An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
— Niels Bohr
Bureaucracy from Above
How the first floor customer services counters at Abu Dhabi Municipality looks like from above.
In English
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How Millennium Hotel on Khalifa tries to save on their buffet offerings
…not that it helps very much.
Expensive stuffs to be kept in safe place
A useful reminder
Finally, an interdependent ceramics centre
They’re all so damn, eh, independent…
Tarzan held for sorcery
It was always just a matter of time…
Outsourced – når billeg arbeidskraft vert for dyr
I Muscat har dei nyleg byrja å erstatte billeg arbeidskraft frå Sør-Aust Asia med utstillingsdukker. Stundom vert billeg arbeidskraft for dyr… Menneskelege traffiklys er no ein ting som høyrer fortida til.
Bohr’s definition of experts…
Taj Mahal – finally
It took me a lot of years from the first time I saw Taj Mahal in a Pakistani (!) restaurant in Oslo until I made it there for a visit. It was worth the wait.
Wadi Bani Kharus
The brilliant thing about Oman is that everywhere you turn there is a beautiful mountain.
A couple of weeks ago I drove the mountain road that connects Wadi Bani Awf and Wadi Bani Kharus – it was spectacularly beautiful. Easily within reach and “doable” on a day-trip from Muscat, this was a first time – but not the last one.
Happy New Year 2012/13
To all my friends and colleagues – a happy new year! May it bring you good health, prosperity and progress in all the areas of your lives. I have a feeling 2013 is going to be a good one… In the meanwhile, please feel free to share in a selection …