14:54

Did we change time zones already, or have I’ve really only been sitting on this plane since 13:30? That can’t be right, and I’m so confused. Also, my dearest mp3-player, a Creative Zen Micro Photo, just died. And no, not power wise. I brought an extra battery in case that would happen. There must be something wrong with the firmware? Something certainly is wrong with it. It automatically goes into recovery modus, and none of the given options work (although I must admit I haven’t tried reinstalling the firmware yet). Hm, I need an internet connection – hopefully the airport in Frankfurt has a free one. Without music, I’m in for one verrry long plane ride. Other than that, I need hand cream (desperately) and a place to charge my netbook. The Aspire One’s only got about one hour left before the power shuts down – a three cell battery just doesn’t get you very far.

Oh, and the nice lady in the next seat gave me a carrot. ^^ Mucho appreciated.

12:45

You know, travelling far away from everything you’re used to isn’t quite as scary as some people like to think.

It’s thrilling, fun and not to mention something you can learn a lot from. Mucho self-development. Especially if you’re on your own.

Right now I’m sitting at Oslo Airport, gate 40, waiting for my plane. While this one goes to Frankfurt, my actual destination is Shanghai – and I can’t wait to get there! I’d post some pictures, but there’s not all that much to see (and the internet here isn’t free either, which means I’ll have to do something else than surfing the net). I’m staying in Shanghai until the beginning of June, so I’ll have plenty of time for both self-developing and taking pictures! My Nikon D50 is staying home in Norway though, along with all my wonderful lenses so I’ll have to get used to a small, compact Lumix instead.

There’s so much I’m looking forward to do! Like visiting the textile market, the botanical garden and the old part of Shanghai. Much more, too, but it wouldn’t be all that useful to write a long list and post it here. I’m also quite curious about the weather – I’ve heard it’s hot, humid and, erm, rainy? I’ll need to buy a new umbrella when I get there. A fancy, colourful one. ^^ And a computer lock for my mini-Acer.

Ooh, I think we can board the plane now! ~<3

I just found the perfect knit sweater. Dark grey, warm, cozy and not to mention interesting with those gaps in the sleeves.

Why I would want a home knit jumper? Why, it’s getting colder! And there’s nothing more comfortable than a baby Alpaca wool jumper and a cup o’ hot chocolate when it’s snowing. Not sure if it snows in Shanghai though (according to my “secret” sources, it rarely does) but still!

Waddaya think? Look at that pretty jumper! It’s too bad it’s one of those DIY projects. I’m useless with knitting, and since there’s no “buy it finished” buttons I’ll simply have to keep on dreaming until I find someone who can.

I just ordered myself one of those cutesy-cute ‘Acer Aspire One’s Version A150, of course. And I’m feeling content.

After all, I’ve been trying to decide which netbook to order since late July – and there’s so many! Well, not that many, but many enough to make me research myself half to death to find out which one’s more suitable for me. And, with me being a perfectionist, that’s not an easy task.

At first I wanted this really cute Asus EEE 901, which seemed perfect. Y’know, in white. I found out that the material showed fingermarks really well, so a black one could easily end up looking dirty. And then there’s my luck: the Norwegian version with XP doesn’t seem to come in white. The Linux version seems to come in both white and black, but the XP? Only black. And I don’t much time left to wait for a white one since I’m leaving Norway the 23rd of September. Too bad, really, because I genuinely wanted one, and I wanted to glue pretty pictures on to personalize it. I obviously love things on sight.

‘Neways. That’s how I ended up with an Aspire One. I’ve already developed a crush on it, the design mostly. And it came in white.

Me, a materialist? You’re kidding.

PS; Today’s also Pernille’s birthday! Gratulerer! <3