Monday - worked. Watched Big Brother on Channel 9, betraying my Amazing Race on the other channel. Thought BB had potential, and I used to love it. This first episode was okay.
Tuesday - worked. Groundhog Day - watched BB as 2 new housemates went in. Still showing signs of hooking me in. Caught parts of the 2nd last episode of Amazing Race. Missed yoga due to working late shift, and also wanting to catch the abovementioned shows! So very slack of me.
Wednesday - while many Brisbanites had this day off as Ekka Day, I had a fairly cruddy day at work, admittedly my attitude to the job I was doing, did not help. BUT at night, the finale of Amazing Race was on, and it was exciting and very satisfying in the end. The good-natured cops team beat out the "alpha males", one of which many people including myself, really disliked; and in third came the blonde twin cheerleadery, air hostessy types that actually were not too bad, although they did succumb to the pressure and kept snapping at each other in the last leg. BB is not taking my fancy the way I had hoped - maybe I have outgrown it over the long break between seasons.
Today - I got an email from Mum & Dad. They have had internet issues on the ship, so it was short and sweet. They are having a good trip, apparently just missed a typhoon when they sailed out of Hong Kong, and are on their way to Shanghai. Hearing from them made my day a little brighter.
Tonight I watched one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. The Sapphires is an absolutely gorgeous, heartwarming, touching, funny and feel-good flick, that I enjoyed so, so much. It is about 4 aboriginal girls who in the late 1960's, with their scruffy, funny Irish "manager", end up in Vietnam, entertaining the troops by singing soul music. And all the adventures and dangers in this setting that ensue... without giving anything too much away, the home truths and issues of the time are addressed subtly and without preaching, the music is great and so are the characters. Truth be told, I am not a major fan of Australian movies. In my opinion, The Castle is one of the best that springs to mind, and that I remember really enjoying when I first saw it; The Sapphires is definitely another. I loved this movie, and give it a 9 out of 10. Wonderful.
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