A little before 6x2 last night

I assume that around 12 a.m. last night you were looking at your watch, counting down the last seconds of 2011..
If it looked somewhat like this:

... then I believe you simply didn't follow my last advice.

A piece of advice

Be careful with the drinks tonight! Champagne is a nice tradition, but the headache and the hangover are not..

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Snow globes

Another advice for the travelers:

No ovens around

As far as my personal research went, Belgians are not very fond of using ovens. Very often they don't even own one.
As you can imagine, the owner of my building (who provided only one fridge (no freezer) for 15 people), did not bother to add an oven to the newly-furnished kitchen.. Therefore, I decided to learn how to cook in a microwave..
My search for instructions led me to an unexpected (yet important) advice: Don't wash your vegetables with soap! Did you know that? I mean, seriously? Even when they are... dirty?..

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