dsb at the oscars

 pics and interviews


here are some fantastic pics of dsb with adele and barbra streisand at the oscars.  an interview and more.  fantastic.

a day of silence

tomorrow, 12 march 2013, is nyepi in bali.  new year's day. everything closes, even the airport.  we stayed in bali once for nyepi and it was interesting.  no-one is allowed on the streets.  lights are not lit, no cooking.  if you stay at a hotel only minimum services are available. on nyepi eve parades featuring ogoh ogoh occur in every district.  it's such fun to watch.  kids carry along huge papier mache statues of demons on huge bamboo frames.  very colourful.  they turn them around and around to confuse the evil spirits. afterwards they are burnt or hotels buy them for decoration. lots of work goes into making them. everyone is involved. the next afternoon there are lots of celebrations and markets.  kids run around with balloons and toys.  it's a real party atmosphere.  so selamat hari raya nyepi 2013

a short video of a parade 


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a concert, a film and two dinners with friends

another week has come and gone and it's been a busy one.  i saw neil young with my son and friend.  fan. tas. tic.  hahaha.  he rocks.  loud and long.  got home late and went to bed immediately.  the fringe has been on in adelaide and everything has been happening.  the rest of the year it's dead.  lol.  i went to a short film fest. and one of the films featured my son's beetle.  reggie.  now, reggie is a filum star.  was   a great evening.  last night i had dinner with friends, we ordered in thai.  delish and a lovely evening.  a work friend had her farewell dinner last friday night as her contract has finished after 16 years and it was a very sad evening but a good one too.  now for a weather report.  HOT HOT HOT and HUMID. it's been awful.  monday and tuesday next (my days off) are reported to be 38 degrees.  omg.  i am hoping that autumn will arrive and the weather will cool.  i love the ends of the seasons when you notice that it gets darker quicker/later and the sun is in a different position.  the sun in summer blasts through my spare room window and now it is behind a tree and the spare room is not filled with sunlight until much later.  enough of the weather.  i go on.  my daughter and dil are both having medical problems atm.  they are both waiting for specialist appointments and we really don't know what is going on.  my g/daughter was born with serious heart problems, a cleft palate and is partially deaf.  her heart is going well, she just got another hearing aid but unfortunately will need something done with the cleft palate soon.  she's having a procedure in early april and perhaps an op after that.  poor little dear.  it's her birthday this month, she's going to be 13.  she is still crazy about one direction (she'll get over it) and i got her a  guitar for her b/day.  a one direction watch and some other girly stuff.  she'll love it.  so..............  that's all from me.  hope you are well wherever you are and life is being kind to you  ;)

and this is reggie.  movie star

a video of cute

cute kitty. i love this video