Food in a minute evening with speaker Lana

During our Food in a minute social function in MT Albert Baptist Church, the organisers paid very close attention to the decor and presentation. My friend W displayed his Dutch candle sticks and shoe, and his  collection of tropical fruits (artistic ones) .

Thanks W for sharing. In another post, I will write on some of the fruits,  especially the Indonesian fruit Salak which people in Singapore call the snake skin fruit. In Sarawak, we call it the rattan fruit. It is known to cure kidney problems.

Sneak peek

This is for Kate who likes a sneak peek of the wedding photos. The wedding was thirty years ago this year. This is a sneak. As the photographer was my brother Charles sneaking around taking the photos. The official photographer took other pix which are still in my album and I didn't scan them. Now I don't have a scanner. You can see a pix of my wedding cake 

The wedding train was very very long. The dress was loaned to me by a Samoan friend. The Samoa custom for weddings is when a girl gets married, she is given many wedding dresses by her aunties. She doesn't wear all of them. I got to wear free of charge a brand new wedding dress.

It was summer, and the grass was pretty dry. 

The buildings are the back are Auckland University. You can see parts of Old Arts Building.

Floral Clock in Albert Park, Auckland.

In 1978, I used to spend my lunch time during the warmer months in Albert Park. The students of Auckland University were and still are very lucky to have a beauitful park adjacent to the campus. They frequently change the flowers in the clock.
We took our wedding photos near by. So you can imagine why this is another of my favourite place of Auckland.
This park has an important history. Please click on link if you are interested.

Walker Park Marine Reserve

On the sea bed lies lots of marine animals. This is protected so nobody is allowed to take anything. There were pipis, oysters, snails, crabs, fish and so on. It was low tide yesterday morning, so we could walk on the bedbeds. We told the children to be careful and avoid disturbing as much as possible.

Do go to my other blog, http://ann-mythoughtsandphotos.blogspot.com/ to view other photos. See the amazing spider webs.

Oyster catchers

My kids in school are very lucky. We are within walking distance to two lovely beaches. Today, I went with the seniors to Walker Park, a marine reserve.

This was what we saw, large groups of Oyster Catchers. They were at the sand bank, and when we walked towards them, They took off together, making a beautiful sight to another sand bank.

Strike Percussion Concert

Today, my school kids were wowed by Leni, Sam and Takumi of STRIKE.
The kids loved the energetic performance of these three guys, and so did the teachers.
Performances by STRIKE include the pre-match entertainment for the 2002 Bledisloe Cup at Jade Stadium, and the Australasian premiere of The Lord of The Rings — The Two Towers, in Wellington. 
Other significant events STRIKE have performed in:
a four city extended series of performances promoting New Zealand in China
a football stadium in Mexico (to 45,000 live and televised to 26 million!)
the Kidzone Festival in Invercargill

This is it millennium celebrations in the Auckland Domain
the "100% Pure New Zealand Lifestyle" Festival in Roppongi, Tokyo.

"STRIKE were a polished professional act that connected to audiences in all cities."

"[They] used an international art form — percussion — but gave a clear New Zealand flavour through their performance uniforms, integration of Pacifica drums and rhythm, through advertising that identified them as New Zealanders, and through their association with the exhibition."

scenicsunday

At Scenic Sunday where you can enjoy photographs of others.

Welcome to Rotorua. Bungy, Zorb, Swoop and farm activities, geothermal, spa and Maori welcome. If you don't go to Rotorua, you will have missed many opportunities.