Staying strong

Everyone around me are sick. Literally. People are running to the toilet, sleeping, running to the toilet, sleeping.. and so on. It all started on Christmas Day in the night; Marcus, his brother and brother's fiance took turns to the toilet for puking and other not so fun stuff. I was trying to sleep and praying not to get sick myself because i HATE throwing up! The following day we were supposed to go and see a cricket game, New Zealand vs. Pakistan and I was the only one who wasn't sick. It seemed like we couldn't make the game but in the last minute everyone came together and I got to see my first ever cricket game.

So now we are on day 3 and Marcus stomach isn't back to its normal self yet, the other two are feeling like crap and we just had a phone call from Marcus mum with not so great news. She now has the bug as well since this morning. BUT I STILL FEEL GREAT!! Fingers crossed that I will NOT get this bug.
We were supposed to drive up to the cottage today but this has been postponed since our designated driver still has the bug. Hopefully we'll be on our way tomorrow. We are going to spend New Years at the cottage with Marcus dad and about 20 other people. Should be fun! Just hope the weather's gonna be OK since Marcus and I are sleeping in a tent...

Marcus and I saw the 3rd Millennium movie in cinema yesterday

I thought the movie was great! It completed the trilogy and now all the pieces fell into place. The quality of the film was better than the previous one, of which you can read more here

Despite the puking bug going around I enjoyed Christmas. I wanted to make some Finnish Christmas food on Christmas Eve but realized that I don't know how to make any. So I cooked up some makaronilada instead which everyone seemed to enjoy. Marcus and I exchanged a few gifts on Christmas Eve because that's the tradition where I come from. The next day presents where put under the Christmas tree and Marcus' two nieces, 5 and almost 2 years old, got up early in the morning to open presents. I already knew what Santa had in store for me since me and Marcus had been into the city earlier that week to buy each other stuff.
I got a black lace insert tank and some underwear from my favourite shop peteralexander

Here's a few pictures from our most recent trip to Auckland city. This time we did take the boat over from Half Moon Bay.

Very yummy food!!

If everything goes as planned we will drive up to the cottage tomorrow. I'm not sure if they have Internet access there but hopefully I'll be able to keep you posted over New Years.

GOD JUL

MAN LIKE ME - Snowman by Man Like Me

Here's a little Christmas tune for you all! From my favourite band :) And with this I want to wish you a

VERY MERRY XMAS!!!

 

Makaronilåda

Mmmmm..!

Fun stuff

Today we were 'babysitting' Marcus' niece. Or not so much babysitting, more keeping company. She's 5 years old and just needs someone to entertain her a bit. The rain stopped during the day and we took full advantage spending a lot of time outdoors - walked with Marcus to his (last) dentist appointment, stopped at the dairy, set up a tent at the backyard and played heaps of games. Ah, and we also had yummy ice cream in the (almost) sunshine! Mr Whippy a.k.a the ice cream van happened to stop outside the house and Marcus treated as all to sundaes. :) Mr Whippy is quite similar to Kotijaatelo that we have in Finland. They stop outside people homes here and play a little tune and then you can go out and buy the ice cream from the van. The difference is that here you can buy single cones, or sundaes, but in Finland you have to buy massive packets. I like the system here more. (Haven't bought anything from Kotijaatelo in about 15 years, to be honest I don't even know if they're up and running anymore...).

Anyway we had a fun day with the niece who by the way can read and write already. I'm impressed. She's only 5 years old! I don't think I knew how to read before we started school as 7 year olds..

E and her pink scooter out for a walk

Watching Scooby Doo with uncle Marcus

Mr Whippy sundae umbrellas are DA THING ;)

Matching nail polish

Tomorrow me and Marcus are going in to the city again to buy each other Christmas presents. There won't be any surprises on Christmas this year.. Oh well, at least we will get something we both want.
Four sleeps to (the Finnish) Xmas BTW!

CV updating

The heading says it all...   Have been working on a new CV and cover letter for a few days. Boring stuff. Have to start applying for jobs soon. Boring stuff.
As you might know I don't have a job waiting for me in Sydney. This is both exciting and scary;
exciting because I can apply for any job I like, all doors are open and if I see something interesting I can just go for it. A bit scary money wise until I find a job.

I updated my CV picture as well. Realized that the one I've been using is from 2006 and I really don't look like that anymore. Settled for a black and white pic that Marcus took the other day. Hope it will help me land my dream job, hehheh ;)

Auckland

We went in to Auckland city yesterday! Had been planning to ride our bikes to Half moon bay and take the boat from there but nada. It was rain, rain and more rain. In the morning we decided to wait and see if the rain would stop. This was a bad idea. It didn't stop. So at 2pm we caught the bus instead. The weather in the city wasn't too bad and we didn't mind as we were mostly going in and out of shops.

Apparently Santa turns 50 this year..??

Had delicious pizzas and vinos at this place!

The result from yesterdays shopping; a pair of nice sunglasses for me, a few surprises for NYE (hehehee) and tired feet after all the walking up the major hills. So all in all it was a good day!

First run in months

Yep, went for a 40min run today. The plan is to start running about 5 times a week. Should be easy to do now that we're on holiday and all. To keep the motivation up I bought new trainers and a few shorts and tops in the US. Invested in a mp3 player armband yesterday because I CAN'T run without a few tunes. :)

Have these in turquoise/neon yellow.

To keep the tunes coming