MERRY XMAS

Merry Christmas - Bon Nadal a tots! - Feliz Navidad

GONE TO SPAIN!

PERFECT blue sky on CHRISTMAS DAY... Igualada and hometown Vilanova del Camí!

view from La Tossa

Magí, Anna i l´Irina!!!

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT HARVEY NICHOLS

Invited to the Harvey Nichols Christmas Shopping Party...

...with free champagne.

...Harrods lit up

...and my Christmas tree?

LA MARE I LA TIETA

Mum (Maria Gloria) and aunty (tieta Carme) have been in town.

God I got spoiled! They´ve been in charge of the cooking, and the washing and the ironing... my blinds never looked any whiter! I have been in charge of the sightseeing and the driving and choosing the restaurants... (and paying the bills...)

It´s my auntie´s first time to London so we packed everything we could in the day!

GOOD NEWS!!!

Guys and Girls,
Good news all around!

• Mum is coming tomorrow for a visit. (And the flat is a bit of a mess)...
• Vincent is buying the flat of his dreams in Barcelona...
• Angel is coming to London in January...
• Been invited for skiing weekend in January to Austria with Michi...
• Isabel has bought a new laptop...
• Jan´s been in touch from Australia... (mmm another invite!)
• Gorgeous Colin long lost friend has found me on facebook...

so, now, the only thing missing is winning the lottery tonight... euromillions 27 million pounds! We´ve all dreamed sometime what would we do with the money!
What would you do????

LOOOONG WEEKEND. (IT´S JUST ENDED)

And it´s wednesday! So, back to work tomorrow!
Pretty busy!

Saturday out to Bertolli with Bruno and co. coming from Paris to London for the weekend. Did the Christmas shopping tour and ended up at Barcode for few drinks...

Bruno and friend Sandra

Sunday rainy sunday, chill out at home. Managed to catch up with JUlian, who has been in Melacca for the weekend and he is fine.

Monday work outing. On monday night, drinks are 1.50 at Comptons so we headed there with some friends from work, that is as far as I remember, the rest it´s all a blur. Well, it is not, but I have chosen for it to be a blur now because I am too concerned to face the true facts...
and this is as far as it goes...

Tuesday, went with Angela to the re-opening of La Bertola restaurant in Colnbrook since it´s now owned by my friend Allison and Pietro... fantastic meal lots of carbs after 9pm... err not good?

and today wednesday dinner with David from Dubai and friend Mark at Balans in Soho, followed by drinks, alas, at Barcode, with this other guy from Dubai, Amer, but did nothing to embarrass myself, the proof is that I am at home right now typing this(instead of the Grosvenor Hotel suite) Had a chat on MSN with my german friend Renaldo and it´s now off to bed.

Will add some pics tomorrow.

And I am annoyed my last post from Leona Lewis is gone all wrong with you tube!

Good night all. Thanks for reading.

Leona Lewis - Happy

... its about going after everything that will make you happy no matter what the consequences because life isnt worth living unless you chase what you want.

... Comment from kdielsen on youtube.

I guess copyright issues make it unable to post this video on my blog but it will direct you to you tube.com...

GIRL WEEKEND

SATURDAY with my cousin DOLORES. She´s mad! But a lovely girl deep inside. Taught her how to start up a blog so watch this space... there may be a new link coming up!

followed by a night out to the infamous W5... with Ali and Jamie, and some of their friends... and a couple of M.O.´s and ended up with an embarrassing moment called Grant that we better forget...

moving on...

SUNDAY blown by the wind...(literally as we experienced strong winds!) went with ANGELA to the Windmill. Lovely countryside restaurant! The lovely fire place reminded me of home... the country houses in Catalonia, all with a fire place, to enjoy the warmth and the toasted bread... toasted bread tastes so much better when toasted on real flames... enough nostalgia!

followed by cinema session: 2012. I am sorry for those anti-american hero movie people... I loved this film! The idea is very original, everything makes kind of sense... I know the fleeing from L.A. in the limo is totally sci-fi but hey, special effects are grand!

See the trailer:

And now back to the routine... looking forward to a busy week at work!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL

ÁnGel FeLiz CUmpLeaÑos!!! Estamos aquí en Londres esperando nos visites pronto!

NEW TOY: CHEVROLET KALOS

Welcome to the family the new Chevrolet... a much needed new car for mum and dad´s trips to the beach, after our beloved Citroën AX had to retire. Citroën AX came to the family when I was 19, (19 years ago!!!) just after I took my driving licence. Dad was always on his Vespa so no need for a car, until Citroën was born. We bought her second hand already, and she saw my first trips to Barcelona to attend Uni, then my first trips to the airport when I got a job. I have taken her to see the snow, to Sitges, and not much more. She had a solar panel on the roof... very posh, and a state-of-the-art Blaupunkt radio-cassette, very very posh!! We have had two near misses together, ...phew! and some kisses too. And we moved house together probably 3 times until she became 100% my dad´s and my first Seat Ibiza came in. She´ll be missed!

this is Citroën in Sant Salvador... picture found on google earth! -click on pic-

NEW TOY: SONY ERICSSON SATIO

Taking advantatge of my free upgrade with my mobile phone provider I have upgraded to the new Sony Ericsson Satio. I love this phone and it´s got a fantastic camera so I am hoping for better quality pics soon... I find it very difficult though to get to know how to use it, I am not used to touchscreen and internet and all, and, afer all, I think there is too much in it that I doubt I will ever use! The dilemma was either this or the iPhone. Everybody has got the iPhone, but it´s a good phone! so all my friends have said I made the wrong decision. I feel like I have, but then I didn´t want to follow the crowds and rush to get the iPhone. For Gods´s sake, it´s only a phone!! Give me some time to get used to it.

blog: 2 years!

Gent del món: David, Julián, Zain, Mark, Angel, Jordi, Pilar, Jason, Susana, Sebastián, Jose Luís, Samuel, Vicens, Lauro, Magí, Anna, Antoni, Ma. Glòria, Francesc, Judith, Isabel, Sergi, Carme, Keith, Angela, Claire, Michi, Katja, Andrea, Patricia, Maria, Bärbl, Arantxa, Joan, Laia, Mohd, Lubna, Amir, Ali, Stuart, Soren, Richard, Lisa, Anne, Sarah, Simon, Montse, Mari, Ash, Robert, Pau, Juan, Javi, Saverio, Val, Steph, Joan, Jone, Ted, Juanvi, Calvin, Noé, Sergi, Ramón, Alison, Anne, Debbs, Su, Danny, Maria, David, Carles, Wayne, Valerie, Gemma, Dolors, Carles, Xavi, David, Álvaro, Juanjo, Javier, Liván, Ana, Ariana, Carla, Xavi, Judith, Pau, Òscar, Chris, Lucas, Thomas, Rey, Egi, Fauzan, Ilham, Adam, Manuel, Andrea, Edmund, Shirley, Nikki, Alex, Clemey, Aldrin, Brahim, Jesús, Javier, Katrina, Rafa, Shah, Laurita, Juan, Francesc, Carles, Maria, Àngels, Jinny, Liz, Tom, Luciano, Simon, Fiorella, Manuel, David, Ali, Matteo, Francisco, Octavio, Lorenzo, Sebastian, Salva, Cholo, Juan, Rubén, Dani, Andrés, Mark, Nick, David, Montse, Edu, Matt, Judi, James, Nykola, Aman, Ruban, Donnie, Nigel, Clare, David, Julie, Liz, Paddy, Jeff, Bhaven, Chris, Anna, Tania, Caty, Jamie, Alistair, Bob, Bruno, Jesús, Jamie, Dolors, Bruno, Rafa, Leo, Ioga, Yudi, Ajib, Samuel, Resa, Julián... and sorry for I am sure I am missing some...

BALI - MIXWELL

ESCANDALUX!!!!

BALI - by night

... and next... Bali by night!!!

BEST MOMENTS

3. SUNSET at CALEGO BEACH. Nearest to our villa, we spent almost everyday in Calego beach, with good food, pedicures, and meeting the local boys in the sea waves...

2. Finishing my book Et donaré la terra , de Chufo Llorens... I had to because I left it for Julian to give to Pilar, she likes this kind of books.

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1.Unforgettable lunch with Egi and friends at his place...

BALI - by day

Air Asia: Destination Denpasar...

Bali by day...

Dreamland Beach.

Encounter with the waves...

Sidemen: Mission Mount Agung. Last year we couldn´t do the Volcano, this year we couldn´t either. Hopefully we will next year!

We spent the night at a closed hotel with bambu bungalows in the town of Sidemen. We offered cash to the warden and he let us stay. Apparently the hotel was closed as there was some wedding going on with all the staff... very strange... and very scary! slept in a beautiful bungalow with the frogs, the gekos and the mosquitoes... we washed in the river first -with the naked locals- and then took a shower in the open air bathroom... we ate at the one-and-only restaurant in town... truly amazing off the beaten track!

The morning after, Mount Agung didn´t happen because the road is seriously STEEP and the car didn´t make it!! Scary to drive in first gear... the burning smell made us stop and the friendly locals advised not to continue... :o(