Author: Caroline Bach

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Mr. Secretary General

Earlier today, the United Nations’ Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, addressed all UN staff in the new UNICEF warehouse in Copenhagen. He spoke about sustainability, the current world situation, the Millennium Development Goals, and about working together as One UN in the new UN City building that will be inaugurated next year – bringing together all UN agencies in the world’s sixth largest UN city. He also mentioned the UN reform and how we have to be more effective, creative and cooperative between the agencies in order to work for less and “cut off the fat”, i.e. reduce unnecessary costs. “Because nobody wants to carry the body fat. [sic!]” Ban Ki-moon was a humble man with a sense of humour and an ability to make a formal speech sound informal and simple. In the end a photo was taken with the Secretary General together with the entire UN family. I hope I didn’t blink.

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Food tetris

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When I cross the bridge I always do grocery shopping as the prices are much lower and I can drive and access the big malls in Malmö. I’m going back to Copenhagen with a huge suitcase filled with winterclothes and food. I’ve been in Malmö for the weekend to run tons of errands and spend time with friends and my Mami. Now I’m on the train, the inside of my suitcase looks like a game of tetris and I think I’m ready for the winter.

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iBye

We all know I never liked the ethics of Apple, but all the Steve Jobs quotes that have been flooding twitter today have in some way touched me. There is no doubt that the man was a visionary and a doer who changed the ways in which we connect with each other and look at the world. He deserves an iBye.

“It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.”

(Steve Jobs, 1982)

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Dobranoc


Adolf Dymsza & Eugeniusz Bodo – Ach śpij kochanie
Paweł i Gaweł (1938)

Adolf Dymsza and Eugeniusz Bodo singing the lullaby “Ach śpij kochanie” (Oh sleep, my love) in the Polish musical comedy Paweł i Gaweł from 1938, based on the writings by Aleksander Fredro. This is high quality nostalgia. Sing the song to any polish person and they will know that it is time to go to sleep.
Because the moon is already yawning and it will fall asleep soon.. Dobranoc.

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What a Weekend

This weekend we are saying goodbye to our friend Rubén who is leaving Copenhagen. It was also my first weekend off since a very long time so I really wanted to relax and have fun. I have been spending time with great people and the weather has been perfect so I consider my mission accomplished. Following are some details from Friday to Sunday. Adiós Rubén, you will be missed!

On Friday Avina crossed the bridge and after staff bar all happy people danced the night away. Saturday was spent in the sun with heaps of deer at Klampenborg Dyrehave and later in Habibi’s place where Rubén was an angel and cooked for us very tired people. Later we met up with more people and went dancing at Christiania’s 40th anniversary festival. Sunday was spent at Hotel Habibi where we were invited for bottle-chicken and shisha by the very courteous host. After dinner and some TV we all walked down to the beautiful Hotel Habibi gardens to enjoy the last moments of sudden summer. I biked home alone through Copenhagen listening to music and… *insert cheesy punchline* haha

Thank you for this beautiful weekend, everybody!

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Safari Disco Club

Some photos from the Yelle concert we went to four days ago. It was part of the Safari Disco Tour they are doing now to promote their 2011 album, Safari Disco Club. We danced, Yelle was hopping and being super-energetic on stage and apparently.. people are very bad at doing hearts with their hands. haha


Yelle – Comme un Enfant
Safari Disco Club (2011)

I wasn’t allowed to bring my SLR so all above is taken with my Canon IXUS 980is. Click here to watch the quite funny video for Safari Disco Club. Dance!