Xmas Festivities!

Xmas has finally come and gone. Its the day after boxing day and I am still feeling shattered from the last few days. The run up to xmas was good, started getting a bit more xmassy in the streets, bit more of the music playing throughout and artificial trees in most places so it wasn’t all the that bad.

So the run up started with more beaching and chilling on the beach – photos directly below show Steve’s rather unorthodox approach to reverse parking – not even inside the bay. Anway had to be there really as with most things.

Xmas festivities at work so that was all good, a nice half an hours break after break…

A night out with Jen, Matt and co’. Good to get the thumbs out again, didn’t even have to prompt matt.

Our work xmas do at a bowles club somewhere, bit of a rubbish venue as there was no music but the bowles was different and there was a free bar so…

Not really going to go into the t-shirts but the theme was P. We came as a spec as in 20p – process colour full page. Geeky I know, but we did one a token prize. it went down well and I got a reindeer full of toffees.

Mike as Mr. bean, never really worked out what mine was suppossed to be.

Matt and Jen’s minature xmas tree and decorations. Was a good effort.

Xmas morning after afew drinks the night befor still feeling the pain, but onto the buck fizz and pancakes. Me sporting my secret santa water pistols…

Then off to the main meal after a feeling a little drunk again and after the obligatory ‘a christmas carol’ on the box. Awesome meal, probably the best feed this year!  They had this huge apartment complete with a jacuzzi and balcony on the side.

Say no more….

Here we are at bondi again for, very surreal, it was like being in a greek island, difference being people wearing santa hats or reindeer ears.

Looking pretty packed. Beautiful day too. I was a little dubious and worried the day before as it was raining hardcore the day before as I was doing my late xmas eve shop for a few things.

The ‘arty shot’.

Had to sit drink in the park just off the beach as they were doing bag checks as no alcohol is allowed anywhere. Got asked by the police not drink in the park and played ignorant. They didn’t do much, we just continued on. They where pretty lax but I guess its part of their job though. Just didn’t show any lables and drank out of plastic cups.

And it all starts here. Bottles and bottles of it. Plus there was more spirits in the kitchen too. I knew it was going to end up messy…

So much space at this apartment but on the floor?!

Vodka jelly. I was he only one that could tame its powers… Or not. I was just getting involved.

Who would have thought hula would have been this much fun. Yep it was all go from here….

Long exposure shot time. You can just about make out me as the ghostly image holding a lantern

Game over, 4am.

Boxing day. Woke feeling very bad indeed. But after matt whipping up some bacon sarnies, I was good to roll on through to a Mexican party nearer the city in surrey hills

They all had the full on mo – notice jen’s bottle started getting involved too.

So after more drinking, pin the tail on the donkey and smashing the ‘piniada’ or whatever you call it I soldiered through.

Very very, different to what I am used to back home in the winter months. It was surreal in the sun but that’s the whole point in coming all this way. I certainly enjoyed! Till new years….

Sunday, Monday, Happy days…

Another two weeks and again its more of the same. Need I say more. Being in a pseudo-holiday mood all the time makes me feel good especially as time is running out here. Everybody wants me to stay get some kind of sponsorship which actually sounds like a good idea now. I did get offered some a while back as an 3d animator for a company but turned it down as I had only been here about two weeks – I should have snapped it up….

Its all good though and it is going to be sad when I finally depart as I have managed to cobble together a good set of friends here and still able to ‘live it up’ as it were and still save a bit of cash.

After an afternoon drinking at paddington I decided not to go out into the city and went back to Mike’s flat for ‘mo’ drinks. I was pretty drunkat this stage and completely forgot about my sprained ankle which was really painful to walk on for about a week…. Only because I didn’t give it a rest. Anywho, dancing in the kitchen ensued and lots of air guitar with mops…

Here’s Coleen holding a rather rare ‘hoffmeister’ (as in david hasslehoff)vintage. She’s a new flat mate replacing Holly. She came over for an flat ‘interview’ at the pub and decided to stay.

On the right we have my ‘good-bye’ drink, chartreuse. No idea what it was but it was bloody strong.

Before and afterwards…. Then some rather dodgy ’salsa’ dancing ensued which did no good for my ankle. I really couldn’t walk on it at all the next day.

Oh and more ‘mop-props’ .

Met up with Jenny and Matt from the good old days of art college in Bondi last night. Strange didn’t expect to see the sunrise again this week especially as I didn’t get back till 6:30 in the morning the previous night after talking to some girls from NZ who dragged (if that’s the right word) me and mike upto a club in kings cross – that was supposed to be a quiete one too… Like I said i’m technically still on holiday.

Jen, Matt, Lisa (I think). Good to be with some brits again.

Its starting to get better here in terms of the xmas thing. Still no lights but loadsa plastic xmas trees dotted everywhere so its a start. Still planning on the bondi beach on xmas day though….