Sunday the 19th february I became the Club Champion of golf in Asia Golf Course , Peru in the low category (0-14 hcp).
This of course I feel utterly proud of and will relish the title for at least a year .
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Espens Daiedyr
Her er noen minner fra århundrets fest hos Espen i går . Bedre går det ikke an å gjøre det.
Eg glede meg allerede til 55 års dagen
Saturday, August 6, 2011
The Spanish way
1, Arrive at the Policestation no later than 7 AM
2. Line up untill 8:30
3. 8:30 a policeman comes out and hands out que numbers , but they only hand out 25 if you are the 26th in line , you need to come back tomorrow and earlier . Luckily I was 3rd in line so I got my number .
Along with the number they hand you out the paper you need to fill out and also to pay , then you have 30 min to go to the bank , which is surprisingly open at that time .
Then they hang up a paper with the starting number of the 2 different lines (see Photo)
4. At 9 am they open the office and the same policeman who gave us the numbers , reads out about 5 numbers that are let in to the office and we can present our papers and that only takes a few minutes .
5. Back 3 days later to pick up what I hope is a GREEN paper ... will see monday ...
After my irritation of actually getting up at 6 am to do this I quite enjoyed it , I saw the sunrise and the city awaken and also in a funny way thought that it was not all that bad.. In fact it`s when I decided that Spain is quite nice after all.
6. Back to bed....
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Latin AMERICAN TV and elections
I have to write latin american as this is where we are , but I believe most of this stems from the US . Here in Peru we have what`s called Direct Tv it`s a satelitte service a bit like Sky , Viasat , Canal digital etc , which so far is fine and it`s probably not Direct Tv`s fault , but the stations are terrible when it`s come`s to commercials and station Promo , it`s almost every 2-4 minute a break and a 20 minute episode lasts a least 1 hour . How many times in an hour do you really want to know whats on next or the next few days . In a day I guess you get around 100 reminders it`s terrible . As for the commercials for me it`s like anti commercial when it`s to much of it and also they are most of them quite bad , and americanised .
The programs also are a bit boring , biased towards the CSI (NY-Miami-LV) , American Idol , Friend`s etc. I sometimes have to watch and my favorite is Two and a half men .
I do as you would expect watch some times the Golf Channel which has a Latin American version here. And thank god there is usually english comments on one of the sound tracks , but there are some programs that don`t have it or some commercials that suddenly appear without sound . The programs without sound has been airing for years (at least since I started coming) you would think there should be some kind of Quality Control.
Last sunday the 10th was Presidenital elections here in Peru and I went with Adriana when she voted . I must say I was utterly impressed as it was very organized and Peaceful . In a school yard there where maybe 50 small booths each with a list of aprox. 150 names of the people that where to vote there , you went there registered and voted, the only difference from a Norwegian election really was that after you had to put your finger in INK , I guess so you could not vote again , strange as you where already registered and I assume you could not go again anyway . Well nevertheless it was quick and effective .
There are 5 president candidates here where by 4 of them are kinda right wing , the last and the one that had most votes is a communist in the Chavez class. And this is very scary to most "civilized" Peruvians . The system here is that if nobody get`s more then 50 % the two with the most votes go to a second round , so there is still hope that Peru will have another 5 years of growth and peace.
In the second round we have Ollanta Humala the commie and ex Military , versus Keiko Fujimori who is the daughter of an ex Peru President which now is in Jail for killing terrorist in the 90`s . It has to be said that the brother of Humala is also in Jail I believe for Terrorism . It will be interesting to see how this pans out and if Father and or Brother will be released when one of them is president . We all cross our fingers that Keiko will win, I believe it`s on the 5th of June .
The programs also are a bit boring , biased towards the CSI (NY-Miami-LV) , American Idol , Friend`s etc. I sometimes have to watch and my favorite is Two and a half men .
I do as you would expect watch some times the Golf Channel which has a Latin American version here. And thank god there is usually english comments on one of the sound tracks , but there are some programs that don`t have it or some commercials that suddenly appear without sound . The programs without sound has been airing for years (at least since I started coming) you would think there should be some kind of Quality Control.
Last sunday the 10th was Presidenital elections here in Peru and I went with Adriana when she voted . I must say I was utterly impressed as it was very organized and Peaceful . In a school yard there where maybe 50 small booths each with a list of aprox. 150 names of the people that where to vote there , you went there registered and voted, the only difference from a Norwegian election really was that after you had to put your finger in INK , I guess so you could not vote again , strange as you where already registered and I assume you could not go again anyway . Well nevertheless it was quick and effective .
There are 5 president candidates here where by 4 of them are kinda right wing , the last and the one that had most votes is a communist in the Chavez class. And this is very scary to most "civilized" Peruvians . The system here is that if nobody get`s more then 50 % the two with the most votes go to a second round , so there is still hope that Peru will have another 5 years of growth and peace.
In the second round we have Ollanta Humala the commie and ex Military , versus Keiko Fujimori who is the daughter of an ex Peru President which now is in Jail for killing terrorist in the 90`s . It has to be said that the brother of Humala is also in Jail I believe for Terrorism . It will be interesting to see how this pans out and if Father and or Brother will be released when one of them is president . We all cross our fingers that Keiko will win, I believe it`s on the 5th of June .
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Next album ....
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
My first
Yesterday I won my first Golf Trofee in Peru . I was playing in the Senior tournament where because my age I can now join . In Lima golf in my categori 0-14 hcp we where about 12-15 players and one in my group an 11 hcp played like a Pro after 9 holes he was 2 over par GROSS and I was 3 . After 13 holes he was still 2 over and I was 4 over . Then the next 4 holes I made Par`s (should have been 2 birdies) and he made 4 bogies , so my calculations was that I needed a birdie and he a bogie on the last for me to beat him . My drive was good just left side of Fairway 130 yards to the pin , he was right side in the rough about 175 yards . As I was standing there getting ready for my turn I see out of the corner of my eye something (a ball) that looked like hitting STRAIGHT in the hole . For christ sake he made an Eagle out of nowhere ..... in the shock I made a bogie and finished 3 shots back with a gross 77 net 69 , but good enough for 2nd place after his net 65 gross 76 . Well almost maybe next time ......
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Since long time ago
I just thought that it would be a good time to catch up with what`s been going on since .... well long time ago .
Let`s start with the bad news at the beginning of December 2010 . When Pogo became sick with his Kidney failure . We came back from a week`s golf in Portugal and picked up Pogo from the Kennel in not a very nice shape as he was vomiting and was not in good shape . After a couple of weeks with vets and back and forth it turned out he had cronic kidney failure . This turns out to be worse for a dog than cancer as there is virtualy no cure other than a transplant , which is not very relevant to a dog unless you live in the US and have loads of money and faith that this will work . Pogo was someday´s quite good but other days not at all good . To cut a story short as most of you know he died on the 20th of January . After a lot of different treatments with , special powder , homeopatic things etc etc . Adriana was really spending most of her awake hours trying her best .
After a short spell in Stavanger , buying more property and just really waiting to go to the south .
We arrived Peru just before christmas and moved to the beach just after . At the new years party which where spent in the party tent (see other story) Adriana had her bracelet stolen . She think`s it`s the guy on stilts for the "hora loca" (crazy hour) where everybody go crazy and are given , baloons, flutes , hats , congas etc etc. She has really made a fuzz about this later, going on national TV blaming this is not the Hora Loca , but the Hora ROBA . There has been a lot of support for this as many have experienced the same type of stealing over the years . But so far the Bracelet is still missing .
Adriana thinks she`s cursed this year as just after Pogo died her son came down with Kidney Stones . Which I believe is very painful . Because of Pogo we have not really started the summer , only last weekend we went out to party . I was (surprise) playing a golf tournament early Sunday , but really wanted to see the Pink Floyd band (see story from last year ) . But they still had not started when I left at 1 am . Ahhh we did go to a reggae concert with Junior Reid (ex Black Uhuru ) but when it was 4 am and still he did not start we left.grrrrr remind`s me of (S)pain ....
I have as you may imagine played quite a lot of golf , it has been the Matcheteros where I have won 3-4 dollars each time . The club championship where I`m still in it (it`s matchplay) and I have joined the AGOSEP , Agosep beeing the SENIOR golf federation of Peru . Since I`m 55 this year I can join . It`s really good as I can play in the tournaments they have (twice a month) in the clubs in Lima where I normally need a member to invite me . It`s a great deal 30 dollars for golf , lunch and free bar .... I played like shit last week , but next week is another go in Lima Golf which is one of my favourite. But still the food is good and the bar is free so no sweat if the Golf is shit . I have met a nice English guy which is father to a European Tour Player (John Bickerton) , not the most famous on the tour but still , he has won 3-4 times .
One of my other friends here is the golf pro at my course here in Asia , his name is Luis and he`s a great teacher although he does not speak a word English , most of his teaching gets across . It´s the damn thing to just do what he says that gets me ....He has put me on a physical training schem so watch out when I`m back in Europe . But first is the quarter final of the club championship this Sunday . It`s going to be tuff as I`m facing a really good player a 6 hcpèr .
I`m listening to a lot of music as you may have gathered via my Facebook site , I`m still going back to old music . Spotify is great for that as there are cross links to "related" artist and from there you can really find a lot of old music that I used to listen to when I was younger . Anyone who want to email me their Spotify user name can get access to what I`m listening to , just comment here or send me an email.
I even have some invites for the ones in ; Norway , Spain , UK that has access to Spotify
Until maybe not so long ....
Let`s start with the bad news at the beginning of December 2010 . When Pogo became sick with his Kidney failure . We came back from a week`s golf in Portugal and picked up Pogo from the Kennel in not a very nice shape as he was vomiting and was not in good shape . After a couple of weeks with vets and back and forth it turned out he had cronic kidney failure . This turns out to be worse for a dog than cancer as there is virtualy no cure other than a transplant , which is not very relevant to a dog unless you live in the US and have loads of money and faith that this will work . Pogo was someday´s quite good but other days not at all good . To cut a story short as most of you know he died on the 20th of January . After a lot of different treatments with , special powder , homeopatic things etc etc . Adriana was really spending most of her awake hours trying her best .
After a short spell in Stavanger , buying more property and just really waiting to go to the south .
We arrived Peru just before christmas and moved to the beach just after . At the new years party which where spent in the party tent (see other story) Adriana had her bracelet stolen . She think`s it`s the guy on stilts for the "hora loca" (crazy hour) where everybody go crazy and are given , baloons, flutes , hats , congas etc etc. She has really made a fuzz about this later, going on national TV blaming this is not the Hora Loca , but the Hora ROBA . There has been a lot of support for this as many have experienced the same type of stealing over the years . But so far the Bracelet is still missing .
Adriana thinks she`s cursed this year as just after Pogo died her son came down with Kidney Stones . Which I believe is very painful . Because of Pogo we have not really started the summer , only last weekend we went out to party . I was (surprise) playing a golf tournament early Sunday , but really wanted to see the Pink Floyd band (see story from last year ) . But they still had not started when I left at 1 am . Ahhh we did go to a reggae concert with Junior Reid (ex Black Uhuru ) but when it was 4 am and still he did not start we left.grrrrr remind`s me of (S)pain ....
I have as you may imagine played quite a lot of golf , it has been the Matcheteros where I have won 3-4 dollars each time . The club championship where I`m still in it (it`s matchplay) and I have joined the AGOSEP , Agosep beeing the SENIOR golf federation of Peru . Since I`m 55 this year I can join . It`s really good as I can play in the tournaments they have (twice a month) in the clubs in Lima where I normally need a member to invite me . It`s a great deal 30 dollars for golf , lunch and free bar .... I played like shit last week , but next week is another go in Lima Golf which is one of my favourite. But still the food is good and the bar is free so no sweat if the Golf is shit . I have met a nice English guy which is father to a European Tour Player (John Bickerton) , not the most famous on the tour but still , he has won 3-4 times .
One of my other friends here is the golf pro at my course here in Asia , his name is Luis and he`s a great teacher although he does not speak a word English , most of his teaching gets across . It´s the damn thing to just do what he says that gets me ....He has put me on a physical training schem so watch out when I`m back in Europe . But first is the quarter final of the club championship this Sunday . It`s going to be tuff as I`m facing a really good player a 6 hcpèr .
I`m listening to a lot of music as you may have gathered via my Facebook site , I`m still going back to old music . Spotify is great for that as there are cross links to "related" artist and from there you can really find a lot of old music that I used to listen to when I was younger . Anyone who want to email me their Spotify user name can get access to what I`m listening to , just comment here or send me an email.
I even have some invites for the ones in ; Norway , Spain , UK that has access to Spotify
Until maybe not so long ....
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