i’ve squashed in everything from my wandering brain into this post! except the PD post, that, is another story ;D

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roughly…my current top 11 places to visit

1. ITALY
everything. everything. the land. the food. the culture. towns. stone houses. the sea. the people. not the colossus.

2. a place in MEXICO
utterly beautiful. some villa, I read about it in a travel mag

3. JAPAN
blossoms, sushi, culture

4. SPAIN
sun, colours, culture

5. MALDIVES and BALI
crushingly beautiful

6. HAWAII
sun fun, culture, fun, fun

7. PARIS
dessert, patissieries, eiffel tower, culture, street lamps, dance around the city, wear red shoes, curl my hair, drink in everything

8. SOUTH AMERICA
visit the incan empire..machu picchu

9. nyc, AMELIKA
shop, feel, eat a big apple, a hot dawg from a stand, get lost, shop, travel around

10. SOUTH AFRICA
beautiful, get close to a lion, climb table mountain

11. LONDON
use pounds £, fancy street lamps, open air double deckers, red telephone booths, trench coats

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most creatively wrapped christmas gift 2008:

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for a precious friendo called vonno.

(haha finally!!! get to post up a pic cos if i posted it up last time, NO surprise right!)

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what we had for christmas

roast beef
yorkshire pudding
mushroom soup (made from scratch ok!)
chocolate truffles

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recipe
chocolate cake, mashed
buttercream OR cream

- mash all together make into round balls, or squares

rum & raisin version
1 tsp or 2 tsp of rum
50g plump raisins

- add to choc cake mixture

melt some chocolate and dip inside then put into paper cups.

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violin bows matter for sound. wow. thicker the better! and the more used up, the more rosin = awesome sound.

my christmas gift last year, plus a crafty thing my cousin made

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at 2am, january 1st, 2009
I…

…had a beer for new years eve.

..and a float. :)

…am grateful for long nails. so useful for scratching mozzie kisses! ugh.

…discovered that shooting on Aperture creates SUCH a better vibrancy!!!!! NO MORE will I use Auto sans Flash or P! adjusting the settings yourself give awesome colour contrast!!! we’re talking ultra blue skies, solid colour tones, getty image like pictures…!

…just killed a mozzie. finally!

…am wondering if Canon is a better choice for SLRs. cheaper too. ?

…am excited, and expectant for 2009.