Australia Day

9:30 Standing at De Clerqstraat tram stop

9:40 Amsterdam Centraal Station, boarding Regional train to Brussels Airport

12:33 Receive sms invitation to go out to Cocos Outback bar tonight. (Amsterdam's only Australian bar.)

13:15 Car ride to Northern European office

13:56 Eating Starbucks chicken salad waiting for 2pm meeting to commence

15:08 Heated discussion with Northern European Marketing Director

15:40 Running to catch train back to Amsterdam

15:56 Dissecting heated discussion with Northern European Marketing Director with fellow colleague over Belgian Waffles with Nutella at Brussels Central Station

17:12 Discover Triple J hottest 100 winner is Gotye's "Somebody that I used to know".
("You're just somebody that I used to know.") Realise Gotye is originally Belgian and I am spending Australia day in Belgium.

18:30 Decline invitation to Cocos. After being accused of being "Unaustralian", send a prompt response by retorting " But I can listen to "You're the voice" at full volume and eat lamb sausages at my house without the sweaty backpackers and horny dutch girls trampling on me..." (Based on 2011 experience of Australia Day at Cocos)

19:10 Tram 13 home, debating if I should be going out.

19:55 Hot shower, ugg boots, laptop.

Goodnight Australia.