LewsTheri's

I really am looking forward to this Christmas and New Year holiday. It's a time for me to just do whatever I want to do. I have like 11 days 'cause I'm leaving for Sydney this Friday and will only be back on the 2nd day of the new year.

I have even listed the things I will be doing:
- Play with our new Wii game console
- Have a barbie at Emily's place for Ian's birthday
- Have made a dinner reservation at Quay, a restaurant at the Rocks with a 3-hat chef award, another one of our pursuits for glorious food.
- Shop for new clothes, preferably some working clothes on Boxing Day
- Have dinner with some friends at I'm Angus for their nice ribs
- Do a bit of extravagant cooking at Aya's place
- Watch some cricket, though we already know that Australia retains the Ashes
- Have booked a flight to Melbourne with Aya to visit some friends there

There's also the matter of doing some work:
- Write on a comprehensive journal paper detailing most of our research and results over the past 3/4 years
- Plan my Ph.D. thesis

So 11 days doesn't seem like a long holiday now that I've got so many things to do :)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, guys!