Benrik diaries - Open letter to Hu Jintao

I've been really tired, don't know if it's from the yoga, or the fact that I haven't recovered from the walk yesternight when i missed the last subway and had to walk all the way from Odenplan to Slussen.
Of course I oversleept heavily this morning and tonight i didn't do anything at all for a change. (except food, cleaned out parts of my closet, listening to dusty springfield and made two phonecalls.)
I'm not gonna do my Qi Gong tonight, I need to rest.
Instead I've written a letter to Hu Jinatao to compensate. (since I haven't had any rice today either). Gonna try mailing it tomorrow.
Tomorrow's payday... Yihaa... I need cash badly. : )


Here's the letter:

Greatings your excellency, mr Hu Jintao,

First of all I want to welcome you as my new leader. I am quite certain that the new way of the world is for the better so don’t let George put you down too much about it.
Still, I’ve got a few questions for you.
Will the new rule increase or decrease the quality of movies?
Do you like movies?
If you like movies maybe we could have a movie-night you and me some time when you ain’t got other things to do! Of course being as you are the new leader of my country my home is your home. You're always welcome, however does the new ruler ship mean that I really have to kill Dalai Lama if I see him? Or is it enough if I call for a police-officer?
Have you ever met Dalai Lama?
I saw him in the globe when I was 17 when he came to talk to students. He likes movies by the way, so maybe you could become friends anyway (if you like movies I mean).
If you’re ever coming by for a movie-night maybe we could invite him to come along as well, what do you think?
Also I’m pretty good with the wok so I could make us something good to eat.
Which leads me up to my next question, which rice do you prefer? Basmati, jasmine or Uncle Bens?
And how would you grade the following:
- Learning mandarin
- Becoming a good communist
- Saving cute animals from extinction

I’m also curious about if you ever feel scared? Sometimes I get scared, so it’s ok with me if you do get scared. I know the feeling.

Last but not least, I wonder if you really remembered to mail me Mao’s book? It hasn’t arrived yet.

Yours truly,
B


P.S. Xīn nián hăo!

Benrik diaries - Wo bu zhi dao

So, first day of china week.
Of course I had rice with my food.

"Wo bu zhi dao" means "I don't understand" in mandarin which seems like a practical thing to learn as a beginner trying to adapt.

Also I took it on myself to rename both Stockholm and myself to "Sho ha" and "Il Ching". Just to make things a whole lot easier.

Later on I'm gonna do my Qi Gong.


Other than that this Monday was a good day. We had a course in presentation-technique (same as tomorrow).. went over things to think about before a speech/performance/etc.
It was lots!
How are you supposed to keep all those things mind and at the same time remember what it was you where supposed to talk about?
However, one thing I learned is that out of a speech people focus 60% on your appearance, 30% on something I forgot and only 10% on facts.


Yours,

Il Ching

p.s.
To answer the questions on my previous blog.
I haven't the slightest clue on what type she tried teaching me. The one where you're supposed to lie on the floor and put your legs over your head?
I was amazed I managed to do that and surprised that I forgot to breathe all the time. My body feels sour today btw.
Qi Gong is easier, and yes it's something I do from time to time - good for relaxing, and getting more flexible (as Yoga). This week I'm gonna do it more than I usually do.

Benrik diaries - Too slippery

This city is too slippery.
Walking home i slipped on the road. Laid on my back, alone, -10 C and snow everywhere.
I felt like someone in "eternal sunshine of a spottless mind", that and my whole life flashed before my very eyes.

No, I really didn't. It was too bloody cold and I just wanted to get up and get on with it.
Nothing broken. : )


I didn't sell any sexual favours during the weekend.
Instead I spent most of my time with Anna, she tried teaching me Yoga and that felt weird. In the end I came to the conclusion that I'm more of a Qi Gong-person - it's not as rough. Also It's more Chinese, right?
I'm gonna try to do Qi Gong once a day next week.

Benrik diaries - Get down to business

I haven't managed to sell anything yet!!!

This is probably because:
1. all the men at work are old and married
2. some people didn't actually see the sign until today.
3. I might be ugly

So I've decided on taking action.
I made a new menu pressing that I'm not gender specific, prices tho' are the same. In the name of equality.
& tomorrow I’m organising a sale.

I’m not sure about how to take it. Being a complete prostitute-failure.
Is it bad? Is it really bad?

On the other hand it's a relief that business hasn’t been too good, otherwise I might be tempted to get into that line of occupation and I'm just not in the mood.

However, later during the afternoon my boss told me that he might have been able to sell one little favour on my behalf.
He also said that the idea of selling minor sexual favours was good and he plans to run it from next week onwards, double the prices, of course.



Tuesday was first class of impro and that was weird but fun. It's been such a long time since last.
Mostly we played around, getting to know all the new faces.
The new group seams friendly.
I'm looking forward to the next time.

Yesterday was a low, had 2 beers with a friend, after work. no more no less. I've been trying to stick to my goal of not drinking as much as I did last year. So far I've done well.

Today it was my Grandfathers birthday and I was supposed to go. The parents said they would pick me up, but then they called and dad wasn't up for it with the infection lingering on.
Instead I ended up calling him. Sang of course. We spoke a bit and he said he felt sad about getting older but other than that he was fine.
At some point I told him that he was cute (he can be), he answered “no, but come to think of it that's what some girls think” and then he giggled.
That was peak of the day.

Benrik diaries - Menu

So, i’ve put up 2 signs at the office trying to offer minor sexual services.
One in the cafeteria and one downstairs.

Sign says:

I’m trying to sell minor sexual services and offer the following:

Menu:
Seductive look 5 kr
Kiss on the cheek 10 kr
Holding hand and strollin' my floor of the department 20 kr (30 kr for entire BV-tour*)
Long hug 30 kr

[Contact-information]

Fineprint:
No, prices can’t be argued, this is Sweden!
Prices and services are only valid for week 3.
You pay in advance and cash only. (No, sexual services offered back doesn’t work).
You can’t have second thoughts - once you made your buy you can’t switch in a kiss on the cheek against 2 seductive looks.
And no, throwing seductive looks back doesn’t mean that you can get your money back.


* BV = place I work.
And I took the liberty of changing a few of the tasks, all in the name of know-how.

Now I’m just gonna sit around and wait for customers.

QX diaries - Australian Open

äntligen är det nåt spännande som händer...

Benrik diaries - The beat my heart skipped

I feel unproductive; I need to do something.

Yesterday I saw “De battre mon coeur s'est arête”.
Recommendable.

Also 3 friends celebrate their birthday today.
I called one of them and sang. (- people might have found me odd since I did this while walking towards the bus, I sang pretty loud.)
I’m gonna call another one later on. (and sing)
The last one I don’t know that well = no singing.
Actually I've yet to meet somebody that has the same birthday as myself.
September 22nd… anybody?

Tomorrow my improvisational-theatre starts. I haven’t played for a whole year so this will be fun. I think it’s just what I need.

No… actually I need cash more.
Thank God it’s mini-prostitution-week!