The Christmas season has come and gone, so it's time to catch up with what has been going on.
First off, Linda and I went to England for a vaction early in December, to see family and friends. It was at my mum's house on December 10th that I decided to take the plunge: I got down on one knee and asked for Linda's hand in marriage. Thankfully she said yes ;)
It was great to see the folks and some of my closest UK friends again, as it had been a year since I had seen most of them. That's one of the bad points of living in a different country of course; but Sweden isn't that far away and, in an emergency, I could take a flight that would take less than two hours. Plus with all this internet and new technology, we all keep in touch in one way or another.
Christmas was spent in Trollhättan with Linda and a couple of friends, where we celebrated it in the Swedish style - a julbord on Christmas Eve (julafton) followed by opening the presents. Christmas Day in Sweden traditionally is when they meet up with friends and family, so all of the eating and presents are done the day before.
New Year was spent back in Gothenburg with a nice dinner party followed by watching the fireworks going of all over the skyline, which we could see from a hill we walked up. We took some champagne and toasted the new year in.
On the geeky front, I'm impatiently anticipating the release of Burnout Paradise which is released at the end of January on the PS3 and -- more importantly for me -- the XBox 360. A demo version of the game came out in the middle of December, and what a demo it was! They opened up part of the city (a small chunk but there's a lot to see!) and they even enabled some of the online functionality, so I've been playing the demo with friends and having a great time. The full game promises to be fantastic, judging by the demo. I've been a fan of the Burnout franchise only since Burnout 3, when I saw it on a friend's XBox, and Burnout Revenge was a principle reason for buying an XBox 360.
More news as and when!
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CONGRATS! to you and linda :)and a happy 2008, I spent my new years sick at home for the second time in a row - bummer? not really - no booz headaches the next day :D; it was crazy over here, every other person came down with flu, guess it's cos the winter is mild and volatile over here - quite ugly one accually, but enough complaining, life is beautiful ;); eulb
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