The beginning of the end?

Wohoo folks!

I finally did it, this blog is now officially in an up-to-date, present in this moment, living the day, current news, reality reporting-state, and it sure feels good! No longer do I need to sort out thousands of images, edit and adjust them, upload them, wrestle with the code and layout and write about things that happened in the past. This 'being in the moment' makes it all so much easier and more enjoyable for me as well, ha!

Up until now a lot in this blog has been about the places I've gone and about what has happened, what I did, what I ate, and so on, and it sure has kept me busy. It seems to me that the deeper things, the more philosophical thoughts, or whatever you want to call all that what really can't be shown easily in images might have been restricted to a rather simple level, as the main focus has been on reporting, and not so much assessing. It was never my intention of making this a very "deep" blog in that sense, and perhaps it doesn't even need to be. But still I feel that I want to try to dig a bit deeper into my own head about Australia, about the good and the bad, about the things I've experienced over the year.

This also feels like the natural thing to do as my time and the number of new Australian places to visit are soon coming to an end. Next week Markus and Mari, my friends from home, are coming over, and we're gonna have a blast in Melbourne. I'm going to move out of 3 Coquette st. on the 10th, store most of my stuff somewhere, fly over to Alice Springs, take a tour to Ayers Rock and the sights there, jump on a camel, and return back to Melbourne on the 16th. And that is Australia for me, that's it. My flight back to Europe leaves two days later. I'm flying to Berlin to visit Lars, another fellow from home whose currently an exchange over there, for a few days, and then I'll be touching down in Helsinki on the 23rd.

So not much left to experience, no. Time to think, to value, to clear the mind it is. (Master Joda has spoken!) 

Leaving this blog untouched after I get home, without reflecting on anything, would probably be a mistake. And right now, I'm just writing this so I won't forget to do it.

Now, nite folks!