penny January 7th, 2008
You gotta do it at least once.
We climbed with a young group from England and a dude from Greece. Our climb leader was Dave, a 22-yr old uni student who was extremely cynical. And like he said, I’m not sure about comparing this climb with an Everest Climb. That’s just ridiculous.
AJ Jorge January 3rd, 2008
Sigh.
Counting down the days til I go back to Singapore. How I will miss the sights here in Sydney. Sydney is a very beautiful place. Expensive but beautiful.
I’m pretty sure I’ll be back here before 2008 expires.
penny January 1st, 2008
To all, a Happy New Year! Here we share some shots from the Sydney Opera House of the fireworks display at the Harbour Foreshore from last night.
Should old acquaintance be forgot…
And never brought to mind… Continue Reading »
AJ Jorge December 29th, 2007
Amazing birthday gift from Pen. Thank you very much for the wonderful experience cupcake.
Opera House and the Harbour Bridge in the background. We’ll try to upload more pics in the next few days. Eto muna teasers…
penny November 4th, 2007
It’s interesting how my ear catches a tune in the radio, and I have to find out who is singing, so I can get it playing on my own time. It’s very rare that you find out AFTER hearing the tune, so I try to catch a good length of lyrics so I can do a quick Google search. I love the internet.
After which I’d be able to find a copy online, and if I love the tune I’d hunt the album, then other works by the artist.
I thought I’d share some of my thoughts about my latest finds. Some songs mentioned here are uploaded in my Multiply site [if they're not there yet, i might put them up in the future].
The Cat Empire. This is an Australian alternative band from Melbourne. I’ve heard my friend Malu rave about them ever since I’ve known her. I happened too see them do an unplugged special on TV some weeks ago, and they are fantastic! They are kind of like a ska, swing, jazz rock band, heavily seasoned with Latin influence, in my opinion. I have all of their three albums now, and I like listening to them when I’m in need for a pick-me-up. My favorite would have to be the album So Many Nights.
Fat Freddy’s Drop. A New Zealand band I heard about from friend Shamin. They are great to hear to mellow out without getting droopy-eyed. [They had a gig last night here in Sydney, and was invited to come see it. But seeing I am feeling somewhat impoverished at the moment, no fancy events for me yet =P]
Damien Rice. First heard the song Delicate by this American singer, played in the House MD soundtrack. I have got to be enamored with the songs by Damien Rice the most at the present time. They are simply divine. I don’t know what it is, but even with not much instruments, the bravado just blows me away. I would have to say, I mostly play his song Cannonball to cheer myself up. Listen to it. It’s a great song.
penny October 16th, 2007
There’s my baby.
It’s a steal. Bought it especially for its color. But well, I need new strings…
penny October 14th, 2007
At this time the sun rises between 5-5.30am and sets at 6-6.30pm. The days are getting longer at 12 hours of sunlight. That means summer has almost come in Aussie-land. The temperature still fluctuates between 15degrees celsus and the high 20s, so it still feels like spring.
In December, sunlight will linger for 14 hours in a day. That means sunrises at about the same time as now, but sunsets at about 7:30-8pm.
penny October 7th, 2007
[Pen editing so the post makes much more sense]
==============================
I didn’t think I’d get used to Aussie tellie (shortened form of television). I guess it’s mostly because it’s a lot like british programming? We Pinoys had our bit of Benny Hill and Mr Bean at home, so the humor can be a bit familiar. But not all of it is of that tone of humor, don’t get me wrong!
I have here a bit of commentary on some Aussie shows I get to watch sometimes on the tellie [I wish I could just get used to the shortening of words, "bogan" as Ali calls it. I love hearing them talk that way hehe] I know I shouldn’t have any time to spare [believe me, I don't!], what with all the work that comes with a phd. But then, guilty pleasure is primetime mindless shows on the tellie. I didn’t do any ‘research’ so I could be talking about ‘franchised’ shows here. Anyhow… If my supervisor sees this list… I am soooo dead [I swear, I don't get to watch them all the time!]
Continue Reading »
