Asnida seems keen on torturing me with supposedly unintentional spicy dinners on every Wednesday. At some point I won't even blink anymore while eating hot chilis like snacks.
Last week we were having an Orphaned Land DVD viewing with my Israeli friend Shay on my birthday when all of a sudden a group of friends/colleagues crashed our party. Definitely a fun night and now I have a mechanical darts board to play with :-)
A few nights later we hosted an X-mas party with dinner and movie ("Arthur Christmas") which was a blast. Asnida cooked two Malaysian dishes which were unanimously praised.
On 2nd X-mas day I broke my longest dive record with a 63 minute long shore dive with Monchu and Shay. We saw plenty sealife and the visibility was still pretty decent. The water temperature wasn't too cold but I was glad that I wore two wetsuits. Still, after more than an hour underwater my bladder was about to explode so good thing I didn't have much air left anyway.
The last few days we've booked everything for our London trip, flights, hotels and so on. We'll be spending about 7 days in London from 2 to 8 of April. But we'll also attend a gig in the Netherlands on April 1 so that will be a very quick mini-trip within the London trip :-)
The only thing still missing are the Boltfest 2012 e-tickets which have been mailed to both my yahoo and gmail accounts yet have not arrived in either inbox or spam folder. I have a credit card statement as proof that I did pay so let's see how this will unravel.
No big plans for New Year's Eve other than staying in and watching the fireworks from either our balcony or the building's roof (if it's opened). I'll try to shoot some vids with my camcorder so we'll find out whether the often highly praised Madeira fireworks are indeed magnificent.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Back in Funchal
Last week went by like a whirlwind :-)
We had a bit of quiet time while staying with my parents the first few days but as soon as we headed out on Wednesday morning things got sped up significantly. Our hotel in Rotterdam was very close to the central train station so after checking in we headed out to the Euromast. I can't remember ever having visited it so after a short tram ride we ended up halfway up the Euromast with the wind blowing rather hard. Due to the wind they had closed the top since it would be too dangerous up there.
The view of Rotterdam was still very good regardless.
Just as we got to our hotel we ran into Bas so we headed up for some drinks to wait for Ed to show up. If I remember correctly the restaurant was called Humphrey's, which was quite enjoyable and close to train station Blaak from where we hopped on a train to Lombardijen to catch Cynic in the Baroeg.
On Thursday we headed to A-dam and stayed at the hostel in the Vondelpark for 3 nights. After buying some groceries we went to see "Puss in boots" which is a fun movie. We had to visit The Hague very briefly on Friday to pick up the translated and legalised marriage document at the Portuguese embassy.
In the afternoon we caught "Hysteria" (movie about the evolution of vibrators) and followed with dinner with Alexander and Steven at the awesome O-cha Thai restaurant near the Nieuwmarkt.
We slept in on Saturday and caught an evening screening of "Drive" which is an awesome movie! After a quick Thai meal we headed over to visit Joost and meet his girlfriend Aaltsje. His hair is fairly epic these days but obviously no competition for the epic beard I had in 2008 ;-)
The trip back to Funchal on Sunday went fine but I found out the hard way that booking a return trip while not actually flying on the first flight leads to cancellation of the return flight. So I had to buy another ticket for Asnida or else I would've had to leave her at Schiphol haha.
Asnida shot a whole bunch of pics last week but I don't think she's posted them online yet. We'll get to that asap.
We had a bit of quiet time while staying with my parents the first few days but as soon as we headed out on Wednesday morning things got sped up significantly. Our hotel in Rotterdam was very close to the central train station so after checking in we headed out to the Euromast. I can't remember ever having visited it so after a short tram ride we ended up halfway up the Euromast with the wind blowing rather hard. Due to the wind they had closed the top since it would be too dangerous up there.
The view of Rotterdam was still very good regardless.
Just as we got to our hotel we ran into Bas so we headed up for some drinks to wait for Ed to show up. If I remember correctly the restaurant was called Humphrey's, which was quite enjoyable and close to train station Blaak from where we hopped on a train to Lombardijen to catch Cynic in the Baroeg.
On Thursday we headed to A-dam and stayed at the hostel in the Vondelpark for 3 nights. After buying some groceries we went to see "Puss in boots" which is a fun movie. We had to visit The Hague very briefly on Friday to pick up the translated and legalised marriage document at the Portuguese embassy.
In the afternoon we caught "Hysteria" (movie about the evolution of vibrators) and followed with dinner with Alexander and Steven at the awesome O-cha Thai restaurant near the Nieuwmarkt.
We slept in on Saturday and caught an evening screening of "Drive" which is an awesome movie! After a quick Thai meal we headed over to visit Joost and meet his girlfriend Aaltsje. His hair is fairly epic these days but obviously no competition for the epic beard I had in 2008 ;-)
The trip back to Funchal on Sunday went fine but I found out the hard way that booking a return trip while not actually flying on the first flight leads to cancellation of the return flight. So I had to buy another ticket for Asnida or else I would've had to leave her at Schiphol haha.
Asnida shot a whole bunch of pics last week but I don't think she's posted them online yet. We'll get to that asap.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Being married in 2011: sitting next to each other, each of us on our own laptop :-)
Asnida playing some diamonds game which has her full attention.
Yesterday was fun. The ceremony was concise, just a good length for a small intimate gathering of some family. Also did some paperwork for the Portuguese embassy in The Hague so we'll go there on Friday to get the translated and legalised version of our marriage document. Then Asnida will be able to be registered in Funchal.
The weather in the Netherlands isn't so good with all the rain and cold temperatures. But it's a nice change from all the constant sun and 20 degrees Celsius in Madeira :-)
We're leaving Limburg tomorrow morning for Rotterdam. Hoping the weather forecast is wrong since they predict thunderstorms. Either way, we'll do some walking, get dinner with friends and finally catch Cynic in the Baroeg venue.
Then on Thursday we're off to A-dam and stay there until Sunday. Plenty of indoor activities to do there so it won't matter whether it rains.
Being married in 2011 redux: Asnida turned off her laptop and then realized she needs to do something with her 2nd online banking account. So I have to hand over my laptop now ;-)
Asnida playing some diamonds game which has her full attention.
Yesterday was fun. The ceremony was concise, just a good length for a small intimate gathering of some family. Also did some paperwork for the Portuguese embassy in The Hague so we'll go there on Friday to get the translated and legalised version of our marriage document. Then Asnida will be able to be registered in Funchal.
The weather in the Netherlands isn't so good with all the rain and cold temperatures. But it's a nice change from all the constant sun and 20 degrees Celsius in Madeira :-)
We're leaving Limburg tomorrow morning for Rotterdam. Hoping the weather forecast is wrong since they predict thunderstorms. Either way, we'll do some walking, get dinner with friends and finally catch Cynic in the Baroeg venue.
Then on Thursday we're off to A-dam and stay there until Sunday. Plenty of indoor activities to do there so it won't matter whether it rains.
Being married in 2011 redux: Asnida turned off her laptop and then realized she needs to do something with her 2nd online banking account. So I have to hand over my laptop now ;-)
Thursday, December 01, 2011
drag
Got sick on Tuesday night but still went into work yesterday. Bad idea so I left before lunch time. Sucks because we were supposed to go to a Turkish restaurant in the casino area. Well, at least the others still went and hopefully had a good time.
I think I've packed pretty much everything I need for the trip. Hopefully there won't be any delays in the trip and my flu will get left behind in Lisbon.
Next week's weather forecast for the Netherlands seems to be rain all week long. Oh well.
Back to my tissues!
I think I've packed pretty much everything I need for the trip. Hopefully there won't be any delays in the trip and my flu will get left behind in Lisbon.
Next week's weather forecast for the Netherlands seems to be rain all week long. Oh well.
Back to my tissues!
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