Go pro HD

Its been a while since i posted anything cycling related, I actually think now this blog lacks anything cycling. It makes me wonder is cycling is still a part of me.

Anyway, just a small promo clip i found from GoPro. Great clip of the pro Dj'ers jamming it up. I think the GoPro is great, it's beginning to bring new camera angles, a wider range of movements and not to mention the broader range of advertising mediums.

Fifa Fan Fest!

Last night/this morning. A few of us decided to make the grueling effort to stay up or in my case to wake up at 3am for the semi-final match between Germany and Spain.
So 3am comes around, equipped with 4 layers of clothing and a nice hot thermos of tea and I'm out. First to pick up Mavis then Field's to pick up the rest of the guys. This is when we started to say to each other "Did we leave too late?", "Is it going to be packed?", "Would be be able to get in?", would i be able to find parking? M5 was closed but it was ok, 4am traffic is a breeze to get to from anywhere. Parking? Plenty of parking, horay! (Free too!).
When we got there, walking towards Cockle Bay Warf it didn't seem like there was much commotion. No line to get in, security was carefree and you know what, there was actually not that many people there.
I guess Sydney does not have that big of a hardcore soccer fan base. I did overhear some guy say this was actually a really big turnout for a 4.30 session!
Walking in the arena i was delighted to see a lot of the lamp posts to be decorated with these cute lamp shades. Good to see Sydney getting into the spirit.
When we got there which was about 4, i was delighted to see that they had some pre-game entertainment on the main stage. Just a host making small chit-chat and comments on the fans out there.
There was 3 big screens floating high up above the water, all three situated facing the southern corner of the wharf so it provided a good view for anyone. There was also a big giant soccer ball sphere which also had 3 screens around its surface.
The game itself well, it was pretty darn boring for a semi-final match. Spain was favored to win and it clearly showed. They dominated throughout the whole match. In the first 30 mins, Spain had 70% of the ball possession.
Germany's defense was definitely strong but their offense just had no 'umph!'. So it wasn't until halfway through the second half did Spain eventually score. This is when i noticed the minority of the supporters on the western edge were cheering for Spain, the rest however stayed silent.
So despite the light drizzle of rain and, coldness of 4 am in the morning and the quite mundane semi-final match, it was quit fun to be there. Will I be there for the final? Maybe.

You know its definitely an authentic Indian ingredient when there is a illustration of a British man on it.

Hot off the press!

Not too sure if you can see it clearly but check out the print numbers on each of the notes. 51 through to 55! These notes were so crisp, new and clean, i just wanted to keep them.

Viriya & Lourdes's wedding

So last Saturday was Des and Viriya's big day. So exciting! This would be the first wedding i attend where the bride and groom is someone i know personally and not a distant relative i only see once a year.

It was a good experience and it was just a joy to watch the ceremony. Although there was something that i noticed during the ceremony, it was a religious ceremony and one of the verses that they read from the bible was quite... hrm... Well one which the Reverend pointed out specifically was "A good wife is a silent wife", i assume this was taken from the old testament. It did unnerve me a bit but this is religion, so i wont say any more about it. The religious side of things was definitely something for me considering the fact in this last year i have been attending many Buddhist temple days. I was definitely amazed at myself for still being able to recite the Lord's prayer, something that i have not heard or spoken in years. I was somewhat touched, and did feel a bit strange maybe it was awkward? I'm not too sure. Religion is something I sit on the fence about.Such a beautiful day. Viriya and Des both looked great. I'm so happy for them both. You two look great together.

Thank you for inviting me to be a part of your special day. I know you will remember it always and so will I. All the best to you guys.

Vuvuzela

Thredbo 2010!

So the snow season pretty much just started so a bunch of us decided to head down to Thredbo. The snow was ... Well it wasn't the greatest but it was good enough to have a challenge at skiing on icy/rocky/slate like snow. lol


Surprisingly a lot of the chair lifts were opened but the 'Kosciuszko express' was not opened to skiers or borders only walkers. It was a shame because due to that it cut out the 'Supertrail' run in half.

Oh and on these chair lifts is when i noticed that there are some people who ski/board with their parker unzipped, no beanie, no neckwarmer and with just goggles. These people i believe don't fear the cold like i do.

We went to the snow via this company called "OZ snow" which can provide transport, accommodation, ski/clothes hire, lift tickets and breakfast. The trip costed everyone about 700 (give or take) for 3 days. That may sound expensive but it was the lift tickets itself which too up the majority of the cost.

The food was horrible as expected. Last time i went with this company, it was shithouse also so i didn't expect much from it. Also 'The river inn' was were we had lunch everyday. It's a bistro on the slopes, also absolutely shitfuckinghouse, service was shat, expensive, food came out slow not to mention luke warm. No idea why we kept going there everyday.

This is me at the slopes. Cover up, no amount of skin showing quite like a ninja. This is why i was amazed at what some other people were wearing at the snow and why they felt comfortable enough to no zipp up the parker.

Discussing where we should head off to next. We had many of these.

See i was dressed as a ninja.


The gang. Minus William.
Us at the bar. Funny story with the bar. We all didn't expect to drink too much but when the bar can't be fucked making you food you originally ordered and instead gives you bolognaise slopped ontop of chips, they shouted us two jugs of beer. That's when the .... well we just got free beer! Then we all started buying drinks we didn't intend to buy at first. Also the bar had good music, live music and a good fireplace to warm up to.


lol.
Lots of spills and thrills from falling. And i think Field had both the worst and the second worst fall of all of us. If you look carefully his face is quite scratched up, lol!
I hope Karen still had a fun time while she was there. She fell onto the metal bridge hitting her knee while walking to the river inn. That must of been painful, that and her bindings broke on the last day. =(
All in all, it was good fun. May have been not the best of snow but good clean fun.

*I hope facebook never shuts down or else if i ever come back to read my blogs i will lose alot of memories.