A bright Ocnoceber

October + November + December = Ocnoceber

October.

1. I rowed round the island of Långholmen.

6. One of our culture-activites. Mio and I enjoyed a free concert in KMS. Pleasant. 

7-8. I visited some special houses during Open-House Stockholm. 

9. A nice conversation with a bright young women. Hope Helena likes to learn Chinese.

14-21. Visited Kungsträdgården, Fjällgatan and Monteliusvägen for posts of my Chinese blogg (WeChat public account).

30. I translated Kahlil Gibran's On Children to Chinese, and published it on my WeChat public account. Satisfied. 

November.

6. One hour of fun at Bounce with Pennie. 

7. I took a day off for participating in Ståldagen (the Steel Day). God decision. 

11-18. Facing to the sea in Madeira. Thanks Lidia for a wonderful week. Total relax while many activitets. 

December.

2. I walked round the lake Flaten, counter-clockwise. The swans came to me. Lovely.

8. I watch the Nobel lecture in Economy. Live and Nice. 

10. A little Chinese concert, charm and warm. Thanks Wivian. 

10. A visit to Bookreports by students from Arndt's Sales Accademy. Interesting. 

15. Went to cinema with Mio, Loving Vincent.

17. A walk with Erik around the lake of Källtorp in Hellas gården, in the sunshine.

24. A walk around the island of Reimersholme. Met the swan family on the way there and back.

24. A very Merry Christmas together with Mio, Fabrian, Sujing, Sherry, Wivian and Simon. Thank you all.

30. A walk with Ylva around the island of Reimersholme.

31. A walk arount Årstaviken (part of lake of Mälaren).

I hade also some shorter walk by Årstaviken. Helped my neighbors with some Chinese excercises. Watched theater of "Anna Karenina", "Antigone" and "Because I'm worth it".  I have published 17 posts in my WeChat public account 坦然怡人 during Ocnoceber.  

November is the month many Swedes prefer to delete from the calendar, because the days are usually grey and short. I think I have had a bright Ocnoceber.

Tormorrow I am going to walk around the island of Långholmen. There I will wave my hands to Stockholm City hall on the other side of the lake Mälaren. :-)

More open

The public is invited to free guided tours of the city's most unique and exciting buildnings and places when the Open House International Festival for the second consecutive year comes to Stockholm 6-8 October 2017. The festival aims to involve the public in the city's development and stimulate the interest in architecture and community building. I look forward to visiting some interesting places. https://openhousestockholm.se/  http://www.openhouseworldwide.org/

I visited OpenLab during last year's Open House. Very interesting. Openlab creates opportunities to make Stockholm a global centre for social innovation and improve the quality of life for its residents.  

Yesterday I saw a challenge named "How do we keep healthy longer as we grow older", and submitted my idea named "Learn the simple Chinese exercises that strengthen the immune system". 

http://www.utveckladinstad.se/challenge/98 

I started my public account "坦然怡人" on WeChat some weeks ago. I am trying to live up to my full potential, and to inspire others to do so. I also see my pictures and texts as a window of Sweden for Chinese. 

Swedes are innovative. If the innovative Swedes are willing to learn the best from China, they get the best of two worlds. I hope I can help more people to live healthily, happier and longer :-)

First walk around Lake Flaten

Last Sunday I took a walk around Lake Flaten in south Stockholm. I have visited the popular beach Flatenbadet several times before, but this was the first time for a walk around the lake. When I looked at the area on the map, I was sure that I would walk around the lake many times. 

I think Lake Flaten looks like a sibling to Lake Ältasjön. Flaten is ca 6 km perimeter, with direct access with bus 401 or bus 816, a beautiful lake in the forest. The name is also used for the surrounding nature reserve.

Flaten has the best water quality out of all lakes around Stockholm (Sandasjön belongs to Nacka). If you begin your walk from the beach counter-clockwise , a short while after passing by the allotment-gardens, you can walk through the long bridge and have a look at the treatment pool in the north-west corner of the lake. 

Next time I will walk around Flaten clockwise for a different view, maybe have a jar for lingonberry. There are mushrooms in the forest, but I remember for safety not to pick up any mushrooms except chanterelle. :-)

A walk around Ältasjön

Yesterday after breakfast I opened the map online to see where I would have a walk. I like to walk by water, there are a lot of coast and lake in and around Stockholm, so it is not difficult to find a new place. Lake Ältasjön seems like a good option, ca 7 km perimeter, near bus-stops. 

Bus 401 from Slussen, stop Ormbunkesvägen. On the way to the lake I enjoyed sightseeing of beautiful townhouses and diverse houses. When I took picture of a modern house by the lake there came two sweet girls to me. We had a very pleasant chat, both girls are eight-years-old, go to school by bicycle or on foot. Then came two children from the modern house to me and presented themselves and let me know their nice home have three floors. I like this peaceful place and such lovely children. 

The walk around the lake was as fun as usual. I could see that nice house from the other side, I saw some mushrooms , some bicycles and some sheeps in the forest, stepped on a couple of bridges, and went through a couple of longer bridges. One of the longer bridges helps the passengers over the lake instead of the motor-road, cool.

When you visit Stockholm, a walk around Lake Ältasjön is maybe a option for a sightseeing of Swedish local beauty. You will see many new and old houses, a few people in the forest, the lake with islands, some beaches, a sports field including a parkour park. :-)

Z12. Slå skuldbladen

Jag har läst på kinesiska om en enkel övning som kan lindra ont i axel, har övat det i ett par veckor. Det känns bra, så jag vill dela med mig denna mycket enkla övning. Genom att regelbundet öva det kan man förebygga cervikal spondylos.

Lyft upp höger hand och slå vänstra skulderbladet bakifrån 100 gånger.  Lyft upp vänster hand och slå högra skulderbladet bakifrån 100 gånger.

Om din höger/vänster hand inte når vänstra/högra skulderbladet bakifrån, kan du börja med att slå framifrån. :-)

The point

My mother showed me a Chinese treatment method she learned recently.  For my mouse shoulder (musarm,  Repetitive strain injury) she found a point on my upper back which caused most pain when pressed. She kept on pressing that point until the pain went away. Felt good.

A couple of days later I met my neighbour Ann-Marie in the laundry room. The lovely lady seemed not comfortable with her back as she could not have her back straight. She had worked too hard on grassclipping. We are good friends so she let me try my new learnt skill. I used my left hand to keep her stable, and used a knuckle of my right hand to find the point by her spine. I kept pressing that point until the pain released. She could stand straight directly. Magic. 

This new treatment method is focused on the original point which cause the pain. "The original point (原始点, Yuánshǐ diǎn)". http://yuanshidian.cn/

Åbo/Turku first visit

Why Åbo? For River Aura. 

The journey on the cruise boat from Stockholm was nice, but the arrival time at Åbo/Turku was a early 7 am. Bus No. 1 goes from the harbour to the city center. Luckily I found Fazer Café (at Auragatan 10) by Salutorget. Thanks for a very good breakfast in a comfortable and pleasant place.

The River Aura is the heart and soul of the city. Naturally we strolled along the river and were glad to see many interesting places and status. When the path on the eastside of the river was not accessible after ca 300 meter from the Cathedral we decided to visit Åbo univerity. I found a two nice hammocks in a little park in the university area for my mother and my friend for a sweet catnap :-)

Lyckily again we arrived the restaurant Tårget (at Linnankatu 3 A) before 3 pm and could enjoy a nice lunch buffet in a beautiful and pleasant place by the river. 

We followed the river back to the harbour without missing a 5-minutes return tour on the free city ferry Föri. The little orange ferry runs nonstop back and forth across the Aura River approximately 500 metres after the last bridge heading toward the mouth of th river.

I wish I had rented a little boat with electric motor. http://www.lanaturku.fi/?lang=en