Christmas

Instead of layers of clothes, I put on layers of sun screen and go to friends' for lunch...

Enjoy, everyone!

Season's greetings, everyone!

Christmas party and Beach run

Okay, not that much text is going to appear on here this time, but I hope the photos will make up for it.

We had a Christmas party at the office last Friday and the theme was Spain, Mexico etc. I was planning to go as the Spanish inquisition (as many were already coming as Zorro, mariachi and alike, and I wanted to pop out a bit outside the box), but I gave up on the idea. It had way too many layers, and it was a bit pricey.

Don't worry, I went for something equally disturbing, at least when it comes to me. In the end I went as [check image below], and I have to thank my friend Anna for the idea and the outfit.

Strangely enough, that thing is unbelievably comfortable! I might keep rocking up around the place like that... ^^

Here's a couple of photos from the office, during the preparations etc.

After recovering all Saturday, we went for a beach run on Sunday. It was a lovely day and a perfect opportunity to go to a beach that is only accessible by 4WD. It's located about 140 km south of Perth and is part of the Yalgorup National Park.

It was quite an adventure! I took my first swim in Australia (the weather has been pretty much crap since I got here; my last swim in the ocean was in India back in 2008), had a bit of a barbie (which is Australian for barbecue), and I've been told I can call myself a true Sandgroper (another name for Western Australians) after doing a 4WD beach run...

Here's a couple of photos...













And then we got back to the city, I took a couple of naps and chilled for the rest of the ever too short weekend...



Tadammm!

Time Flies aka the Flies of Time

Compelled by the lack of time I’ve been faced with lately, I wanted to go in the exactly opposite direction and make some.

That has proven to be harder than expected, especially because I usually get back from work, have a shower, grab a bite to eat and pass out on the couch.

It’s been pretty crazy since I got here, which is even more noticeable by the sudden approach of Christmas holidays. It’s been work work work since July and I can’t believe it’s already been that long.

In a weird way, it feels like both being here for a year and not even being here for a month. All the work didn’t leave me time to think about think and overanalyze, which is good. On the other hand, though, it’s just been a blur.

Even my coworkers have noticed that it’s been so long. Maybe that’s good. Maybe that means things are falling into place, and I’m fitting in.

But when I think about the fact that I’ve been to the beach once, that the weather’s been crazy, that I haven’t even taken a proper stroll through the city (except running errands), it made me realize it would be time to press the pause button.

Sure, I’m more on the lazy side than on the active one – not that I don’t know that – and sometimes a long day of chilling out, cooking, reading and dozing off five times will do me way better. Nevertheless, there is the side of me that wants to go out, have picnics in the park and walk around until I’m out of water.

That’s exactly why I’m looking forward to Christmas holidays. Having dinner with friends, enjoying with my belt loosened and my feet up in the air, and then taking off to Sydney, being a bit of a tourist, having a cup of coffee by the Opera house and walking starting a pilgrimage of the city’s promenades.

Until then, it’s Sunday, it’s almost lunch time, and I still haven’t had my coffee, so please excuse me…

Edit: Playing stupid on the iPad (which takes no time at all)...