last day in Hawaii ): the beautiful trip coming to an end.

went to Byodo-in temple, had our last dinner at Tropics Bar & Grill after watching fireworks, then swapped our Secret Santa presents

all the pics after the jump (:

xmas eve '12 in Melbourne
new family beginnings

[above] a little extra love for my siblings back in Perth

[above] fam dinner

[above] Abe

[above] the beautiful lady, Thai

[above] xikan with some watermelon! YOM

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xmas '12 in Melbourne, to Hawaii
(hence the super late post)

[above] handmade iphone pouch made by my sister // my only other xmas present from Hashem, his name is Barry

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went to Matsuri, one of my favourite Japanese restaurants in Perth, with my sister.

surprised her with her belated present.

Peter Alexander onesie.. what more could you want before winter nights kick in?

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[above] kabs & jussy at the dining table

 [above] roasted carbs! YUM

 

 [above] spagbol, and ice magic & ice cream for dessert.

 [above] us girls (including lexie)

 [above] the girls <3

 [above] a little elephant from M, that travelled from Thailand

 [above] a little red nail polish from starfish, from her China & Philippines trip

 [above] another little (colourful, but you can't tell) cutie from M

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celebrating birthdays and christmas since 2000 with this babes.

yikes. that's been a while. i feel the old creeping into my skin.

couldn't be blessed with more beautiful ladies in my life.

2012 will be a little tough, moving around.

but reunions will be so exciting!

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dad bought us tickets to Bali for xmas ((: what a generous good looking man
(hi Dad, if you're reading)

 
got a Bintang shirt tan, cut blood circulation in my arms from too much shopping, beasted through the monsoon sticky season.

 

[above] our open villa in Seminyak

           

[above] place of the Bali bombing

  

[above] the power in the restaurant went out. NB: bintang is like watered down beer

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photos from xmas eve:
my room in my new house

 

[above] lovely china owl + robot i bought from Melbourne

   

[above] had a fever for a couple days before eve .. bedside: juice, herbal tea, neurofen, antibiotics, strepsils

         

[above] my xmas present to myself - donation to Fred Hollows... kinda proud of myself

       

[above] candlelit dinner

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