02 August 2007

day05: 2.8 I was 101,8 kg, and 108,8 cm in max-waist

thursday 2.8 I was 101,8 kg, and 108,8 cm in max-waist

Training:
Walked around the Lake Mosvannet one round (3070m): time 25:03,9 (in rain)
Push-Ups: 12 Sit-Ups: 2x12
Total Value of Training: total 30+ minutes

Food:
Had no breakfast, but beef-stu for lunch, + a rice pudding later. Had wok with chickenmeat+frozen vegitables, then unfortunately a package with biscuts later :( (sorry)

Comments:
Woke up medium late after going to bed a little late, got to work around 0900.

01 August 2007

day04: 1.8 I was 101,8 kg, and 109,0 cm in max-waist

wednesday 1.8 I was 101,8 kg, and 109,0 cm in max-waist

Training:
Walked around the Lake Mosvannet one round (3070m): time 25:05,4 (in rain)
Push-Ups: 11 Sit-Ups: 2x11
Total Value of Training: total 30+ minutes

Food:
Had no breakfast, but chicken and beans for lunch, + a rice pudding later. Planned a good dinner , but ending up lazy with biscuts :( (sorry)

Comments:
Woke up medium late after going to bed a little late, got to work around 0900.

day03: 31.7 I was 101,6 kg, and 109,0 cm in max-waist

tuesday 31.7 I was 101,6 kg, and 109,0 cm in max-waist

Training:
Walked around the Lake Mosvannet one round (3070m): time 25:48,6
Push-Ups: 10 Sit-Ups: 2x10
Total Value of Training: total 30+ minutes

Food:
Had biscut for breakfast and salad for lunch, and repeated a good dinner of Thai vegitable "Morning Glory" + 3 hot dogs. Morning Glory taste wonderful with fried onion, oyster souce, pepper and chilli.

Comments:
Woke up medium early after going to bed medium early, got to work around 0825.

day02: 30.7 I was 101,6 kg, and 109,5 cm in max-waist

monday 30.7 I was 101,6 kg, and 109,5 cm in max-waist

Training:
Walked around the Lake Mosvannet one round (3070m): time 26:01,6
Total Value of Training: total 30 minutes

Food:
No breakfast or lunch, as I was in a bad/sorry mood, but made a good dinner of Thai vegitable "Morning Glory" + 2 hot dogs + some biscuts in between. Morning Glory taste wonderful with fried onion, oyster souce and chilli.

Comments:
Woke up early after going to bed early, got to work around 0705.

day 01: 29.7 I was 102,4 kg, and 109,5 cm in max-waist

sunday 29.7 I was 102,4 kg, and 109,5 cm in max-waist

Training:
Walked around and back from city to home after the match: total 30 + minutes

Food:
Not to much , and had 2 beers on the boat to the Vikingmatch + a chiliHotDog + some crisps at the stadium. Planned to buy suchi on my way home, but it was to long to wait.. ended up with some biscuts in stead.

Comments:
Woke up early after going to bed early, but stayed long in bed. Had a "not good mood day". Went tobed ok early.

Training and weight blog

Since I normally don't use the test blog for anything special, I figure I could register my "training back to shape" here, for some + me self to see... :-)

25.7 I was 103,4 kg, and 110,0 cm in max-waist

28.7 I was 102,6 kg, and 109,5 cm in max-waist
29.7 I was 102,4 kg, and 109,5 cm in max-waist
30.7 I was 101,6 kg, and 109,5 cm in max-waist
31.7 I was 101,6 kg, and 109,0 cm in max-waist
1.8 I was 101,8 kg, and 109,0 cm in max-waist

Plan is to train minimum 3 km walk/run / 10 km biking / 45 min dancing / 30 min excercise everyday, and get an average of 1 hour a day during august....

I want to loose about a kg ( /cm ) a week, starting from the 101,8 on wedn. 1st of august.

so my plan is to write every day, - what I did...

07 July 2007

About John Viking shirt :-)

I was in puzzle than the XXL / X2L shirt had uk size 46in and XL has uk size 42in , and both felt quite big to me... ( i'm 101 kg)

so I talked with the Vikingshop, and I will return there on Monday/Tuesday ( Uwe dont return from vacation to sign them untill next weekend anyway, and the shop only need 15-20 minutes to get the shirt named. )

so you need to decide between 42in and 46in ( me selv I would have taken 42 in or 38 in I guess, but you might be bigger than me... ? ( I dont know your real size) )


Photo of me in 42in ( like I said, in 101 kg (176cm tall) AND I have a t-shirt under the jearsey)


Photo of me in 46in ( like I said, in 101 kg (176cm tall) AND I have a t-shirt under the jearsey)


also about the signing, the (dark -) blue colour of Vikings home suit is quite dark for signing on the shirt it self, - so most Vikingfans get the players to sign on the white ads in front ( Lyse = the local power/energy/electrisity-company (name lyse comes from the local and wild/dramatic Lyse fjord that runs in the country from Stavangers coast (the fjord also include the migthy Pulpilt Rock , and Kjerag. )) But of course its possible to sign over the club flag/chrest on the blue colour as well, but the black pen migth not show that easy in distance.




anouther choice is to buy the white away/back-up shirt - where the black pen will show easy - but its not really Vikings colour ;-) , and not so cool... I see the awayshirts they used so far this year has been all white, and not with the blue on the side, - the Vikingshop will check for me on monday if this is the new one that they will use.. BUT awayshirts in norway is only used then the hometeam/oppusite team they play against is in a dark colour... so then they play against the red team Brann away, they will play in blue, and not in white... only then the other home team is in blue/black/brow/freen will they play in white...




now you've seen some photoes:


so:

42in ot 46in ??


blue homeshirt , or white awayshirt (brand new, came in 2 days ago, not used by the team yet)?


if blue : signature over clubflag/chrest, or on the white ad, - or both??



egil


13 February 2007

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12 February 2007

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30 January 2007

Egil is back home!

Egil is now back home in Stavanger, and is actually in bed as I write this -- a loooong journey has come to an end!

Expect to see lots and lots of more pictures, videos and stories in the next few weeks.

Regards,
Roar
Webmaster

26 January 2007

well, well now my trip is going towards an end

well, well   now my trip is going towards an end,  and I have to first say I'm sorry for not feeding you all with any stories for a while, as I just have had little time for writing, especially with high internetcosts in Japan and S.Korea.
 
I am really glad I got the chance, and took this oppurtunity to travel this time, ever 4 months are a long time... and a bit longer than the 2+ months that was the original plan.
 
I got around to see MANY exciting places, and even more importaint, - meeting a lot of nice and interesting persons along the way...  some for just a short minute, and other for weeks to an end... you were all a big part of my journet, and I'm happy for meeting you all....
 
my site: 
is a bit short of information lately,  but I will use time in the months comming to go through my around 7000 ? photoes and post more and more photoes, videos, and travelstories weekly (and maybe many smallewr shortstories several times a week)..
 
I will also try to make some rankings over some topics...  i.e  where did I like the food the best,?  1-5 best..  where was the accomondation cheapest...  the best beds... and so on,  
 
Please feel free to come with suggestions for things you like to read stories of,  see photoes of,  and ranking of,  and any other things you like to see on my site...
 
So I'm getting ready to get home... already gotten an offer I accepted for a job, so I start in a week, unless I have to get in the military training one week first,.. in that case its 2 weeks till I start working...
 
but still I have some days left here in China, for enjoying life, shop, travel the last bit to beijing (12 hour train is a piece of cake now), and really concider how to pack my luggage for the plaine...
 
Thanks all for beeing who you are...
 
hugs to all
 
Egil Viking
WuHan

03 January 2007

Happy New Year !!!

Happy new year :) and may the new year bring you all the happyness you possebly can handle.... ;)

Im currently in Japan, and getting closer to the end of my trip.... whitch I, btw, some hours ago got extended for almost anouther month, so my trip will not be 99 days, but 123...

Also Im preparing a little bit for my life back in Norway already, using the tired first day of 2007 to start applying for jobs back home.. and today I had a arranged phonecall to my hostel from an agency, and set up a meeting for the day after I have my first day home again...

Newyears is always a day for thinking about ones life, reflecting back, and planning ahead... and putting out hopes for the future....

This time Im not back home as I usual has been, som newyear is definitly different, - but still I will do as Ive done the last 3 years... Im going to put up 10 improvmentissue for me self for the year to come, and I will try my best to improve as a person, and to improve the quality of my life, and people I love... I will not manage to get improvements on all 10 issues, - but I will be happy as long as I can make 1, 2 or maybe even 3 improvements in my life.... so.. 10 issues to work on, instead on one newyearsresolution...

Normally I have my 10 issues ready on newyerars Eve, but this time I might wait till I get home... And what my 10 issues are, well, Im not telling any.... :)

In addition, this time I will also put up for me self 10 goals for the end of 2007, who may be related to my issues, and maybe not...

Last year one of my goals for 2006 was to finally get my nerve/act together, and take the chance and forfill my dream of travelling for a longer period... so I think I can declaire that goal for accompliced.. :)

I have still not put up all my 10 goals eigther, but here is a couple of examples*
- Travel some more, - at least 2 weeks abroad, - prefeerably to Cuba
- Get a good job I enjoy
- Start learning a new language
- Use in average at least 1 hour on webbuilding/writing a day in 2007
(any have suggestions on what they would like to read of?)

I dont expect to make all my 10 goals (then I put them up) but hopefully I can make 4-6...

Reason to write them down on paper, is to easier put my attention to them, and hopefulle they will be easier to focus on, and to accomplish.. Only time will tell...

Well, I just wanted to greet you will all the best for the future, and may luck follow you and your family...

Happy New Year !

Egil

01 January 2007

On the Road in Marvelously Friendly Myanmar

On the Road in Marvelously Friendly Myanmar


Well, form Thailand it was time to travel to Myanmar (Burma), ans I was actually a bit nervous about going in here, as I had the impression it could be difficult to travel around. Also I heard the people here was really friendly, - but anyway, I felt a little unsafe before going into Myanmar. (also because I had iniatially plans to travel inlands Myanmar from the Thai border to Mandalay, and then down to Yangon (Rangoon) before flying out to KL(Malaysia), - but have to fly direct to Yangon, since inland travels was not allowed anymore..!!!)
And furthermore, I could not not have the safety of having mobile/sms to the outside world, - as this was not possible in Myanmar...

So.... I entered Myanmar by flying in to Yangon from Bangkok (had to fly from Chang Mai to Bangkok first), with a nervous smile, and did not really have any big idea of where or when to go in Myanmar from Yangon.

At the airport in Bangkok I startet talking to a girl from Japan going to Yangon too, and I quickly adopted the first part of her plans as my new backup-plan. (since my original plans had been aborted..) there is one thing I learned on this travel... a bad plan is better than no plan... no plans only leaves you doing,... well nothing (just as planed))

Well landed in Yangon, I got hang on another guy to a hotel mentioned in the Lonely Planet guide.. so I got free transport to this hotel, as I from experience know the drivers always overcharge the newly arrived from the airport... (happened in basicly all contries I'd been to...).

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Well - my first impression of Yangon was that the people here really tried to help you, and I felt a little surpriced by this overwhelming helpfulness, as this usually by experience is followed by open hands wanting tips for doing any small things I normally do myself with no trouble.... but many here actualy just helped to be helpful, and as part of the service... not to get tips.... no need to explain why I really started to like this place... Also my 10 usd hotelroom was the nicest I've seen since my delux singleroom in Cambodia (then I took over a vacaint place in a packagetour arranged by www.bikeforpeace.no) . the room was Huge!!, and had two big doublebeds, and a bathroom just as big as many hotelrooms I've stayed in before., and 6 towels ready for use :D Surpricing luxary :)


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First I took a trip to the marked, and walked around here, trying to take in all the new impressions. Surpricingly do almost all the men in Myanmar use a leg-garment the call "Longy" - basicly a sarong for men... I heard about this from before, but still was surpriced about the number of men using this.I guess the feeling of needing a pair of pants is just a fix idea the rest of the world has got...

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And the girls almost all use a form of clay facemask, to protect their face against the sun, - and keep this mask on all day long... This seams really strange to me, but after some days I got so used to see it I did not notice it anymore...

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Since travelling in this country can be a bit timeconsouming I decided to take first bus north from Yangon to Bagan ( and espesially the last half of the road was on really bad and bumpy roads), and I did a whole day here looking at some of the 4000 temples. ... Its impressingly many temples here, but most of them are quite small, and not so impressive in them selves, but its the share number of temples thats impressive... One day was enougth here... Remarkeble about Bagan is also the big number of horsestaxies here, - many, many hundreds of them...

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Next day again it was time for anouther long busride on bumpy mountainroads, - beeing shaken in all directions..., this time to Inle Lake, and on a local small bus.... let me also mention the roads in Myanmar.... they are NOT of the best standard in Asia.... !

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At Inle Lake I got ne anouther nice room, for 6 usd a night this time,. good value, even I had to wait for 20 minutes for the water to get warm...

The first day in Inle Lake I and a other from Australia took a boatride across and around the lake of Inle Lake ( Inle Lake is both name of the lake, and the town). And this was truley a very good daytrip... Inle Lake are espesially known for the fishermens special foot-rowing techique, and its part impressive, and partly funny to watch... :) Also thay have a floating market every 5 days, but not this day... so we visited a regular Inle Lake market instead. (and I got me some Longys and some xmas presents here) Also we visit some Lotus-treadweavers, a fishfarm, a silversmith (more xmaspresents), a longneckexhibithion and weavers, a temple, a monastary and many more interesting places., - and on the way back - more fishermen and a sunset from the boat... Very nice.

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Internet is a different store, gmail, yahoo, hotmail and other western (american?) popular sites are beeing blocked from use in Myanmar, and the internet lines are, if exicting..., call-uplines of not very good quality... and mobiles, well not possible....

Next day we took a little hike with a guide in the mountains around Inle Lake, It was nice to get around by foot again (as compared to be bumping upanddown and sideways on the bus), and walk through villages, temples, caves and nice landscape. The most memorable on the trip was the people living here, and espesially the young girls , already beeing mothers and married at age of 14... As always in Myanmar, - people were extremely friendly and smiles were plenty. It was a very nice trip, but I wished it was longer... :)

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The next day we had to take a long, slow, humpy 21,5 hour bus back to Yangon. This was a new record for me in long (bumpy) busride... - and normally the driver would drive 4-4,5 hours before stopping for wc and food/supplies... Did I mention the roads in Myanmar... ? They are really not very good.... ;)

Well back and still shaken, but not stired, we had a day in front of us, whitch I used for hunting down any possibility for getting from Yangon to KL (Malaysia) , since there was no possibility to order by net (since the net refused me to stay logged in to Air Asias webpages... and some hours later, and quite a bit us dollar in commision I had a ticket to KL via Bangkok the next morning... so my last day I could have used for sightseeing, but used for tickethunting instrad...

All in all Myanmar has to be one of my top favourite destinations, - Im really happy I took the chance to visit this country, in which has people with wonderful big smiles, and really helpful and serviceminded attitude. Myanmar also has very good hotelstandard compared to what you should expect compared to the rest of the standard of infrastructur ( did I mention the roads? ) Also many things in Myanmar are not the same, same as other countries, whitch gives it a spesial touch.

Food are cheap and good, hotels are a bit more expencive, but really good, Postcard ar cheap, and stamps are rediculusly cheap, girls are cute, but relationships are not possible, - the internet are expencive, SLOW, and restricted, and may be on line, if lucky... Mobile cant connect and money comes in small bills, and big stables, or in USD... And I have to at least once mention the roads... which are not to good....

Myanmar is highly recommendable
(but the roads are not..)

Pictures from Myanmar!

Pictures from Myanmar!

Egil just sent me a large batch of
, which are now out for your enjoyment :-) Egil has taken many beautiful pictures during his Asia travel, but this time he has, in my opinion, really overdone himself -- there are
lots
of great pictures, just see for yourselves!

He is now busy writing his blog post, which will be published in a few days.

Regards,
Roar
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