This book is a whale. Almost a thousand pages! With my Generation Y symptom, the low attention span, this took a while to read. Theres also a lot of characters and Im not good with names. The bo...
In one of my design classes we treat the city as a studio and as part of our mapping project we had to embark on a derive. A derive is a journey through the city which involves actively observing urb...
Ive always been interested in stories about a small community traumatised and scarred by a singular event, either past or present - from Camus The Plague to Millers terrifying play The Crucible -&nbs...
No blogging for more than a month. Apologies. The evil university fiend has struck once again wielding assessment after assessment. This is photographic proof that Ive actually been doing work these ...
You know that post-Harry Potter depression you went through after you saw the last Harry Potter movie? I may have found a fix. The Magicians by Lev Grossman is like a mish mash of the worlds of...
I just got back from seeing an incredible play called Midsummer and I went alone. The first time I ventured out alone in one of my cultural excursions (as my pretentious alter-ego would call it...
Im two months late in compiling my favourite films of 2011 but because most films are released in Australia very late, I needed the time to get to see them first. I dont like arranging these in...
Sylvia Plaths The Bell Jar was written in the first person and it couldnt have been written in any other way. The immediacy and urgency of the words allows the readers to feel exactly what...
No. 1 // The Iron Lady Dir. Phyllida Lloyd SYNOPSIS A biopic of Margaret Thatcher, the woman who changed British politics, told in flashbacks. I wasnt watching Meryl Stree...
Coloured my hair and it turned out ginger at first. Like Ron Weasley ginger (now its dark brown). To celebrate this funny mishap, Im wearing ginger pants. (Shirt from Jack London, Pants from Ch...
Probably the most satisfying meal Ive had for a long time. Every time a dish was gobbled up I had this really inappropriate urge to lick the plates clean. Yes, Im classy. And no I did not. Ive ...
Reading Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre makes me yearn for a time when people spoke to each other with such grace and elegance coupled with an intensity of passion that is intermittently laced with the w...
Armani The gentleman with an air of mystery and reserved quietness. Favourite pieces: headscarves and shawls. Burberry The gentleman who is polite and with character. Favourite pieces: cropped jacket...
Melancholia is split into two parts titled with the names of the two protagonists, Justine and Claire. Justine is played by Kirsten Dunst, Claire by Charlotte Gainsbourg. Justine is depression, Clair...
So, since Im already doing the 50 books challenge this year, I thought hmm...might as well throw my entire social life away and also ambitiously undertake a movies challenge as well. Picking a ...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakamis masterpiece (I seem to always say this about every Murakami I read) is about a young married man named Toru. Toru loses a number of things. First his cat, then h...
Spent the first day of the year with the family at City Extra, right across the Bridge when only several hours prior, it was virtually on fire from the New Years fireworks display. Their menu was in ...
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Instagram: Film Memories are a series of posts showcasing great films I saw during a certain time period. Includes a screenshot of the film taken via Instagram. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past ...
Hurray for the first book I completed for the 2012 Fifty Books Challenge! It wasnt that difficult since Bonjour Tristesse is only over a hundred pages long. Im thankful that it was very brief because...
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In 2012, Ive decided to take part in the 50 books challenge. Its simple enough, finish 50 books from the 1st of January to 31st of December. After I finish a book I will write a post with thoughts, c...
So theres a place near where I live called The Spot and theres a coffee/cake/pastry shop there called The Sweet Spot &nb...
Christmas yet again. The things I love most about this time of the year are not the presents, or the food (though those are good too) ...
Part two. Part one here. ...As the storm brews from the west and the winds blow dust into our poor little eyes we take r...
My friend Pola and I hopped on a ferry to Cockatoo Island. It was sunny at first. But the dark grey clouds loomed above u...
The painful, awkward and ill-at-ease experiences of an outsider is perfectly and delicately realised in the Sydney Theatre Companys final main stage play Gross Und Klein. Lotte, played by Cate Blanch...
I woke up to a gloomy and sunless day today. No worries because I have writing, reading, tea-drinking, Christmas decorating and DVD watching to keep t...
More photos from The 2011 COFA Annual Exhibition, this time in black and white. Drawings I dont understand. Ceramics I want to touch. Sc...
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