Category Archives: Media

Good Lord, Is That The Time?

Posted on January 24, 2013 by cecilie

I mean, quarter past three weeks since I last posted a blog entry? Bloody hell. I can’t live like this. I think it all started when the Sony service centre blithely called and said I had lost two weeks’ worth … Continue reading →

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One For The Team

Posted on December 30, 2012 by cecilie

This is how it started. We had dived into an upmarket restaurant because the temperature was dropping fast and it was raining; we just couldn’t bear the thought of another meal with our backs to an open door, huddled around … Continue reading →

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The Worst Drink In The World

Posted on December 10, 2012 by cecilie

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Dog Walking the Cesar Millan Way

Posted on September 6, 2012 by cecilie

My walks with Koldbrann continue, with Cesar Millan’s shows always at the forefront of my mind. Calm and assertive, always correct unwanted behaviour before it has a chance to escalate, don’t reward unwanted behaviour (for example by patting a dog … Continue reading →

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Down With Simplified Characters

Posted on July 28, 2012 by cecilie

The simplified characters menace is growing. Businesses all over Hong Kong are falling over themselves to accommodate mainlanders only, showing in a not very subtle manner that they’re not interested in local customers: by using only simplified, ‘crippled’ characters. Only … Continue reading →

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IKEA Epiphany

Posted on June 24, 2012 by cecilie

Last Friday I went to IKEA (pronounced Ee-Keh-Ah by the way) (that’s right, I have a secret pass to Swedish) and as usual said to my client that day: “Wish me luck. I’m going into the bowels of hell.” So … Continue reading →

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That’s More Like It!

Posted on May 31, 2012 by cecilie

Ah, I have to say it’s quite satisfying to go into some bookshop in Prince’s Building and suddenly see one’s own book on top of the big pile! I think you should buy it (from me). Why? Because 1: One … Continue reading →

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Late But Not Good

Posted on May 29, 2012 by cecilie

Hello, what have we here? I suddenly re-found the only photos I took at this month’s HK Art Fair. What, only two photos of that enormous collection? Well, there were posters everywhere saying No Photos, you see, and being sign-abiding … Continue reading →

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Before and After Breivik, Part 1

Posted on April 28, 2012 by cecilie

I’m so, so glad I don’t live in Norway anymore so I don’t have to see the smirking loser Breivik’s face splashed across the front page of every newspaper day in and day out. The trial continues apace, with Breivik … Continue reading →

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Journey To The West (of Hong Kong Island)

Posted on April 3, 2012 by cecilie

The game – is on! I’m starting mini-adventures combined with work: I’m shooting everything about Hong Kong for tourists and people who want to settle here. The first thing I’m doing is walking around the entire Hong Kong Island (not … Continue reading →

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