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and with that, it ground to a shuddering halt

nextyearI found out some news yesterday! It seems that not only will it be an Aussie Christmas and New Years, but it’s also likely to be an Aussie 2010. Above is a picture of places I am likely to be found next year – note the conspicuous absence of south-east Asia.

I have mixed feelings about the whole affair to be honest. On one hand, I’ve had a certain low level of stress hanging around for the last 9 months due to the constant sensation of being unable to plan my future. So the fact I won’t be going away kind-of fixes that up. On the other hand, I’d really been looking forward to the trip and had begun to feel like even though the dates were uncertain, it’d happen eventually. Never mind!

I’m gonna take a decent kind of summer holiday, a couple of weeks off to hang around in the shimmering heat of Sydney’s El-Nino summer. Beach trips, gold coast trips, trips of enlightenment ahead. Hope you weren’t counting on being rid of me for a while 😛

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it’s gonna be an aussie christmas/new years after all!

2153430914_6a441418c3Welp, today I got as official a confirmation as it’s possible to get that I’m going to be in Australia for Christmas and New Years Eve after all. I’m rather looking forward to some beachgoing, some partying and general shenanigans. The downside is that I’m going to be training a class right up until Christmas Eve which is a bit of a downer.

Still, I’m quite glad that I won’t miss what promises to be quite a hot and sunny summer, thanks to the El Nino which is likely to persist until April. Oh by the way, I got my TV-B-Gone a couple of days ago. Works a treat. Turns off most televisions I’ve tried it on within about 10 seconds. Excellent!