The one thing I undoubtedly miss the most from High School (other than near daily doughnut persons and caramel slices, for which my figure shows the absence of such goodies) is music.
I miss so much my beloved Olga, my farting bedpost, more commonly identified as a Bassoon. I miss afternoons and mornings of rehearsals. I miss Jabsy chiding me for not practicing. I miss the enjoyment that I got through Music.
Olga was a Fox Renard 41, When I have the money (sometime after finishing uni but before kids) I will be buying a Bassoon, it may not be a 601 that could be considered the Rolls Royce of the Fox line-up. It probably will be a 222, though if any one has a spare US$16K, feel free to buy me a 601 
I will start taking lessons and putting the dedication into it that I didn’t when in High School.
When I was with Karl in San Jose after I finished year 12, I made a trip up to Berkely to visit Forrests, I may not have bought anything and saw the sales assistants as utter snobs, but I was awed by the fact that whilst in that store I was surronded by other double reeders.
Whilst I do have a flute, for which I played before changing to the Bassoon, she just didn’t bring me the satisfaction that Olga brought me. Also I never was a decent flute player ;).
Not just Olga I miss but the busyness of getting ready for a concert, the singing in choirs. I miss making music.
I found cooking by numbers, a fair while ago, but then lost it in my bookmarks and after endless searches and asking for it on 2peas, I found it tonight from a links page on a links page on a links page. So happy to have it back in my life
to my youngest older sister Anika! Happy Birthday from us down here to you up there. Hope you have a great day
After netball on Saturday night (they won), Sean and I headed over to Balmoral for Pizza and a Movie. Always love having pizza at Tomato Brothers, so yummy pizza and the restaurant decor can only be described as 100% kitsch If any one ever visits Brisbane, I always recommend a visit there or to Earth ‘n’ Sea Pizza undoubtedly the two best wood fired pizza places in Brisbane
For the movie we went to see Melinda and Melinda, a really interesting and thought provoking yet witty Woodey Allen Movie. We ran into two of Karl’s friends (Damo and Casey) as well who went to see the same movie as us. Took a great line from it. "Life is Messy". Three words that are so true
Cricket again yesterday, the guys lost today :(, they were one down and ended up been all out for 117 and the other team reached 119 with their first two batters 
Today, I worked this morning and am now at home working on my last essay: How come so few Europeans conquered so much of Asia? Can’t wait till this week is over, especially since I hope to go to the races on Saturday for the
Joe Richards Menswear Qld Oaks Day at Eagle Farm. Will need to do some shopping before that though
This morning our house entered the world of having a digital for all of us. Today, Matthew bought a Canon Ixus 40, it is so small and cute, I can see myself "stealing it" when I go out clubing some nights, will fit in the handbag way better
Our Camera List.
Helen - Canon Eos 350d, Canon Eos 300, Quadcam
Mum - Olympus Mju zoom 170
Pabbi - Fuji Finepix s5500, Olympus Camedia c-350
Matthew - Canon Ixus 40
Plus 3 or 4 old bodies and lenses of pabbi’s that no longer work.
Yeah we are a photography house for sure
Unless you are reading this by RSS, you will notice the new design. I like my pages to load quickly, to be light on the graphics and be clean and simple. Well I took a dive further into the theme design pool and after much wrangling, came up with this deisgn. This new design makes it super easy for me to change the header image, and super quick to load
Happy, Clean, Simple.
2 essays down, 1 to go!
Just about to go hand in my essay :) - Why are the Chinese so dominant in Business in Southeast Asia: A historical view of the factors that have shaped the Business Scene. Some 2550ish words. Glad that one is over.
Matthew went to the first State of Origin game tonight, played in QLD and of course QLD won 24-20. Not an Origin fan myself, as I am not a fan of League myself, but I do like seeing everyone dressing up and the rivalry between NSW and QLD fans.
Minute by Minute at Fox Sports, In fact I am sitting here in a Wallbies jersey
Explored fill flash today, both on the walk home in the park, in this photo here of Matthew before he went off to the game. Really like it, going to have to play some more with it for sure.