Bella 20090501-174920, originally uploaded by AndSig.

Bella with her latest toy. It probably sounds and act like a bird so she gets all crazy and chase after it. She even makes angry sounds and get so happy when catching it.

Shanghai JinQiao 20090412-103001, originally uploaded by AndSig.

soon two weeks have past but I am still living on the performance of a 8km race…probably time to get back to the gym soon and start preparing for the beach season coming up, or at least the pool season.

Grape fruit drinks and the two nomads, originally uploaded by AndSig.

Final drinks with the two nomads, oni and zou. Self made grape fruit drinks with japanese liquor added to the enjoyment.

2009Apr11_0471, originally uploaded by AndSig.

As if not one launch party enough, last saturday there was two for one! As mentioned before had NaoLab (www.naolab.com) their product launch, and at the same time did OniZou (www.onizou.com) launch their trip around the world.

OniZou is a very cool idea and it will be fun to follow their travel and events.

2009Apr11_0467, originally uploaded by AndSig.

The past weekend, I spent a sunny saturday afternoon at a beautiful garden in Shanghai’s french concession. The occassion was the launch of a NaoLab’s NaoLoop. An innovative product designed and developed by a german friend in Shanghai.

I have now replaced my wallet with one of these stylish accessories where you easily can fit cards and money + other things in the more advanced models.

Who is reading a personal blog anymore?

I mean, with facebook and services like twitter all posts are delivered so convenient to you so why go and look around at different websites if anything has been posted?

Subscribing to feeds are still to technical and mainly for nerds (like me). Starting to use my blog again I realised: why so many different platforms and why is twitter segmented into “microblogging”? Of course, first twitter was supposed to be based on cellphones and therefore the limitation on characters, but today I almost dare to claim it is not the main usage. Most of my “friends” are posting links and news from other sites, not really the “what are you doing?” thing that you share from your cellphone. And with the huge amount of friends, who want to have all those posts sent to your cellphone?

So why cant blogging be like twitter? That you only press “Follow” and then you get that persons postings. Instead you have to chose RSS or Atom and what software to use to subscribe to the blogs feed etc etc…A perfect example of a solution made by an engineer without adoption in mind

The final stop, originally uploaded by AndSig.

A week of travel is now coming to an end. From starting with a shared bathroom in a village i have now ended up at a retreat on the country side next to river. The cost of living is tenfold but seems worth it with the view and calmness here. Picture shows were i had my breakfast.

Went out today with China climb, a professional climbing organisation in Yangshou. Got two half days for a total of 500 RMB.  Well organised and included lunch!

We went out to “a small mountain”, the only place where we could climb in the rain, which has followed me since Shanghai(!). It was a long over-hang so completely dry on the wall.

It felt good being up on the wall again, has been long since last time. Got stuck on a 5.10a when my powers were completely drained from my hands and I couldnt get past the last two meter where it became a tricky overhang with onle a crack to use. Thats where I am on the picture, about 20 meter up. The other picture is from where the anchor is, but up here I came through a cave in the mountain…apparently most mountains in the area are full of caves and was frequently used by farmers during the war with Japan.

After a tough hike in the rain I found my way down to the lower village… it all went smooth and I only fell once with my big backpack forcing me down pretty hard on my knees and forehead on the ground. Luckily enough I did not get hurt and could contuine the march.

After a busride I finally arrived in Yangshou were I the first evening got some well needed rest. Phone was without battery so therefore no reports. Second day, despite the rain, I rented a mountain bike and went out on muddy trails. It was a lot of fun and people probably had as much fun looking at me covered in mud. Photo below is after a 40 minutes ride, then I continued for anouther four hours so did not look better!

Follow the road, originally uploaded by AndSig.

Fun when this is the big road i should follow, i wonder what the small like or if i already choosed the wrong one and are lost…fog is not helping with the navigation.