XMas & New Yr 2007

Yes the new year's here
2nd Xmas in Granada
with Alberto n his family.
We spent a whole week in Granada with his family.
Look at this family photo of his,
woa his uncles, aunties all flooded in on Xmas
n it was great fun,
big feasting, laughter n family fun.
I miss my family....

they were so nice to me,
Spanish are generally v receptive to foreigners
not to mention me being Chinese
obviously v different from them.
It was a real nice dinner
I was touched by how they all took care
of his grandma..

IVAR ( home-alone no more!)
oops u know wat I mean Ivar..LOL
the white boy came over to visit Damien
n we didnt stop drinking
until he went back!
yes he's become a fullblown alcoholic
welcome to the AA club..

he made us laugh so much
Alberto n I always have so much fun with him around
if only he came to Madrid to study spanish
instead of barcelona
hah! serves u rite for having no frens!
*ok i take that back*

the loonies playing it out on futbolling
so funny to see them so engrossed
in a silly football match.

Nxt day, obviously hungover
we climbed up to the Mirador
for the beautiful views of Granada

Our dream bar
so I brought Alberto to this jap tapas bar Mariko recommended
we both felt the urge to set up a bar just like this!
the tapas were realli good, jap teriyaki
the owners were a jap-russian couple
i talked to the jap girl
n was realli nice to see how they entertain their customers
how the bar's small, so its kept to a cosy, chillout spot
me & Alberto have a new dream now!
we'r working towards end of 2008.
a bar of our dreams.

I met Mariko for some shopping
n tapas at another Sushi bar
free sushi as tapas!!
the chicken teriyaki n tempura was supergood!
I'm so excited abt her new rendezvous lol..

Saturday we went to see a musical
Peter Pan
Alberto's mother treated all of us to the show
the whole theatre was full..
n it was pretty good, my first time at a musical.

NEW YEAR'S EVE
SIERRA NEVADA!!
Highest mountain in Spain,
I love the drive up there
the snow, with the sun shining on it
it does feel alil like heaven...

this was probably my favourite day
I loved how it was so naturally beautiful
nothing can alter that
Nature's wat home lacks.

Busking in the sun and snow!
We rented a sledge to ride down the slopes
was so much fun!!
wanted to do this back in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
but I was alone n no one to play with
Finally I get to do this with Alberto!
but he hurt his ass when we bumped on a rock hehe

Chilling under the sun
in the snow
I cant get over the fact how it felt so warm
amidst the snow...

New Yr's eve dinner
So Spanish has got a feasting tradition
Dinner's supposed to be even grander this time round
so I had my huge share of
big prawns,lamb chops, beef etc
awww the food was magnificent!

the clock striked 12o'clock
as we followed the spanish tradition
n popped 12 grapes,
1 at each dong of the bell
it was a great experience, i guess..lol
was so nice to have his family around

Bad thing was I fell sick after
n had to leave awhile at the New Yr's party
with Alberto's frens
I didnt feel too good
n didnt like his cousin much
sigh was a real lousy new yr's eve night
hope 2007's gonna be good thou!
Im sure it will.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my dear frens..;)

P.S The holidays are not over yet
there's still the 3 kings' day this wkend
it's supposed to be the biggest festival in Spain
bigger than Xmas
so I cannot imagine how its gonna be like!