Dolph. Many many years ago I took photos for a university student magazine in Lund, Sweden. Swedish b-action star Dolph Lundgren was in town so we interviewed him about his past as a MIT student and his acting career. There was a “real” photographer there too, who worked for some newspaper. Anywho, I like the expressions on peoples’ faces here.
1, 2, 3, 笑! A bunch of Chinese men in uniform take a neatly arranged group photo with some tourists on Tiananmen Square, Beijing in November 2009.
Long bridge deck. Bjerreds Saltsjöbad, Sweden, on a rather windy day in December 2011. There’s a sauna located in the in the house at the end of the bridge deck. During a bachelor party me and my mates had a little sauna session out there before jumping in to the incredibly cold water.
初日の出 (Hatsuhinode) is the first sunrise of the year. Two years ago I was in Tokyo around new year’s eve. The sun was about to rise when me and my two companions stepped out of the train on our way home after a long night out. As we walked through the train station I noticed that some people around us gathered at a window and admired the sunrise in what could almost be interpreted as a religious act. My friend told me that watching the first sunrise of the year is an important tradition for many Japanese people. Most of you will probably still be sleeping like a (drunk) baby when the sun rises tomorrow though. Happy New Years folks.
small kid. big christmas gift.
My niece quite carefully tore off the paper of her big Christmas gift the other day.
Honey and Red Ginseng. I kind of miss this beverage sometimes. In Korean convenience stores like Family Mart, Buy the Way and GS25 they sold this drink warm. Perfect for cold days and when your throat was a bit sore. Anyway, I bought one in a Korean supermarket in Stockholm last week. Yum. Oh, and merry xmas to you all!
There is a city complex in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, which goes by the name Sunshine City (サンシャインシティ). It hosts one of the tallest buildings in Tokyo, Sunshine 60. This sign points you in that direction. It’s winter solstice today (22nd of December). It’s been quite cloudy, dark and overall grayish in Gothenburg so I thought this was a good day to post this photo from my visit in Japan in 2010.
Vat Phou. Champasak, southern Laos in 2007. These steps are over a 1000 years old and the area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.