Dinner Was Served.

Over the last two weeks things have been relatively uneventful, for the most part. Except that is, for getting thoroughly merry once again down at the Microbrewery again with my workmates, and a few other bits and pieces.

 

Bit and piece the first: I turned 23 last Tuesday. That’s right, I’m ancient and the Alzheimer’s is starting to kick in, so be prepared for unprecedented levels of forgetfulness henceforth. Kristian was kind enough to bring in a cake for me at work, which we all ate with the gusto known only to engineers trying to get out of doing actual work. Officially the cake was to celebrate several events of the day; my birthday, Valentine’s day and some minor internal restructuring, but of course I know better. Me me me.

That night I had to endure attend my weekly Norwegian class, so Anika and I weren’t able to go out to dinner to celebrate. On the upside, Anika rectified that by making a delicious mud cake of her own during the day to mark the occasion:

My 23rd birthday cake, made by Anika.

 

Bit and piece the second: Holy sugar-rush Batman! On Thursday a package arrived from my aunt Betty, who apparently had come to the conclusion that sugar does not, in fact, exist here in Norway. Actually, after trying some of the local “Salmiak” “candy” (yes, the second set of quotes are necessary here), I don’t think she was all that far off the mark, really. Also included in the box of deliciousness was some Hawaiian coffee (I’ve tried this before, and I love, LOVE the stuff) and some bags of Macadamia nuts. Franky I had to resist giving a Lord-of-the-Rings-style Gollum impression over these, as they really are one of the most delicious snacks ever invented by humanity. I learned from Betty’s care package the last time I was here that the Atmel engineers liked they just as much as I do, but it was still interesting to bring them along to work anyway. I’ve never seen so many people happy to see me before.

Care Package from Betty

Also included in the care package was a coveted jar of Vegemite, which is also known as the “Australian Nationality Test”. At the Australian immigration line in our airports they force-feed you a spoonful of it, and if you don’t flinch you’re a true blue Aussie and are let through. True story. In any case, it was nice to finally have some funky food of my own to retaliate with at lunch.

Oh and the Tim-Tams are MINE.

 

Bit and piece the third: Wined and dined. Since we couldn’t go out on Tuesday for my birthday to dinner, Anika and I decided to go out somewhere special on Saturday instead. After asking around at work, I was recommended to patronize AiSuma, a restaurant conveniently located on the other side of the river — if we crane our necks from our living room window, we can see it. There in the old-world ambiance of what appears to be a renovated shipping warehouse, we both enjoyed a delicious three course meal and wine, which was some absolutely stunning food (with a price to match). I wish we could get Scallops even half the size of the absolute monsters we ate for our entree, as they absolutely dwarfed what I’m ashamed to admit are called Scallops back in Australia. Great food, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a nice mid-to-high-end meal in Trondheim.

After the dinner Anika and I went off to visit the local cinema to see the new Sherlock Homes movie, which was also great fun – the movie wasn’t as disappointing as I had feared it would be, given it was a sequel. Spoiler alert however, Steven Fry is in it and gets his kit off in one scene, which made me slightly regret the Chocolate Nemesis with Walnut Ice-cream dessert I had just eaten. The Norwegian ads they put on before the movie were a bit baffling, but it was interesting to try to work out what the heck they were trying to sell me while I waited for the movie to start.

 

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Happy belated-birthday Dean. What piece of techno-fun did you give yourself?

Ross

 

No fancy tech gear this year – Anika and I are going table/chain shopping at Ikea this week yet. We live an eventful life :P.

– Dean

 

Tables and chains?

 

Chairs, rather. I wasn’t making a statement about our unusual lifestyle…. 😉

– Dean

 

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