Baby, Baby, Baby

So the news of the day is that Kathryn had her baby... Kathryn is my best friend.  I don't use that term lightly... During highschool i had several 'best friends', it wasn't till i met K and became friends with her that i understood true friendship.  She didn't judge me, she loved me unconditionally, she was honest with me...  It's hard to keep up a quality friendship long distance, sometimes i wonder if she still considers me her best friend, but I know that i'm a part of her life, and her family in a way few other people are.  When i was in the states her sister introduced me to ppl as her sister.  And when she told me about the baby today, she said i was an Aunty, again... 

There's a bond there that time and distance can not sever, and I love that. 

So baby Jahare was born on the 1st, he is waiting to be named, apparently he is going to choose a name tomorrow... we'll see.  I've decided to head up there on the 24th for a week, its been 7.5 yrs, i can't tell you how scared and excited i am.  I have been wanting to jump out of my skin tonight. 

I don't have a picture of the baby yet, i'm sure they'll be plentiful once i've been.  

But my photo for today is a picture of my best friend.  The most beautiful, amazing person I know...  And the person in this world I daily thank God for...  And when I see the southern cross in the sky I ALWAYS say hi to her and blow a kiss...  Just so I remember all that she means to me...  Not that i could ever forget... 

And for today

I don't really have much to say today, and to be honest i have a headache - i think from swimming for a couple hours!

But two things, firstly i'm actually kinda excited about going to work tomorrow coz i'm going to book my trip to PNG (hopefully). Haven't been there in 7.5 years, so I am really excited about it. Once that's booked i think my day may go downhill again!

Secondly, I'm feeling really blessed by God at the moment. He has these small ways of coming through for me. I don't pray for them, and i don't feel deserving, but I do feel blessed and have spent a lot of time thanking Him.

Ciao.

i forgot my picture for yesterdays blog that i did today.

Yes man

I know i'm naughty for not writing yesterday, third day in and i can't keep up... it can only go down from here coz i start work tomorrow! But i'm hoping... The silly thing is i literally did nothing yesterday... i watched TV, read, did stuff on the computer with my photos. but didn't go out or anything. So i have no excuse for not writing. I did however have a topic...

I saw yes man the other night (Friday) and early on in the movie, Suraj (who i was there with - obviously) asked if i thought i was a 'yes man'. I said it depended on the circumstances, but i think generally yes. He asked if i thought he was, and i asked if he thought he was...

But now i'm wondering, am I really a yes man? In the movie its represented as saying yes to EVERYTHING. And if you say no all these terrible things happen. I wouldn't say I'm a yes man to that extent, but I reckon i'm pretty open to new experiences. I often use lack of funds as an excuse not to do things, but that's not right, that really isn't a good enough excuse.

So the long and the short of it is that this year, or even over the next couple months I need to a. be more aware of what i say no to, and b. say yes to more things that come my way. It can't hurt right?

We are all Gods people...

I was just putting my make up on to go out tonight, and remembered the first time i noticed someone had a different skin colour to me... Nori is Sri Lankan, i knew that, I knew her whole family, but it wasn't till we were one day out shopping, i'd say we'd been friends for about 5 years, we were looking at foundation, and she made a comment about how it was hard for her to get make up to match her skin colour, and i asked why, then looked at her, i'm sure her and Jackie (who was also there) laughed at me for it, but it was the first time I realised she had a different skin colour to me. Can you see her above?


It amazes me how so many people grow up seeing colour, especially these days? I know I have racist thoughts, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a racist, I complain about certain races driving ability, I remember thinking when I went to the states how so many mexicans had crappy jobs, and being scared of black people. Where does this come from? Is it just the movies? I know my thoughts are normal, and maybe its just coz here we don't have Mexicans and Black people are try hard ganstas here (hehe) but i just don't get how i've ended up with these thoughts, when it took so long for me to see a close friend had a different skin colour to me. After meeting several black people in the US i realised they are not all bad, every country has bad people, of all races, but now i wouldn't be scared of black people... Ok, and i know i'm not meant to call them black, BUT here we don't have African Americans, we have black people - aboriginals, people from the south pacific, Africa... all over, you can't narrow it down. So please forgive my terminology.

Anyway, i'm just confused how a. some people grow up knowing and being racist and other people - like me, its happened over time... But i still wouldn't call myself a racist - there's a lot of crappy caucasian drivers out there too!

010109

Ok, this is kinda silly, but i've realised taking a photo shouldn't be too hard given i have a decent camera phone (photos are decent during the day at least) and from that i can email them to myself. So we'll see what happens. Anyway, photo 1, this is from sitting in my bed (i said i was in a small room) i had to get rid of a heap of photo frames, and i wanted to have special photos up, it brings good vibes - ppl i love, ppl who love me... Anyway, i put them all up but the door they are on was a little open at the time and i was standing on the side, so it wasn't till i'd put them all up that i realised ALL of them were crooked... character?

New Year... New start?

I can't believe 2008 is over, i say that every year but i mean it... again.

I've had a pretty amazing year, been to the states for almost a month, and then Paris & Dubai.
I'm wondering if i can record this year properly in a blog... i'll try anyway!
Maybe even try the random photo thing... (a photo a day...)

I hope to travel more this year... trying to figure it all out. First trip will hopefully be to PNG for a week or so coz Kathryn was due to have a baby a week ago. Then maybe a cruise with a few girlfriends, and i'm looking at China and the Trans-siberian railway. But we'll see... I planned to do more this year than i did, so you never know.

Brony, a close friend got engaged a few weeks ago so that's exciting. And now there's an engagement party for me to help organise.

I had a great Christmas with the family. Worked on my tan a little, and just had fun... It's rare for that to happen in my family.

What else? I moved house in late October, now am in a TINY room in a two bedroom apartment. It's small but location is great, and I am happy here - so far ;)

I'm really looking forward to 2009, and whats in store, my aim is to continue to better myself and be a better person. It'd be hard for me not to fulfill that new years resolution...

I thought of an idea re the photo thing... gonna do that now!