Sydney Guitar Show

i went to the sydney guitar show yesterday with karina and ben cos karina had free tix....
quite disappointing actually cos it was actually quite a small show. there were 3 pavillions and all of them were really small and most of the guitars on display, you can see at any music store anyway. there were however, special prices for the show and my fren was looking at a pedal board that is usually over $1000 in the shops and they were selling it for $875 which is a nice discount.

we were looking for a bass for karina but there werent many on display so that was disappointing. i did see some nice guitars but didnt look too hard cos i cant really afford to buy a good one at the moment.
it was fun trying to convince karina (not very seriously) to buy a daisy rock bass. if ur bored check out the daisy rock site . was thinking maybe we should start up a girly band... and buy the daisy guitar and the heart bass...

the next disappointment for the day... i really like a sydney guitarist called stuart fraser and was really looking forward to hearing him play. he plays in a few bands but you rarely hear him play lead except for in noiseworks. he plays in the john farnham band and also i've seen him with another guitarist named brett garsed. anyway... they were running late so must have axed him... i'm so disappointed cos i think he was gonna demo some marshall products.

we did see this guy called jeremy barnes. he's apparently in the elite list of the fastest players in the world (think he plays like 40 notes per second). so we watched him on the outdoor stage for a bit... the guy is a nut... pretty impressive... i mean he's no malmstein... then again dont think he smashed his guitar either... anyway... wow!

News Today

Well... i woke up this morning... and checked out the scores from the French Open overnight...
Very disappointed to see that Andy Roddick lost :( . Was a 5-setter against a Frenchman whom i think is a clay-court specialist so Andy didnt do too badly. He hasnt done well on clay in the past and Roland Garros hasnt been that great to him in his career. Hoping for better things at Wimbledon which isnt too far away either.

Today we hear about Schapelle Corby's fate... I cant imagine how she would be feeling at the moment. An indonesian poll showed that most indonesian people think that she is guilty. Very different to the common opinion in Australia. I guess it goes to show the influence the media can have. I'm really not sure where i stand but i am hoping she wont get life in prison.

Phil's game

Last night at leader's meeting Phil wanted to play a game....
You basically have to think of a character (from a movie, book etc) that best represents you... and one for your co-leader...
Was quite funny....

Blog Neglect...

I must admit i've neglected my blog for little bit... it's been quite hectic lately.
So... what's news... well i got a new computer...
It's all pretty exciting... new toy... except that i couldnt get the bluetooth to work, the wireless networking wasnt connecting up and i managed to delete all my msn contacts (even off the server... dont ask!!) all on the first day...
Well it's all working now... the bluetooth is great cos i can connect my pda wirelessly!!

Yesterday i did my PTC exam on doctrine... the exam was a bit of a SHOCKER!! There were 4 essay/short answer questions to be done in 2 1/2 hrs. I got thru 3 of them and then couldnt find a 4th topic that i knew something about that i could write about. Anyway... it's over... i know i passed but i wont have done especially well...

Yesterday night i went to see Star Wars... was my lil reward for after the exam... The movie was ok. Not sure why i wasnt entirely satisfied with it... although i did like the way you get to know some of the characters better. Like... YODA totally rocks... how cool is Yoda...
And... in these... R2D2 actually has a personality... too bad it loses it in the 4th 5th and 6th movies.

In Good Company

I went to the movies tonight with D. Was quite funny cos i actually went in my pj's cos i couldnt be bothered to change... just chucked some clothes on top!

Anyway... ppl had recommended seeing this movie "In Good Company". All i can say is that the ending had a twist and was actually very disappointing... i walked out of the cinema thinking... "i'm not very happy with that ending..."

Hmmmm might have been better to stay home and watch Star Wars tonight...

Kingdom Of Heaven

I went to see the movie "Kingdom of Heaven" yesterday. I must admit i was vaguely aware of the storyline beforehand... I only really knew it was set around the Crusades. But u know... Orlando Bloom is in it!

As with Troy... i'm not sure how much of the movie is historical and how much is fiction. Joyce didnt really like it cos she thought the scenes seemed to jump and it was harder to follow. I must admit some of the fighting bits were a lil too gross for me.

However, we did talk about it after. Like why the movie is called "Kingdom of Heaven"? It was an interesting movie tho... Seeing the "Christians" and Muslims fighting over Jerusalem.

Joyce and I talked about the theology afterwards. A lot of the "Christian" viewpoints put across were still very "salvation by works" orientated. Through the movie Balian (Orlando Bloom's character) struggled with the idea of how he could earn salvation and God's will. I'm very thankful that now we can know God's will by reading His word and know that salvation can be ours simply by faith in Jesus Christ.

In the movie, the "Christians" and Muslims are fighting over Jerusalem - which is their holy place and place of their temple or mosque. I guess in the end we were just really joyful and thankful that we know now that Jesus is the true temple. I could ramble about some of the other thoughts we had... but i wont... go watch it for yourself...

Quote of the movie... one of the people (not sure if he was meant to be a priest) says to Balian "Surrender now, become Muslim... repent later..."

Do Taxpayers Pay for this Research??

I'm again browsing through the Sydney Morning Herald online... there's just so many pointless articles....

This article is about how Napoleon died...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Trousers-fit-cancer-theory-of-how-Napoleon-met-his-end/2005/05/05/1115092628889.html?from=moreStories
Swiss doctors have apparently been doing research about the cause of Napoleon's death by looking at his trousers...
The size of his trousers showed his weight loss leading up to his death... leading them to the conclusion that he died of a stomach tumour.
So anyway... if you read the facts at the bottom of the page... apparently an autopsy conducted by Napoleon's personal physician and some other doctors concluded that he died of stomach cancer (that was done like 184 yrs ago)...
So... what's the point of the latest research?? Other than to conclude what they found 184 yrs ago...

May the 4th be with you

It seems that there's not much interesting stuff to write on in the newspapers today....
I was browsing the Sydney Morning Herald online... and there must not be much to write about if all they can write is Shane Warne is going bald!!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Warne-going-bald-says-county-teammates/2005/05/04/1115092543294.html

Anyway, I thought the article was funny... the last line was the punchline... "Cricket has no law against wearing hairpieces."

Mailing Lists...

Does anybody know how you get on random mailing lists??

I just signed up for a new hotmail account... and before I'd even used it... I find i've been put on numerous mailing lists AND i havent even signed up to anything using my new email address?!?!?

The funny thing is the email address is something related to chiro... and they're all chiro adverts and stuff but still.... i'm kinda annoyed...

Thorpedo's hair....

Watched some of the Logies last night. Did anybody see Ian Thorpe's hair?? What a shocker... he looks like he has been shot out of a torpedo tube... U know... it shaved the sides and just left a big mop on the top...

Argh... enough said...