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I've just gotten back from a short walk in Bunya forest. The purpose was to load my pack up with everything that I'll be taking to China (that I've got), and just see how my newish clothes go. The result - almost all good.

The only problem I had was with my hat - I was wearing my Akubra - and the back rim of it was continually bumping into my pack. Another hat is on my list of things to get - my Akubra isn't compactable / crush down. So, something with flexible brim is on the cards.

Anyhow, it's less than 3 weeks now before I go. I'll be cruising down to Canberra and Sydney on Thursday night - saying bye to people, and hi to little people in Sydney. From the photos I've seen - she's the cutest!

Anyhow, the other big thing I need to do before I go is my QUT assignment. It's in some desperate need for attention. Speaking of which, I should do some work on it this afternoon.

One of the not so good points about my singing is that I concentrate hard (singing is a relatively new skill, I like to do well, so I concentrate), and tense my face and mouth muscles as a result. Apparently this ain't the best though. Having a tight embouchure with tight chin and lips may have been good for my clarinet playing, but isn't good for singing.

I need to be relaxed, enjoy the music (and funnily enough not concentrate on the notes...). This kind of ties in with "you play music you like better".

There's also something got to do with a lazy soft palate. So I need to smile using my cheek muscles more, and raise my eyebrows. It was fairly clear the better sound that was produced as a result. Hard not to laugh though...

So my signing lesson this afternoon was pretty enlightening - and funny...

It's 4 weeks (almost to the hour) until I fly out for China.

Crap: I have so so soooooo much stuff to do / organise before then.

* A whole bunch of stuff at work
* An assignment
* A trip to Sydney and / or Canberra
* A whole big bunch of stuff for my trip.
* Other odd jobs - car service; health insurance; etc etc.

Busy weekend ahead. Busy month ahead.

Yikes!

A little person has arrived.
Very cute from the sounds of it...

:)

Can't wait till my early September trip...
Can't wait until tomorrow when (hopefully) there'll be some photos in my inbox... (fingers crossed)

Well, last night I went to bed at 2am this morning, so today's been a bit on the quiet.

I've been emailing people. 7 so far - to all sorts of places - Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney, WA, UK. Pretty good going for me.

Anyhow.

Little people in Sydney should hurry up and appear - the conclusion of a weird mystery to me.

And then I have an excuse to go down there and see everyone...

Catching up with really cool people on the weekend and then miscellaneous randoms for dinner recently, has reminded me (yet again, and pretty ironically really) of how lonely I am most of the time…

(lacking companionship…)