“Photography is a love affair with life.” – Burk Uzzle

I've been spending a bit of time at the Baptist Street Rec Club and Wunderlich Lane, the Solstice Dinner and the great music trivia. The other Saturday, a friend and I went to a photography workshop where you spent 2 hours playing around with a Fuji GFX camera. 

It was great value - for $25 you got a cocktail, a slider and 2 little workshops. You handed over your phone to get the camera, to be in the moment, so to speak.

The camera had some great video and still combination features for Social Media but we were not the most skilled at following the very basic instructions (and blogger struggles with video for me so I'm not bothering to post those here). 

We both loved the workshop with the filters, though both of us needed more time to master the camera features.

Mirror, blurry, fisheye and more.

It's a great little camera with an old school look. I did find it interesting, at no point was there the hard sell or even the mention of price. So I can't tell you anything about that.

It was a highly enjoyable afternoon, and a good time spent with a friend, so I will definitely be keeping an eye on what else is on there....

As Frank Turner says 'It's supposed to be about snapshots, not oil paintings....Remember the moment, be proud that you were there and then move on and find another moment"

The song is NSFW because he swears in the introduction of it but the song and video are fine.

Linking with #Secondonthe2nd

Squid Games at Luna Park

Friends gave us tickets for Christmas so we all headed to Luna Park this week for the Squid Game Experience.

I had pretty low expectations but was pleasantly surprised. It's amazing how much effort went into it and it looks great. The first room you go into really sets the scene. I spent a lot of that game nervously looking around, while joyfully marvelling at what they'd recreated.

You play 5 games and I found myself nervously giggling throughout the evening. It taps into the energy of anticipation and I guess that bonhomie of wanting your friends to do well too. I say too but sadly player 136 did not survive ANY of the challenges.

However I was having too good a time to feel any shame or disgrace (you will understand what I am referring to if you've played it).

The guards were really intimidating, and it was funny how nervous & jumpy you'd get if they came up behind you.

While we were waiting to go in, the guards marched past and I took a photo. One then stopped and looked at us. We all started to recoil nervously. It's was a brilliant start the night to set the mood.

We left exuberant, commenting how reinvigorating it is to play, and it's a shame adults don't do it more.

If you've watched the show, I thoroughly recommend this. It's so fun. Tickets can be bought here. I think they've just extended dates.

(This is not an ad, I just loved it.) I was given the Stop/Go earrings from a friend back when season 1 came out. Was delighted to have a reason to wear them again!

And that's what's been on my calendar.

Note these photos are all in the foyer. I didn't take pictures once the games began. So these are not an indication of the standard of the environment once you go inside. 

Throwback links to when the Squid Game Doll came to Sydney and the Halloween when it was all things Squid Game!

Posts on the importance of play for Adults:

Rediscovering how to play could be the key to creating deep adult friendships. Rhaina Cohen

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw

Linking with #WBOYC #TravelTuesday #MCoW #WednesdayAroundtheWorld

On the Harbour

Last weekend was my annual pre NYE practice run with Hot Dub on the Harbour and Harbourlife the next day.

It was glorious weather, not too hot but lovely and sunny, however this time, one of the kiddos needed a midnight pick up from their year 10 formal so my Hotdub night was cut short and sober. Still a fabulous night dancing my heart out with friends in a spectacular setting.

The next day we returned mid afternoon for more dancing....that stretched into the night.

My feet hurt and I hobbled home, happy and exhausted.

   

I did cancel my early morning walk with a friend, which was smart as I would have been pretty slow first thing! 

Each night I danced the equivalent of 20 kms, so less than normal on that weekend, but a great workout non the less.

It's my favourite party tradition! Here's to many more!

That's #WBOYC. What's been on yours?

And linking with #MondayMusicMovesMe #TravelTuesday