ゆりの世界

I've been at home for a whole week now. Feels quite nice and relaxing .... and I'm also getting a bit bored.
A ski-trip was more than welcome and turned out to be quite good idea. There's a ski resort not far away and no hassle with ferries. This one reminds me about Romme in Sweden and I found a slope I'm comfortable with.
Too bad it's not always this clear and nice at the top. But occasionally, in between the rough wind, snowfall and fogginess you can catch a glim of the beautiful view.

To those of you who think I'm impatient, you're so wrong. My big birthday was in November and Christmas was, well you all know when that was. The thing is, I've been patiently waiting for the gifts until today.

Some of them are from friends and family. Thanks for the gifts! Most of them I got for myself because I think I'm worth it. It feels like Christmas eve today. Opening the box from Japan was the best part.
As for the minus side, well I'll do the damage check next week.

Although that's my work area, this post is not going to be work related rant. Well maybe a little depending on how you look at it. I think standadizing is good and change is bad. I'll explain to you why.
First of all I think there should be a world standard on which side of the road we drive - and it should be the right side, literally! In this way there'll be less traffic accidents cause by people who is forced into doing thing the opposite way to what they're used to.

Now to the 'change' part. When you have something good, functioning and standardized - don't change! For example:

• The gearbox stick should always be on the right hand side
• The driver seat should always be on the left hand side
• The lid to the gas tank should always be screwable and not look confusingly half open half closed!

Change cause stress. If the change is unecessary then why do that to cause stress? Do you agreee?

The last time I visited an aquarium was several years ago in Osaka, Japan. It was a pleasant surprise to find one in the middle of Bristol. A good shelter on a windy, chilly day. Crossing the Horny bridge, next to a big metall ball lies the Bluereef Aquarium. Inside there was plenty of children and fishes. Both equally intressting to watch.