjords. Geologists believe Norway may be overdue for another such natural catastrophe!!!!

Wanted to watch this movie here at Colosseum – 5mins walk from May’s where there will be no doubt that it is not dubbed or cut. But NOK90 S$15 is on the expensive range and even more in the evenings NOK150 S$26. Unable to remember the last movie watched in Norway???

Wed: last day of Sep with the blue sky and beautiful autumn colours. Random pix from my daily walks which I will miss when I return to hazy SIN 🙁

Some filming was happening after delivering Olai to his daycare. Random sculptures on the way to the town center.

Saw this wooden zebra at GlasMagasinet (the history of this place dates back to 1899) and it is the exact same zebra L&M played with when they were kids. It belonged to their dad when he was a kid. Now it is in Olai’s toy collection and believe it or not, the price tag on it is nearly NOK700 S$117, considering that it has been played with by 3generations, then it has been well worth it. Wonder how much it was when new then???

Tkx Leng for taking time to catch up in the midst of her busy schedule. The pix of us is from 2014 but could have been 2015 as we were both in the same outfits – for real! (I can already hear KK ‘what a monotonous wardrobe!’). How time has gone by since we first met for the Ft Canning project in SIN before she had kids. Her boys Marcus and Victor are now 8 & 2.

Thu: one more cuppa with Ingrid until we meet again in 2016. The sunset tonight is just spectacular with the clouds and the colours changing every second.

Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning’ first appeared in the bible in the Gospel of Matthew. It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise and sunset to signify the changing sky and originally known to help the shepherds prepare for the next day’s weather. Despite there being global variations in this saying such as ‘Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in morning, sailors warning’, the scientific understanding behind such occurrences remain the same.

Oct’s Special Dates

3 Happy Bday CHONG Siong Yin

4 Happy Bday Berit Lisbet EGGEN

6 Happy Bday David WONG

7 Happy Bday Leslie LAM

8 Happy Bdays Larry LAM, Audrey WONG and KONG Heng Sun

12 Happy Bday Karen SCAF-BENHAM

13 Happy Bday David YUNG

16 Happy Bday Patricia LAM

21 Happy Bdays Steve LAM & Dee HALL

27 Happy Bday Ellen HALD sr

29 Happy Bdays LAM Kwok Lock & Kiera CHUA

31 Happy Bdays Adeline LEE, Mark BOROWSKY and Happy Halloween