Moonbaki Performance

My choral group "Moonbaki" performed at the John Mercer Lodge today. The residents there were so sweet and so proactive and it was a joy to see them clapping and smiling and really enjoying the performances. It was quite humbling for me to be in a room with so many people with years and years of experiences and life and even though their body is weak and old, there is so much intelligence and life in those eyes looking out to us. We have so much to learn from them.

We are so happy to at least do our part to bring joy to them. It did get quite teary eyed for us during the performance.

Curry Club

My friend Nancy is organising a dinner group to try out all curry eating houses in Perth. It is going to be called the "Fancy a Curry Club" inaugral-dinner-get-together-once-a-month-membership.

I am trying to be proactive and wanted to go the whole hog and even have a theme song for this club. Mind you it hasn't gone thru to the club members as yet to see if they will approve. Anyway here is a snippet of it. Enjoy!!!! :).....what do you think????...hehhehhhhe

Easter Monday Birthday BBQ

We celebrated Yee Yee's birthday down at the Burswood foreshore with a BBQ lunch. Sammy, her rotti was there too. Unfortunately I did not bring any of my dogs there as it would be a handful to take all three and it wasn't fair if I only bring one and leaving the other two at home.That would have created dis-harmony between them.
The three smiling siblings!!!!
The birthday girl!!!!!

Handsome Sammy!!!!!!

The boys hard at it cooking the sausages and meat. Well done!!!!

It was a really relaxing day and as usual there were so much food to literally feed an army. It was nice to catch up with all family and friends amidst our busy lifestyle. It has been a great 4 days easter holidays to re-charge and re-guvenate.

Perth Zoo Excursion on Easter Saturday

Maryanne & I spent Easter Saturday at the Perth Zoo. The last time I was at the zoo was about 5 years ago and what a pleasure it was to see new enclosures and habitats improvement all over the place.

The animals are well looked after and seems quite contented and happy. My favourites are the meerkats and the elephants. The meerkats are such inquisitive creatures and looked adorable. I loved elephants and there were two of them performing and showing off to the adoring crowds.

A major improvement was the enclosures for the orang utans. The building structures looked so futuristic and the lookout view for them must be like the multi-million dollar view from the surrounding South Perth mansions. Well done!!!!!

We spent almost 4 hours walking thru the rainforest and the australian bushwalk and looking at all the animals, "oohing" and "ahhing" as we went along with all the mums and dads and kiddies crowd. Time went so fast and by the end of the excursion we were quite exhausted and very very happy.

Check out the website: www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au for more information.

Inspirational Quotes for a Fulfilling Life

Make sure you have - and preserve - your own set of eyes. ~Laurie Beth Jones

Insist on yourself. Never imitate. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. ~Abraham Lincoln

All significant battles are waged within the self. ~Sheldon Kopp

Some people see things and say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were, and I says, "Why not?" ~George Bernard Shaw

To rise to the top, you must first get to the bottom of things. ~Robert C. Savage

Follow your inner moonlight. ~Allen Ginsberg

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. ~Walt Whitman

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unqestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavour. ~Henry David Thoreau

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. ~Anais Nin

Light tommorrow with today! ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Life is like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out. ~ W.C. Handy

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. ~Lao Tzu

Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneslf that one becomes rich. ~ Sarah Bernhardt

Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever. ~ Gail Godwin

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ~Erica Jong

The road to success has many tempting parking places. ~ Steve Potter

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. ~ Thomas Edison

Never, never, never quit. ~ Winston Churchill

The shell must break before the bird can fly. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom. ~ George S. Patton

There is no education like adversity. ~Benjamin Disraeli

The more he gives to others, the more he possesses of his own. ~ Lao Tzu

Living in balance and purity is the highest good for you. ~ Deepak Chopra

What we called the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. ~ T. S. Eliot

Humpback Whales - Up close and personal

I was left in awed when I came across my very first experience up close and personal with a pair of humpback whales in a zodiac in Antarctica. To admired such beautiful, playful giant creatures of nature just left me so totally breathless. It is an experience that I will never forget. Not to mention the different species of penguins and also the different types of seals and birds of Antarctica. This is an adventure totally different from what I have ever experienced.

I also came across a few other adventurers who had also shared experiences with these gentle creatures. These are the videos below.

Sculpture by the Sea - Cottesloe Beach

I went down to Cottlesloe Beach this sunny afternoon to view the "Sculpture by the Sea" exhibition on the beach with the Indian Ocean as the backdrop. There were 50 sculptures scattered around the beach and the foreshore. It was an amazing combination and also the different type of materials used for the sculptures. Some were good and some were way out there.....

I took lots of amazing shots and strolling on the beach, enjoying the sunny afternoon and the relaxed atmosphere down at Cottlesloe Beach.

Check out the website http://www.sculpturebythesea.com/ to read more about this exhibition. Below are the photos I took this afternoon.

Every Woman's Dream

My lovely friend, June bought presents for us single ladies at our Choral Singing Group from her trip to New Zealand. After hearing our endless laments about "Where are all the good eligible single men????" She got proactive and this is what she got us.....

And the instructions are on the back.......

Hahahhahha what a sense of humour!!!!!!!!!!

If only it can be that easy.....grow your own boyfriend.....every woman's dream!!!!!!!!!

Antarctica Adventure 2008

Antarctica Adventure Part 1



Antarctica Adventure Part 2



Antarctica Adventure Part 3

Santiago & Ushuaia 2008 Adventure

Santiago De Chile and Ushuaia, Argentina - the end of the world, the begining of everything.

Tahiti & Moorea 2008 Adventure