About the Relle

Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand I was nearing my completion of the tried and true steps to becoming an adult. University? check! Job of 2 years? Check! Living independently away from home? Check! Ready for something more challenging and a whole lot bigger than Auckland, I moved to Berlin in April 2010. As a Kiwi, avoiding an OE is about as unlikely as Tom Cruise converting to sanity, although choosing Berlin made for a pretty bold move. Not being ready for adulthood and frightened by the multitude of friends marrying and contemplating children..it was time to gap. Armed with very little comprehension of the German language but a big yearning for all things unknown we set off on one big year adventure. I aim to provide insight into life on the other side and hopefully convince all those doubtful kids out there that you can conquer Berlin!


21 December 2010

Grumpy face for 2 losses in 2 days



A sad face can sometimes be quite lovely.  Photos thanks to photobucket, flickr, http://planetoddity.com,www.moodyscollectibles.com and www.paintmewhite.com (in order of sequence).


Monday morning - sooo tired that I fell asleep on the train to work.  Whilst I woke up just in time to transfer I must have been in such a rush I left my brand new Christmas present of green NZ wool gloves (which I adored!!) on the train:( Not only did Mamma Bradley send them all the way from NZ for Christmas but I only had them 1 week and no longer have a matching scarf/glove set.  Can I blame losing my gloves on my flatmate? He arrived home after partying at 4am and woke us with a big fight which resulted in me being sleepy and forgetful on the Monday train ride?  

Tuesday morning - lining up at Post Bank for near to 1 complete hour of my life.  Lovely lady at the desk rattles off a long chain of complicated German sentences.  I gather she's telling me there's no package for me to collect as she precedes to tear up my Deutsche Post reminder card.  They've sent it back to sender, unfortunately for me sender was Mamma back home in NZ.  There goes my Kiwi Christmas goodies BOOOOO! Can I also blame this on my flatmate for taking my post reminder card to prison for a week?

Wednesday - scheduled flight from Berlin to Gatwick, London. Today 80% of the easyjet flights are going ahead so let's hope tomorrow shapes up to be a goodie.

I have a grumpy face and my heart feels sad about losing 2 things in 2 days. I must remind myself that although my problem seems rather large at present, there are people without family on Christmas.  Above losing and not receiving gifts are many bigger things, family being at the top of the list.  I hope everybody gets to spend Christmas with family or friends that feel like family:)
Posted by Relle at 21.12.10

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