Wednesday 31 December 2008

It´s Snowing, Errrr I Mean It´s Slushing


In over three years I have been in Geneva it has snowed a couple of times and only a couple of times the snow was to stay. I find it very interesting that Geneva as a hub for busloads full of drunk British ski and snowboard buffs going to all the close by ski resorts, Geneva doesn´t get much snow itself.

As I am writing this blog it is snowing, well kind of, more like slushing. Oh, how I hate that, especially since I now have a job to to go in the morning which requires me to take a tram and then switch in the center into a Bus going to Bernex.

I think my trip to work today needs some euro trash pop on full volume to keep me happy.
And there better be no musicians on the tram. Even with my Ipod on full volume and the high end in ear headphones which seal off my ears for any outside noise, I can hear them.
Maybe because these people like to stand really close to me.

Talk to you next year!

P.S. Today is my last day of smoking. ONCE AGAIN!

Sunday 28 December 2008

Since Everybody Is Doing It...


Highlight the things you have done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6.Given more than you can afford to Charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9.Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (or both.)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (indoors)

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung Karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa if you consider Cape Verde Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day

Still Waiting For Santa. Stuck in Traffic or Simply Evil?!


I am sure you all know the feeling before Christmas, when you're all excited what kind of presents you will get this time. I love that feeling, but what I like more is presents I can use, so the husband and I started this little thing of sending us "Dear Santa..." emails. Well I send emails and simply bother him with tons of "waddayawant" questions he never answers. That´s why he got stuck with a fondue chinoise set this year. HA!

The number one item on my list this year was a new Blackberry. I use my Blackberry a lot and the one I got 1,5 years ago really looks like it has been dragged behind a car, and not in a good way. I also like to update my gadgets. I am writing this blog on my brand new Apple MacBook, so I needed a new phone to match the new computer. I fell in love with the new Curve 8900 and since it´s is not yet available in the land of the cheese, we, I mean Santa ordered it from Germany the 2nd week of December.

IT IS STILL NOT HERE and I am on the verge of insanity. I know, it´s just a gadget, but playing with new toys on Christmas is a tradition for me and I had to substitute for it this year with hours and hours of playing Rayving Rabbids TV Party on the Wii. It´s a great game and my ankles are still sore but it does not make up for the missing present.

Let´s just hope that La Post will deliver fast otherwise I will loose my temper and slaughter a mail man out of pure joy. Oh wait, I said I am trying to be nicer. All right, I am going to slash his tires instead.


Isn´t it beautiful? Such a precious piece of technology!

CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE

With the end of the year approaching a lot of things have changed in my life. I started a new job a couple of weeks ago, trying to eat a bit more healthy, willing to loose some extra pounds, trying to quit smoking for a hundredth time and most importantly trying to be more on the nice side of things which is harder as it sounds.

So, the new job. The offer came more or less out of the blue. A friend of mine operates a shuttle service going from the Geneva airport to all the skiing resorts, Chamonix, Morzine, Verbier, Les Praz to name a few and he was looking for someone to help him with the reservations and booking during the skiing season.
The job is good fun, time flies by like nothing and my co workers are really nice.
The only thing I have trouble with is adjusting to the location of the office. It´s in Bernex which is a tram ride into town and a bus ride out into oblivion also known as countryside. Hey at least I have nearly two hours every day to read my books on trams, busses and waiting for trams and busses. It´s a seasonal thing so I think I will look for something else as soon as the season is over in April. Gone are the days of long sleeping and fleeing the maid. Have to make up my mind if that is a good or a bad thing though.

I will turn 29 in 3 month and although the 30s are supposed the new 20´s I feel like an old man. I hardly go clubbing until 5 in the morning anymore, don´t really like to get drunk or even tipsy and do enjoy a good read on the sofa. Sad I know, but don´t worry, my lust for shopping and anything expensive is still there and it´s unlikely that it will leave anytime soon.
What really freaks me out is that I can´t eat what I like anymore without gaining weight. This is big pain in the behind. I used to weigh 60kg up until the age of 23, and from 25 on I am constantly gaining weight. In the moment I weigh 67 kg which for me is like being obese. Don´t worry, I am not anorexic but I like to stay size S and in the moment things are getting a bit tight around the midsection not to mention the new behind someone bolted on while I was asleep.
So, with the new job, I have decided to avoid consuming food after 18:00, I will not need the energy anyway, switch from Coke to Coke zero and be a little bit more carb and fat conscious. I´ll keep you updated on that one. Will go and buy some jogging shoes next week. Now I only have to figure out when to go for a run without the chance of bumping into anyone I know, which would destroy my image of being slightly plastic and untouchable. ;)

Quitting smoking, again, I rather not talk about it. It has been said and done and yet I failed. I thing nicotine is worst than crack. I feel like friggin Amy Winehouse without the smeared makeup and halfway dressed stumbling around. The lift of the smoking ban in Geneva does´t help either.

I will dedicate a whole blog entry on the topic of trying to be nicer since it´s a tricky subject.

Hmm, I missed blogging, I wonder why I blog so inconsistently.