Pictures of Days Gone By....

Trying something new with blogging today, video posting, so please bear with me if this goes horribly screwy :)

Was searching through youtube and google racking my brains for a song i'd heard on that South Park episodes "Guitar Queer-o", where stan comes to apologise to kyle while he's playing guitar hero in that bowling alley. I knew that i'd heard it somewhere before but couldn't quite place it.

Anyhow, after much ponderment i finally realised the song was "I remember you" from Skid Row.



Bit of a cliche 80's power ballad if you remember those things. Classic scene of long unkept hair and lighters swaying in the darkness (although nowadays the mobile phone has taken that honour hehe), but upon listening to it a few times, kind of began to listen to the lyrics more and more and in reflection i can probably safely make the assumption that a majority of people would be able to associate with it and while there are hundreds of songs that wail on about failed and broken relationships there's something about this that can be applied to almost any situation of remembrance.

This in turn got me thinking, if you created a picture map or patchwork quilt of all the precious memories that made up your life, what would it look like? would it be something that you would look on with fondness? or with sadness and regret? I guess humans choose themselves on how they best define themselves within the rules and regulations of society. Each person, whether they like to admit it or not, is a cumulative sum of their experiences, good or bad. Now whether they let those experiences define how they proceed from that point onward is something that i think alot of people can only answer for themselves.

Looking back on my own life, although there have been bad things, i really see that over all things have been positive, and that i am really thankful to God for those things. Guess its always better to be a "glass is half full person" among other cheesy anecdotes =)

Enough random musings for one day....
Until next time!

Holidays and New Phone!

Well the holiday have come and gone in a hurry! Much too quickly if you ask me! Although i suppose its not the length of the holidays that matter, but the company that you keep within them, and fortunately that was excellent :)

Both Christmas and New Years were spent getting to know new and interesting people much more closely than i would have otherwise done, and as a result new friendships have been made which is always welcome. Documentation of such holiday has been preserved for posterity in the form of facebook which one of my friends continually updates with our latest adventures and crazy antics around sydney hehe.

On an additional side note, i finally signed up for a new mobile phone contract which means i got the chance to replace my crippled ancient phone with a brand new Samsung G800. While it may not be the most flashiest of phones, i am quite impressed by its utility and sturdiness. I also appreciate the weight of the phone, as feather light phones always seem to be very fragile in my hands.

Until next time!
I have yet to master uploading photos to this blog, so when i do i will post some interesting photos of the awesome foursome in action!

Moments of serenity

So i've decided that blogging is not as easy as i thought it would be, i think mostly because i've been so busy the last couple of months. Both with work and non-work stuff.
Now that i've had the chance to relax and just slow down for a bit a couple of things have come to mind which have impressed upon me.

While goals are important, the true joy in life comes from finding happiness in the simple things that happen day to day. I guess i say this because the last few months have been very unstable to say the least, things are never easy when one does not know whether they are coming and going, although taking comfort in the simple things that God provides for us each day is something that alot of people who are in similar situations tend to overlook. To be thankful for the nice things that people do, the lovely weather (although sydney has been rather odd of late) and a simple family meal are things that have really put things in perspective for me.

A quote from Alexander Smith i feel sums it up quite nicely "A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road"

Secondly that real friendship is something that should not be taken for granted, even though it most often is. I am really thankful that two people over the last couple of months have filled this role, you guys know who you are :)

until next time!

And so it begins...

So the time has finally come when i start to blog, it had to happen eventually, even though i held out so long. But just like facebook, and before that MSN, and even earlier than that, ICQ, i couldn't hold out forever. Given the multitude of random ponderings that flash through my mind on a daily basis, (anyone who knows me knows that these range from the deeply philosophical to the just plain absurd :)) blogging seems like a fitting way to document these for posterity along with the daily trials of being a humble Christian.

For those who have not yet been subject to these, feel free to enjoy!
A little about me to get started:
Nicknames: Pete, Morti, (no-ones called me peter since primary school!)
Age: 25
Favourite Colour/s: Metallic Blue and Metallic Red.
Favourite Number: the number 7, don't ask me why, i dunno, it just is a cool number! :P
Favourite Music: Anything except extreme techno, death metal and country and western (which makes me want to jump out the nearest window!!)
Favourite movies: Shawshank Redemption, Top Gun, Lord of the Rings + anything action/adventure/comedy.
Favourtie Musical: Les Miserables, (soo good!)
Favourite pastimes: Spending time with friends/good company, getting to know new and wonderful people, PLAYING MY GUITAR!! =), visiting the beach, BBQ's!!!, hanging out, movies, and lets not forget eating FOOD!!!

Signing off for now!
Pete