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Wow, have loads to update you guys on, trips and parties, but first something about the last few days!

I was very tempted to visit Fiji with Clare and Bourkie , however decided wisely to keep my holidays for when Bram is here (and we will be visiting Fraser Island, more about that later). Anyway, so Good Friday and Easter Monday are holidays here in Australia. Especially Good Friday, when everything is closed. Believe me, here in Sydney that’s ultra RARE. Even Woollies, which is normally open till midnight! Thank god I had to stop at a service station after dropping our world travelers off at the airport and noticed the crowd there so picked up some groceries myself.

So these last few days I’ve been on holiday and what did I do? Home decoration!!! Finally some chairs, a table, and even a piano.  I also setup the home cinema system, replaced some European plugs. After having entertained several guests, I can safely say I’ve started to get settled and have a bit of a home routine. Believe me, much needed since in my mind I last left home in October. Far from finished as I’m still looking for stuff (dinner table & benches, flatmate, wardrobe, frames,…), but slowly getting there 😉 To give you an idea of what the place looks like now:

Of course the fantastic weather doesn’t hurt either! By far my most favorite chore now is doing the laundry, something I used to hate. The warm feeling of wonderment each time I carry the basket up to the rooftop and the sun kissing my cheeks as I’m hanging up towels…love it!!! Am also having meals, drinks, reading, internet, … up there, basking in the sun, protected of course!

I also finally met up with Bas & Kim for lunch @ the Opera House. They migrated in January as well and I learned it’s not the only thing we have in common :). So guys, especially for you, here’s how to dunk a TimTam (also known as ‘Tim Tam Slam‘):

1. Buy yourself a pack of TimTam cookies
2. Bite/nibble on opposite corners of the cookie
3. Put lower end in glass of milk (or coffee, tea, …) and suck it!

Don’t forget to stop in time to eat the cookie (which is now all mushy inside, yumyum). Yes in Belgium we do know how to put a cookie in coffee, but never before did I drink through one 😉

Another thing I tried yesterday, due to lack of any decent bakeries (ie bread and sandwiches), was making a wrap. This is a tortilla-with-some-filling sandwich. First attempt! I did a kind of avocado mayonnaise spread (avocado, a bit of mayo, garlic, pepper) since avocados are so cheap and yummy here. On top of that chicken, tomato and cheese, spread very thin, almost like decorating a pancake. Then fold it like an envelope and roll it closely and roast it – did I mention I’m a fan of molten cheese?
Oh and I almost forgot to mention the wonderful present I got from my Irish friends. Already made myself a mango smoothie 🙂

Bram, here’s the recipe: mango (duh), orange (fresh of course), a bit of ginger (everything’s fresh), ice cubes and lemon yoghurt (fresh fresh fresh).

I think that’s enough domestic things for one day. More soon about what happened to my car, trips, gigs and flatmate stuff. Btw, Happy Easter everybody!

First of all, happy Chinese New Year to everybody, especially those é¼  amongst you 😉

And yes my friends…it is raining in Sydney! Though we’re no longer talking monsoon-like showers for days in a row, it still seems as if the gods are mighty angry at us – and if I knew of any Noah I would ask him to start building an Ark!!!

Hard to imagine I know, especially since I last left you with an account of hot sleepless nights. But the weather can change around pretty quickly here. Good thing predictions are quite accurate, so at least you know what’s coming. To be honest, I was more than happy to cool off for a bit 😉

Oh and the best part: it was dry and sunny on Saturday, perfect for a stroll to nearby Paddington. I visited the ACP. Hosted in a magnificent gallery (the space! the light!), I was swayed by their current exhibition (i.e. visual onslaught) to subscribe to one of their workshops. They also have a wide range of facilities (the library! the studio!), so I am very curious and excited to get started this Saturday!

Most of Sunday evening was spent Skyping with the home front:

Bittersweet. I am always happy to spend time together with them. But just ‘seeing’ and ‘hearing’ seems to stress the lack of any of the other senses. It was especially weird seeing Bram on the other side, playing with my cousins, it was hard not to get jealous. But without this technology I wouldn’t be seeing them at all! Does anybody know a good application for multi-videochat? Sightspeed’s audio is a bit wonky on the home laptop apparently…

It’s already bedtime for me here… Busy workweek as we are preparing for a sales conference next week, exciting stuff! And I get to go to Melbourne, woot woot!!