I would like to wish the read­ers of this blog a Happy New Year and may all your wishes and dreams come true. In a couple of days I will become 33 years old. Many famous people even didn’t make that age. A new year for me is a time to reflect my life and to take a look at my “track record”. Are we still enjoy­ing our­selves enough with our work, hob­bies, life in gen­eral? Do we pay enough atten­tion to our wife’s, family, friends and our lives?
It’s like Buddha (563 - 483 BC) said:

…All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain fol­lows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, hap­pi­ness fol­lows him, like a shadow that never leaves him…

A merry Christ­mas to all you read­ers! There are a lot of inter­est­ing things hap­pen­ing in this kitchen! Just follow the cold turkey…

Apple has released a very funny X-Macs spe­cial for those who’ve missed it.

This year we went on vaca­tion during the summer hol­i­days. Des­ti­na­tion: Tobago (the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Repub­lic of Trinidad and Tobago) located in the south­ern Caribbean Sea just out­side the hur­ri­cane belt. We had a won­der­ful time full of lovely cock­tails, food, people, a jungle trip and lots of snor­kel­ing (in any random order). The people are very nice and warm and environment-​friendly-​aware. Two third of the island is made up of nature reserves and only one third is inhab­ited.

We took a comfort-​class flight which I can rec­om­mend to anyone who wants to fly for more then 7 hours. We were quite fit when we arrived. We went snor­kel­ing one hour after we had arrived. Next year I want to get my scuba diving license, I am infected by the beauty of the under­wa­ter world. More images later after I’ve set-​up my photo album. For now I am back to busi­ness I am gonna miss the Caribbean (…and rum)

I will be taking a well deserved break so you shouldn’t expect any posts until September/October… Hasta luego mi amigos.