Playa del Carmen all inclusive

It’s nearly Christmas but with the heavy workload I still haven’t even plan our Christmas holidays for this year yet! Is it too late? I just want to go somewhere warm by the sea and I need to do it quick. Lucky I found just the place; we’re going to Playa del Carmen for the holidays! And it’s not too late to book, I can do it all at playa del carmen all inclusive website where I can get the flights and hotel all sorted out. Easy, so bring on the holidays!

When is it time?

When you're invited to someone's house for a party, when is it time for you to leave? When do you know you have overstayed your welcome? And is there such a thing as overstaying your welcome? What if the host kept insisting that you stay longer, does that mean you have to do as requested or does that mean the host was just being polite? All these questions raced through my head when we were invited to an early Christmas lunch that lasted into dinner time and by the time we left it was nearly bedtime!

American standard sinks

Living in another country makes me homesick. Therefore in the house we live in we always try to make it homely to remind us of home by using furniture and decorations from home. We’re such nostalgic freaks but when you’re far from home you’ll do the same! We’re working on the bathroom at the moment; it’s so hard to find the American Standard sinks here. We may have to special order one from home.

In a perfect world

After weeks of waiting for the rain it finally arrived this morning around 6. And it poured and poured till now. The gardens had a good drenching and all my rainwater storage bins are full. That should last me for a couple of weeks and I shouldn't have to collect any shower water till the next dry. In a perfect world the rain will come every week to replenish the gardens but we're in no perfect world we're living in.

Floor tiles

In my house we have timber floor board covering the entire ground floor. I like the look and feel of timber floors but they do have their disadvantages also especially if it’s in the kitchen. I’m thinking of changing the floor covering in the kitchen, I’m thinking of getting floor tiles instead. That way it’ll be easier to keep clean because tile floors are easy to sweep and mop.

Cynthia came to town.

It has been a couple of years since Cynthia came to town. That was the first time we met her and we had a great day then. Friday night we had a nice surprise when she pop up again, this time with Kian her boyfriend also. They're down here looking to buy a property and will eventually move here to live, which is great. We'll be able to see each other more often then. Its funny how friendship can bloom so quickly through blogging.

My trusty laptop

I bought my laptop a couple of years back and I can say that it was one of the best investments I’ve ever made. Though it’s not a high end system it does everything I need it to do and it does it well. Some people buy laptops to play games on, now that’s just silly. If you’re going to play games then you might as well get a desktop or better still a game console! Leave the laptop for serious stuff like work, have you done that recently?

The silly season

For us the silly season has already begun; this is the time when we are at our busiest. The clients will dump all their work with us before going on their holidays and expect them back by the time they come back next year. Meaning no time for rest for us, most nights will be spent working into the wee mornings. That's the nature of this business; we get quiet times and we get busy times and we have to make the most of the busy times to compensate for the quiet times.

Car accessories

I can still remember back in the days when I was a bit of a petrol head. It started when I bought my first sports car; a 1992 Honda Prelude. It was the best looking car on the streets at the time and I was a slave to it! Everyday is spent cleaning it and buying auto accessories for it. But it was well worth it because the looks I get from the chicks were priceless!

Total fire ban day

Today's the most dangerous fire danger day since February 7th last year. Melbourne is expected to reach a top temperature of 36C but the forecast is usually less than the real temperature. Other parts of the state are expected to reach into the 40's so its a total fire ban for most parts of the state including Melbourne.

Seriously, we're still in spring and summer is not meant to start till next month. If this is what we can expect in spring then I don't want to know what summer is going to be like.

Gold investment

I know of a few friends who invest their money in gold instead of the stock exchange or properties. I suppose you have to know what you’re doing if you want to buy gold bullion as an investment. Some of them told me how the returns is really good so now I’m inclined to do the same too. Not restriciting to just buy bullion, you can also buy gold coin instead.

I’m a little nervous since gold is very new to me as an investment so I have to do my homework before I use my hard earned cash to purchase gold bullion or coins and hope to get a handsome profit along the way. I think I should ask my friends for some advise, I’ll start a couple who buy bullion on a daily basis. I’m sure they can give me some good tips.

That is it

Spent the whole Sunday helping the inlaws move..again. But today we finally got everything out of the old house and into the new one. Its taken over 2 weekends to shift all their worldly possessions. Things that have been accumulated in that house for 26 years. Should have hired a truck and we'd have got everything done quicker because instead we had a trailer to transport all the stuff in several trips thus wasting a lot of time in the process. Nevermind, its all done now so that is it.

Acne treatment

Damn! My acne is firing up again. I have such a problem with my skin and I’m forever finding acne treatment for my face. Just when I thought I’ve found the treatment for me my acne fights back after a couple of weeks. I don’t know what to do anymore. There has to be a treatment that would stop my acne on its track. Help!

Defacto long weekend

Today is the start of a defacto 4 day weekend. Its defacto because traditionally people take the Monday off so they can extend the weekend into Tuesday which is a holiday. So whats the holiday? Its the Melbourne Cup Day of course. The horse racing day that stops the nation. Every punters will be arriving at Flemington racecourse for the big day out, even from overseas. What am I going to do? Like what I always do every year; nothing.