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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Phew!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Competitive Sweden
The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007 was published last week. IMD ranks Sweden no 9 out of 55 countries, a pretty good grade in my opinion! The comparison is based on 323 competitiveness criteria. The US comes in first like last year and in the EU Luxembourg scores highest (no 4 overall). In the Nordic region Denmark beats Sweden by four places and Norway can be found at no 13, followed by Germany (16), the UK (20) and France (28).
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Name Game
Name theme that I "stole" from Skolfröken:
1. What does your name mean?
The name Anna is biblical and comes from the Hebrew Hannah. It means mercy or the endowed. In several languages the name is used as slang for mother. Virgin Mary's mother was the holy Anna.
2. How old is it?
Old. It originates from before biblical times and has been one of the most common names in the Nordic countries since the Middle Ages.
3. How many share your name?
Loads. It is the most common name in Sweden at the moment. For women that is. There are 310,000 women and 5 men called Anna. It's one of those names which may not be the top name given to newborns every year but it keeps being in the top hundred throughout generations.
4. Why did you get this name?
The working name was Vilda Matilda (because I kicked so much) but luckily my parents came to their senses. Nothing wrong with Matilda but I think I'm much more an Anna. There have been Annas in the family (obviously, considering the history of the name mentioned above) and I suppose they just thought it was pretty too.
5. What do you think about your name?
Have never really reflected on it too much. I remember thinking when I was little that I was happy with a simple, common but beautiful name, especially since I had a very rare surname. But I want to give my future children more unusual (or less common) names.
6. Do you have a nickname?
Not really. I guess Anna Panna as a child and variants of my surname but nothing that has stuck. My British (Armenina) friend Anoushka calls me Ans.
7. What do you want to be called if you could choose?
I'm pretty happy with Anna. When I was little I probably wanted to be called all the different names I gave my dolls and Barbies.
1. What does your name mean?
The name Anna is biblical and comes from the Hebrew Hannah. It means mercy or the endowed. In several languages the name is used as slang for mother. Virgin Mary's mother was the holy Anna.
2. How old is it?
Old. It originates from before biblical times and has been one of the most common names in the Nordic countries since the Middle Ages.
3. How many share your name?
Loads. It is the most common name in Sweden at the moment. For women that is. There are 310,000 women and 5 men called Anna. It's one of those names which may not be the top name given to newborns every year but it keeps being in the top hundred throughout generations.
4. Why did you get this name?
The working name was Vilda Matilda (because I kicked so much) but luckily my parents came to their senses. Nothing wrong with Matilda but I think I'm much more an Anna. There have been Annas in the family (obviously, considering the history of the name mentioned above) and I suppose they just thought it was pretty too.
5. What do you think about your name?
Have never really reflected on it too much. I remember thinking when I was little that I was happy with a simple, common but beautiful name, especially since I had a very rare surname. But I want to give my future children more unusual (or less common) names.
6. Do you have a nickname?
Not really. I guess Anna Panna as a child and variants of my surname but nothing that has stuck. My British (Armenina) friend Anoushka calls me Ans.
7. What do you want to be called if you could choose?
I'm pretty happy with Anna. When I was little I probably wanted to be called all the different names I gave my dolls and Barbies.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Hong Kong photos!
We have FINALLY posted the photos from our Hong Kong (and Macau) trip! There are lots of them so I advise you to look at the index pages and just loading the ones you think look interesting. Enjoy!
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