So, St K lost in the footy finals agains Geelong. Damn Geelong. They should have lost. They suck! That’s all I am gonna say
Otherwise, here are some more recent dance photos. I am perfecting the shoot! But I guess I will do video for the final. At least one!
Archive for September, 2009
St K and Photos
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Spring Break:.
Monday, September 21st, 2009
So spring break went by way to fast. I finally got a lot of sleep. Fell into a weird sleeping patter but it’ll work itself out! On Monday last week I had a photoshoot with Jordine. It wasn’t for school and it was really awesome. The photos came out really great and I got to see a bit of Melbourne. We went to the Botanical Gardens across from the VCA. It’s a HUGE garden in the middle of the city and it’s really beautiful! Lot’s of people go running there. Then on Tuesday I had my class at the Parkville Campus and then Pemi and I rented a movie in the afternoon. On Wednesday we went to Geelong.
We took the train out to Geelong and it’s a pretty city. However, when we told people we were going to Geelong most everyone looked at us like we are crazy. Same response as Frankston. But, we had a good time. We had an improptu Photo Session. The first stop was the German Bakery for some food for a picknick and some German Bread to take home. The Bakery was alright. The bread wasn’t all very German but they did have a few really good breads and I bought one. We got some rolls, a Baiser, and this desert bar thing. Then went to Safeway, bought some hummus and tomatoes and water. It was really warm that day. Around 25˚C so it was great to wear something other than the big coat. Spring is definitely starting. Apparently Spring in Oz starts on Sept 1. I don’t go by this rule as spring does not start till Equinox which is TODAY! Yay! Anyway, so we went and bought food and went to the waterfront. Found a place on a spot of grass and enjoyed the view and ate food. There are all these weird sculptures everywhere along the WHOLE waterfront. They are painted logs. So awkwardly funny. But we took a ton of photos of them. After food and sitting in the sun we walked towards downtown. Had some ice cream and pretty much enjoyed the whole day. Then around 5ish all these bugs came out. It was really gross. There were bugs EVERYWHERE so we decided to go home. Caught the train and realized how damn tired we were but what an awesome day it was!
Then on Thursday I wanted to go see this movie where VCA students were able to go see it for free. I skipped the part in the eMail that said you had to RSVP so I couldn’t go and it sucked. So instead Pemi came over and we made a nice Salad, watched a movie and had…. LAMINGTONS! Now lamingtons are amazing. It’s pretty much my new favorite food. They can get really expensive, or you can go to Coles and get a 6 pack for a dollar. It’s this little cake square (yellow cake) that has two layers with some jam inbetween. And then the outside is covered in hard chocolate and coconut. It is so delicious you don’t even know!
Then, on Friday, I had my class in the morning, then in the evening met up with the Eng. Boys and had dinner at this awesome All You Can Eat Buffet Place. Afterwards we all went to the Footy game. It was the Western Bulldogs agains St. Kilda. I am always for the underdog and unfortunatly the bulldogs lost. BUT I know Kateri is for St. K. so I am happy for her. Would LOVE to go to the Grand Finals but maybe once I move here I will do that 
Then had a lazy Saturday and Sunday, yesterday, I went out to see if I can buy a new remote for my camera. My camera has been acting up like crazy. It’s really frustrating. On top of that my remote died during my last shoot. And I got a shoot coming up wednesday. The people here aren’t super into digital. Film is the way to go here. Either way, went out to see if I can buy a new remote and they are all like 50 bucks. So, I ordered on off ebay. It won’t be here by wednesday so Pemi is gonna help me with the shoot. It’s REALLY frustrating to not have my stuff work. It makes me angry cause you spent so much on equipment that when it starts to fail it sucks.
On a lighter note, today was cool. I had a really long day at school but I dropped of my film. Then went and projected it and filmed the projection so I got it on a file. Also Vati, nach langem warten ist hier der film:
It’s really cool when you just randomly stop the film so you can see the individual frames. I had a lot of fun doing this and I wanna do it again. It just requires a lot of patience and time.
I applied to a movie theater last week but havn’t heard anything so I am gonna call them tomorrow. Meant to do that when I got home today but I feel asleep so now it’s too late.
Either way,
Keep smiling
Sandra
From Melbourne to Geelong
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Photos are up on Facebook. There are around 200 and I am too lazy to reupload to the blog. Will possibly do this next week in school, where the internet is faster and it won’t take 4 hours 
Let me know if this works!
Proper update about Geelong soooooon
Keep Smiling
Cheers
Cake:.
Monday, September 14th, 2009So, I just got back. Starting spring break off the right way with some cake. Sarah took Pemi and I to Acland St in St. Kilda. They have loads of cake shops and so we went for cake. It was amazing. I had some Poppyseed cake and it tasted just like the one Oma makes. So wonderful. Afterwards we drove along the bay a bit and then (as requested) to the Albert Park and Formula 1 Racetrack. Vati, I was on the track, I saw the lines where the cars start up on the Rennstrecke and I saw the pit stop. I took a night photo. I will upload this soon. It was COOL. I mean, freaking Schumacher drove on the same street haha.
Yesterday, Pemi and I went to Queen Victoria Market. It was an hour before it closed when we got there which was perfect, because all the veggies and fruit were sold for really cheap. I got a kilo of grapes for 1 dollar and lettuce for another dollar. I made amazing salad last night (continuing the trend of eating healthy) and when I went out last night I had 0 beer. Impressive, huh? Considering that I have had 69 alcoholic drinks since I have gotten here… time to calm down a little. I think this following week we are going to Geelong (and the German Bakery) and the Cuckoo Restaurant. It’s this bavarian inspired restaurant with jodeling and slap dances. I dunno. But it should be hilarious haha.
The Dance shoot the other day went alright. My equipment is being retarded and dying on me. My remote no longer works and I have no idea why because the battery isn’t empty and then yesterday the wheel to change the exposure wouldn’t work. It sucks.
Oh well, gonna go to sleep soon. Had a wonderful day
Keep Smiling
Formula 1 Racetrack. Do you see the startboxen
Dance Photos:.
Sunday, September 6th, 2009So I had another Dance shoot on Thursday and it was AMAZING! I got such good photos and Sophie is a really good dancer. She had two more dancers get in touch with me so I will be doing shoots with them soon. YAY! I am still looking for a male dance but I’ll figure it out!
I went to the Melbourne Spring Fashion Show on Friday and it was ok. The models were all disgustingly thin and the clothes was ok. There were only two designers that I liked. Went to the After Party but only stayed there for no more than 10 minutes. It really sucked. I was hoping to maybe make a couple connections but that wasn’t the case. I am sure that the designers/models all have an after party else and not with the general public. Oh well. It was interesting.
Pemi and I were gonna go to Victoria Market today but it closes in an hour so that’s not happening. The weather is pretty crappy today. It’s really cloudy and looks like it’s about to rain. I think it’s gonna be like this the next week. Cannot wait for it to get a bit warmer
Other than that, I am going to Jordine’s dance performance on Thursday. I am excited. I am working on my website a little bit. Trying to get some more work up on there.
I bought some eggplant too so I am going to make baked eggplant in my toaster oven. I hope this works!
Pemi is going to come over and I think we are gonna see if we can find some cheap flights/accommodation to/in sydney for next week or the week after. Just a two day trip for spring break. Should be fun.
I’ve been trying to find jobs too. Applied for three last night and am going to this photography shop possibly tomorrow to drop off my Resumé. Wish me luck
Keep smiling,
Cheers
Telstra:.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Wow, It is officially September 1. Where has the time gone? I left exactly two months ago. How strange!
BUT I am still absolutely loving this place. This last week has been fairly busy. The weekend before this last one I went to Telstra to switch my phone service. Optus is, in my opinion, the worst phone company ever to have set foot on this planet! They seem to want to screw you over. Either way, I went to Telstra to switch my service. On Saturday they told me it would take 24hrs for this to work. So, since I for some reason couldn’t make or receive calls I went back in. They then told me that for some reason my number was on post-paid not prepaid and some 10 dollar starter kit. This explains why I could receive text, calls on my new number, not the old one though. So, I went back on Tuesday to change my number, found out there were a ton of blocks on my phone. The guy there, Dave, was kind enough to deal with me for an hour and a half. After multiple calls to customer service (and being hung up on) it was fixed. yay I had the old number back and I was able to make and receive calls and write SMS. Only on Saturday did I realize that I still couldn’t receive text messages. So, back to Telstra. Another hour and a half. Apparently there were still more blocks on the account. Who knows why? But now my phone is great. AND on top of that I recruited Pemi to Telstra as her vodaphone plan sucked haha. I should be a sales person… not.
On Wednesday I had a semester review. This went really well. I met up with Chris (Head of Photography) and Janine to discuss how the term is going. We talked about my drawing class and the class I am taking at the University of Melbourne. Briefly discussed how my photos are coming along. On Thursday I had a critique and it was good. I have decided to stick to doing the long exposures with glow sticks. On Thursday I have a photoshoot where I will pursue this. They said that while dance photos are great, what is something new I can bring to the table. Hopefully the addition of music pieces that a friend of Anke’s is composing and that Anke will record should do the trick. Considering they said the image looks like it had soundwaves, it seems to work I am definitely still excited to photograph dancers!
On Friday Pemi and I went out for Pizza before wanting to go out for a little bit of dancing. So we went to this place on Bridge Rd for food. It was good! Texted Brendo to see where to go for dancing (never received his text message and this was the reason for me finding out I can’t receive SMS) Either way, walked down Church St to Chapel St. Kept walking and more walking. Couldn’t decide where to go, so went to Coles (supermarket) and bought chocolate cake and tiramisu, went back to my place had cake and watched Grey’s Anatomy. It was a successful night!
Yesterday we went the Apple store as Pemi’s laptop randomly decided to die and not turn on. The guy there told us the Logic board died and it would cost 2200 dollars to repair. Luckily, Pemi still had extended warranty. It made me wonder if I should buy the extended apple care plan, as this was totally out of the blue. It’s probably worth 250 dollars. I need a job. Speaking of Jobs. I had an interview at a Restaurant last week friday. That was really discouraging. The guy told me I didn’t have a home because I have lived in three different places of the world now. Also just flat out asked that if I have no car, no experience and am leaving in 4 months why should he hire me. Hm easy answer: I live close, I got customer service experience and am a quick learner and anyone he hires could quit in 2 months anyways. Whatever. At least I had an interview. Continuing my search for a job! Apparently though, all the people I have spoken with (who are exchange students) are having horrible interviews. People seem to be kind of rude. Oh well.
Other than that, I am excited for Friday. I am going to the Melbourne Spring Fashion Show and after party. Hopefully I can make some connections. I should print some business cards! Pronto!
I am off though. School and possibly going running today!
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