Christmas is a time for family, friends, food and drinking. All of these were had in abundance in the Biv household this year. We had both sides of the family over at different times, work christmas party and lots of fun things in between including an ACDC performance tribute which, surprisingly, I actually enjoyed quite a lot! Wishing all my loved ones health and happiness over the christmas break! xx Mum, dad, Ness and I went to see Shania Twain- she was great. Service at the Hope Estate, not so much. Aside from saying we spent two hours in line waiting for a pre-ordered hamper, I won't go into it.
Shania was awesome! Sounded exactly like her CD's etc and looked absoluitely fab!
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September has been an exceptionally social month for my family and I. There have been birthdays, concerts (CHER!!!), lunches and a concerted effort to walk the dogs more and improve general health and mindset.
It has also been a month of recovery for me, allowing me to lick my wounds a little and regain my centre through the presence of my family and friends. I love you all! xx I am the luckiest girl in the world! Technically, I was still supposed to be in the UK this time of year and so, when Steph bought 2x P!nk tickets last year, they were never going to be mine... surprise! She took me along and I will worship her forever. It was an incredible show, particularly considering she was performing on steroids due to bronchitis and, the very next show she had to cancel because she was too ill. She was incredible. I would pay to go and see her again in a heartbeat. She played old and new songs, even did a Gwen Stefani mash-up and there was plenty of singing along and dancing. Steph has gone and done a sweet thing, too. She bought Hayd and Nessa tickets to one of the make-up shows because Ness missed out. My family is awesome! My first birthday back with the fam-bam in literally three years was amazing! We managed to get tickets for the local 'Tranny Bingo' or 'Naughty Numbers Bingo' night and it was an incredible show with laughter, singing, a little dancing and more outrageous jokes than I thought I could handle.
Thankyou to all those who came, and to those who got me horribly drunk, I will find a way to pay you back. Somewhere new! I booked tickets to a Romeo + Juliet dance party based on the soundtrack (Volume 1) of Baz Luhrmann's film. Initially, I thought it was bands performing the album, like a tribute... until I got there and saw the masses dressed up as if going to Baz's famous ball. Crazy! Absolutely crazy! Poor Ness thought we were going to an opera. Steph had never even seen the movie. Tara and Renee weren't sure what I had brought them to... The first performer out on stage was a man in a Beyonce leotard and angel wings with boots... very different! All in all, though, it was a great night out in Sydney and we all had fun. Despite email correspondence and multiple assurances, I have a gut feeling that my school sponsorship application is simply not going to happen. Unfortunately, the points system that should have been low enough to allow me immediate entry back into the UK with a job has been high-jacked by the governments preferences and apparent need for nurses and doctors. I have resolved to give it a maximum of six months of continued application then I am moving on to the next thing.... whatever that is. I was having a serious think the other day and I decided that, even though my European adventure may currently be on hold, there is no reason for me to stop exploring, particularly considering I have been reluctant in the past to discover my own area. Talking about it in the UK, I realised that, although I have travelled a lot, I still haven't dug deeply into Australia or even the Central Coast and Sydney. There is no point wasting away, pining for London when I can't do anything more than I am already doing and so I am determined to keep exploring, discovering new things and meeting new people. With that in mind, I have begun! First, there was Country in The Vines, a country music festival with some descent names, if I do say so myself- Adam Harvey, The Wolfe Bros, John Williams, who got the wobble board out for a sing-along and Lee Kernaghan, who sadly, did a shoe-y (cringe!). There was family, ice cream, a few drinks and sunshine that has been sorely missed. Next, I agreed to visit ViViD in Sydney- apparently it's a big thing that has been going on for some years! My excuse for ignorance is that I have been out of the country and no one told me. Well, Mum and Dad told me but I wasn't paying attention. Lucky me, on the way to meet the beautiful Tara, I ran into a friend on the train, was introduced to his friends and managed to keep myself occupied the entire way there. After seeing the lights, and the raging crowds, Tara and I hit up a whiskey bar tucked into a back alley- very London of her! Add to all of that, I got to go and see, for the first time, this spunk perform live. I am looking at investing in some 'We <3 Corey' shirts to wear next time. I'd be a good groupie, I think. I can't sing well but I can sing along and cheer plenty :) So, with a positive start and some good friends around, hopefully this will be the beginning of more adventures to come!
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