sketches of the mind

This is silly but it made me laugh…

Yesterday I went to check out the Glebe Street Fair. I had also hoped to meet some Sydney Couchsurfers but that didn’t eventuate, so I ended up strolling through the fair alone. That was OK as I was armed with my camera and also keeping my eye on any potential Christmas gifts.

The fair itself was great, filled with people, stalls peddling their wares (arts and crafts, t-shirts, sunglasses, religion, there was even the Australian Communist Party!), the aromas of the various multi-cultural cuisines on offer, and sounds of performers and the crowd. The sun was also beaming from above, despite the overcast skies and it was simply buzzing. Just as a twenty-fifth anniversary festival should.

I ended up buying myself a pair of sunglasses, something small that I could take back with me to Toronto, and a $3 Bondi chai latte that was delectable! That was about the extent of my purchases at the fair. Pretty good actually because there was a lot of temptation along that 1km stretch.

My pics:

Here’s how I became an accidental SingStar…

Last night on my way to a friend’s place (where I’m staying at the moment) from my parents’ place I decided to swing by another mate’s place to see if he was home. As fate would have it he was, and I caught him and his girlfriend on their way out to a barbecue. Funny thing was the barbecue was down the street! So I tagged along.

The barbecue was interesting - complete with drunken guys playing poker (with real cash), my friend talking to his cousin for the entire duration that we were there about fishing (not exactly one of my passions so I tuned out after a while and focused on the poker), a spit roast (tempting but no I resisted, and I’d already had dinner anyway), and lots of alcohol (again I resisted).

About an hour later we left the barbecue and headed back up the street.

It was then when the Sony Playstation 3 came out. It was actually the first time ever that I’d seen or used the console. I’m not much of a gamer these days. We played some game with cute characters which reminded me of Donkey Kong Country from back in the day before the real fun begun.

That’s right, it was Singstar time!

Ive been hankering from some karaoke for ages but none of my friends, well except for Jose-Jose, in Toronto are really into the whole singing in public thing. I enjoy it for laughs more than anything else. Nothing like making a fool of yourself from time to time

So Singstar is basically Karaoke with points, and it’s an absolute blast!

Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera on me (silly me left it in the car) but I had a great time rocking it out with my friends until 2am or so. I’m tempted to get my own PS3 now just for that one game.

So seeing as there’s no video of us, here’s some random stranger who’s actually very good at the game:

My voice is now in recovery mode, and it was totally worth it

I see trees of green…….. red roses too
I see em bloom….. for me and for you
And I think to myself…. what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue….. clouds of white
Bright blessed days….dark sacred nights
And I think to myself …..what a wonderful world.

The colors of a rainbow…..so pretty ..in the sky
Are also on the faces…..of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands…..sayin.. how do you do
Theyre really sayin……i love you.

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