Monday, 17 October 2016

Søndag den 16. oktober kl 1630 til mandag den 17. oktober 2016 kl 1629

16:30 Vi taler lidt på Skype med vores ældste datter, Alison, der bor i København sammen med Ed, sin mand, og deres 3 børn, Josie (10 år), Rosalind (8) og Isaac (6). Hele familien sidder i stuen i deres hus i Gentofte, mens vi snakker.


Vi taler lidt på Skype med vores ældste datter, Alison, der bor i København,
sammen med Ed, sin mand, og deres 3 børn

Det er meget sjovt at snakke med dem om deres liv i København. Børnenes efterårsferie startede i fredags, så de er fri i de næste 7 dage – hurra! Det interesserer meget Alison og Ed, at høre, at Sarah, vores yngste datter, omsider har fået et permanent job i Perth. Sarah har i de sidste 6 måneder arbejdet for Competitive Foods (der driver Hungry Jack’s og Burger King fastfood restauranter), mens Perth-kontorets permanent revisor har været  på barselsorlov.

Ed og Ali tror, at tilbygningen på deres gamle hus i England vil være færdig ved slutningen af november, men der er ikke nogle oplysninger endnu, om hvornår Eds mission i København skal ende. Måske vil Eds bror, Tom, leje huset, mens han og Becky, hans kone, søger et nyt hus i Guildford-området. Tom er læge og arbejder for tiden i Londons Great Ormond Street hospital. Becky er en advokat, der arbejder i Guildford. De bor for tiden hos Beckys forældre i Farnham, hvilket er lidt vanskeligt, fordi parret har 2 unge børn – du godeste, det kan jeg godt forestille mig!

19:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og derefter bruger vi aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser ”Tutankhamun”, en ny dramaserie i 4 dele, der handler om Howard Carter, der fandt den unge konges grav i 1922.

Det første afsnit starter i årene lige før første verdenskrig. Det er rart at se Max Irons (som Carter) og Sam Neill (som Lord Carnarvon) tale med de ægte aristokratiske eller overklassiske accenter af perioden. De taler ikke som popsangere for en gangs skyld, og ikke som mange hovedfigurer i populære dramaserier  – hurra!

Catherine Steadman, den charmerende engelske skuespillerinde, opfylder instruktørens ønske om at finde en kærlighedsinteresse for Carter. Hun spiller en amerikansk kvinde, Maggie Lewis, der arbejder for New Yorks Metropolitan Museum. Jeg ved ikke, om Maggie er en ægte historisk figur, eller en fiktiv person, der kun opfylder dette vigtige behov!

Det er åbenbart, at Maggie sværmer for Howard, men i begyndelsen ser det ud til, at Howard kun interesserer sig for længe døde mennesker (og ikke på en seksuel måde ha ha ha). Senere ser vi Howard og Maggie kysse siddende på en divan, den nat inden hun skal rejse tilbage til New York, på grund af den kommende verdenskrig. Men da Howard vågner om morgenen er han alene. Han falder så over en notat fra hende på sit skrivebord, ”Jeg håber, du finder hvad du leder efter”. Du godeste, hvor rørende! Jeg formoder, at vi ikke vil se hende igen!


Lord Carnarvon (Carters patron), Howard Carter, og Maggie Lewis

Maggie viser Howard en gamle kop, som Howard identificerer som den unge konges kop. Det ser ud til, at kongen medbragte sin yndlingskop da han rejste fra landets  gamle hovedstad til den nye i  ”Kongernes Dal”. Jeg husker, at jeg også plejede at medbringe min obligatorisk yndlingskop, da jeg flyttede fra gamle stillinger til nye stillinger i min tidligere arbejdsplads!


Det er indlysende, at Maggie sværmer for Howard, men i begyndelsen ser det ud til,
at Howard kun interesserer sig for længe døde mennesker - uha!


Howard og Maggie kysser hinander på en divan

om morgenen falder Howard over en kort notat fra Maggie.
”Jeg håber, du finder, hvad du leder efter”!

ved slutningen af det første afsnit, må alle holder op med at arbejde i Egypten,
fordi første verdenskrig begynder – du godeste, sikke et vanvid!!!!

22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzz!!!!!

02:00 Pludselig vågner jeg op midt i natten. Jeg bliver klar at, vores radio i køkkenet er tændt. Jeg skynder mig ned ad trappen for at slukke den. Engang imellem trykker vi ved en fejltagelse radioens alarmknap – pokkers!

04:00 Jeg vågner op igen. Jeg ser på clockradioen ved siden af sengen. Der står 06:00 på urskiven – du godeste! Jeg føles som om jeg overhovedet ikke har sovet i nat! Jeg står op.

Jeg laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtester. Jeg indser pludselig, at min clockradio må have  været 2 timer for hurtigt – pokkers (igen)!

Jeg kigger lidt på internettet og jeg ser, at Caroline Wozniacki, den danske tennis-darling, fortsætter sit come-back som på verdensrangliste i tennis. Hun er efter sin sejr i WTA-turneringen Hong Kong Open nummer 17 i verden – hurra! For en måned siden var hun nummer 72 – du godeste!
              
Caro” Wozniacki, den danske tennis-darling, forsætter sit come-back

Du godeste (igen) – sikke en overraskelse! Hun begyndte den nuværende sæson så dårligt, at jeg troede, hun var helt færdig og slået ud som den officielle danske tennis-darling – med andre ord var det ude med hende! I januar tabte hun i første runde i Australian Open til Yulia Putintseva, og i Wimbledon blev det også til et nederlag i første runde til Svetlana Kuznetsova – uha! I denne sæson har hun været på en rutsjetur, ingen tvivl om det !!!!

Det er underligt, at hendes karriere svarer i succes/fiasko på en ejendommelig måde til karrieren af hendes eks-kæreste, den britiske golfspiller, Rory McIlroy, der for et par år siden droppede hende, efter deres bryllupsinvitationer allerede var sendt ud – av, det må have gjort ondt, er jeg sikker på!!!
Rory er nu på nummer 3 i verden, bag australieren Jason Day og amerikaneren Dustin Johnson – hurra!

08:00 Jeg skynder mig ind i køkkenet og laver to kopper te. Jeg bringer dem op på vores soveværelse og kryber tilbage i vores seng. Vi drikker teen og går i bad. Vi står op og spiser morgenmad.

10:30 Vi går ud i haven og luge lidt i grøntsaghaven. Det går fremad med efterårets havearbejde – det har jeg ikke nogen tvivl om !!!!




Det går fremad med efterårets havearbejde – ingen tvivl om det!!!!

12:30 Vi spiser frokost og bagefter går jeg i seng og tager mig en gigantisk eftermiddagslur – zzzzzz!!!!

15:30 Jeg står op og vi slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.

English translation

16:30 We speak a little on Skype with our oldest daughter, Alison, who lives in Copenhagen along with Ed, her husband and their three children, Josie (10 years), Rosalind (8) and Isaac (6). The whole family are sitting in the living room of their house in Gentofte, while we talk.

We speak a little on Skype with our oldest daughter, Alison, who lives in Copenhagen,
along with Ed, her husband and their 3 children

It is a lot of fun to talk to them about their lives in Copenhagen. The children's autumn break started last Friday, so they are free for the next 7 days - hurrah! It interests Alison and Ed, a lot to hear that Sarah, our youngest daughter, has finally got a permanent job in Perth, Australia. Sarah has for the last 6 months worked for Competitive Foods (operators of Hungry Jack's and Burger King fast food restaurants), while the Perth office's permanent accountant has been on maternity leave.

Ed and Ali believe that the extension on their old house in England will be finished by the end of November, but there are no details yet on when Ed's mission in Copenhagen is to end. Perhaps Ed's brother, Tom, will rent the house while he and Becky, his wife, look for a new house in the Guildford area. Tom is a doctor and is currently working in London's Great Ormond Street Hospital. Becky is a lawyer working in Guildford. They are currently living with Becky's parents in Farnham, which is a little difficult because the couple have two young children - my goodness, I can well imagine THAT!

19:00 We have dinner and then we spend the evening watching TV. They show "Tutankhamun", a new drama series in 4 parts, which is about Howard Carter who found the young king's tomb in 1922.



The first episode starts in the years just before the First World War. It's nice to see Max Irons (as Carter) and Sam Neill (as Lord Carnarvon) talking with the real aristocratic or upper class accents of the period. They do not speak like pop singers for once, like many main characters in popular drama series - hurrah!

Catherine Steadman, the charming English actress, meets the director's desire to find a love interest for Carter. She plays an American woman, Maggie Lewis, who works for New York's Metropolitan Museum. I do not know if Maggie is a real historical figure, or a fictional person who just meets this important need!

It is obvious that Maggie has a thing for Howard, but in the beginning it seems that Howard is only interested in long dead people (and even then not in a sexual way ha ha ha). Later we see Howard and Maggie kissing sitting on a couch the night before she has to travel back to New York, because of the coming world war. But when Howard wakes up in the morning, he is alone. He then comes across a note from her on his desk, "I hope you find what you're looking for." My goodness, how touching! I suspect that we will not see her again!


Lord Carnarvon (Carter cartridge), Howard Carter and Maggie Lewis

Maggie shows Howard an old cup, which Howard identifies as the young king's cup. It seems that the king brought his favorite cup as he traveled from the country's old capital to the new one in the "Valley of Kings". I remember that I used to bring my mandatory favorite cup with me when I moved from old jobs to new posts in my previous workplace!

 
It is obvious that Maggie has a thing for Howard, but at first it seems,
Howard is only interested in long dead people - oh dear!


Howard and Maggie kiss on a divan

In the morning Howard comes across a short note from Maggie.
"I hope you find what you're looking for!"


at the end of the first episode, all work has to stop in Egypt,
because the First World War is beginning - my god, what madness !!!!

22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!!

02:00 Suddenly I wake up in the middle of the night. I become aware that our radio in the kitchen is on. I rush down the stairs to turn it off. Sometimes we press the radio alarm button by mistake - damn!

04:00 I wake up again. I look at the clock radio next to the bed. It says 6 o'clock - my goodness! I feel like I have not slept last night! I get up.

I do one of my routine Danish vocabulary tests. I realize suddenly that my clock radio must have been two hours fast - damn (again)!

I look a little on the internet and I see that Caroline Wozniacki, the Danish tennis darling, continues her comeback on the world ranking in tennis. After her victory in the WTA tournament Hong Kong Open she is 17th in the world - hurrah! A month ago she was number 72 - my god!

"Caro" Wozniacki, the Danish tennis darling, continues her comeback

My God (again) - what a surprise! She began the current season so badly that I thought she was completely finished and washed up as the official Danish tennis darling - in other words, it was curtains for her! In January she lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Yulia Putintseva, and at Wimbledon, it was also a defeat in the first round to Svetlana Kuznetsova - oh dear! This season, she has been on a rollercoaster ride, no doubt about it !!!!

It's strange that her career is similar in success / failure in a peculiar way to the career of her ex-boyfriend, the British golfer Rory McIlroy, who dropped her a few years ago after their wedding invitations had already been sent out - oh dear, that must have hurt, I'm sure of that !!!
Rory is now at number 3 in the world behind Australian Jason Day and American Dustin Johnson - hurrah!

08:00 I hurry into the kitchen and make two cups of tea. I bring them up to our bedroom and crawl back into our bed. We drink the tea and take a shower. We get up and eat breakfast.

10:30 We go out into the garden and weed a bit in the vegetable garden. We are making progress with the autumn's gardening - I have no doubt about THAT!!!!!


 
Things are progressing with the autumn's gardening - no doubt about it !!!!

12:30 We eat lunch and afterwards I go to bed and take a gigantic afternoon nap - zzzzzz !!!!

15:30 I get up and we relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.



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