Golf was great, mum was here & had a massage

As I expected, golf last week was fantastic. I actually had one of my best games in a very long time. The caddy was also sensational making sure that I did make those impossible putts. I hope to play again soon!

After golf, we went to the annual German Chamber of Commerce Dinner and sadly it was a little boring. They did translation in German and Korean only, so as I speak neither of those languages, we just chatted amongst ourselves. Was surprised that the meal was not nice at all, as have had some good dinners at the Grand Hyatt. In any case we got home by 11pm, just as mum was being collected by driver & car at the airport. She got to our place around midnight.

So the weekend was spent all hanging out together, eating a lot, and shopping. It was very nice to have mum around. Also gave mum my log in and password for this site as my spelling and grammar is driving her crazy. (Thanks mum!)

Sadly mum left yesterday lunch time after 5 days. She has been out of Australia for almost a month, so looking forward to getting home.

If I never mentioned before, I happened to also be in charge of the Fitness Centre in the hotel, so yesterday around 1pm my Fitness Centre Manager came to me and told me that the current massage company has pulled their contract and we have to sign a new one. He has a very good candidate, and needs me to test his skills. "What, I have to find an hour to spare to take a massage!" Oh, let me think about it! "okay, 5pm! So at 5 I head up to the gym, take a shower and then let this new masseur unleash his skills for 90 minutes. Yes, a bonus 30 minutes! By 630pm I walked out of the gym on cloud nine, but am sure I am going to hurt a little tomorrow as I had him really deep tissue massage some of the sore spots! Oh, the things I have to do at work!

Today is Wednesday, it's election day in Seoul, so I have a holiday! Just relaxing. Two more days and we are off to the Philippines for a holiday!!!

We r in Australia

Hi there, Well I took some crap from a friend today who lectured me as to the lack of updating on the blog.... and he is right! Again, it is not so much a lack of motivation, but rather the past 5 days we were in the province in Philippines were there is no internet. Now, as it happens we are in Sydney, Australia, about to celebrate Christmas with family here. It will be my first family Christmas since 1999! And for the two of the first time in Australia. Last year was Philippines, and year befor was Dubai! So Dac, sorry mate, will work on it much more ok. We are taking lots of photos, so when we get back to freezing Korea, we will load them up.

So I will summarize, we spent a week in Philippines between the province of Batangas and Manila, where we did a lot of shopping, eating, and hanging out with all our nices and nephews. I love hanging out with all the kids ranging from 2 years old to 12 years. The time went by so fast, but again it was nice to spend time with the family and get away from the freezing cold of Korea. So after a overnight flight from Manila, via Melbourne, we are now at mums in Sydney. It was a scorcher in Sydney today, getting close to 40! We slept a little through the day, some last minute shopping this afternoon, now we are at home wrapping gifts, and relaxing.

Well merry Christmas to all, and hope that I will have some more photos and updates in the mear future. Alohaaaaaaaaaaaaaa