part A

ITS NEW YEARS EVE
tell all your friends

this is not a new year resolution

tomorrow, i will join the gym!
again.
my membership ran out about 6 months ago, but my loving father has funded a new membership as a christmas present. and to get me even more excited, i scored a pair of bike pants today for $1 in the boxing day sales. bargain.

thats about it. nothing amazing/interesting/fascinating to report on.

countdown to nye: 4 sleeps

irrelevant photo of recent shennanigans.

525,600 minutes

warning: this is going to be deep.

how do you measure success?
it's not how much money you have, it's not how much stuff you own.
it's the life choices you make and the goals you set out for yourself to achieve.
achieve these goals, and you have succeeded.
i'm not here to tell you how to live your life (see a certain 'angel in training' for that)
but i just wanted to share with you what i have succeeded in achieving this year.

one of my new years resolutions this year was to stop lying to my mother. no sneaking around, no lying about what i'm doing and where i'm going. and i am proud to say i have succeeded (except for just once. promise, just once). and what do i have to show for it? a better relationship with her. not fantastic, but definately better.

so now i've started brainstorming more new years resolutions.
i'm thinking something along the lines of, be kinder to hannah.

inspired

Whenever I'm feeling lost or need something to get my head straight, I go back to my roots. And my roots just happen to be at the piano. Sometimes I forget how much I love music and playing piano always reminds me of my strongest passion in life (which I have forgotten lately). So here, I am sharing with you, my favourite piece by a guy named Rachmaninov. And I feel like the ultimate dork for posting this (because i am) :p
I asked my dad to film me and he got a little excited and decided to bust out his 'film maker' skills.
it is kinda long, i don't blame you if you don't watch the entire thing. i know I wouldn't.

I'm really self-critical when it comes to piano. there are heaps of mistakes in this and my technique isn't as great as it was when I played this for a performance 2 years ago, but I still hope you enjoy it!

welcome to the world

yesterday I got not one new goldfish, but TWO. they are currently bunking together in the same bowl I used for my old fish, so I'll find out sooner or later whether they can survive in a bowl of that size.

Biggie - quite fat. possibly preggers.

Ron Weasley - pretty self explanatory.

they really like to swim together for some reason.

it's pretty much play time all day for them.

you're sew cool

I just had to share my little creations.
I've been sewing since I was a kid (taking after my mum who sewed nearly all my clothes when I was a baby/toddler) but have never really made anything to be proud of.
UNTIL NOW!! :D
ok so it's nothing special, but when YOU go and make a t-shirt(s), you'll know how I feel :)

even bobby dylan in the back likes the shirt.
Model: G Tromp
Styling: G Tromp
Photographer: Ju
Make-Up: I hate it when people label their "photoshoots" like this

the sleeves are a bit awkward on this one :s

jets and sharks

So I saw West Side Story last night.
AMAZING dancing. I have never seen so many dudes dancing together actually looking like dudes and not pansies (not that I have anything against that).
Although the story lacked the same strength the dancing had....in my opinion anyway.
It probably doesn't make it into my list of favourite musicals but I still enjoyed it.

Here is my favourite song/scene.

Once upon a time...

A family of four won free tickets to see a family movie at the cinema. Full of excitment, they lined up with all the other ticket winners and waited for the attendant to let them in.

All of a sudden, the mother realised she had not purchased any snacks for the family, so she hurried off to the candy bar.
As the family waited, the line began to move, so in order to keep the line moving, they let those who were lining up behind them, pass in front of them. When the mother returned, the family rejoined the moving queue.
A couple behind the family were taken aback.
"Honey, they just pushed in!"
"Oh don't worry sweetheart, it's what they do in their country."

Luckily no one in the family heard these rude comments, except for the eldest daughter. I'm not terribly angry at the comment but I do wish I had turned around to say something.
That's what I regret.

sorry about ANOTHER holiday photo. the only relevant one I could find for this story.