Entries from February 27th, 2010

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2010

posted on: February 27, 2024

Here are some pre-parade pictures from earlier today that I took after I finished up helping with registration. It’s great to be able to walk around and watch everyone get ready. I lost count of how many people I’ve given directions to the portaloos today!

There were about 9000 participants on 135 floats this year. For an event this huge, it’s amazing to know that apart from the accountant, the entire gig is volunteer-run. It’s sure come a long way from when the parade first started off as a gay rights protest march in 1978.

Happy Mardi Gras! :)

Fair Day

posted on: February 21, 2024

Some pictures from today’s Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 2010 Fair Day event at Victoria Park.

Just a little preview of what to expect on parade day I think! I recognise some cross dressers from last year, isn’t it nice to have such diversity here.

Roaring on

posted on: February 15, 2024

Having a great start to the new year.

It’s funny that I think of the Chinese New Year as a new start to the year as well as when the calendar says Jan 1. Well having two of these can’t be worse than having just one. If I haven’t done so already - I hope you’ve had a positive start to yours and may you have a happy prosperous year of the tiger ahead!

(Please no Tiger Woods jokes :P)

Over the weekend I have been preoccupied with redecorating my new apartment. I’ve never been accustomed to living in small spaces having grew up in a house, but after living abroad in NZ and then here it’s amazing how much I am liking small apartments. I guess it means there is less cleaning up to do and less chances you forget where you leave things. No wonder people who often have big mansions also often have maids.

Living in a small space (the new digs are approx 400sqf) has also forced me to use space creatively. Up until now still have no microwave, proper TV (in fact the only reason why I have a small TV from a friend is because my parents came to visit and it has now been given to me because my friend has bought a 42″ plasma TV), heating/air conditioning, dining table, home telephone and broadband. These were things I had back when I was living in KL and have taken for granted, but after 18 months without them I’ve come to realise that I don’t really need all of that.

So instead I’ve decided to spend some money on a refrigerator and probably give this place a few new coats of paint. The living room needs a divider and I’ve been looking at some curtains to hang down the middle of it. One of these weekends I will make a trip to Ikea and buy another bookcase. I have no room for my giant stack of shoe racks, but thankfully Ikea Hacker has some ideas on what to do with them..

By the way, if anyone’s interested I found a really cool site via Apartment Therapy - This is a link to all the finalists for Room & Board’s 2009 Small Cool Contest and there are some really clever ideas for small spaces!

I wonder if I have enough ang pau money to buy a George Nelson coconut chair..