My self promotion project is handed in, the website up and running, the last day at uni for this year is over, a few more projects started, my bags are packed with a bunch of junk—which I believe might be useful in Switzerland—both iPods synced and ready for the journey. Christmas may begin.
And so it does. A spontaneously erected christmas tree in the house is—as you would expect from us—looking very Emo again (indeed more emo than we would have expected, see picture). Traditionally we had our housemate christmas meal and traditionally it was crispy duck for me again, only this time from the malaysian restaurant around the corner and not frozen from Aldi like last year. For dessert we had a chocolate fountain at home with a bunch of fruits and mulled alcoholic wine (the imported German spirits finally had to be used off). Lauren was feeling rather well after a couple of glasses of asian white wine and confident enough to prepare the chocolate using a microwave—and turn it into chocolate sand. Nevermind, we'll just throw it on the pavement in case it´s getting icy outside.
The hint with the microwave came from the instruction manual of the chocolate fountain (which—by the way—Lotte found somewhere last summer). And that wasn't the only thing that stood out to me from this manual. In particular I'd like to draw attention to the important precautions mentioned on page 1 (which in actual fact is page 3, but we're not fussy).
- J. Keep out of reach of children.
- K. This appliance is NOT A TOY.
- L. This appliance is not intended for use by young children [...] without supervision.
- M. Young children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance
Brilliant. The same point expanded over a third of the page. We got it—Lauren, hands off!
Tomorrow then I'll be flying back to Germany for a bit. I wish everyone a happy christmas and a good start into the new year!
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