new year and all that

so we had a nice trip to Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City and Mui Ne. relaxing and fun - one of the best holidays possibly. i enjoyed films and documentaries on the long flights so that was pretty good too. on the way back Swiss/BA lost our bag though, a biiiit of a bummer. they are still searching for it. obviously it doesnt hold the most valuable things ever, but now that ive looked into what airlines and insurance companies compensate for lost luggage... im annoyed. even though its likely they will still find it. on the flight to HCMC i watched The Quiet Place on the flight. i couldn’t get over how idiotic it is to have a baby if you live in a world where any sound could get u killed. it made for a good story line but it was also the quietest baby ever which just... wasnt very realistic. had the baby resembled a real one in terms of noise, it would have been veeeery short lived.


beach time

a lot of good food was eaten. for the record, i did not empty that bottle of vodka on the table. 

Saigon sunset

brexit then, thats a shit show. but in a way thats good... because in a shit show, there is a chance of reversal. maybe a new referendum. at least extending article 50. anything could happen! lots of opportunities to fix this. im further dismayed by Corbyn though. not sure i could ever vote for Labour after this because i find his obsessive Brexit stance so off-putting.

people who react to me living in london by saying “london is so expensive! you can live so much better with that money somewhere else”. its like...really? youd think i know that cos i live in london, right? but thanks for sharing. its obvious no one forced me to london and if someone wants to think id move to Hertfordshire if only i knew how cheap it is...  be my guest. but i rather not hear these stories over and over again. i can make my own choices about where i live, and if i want to splurge my money on london rents, how about you just let me? and to be clear i dont mind the one liner “oh, London, its really expensive”. that’s like “oh, Helsinki, its really cold.” like, ok.  i just dont need the speech about cost of life elsewhere, suggesting that im either very uneducated or very stupid.

i used to like Any.do. but then it went on steroids like Evernote, adding a feature after feature and now its just too much. it still looks okay but i feel like the usability went down. and one downside it always had is that it's not good for writing longer noters or even sentences. so ive started looking at Google Keep. it seems easy enough, and smooth.

the past year was not great, i had too many health issues. one thing after another. and i STILL have a bronchitis. but i admit, although i was pulled down by these things, there were lots of positives too. my work developed into a better direction, with a bit more hours and new client and such. both our salaries increased a bit which made us more comfortable. we did a couple of nice trips. and especially at the end of the year our relationship got better somehow, i feel more connected now than perhaps a year ago. 2019 is off to a decent start. gotta kill the cough somehow though, seeing a GP tomorrow, we think some investigation is needed...

the automatic metro in east london (Docklands Light Railway) is cool cos if you sit in the front you have a view ahead. 

and i saw Ricky Gervais yesterday!! im such a fangirl. it was a work in progress thing so the tickets were 15£. i went with Avner cos doctor was not able to swap his night shift. there were some jokes about trans people and #metoo that i hope dont make it to the final set, at least in their current form, cos u know, i guess im one of those precious snowflakes, but overall it was super fun and i look forward to the finished snow (SuperNature).