Robert or iron waste

I saw this item standing like a Robert near an area where engineering subject is being taught. This might have developed by engineering students as a part of their project or just arranged the waste items of their other works. However, it looks like a person in a weight lifting mood. I can clearly see shape of head and two eyes plus antenna. Two hands with fingers are holding an item. The body does not look attractive but standing with two legs. What do you think? Is it a Robert or just a waste product compilation?

Windows in a matchbox

When I went to a shop to buy a matchbox, I got a nice matchbox printed with popular logo – ‘Windows’. To my knowledge, Windows was a registered trademark of Microsoft Company associated with computer software. I did not find any connection with the computer software and matchbox but the logo was nicely printed. I do not think that the matchbox is advertising the software company because the matchbox also consists of its company name and address. However, the matchbox logo was missing ‘R’ in a circle. You can see the nice matchbox yourself.

Fruits and fruit cakes

Fruits are source of vitamins, minerals and other elements. They are essential food components of human. However, all types of fruits are not available at a time since they are seasonal and production differ on climatic and altitudinal variations. I could enjoy variety of fruits and fruit cake which I would like to share with you here. Enjoy it.

Easter eggs!

Easter is one of the holy festival in Christian community. The schools and colleges are closed for almost a week for it. I have very less knowledge about this festival but I have seen 'easter eggs' everywhere, in shops, in corridors and in tv advertisements. The pictures below are the colorful real eggs shells hung in the twigs of trees decorated in a corridor. I like the paintings made in the shells after drawing out the yolk from the eggs.

Oslo's few skyscrapers

I have not visited Oslo for sometime. This week I was there for a conference and I could take some pictures of the one of the tallest buildings - Radission SAS hotel and Aftenposten building. Oslo has very few tall buildings and this hotel building is only 34 stories. The hotel is connected to central train station with the bridge in the picture. The entrance lobby of the hotel is in one of the picture.

Not of the blog theme

I was astonished by this photo (banner) before reading the news text. I have seen similar banner at the same space with countdown numbers earlier. When I saw this banner without number, I feel same '?' to our future. This could be the future of not only election but of our self and our country.

The banner is taken from The Himalayan Times News paper web site (http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/)

Concert and anniversary celebration

Last week there was a celebration of university anniversary. All the university students and staffs gathered for a live concert and dinner. The celebration place before and after the people.

Bitter beer, sweet jeri and rice pudding

Sweet jeri in Norway was something special. Special than making rice pudding or drinking beer. Drinking beer is not special at all but it is special in Norway for students from other countries. It is not due to unavailability but due to cost. Beer or alcoholic drinks and tobacco products are too expensive in Norway. Sweet jeri are made by Indians or Pakistani living in Oslo, Norway. An empty beer bottle is lying on opener like a pose for advertisement. Cation: Do not drive after alcohol no matter its bicycle or motercycle or car.

Election style in Norway

Norway is having local election this month. Due to my language problem, I could not understand more on it but I was surprised when a leader handover me red roses at a train station. I came to know that the pamphlet was of the party and red rose was their election symbol. Wow! what a good idea of election campaigning! I also heard that people can cast their vote electronically through their computer and not on a day but between the dates provided by the election commission. Even non-Norwegians living in the country for more than three years can also cast their votes. Today, 10th Sept. 2007 is the last day of casting votes.

Under water tunnel

Few days back, I could go under sea water in Oslo area. It was not a swimming but a drive through Oslo FJordtunnelen, in Drammen. The tunnel was 7.2KM long and first went down with a 7% slope till it reached the bottom of the bed rock. Then it again climb up with the same slope. The road tax for the pass cost NOK 55. Last picture is of a nice car.

Norway - unique on its own

Recent news says that Norway is the cleanest country after Finland. It is not clean without cleaning. You can see the second picture which is loading the trash from one of the streets at Oslo. Tourists are enjoying buggy ride even in these modern days (first picture), which may be clean in terms of air pollution emitted by vehicles but what about the animal dung in street if not cleaned?. Oslo is unique in the sense that it has freezing temperatures but offers tropical foods. One can even taste mango fruit (third picture). Third picture is the area of Oslo university college.

Nepali School Norwegian flag

More than fifty Nepalese are in Aas, one of a Norwegian city near to Oslo. Most of them are associated with Norwegian University of Life Sciences doing different degree courses. While staying in student apartments, one can see the pentagon student hostel monument (second picture) and parking area for students. Nepali student's children also study in Norway and in the picture, they are performing Nepali dance during their graduation day. The fourth picture is of Norway flag representing the culture, place and land proving opportunity for many Nepalese.

बन झाक्री र दीयो

The troll is one of the souvenir from Norway. May be the concept and philosophy behind troll in modern days is less concern but the existence of these structures shows that there were believers in past. A big structure at Holmenkollen (first picture). In other philosophy like in Hinduism and Buddhism, fire (lamp) is an important part of religious and supernatural powers. Here is the modern form of that type of lamp (दीयो) in developed countries. You can see flowers on sale at a departmental stores and a Norwegian farm house.

Indoor coffee plant

While visiting one of the Norwegian house, I could capture a coffee plant with coffee seeds. Wow! cold and snowy country and tropical coffee plant. This plant is not for coffee production. It is just a single plant serving as decorative or indoor flowering like plants. Second is just a long and steep elevator in a train station. Street light post at night and a biodegradable plastic, which I have seen for the first time.