This is the mood I’m in. Oh sun, how I’ve missed thee!

Hej! It’s 4:30pm and pitch black, and suddenly I’m extremely tired. I’m thinking it’s because it’s been a very busy weekend.

It started on Friday morning when I woke up to find out it was my birthday. I spilt coffee over my keyboard before work, and ran out the door. Great start! Friday was a normal day at F-I, however it was the last day of the working year and at 5pm, out came the Glögg and gingerbread.

We had a lovely visit from Santa Claus who all gave us kris kringles. I received an all in one tool kit for my bike which is a very thoughtful gift. Thanks “Secret Santa” . My favourite part of the night was realising why everyone was going outside to get beer. The Swedish fridge is out there. Slabs of beer keeping cold in the frosty night air. Ace!

We jammed on Rock Band, I played drums and lead, and sucked at both. We drank copious amounts of Carlsberg and gin, we (Daniel C and I), kicked butt at foosball, and I bailed to get ready to p-a-r-t-y.

We ended up going to some bar (I can’t remember let alone pronounce the name of it), to see a Swedish DJ called Martinez, who was very good. Lots of people, lots of dancing. I was abandoned and left to fend for myself at around 2am, so I decided to call it a night, getting a hot dog on the way and only realising once I was on the subway that most of it had ended up on my jeans. Nice look.

I got home to jump online to say hi to my Aussie friends and loved ones, but couldn’t log into my computer. I thought I had forgotten my password, or was just too drunk to type it in. It didn’t occur to me that if you pour coffee into your computer that the keyboard will be fried. And it is. So yesterday I jumped out of bed, rode to the office to borrow a Mac keyboard which is what I’m using now. Apparently there is a store around the corner which can fix my Mac tomorrow. Yay.

Last night I was dying a slow horrible death, but I got a call from my friend Filip who dragged me to a bar called Pleasant. It was a Christmas party, so who turned up? You guess it, Santa Claus once again. Everyone in the bar received gifts, all themed around Doctors and Nurses. Interesting. I got a stethoscope and ambulance. My friend got a phone to dial 9-11. Filip received a collapsible plastic knife. Also interesting!

We left at around 3am, I walked home and crashed.

I was awoken by a very lovely phone call from my friends Al & Jules, (was awesome to talk to you guys!), and a beam of sunlight was hitting my face. Sunlight means outside. So I jumped on the bike (so glad I brought it with me), and rode to Cafe Frankfurt for a lovely coffee and breakfast.

I then road into the sunlight, sat on the docks and enjoyed the warmth. It truly was a moment.

I caught up with Filip once more and we rode around and saw an amazing sunset, like nothing I’ve seen before. The sky was pink and purple, the water was reflecting it and thus the water was pink also. If it’s a nice day tomorrow, I’m going out with my Canon to take some proper shots. Here’s hoping.

Fi lands on Wednesday, and I have a lot to organise. Tomorrow will be a busy day indeed, and that’s also the reason why my posts are a little sparse or vague. I’m busy all the time! The holiday is definitely over. But trust me, I have lots to show and tell.

Enjoy the flicks from the F-I Christmas Party on Kontain, and a few other snaps from the weekend.

All the best, and keep in touch all!

x K.

Ahh. What would Christmas in Sweden be without a bottle of glögg to throw down every night. This is mulled wine, it comes in all shapes and sizes, and the most generic glögg you can get has a whopping alcohol percentage of 2,2%.

LOL.

You have to get to the system to get the normal strength glögg of about 15,5%.

The idea is you fill the glass with nice hot glögg, almonds, raisins and you dip in gingerbread. Most awesome and a very hearty drink.

Enjoy.