I would like to wish all my friends, family and readers a very happy 2012! May the new year be your best year yet and be filled with many exciting adventures and thanks for sharing some of it with me :)
Tonight we’re hoping to catch the infamous Sydney NYE fireworks and hopefully get some nice pictures of the spectacular annual show and ring in the new year with some champagne and cheese at the park..
So.. here are some of my favourite moments of 2011!
1,2,3: Visiting the amazing Mirazozo installation in Sydney; 4,5,6: Hanging out with friends and family in Kuala Lumpur; 7: Being part of the Sydney Mardi Gras; 8, 9, 10,11: Long Summer holiday in Greece and Muna in Santorini; 12: Blue Mountains trip with my parents 13: Getting sent the BCBG dress I could not find anywhere with a handwritten note from Lubov Azria!; 14,15: Roadtrip to Boomerang Beach with W.
Here’s to 2012! x
Was looking through some pictures from Summer today, mostly wishing I bought a DSLR sooner, but somehow found myself yearning for some unexplainable dose of Greek. Putting on a CD with bouzouki music that Miss M and I picked up for this very reason is probably the worst idea. Ever. I know I may have wildly romantic notions about the place but the rumours are all true – there is a little bit of magic in the Aegean. I have to make my way back there soon.
By the way these pictures are unretouched in any way. Hope you enjoy! x
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Some pictures from our roadtrip to the Blue Mountains to celebrate Dad’s birthday.
It isn’t quite Spring yet but the cherry blossoms were starting to bloom.
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Sydney weather has hit it’s lowest for the year, I think. My heart sinks a little every morning I look outside and the sky is not the brilliant blue I always expect it to be. Even then, the shadows run long and the wind bites. I’m still in a bit of a denial and I’m sure I’ve left part of myself somewhere in the Aegean.. my Winter clothes are still sitting in a box in the basement and I can’t be bothered to get them out. No wonder I’m freezing my ass off! But ironically I find Winter a little less cold each year. Perhaps I’m finally getting used to it, and perhaps it’s finally getting used to me?
It’s only July but I’m already obsessed with the coming (Australian) Summer months – planning, anticipating, day-dreaming.. it feels a little like the void a lover leaves only there’s nothing you can really do about the weather but to wait, or move with it.. and I can’t say I haven’t been tempted to especially when I have so many amazing friends around the world. Some days I wonder if this wanderlust is a curse or a blessing. I can’t seem to get Summer’s promise of sunshine and freedom out of my head..
Next stop – Tasmania. In Winter. Oh dear.
Greece is so much fun! I spent just over three weeks there, mostly in Athens, Mykonos and Santorini. I also got to spend some time in Delos and Naxos, which are also a part of the Cycladic group of islands. I don’t even know where to begin, but I like the idea of being able to read this again a few years from now..
There were protests in Athens during the days I was there. On my return to Athens after the islands, people have started camping out in front of the parliament at Syntagma Square, but all the protests that I witnessed were peaceful ones despite heavy police and military presence.
I loved Athens for it’s unpretentious big city vibe; some parts of Athens reminded me a lot of KL’s Petaling Street, especially the area around Monastiraki and Athinas Street. You can find just about any type of local produce, spices and meat at the Varvakios Agora, which is the central market of Athens a few blocks from Omonia Square where the top of Athinas Street starts. The streets and laneways are brimming with all walks of life, the little restaurants scattered around the area are full of working-class Athenians and the food is absolutely amazing.
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