Merry Christmas!

Spending Christmas at work wasn't all that bad. It was just like any other day at work, but I was filled with the same excitement as a little child, longing to get home from work to open the Christmas presents Santa left in my mail. I gave my colleagues a few home made gifts with knäck and lussebullar, which seemed to be appreciated (more than when I let them try Djungelvrål). When I finally came home from work, I spoke to my family over skype and opened my presents. I could at least see the white Christmas through skype, that must count, right? Risgrynsgröt with cinnamon and sugar was served for dinner. All in all, it was a merry little Christmas.

God fortsättning!

3.9 on the Richter scale

This morning I woke up of an earthquake. Quarter to six, an early morning call. It was just a small one, but the first I ever experienced myself. It felt like the ground was on a big, moving air balloon. Or a bit like I woke up and the world had turned into a bouncy castle. At first I thought it was a fever dream and it took a while before I realized that my bed was actually moving. I couldn't help but feeling a little bit of excitement, but at the same time it's scary. And they are expecting a big one in Kantō region soon.

Difference between Swedish news and Japanese

I am watching the evening news on TV. One news flash is about a car crash with a fatal outcome. The deceased are called by name. Next is a clip about karaoke, the people participating in the interview stay anonymous. Why this difference? Does it have anything to do with karaoke as a phenomenon or is it the English translation of the TV news? Or is this just the way it goes in Japan?

Ice, ice baby

Observation from real life: Hot water really steams when you run the tap in a freezing bath room. The same goes for boiling water in a Siberian kitchen.