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  • Minutes to go

    Minutes to go until we leave for the airport. Hope it’s a smooth, safe flight there and back. Hope everything else runs well. So nervous about flying after my last few experiences. And to think I used to be so excited about air travel. *Ouch*.

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  • Japan and the Zaurus

    Departing for Japan tomorrow evening. I’m certainly excited, finding it difficult to concentrate at work. Right now I’m also feeling somewhat drained. I need music, but I’m looking at a very limited supply that I can take with me. The problem is that my portable CD player is worn out. That means my only CD…

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  • Tan Dun at the Sydney Opera House

    It is rare to have the opportunity to hear an Oscar winning film music composer’s music played live in Sydney, even rarer to hear him conduct his own work. I was very excited to discover that the Chinese composer Tan Dun would be conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing a suite from his score to…

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  • How to make a century egg

    How to make a century egg, though you really wouldn’t want to (sorry B)…

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  • Star Trek Nemesis aint so bad

    I have finally seen all the Star Trek movies after watching the tenth installment on DVD tonight. Started off a bit like a TV episode before growing is size. As usual, they did their best to destroy the Enterprise. What do the movie makers have against that ship? Not being a Star Trek fanatic, I’ll…

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  • Better to read them on the web then chain mail

    Ha ha, very funny

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