6 days too long ....

It is a public holiday here today and have plenty to do. Instead, am watching old movies and basically doing nothing while BF is out playing golf.

Well - I lied, am doing research on places to stay in San Diego and have just booked our luggage storage at LAX after our skiing trip at Whistler.

6 days more ...6 days more ....till I am back to white paradise.

Things I see ...

I always had an admiration for things that are quirky - which could explain why I prefer hanging out at places on Brunswick Street or Abbotsford/Fitzroy etc rather than Prahran or St Kilda.

This interesting poster caught my eye at Carlton - was even tempted to try peeling it out of it wasn't for the fact that it was glued on!

Perhaps next time. :)

Friday night

"Nothing wrong with staying in on a Friday night. "

Travel essentials 101

Off I go again after a few weeks of inactivity. An interstate trip to Sydney - no biggee - it's more like a bus ride these past few yrs heading there compared to say when I was still based in KL and it was ' oh so exotic'

It's funny how jaded one can get over the yrs.

Sunday stories

T'was a lovely brunch at a new pseudo Australian/Thai cafe in Carlton introduced by a mate.

So over some interesting collection of food ( we had a pork belly basil stir fry dish, spicy apple salad, some crab meat mixed curry dish and some sweet roti ), I ended the meal with a refreshing chrysanthemum tea to cleanse the palate.

Love the aesthetic of the drink.

The company simply added to the relaxed Sunday arvo.

Love hearts

So it is the first day back to work for me after 2.5 weeks off. The lie-in's and relaxation time was great and so was being able to catch up with friends.

Well, the morning routine started with making breaky for BF and as I was chopping up the strawberries - the shapes were gorgeous and I couldn't resist taking a quick snap.

New Year resolution - final post

Sounds about right ....

New Year resolution #4

Eat and drink healthily. Cut out toxic stuff from the body. Health starts from within.

New Year resolution #3

Travel less.

2011 was a lovely and as always, we did quite a few trips.

**Vanuatu, Canada (Whistler, Vancouver), NYC, England, Madrid, Singapore, Fiji and not forgetting the short trip back home to visit the folks and all the work trips around Australia and NZ.**

However, there are always more adventures to experience, more places to see and as long as there is this wanderlust feeling, setting roots down never is an option hence the resolution.

New Year resolution #2

Go easy on the sweet stuff.

New Year resolution #1

Drink less coffee, start looking after oneself.

Brand chirper start - hey, it's 2012!

Out with the old, in with the New.

Ushered in 2012 by enjoying the array of fireworks let off in the CBD - we had a spot behind Fed Square so it wasn't as packed as being on Fed Square or the Art Centre itself but if was good enough.

Like most things, getting home was delayed even with the free public transport till 6am - for some reason the powers that be decided to shut down all train stations in the city - so no loop access and only ones open were Flinders Station and Southern Cross (Spencer Street). So imagine the bottleneck created by commuters wanting to head home after the show.

We opted to grab a cuppa or two before heading home so it was around 3am that we reached home, via a slight detour at a mates.

All in all, not to shabby. We did have plenty of food and schnapps at the Haufbrahaus before hand so we were well sated belly wise.

At the end of the day, Happy New Year!

2012 will be a year for self improvement, just as 2011 had been the year for self enlightenment.

Resolution post to come. x