HOT HOT H.E.A.T

Yesterday we had our friends over for dinner. We had a wonderful time and chat and laughter was hear loud and clear :-) We started off on 1st floor in Hasse's newly decorated bar and computerroom where we served champagne with salami, cheese and "tunnbrödrullar"thin flat unleavened bread filled with deermeat and cheese or garliccheese and ham. Very good. Then we headed down for the starter which was shrimpcocktail consisting of different kinds of sallat, avocado, lots of shrimps and a sauce of yoghurt, sour cream, dill, lemonjuice, curry, salt and pepper. Very good. The main course was a bouf bourgonion which I had made already on Friday. I served pototaos, baby carrots and haricot verts to go with it. (See photo) I didn't made any special dessert but during the week I had baked a lot for the students and some were left so with the coffee I served two different kinds of cookies as well as Swedish whisky, Mackmyra and liqueur 43. Many laughter later we finished the eve...

I just have to share this review with you. It's from H.E.A.T's performance at Firefest VI in Nottingham yesterday and by melodicrock.com ....H.E.A.T also did "1,000 miles" and a new song. Now I know this will disapoint many regular posters on the board as it was absolutely fantastic and if all the other new songs are a thousandth as good, there will be endless threads about HEAT next year all gushing over it! Melodic rock ain't quite dead just yet.. these guys are great performers and put on an amazing show - highly recommend seeing these guys live even if you're not fussed on the album.

Suzan, Jonas, Crash and Kenny eating Japanes style. This week really started off well. Our students arrived on Monday and then my boss said: Do you want to take your class now? I wasn't prepared at all so I said I'll do it tomorrow. I had done all the powerpoint pictures, I just needed to collect myself I suppose. I don't know why I was nervous but I suppose we all are in a situation like that. Take in consideration also that I have never taught Economy or Marketing before although it is my line of work but that's not the same thing. But it did went well. In the morning when the students came I was in my apron making sandwiches for the morning coffebreak when I just said: Now it's time for some Economy and I throw my apron and went into the classroom :-) Quite funny actually. As I said it went well. How do I know that? Well, they asked a lot of questions, noone fell asleep and those are good signs :-) As I think I told you before Jonas and H.E.A.T arrived safely hom...

I forgot to tell you that H.E.A.T made a huge success in Tokyo when playing at Loud Park 09. There were around 10 000 people watching them and everyone sang and knew the lyrics to the songs. From the sound of it they have had a great time there and will return home tomorrow evening. Just to stay for a few days before leaving for Nottingham and Firefest. Then they will play in Norrköping October 30th and I'm hoping I can go there and see them. I haven't seen them now for a while and that should be nice. The photos are the official photos from Loud Park.

I have had a great weekend in Örebro with Champions of Rock, hotel, dinner and the company of my lovely sister. We started from Upplands Väsby midday and after a 2 1/2 hour drive we approached Örebro. We saw this big sign saying Conventum, Söder (south) in a mile, and that's where we should go off the highway. But no more sign saying Conventum or south so we continued driving but after a while we realized we were getting out of town again so first exit we went off and tried to turn around but almost ended up in another highway. Finally we were on the way again and when we now came from the south there was a big sign saying Conventum, city south so off we went. Those of you in Örebro that does the signs, please alter the one where it just say West not south!!! Anyway we reached the hotel and wanted to go out on town. It was now around 3.15PM and they said the shops were closed. Closed? on a Saturday afternoon? One mall might be opened, the receptionist said, but only until 4PM?! We...

I will soon be on the way to Örebro with my sister Helen to see Champions of Rock with Peter Johansson (who played Galileo in We will rock you in London for 2 years), Nina Söderquist (who I first met on a cruiseship to Helsinki in 2005 and where I said she is a star to be) and Kerry Ellis (who also starred in the London production of We will rock you). So a great cast and of course enormously gifted musicians to accompanie them. The reviews has been great and people I know who have seen the show is extatic. So we are in for a treat I think. I will also meet with Nina after the show since we have been writing to each other for a couple of years but never met irl. That should be fun. I will write more tomorrow and hopefully I will have some photos to show you. I can add that the place is sold out. I'm also very excited for the guys in Tokyo and I certainly hope there is some friendly soul out there that can record their performance and place it on youtube. Please, I would be very gre...

Yes, I can surely underline that expression TGIF. I am very tired after this week that has been hectic to say the least. Monday and Tuesday just flew away and on Wednesday I saw my coach. Yesterday I went to a very nice lunch with 2 girlfriends. One of them, Eva, had invited me and Gun-Britt for lunch in her beautiful flat overlooking lake Norrviken. She had made this wonderful chantarellesoup which was served with fresh bread and Västerbotten cheese (my favourite). Afterwards we had coffee and she had baked a deliciuos applecake with vanillacustard. Yummie! So a very nice afternoon. Then home and I didn't feel like cooking again so I just had yoghurt and Hasse had leftovers. But for today I had made homemade meatballs and mashedpotatoe (of course homemade as well) and with that I served broccoli and lingonberry. One of Hasse's favourite dishes. This afternoon I went to see my very good friend Inger whose birthday was October 4 and her daughter Tracy who had birthday this Monda...