Spotted this on Ally’s blog this morning and thought it’d be fun to do.
All you have to do is type your answer to the following questions into flickr search:
What is your first name? What is your favorite food? What high school did you go to? What is your favorite color? Who is your celebrity crush? What is your favorite drink? What is your dream vacation? What is your favorite dessert? What do you want to do when you grow up? Who/what do you love most in life? Choose one word that describes you? What is your Flickr name?
- Using only the first page, pick an image - Copy and paste each of the URLs into the Mosaic Maker - Post your mosaic!
I kicked up quite a fuss when I missed his gig earlier this year in March coz’ of my trip back to Singapore. Ever since, I had been crossing my fingers (and toes) and hoping Jason Mraz would return to Brisbane for another concert. And come back he did, and so soon too!
Izaeel and I eagerly made our way to the Tivoli last night to see the wordsmith play. It was my second time seeing him “live” and I was soooo excited. He was absolutely fabulous at the 2006 Mosaic Music Festival. I was quite certain he would work up another mind blowing performance so we bought tickets regardless of the fact that it was a free-standing concert.
We were so glad we were allowed to bring our cameras in!
Me and Izaeel, thrilled that we scored ourselves second row spots!
Oh my gosh, it was the longest opening act I've ever witnessed. I personally thought she had a beautiful voice but she failed to engage the crowd. After the third song, everyone got really restless. We had to endure almost 45 mins of her monotonous singing. We suspected she probably sang her entire album at that rate.
After she finally got off the stage, we had to wait another half an hour. Good grief, our legs and back were so sore by then. Nonetheless, all was forgotten by the time Jason finally came on at 9:30pm! Yipee!
Jason opens with an oldie but goodie - The Remedy
Jamming it with Toca Rivera
Finishing off with my favourite song - Life is Wonderful
Here's a clip I took at the start - Jason warming up the crowd. I've got another one of him singing Life is Wonderful but it's taking me ages to upload to Youtube. :( Hopefully I'll get that up soon so you can see it.
My verdict? Jason wowed the crowd as expected but I personally felt his overall performance was a bit "rushed". He mingled with his audience but he did it much better at the Mosaic Festival in Singapore. I think the long opening act coupled with my aching legs and back played a big part in making the experience less than perfect.
But being the fan that I am, I'm so happy I went! Thanks Izaeel for going with me - and Ally, we missed you heaps! This post is for you. Wish you were here...
It was the EkkA public holiday yesterday for Brisbane – the perfect opportunity to drag Pen with me away from our house. (We’ve moved by the way!) We’ve been burying ourselves in house stuff for the past month or so ever since our move and I was getting really sick of it.
We decided to take a country drive to Boonah, a small, old town in Southeast Queensland with stunning mountain scenery. We felt a bit iffy on our way there as the surroundings looked really deserted. When we eventually arrived at the “heart” of Boonah city, we felt like we had ventured into a ghost town. It wasn’t a public holiday there and yet you could count the number of people walking around town with your fingers.
It was fascinating when we walked into the local Lions club for lunch. It was like being taken back into time. The diner was buzzing with 70s tunes, the furniture was old and the lady in charge was the waitress, chef and cashier all at once. Funny enough, I personally thought WE were the tourist attraction instead of the town itself. It was probably not everyday the locals see Asians in the community.
How strange, I thought – how do people live here? On the surface, there doesn't seem like there's much to do. There’s no traffic lights and no street lamps anywhere, so I’m guessing people don’t really go out at night. Surely we didn’t drive all the way from Brisbane just to see a deserted town? We had to hold back from asking the locals where the famous Scenic Rim was for fear they might tell us we were staring right at it!
Our patience paid off after we finally found the visitors centre. And no, the Scenic Rim wasn’t that sleepy town we had lunch in – it is actually an arc of spectacular mountains lying on the boundaries of Boonah. We didn’t have time to see all the mountains and certainly didn’t have the right attire to bushwalk our way to the top. So we opted for a simple trail at Mount French and a drive to Lake Moogerah.
It was then that we realised just how beautifully untouched the place is. Pen and I thoroughly enjoyed our time off there. It was so good to escape from the bustling city and spend some quality time with each other in a true “return to nature” style. We’ll be back with our trackies and hiking shoes!
It's Hollywood! (almost)
Boonah City - parked cars aplenty, but where are the people?
A local diner
Boonah's petrol kiosk with only one pump
Local fruit shop
Pen considers moving to Boonah - I don't think so darling.
Setting out on our trail walk
Made it to the top of Mount French!
Considering there's not a single soul in sight, we had to take our own photo.
Do the Japanese thing, he said...
Which way back?
On the bush trail
Made it to Lake Moogerah
Pen attempting to indicate the water level in the dam
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