Merry Christmas - around the world

I'll be offline from Saturday - yaaaay! As I begin my holidays. 2 weeks of pure bliss, spending time in Byron Bay, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and on the way to these sunny spots, staying with my brother in Wagga and b/f's brother near Canberra. So Merry Christmas everyone or.... (I've deleted some - too many of them!!!!)

Afrikaans: Gesëende Kersfees
African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic: Milad Majid
Argentine: Feliz Navidad
Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian: Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Chile: Feliz Navidad
Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
(Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Croatian: Sretan Bozic
Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish: Glædelig Jul
Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
or Zalig Kerstfeast
English: Merry Christmas
Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French: Joyeux Noel
Galician: Bo Nada
Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! German: Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaian: Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
Maltese: IL-Milied It-tajjeb
Maori: Meri Kirihimete
Navajo: Merry Keshmish
Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado
Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philipines: Maligayan Pasko!
Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese:Feliz Natal
Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche: (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Serbian: Hristos se rodi
Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic.
Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic
Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

Little Miss Clucky

A good friend of mine, I've known since school, gave birth 4 weeks ago to a beautiful little boy.

I snuck out of work today to spend some time and have a cuddle with Henry. I've attached a pic of me with Henry. Don't I look good with a baby?? (Trying to convince my b/f that I really really suit having a baby).

Anyway he is gorgeous. A little miracle.

I want to go back to - Number 2 - Thailand

The pictures say it all. It is such an amazing place. I travelled there in Oct 03 with my boyfriend, we stayed Bangkok, Krabi, Phi Phi and Samui. My good friend Kate and I are planning a 7 day trip there next year, staying 5 nights at a pampering resort. I really want to go back to Krabi also. Such a magic spot.

All pics from our Thailand trip.


Krabi Beach. So divine!


Krabi


Phi Phi


me snorkelling Phi Phi

Perfect Timing

I have come down with Tonsillitis. I'm stuck at home resting. Have been living off caramel and butterscotch icecream (I'm not complaining) as the coolness soothes my throat.

I'm meant to be having dinner with 5 fabulous friends tomorrow night. I'm meant to be attending our work Xmas BBQ Saturday with prawns, oysters, crayfish, lots of bubbles and good ol sausages and steaks. How can I make a MIRACULOUS recovery today to go to work tomorrow so I'm able to attend these social events?

I cannot miss out on seafood and champagne!!!! Please let me get better.

Oh and I know everyone is talking about it - but this is fabulous. I can't wait to buy a copy and then try and read French Vogue....

Weddings

What a mad week! I'm so looking forward until next friday when Ben and I hop in the car and leave the crazy times for our wonderful/romantic road trip.

The last week has been a mix of Weddings/Christmas Functions and plenty of alcohol!!!

It was one of my closest friends' wedding on Saturday. It was picture perfect at a vineyard high in the Adelaide hills (Longview). The sun sparkled just at the right time. I shed a tear and was very chuffed when everyone asked if I was the bride's sister (she is very stunning - so yes, I was shocked!!). Attahced below is a picture looking up at the cellar door. The reception was very rustic, held in a wooden barn - it was so gorgeous!!!!

I love weddings. I think they are my favorite event. I love catching up with friends who have travelled from interstate and overseas. I love the feeling of happiness and joy at weddings. I love how the bride ALWAYS seems to look amazing. I love seeing grown men cry.


Wedding at Longview Winery