Drought

Gonna be a blog-stop for a bit. Will be offline for a little while. Girl needs her holiday. Can promise pics when back. In the meantime...feel free to submit questions and/or blog ideas either as comments or to my mail you'll find in my profile.

Angry man

After pleasant drinks in Aelpli bar I went to have dinner with another friend. He told me about his travel last week. He got to the airport, there were long queues and the electronic check-in machine didn't work. He's normally not the one to get too upset so quickly, but being a German and having several set-backs he got slightly irritated. So he shouted to the nearest airline-aid "CAN YOU HELP ME?" and she responded from the other side of the check-in hall "YES I CAN". A woman with a sense of humour. Even my friend laughed at it. Now.

Aelpli bar

Went to a place new to me this evening http://www.aelplibar.ch/. Very Swiss, very friendly and...very empty. Perhaps people have just not discovered it yet? It's small, and it has a funny entrance like a door to an apartment building, looking all new and modern. But if you take the stairs on the left, you will end up in Aelpli bar.

We tried their "verrückte kuh" and this drink. It has a certain viking-feel to it...

MSN Messenger

This is a tool I used to use daily some years ago. Then they upgraded to a version that didn't work on my pc. So naturally I emailed with the support people who were ever so friendly. Only they couldn't help. It's like any helpdesk. They should be called desk, since they cannot help. But about a week ago I decided to give it a go again. And before I knew it I got contacted by an old acquaintance. Somebody I haven't actually met IRL but who was together with a friend of mine some years ago. We have spoken on the phone, and now he contacted me. Fun. Guess I gotta have to be on more often from now on. Who knows what will happen?

What exactly was the problem?

It never ceases to amaze me. The difference in communication between men and women. Me: "did you have problems with hotmail and msn today?". Him: "yes". A woman would automatically have shared what the particular problem was but a man needs a specific question such as "I had problems with hotmail and msn today. If you had too, can you please describe the problem you had". I think there should be a subject in school for youngsters to learn how to communicate!

Lifetime friends

Today I am so proud of a dear friend of mine. She found out a couple of weeks ago that she was seriously ill. Now she's had corrective surgery, and is dealing with it all like a champ. She's so brave and so matter-of-fact with the whole situation. Unfortunately she lives far away, and I cannot be there to hold her hand but it's comforting to know she has people who love her there. And the best I can I will be there for her in mind, with emails and contact. I'm so glad that she is sharing also the bad times with me. And fortunately the prognosis for recovery is good. My very good friend, a heroine.

Chocolate order

Am off to Dublin on Friday and got an order for Toblerone. It is practially impossible to leave Switzerland without bringing chocolate. Which is not so bad, because you never have to come up with other original ideas about presents. Bring chocolate and make everybody happy! So like the planning person that I am I went chocolate-shopping already today. It had absolutely nothing to do with that I was out of cig that are sold in the same shop :). The problem is rather that some of the chocolate has already disappeared. It is apparent that I have absolutely no character whatsoever. The only way not to eat sweets is to have nothing at home. How difficult can that be to remember?

Hiltl toilet

Remember the pretto place? They had really small toilets. Imagine getting in here, manage to get behind the door so that you can close it and then reverse your movements before getting out. What were they thinking?

180 bottles of wine

The couple I was out to dinner with last Tuesday has a wine collection. 180 bottles of them, which I kindly offered to house for them since they are moving to Singapore for 2 years. But guess what? They turned my generous offer down. Where is the trust? But since I happen to know a guy who has a real wine cellar, I promised them to get a contact name. Sometimes I am just too nice :)

101 things to do

And this on a Saturday. At least it feels like it. Today I have been to the post office to get a registered letter, to two different food shops, I have ironed my clothes, sorted my new apartment papers (half a binder already!), paid bills, repaired my pants by sewing!, shaved my legs (in preparation for Tenerife), painted my toenails (ditto), called two relatives and other little things. I wonder if this would count on that list thing? And I still have to go through those papers that the auditor sent this week. My tax return. My (newly painted) toenails curl in anxiety. Administration? Who likes it?

No going back

So yesterday I did it. I signed the contract and paid 20%. The sellers turned out to be a really nice couple, and since we'll be neighbours from next summer it felt good. I so look forward to March, when they will start by taking down the trees and get the bulldozer out. After meeting the very unpleasant woman in the registry office (where do they dig up these people?) they invited me for coffee and we had a nice chat, just starting to get to know each other. They suggested that we use the informal "Du", which I understand is a big thing here. Or maybe they just realized that I'm not entirely fluent in German :) Whichever the case, I'm relieved they turned out to be easygoing people. And they paid for coffee...

Before you ask

http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/

Hiltl

Now I'm gonna teach you a word you won't find in Cambridge dictionary. Pretto. I've heard about it many times but tonight I had the questionable privilege of experiencing it. Pretto means pretentious+. This is it: http://www.hiltl.ch/ Not only is it vegetarian only and smoke-forbidden but the guys at the door walk around with ear-plugs ("yeah, this one looks like a babe, we should let her in", or "yes, I know we're not too busy but let's pretend we're important"). Yawn. Inside it's a normal place, and I have to admit the buffet wasn't bad, even though I apparently had tofu instead of chicken...honestly, who can tell after a few drinks? Which I finally got after ordering a Kir royal (hello? they didn't have a proper cocktail menu...and when I tried to order a strawberry daiquiri the waitress looked at me like I came from Mars). So to the point. Look at the name of the place. Pretto, get it? Avoid is my advice.

Life in the fast lane

Apero...quickly home...due for dinner in town in 20 minutes (and yet I take the time to blog!!) and early early tomorrow morning I'm finally signing the contract! They disconnected the parking place from my contract, so now it's finally happening!! Been told that there will be questions asked (most probably in German) if I have really understood what I'm doing, and have I read through all the papers, that type of thing. I think it might help if I'm good and thoroughly hungover :)

Lost in translation - literally

Try to write this "You are out of your mind." on this link. Hilarious. http://tashian.com/multibabel/

Thai

Ok, so the Thai place was excellent...http://www.bansongthai.ch/, but if I am to go back I'm gonna have to have a serious discussion with them about a smoking area.

My friends, who are incidentally moving to Singapore shortly are more experts than I in Asian food and did the ordering. We had lovely whats-it, red curry and something with whats-it. It was great.

Then on my suggestion we went for an "aftero" to Apfelkammer or however it is spelled in Swiss German. (Un)fortunately we arrived in a middle of a contest...

Technical

I should have a category called Technical. But then again, maybe not. My sound controller on the computer all of a sudden disappeared. You know that little thingie you have on the bottom of the screen to control sound. But voila, the other day I had to do a re-start and magically it appeared again. Also lately my dvd-player caved in. I have almost stopped counting, think I am on my fourth player in 5 years. Yes, so these days I buy the 49 CHF-devices, but that's only because my 800 CHF apparatus gave up after a year. But since I badly wanted to watch a movie, I had a heureka-moment and switched back to the player that gave up a year ago. And whaddayaknow, it worked again! Magic.

I don't believe my eyes

I cannot friggin believe it. Am meeting up with a friend for dinner tonight in a Thai place. And guess what? She has made a reservation at a smoke-free restaurant!?! This I know because I just googled it and it came up on smokefreeplaces.net as first choice. And this from a woman I trusted! This is so not good!

Osaka

A friend of mine was in Japan, cool pic. It's like Osaka's Piccadilly circus...

Naked scanner

Or rather a scanner that shows naked. Zurich airport is about to install one of these "for passenger security". Yeah right. I think that a lot of security staff will stand there drooling. They say that said staff will not be able to see the dressed passengers, only the pics, but you know what? I don't believe so. They are just people. And people like naked. Thoughts?

Challenge

Seems like "101 things to do in 1,001 days" is the theme of popular blogs these days. So you list 101 things, a combination of easy and difficult, to-do's and then you cross them off after you did them. All this is supposed to happen in 1,001 days. Usually I am not one to miss out on a challenge, but not sure I can be bothered with this one. Isn't it really time-consuming? I'm not sure I even can come up with 101 things to do (why exactly 101 btw?). Only time can tell. PS. An example: http://beesknees101.blogspot.com/

Mouldy

Just went to the fridge to have a refill of a drink and found this. Aarrrghh. It is obvious I'm not home enough to care about food and other apparently irrelevant things.

Interesting pull

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOaWith_nqU

Nice setting

My friend is not gay, but one can wonder. When I walked into his flat it smelled all clean, the bathroom was immaculate, as was the rest of the apartment. Perhaps he cleaned just before I arrived? And the setting of the table was nice. See for yourself.

Fridge

Am ambivalent about fridges. Do I want one like my friend have, silvery and modern, or do I want what another friends has, a big bulky blue 50's style one, or what? Oh, the choices I'll have to make...

Dinner date

Had dinner at a friends place tonight. We've kinda been trying to get together since October last year, and it never worked out. First I was three weeks in Barcelona, then it was Christmas and then he went off to Japan and Australia for a month. But finally we made it.

And he has moved into a new flat, which gave me lots of ideas for my new apartment. His is very modern as supposed to my current one, and I felt immediately at home at his barcounter in the kitchen. But of course I will have a bigger one :)

An acquaintance

After spontaneous sms'ing today I met up with boat-man. A guy I know since several years but not well. He was the guy who introduced me to this bar where we met today. Haven't been there for ages. But when I walked in today the owner asked "you still have your boat?". Zürich is not that big after all. Nice seeing him again. And we ended up having a few drinks together. You know, catching up and all :)...and no, I still haven't slept with him. After all, I don't want to be one in the group of Niederdorf women who have...

Retro 80's

Or a lesson in how to get your personal shopper to wake up and do her job. She promised me back in September 2007 that we'd go shopping. Never happened. So it was a good thing that I tonight walked into my place, clad in a shirt from the 80's. Last I had it on was at a gay party, where they are more likely to appreciate some retro. She didn't. Good thing. So now we're going shopping next week.

Happy Valentines day

A big hug to all my faithful readers, sharing some roses I got today.

Bullshit

Fun to play: http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/

Runway 34

Heard about this cool fairly new restaurant which conveniently is located next to runway 34 at Zürich airport: http://www.runway34.ch/ It has an aeroplane inside the restaurant that is a smoking lounge. Extremely cool. I must visit.

Crooked lawyer No I

So it actually looks like my crooked lawyer friend and I are going to Tenerife after all. But after searching the net I couldn't find one airline that flies directly from Zürich to Tenerife (M was surprised and promised to send me info, but didn't. Guess he didn't find it either, despite "what? Of course there are direct flights!"). So the plan is to fly to Ireland and meet up with Bro in the process, then fly from Belfast (Northern Ireland, different country, for any ignorant people :) together. Not a bad idea, since Air Lingus flies directly from Zürich to Dublin, and there are direct flights from Belfast to Tenerife. That way I can meet up with Bro, and fly together with crooked lawyer. Instead of flying from Zürich via Madrid, Frankfurt or any other godforsaken place losing a day in the process. Killing two birds with one stone. PS. Only a 3-hour drive approx between Dublin and Belfast.

Looks can deceive

A group of men walked in to my place tonight and I thought they were Scandinavian. You know, the look, the behaviour, whatever felt like something I knew. How wrong I was. They were Finnish. Ouch. And for the Americans and other ignorant people Finland is NOT part of Scandinavia. Denmark, Norway and Sweden are. Add Finland and Iceland and you get the Nordic countries. Got it? Must've been drunk or something, since I for one am not supposed to make these mistakes!

Whirlpool

I'm already planning my new flat in my head, despite it actually hasn't yet started to be built, and I thought about bathrooms and kitchen. And whaddayaknow, I know somebody who works for a company called Whirlpool. Sa rang him up to tell him that Whirlpool can get a showcase out of a whole building (yes, I was already offering to the other tenants. Haven't met them yet but how difficult can they be?) against giving some very hefty discounts of course. Was visualizing my new flat in glossy magazines, me posing in front of the latest technology and fashion in whiteware. Then I landed on earth again when he told me that Whirlpool doesn't do bathrooms. They don't do whirlpools. Excusez-moi? A company named Whirlpool does not manufacture or sell whirlpools? It would be like Zurich university being located in Bern. How weird is that?

Stupidity level

Is there any end to ex-salsa partners stupidity? When I asked him yesterday if he was planning on ever coming back to class, you know what he said on sms? "Yep, you're right. My objective was to find a somebody with salsa. But I've found somebody. So I'm not interested anymore. " Who in the whole wide world goes to salsa-classes without having the objective of actually learning salsa? Nice going leaving me alone without a partner for the rest of the course. Asshole. And this from the guy who cannot afford to pay the rent, but apparently can easily afford 300 CHF for salsa-classes without going to them.

I found my piece of heaven

So after salsa I went for a drink in my place. After all, it was the last episode of Dr House last week, and my fav band was playing. Always cheers me up. And even though it was the remnants of the Guggenmusik-weekend it was fun. With some good ol' rock'n'roll. Me likey.

Change of partner

I don't know how people are raised nowadays, but to me a commitment means something. When i say that I'll do something I will deliver. Unless I'm lying on my deathbed (which fortunately hasn't happened so far). Or that I know I cannot and I will inform the relevant people in advance. What brought this on? Well, my dancing partner didn't show up. Again. And this time he didn't even tell me. I had to explain to the teacher that he is a bit of an "aschloch" (asshole - and I'm sure some German-speaking person will tell me I spelled it wrong but the dictionary doesn't have this word ok?), since they were wondering. But the teachers are nice. And I wasn't the only one being on my own this evening. Unfortunately the other one was a girl. And if there is one thing I do not do, it is to dance with women. I draw the line there. So the teachers made the group dance...where you change partners. And they are attentive to make sure nobody is left out. We have learned so much, so now it's starting to feel like real dancing. It is still a lot of exercise, but fun such. Imagine me saying that? PS. And it's not like I can bring somebody else all of a sudden, since we learned together and after 5 (or is it 6?) lessons it's difficult to start from scratch.

The breast man

Ironically the man who doesn't want to talk about breasts suggests chicken breast for dinner tomorrow. 1. he probably hasn't observed that my diet went out the window weeks ago and 2. that I don't eat the white meat on a chicken.

But hey. I can do a whole chicken and leave the breasts (all 2 of them!) for him, and have the legs to myself. Not a bad idea.

Guggenmusik

How could I have forgotten? That it is always a carnival of some kind in Zürich. Ended up in the middle of a band tonight. The pic is about as blurry as I feel :)

I say yes but I mean no

Or vice versa. Yesterday I had an sms conversation with a distant friend, an acquaintance, or as ze Swiss phrase it "bekannt". Somebody you know, but not very well. I thought we were friends, and he said he might come to Zürich tonight but would let me know. He didn't. But when I sms'd and asked this evening he said he's here. I don't know why I offered my guest room, to somebody who doesn't want to "impose". Well I know why. He wants to pick up a girl, and it's not gonna be me :) PS. Real friends call up and say "I'm in town, can I stay with you?". Like I would do with my friends. And yes, of course they can. Always.

Queer as folk III

Got the third season of Queer as folk, and I'm happy to report that Brian is still gorgeous, mysterious and fuckable. Apparently appealing to both sexes, since he certainly is appealing to me.

It's a great series!

Tenerife

Just been invited to go to Tenerife for a few days and see a good old friend. Luxury hotel, summery weather and a nice time. Sounds like a no-brainer. But I don't know. Travel these days is so tiring, with all the security and stuff. Gotta think about it.

Jeez

Breasts

Today I learned that not all gay guys are the same (ok, so I knew that already but got reminded tonight). Was having dinner with a gay friend, and somehow we got into the subject of breasts. Don't ask me why we ended up there but we did. Told him about breasts x-rays, scans and how often you should do it (less often according to Swiss doctors than other doctors), and I was going on about how difficult it is to know since breasts are only consisting of lumps anyway. Guess I should've spotted his disgusted face, but on and on I went until he said "too much information". Ok. But somehow I don't get it. I would be perfectly comfortable about discussing penis problems. It's just a piece of your body, right? But maybe it is like my new favourite website http://www.culturewizard.com/ where you can (when registered!) find out all about the cultures and habits in all countries. And whaddayaknow, we are not all the same!

Fasnacht

In Zürich you never know what you'll come across...

Audit time

About this time every year it's time to do the tax return. Having once seen all the forms that have to be filled in, in German, I took a management decision to outsource this to a professional. Can't be bothered to be honest. So I go there, bring my binders and she picks out whatever she needs. Very efficient indeed. In about three weeks time I get all the papers back, including a copy of the return for me, an original to sign and send to the authorities. And this only for 300 CHF. And I don't have to bother about new tax laws, deduction policies and whatsit that are relevant for Zürich. On top of that my brother keeps track of my investments. I really prefer to have people with an interest in things doing them. With or without 14 decimals!

Quilt progress

Looking good!

Election time

Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A. To the citizens of the United States of America: In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy). Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. 1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. 2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix -ize will be replaced by the suffix -ise. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary'). 3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell- checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen. 4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. 5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun. 6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. 7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. 8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. 9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it. 10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. 11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. 12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters.Watching Andie McDowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater. 13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us. 14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries. 15. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad. 16. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776). 17. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; strawberries in season. God save the Queen. Only He can. John Cleese

Guilt trip

Sms from friend who is moving to new apartment, being busy packing and cleaning, asking where his true friends are. Haha. Not here. I don't even clean my own apartment, why would I clean somebody else's?

From Europe to Australia

Also in the news today was the new A2-plane, which will fly from Brussels to Australia in less than 5 hours. How cool is that? Too bad it's not available yet.

Source of information

My source of Swiss info comes from 20 minuten, the free newspaper. And according to todays issue slim and healthy people cost more than smokers and overweight people. Ha! I knew it. Freeloaders. http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0050029 and I'd like to emphasize: "Because of differences in life expectancy, however, lifetime health expenditure was highest among healthy-living people and lowest for smokers." Healthy-living people = losers!

Approximately

Decimal guy would like to add the number was only approximate... Had fun yesterday. Ended up in one for me unknown tapas bar, which also had sushi which I thought was a bit of a weird combination but obviously it worked since it was packed. A bit in the middle of nowhere, but still only a 5 min train ride from the central station. Cool. And chalet girl became chalet girl because that's her dream. She is currently chalet-shopping in France. And I am invited! Better not be one of those chalets without toilets and running water though...

The 14 decimals guy and the chalet girl

Explanations later...

Double twirl

Salsa was really fun today. My partner was absent and I got to dance with the teacher most of the class. Apart from him telling me that I must not lead (loosen up your arms!), I was actually doing quite fine and because he knew what he was doing it was easier for me. And yes, it is difficult for me to let somebody else lead. I am so used to do everything myself, and take all decisions. Mental note: must remember to let somebody else be in charge once in a while!

Poison

Anybody got any advice on how to poison birds? Went to check on the boat, which was in pristine condition when I left it after cleaning out all that water. Only to see that the friggin birds had gotten in again and shat all over the place. Can I be arrested for poisoning pigeons? Would it be worse to have dead birds but no shit in the boat? Can I hire somebody to sit in the boat in wintertime scaring off the birds? Perhaps a homeless? I'm getting desperate!

Beforepics

Took a walk in the sunny but cold Zürich from my current place to the-hopefully-soon-starting-to-be-built place. It actually took no more than 10 minutes. This is how it looked today. Soon those trees will be just a memory. Reminds me of the snail who was out walking in the beautiful spring weather singing Chanson d'amour...when a lawnmower crossed his patch...ra-ta-ta-ta-ta.

Free internet

Today in town there were a group of youngsters walking around with posters and screaming "Free internet CH". Is there anything more free than internet? I don't get it. Or did they mean that they should not pay for access to internet? If so, why not pay for access when we pay for everything else? Sometimes ze Swiss are a tad weird.

Midnight scare

Yesterday I ran into brother of the ex. This is the guy who wouldn't recognize my existence when the ex and were together and now shouts ANNIKA all over town when we meet. So kissed-kissed-kissed and exchanged pleasantries. Tonight after the virgins went home to sleep I decided to hit town. Walking from the bus stop I heard "ANNIKA". Oh dear. The parents of the ex. Hadn't seen them in about a year. But funny because before I left I sms'd with ex in Peru. What to say? And why the fuck were they in Niederdorf on a Friday after midnight? Nice to see you. How are you? They proceeded to tell me how they did not like Finland (they visited the Nordic countries last summer) And I was trying to tell them I don't either. No Scandinavian in their right mind do. But it was kinda nice/interesting/awful/whatever to see them again. I'm beginning to think Zürich is a village. Yesterday the brother, today the parents. I really hope the next encounter will be the real thing :)

Two...hmmm...close friends

Haha. And no they are not gay, but totally out there on the market. Any takers can email and I will send on.

The battle about a sausage

He wanted to stick his fork into it, and I wanted to hmmm...

How much can one person eat?

Or in fact, two people. The answer is a lot. I bought food for five people. They ate the lot. Told ya. Teenage boys have an appetite. Good to know the food didn't go to waste.

Go easy

When a friend of mine heard that I'll be having two virgins for dinner he told me to go easy on them. Excuse me? Do we know each other? HAHA. This'll be fun. But at least they are two to hold each others hands when I get tipsy and start being a bit "aggressive"...

Relax

Ok, so they called. Will be a bit late. Goody. Then I can relax and blog. I set the table, and the rest will be cooking on our own so why hurry? They are young and able, they can help :) And I plugged in the grill as instructed (can you believe it, I actually read the manual!). It said it might smoke a bit, and yes it did. But so did I, so who cares? So now I'm gonna sit back and enjoy a glass of wine. Oh and the wine guy called. The new one, not the old one who was so generous with wine-tasting, remember him? And I ordered some white Sauvignon especially produced for some football world championship that apparently will take place in Zürich. Don't care much for football I must admit, but fine white wine I do care about. Ordered 12 rather expensive bottles. Well you know. I didn't sign the contract for the flat, so I still have money :)

Plan B

So todays planning fell apart a bit. First I was supposed to sign the contract for the apartment, but then yesterday the real estate agent found a blip (well, he should've found it earlier, should'nt he?) that a parking space is connected to my flat according to the official papers. Since I do not want to buy a parking space too (even though it's been pointed out to me that it would be good to have when I sell) they need to change the official papers before any contracts can be signed. Then I had an sms in the morning saying one of my guests this evening had been up puking all night, and had to cancel. Darn. What to do? I tell ya. You invite a coupla young single men to dinner. First of all, they are much more up for spontaneous invites than couply people, second, they are always available and third, they are equally always hungry. See? Plan B always works. So better hop to it, they are coming soon.

The latest biz lingo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7212994.stm