un-freakin-believable

so it's the 24th and we get our paystubs in the mail (payday is the 25th). i was kinda bummed out because i was expecting extra for the pager duty i had last month, i guess it's going to be on next months pay.

N was looking at his paystub, and he was surprised because he was paid during the days he was on xmas vacation. yup, they pay you to take your vacation! well its not a big sum, but still about sek300 ($50) per day on vacation. astig!

i cant wait to take my vacation on march. i'm so getting paid while having fun.

the shadow

this is still part of last week's day trip. it's been raining since this morning. i have no desire to go out and take pictures. hopefully, the sun will make an appearance tomorrow.

side note: this post was done via N's powerbook g4. i am liking the mac. but there is no room for a new laptop in our budget. maybe later.

google analytics

i signed up for google analytics to know from where my visitors are coming from. it is a great application for anyone with a site/blog, especially if you have a ton of traffic. here is my stats so far:

click to enlarge.

i can undertand the traffic from phi, usa, sweden (probably me), switzerland (jean) and mexico (naida). but i don't think i know anybody from finland and japan.
btw, the highest one day traffic was a whopping...... 9 visitors.
thanks for visiting!

update: it turns out that the finland visits is also me. apparently, our network in the office goes through findland. i guess i do not know anyone from there after all.

vaxholms day trip

landlord/officemate N and his family decided to go to Vaxholms, an archipelago in the outskirts of Stockhom (i'm guessing). it was a beautiful sunny day but the wind was a killer, it was cold maybe because of the lakes in the area. here are the pix:

the port where the tourist boats dock.

"i'll get you donald"

quack, quack, quack

the moby dick restaurant.

some random roof/tower

chocolate covered pigs. aaaw.

hotdog & hamburger. see, swedish is easy!

the view of the docks from the parking area.

we.are.rich

woohoo! based our on annual salary ($), my family is number 48,545,599 in the global rich list.
considering there are billions in this planet, being in the top 50 million is ok on my book!

gripholms castle p.2

here are other pictures of the day trip to gripholms castle.

the town across the lake

gripholms slott

nice building

"they went that way!"

the pastry shop

wall sconce

the view from the pastry shop

the yellow building beside the parking lot

cute stores

gripholms castle

since landlord/officemate N has completed the registration of his import car on friday, he was itching for a long drive. so along with his wife C and their daughter AC, we went to the Gripsholms slott (castle). it was a 45 minute drive further south of stockholm.

it was a smooth drive but the weather got nasty as the winds started blowing hard. we arrived early, about 15 minutes before the tour of the inside was to start. since AC was fussing because she was teething, we just scrapped the inside tour and headed home. besides, cameras were not allowed inside, so there was no point going in (for me at least).

the castle gates

the grounds


dragon cannons

the inner courtyard

iron work on the well

the obligatory "i was there" pix (nice shot by N)

the dungeon

view from outside the castle walls

view from the drawbridge