tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30449855480857167502024-02-07T04:01:00.709-08:00The Greek Geek.Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-3744157645328780122011-05-07T07:17:00.001-07:002011-05-07T07:18:05.426-07:00Hey guys this is my last post! I've decided to only keep one blog, my tumblr it's much more interesting ahha. <div><br /></div><div>this is a link to it-</div><div>http://epic-geek-yags.tumblr.com/</div><div><br /></div><div>love love </div><div>xx</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-19444405059953735832011-05-06T21:41:00.000-07:002011-05-06T21:42:33.195-07:00<a href="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf71ecy4US1qe2qzqo1_500.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 600px;" src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf71ecy4US1qe2qzqo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Bahahaha love it! :D</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-8472876583930416292011-04-27T04:02:00.000-07:002011-04-27T05:57:17.745-07:00the verge of changeHello all :) <div><br /></div><div>Had my first day at my new job today, it went well ^_^ I'm so glad I don't smell like chips any more I'll tell you that!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a beautiful snap of a red moon over the Acropolis<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 567px; height: 850px;" src="http://www.lsdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/LunarParthenon_ayiomamitis.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Also, saw the Immortals trailer today! The picture in that movie is just unbelievably amazing!! The style is very 300ish, and is really breathtaking. I still don't know how I feel about Theseus using a bow and arrow and Zeus a whip, but I promise to keep an open mind! If you haven't checked it out please do! :) </div><div>I'm off to research for my essay on Democracy, and we shall bid adieu till next time!</div><div>Yags xxx</div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-23767610128062057962011-04-25T01:59:00.001-07:002011-04-25T02:08:34.752-07:00Time to say goodbyeHelllooo! <div><br /></div><div>It's been a while! I came across this thing, called 'Wiki Travel' it's pretty epic! I was reading about Athens and Rome! It's interesting to note that apparently Athens has a lot of stray dogs, yay for me -_- and apparently both cities have a lot of pick pocketer's, so beware! And then my grandma was talking about Rome and telling us all about it, I have to admit I have the travel bug again! Our holidays are at a bad time, meaning I would have to postpone a semester of Uni, to go to Europe in the summer :(</div><div>Ah well! </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway we went to a historical mansion today in Werribee! It was so beautiful and the Rose Garden was just as pretty!</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiond1kq4Wu2F7bpsGiue7L84nZDEZ-aRBThAcIe3Rk7jgfPuyrK0sFV0Dv_F8AeHHxpyR46doauUSMUP39njFsul8d5HXM8rrcU3A51pUoUrC_BRgydFBXlzdzeOiLu9DguoBWVm5jsV2X/s200/photo-16.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599445469308447730" /></div><div>Yags</div><div>xx</div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-23707928612449328882011-04-20T01:49:00.000-07:002011-04-22T08:59:49.699-07:00FINALLY WENT TO SEE KING TUT!Today was the day!! Finally after months of waiting we went to see the Tutankhamun exhibition!!<div><br /></div><div>It was amazing, truly epic!! lol the girls all thought all the Ancient Egyptians looked like me hahah. Shelby found out she is King Tutankhamun reincarnated (I'm serious she has evidence for this haha) and Lenka thought fish could drown!</div><div><br /></div><div>It was just awesome! the gift shop was just aaammmaazzziiinnggg!! Little did I know, after the gift shop for the exhibition there was another store which had gifts from the British Museum and the Lourve. I nearly died I swear!! I saw some of the stuff that I had already bought from the British Museum. Oh man it was just soo cool!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are a few snaps!</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyv8-hkiE8E_0TS20NaazXUw9cuWb69eRlcR1Usz49AOlW3Jp4U1uWm3ONR458WtI6agaC0nQkCqm9gZjBzEBD90O858e680kIc5-fkLDV5alwzMLg2tosdtfgBRkhnBRDFznFZFhuT715/s400/photo-12.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597586453550481058" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXX7x5rZzVUzwxMCXVT3F6WueTf-aTd_FX-RaGugiJOvCb21A0jsTYvAwoklMurJ4IJWpwfYbhKS-SlYPKHb-TGf2mD_jHfqitU3FuiCa-Ks2YahqHDZS-1jiKdeo0-f3j-ziTq8byS6gQ/s200/photo-13.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597586985859119538" /></div><div>I don't know if you can see but that's a magnet of Victory at Samothrace (EPICCC), and the three keyrings are of a helmet, Medusa and a little Greek soldier. AWESOME!!</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTw5NtxzTGn3Gw3Zyug83KCfWe4IVgfqvMCe2dMeSAyBMD8SJSxBqPI2AQAcMlzdUBukg2dS9AvF5p1H8_qTSHyOJl28vHr-IYcSxt7OwkTL-VB9e9e3mTrpGJmbLVgPXjoQ4bzLsv9eP/s200/photo-14.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597587122542608722" /> The photo came out weird, but it's an inflatable mummy! ahhaha :D </div><div><br /></div><div>It was truly amazing. I love looking at Ancient Artifacts and thinking wow this is thousands of years old!! People back then used these. It's just insane! ^_^</div><div>Yags</div><div>xxx</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-92151813222608929002011-04-12T06:24:00.001-07:002011-04-12T06:25:19.216-07:00What tonight consisted of.This is what my Tuesday night consisted of, check out my funky tea pot ^_^ <div>plus homework! </div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunmzp9Nqm58V_yP1kUWaV9p-9IU1wblGJqtRrvbdcx4wfLrCz0uxUn0tl5Iuz8TwvmRJDSVbquJsM7jJ5skINEBvrhb8HugRLQQel1K1nbwX1eQPBU83qZdmeNxZI-MJ3uAIzLZvLJsDm/s400/photo+23-00-52.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594687586174684706" /></div><div>haha Yags!</div><div>xxx</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-45987507664798200262011-04-11T02:14:00.000-07:002011-04-11T06:00:21.581-07:00WeirdnessHey guys, <div><br />Today was a weird day, it was beyond weird it was just plain freaky. First off, Lenka and I were having our usual Wednesday lunch on the lawn in front of the State Library we then get approached by a complete stranger who sits in front of us and says that we are "lovely gorgeous women with beautiful names" it was weird, we were scared. It's always us who get approached always! haha. After that we watched a little boy perform Michael Jackson's songs he was so cute! His outfits were adorable. Then we got lost but all in all it was a fun day nonetheless!</div><div><div><br /></div><div>I took a photo of the GIANT Anubis statue at the entrance of Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, I must say I was very impressed it's amazing! And Anubis travels around with the exhibition to various cities (Sherb I don't know how you missed it, it's huge!!). </div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVuehQTDwuHApFTchsPgmd9Xd4E1LAc-rLe5ylQ3YNd-z4iLhz4Ud-EtzddYjmFXvOEm6D_XapIsL4_KvED1CRcJk6Jc-oWqN640XdXSRUi6O2i6-Ic62gyXrnn8jM5-jyRYD9un0yWJ6/s320/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594306607843383746" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXksGcJDzBB7CHluCNf2V_GEvfrSQxt0qVYKRgXTZq6pF4h7aYb05FlsYB3QESZ6cvUBSveuNNduxWyydYmiYlPGMgOPkvc8TBB6879xQEoMpFE3UY_XtSDxfsybhsub3RzgfRdJ7jjnG7/s320/photo-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594306860423428930" /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fun Facts about Anubis!</b></div><div><b>- </b>Anubis is actually the Greek name for the Egyptian god known as Ipnu!</div><div>- He was associated with the mummification and protection of dead, in the afterlife and the journey that they take part in. </div><div>- The Jackal was associated with cemeteries because there was the threat that it would eat the flesh of the bodies. </div><div><br /></div><div>On Wednesday the girls and I are finally making our way to Tutankhamun! Sooo excited man! ^_^ It's all I've been thinking about! And turning 19 this Friday, man I feel old!! Last year as a teen!</div><div><br /></div><div>On a different note, I bought the book <i>Water for Elephants </i>and read it over the weekend. I loved it! I found the imagery of the circus to be really brilliant and exciting! I also now have a deeper appreciation for elephants :) I'm quite excited for the movie, the book was great! Next on the reading list is <i>the Handmaid's tale</i>. A dystopian science-fiction novel, the book seems very interesting! Can't wait to read it. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;">Quote of the day:</span></div><div>Me: "Liam Neeson's filming the second Clash of the Titans!"</div><div>Lenka: "what!? that was shit, what a crap movie!!"</div><div>Me: "were still going to watch it, right?"</div><div>Lenka: " Hell yeah!" bahaha.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jjr/headlines/2010/12/robert-pattinson-water-for-elephants.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></div><div>Until later!</div><div>Yags xxx</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-55652355740700218912011-04-07T03:57:00.000-07:002011-04-07T04:40:58.303-07:00time to blog again.Hey guys <div><br /></div><div>I was in a 'blogging mood' so here I am! So next week the girls and I are going to *fingers crossed* go to the Tutankhamun exhibition soooo excited! I'll post some pictures too :) </div><div>Part of the excitement comes from the Gift Shop, it's the highlight and I love how they put it at the end, just makes it all the more awesome. You never know what goodies you will come across at a Museum Gift Shop, ahhh. Museums are great, seriously I would live in one if I could. They are so amazing and so awe-inspiring. The last exhibition we went to was the Titanic Exhibition and that was mind blowing!!! Seriously one of the greatest exhibitions ever!!! </div><div><br /></div><div>I came across this Yves Saing Laurent perfume for men, very interesting concept and name!</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 577px;" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj978dnskL1qgjmowo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Kinda cool eh? </div><div>Love Yags</div><div>xxx</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-90468596217845259492011-03-29T04:26:00.001-07:002011-03-29T04:59:08.388-07:00Sup peepsHey guys<div><br /></div><div>So I'm actually feeling pretty good lately, quite happy really :) i'm content with everything at the moment (except for now when I have 700 words to go on my essay due tomorrow), things are going quite happily. I have a lot to be thankful for including great friends and a fantastic family that keep me smiling all the time.....except for the early hours in the morning, but hey that's just me and I could sleep forever! haha.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lately I've been procrastinating heaps! It's so bad :/ I usually just fall into these mega geeky phases where I do everything and study heaps. But as of now it's just forcing myself and doing essays the night before! But I promise I will create a new studying regime and stick with it, hope it's not like me and diets :P haha!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway it's my parents 20th wedding anniversary this year in April! :D So exciting my sisters and I are planning a celebration for them! Were thinking Croqenbuche and awesome decorations! I'm so excited this will *fingers crossed* be a huge surprise for them if my little sister doesn't spill the beans lol. Oh and it will be my birthday soon! :D 17 days!! And I'll be 19! It's such a random age, in the middle of 18 and 20, probably because it's an odd number haha.</div><div>SO yeah that's my life at the moment I have so many places to go from Ikea to party supply shops in the next few weeks haaha should be fun!</div><div>Lenka and I are going to watch Red Riding Hood tomorrow, I think we'll both pee our pants getting scared! I swear if I have nightmares she has to pay compensation for therapy hahah! </div><div><br /></div><div>This episode was awesome! Barney and Robin see how far they can go touching stuff at the Museum it's soooo funny :D something i would love to do hahah!</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lijfsehoQS1qesuluo1_500.png" border="0" alt="" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 333px;" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhsqh3oDzM1qzpwi0o1_500.png" border="0" alt="" /></div><div>p.s. LOVE LOVE LOVE this comic above made me giggle for days!!</div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-12471759945199323282011-03-21T00:35:00.000-07:002011-03-21T00:45:46.347-07:00Martian Slippers FTW<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM8pRoFyWDheWzrL3F9YxKziCm6p_aqhb5Orn2V_CV5OMMUiyv9frgXEV2xFfiUvwZGN5iBuo7fj3y5Y3g5LIVQ6y8tlytbi5f7-hP6oo279yQLf70Hac-Qb9TLpcv-pc2lH_ggyZklb-/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM8pRoFyWDheWzrL3F9YxKziCm6p_aqhb5Orn2V_CV5OMMUiyv9frgXEV2xFfiUvwZGN5iBuo7fj3y5Y3g5LIVQ6y8tlytbi5f7-hP6oo279yQLf70Hac-Qb9TLpcv-pc2lH_ggyZklb-/s320/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586435654940496034" /></a><br />Sup guys<div><br /></div><div>Had an incredibly funny day with Lenka today!! It was insane and yes we received some very weird looks haha! </div><div><br /></div><div>Quote of the day: *lenka pointing hands at each other* "So are you guys like together?" hahahaha haahah it was insanely funny!</div><div><br /></div><div>I finally bought my Martian Slippers today they are way too awesome! My little sister is jealous of them and tries to steal them! </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm also sick which fails as I have three assessments due and a driving test to practice for :( </div><div>I would also like to take the time to say a shout out to Japan and hope they are on the fast road to recovery. What you have gone through is a terrible and unimaginable ordeal and my thoughts are with you all. </div><div>That's it for now!</div><div>Yags</div><div>xoxoxo</div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-15108283600050986642011-03-19T20:34:00.001-07:002011-03-19T21:20:52.834-07:00Everything Changes!Hey guys<div><br /></div><div>Wow it's been a few months. So much has happened and so after starting Uni again I thought I would start blogging too! So this semester has been pretty great so far! Nearly all 4 of my subjects are focussing on Ancient Greece right now, which is great! I have a passage analysis on the Iliad, which I have missed doing so it should be fun! I've also started learning Ancient Greek. WOW! It's so awesome but really hard at the same time. There's also a lot to memorise, and I hate rote learning so I'll have to suck it up haha. I can successfully read it but I don't know what the words mean haha except for a few.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess this semester started out differently to how I pictured it. So much has changed and I've realised that things can really change in a second, in a blink of the eye. It's so weird to think that certain things would remain the same forever, or for at least a long time and then suddenly they're cut off and you're left standing as if someone just slapped your face. It's a horrible feeling and hopefully as time goes on so too will this terrible feeling. I guess you're just left going how could this have gone wrong and feeling angry.</div><div><br /></div><div>But yeah, Uni's been good! Lenka and I went and watched the Adjustment Bureau the other day with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. I really enjoyed it and it was about this idea of fate, and how our lives are all mapped out for us from the moment we are born. However Matt Damon's character has to 'fight his fate' to end up being with the girl he loves. It was interesting to compare this notion of fate, where we have free will and we make our own decisions, we determine our own fates to that of fate in the Iliad. Where fate is a presupposed conception and there is no way to change it at all, it's just something which is accepted.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also we were studying Euripides' Trojan Women and after reading it again, I have come to the conclusion that it is my favourite play, one of my favourites....*cough Antigone cough* haha. It's such an incredibly powerful representation of the most innocent, in a time of war. I think it's influence comes particularly from the fact that it still very much appeals to what were going through today. From Iraq to Libia, Egypt and Yemen it's just a heart wrenching play every scene worst than the last. It makes you feel so terrible afterwards, man Euripides you really were fantastic! Some 2,000 years later people are still studying your plays, still performing them. It's amazing. I really want to see a live production of this play, it would be incredible!!!<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 264px;" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSHD5ZvftmELd6aeuadtsOZ4yPHZc-rexMLvy72Qlagapdfzj75" border="0" alt="" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Also going for my driving test soon! eeeeep i'll let you know if I pass haha :/ </div><div>And we also have the Tutankhamun exhibition opening up in April in Melbourne can't wait for it! :D</div><div><br /></div><div>I also have two weddings coming up, and one of them is big. Which means fancy dress and everything! I'll post pictures up when it's passed haha :)</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;">This blog post's shout out's go to-</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;">Shelby: </span>"That wasn't too bad" what she said after we had lunch at the Conservatory bahahaha it still makes me laugh.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF9900;">Alenka: </span>the two fail guys who couldn't find their seat at the movies and we both nearly peed our pants!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6ndXnVvr8L9dxlA1t61N6F9B7GPw6we_9hcilYxNniyD9aIWefMkVVfKVaos3DoABBEDgRYG6XbT3USwsYYYlxlvhS_ukdmyZYb1417yWWuM3zyBMqvrrQltmJ-DA8GibNO-FEp4pMPZ/s400/IMG_0252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586011749291736258" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4e29XnRNn9Mitm8eoruve1s_Vyjiiv7LR6Nng5mB4I6lMtlhwcpYfcaDASem8exa1cVcDfEsisXA7Lx_YF8BFwKyvkQ3z2PQgxF7ADzeZ_WKXSeYwKgqC4rnSRvBpTCcnntZEYHF_Fxz/s320/IMG_0253.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586012173311835618" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love Yags </div><div>xox</div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-90348429315062193712011-01-04T04:17:00.000-08:002011-01-04T04:23:02.910-08:00The Book ChallengeHey guys<div><br /></div><div>So I love reading and I love books, my weekly trips to Borders persuaded me to do the Book Challenge, where I shall endeavour to read the 100 top Classic Novel of all time! :D</div><div>I'm using the BBC List so far and the books that I have already read I will replace with books from other various lists, the lists that include the Twilight series by Stephanie Myer will not be included, I cannot handle anyone who deems that series a all time classic novel.</div><div><br /></div><div>So first up is Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace I just started it and it's already becoming quite interesting it's 1,000 pages so don't expect a review too soon! After reading each book I will post a review and my interpretation of the novel :) </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm really excited to start and I will be buying each book so at the end I will have a collection of them all! </div><div><br /></div><div>Until next time </div><div>Yags! xxx</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-39599624567022050282010-12-15T01:35:00.000-08:002010-12-15T02:19:18.459-08:00The smell of Antique booksHey all <div><br /></div><div>So today Lenka and I did a bit of shopping in the city, it was lovely! We also went into an Antique bookshop today it was amazing! I was amazed at all the books the Greek section was not vast but it was fabulous all the same. We didn't want to leave :) </div><div><br /></div><div>I picked up a illustrated children's book of the Iliad and Odyssey from 1956. It's amazing everything is all simple and very very accurate. The drawings are awesome and the maps are very efficient. It's really really wonderful and I'm going to keep it for my kids :D</div><div><br /></div><div>This is what it looks like:</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQVPvTwdncvBGQKXDxD-lNETAFSfjv7GIPFDTDaUQfJUAuHkYVrksd8rBVWmd2nZ3VYymtLNzPZfdUybFhqn_UEqiMzi_OF5POKJWIUkgo5VRntV7nIajQfcTezw05RFPFmN4xO_6TwxQ/s320/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550842483998928626" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtw3-KcO5x61nfud2F5Cj3kJmtbtK489aZxZStgqG6tfTHEfHN6HIwzRdfNXiV91SRfpXymcEW1ekgRneft5yFjTRPocQz8XJvPcXzdpCX0Zr7aO9zfwpbYVJUy4XDt0JcwKLAEFd9KIh/s320/photo-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550842875677704946" /></div><div><br /></div><div>The map on the right is really awesome it tells you who comes from where and which city-states are allies of Greece and Troy. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also read about the Roman statue that washed up on the shore of Jerusalem, it's female, wears a toga and had been estimated as being 2,000 years old the head is missing though. But imagine just walking on the beach and suddenly you see an Ancient statue just standing in the sand pretty epic!</div><div><br /></div><div>Until later</div><div>Yags</div><div>xxxxx</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-44994059860905222842010-12-08T23:16:00.000-08:002010-12-08T23:52:07.300-08:00Ah Fagles!Hey guys<div><br /></div><div>Long time no blog yes it has been. I finally got my Fagles box set :D</div><div>So I'm very happy I'm going to keep it and pass it on to my children ahahh! Yes so I'm very excited it was my Christmas present to myself. Here's what it looks like-</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLOrBIrnnnM418kyidAhSHDKMiOkaAVjDYSbTGxPk7nfjphazbPyMsar5qYQBzPJRkA033AB08NUxGnJb9zwsDD0vIJZZ5Bao5jruw-FA00T_s86NXYfqWiRupN15SsJd4A0_-UmTrez4/s320/IMG_0038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548578738312262530" /></div><div>It's so awesome! How many translators have Box Sets may I add? Hardly any not even Richmond bahahahaha. </div><div>Anyway I always post pictures of food I eat in the city with friends these were our cakes from Brunetti's</div><div>They were very very good!</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFp2X_a6GoQSSrfqNscOlDuohDdvqdfx-SBTsbxCnYhCYmSozp_jkEvPf_hct1VZeSoDHNyUEUkSNXhyphenhyphenZ-o-7g54yTkRX_Op1M_2RcOm2nz6GANNkWpDqCopE5lirdByfRuMk6aDFDfmj/s400/IMG_0030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548580732128228930" /></div><div><br /></div><div>So I'm nearly half way through Arrian's the Campaigns of Alexander and this description by Arrian is just mesmerising and a bit saddening as well, this is what he describes when Alexander gets to Troy and is visiting the tomb of Achilles and lays a wreath on the tomb</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><i>" Alexander laid one on the tomb of Achilles calling him a lucky man, in that he had Homer to proclaim his deeds and preserve his memory. And well might Alexander envy Achilles this piece of good fortune; for in his own case there was no equivalent: his one failure, the single break, as it were, in the long chain of his success, was that he had no worthy chronicler to tell the world of his exploits. No prose history, no epic poem was written about him; he was not celebrated." </i></span></div><div>If only Alexander could take a look at today and see just how well known he is and how the world knows and studies all his exploits he would be quite happy! </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway that's it for now :) </div><div>Yags!</div><div>xxx</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><i>(Arrian trans. Aubrey De Selincourt, the Campaigns of Alexander)</i></span></div><div> </div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-46692106657845817262010-12-01T00:28:00.000-08:002010-12-01T00:35:39.676-08:00The Campaigns of AlexanderHi guys<div><br /></div><div>It's been a while and I apologise I finished exams and now I'm just terribly lazy watching movies, sleeping in too late and eating too much. Yesterday I had a catch up with lots of people in the city was nice to see everyone again! Before that Lenka and I did a bit of shopping and I bought Arrian's The Campaigns of Alexander. I started last night it's already quite interesting and I don't know why but I keep getting these sudden urges where I need to highlight particular lines in the book. I don't know if it's just become a habit but it's really weird and freaks me out a bit. Anyway this one quote I read was so awesome I have to share it</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i>"His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable" </i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div>WOW what a fantastic description I love it! :D </div><div>I'm also going to get an Iphone soon! Very very excited I've wanted one for so so long and I just have to get around to it really. And also today's the first day of December! This year has gone by so fast it actually scares me! </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway hope you are all well!</div><div>:) </div><div>Yags!</div><div>xxxx</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-53087685255876175542010-11-25T00:50:00.000-08:002010-11-25T00:57:59.591-08:00Groovy Greeks.Hi all <div><br /></div><div>So i finished Uni for the semester on Tuesday! I am now on holidays and I've got to say it's a nice feeling. It's weird though whenever I find myself watching tv or just out on the deck I have this sudden feeling of guilt come over me and then I remember, wait I can do this now haaha. My sister got me a copy of Horrible Histories, the Groovy Geeks it's fabulous! Really the drawings are soo funny, it's really ingenious and great way to begin topics too! Anyway so I came across this link and it posts videos of lectures from all the top Universities including Harvard, Yale, Princeton just to name a few. I clicked on the Princeton link and there are quite a number of Classics lectures the first one I'm listening to now is about why we should study Classics, I'm so excited. And then it hit me I seriously cannot get any geekier than this! haha<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 510px; height: 680px;" src="http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1087-1/%7BAAD70971-DF5F-49EC-BFD5-25ACF75E2F76%7DImg100.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Until next time!</div><div>Yags</div><div>xxx</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-47322150143871086862010-11-21T18:56:00.000-08:002010-11-21T19:09:33.083-08:00The importance of having a hobby.So yesterday I was chatting with a couple of friends, and we were talking about having talents, and how we found ourselves to be 'talentless', and as I agreed with them one of them pointed to my desk, that is laden with Greek stuff and said "but at least you have a hobby!" And it's so true! I don't know where I would be if I didn't have this hobby. I feel like my life would be pointless and ever so boring. So let's just say I'm glad I chose to study Classics in High school, now at Uni and I'm glad I was intrigued by the stories of the Trojan War at a young age. I think having a deep interest in whatever topic is fundamentally important. It creates a sense of intrigue and interest that is hard to find anywhere else. Now, it no longer has to refer to just reading piles and piles of books, we live in a digital age, where understanding has become easier and much more widespread. To find out anything, is really just a click away. The digital means provide new insight into History that is just really incredible. So balance your interests with books (you can never have too many books) and digital means because you'll never know what you will find out!<div><br /></div><div>I saw these badges on etsy.com and i laughed!<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 430px; height: 315px;" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.195332089.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 430px; height: 315px;" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.195519346.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm also hoping to pick up the Robert Fagles collection of the Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid tomorrow very exciting, I've wanted it for ages! :D</div><div><br /></div><div>Yags</div><div>xxxx</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-44279889677171501872010-11-19T18:10:00.000-08:002010-11-19T18:20:39.093-08:00Pasta, Sven, Cleopatra and Mark Antony.Yesterday was a beautiful day here in Melbourne, perfect sunny weather :) <div>A group of us went out for Cindy's birthday, we decided to have lunch at South bank. We randomly went up to an Italian restaurant that served pasta. When we walked in I was like 'omg this is awesome' the whole wall in the restaurant was the painting of Cleopatra and Mark Antony named the banquet of Cleopatra by Giambattista Tiepolo, the painting depicts the famous contest between Cleopatra and Antony where they make a wager to see who can host the most lavish feast. The painting shows the end of this wager, where Cleopatra removes one of her pearl earrings a very expensive pearl earring at that and drops it into a glass of vinegar. Cleopatra thus wining the wager, as she spent the most money and her's was the most 'lavish one'. So I took a picture of the painting, and was very excited when I saw it :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFwi6aV_lZa7lG3yFQewdv_bLFfZwzRIFSNEWyIELS3IHjq1Mqpji4PbYJfnPP-MwSyIqAhcHIcvWfQzAjc3QsXk_aChHeJSqu5xE89K3vi5ShoxHhlatzvxtYPHwUAoZK5_tJIDTstKg/s400/PB194014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541450520419713826" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_FiewgIq6lZDqP6OU-GQfT865NPlAGz1ZhPldAyq1O_Pc70BI83GuKpfHxA3Lm4u66RzXzHxqx2q2poV4PxcJKOg_QnKNKhoEWo-zBhhR9smRH8SKYcQGAEUrUwuNnhoG_R_JAUIqd6d/s320/PB194016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541450986844380914" /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZzNwhx1yNYTWyXD2xRrzBDcQqxOxtgOOruIwNrGY9EC66fdIGUp24vnax0VELWr88WPf4qgWTh0rFo0z-R9e9GdWAptjGu_L-3qIGxBQdfWOdINKNVq_LMZiFj4IwuOWWr7d9-U88_gjf/s320/PB194008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541450737301633186" /> </div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-83334392229479552662010-11-19T03:29:00.001-08:002010-11-19T04:07:37.245-08:00Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1Hi guys, <div><br /></div><div>So yesterday Cindy, Zee and I went and watched Harry Potter after moths of waiting, watching snippets of scenes and too much anticipation the day had finally arrived. Funny how you wait for something for so long, and then it's over in the blink of an eye! So we watched it at Imax :) very exciting! The start of the film was quite excellent where they improvised well! The wedding was different to what I pictured, and as were some of the new characters. The parts that I found were quite done well were</div><div>- The tale of the three brothers</div><div>- Bathilda Bagshot scene (very scary, Cindy and I screamed ahah)</div><div>- The scene with Bellatrix at Malfoy manner where she writes 'mudblood' on Hermione's skin a quick and easy shot that depicts many different themes</div><div>- Dobby he was so cute especially with his shoes, a reminder of how he is now a free elf</div><div>- Hermione/Ron's relationship</div><div>- The last part of the film</div><div>- scene where Ron stabs the horcrux</div><div><br /></div><div>The parts the film didn't really concentrate on-</div><div>- The horcrux's I found were not really focussed on at all. Firstly there was no proper reminder of how many are needed to be found, how many have been destroyed etc. Also the time in the book spent on discussing, planning where they would find another horcrux was not present at all probably because none of Dumbledore's memories regarding Voldemort were not shown in the previous film *cringe*. Instead the trio spent their time just sitting, at one stage Ron and Hermione are playing the piano, bit of a wtf moment and just reading.</div><div>- There is not much if anything on Dumbledore's past. I found this part very interesting in the book, especially the way Harry feels towards Dumbledore was not shown at all. Instead there would just be snippets of Rita Skeeter's article, and her book.</div><div>- The extent of Voldemort's terror and annihilation of muggles and non pure bloods was not shown to the extent that it should have. All Voldemort is really shown as is just evil, I think the movies lack the background to this super interesting character, and is really limited to his affect on others</div><div>- Dumbeldore's tomb.......... ? computerised cubes really</div><div>- and last but not at all least HARRY DANCING WITH HERMIONE this scene made me want to puke really. Okay I understand the idea behind it well and truly, but did they have to put it right in the middle. the dancing was just *gah* :( i wanted to cry right there and then.</div><div>- also, why are the ministry workers suddenly all wearing Muggle clothes, surely this was not Voldemort's new uniform code, really?!?</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay so it looks like I didn't enjoy it, I did but some of the things really really bug me ahha. But watch it, it's very worth while I'll be watching it again with Lenka.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some snaps from yesterday-</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULb2euLSWCFM4-GhCDjpyfYTGIxPxnn4_mnJdbKQKSgby0Wu54g34K3yyJ-te1GTWPbjz9T89tf0g3Ylcs9XxbyLipo6Y2RA0egt6z6PYPg7rSb8XxmWPQa3kL85sBCz3cvO01Exlun-u/s200/PB183975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541229894905012594" /> me and zenab</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgozlTOS-F2dRYDghlONY9EcPeWhedR0ygGsmj921IqMs_4a9EtlJ3Je4dvaeREGlTHyUOt6qESZ7WK8u0bHHMgzpnVYehIauFTB2XbXRk-qPPXsgSdPOkZ8POCyFodzbWblLKCbX9HJ056/s200/PB183977.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541230260602971586" /> us three</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uDVGdlTe43HDo6pRsRy1Q1AkNIcLf0XWeuEy0QNdtw6qxsfX4Lv53sthkzNMq1X8k7RJNeiWzfjHieL14qWQ8K2MLK-k6k9lUH10BSiYUNqZ74CBlyg2Zk0UrOTz7a2QrLzvfZLEBudF/s200/PB184002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541230758636977682" /> us and Voldy</div><div><br /></div><div>and my overall rating for the film would be a 4/5 (1 point being for the reasons above but also because it was WAY better than the last two :) </div><div><br /></div><div>Dobby was just awesome once again very very cute, i got a bit teary when he died :'(</div><div>Also Imax had their workers dress up as Death Eaters to help people find their seats it was so so so scary. and Kudos to all the people that dressed up! ^_^</div><div><br /></div><div>xx</div><div>Yags!</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-17219014686096056492010-11-10T20:59:00.000-08:002010-11-10T21:10:15.483-08:00break even.Thought I would show you guys my new buys!<div><br /></div><div>So I got this book about Pharaohs which I have started reading, it's really interesting! There is a large section dedicated to Egypt and Rome including naturally Caesar and Marc Antony. Towards the end when, the focus is on Alexander the Great :)</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGC0C9sR0kzknjZaqTWJrE3bxIMY2IQV2Fllvb-2-v2sUmS4dqexuN-7Gvor06Lw-YLoLGvpDQJoLnzEy6oYsAe5xm2l__Q8uJazNxzIvr3oVTC8-ZI2-czxRZ7GTbsZRk9H0mufMaz9o/s400/SANY2370.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538153218194562562" /></div><div><br /></div><div>And I got this Colosseum shaped pencil sharpener, how cool is it!! And HP glasses they're so cool! </div><div>xx</div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-44925829184773154662010-11-09T01:45:00.000-08:002010-11-09T03:13:53.928-08:00It's too hot to sleep...Hey all, <div><br /></div><div>Well Summer has officially begun today was probably the warmest day so far. Summer can be such a pain sometimes, I'm one of those people who can't go to sleep when it's hot I need a little bit of blanket!! And I have a feeling tonight is going to be like that....great!</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, so today I'm going to be submitting my last essay *fingers crossed* and then it's on to Exam revision, where I shall be breathing Rome for two weeks.....hopefully! I also really want to learn how to play either the Piano or Violin! I'm going to make it my New Years resolution!!</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm super excited for the new Harry Potter movie! I have a whole day planned with the girls, picnic in the Gardens, lots of food and drink, dressing up, were also buying a pair of HP glasses to wear ahha, and then watching it on the big screen! Imax :)</div><div>However, I have the worst habit ever. You know when you read a book and then watch the movie, it's natural to compare the two and nearly all the time you find that the book was so much better! Well I've done this with all the Harry Potter movies so far, I sit there in the cinema critiquing every 'wrong' action and it bugs me so so much. But I can't help it!! It just happens. I watched a 1 minute clip from the movie and spotted three things, they didn't do like the book. I realise that they can never include the detail included in a book but grrrrr!! The last Harry Potter movie made me so angry I haven't watched it again :/</div><div><br /></div><div>Yeah I need help! It also happened with Clash of the Titans and to a lesser extent Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. Let's face it, I'll always have high expectations!</div><div><br /></div><div>I also found out today, that my bestfriend Shelby has never been to the Airport..............EVER! ahaha so I'm going to make sure she goes, these holidays! The Airport is epic, even though it makes me a bit depressed seeing everyone leave, going on their awesome holidays! It's the best feeling in the world embarking on a plane overseas! Shelby we are going to the AIRPORT :D</div><div><br /></div><div>I came across this picture that just made me go, whoa fantastic photography!!</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamPk_AnV2cnT0lfc5ZB2Dblqq2jiLd8Fg3G4qeGsFLfxVfc7qnQcnI4Pc5Rb_lSC1bSHthkMxEkee7o3TrcUdxb6UXNm_joQdfFL2LmQ5ogNr-PiRr61WA1LtRZG6g9g3r1W2zqPfblaL/s400/s32_24115443.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537503634088954258" /></div><div>It's a sign everyone, Zeus is angry!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-8975246689167747002010-11-05T01:01:00.000-07:002010-11-05T03:10:19.612-07:00Fun at the Beach.<div>Here's some snaps from my day out with the girls at the Beach :)</div>with SEA MEN ;)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRN7rugLiVUju4pKdK-GzZfvVSMQC0yEY5h-clZr31STFFfFWiM0IART8KlDn01ngIIJOQOC0dUGkoBXoQoWRbmFRFFv5v8vebi_j3YY43-TtV3XBlD9byp4FpUBczXnCwhyphenhyphenIqer7bbF9k/s1600/SANY2378.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRN7rugLiVUju4pKdK-GzZfvVSMQC0yEY5h-clZr31STFFfFWiM0IART8KlDn01ngIIJOQOC0dUGkoBXoQoWRbmFRFFv5v8vebi_j3YY43-TtV3XBlD9byp4FpUBczXnCwhyphenhyphenIqer7bbF9k/s200/SANY2378.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536004941344846258" /></a> our very classy champagne cups :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4hN6oawVm5FsRqpGSt_HdwCuHIXhtmw_w-6LxSoib_ZjDemncByvt1sxgcKYnWovYtgfOkQ_ZgZAYzwRwpSlj8t1MQ2xXD496I_Qg_vjqsFOoE5lX1lOy9rbdnuw0o6CG2Gav9jBXoiO/s1600/SANY2362.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix4hN6oawVm5FsRqpGSt_HdwCuHIXhtmw_w-6LxSoib_ZjDemncByvt1sxgcKYnWovYtgfOkQ_ZgZAYzwRwpSlj8t1MQ2xXD496I_Qg_vjqsFOoE5lX1lOy9rbdnuw0o6CG2Gav9jBXoiO/s200/SANY2362.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536001125912110610" /></a> me and lenka you can see the pain on her face ahahahah<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXAauXIZPW_O_SLaEQSFhCeYSHBUj5XfGdyJz_SGgQVJJCmNEmcpdUHP9xcf8_lUYf8-tisbgo81Knz2NU96fSw0gEXtq866PdsP4Gheeu3dzh0fOVHdy6GZKbc0Aa6dgdEDT-uQu5kZj/s1600/SANY2384.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXAauXIZPW_O_SLaEQSFhCeYSHBUj5XfGdyJz_SGgQVJJCmNEmcpdUHP9xcf8_lUYf8-tisbgo81Knz2NU96fSw0gEXtq866PdsP4Gheeu3dzh0fOVHdy6GZKbc0Aa6dgdEDT-uQu5kZj/s200/SANY2384.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535977431496280898" /></a> :)<div><br /><br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWusuLZ-s0lYyVEhUHBFDW4SLRaOJisWnNS7IMrUDpACk62B9P0gcDUhVdpRP47G59waGihGjX5rpAKr_w6f5tTU1PsbMW0VnTBfqT12TBbI2RZj0ZtEZBr4bST-BfnM4UEcbT64o56G8/s200/SANY2385.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536000573945951922" /><br /><div>The beach was pretty awesome and we learnt one very VALUABLE lesson to never give Alenka a spray bottle, of whatever it may be. In this case it was sunscreen and it was everywhere, she even tried to spray sea gulls, didn't work ahaha!</div><div>Love these girls :) xx</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDsENOi1dGDXGM4QOagjA5zr0rIjuYS-CIJiDud4n92Py-ejwrHcLZZCs4xtExeJun-hO6hivHNPyYmVj9i4LmNwxs8fZmJ-eLRHEvT7q5_FxCOfBVsBs1j2wYbehOMXY6rEwya33DyTG/s200/SANY2367.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536005351982798546" /></div><div><br /></div><div>was an awesome day! now back to studying and then hopefully a big blog about Harry Potter, I'm so excited for the 18th!!! :D</div><div><br /></div></div></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-68947991845269239682010-10-29T21:33:00.000-07:002010-10-29T21:41:26.582-07:00Egypt joins the ranks!Hey, <div><br /></div><div>So I just found out that our Melbourne Museum will be hosting a new Egyptian Exhibition, about King Tutankhamun! The exhibition will host treasures from his tomb, it will be coming here in April next year!! I'm very excited, when I was in Germany last year I went to an Tutankhamun exhibition where they showed replica's from his tomb and I really enjoyed it! On it's way to Australia this will be the last time these artifacts leave Egypt as a new museum is already being built to host them in Giza. Already I'm very excited, the Pompeii exhibition was a huge hit so undoubtedly this will be too!</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 475px; height: 467px;" src="http://fcmdsc.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/king_tut.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> :) </div><div>Yags!</div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-23358273946818974362010-10-25T02:32:00.001-07:002010-10-25T02:49:23.440-07:00Agora.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.igeek.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Agora-Movie-Review.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 642px;" src="http://www.igeek.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Agora-Movie-Review.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 288px;" src="http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/hypatia.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br />So I came across this trailer on youtube depicting a film with Rachel Weisz named <i>Agora. </i>The film is based on real events detailing the life of Hipatia a philosopher and scholar who lived in Roman-Egypt. She was a mathematician, astrologer and scientist! Yes she sounds pretty amazing, particularly considering the time she was living in. Hipatia was born in Alexandria in Egypt at ~ 350 C.E. and was the daughter of the curator of the Museum of Alexandria. Her father tutored her in various subjects from a young age. However when the Christians rose to power she was shunned for being a pagan, and ultimately for . One day when she was in a carriage, she was pulled out of it by an angry group of people, stripped naked and beaten until she died. Her body was then burnt. Sadly all her works were also burnt and destroyed. <div><br /></div><div>She is quite an interesting person and it's a shame that we don't have a lot of material about her or written by her! So I'm hoping to watch the movie soon :) </div><div><br /></div><div>Yags!</div><div>xx</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3044985548085716750.post-31431149493152422912010-10-25T02:24:00.001-07:002010-10-25T02:24:30.653-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI4Nzk5ODU1MzA3NyZwdD*xMjg3OTk4NjY*MjcyJnA9MTQ2NDgxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmbz1hM2Y3YmFkMWFhYzA*/ZWRlYmNjMDNkYjJiZmYzYzlkZSZvZj*w.gif" /><a href="http://s05.flagcounter.com/more/TDa"><img src="http://s05.flagcounter.com/map/TDa/size=s/txt=000000/border=CCCCCC/pageviews=0/viewers=0/" alt="free counters" border="0"></a>Yagshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11079559377830585562noreply@blogger.com0