Hi. My name is Brucina. Nice to meet you.

Tomorrow is Australia Day and at 9.30am I'm officially becoming an Australian citizen by taking the pledge at a citizenship ceremony. After the ceremony, we'll come back to our place and have Champagne and homemade muffins and ham and cheese croissants. We'll probably move down to the little park between our house and the river to have lunch and drink more Champagne in the afternoon. I might also have a few gin and tonics. I consider it my duty as a new Australian to drink like one- of course.

It's half past one at night and I'm sitting at my laptop with earphones, singing the Australian national anthem. Only quietly, so as not to disturb anyone. I need to practise a bit before I sing it tomorrow. I'm so excited.

And here is a before and after shot of me. Before and after being Australian, I mean:

One of my friends has decided to start calling me "Brucina", now that I'm going to be Australian.