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In the middle of the famous Shibuya crossing




The star jump in front of Mt Fuji

Life is absurd

First things first

WELCOME!

And now, I know not what else to do here...
I think I began this simply because I got tired of WITLA.

I got tired of how it looked, of what it contained, of what it represented. I just got bored of it. But most of all, I think I just really fell in love with the look and feel of this blog theme. The colours make me happy, the rainbow makes me happy, the tree makes me happy.

To be quite honest, I'm not quite sure where I want to take this... thing.... a mix of random thoughts and documenting of life's amusements I think.

Maybe I will start by telling you about the shenanigans that I have been up to of late since it has been awhile since I have really written anything... I am a little bit rusty, but give me a bit of time and I should be back to my nonsensical nonsense before long.

Well, the year has passed by ever so quickly, it is hard to believe that April and the Autumn colours are upon us already. The year started off well, the house is going well, the frames are up I believe, the bro's wedding plans are under way, I had a quick sojourn to the land of the rising sun and had a blast. Who knew that I would be so deeply enamoured by Japan? It is a remarkably fascinating country, unlike anything that I have come across before. We had an incredibly awesome time eating, shopping, eating, drinking, unintentional shoplifting as well as some intentional stealing, bathed nude at an onsen, eating, took a gazillions photos of Mt Fuiji, walked until my feet felt like dropping off, laughed like never before, visited the world famous fish market at 6am, had the freshest of fresh sashimi, and the most incredible meal at Michiba's and if by any chance, you happen to ask me how my trip to Japan went.... I have 2 words of warning for you. Be Prepared!

I have stories upon stories and then in case you thought I might be done, I come up with even more stories. A bloody awesome trip.

After my trip to Japan, I came home and quenched my thirst for some adrenaline rush by driving some V8 race buggies around a dirt track for a couple of hours, courtesy of PwC. Talk about fun, that was hard to top... I cannot believe some people do that for a living, race V8 buggies. I am so jealous!

Following that week, I was fortunate enough to receive from work, a free entry pass to all 4 days of the Grand Prix. I guess, technically, I should probably have been 'working' but you would understand when I explain that this was the first time I have attended the GP and I was plenty excited! How does one think of work when I have cars to watch, and F1 drivers to stalk.... And Powderfinger totally rocked.

I cannot believe how lucky I am, my awesome job, with my super cool colleagues, and now super cool benefits. I am now trying my damned hardest to get management to arrange more networking sessions at other events such as, the Races and the Australian Open tennis. I would give up my first born to get from work an access all areas pass to the tennis! Yeah, you can't find another job like mine....

I even scored a number of free passes to give out to my friends, I certainly became lil Miss Popular on F1 GP weekend :D

And then, I had a visit from my beloved Fad, all the way from Syd-en-y. Oh how I miss the lovely Fad's company. Caught a comedy show or 3.... actually, 6. I normally catch 1 show each festival, but this year, due to popular demand of my time, I will be seeing 3 shows, featuring 10 comedians and going madly broke... do people know that I have a mortgage now and have unwisely spent all my money in Japan????

A strange phenomenon has become me lately, I have somehow managed to become the unofficial social activity organizer at work. Don't ask me how that happened. It's just so unlike me to want to participate in anything with anybody work-related. Trust me when I tell you that I am normally very socially-awkward. And now I am finding myself organizing long lunches with colleagues, arranging comedy shows, after work drinkies... soon you will find me organising the work Christmas party! heheh, yeah right. Since I believe that nothing will ever top the PwC Christmas party I attended, unless I have an unlimited budget, nothing will ever live up to those lofty standards.

This weekend, I am just chilling out on my own. Catching up on arranging the thousands of photos taken in the last 2 weeks. And sleep. Lots of sleep. I miss sleep.

Post numero uno, completo.