I am BACK after 9 years.

Highest temperature in Oslo in 53 years

Weather statistician showed that Monday's official high of 31.6C (nearly 89F) was the highest July temperature recorded in Oslo since 1955. A weather station in Drammen recorded an all-time national high on Monday, with 33.2C (nearly 92F) at Berskog.

Unbearable heat in Norway

Yesterday, the highest temperature was 32 C. It was above 30 C last few days. Crystal blue sky with the sun hitting hard for 14-15 hrs. Unusually hot in Lillestrøm, a suburb nearby Oslo. It is even unbearable for me (i come from a tropical country), lucky that it is not humid.

My travel from Germany-Austria-Italy during Winter (Dec) 2003

I travelled from Munich to Venice through Austria by Train during December 2003. It is only about 500km but it took me officially around 18 hrs, but as i missed one of my connecting train at Salzbrug it took 6 more hours to reach there. From Salzburg, I wrongly took a train which was heading towards Vienna which is opposite to Salzbrug. I had to get down somewhere in between to take train back to Salzbrug at dead night in severely cold weather and continue my journey. It was such a nice journey then through Alps when i saw a Austrian city through the window hundred meters down the road. I suggest people this trip. Check a sample site: http://goeurope.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=goeurope&cdn=travel&tm=67&gps=360_585_1276_615&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p531.40.336.ip_&tt=29&bt=0&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.ebepe.com/html/semmering_1e.html

Estonished to see the treasure at Granada, Spain

Last weekend (15.12-16.12), i visited Granada, a city famour for its Historical treasure (visit http://www.turgranada.es/?id_idioma=2). I am simply amazed seeing its treasure, especially Al Hambra palace (http://www.alhambra.org/eng/index.asp?secc=/inicio&popup=1). You will see estonishing pictures of Granada in a few days in my webpage (http://brage.unik.no/personer/mushfiq/->photos).

I am in Madrid for Visiting Research

I am currently staying in Madrid to work with IBIS cluster (ibiscluster.org) of Universidad Carlos III Madrid(www.uc3m.es), Leganes, Madrid. It is a a month long visit for research.

Finding difficult to update blog

So busy now a days, i am finding the regular update quite difficult. Sure the time is flying like super jet speed.

Facebook banned in workplace !!!

In the UK, the Daily Telegraph reports that:

More than two thirds of employers are banning or restricting the use of Facebook and similar sites over fears that staff are wasting time on them when they should be working, a survey found…

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said staff were not allowed to use social networking sites at work.

“Access to some websites is blocked as there is no business need for employees to access them. Facebook is one of those sites,” he said.


Ref: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=112&tag=nl.e622