In the backstreets of Sydney

It's surprising to find certain forms of art in the alleyways of Sydney. The following were found in an alleyway in Burwood.
This last one was just around the corner.

These works of "graffiti" may not be the greatest but I'm glad to see these works of art on a legal piece of canvas.

Masterchef in Coles!

Shameless plug from Coles in Coles.

This Masterchef banner was plastered everywhere in the deli section. Now I'm certain that i need to shop at Coles to be a Masterchef.

POP Station!?

Just something i found in a 2dollar store today.

POP Station! ..... lol!

Just something that looks a lot like the Sony PSP/playstation? Hence the name. lol! It was nothing but a cheap console that played Tetris.

So tonight I was at Capitol theater to enjoy "Wicked" the musical. It was great! Pretty much front row seats. No long introduction, no shitty voice overs just smack bang into it. I liked it!

The story of Wicked starts of pretty much in the middle of "The wizard of OZ". In the first half of the play it explains to us why the "witch" was the way she was. I won't go into detail about that, for those who have not seen it but in the second half of the play it continues off to where the original story left off (Not exactly right but I can't think straight right now). In the end it was a great take on the prequel/sequel of the original production. Loved the characters, loved the story, loved the music!

The stage props were amazing, wide use of the stage, so many moving objects buzzing back and fourth throughout the play. Oh and I won't forget about the costumes, so extravagant and such a wide range too. It's so obvious a lot of work was put into this play and it has more that payed off. So many illusions used the play too i was amazed and at times fooled! One specific mention is the final scene of the first half, just when () takes on the role of the witch of the west. Rising up from the smoke, bright lights glowing behind her accompanied with the fantastic orchestral music, one word... Epic.
Went with a few friends, we all loved it. For Karen on the other hand was her second viewing, she still managed to cry in one scene. That's how good the play is!

Amazing,..

Kids from Shaolin (1984)

This is just a small clip from a movie called "Kids from Shaolin". It's a movie that was made before i was even born and it's also one of Jet Li's earlier movies. I just stumbled upon this today and i just realised how much this was of a childhood favorite of mine. And watching it now... I think i like it even more! What appealed to me specifically now is the traditional martial art and see the full beauty of it. And its not just fancy modern flipping, twisting, tricking that's being performed here.

This is what movies use to be and in a way should be. Raw action, no wires, no CG's just pure talent. The kids in this movie must of been no older than 12 and they kickass! I almost double their age, but their talent alone in wushu more than triples mine now. 25 years later, i wonder where they are now...

Fan of traditional chinese martial art? You should watch it, seen it already? Maybe watch it again. =)

"Failiure is not important, how you overcome it is"

So many inspirational quotes in just one video.

Pixar animations - REMIX!

Just two videos i found of a guy who mashes up random voice clips from movies and puts them together into a very nice remix. =).

Just something to get you and me! excited about pixar's Toy Story 3 coming out very soon!

And another note, Pixars "Up" movie is a very good movie, if you haven't seen it give it a go, it was their latest creation ignoring toy story 3 and i can see that pixar is growing up and changing which makes me wonder what toy story 3 has to offer.

Procrastination!

I'm supposed to be studying tonight but instead I'm in a blogging mood! Hahahah ..crap..

So I have finally deleted the 700+ unread emails in my hotmail account. So my unread email counter on MSN is actually showing nothing! Woah, now that is a first. lol.

I must say, going through the pages and changing the format of my hotmail account sure taks me through memory lane. I have deleted all the emails which i haven't read which is 100% junk, but some of the emails which i came across which weren't junk sure made me smile. Some were about organising surprise birthday's, presents, group outings and anything else in between. Some emails were especially special and possibly made me blank out for a bit which made me wish i had more.

I also noticed, my email account is not actually very personal at all. Just a web domain for people to contact me by. Getting bills, rego papers, facebook notifications and any other nidbits of info.

But what was i expecting? I guess what i really wanted or "wished" (haha wishful thinking, how it's such a fairytail to me) was an pen-pal. I guess in this scenario i wanted an e-pal, i guess i do have a few here and there but it's not quite right. My email is not something i look forward to and get excited about opening, if anything it's just a necessity required to sign up to facebook, blogger and anything else.

It's funny, i get more excited about opening junk mail that is addressed to me that comes from the mailbox.


Dude.... what the fuck?... Why do i give a shit about this and making such a deal of it. Bwahahah I'll blog this and read it years later and laugh at myself then.

Possibly the stupidest post made to date.

Twitter rage! No not really.

First time ever going to a twitter post. This is what i get. Great first impressions yeh?

I still don't get this twitter age, from what i believe twitter is just a place for you post status updates for anyone who is following you. So it's just a little msg for all your friends every now and then. As much as i cringe at myself for saying this but "Facebook" is a lot better.

Gumshara Ramen

I have been meaning to visit this little ramen shop for quite some time actually. It's called "Gumshara Ramen" and i found it via a blog post from "Grab your fork" after i read her post i for some reason felt that i just had to visit that shop one day.

It's located in a food court called the "Eating world", in Chinatown at the top of the hill. Because it is situated in a food court i never found a dull enough of a moment to have a casual meal in a food court. I usually prefer cafe's of restaurants mainly because it's just a lot more quite and gives you a lot more privacy. But today was a bit different.

The ramen.. well it actually was pretty good! The soup just as we were warned was extra thick! I would almost say they just slopped on a very thin type of sauce. But still very tasty! Thankfully i didn't eat anything before this and so i did manage to finish but I'm not too sure if i could if i hadn't skipped breakkie.

I ended up getting no.1 which was a pork bowl (quick an easy) and Nat got no.2 I have no idea what the difference was other than mine had alot more pork than hers. The pork was good, nice and tender. Not too much fat and never too much lean meat. I like that in my meats despite how much saturated fat is contained in one slice of meat.

In the end it was a good feed, would go there again one day on another casual day out and in the mood for ramen.

Just thought i would throw it out there. The Karate Kid (remake 2010)

I'm sure many people have seen the old original Karate kid(KK). As to this new kk may not be a sequel but instead a mirror/alternate story of the original.

From what i see there are plenty of similarities but also I'm sure there are heaps of differences too from the original kk. Other than Mr Miagi (sp?) casted by Jackie and the kk is not a scrawny white kid but instead Will Smiths kid (i think), i believe that this alternate story of the kk revolves around not "Karate" as such but more traditional or modern "Kung-fu" or "Wushu" however you would like to call it.

However much this version of the kk might differ from the classic I'm still quite excited about it coming out next month...... Maybe i can go to the asian video stores and grab myself a pirate version early. lol.

Dog sits like people!

This is possibly the cutest thing I've seen in a long time.

New found likes!

I just so happened to have stumbled upon this music share web site and it's great! It seems to be a site where the new and up coming (or already out there) artists posts up tracks of their own work.

Here are the only two i have been following.

Steve Play
One Love.

More Ipad innovations.

Cool Apple Ipad Magic Show - Watch more Funny Videos

The usability of an iPad

Ok, let me explain. The previous post and including part of this post was made on the new apple Ipad.

It's flat, it's sleek, very light and portable (to an extent). The OS system is the exact same as the Itouch/Iphone so it was quite easy and fun to navigate through all the applications.

Usability wise, it's actually quite nice to an extent. I'm personally not very use to the touch screen keyboard and did cause a lot of typos everywhere and anywhere. Browsing websites was a breeze a big step up on the Iphone mainly due to its bigger screen and a stronger connection to the wi-fi network. But it did go a bit funky when i was trying to blog on the Ipad, for some reason it could not regonise one of the windows was a text box and all i could do was link a picture in my previous post. I tried again without linking a picture but, it still could not recognise that this part I'm typing in now is a text box (typing on a PC now by the way). It's only a small issue but I'm quite certain if the ipad cannot recognise this as a text box it could possibly be of a big annoyance to a lot of other browsers or programs.

Games were ok, not really my thing but it was some mindless fun. Now the ergonomics of the ipad is definatly something to mention. It's small and slim, portable? yes. Functional? to an extent.

The ipad has this funky thing where you can work on it in any angle ie. horizontal, vertical, upsidedown and it will adjust itself accordinly. The table at JB Hi-Fi housed 3 ipads each ipad had this angled stand underneith providing for a very comfrotable webbrowsing position. You could also hold it in your hand and work on it in the air, you could rest it on your forarm/body and pretend its a clipboard and it was still comfortable. But the question is, how long can you really hold this position for? Even at home or in bed, working on a flat table would prove a hassel because of the angle of its screen and in bed? I can already imagine how its smooth, sleek design would work against itself.

Is the Ipad for me? no. If i wanted a portable webbrowser i would get either the Iphone or if i wanted more i would go all the way and get a notebook. Only if i wanted to be an apple boy.
I do however would like a Iped. Just to rub it into all the apple fanboys. =)

The new apple ipad

Nicorette - World No Tobacco Day