Merry Xmas Every One

Ok so after I got back form Oz H.T (The hubby)casually mentioned we host an Xmas lunch for 7 people, He failed to mention they had already RSVP'd & he wanted me to cook Roast pork, beef & chicken.

No dramas there cos I did the same last year when we were in Indonesia.

Anyways on Saturday I spent 5 & a half freaking hours & visited 4 supermarkets trying to find beef, pork & basic ingredients for a cheesecake. In the end we used his hotel contacts so anyway its now 5pm on Xmas eve & still no pork loin (we had some form of meat delivered yesterday that was supposed to be pork, but it's red & funny smelling, maybe Rudolph?)

The chicken still has his damn head & feet attached & it's beady little black eyes were staring at me when I took it out the freezer to defrost so I have left that for H.T to deal with, I'm not even going to consider touching it again let alone sticking my hand up it's ass to see if the innards are still intact.

And Finally, I've noticed about $700 AUD worth of cosmetics missing from the apartment ever since I got back from Oz, I'm pissed off about that, not so much that they are missing cos I have more than enough make up to last me a life time! It's more the fact the have been taken from my home, I don't think its the maid as it's all high end stuff & she wouldn't know NYX from MAC.

Yeah so anyway Merry Xmas every one :)

Heartbeats, Music from within.

Last night we headed off to a concert called "Heartbeats, The music within" that the hotel sponsored. I wasn't expecting much as I'm not a fan of Hindi music but was really blown away by the performance. The genre was more world music/tribal than the Hindi/Bollywood song & dance type that I was expecting & it was like a jam session between a singer (who sung chords not actual words), guitarist & 3 drummers.

The musicians would take turns playing/singing/drumming tune or rhythm then the others would match it individually then they would come together & play as a group.

2 drummers were playing "traditional" type drums, I've got no idea what they're called & the third had a kit of about 25 drums & also incorporated a suitcase & water bottle into the performance.

I can't really describe it as this genre is new to me & it's one of those things you really have to see live to appreciate.

Man, I need to start taking my camera to these functions in the future.

Mumbai Apartment

Hmm Just playing around with the camera & trying to figure out how to upload videos.

Please excuse the shaky camera work It's only really the second time I've played with the camcorder.

Neglecting The Blog

So I spent 2 months in Melbourne just enjoying not being in India, I missed the terror attacks & all the excitement that happened in Mumbai.

I'm back again & trying to figure out how to upload vids to youtube so you can have something to watch.

So far I have learnt ..... iMovie 08 is PURE EVIL, I'm undecided on Windows movie maker atm, If the next post is a youtube vid well then it worked :)