HONG KONG WEEKEND

So last weekend was spend in Hong Kong with my girlfriend. We made the best combo of food, inspiration, shopping and sightseeing for 3 days. Well I know Hong Kong very well and been basically everywhere, but it was my first time in the Hong Kong Hills. We took the 120 year old tram up in the hills to experience more of what the city have to offer - view wise, and it was definitely the trip worth - action wise, well maybe not so much. I did not really have a shopping agenda for the trip - except buy a new Ipod - as the letters on my Kermit has disappeared due to water - but my friend wanted iphone - well, that was not possible as HK is drained! But then we came back with lots of new running clothes instead. I love getting new gear, as it makes me wanna go running much more - and it does the same for boyfriende, so guess what I bought a lot for him as well. This week, back home in Beijing, is super busy - we have order meetings next week and I am leaving for Denmark next friday - and well yes, have visits for Denmark and Norway - so the days are long long long, but tonight I am on the sofa with very bad tv - finding the inner power to handle tomorrow.

GREAT NEWS - AND A LITTLE SAD ONE !

The little China home has new stuff - and well it needs it - as it soon will be my only home. Yes, it´s right - we have sold our Copenhagen apartment! We are super excited - and me, I am also a little sad. For 7 year I have lived in my little flat, and now it´s over. Super cool for boyfriend and me - we will get to buy our first home together once we return, but on a personal level; I have renovated the place all by myself; living room, bedroom, kitchen, entre and toilet ... all my ideas and my hard work - and now it´s gonna be somebody else´s - well that is a little sad. Well that´s life - moving forward and focusing on new stuff; New big vase from Beijing, mask from Hanoi, necklace from Hanoi, Photography is from Beijing as well and was my 30th birthday for boyfriende present together with a trip for two to New York , table clove is from a marked in Beijing, small plate from 798 and a new pillow is from Tang rou lou, a super cute brand that might be French or might be Chinese, but they have small shop in Sanlitun where I bought this to brighten my sofa. Let´s see if my trip this week will bring more stuff - there´s a pretty good chance. My girlfriend and I are leaving for Hong Kong Friday early morning and we will be back Sunday evening - I will for sure share all the fun we´re gonna have next week.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Just came back Saturday after a week´s business trip in Vietnam. This marks the first of my coming travels - and my dear the next couple of months are going to be crazy - full pace traveling and moving (!) (yes, I will tell you more very very soon). It was my second time in Hanoi, but as the trip went better than expected, I guess, I will be a frequent flyer there in near future. I spend, I don´t want to think of how many, hours on the road, as no factories are ever "in the neighborhood" - so I have seen a lot of rice fields - A LOT ! but we also had a little time for shopping and eating - so I have come back with great memories of great new-found foods and with cool stuff for my home; such as a mask for my growing collection and a, well guess it´s a piece of fabric/jewelry mix thing, but now it´s hanging on my wall, being a wall-decoration thing. Hanoi was not at all as I remember it from last time I was there; super cool, romantic and French - now it - well it´s still French-ish , but it´s also polluted, dirty and very loud, and I found myself, for the first time ever, missing the quiet clean ("") air of Beijing - Well that´s a first for sure !

MY FIRST CHINESE NEW YEAR

I have been away - to long - I know - I am sorry; Chinese New Year and boyfriend´s visit - but now I am back, at this is some of what you missed of the Chinese Holiday, his 30th birthday, our Beijing bicycle trip, home cooking, cozy time on the sofa, art visit and of course fireworks (your are very happy the blog does not have sound ! it was 17 days with the soundtrack of world war 3!).