The first sip is always the worst. From there it can only be better, the second sip is neutral, and the third is addictive. It’s much like my work days itself, the quality increases as I get to work.
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I was working with my headphones on and I was probably entirely engrossed in work when I woke up to see that the day outside had suddenly changed. Was it a total eclipse of the sun? Or had someone painted the windows black from the outside?
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During Ramadan Muslims don’t eat from sunrise to sunset and this year Ramadan starts on September 3rd and lasts for 30 days - effectively covering the rest of my stay.
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My colleagues are really the best and the Pakistanis are so accommodating that I feel I am friends with everyone, even the ones I don’t work with.
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Weddings have a very central place in the Pakistani society. Last weekend I got to attend one. Although having only known Talha for just about two weeks, we got along really well and I he invited me to his wedding. This was quite a surprise for me, and although his wedding was in Karachi, this was an invitation I just couldn’t say no to.
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If Europe is all about football these days, Pakistan is all about cricket – any day. In public parks and in open areas people will gather in order to play some rounds. At first wasn’t very fascinated..
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One thing the taxi drivers of Islamabad sure don’t understand is that I like to walk around. Walk and relax, looking at places you never would have time to study closer from a car window when passing by. Sometimes I make new discoveries when walking, sometimes even close to where I live and work.
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One of the main learning possibilities for the Telenor trainees is to share our experiences from different subsidiaries with each other. In order to do so, we will have six workshops during the entire trainee program. While the first workshop took place in Oslo in October, just after we all started, and the second took […]
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Prior to going to Pakistan, several of my friends and colleagues asked me to write them travel letters. Therefore, I figured, why don’t I just blog a travel letter. After all I would like to share it with all of you.
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It was the strangest game of croquet I had ever played. Not that I often play croquet, but I still find playing croquet with the queen a little strange, especially as she constantly orders the solitaire soldiers or just anyone to be beheaded, not to mention the flamingo mallets and the hedgehog balls. In the middle of this chaos, the telephone suddenly rang. It might be the White Rabbit, the Hatter or even the Cheshire Cat I thought, before I picked up the speaker.
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Going intergalactic is of course the reason why the Telenor headquarter has its own convenience store, electronics store, gift shop, hairdresser, you name it. In several ways the complex reminds me of the Biosphere project. Moving between galaxies, it’s just a question of time before Telenor launches its first teleporting service. -Literally.
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