Santa Claus Pub Crawl

Hi all,

the finally week before Xmas and frankly I have to say that I am unfortunately not in Xmas mood at all - it is kinda hard to get into the spirit if you are at the beach with sun all the time. Nevertheless there is a lot of Xmas related stuff going on like the Santa Claus Pub Crawl in Manly for example. Funky shit - I have to say. I estimate that about 600 people dressed up as Santa and were crawling the pubs. Quite funny and there also is a looooot of alcohol involved ;)

On Sunday we've played the last tournament of this year - the NBVA #5 and we made it to the semis were we lost to Aaron and Richy. Was quite good and we are looking forward to next year for the remaining 5 tourneys. Kenno will be in Manly over Xmas and NYEs to train unlike me - I will just get stuffed in Germany ;) I will fly out this Friday after our IT Advisory Xmas Party at Bronte Beach.

Alright people - I will be in Germany from the 22.12. - 5.01. and I can be reached on my usual German cell phone number.

Be in touch.

Cheers,

Mike

Ps: Pics of the crawl are on flickr ;)

Bad weather

Hi y'all,

Christmas is closing in and the weather in Sydney is kinda weird. Obviously it is a pretty bad summer so far and we had lots of rain and thunderstorms (which is not entirely bad cuz of the lack of water).
It's quite warm and humid and therefore it is not that bad ;) Still playing lots of beachvolley and meeting new people (at the moment we have some teams from Sweden and the Netherlands training in Manly)

Only a couple of more days till I head back to Germany for Christmas (brrrrrr - it's gonna be cold) and I still need to get some presents (I just don't like shopping after all)

Anyway, tomorrow I have to fly to Melbourne for the day and do some work there and then back to Sydney. The upcoming weekend has the Santa Claus Pub Crawl and another tournament waiting.

Be good,

Mike

Xmas in Summer

Ladies and Gents,

yep I know it's been a while since my last update (again). There are definitely some new stories to tell after nearly three weeks of absence. I've been busy working during the week and spending pretty much every free minute during the weekend on the beach either playing or bumming around. Two weekends ago we've ended up in the final of the NBVA Tournament #4 and came out second. Which was not bad at all ;) I've also got myself a new pair of Boardies (more or less forces to the various Tourist calls by Katie, Lynn and some other fellows at the beach) Apparently you cannot wear Speedos in Australia.

I still did not have time to buy my new iMac that I'm waiting for so dearly - but you just cannot go to the city if the weather is that nice ;) Sooner or later (hopefully before xmas) this new toy will be mine. Last week was a massive week at work - I got sucked in a "not so well planned" project and ended up clockin in about 70h. At on point we nearly stayed in the office all night. Due to that I have the chance to take this week a bit easier than usual cuz I have plenty of hours to move around. So I try to play VB in the morning and go to the gym in the evening - paying tribute to my sport addiction.

This weekend will be sort of a party weekend - we've got three birthday parties schedule for Friday/Saturday and a lot of VB of course. I hopefully will make some pictures so that you guys get a better idea of all the people I've met so far.

Alright. Stay in touch,
Mike

Ps: It is so weird to think about Xmas in Summer. It just does not feel like Xmas at all ...