My Blue Heaven

A glimpse for the boys

No, not that kinda glimpse! 😛 I decided to take my digital camera to my female-only gym last week. I’d been thinking about doing another photo blog of a typical workout session at the gym.. but I’m too lazy to put it together. So I decided to just stick up a few pics instead.

Wheezy Joe

Still feeling a bit under the weather today. I had a bad encounter with a lot of dust last night (which I’m kinda allergic to), and am still feeling the after-effects today. I woke up at around 5:30am this morning wheezing so badly I had to take some ventolin. I’m still finding it a little hard to breathe now. But I never get asthma very seriously (nothing life-threatening) so I should be ok. Just wish I brought some ventolin with me to work today.. its getting kinda annoying.

Busy Bee

This year is looking to be a busy one. 🙁 My weeknights are gradually becoming more and more filled up. I mean, take for example this week… tonight I’m going to jam with some muso’s (the bass player, John, was in my jazz fusion class at the Con last year and asked me to come jam with his band.. and finally I have a free Monday night to do it!), tomorrow night I have nothing on *gasp*, Wednesday night is my bible study cg (care group), Thursday night I have a Glue music meeting and afterwards am meeting my co-leader for our Glue yr 10-12 bible study group to do some prep for this Friday, and Friday night is Glue. I also have yet to arrange a time to meet up with a friend to discuss a website I’m gonna create for his band, and also a (lunch) time to meet up with my “mentor”.

Man… for someone who dislikes the ultra-busy-book-me-1-month-in-advance kinda lifestyle, I’m doing pretty well for it. :\

Current listening :: “Slow Jam” – Usher & Monica (ahhh… old skool..)

Sick

Argh I think I’m sick. 🙁 I hate it when I get sick… grrr. I’m feeling kinda dizzy and woozy, and just really really tired, even though I got like 8 1/2 hours sleep last night. I just have absolutely no energy to do anything today… hardly enough to walk to the toilet. And I even took a 1/2 hour snooze at my desk this morning! Also got a slight sniffle, and have been wearing my jacket all morning despite it being forecast for a warm and sunny 29 degrees today.

Hm.. maybe I’ll take tomorrow off.

So-so

I don’t really have much to blog about at the moment. Work is boring.. life is pretty ordinary. I went to our church’s leaders retreat on the weekend, which was held at Vision Valley conference centre, around the Berowra/Galston area. Nice area. The retreat was alright, though I was a bit disappointed we didn’t get the lovely Stringybark lodge that we’d had the past 2 years. Instead we got the older lodging… and a rather stringent (read: tyrannical) head cook. I had two run-in’s with her. Needless to say, I was not impressed. Other than that, it was ok. Actually, the whole weekend was only so-so… I had certain problems on my mind most of the time, and other issues were brought to my attention during that time, so it wasn’t a particularly enjoyable weekend. The talks were alright and challenging. (Though, I think I preferred last years speaker… he was more organised and easier to follow.)

So that was my weekend. Hopefully stuff will improve over time. I’m feeling pretty.. blah.. about the coming year actually. I have a feeling it will be a time for deep thinking and big decisions. A pre-cursor to change. In some ways, I wish it were 2005 already.

Dancing fun

I ended up going to dance class afterall last night. And a very good decision that was. It was absolutely awesome!! 🙂 We danced to Britney’s “Toxic” – and the routine was soooo coool! It helps that I love that song too. 🙂 Oh, and this time, I have a treat for you kids. Instead of describing all the movements to you, I can show you! I took a short video clip of the routines with my digital camera! 🙂 (He always splits us into two groups so we have more room to dance, so thats how I managed to take the video.)

The first two clips are of the lyrical routine (expressive movements, always the more technical routine, lots of expressive arms and legs etc, usually slow). The last clip is of the funk routine to Britney’s “Toxic”. Very very cool. He even included floor work in both, which is always fun! I had a great time… and didn’t feel tired at all during the whole class. I felt very energised and “with it”. Yay!

1. Video 1 – The lyrical, with dancers facing the mirror
2. Video 2 – The lyrical, with dancers facing us (the side of the room)
3. Video 3 – The funk routine to Britney’s “Toxic”

Note in the 2nd video, the girl in the black crop top (midriff exposed) and black pants with white stripes down the side. She’s a REALLY good dancer… and sooo flexible and graceful and “oh-my-gosh” thin! 🙂 Anyway, there ya have it! Of course, yet again I am rather sore today. 🙁 My back is pretty sore from a particular move we repeated a few times in the Britney routine. Ouchie. 🙁

On a completely different note… here’s what I had for lunch today. Yummmmm… 🙂 Its from the cafe next to my work.

Current listening :: “Toxic” – Britney Spears

KYC 2004

Hm.. long time no blog. I went to KYC on the long weekend. It was nice… nice hanging out with friends over the weekend in beautiful katoomba, nice hearing some great talks & being spiritually refreshed and challenged, nice singing with about 2000 – 3000 other christians in a big tin shed. 😀 I took some photos from the weekend.

For more piccies, clicky here. I also took two short video snippets during kyc. This first one is a 360 of the crowd during singing in one of the last sessions. And this one is of SaltLight (Vron, Tim and Tom) performing “Turn” during the Sunday night session. With a very exuberant WS cheering squad giving support from the front few rows. Hee! 😀

The talks were pretty good. The theme was “The Road Less Travelled”, on The Sermon Of The Mount (Matthew 5 – 7). I really like the sermon of the mount… its a great passage! Reminds me of my first KyckStart waaay back in 1994.. which was where I became a christian! 10 years ago exactly! Wow. 🙂 I was brought up in a christian home, going to church since before I could walk, but I wasn’t a christian. It wasn’t really something that was personally true for me, something that I’d made a personal decision about, making Jesus Lord of my life. It wasn’t till the evangelistic talk on Saturday night, 22nd January, 1994, that it hit home what being a christian really meant. I can’t even remember what the talk was about. I know the theme for that weekend was “God means business”.. so something about that I suppose!

Anyway, it was really good to be reminded this weekend of seeking first God’s kingdom and His righteousness.. really good to be challenged and refreshed spiritually.. to get that much needed kick up the butt. I particularly liked David Starling’s talks. Esp his first one on Saturday. Wow, that really hit home for me. Al Stewarts were pretty good too… as usual. 🙂 I can’t remember the particular points of the talks… I’m gonna have to look at my notes, which I unfortunately do not have on me today.

Lethargy

I’ve been feeling rather lethargic of late. Especially today. I’m just feeling really really tired and sleepy. I don’t feel like doing anything, least of all work. I just wanna go to sleep. *sigh* No idea why. Maybe I need to catch up on sleep… probably still tired from KYC. Hm.. zzzz…

I was gonna go to dance class tonight… hm.. not sure if I’m up for it anymore. Feeling too tired… which kinda sucks coz this’ll be the last time in quite a while that I’m gonna be able to go. 🙁 My bible study care group is starting next week.. on Wed nights most likely. Which means I won’t be able to do my absolute favourite dance class (intermediate jazz with Rrrrramon!) anymore.. or at most only once a month. Pooey. 🙁 Ah well… I suppose I will deal with it.

Current listening :: “What’s Up Lonely” – Kelly Clarkson

Random photos

Here are some photos taken from my birthday dinner with my family last week. We had a scrumptious meal up at the revolving Summit Restaurant, around level 40 something up in the Australia Square tower. Very nice 360 degree views of Sydney.

And here are two more random photos, of a beautiful sunset and Cockle Bay Wharf at night.

More photos can be found here.

Current listening :: “Last Cinema” – Bluebottle Kiss

Miss Cell Lane Knee

Updates on the last few days… lets see.

On Sunday night my cat decided to do a poo poo in my parents bedroom. *snort of laughter* Ok, it probably wouldn’t have been quite as funny if he had chosen my bedroom floor instead. But yeh, I found it sorta amusing, and kinda gross, to see a pile of kitty doo on the carpet in my parents room. Luckily they managed to get it cleaned up… go the scotchguard! Unfortunately (or should I say fortunately?) I forgot to take a picture of it.

Also, I don’t think I’m gonna get sick. I had/have a slight sniffle… but I reckon I’ll be ok. Yay.

And on the beverage front… I’ve actually managed to develop a taste (read: addiction) to coffee recently. Or more specifically, mocha’s. It was only a month ago that I hated them… now I’m craving them! Doh!

Hm… can’t think of anything else to blog about. Oh, I’ve updated my links page. Culled a few non-existant sites and added a few new ones. And also added a new column for other non-blog sites that I frequent.

Oh, and I’m really happy about this new skirt I bought a few weeks back.. for just $10! Another bargain buy! Today is the first time I’ve worn it. 🙂

Current listening :: “Bootylicious” – Destiny’s Child

Woozy

Ugh. Feeling a bit woozy today. I think I’m sick… or maybe getting sick. Nooooooo….. 🙁 Got a slightly sniffly nose, feeling a bit woozy/dizzy, and just an overall feeling of tiredness. I reckon its coz it was cold the last 2 nights when I slept… and I didn’t have enough blankets on. Silly silly Kazzart.

However, I do love this sort of weather! Its that beginning of autumn feel (even tho its nowhere near the beginning of autumn). The cooler, crisper air, but still sunny.. with fluffy white clouds.. and a nice breeze.

Anyways, its off to lunch for me.

Current listening :: “Eternal Harvest” – Nobuo Uematsu

TWO FIVE

Happy Birthday to me. Yep… tis my birthday today. The big two five. Quarter of a century. As my mum kindly reminded me this morning… she woke me up with a jolly “Happy Birthday! Waah.. quarter of a century old now!” Hurumph.

So, now that I’m 25, I suppose I should be all grown-up and responsible.

*gives it a moments thought*

Nah! Not gonna happen! 😉

Current listening :: “Bang This” – The J-Wess Project

Surf Camp Photos

I’ve uploaded my photos from Surf Camp! Check em out! 🙂 Here’s a few samples for your viewing pleasure:

Honey

Last night I went to see Honey (the movie).. something I’ve been looking forward to for a while. I mean, another movie about dancing? Bring it on! What’s there not to like?? 😀 So, I quite enjoyed it.. Jessica Alba was her usual acting self (ie hot stuff, but very similar to her role in Dark Angel.. erm.. lets leave that one alone), the storyline was ok, and the dancing was awesome! The soundtrack is pretty cool too.. might check it out sometime. Oh, I loved the R&B artist cameos. 🙂

Watching that movie made me really wanna get back into clubbing and dancing. It kinda exponentially multiplied my need for a clubbing fix.. and a dance class fix! Which makes it kinda convenient that I’m planning on going to both this week! Yay! 🙂

Current listening :: “Into You” – Fabolous Ft Tamia