Vacation September....

Hey everybody,
Just thought I'd brag a bit about my upcomming vacation plans...
I leave for Prague with the boys (Nick, Travolta, Doctor Stein, Daniel Dr. Jimenez, Daniel B., and Christian). We leave Copenhagen on September 6th at 8.15 a.m. To keep our traditions from previous similar trips going we've decided to go out on Copenhagen the night before for drinks etc. at our local bar "McKluuds" before crashing at Nick's house....That flight is going to suck!!!!

I guess my Prague trip with my boys can be interpreted as a warm-up trip to the major highlight of this summer/fall - CHINA!!! Yep, Mary and I have accepted an invitation from her parents to join them on their trip to China. We leave for Beijing sometime around the 23rd of September, where we will stay for 5 days. Then we're taking the train to Shanghai where we will stay for about 5 days as well. Can't wait, I'll be eating dogs, a fried pig's ass, froglegs and maybe even a few cockroaches.... nice!

Well, I'll post pics from Signes wedding in May, I promise Val!!!

Later folks....Forza FCK

Metallica was here...

Nice nice nice... but if I ever come across that dumbass who pulled the plug 10 min into the concert I don't know what I'll do to him!

This was my 2nd Metallica concert - my first Metallica concert was in Milwaukee 10 years ago when I was an exchange student in the US. I gotta say, these guys sure know how to crank it up still. I don't think I've ever played the air guitar this much at any concert. They played all the old stuff - but especially "Fade to Black" was amazing!

But like I started out mentioning, the speakers lost the sound 3 songs into the concert, it was horrible, but I gotta say Mr. Hetfield came out with the coolest comment on it afterwards: "Sorry about the little intermission folks, Lars' make-up was running so we had to go backstage for a little while....I meen He's gotta look good for his people!".

The beer was once again very cold, and the weather was amazing, what more could you want. My corncert tour is over now - Justin warmed up, Pearl Jam almost made me cry, and Metallica sealed it all off perfectly.... I am a bit sad though, cause I am not sure if this really was my last time at a PJ or Metallica concert... we'll see...

Hope all is well....

This is how we say goodbye in Seattle....

I am still Alive......but it's gonna take awhile to digest last nights performance from Pearl Jam... What a concert, it was one of those nights where everything just fell into the right place. The venue, the crowd, the setlist, Stone's guitar solos and not but least - Eddies vocal, was absolutely AMAZING... The concert at Madison Square Garden 4 years ago rocked, but last night sure did as well. Climax for me came during "Alive" and "Black" both songs from the debut album "Ten". Eddie gave a long fine speech on the band's feelings on being back in DK after the tragedy at Roskilde Festival in 2000. Stone Gossard's guitar solos was once again outstanding, and I must say "Yellow Ledbetter" once again proved to be the perfect song to end an outstanding concert, just like at Madison Square Garden 4 years ago. Eddie's final statement before playing the final tune "Yellow Ledbetter": "This is how we say goodbye in Seattle!"

1 down 2 to go.....

Hi all.
It's been awhile since my last update, once again I prove myself to be the laziest
person walking around - well not really... when it comes to attending concerts I would have to say that I am probably one of the most active humanbeings these days. On saturday night I went to the first out of three concerts in 3 weeks. I saw Justin Timberlake at Parken in Copenhagen with Mary, Christian and Katrine. Don't pass out - I know Justin ain't excactly my thing, but Mary was bugging me forever for tickets, so Christian and I finally decided to surprise our girls with tickets. The concert itself, was okay I guess, I mean the guy can definitely dance, but the sound setup was absolutely terrible. It does not make me proud to think that the owners of my beloved FCK arranged this event.
Yesterday I called Gorm on the phone, and I think he described it all very well when he said that he didn't know what I was doing at a Justin Timberlake concert, and that he needed to hook me up with a Pearl Jam concert a.s.a.p to get me back to my good old self. So that is what we'll do tomorrow: PEARL JAM live at forum in Copenhagen. Once again I will go with Christian, before the three of us (Gorm, Christian and I) travel to Aarhus, Denmark to see Metallica live on July 13th.....
I will let you know and possibly try and take some pics as well....
Eddie is king!!!!
Later!!!!

Wedding bells, new job and the return of Jimenez

Hey everybody,
Just thought I'd throw in an update that wasn't about soccer! A few updates:
My sister Signe and Morten are getting married at Frederiksberg Church on saturday, so we are a little busy these days getting everything coordinated. Tomorrow wednesday, friends from USA and Singapore arrives and the party will start up a bit - nice.....
Especially considering I'm currently on my last escape from reality. I quit my job at Kivex in April and start my new job as an Account Manager with the leading power supplier in DK, Dong Energy. I am very excited about this as my situation with worsened ever since the arrival of a new boss. So I am very excited about starting a new era with Dong Energy. So what escape from reality am I talking about? I'm talking about the fact that Kivex accepted my request to be released from all duty at the company the day I quit. So I am on vacation pretty much till June 1st.
Highlights of the Summer:
-Signe and Mortens wedding (May)
-Jimenez returns from 4 months in Thailand, Aussieland, New Zealand and Fiji (June)
-Pearl Jam at Forum (June)
-Metallica at Aarhus (July)
-Going to Prague with the boys (August?)
-Vacation with Mary (dates and destination haven't been decided yet)
-FCK in Champions League? (Start praying everyone)
I will be back on sunday with pics from the wedding!
Later!

Henrik

In hiding behind enemy lines and a true story on hooliganism

Hello there!

Last night was amazing, interesting and a bit scary. I guess you can say I got to experience good and evil at a professional soccer game!

Let me start from the beginning. Sad not being able to either see Brøndby-FCK live at the stadium or on TV with a friend, Gorm proved to be my savior when he called me up tuesday afternoon offering me an extra ticket to the game at Brøndby Stadium where FCK could clinch their 6th danish title.

It didn't take long to accept his offer, but what I didn't know was where I would be sitting. So I went to the game with Gorm and Jim, both Brøndby supporters! Outside the stadium after finishing my 3rd beer they asked if we should enter the stadium: "Oh by the way Henrik, we're standing on the Faxe stand!". "WHAT?????", I replied. Yep, they screwed me up big time, I realized that this was going to be quite a different experience for me. So we entered, and there I was in the middle of 5.000 hardcore Brøndby fans. The game started, and FCK had control from the beginnig, however I realized where I was and kept my thoughts about the whole thing to myself. No FCK singing this time. However Gorm and Jim made sure I knew all about their passion for their team, including their hatred for my team.... 32 min into the game, Gravgaard jumps and heads the ball cross to Allback who scores!!!! 1-0!!! The adrenaline in my body was pumping, the Faxe stand was all of a sudden very quiet, and I went down on my knees, showed my fist in my mouth and bit the living shit out of it....I really had to maintain control, cause I'm sure those 5.000 bastards would like to kick some ass, and I am positive I was about the only FCK supporter on that whole stand! The rest of the game is history, let's just say congratulations FCK!!!! The more beer, the harder it was to keep quiet out of my own safety, but I managed and survived 90 min behind enemy lines, and I am sure no one had a clue the enemy was standing right next to them. Today would be a great day to watch Platoon!

Oh well, after the game as we exited the stadium, I heard a very loud bang, I turned and looked: "Hurry, they're right aroud the corner!" and about 100 Brøndby hooligans ran towards us, I quickly stepped aside, and realized how frustrated and pissed off they were, I thought to myself: *This is insane, and then what a good thing I left my FCK jersey in the closet at home....". I don't know how the incident ended, but I do know that hooliganism is very well alive in DK - unfortunately.

So here I am today, with a tiny headache, BT and EkstraBladet (two Danish newspapers), reading all about the game and enjoying the pics from last night, I'll suggest you do the same by clicking here

Back from Amsterdam....

Hey everybody!

Just got back from Amsterdam yesterday, 10 min before kick-off - FC Midtjylland-FCK. Nice timing! Let me just say 4-1 is a very nice performance lads, you truly make me proud.

Anyways, we had an awesome trip to Amsterdam. Lotte (my friend from my year in the US) and her boyfriend Jochanan were great hosts and very hospitable as always! Thanks a lot for a great time guys!

What did we do, while we were there?

Well, first of all we ate out a lot, Amsterdam is a bit more cheaper than Copenhagen so we took advantage of that...he he

We went on a canal cruise, toured the Anne Frank House, very depresseive but yet very interesting and I must say it was worth waiting 50 min in line for! Other than that Mary were in a great shopping mood, however I'm not sure she shopped enough, but then again can she ever reach that point? We also walked down almost every street of the city and went to the beach.

I must tell you about the prank from Amsterdam. On friday afternoon I got an SMS from Christian asking if I wanted to hook up for a beer later on that night, so obviously I replied: Yeah I'm in Amsterdam! A couple of hours later he replied: Yeah, we're on our way, be there in 5 hours! So I immediately called him up and could hear Jens cursing in the car with him. Shit they're on their way! So they arrived in Amsterdam at about 8 p.m. that night after 9 hours of driving. They had spareribs and stopped by the Elf where the rest of us were having dinner, and stayed for a beer. Then we all walked through the Red Light District, and then they went back to Copenhagen at midnight!!! Before they left they said: Yeah, the spareribs in Amsterdam are great, now lets get the fuck out of here!! I still cannot believe they did this, I have tons of respect and admiration for a stunt like that. Here I am in Amsterdam with my friends and girlfriend having a nice dinner, and these two boneheads stop by! Crazy shit, but well done my boys, I will never forget it!

Let me just once again thank Lotte and Jochanan for being the greatest of hosts, hope to see you again in Copenhagen soon!

Check out our pics from the trip by clicking here

Peace out!