New Camera!

These photos are all taken on my new camera that I will be bringing with me to India! Hopefully it will be better at capturing colour and excitement than my old one.

We have been really lucky to have our relative's friends over for the weekend, it is always so nice to meet new people, and one's that you know you will continue to stay in touch with.

Full credit goes to Laura A for the photo on the right. We took these on our walk through the salt-marsh!

Malibu! He is very posh.

Beautiful sunset from the Strand!

We were taken out to De Bier Haus for dinner last night by our new Aussie friends!

Lisa, Jack and Chris - these people are so awesome!

Yay for family shots! (Minus the cow-milking brother).

Bretzels! Yummmm.

My yummy mummy. I love this photo of her!

Chris' epic mussel pot!

It was sad to see this family off, but they are continuing with their journey through NZ, and then onto America, Vietnam and more! We will definitely be catching up with them in the future.

4 more sleeps!

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We Are Stars

I thought I would treat you all to a nice song to kick start the morning off!

I absolutely love this song.

We Are Stars - The Pierces

And this is what happens when I am bored at 2.30am with a camera and a Christmas tree. (Don't ask why I was up this late, I don't even know myself).

And finally, a photo of the fireworks on New Years Eve :)

Now I am off to Auckland for a few days!

Have an awesome week.

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A few small things:

A pretty and very tiny flower that managed to find its way out through a small hole in a wall - sometimes you need to appreciate the small things in life.

My brother and I with an Indian couple that our family knows - I am wearing my first ever authentic Indian outfit - all of the detailing around the neck etc is hand-stitched with tiny beads and springs! So beautiful. Maybe it is here I first fell in love with India?

So I have only a few shots left of this disposable camera, and I have no idea what photos are on it! I have had it for about 5 years - it is like a time capsule! So hopefully I can get it exposed and printed in the next few weeks...

A very staged photograph of myself in the Weekend Sun newspaper last week.

And finally, this is what I have been listening to non-stop for the past few days. What can I say? I am so excited for Christmas! Like not even so much the day itself, I just love the atmosphere, the good cheer, and of course Starbucks Gingerbread Frappes. Mmmmm.

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It is so lovely to be home.

I have just spent part of the afternoon relaxing in the garden with Smokey (the cat), who has been a psycho and chasing his own tail and my feet. But now the sun is out, these flowers are just such bright colours and so pretty to look at - naturally I had to whip the camera out:

This is my amazing film camera that I scored for $2 on TradeMe. It is a Minolta Uniomat, and I am in love with it's saturated photographs it produces. You can see examples of these in my Flickr account.

Mum and I started a fitness bootcamp this week that starts at 5.45am (!) on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I didn't go to the next session, nor will I go to any further sessions... I was ill in my first and only trial after eating something bad the night before. Just became a bad experience overall. Dancing, walking and going to the gym suit me much better as forms of exercise.

Back to Auckland tomorrow to do a couple of shifts!

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