Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Models modeling, Posers posing

I saw this group preening and flouncing on the steps of the old Post office.
They were taking a brief break from their pimp parade, and I couldn't help this image.
Clothes for looking at.

More 'Street Art'

And this set is off Findlay Lane...









Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Slumdog Zillionaire

When watching the recent Oscar-winning movie, Slumdog Millionaire, everyone had the same question, how did these slum-kids know English. If they are from the slums how can they pick up one of the most difficult languages? Well, I was forwarded this link, and here is a video of a kid from the slums who is selling peacock feathers. Check out the number of languages he knows. This particular video clip was a big hit a few years ago, and now, they just found this kid again in his teenage years, and he's still doing the same thing. Check out these clips....

This is the lingo kid a few years ago,





.... and now as a teenager...

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Super meal, sailing and sunset with the Funke's.

We had a late start on Monday (a holiday - labour day here). Stopped off at Dirk and Margaret's for a super lunch, and then went over to the nearby Sandringham Yacht Club and our girls went sailing along with Leonard and Victor - each in their own boat! I also went for a sail - cramped in a tiny sailing dinghy - had hell of a time, ran aground, tangled up with the pier, got rescued by Margaret and finally made it back ashore - kindof..
I'm built for bigger boats.
(I'm looking to purchase a boat - 125, Taser, 420, 570, Laser 2000. Don't know which. Still deciding what would be the best).
After packing the boats away, we hung out at the beach - a crisp sparkling champagne, watching the sun go down, sharing this with friends. What could be better? A great way to wind down the long weekend.
For your information, it takes 3 minutes from the time the sun touches the horizon to slip away out of sight. Sweet.















Dumpling noodles

In Footscray, across the river, a supposedly rough area, very funky, full of ethnic markets, food and of course, full of character.
We went with Willy and Debra, other friends of theirs and also Jacquie. We all had at least 2 kids apiece, so there were tons of them too. The food was fabulous, we ordered way too much, and finished it all....