Modern Life is Rubbish

I could have saved a life that day,
But I chose to look the other way.
It wasn't that I didn't care,
I had the time, and I was there.

But I didn't want to seem a fool,
Or argue over a safety rule.
I knew he'd done the job before,
If I spoke up, he might get sore.

The chances didn't seem that bad,
I'd done the same, He knew I had.
So I shook my head and walked on by,
He knew the risks as well as I.

He took the chance, I closed an eye,
And with that act, I let him die.
I could have saved a life that day,
But I chose to look the other way.

Now every time I see his wife,
I'll know, I should have saved his life.
That guilt is something I must bear,
But it isn't something you need share.

If you see a risk that others take,
That puts their health or life at stake.
The question asked, or thing you say,
Could help them live another day.

If you see a risk and walk away,
then hope you never have to say,
I could have saved a life that day,
but I chose, to look the other way.

Don Merrel



This poem sort of sums up my week. Have been at a safety seminar together with my colleagues arranged by Statoil, our costumer. http://www.statoil.com/kollegaprogrammet.
It was the best seminar I've ever been to. Met people who had lost their loved ones or had almost lost their own life. Debates. Group discussions. Contests. Work outs with Erik Torstvedt two times the day:-) Odd Børresen giving us introduction to each theme in his own funny, but serious way. Good lunch, excellent dinner. Nice people.

Anyway; I'm in haugesund now. To get some rest. But, not sure if I will manage to do that....

My cars muffler "exploded" on the way through one of the deep water tunnels yesterday... now it sounds like a race car... I want to apologize to all my neighbours for waking them up at two o'clock last night...

I'm tired. Have had two cups of coffee. Better go and get some breakfast too.

Have fun!

I want to congratulate Karen Margrethe and Thomas on buying a new house yesterday! :-D

Hooray!

My company threw all its workers a big summer party last tuesday. It was excellent; BIG BBQ-stand, free beer and wine (or mineral water if you rather drink that), and 500 people! (...we were told afterwards, but I think it was more like 250, but then again; I'm not the king of visual estimates).

Here you see my boss, the executive director of AKOP, up on the stage giving his "food speach".


Here we all go down to the beach for some fun and games. You can see me as number two from the right(not the people in the horizon...) It was cold as hell...:


There was ten teams, 10 people from each project, here you can see Rajech with the soon to win sand castle. (building sand castles was the competition...)


Some of the Indian guys giving the rest of us some entertainment:


Some of the people present:



OK, sorry 'bout this. Here you can see the new campaign to Aker Kværner(where I work). Thought it was kind of cool :-) Feel free to apply for one of the jobs there :-P We need yah! Click to see a larger photo..


We are having a BBQ party tonight outside where I live, then it's time for soccer on the telly! :-D Have fun!

Hi! Came back from Bergen yesterday, quite tired and glad it was a national holyday today... Had a great weekend! Board and lodging at Erik, 25th birthday party down town. Excellent! As my camera is dead, I have no photos, but think my cousin has some.

Well, got my naigbour to transfer my photos from my SD-card over to a CD, so I could upload them to the internet. So here is some photos from my last two journeys, Bergen two weeks ago and Ulvik last week:

The Saturday two weeks ago was actually "the day of the buekorps" which is a thing that only excists in Bergen. Boys and girls walk around marching with play rifles and drumming on their drums all day. At the end you get crazy in the head because of all the loud noise(!!) PS: the rain you see there is also typical of Bergen.


As I didn't have much to do while my cousin was at work I got this idea that I would walk to this land mark called "Fløyen" from the bottom and up.


Took me 45 minutes without stops, up hill all the way. Actually very exhausting...


Well, it was me, the American and the Japanese tourists. Had to take a self portrate. And give me a breake.. I had been drinking a lot last night and didn't get much sleep :-p


After a well deserved cup of coffee and a big glas of water, I started the descent. Here you can see the tram that goes all the way, but why take it when you can walk yeah? :-p


Look! Other people! Was about the only ones I met.


The tram again.


My cousin, the manager of this cinema kiosk; Lene.


Ulvik last week: Anything more national romantic than this is hard to get. Tideman and Gude made their famous "Bryllupsferd i Hardanger" here.


Look! A cruise ship entering the fiord.


The cruise ship anchored and the passangers gone ashore.


At work now to verify some drawing updates for the Stafjord C platform. Nice way to get a lot of timeoff for later use :-)

Will go home in an hour and buy some fried noodles at the Chinese take away.

Have fun!

Monday and tuesday I was with colleagues both from the onshore and offshore department. MUch fun, beautiful scenery, sunshine and warm weather :)
Got a lot of work done as well. We had a presentation of some steering documents we are making conserning our work processes and bla bla bla...

Here are some photos: Not mine though..... :-(

The beautiful view in the Hardanger fiord:


We went to a place where they made their own beer up in the mountains. The view up there:


A colleague of mine haveing a drink of the beer bowl.


Going to bergen in a minute. Have a nice weekend!