The lovely people at Toga Hospitality had offered D tickets to watch movies of our choice at the German film Festival that ended in Sydney a couple of weeks back. We had chosen Sommersturm (German for Summer Storm). This has been screened in Sydney on many occasions during the Mardi Gras Film Festivals and by popular demands seems to come back over and over. Its one of those feel good movies that leave you wanting more and is at the same time very realistic.
Tobi played by Robert Stadlober was among the audience and gave a short speech about the movie and also answered questions from the audience at the end of the movie. Seemed like quite a sorted down-to-earth person.
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For a good few months, probably a year or more I had been using Firefox as my main browser. But since the update of Safari 4 Beta I turned by head back to Safari. i dont dislike Safari 4, its just that Firefox’s add-ons and Greasemonkey scripts are a huge timesaver. While most things remain just as excellent with Safari the one that really annoys me is not having the stop/refresh button. Grrrrrr! It is now right next to the RSS icon. God forbid you want stop loading a page and you click the RSS icon instead of the Stop/Refresh icon.
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You’d remember my walk along Dalleys Road. Well, what better way to post May midweek photos than with an Australian autumn soaked maple leaf. You could even turn it into your wallpaper. The background seems a little bright but I still like it.
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Chances are if you like cooking you’d already know Cookbooks are a dime a dozen. Well not quite. They usually cost a bit — the good ones anyway. You can get cookbooks for under $5 too but often those recipes are inedible and lack oomph or presentation. The thing to remember is — its worth spending that extra $$ to cook better and use a tried and tested recipe that doesn’t leave you in-satiated. D & I both love cooking and get into it often. Its a nice way to relax and know what you are offering your body. Dare I admit we’re both foodies and relish anything to do with our ‘inner man’.
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We all like the excitement of visiting a new place. So much more if you’re moving to a new place of your liking. But with moving comes the responsibility and the hassle and the nasty packing and un-packing. The idea is always fun but over time when you realise the work involved the feelings miff out a tad. The ‘in-between’ or ‘meantime’ period of the move is at best… mildly put — tiresome even for a good organiser! 
I’m sure you’d agree if you have experienced it, unless you’re a free-spirited wandering hobit who walks the earth carefree with little possession.
Or maybe I have too much junk I carry around…. don’t we just gather and horde so much as we go through life. Funny that!
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You know me well if you know my fervor for shooting autumn colours. Walking down Dalleys Road(St. Leonards) the other day I came across a little path that was covered in different autumnal tones. It looked so beautiful and mermerising. Natures magic at its best. I stopped and shot a few frames. There was a woodpecker hovering over the fallen autumn leaves. Having felt my approach it craned its neck up for a better view. Am not sure it wanted to be photographed but I was a happy little mud-lark with my camera on the autumn riot.
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