Well is nearly here and this is a strange time of month to be in the sun. There does not seem to be as much cheer around like at home (UK) and the shops are failing in providing any window displays that are worthy of stopping.
Morning, Just come out of the shower after spending Xmas day on St Kilda Beach watching all the locals having the customary bbq xmas lunch in the sun. Everyone was dressed up as Santa or in anything red they could lay there hands on. I fell asleep on the beach and burnt my eyelids, Nothing planned for the next few days , New years eve I am off to a club and New Years ... read more
Wednesday night Service Stream, the company I work for had its Christmas Party at Eurkea. Eurkea is the building I used to live in until early this year, my flat used to be on the 32nd floor and the company had hired out the 89th floor with views streatching miles over melbourne. I am all healthy again now and I have broken up for xmas , yeah!!!!! read more
This is the amazing christmas present I got from my boss, the red chocolate box is from the company I work for. He knows I am not a big drinker so he went to the English shop and got me some goodies to remind me of home. I had banned myself from going there due to my weight gain as I was finding it harder to fasten my shirts around my belly but what the hell, its XMAS. read more
This afternoon we had the IT department xmas party. They supplied food and drink and we had been split into teams and given t-shirts in team colours, mine was the white team. The reason I won mine was as the day progressed and I drank more it became harder and harder to release my fingers from the ball when prompted. read more
Last night was Lonely Planets christmas party and the weather outside was in the 80's which makes a change from the usual xmas freeze. It was in a warehouse turned club and there was food and free booze there plus entertainment from the Lonely Planet band which seemed to consist of around 30 employees. It was very funny , I kept expecting Dennis the Menace to come down the hill. read more
Since I came back from England I have worked two weeks and had one week off for Xmas. The only bit of exercise I have had is my Boxing Day walk which as you can see from the image was actually a bigger walk then planned. It is very refreshing walking around with no destination but you can find yourself walking around in circles, I walked so far I had to get the train home lol. read more
Today I had the afternoon off work and Lonely Planet had a Family Xmas Party. We had a BBQ in the park with free booze and plenty of activities for the children. A jumping castle, fairy floss (Australian for candy floss), mobile zoo and of course, Santa Claus. read more
This is me on my 1st day back from the xmas break, all happy and excited to hit the ground running, that changed within a few hours of being in the office but I will not talk about that here. The reason I am so red is that we do not have air con in the lift and I was trying to hold the iPhone whilst feeling myself getting hotter and hotter. I am hoping my next post will be the one when I announce I am finally an uncle. read more
Last night I was making some duck and I ran out of disposable dishes so I placed the duck on some tin foil wrapped around an oven tray. When I took the duck out of the oven, all the juices ran off the tin foil and down my arm. Pain I can not describe shot up my arm and I then spent the rest of the evening putting layers of pain relief gel on. read more
Today my new plasma arrived and wow it is so big, it seems size does matter in this case. It is a shame that City are on Monday morning and not Sunday but I am going to try and wake up to watch it on my big screen. Saturday night is the office xmas party in the theme of cowboys so on goes the cowboy hat and jeans, I may have a party next weekend and make it dress in your own clothes. read more
Hi, Just to clear up some confusion. I first had my extended for one month to take me over the xmas period. I have now just been granted a temporary 4 year residency . read more
I sent a to my baby nephew in England and between arriving on the shores of Great Britain and being delivered to her house it was intercepted by her majesty's customs and excise or HM Revenue and Customs and they like to be known. 2. I can send my sister the receipt with a signed letter stating what was in the parcel and she can pay the customs tax and attempt to claim it back by lodging a ... read more
Finally the end of Movember, it was really getting itchy the last week. I never realised how hard it would be to get it off, but its finaly off :) Lonely Planet raised over $10,000 and the campaign has raised over $5 million but the final total is not in yet. Enjoy my 30 day transformation I will speak to you all soon. read more
Friday night I celebrated my birthday by going to the pub at lunch for drinks with people from work then at 4.30 we went upstairs onto the roof at work and had some more drinks with the same crowd plus a few more. Then we headed into the city and went to a bar and sat there till about 2am, also drinking. Sunday I spent sunbaking (sunbathing) and then for dinner I went to Nev and Tania's for a BBQ and headed on to Scotts launch party for his new CD. read more
Nothing planned for the next few days , New years eve I am off to a club and New Years ... read more
I am all healthy again now and I have broken up for xmas , yeah!!!!! read more
