Can't believe it's 2007...

New Year's Eve was spent in the city, viewing the fireworks. It was good, way better than staying at home and seeing it on TV. Got there early enough (too early, maybe) and saw the kiddie fireworks at 9pm then waited 3 more hours for the midnight one. Got a bit bored, a bit chilled but all in all, it wasn't a bad way to spend New Year's.

We were able to score a very good spot on Birrarung Marr (just off Fed Square which had hordes of people) which wasn't too crowded and had the best views (we were able to see 3 - 4 different sets of fireworks).

We were all asking each other about new year's resolutions and nobody really had anything much to say about the topic. I guess we're at the age when we know that resolutions rarely (never?) work and having them during new year's is very very silly.

That said, I've had a thought and I've decided to be more proactive and explore more of Melbourne, the city I call home for now.

Here is a list of things I'm hoping to do, soonish:

1. Take Spanish classes with D (already enrolled. classes start Jan 18, Thursday evenings.)
2. Watch the Australian Open (bought tickets for Jan 21, Sunday)
3. Watch a film at the Moonlight Cinema (sometime in Feb, waiting for the screening of a movie we actually want to see) or the Rooftop Cinema (maybe next Friday to see Bright Young Things)
4. Learn Yoga (I really need motivation for this)
5. Visit more museums or cultural centers (next stop is the Australian Center for Contemporary Art where Mike Nelson is exhibiting Lonely Planet at the moment)
6. Explore Victoria through books (I'm actually doing this already through the reading program, Reading Victoria. Already gone through one, Stiff, and now reading through Picnic at Hanging Rock.)
7. Catch more concerts (D wants to see Tenacious D this month. I doubt we'll be organized enough to catch that one... Damien Rice is playing in Feb, Gomez in April) or go to music festivals (St Kilda Festival is on!)
8. Have picnics (if we end up going to the Moonlight Cinema, then that's 2 birds with one stone. If not, I want to go to Hanging Rock).

That's my list for now. So many things to do...