An Aussies Perspective on Snow

Imagine a whole city of churches, valleys, hills and numerous villages.  Now imagine that same city with a beautiful dusting of snow on top.  You're imaging Luxembourg.  Well, you could be imaging many other cities but I'm just going to tell you about my recent visit to Luxembourg.  Before deciding on heading to Luxembourg, I had numerous people advise me that it wasn't so wonderful and that there really wasn't much to do there.  The latter half of that was true, however the city itself was absolutely stunning (mainly due to the snow that decided to appear overnight).  As an Australian, or in particular an Australian that lives in a very humid and tropical part of the country, snow is another world for me.  It's like seeing a sunrise for the first time, beautiful and enthralling all in the one moment.  Unlike a sunrise though, snow stays for a while and although the novelty may wear off for most people it definitely never has for me.  On my visit in Luxembourg however I did find that there are both positives and negatives to snow.

One of the spectacular views from the top of the Bock

Heading to History in Order to Rethink the Future

I believe that society has come to pressure people to conform, especially when you're my age.  This statement is definitely a major generalisation and I would like you to interpret it the way you want whether you're the conformer or the rebeller (two indefinite terms that can be stretched and changed when you would like).  Anyway, the moral of the story here is that when you complete high school, you should go straight to university to study something that your school set you up for.  Soon enough you should be graduating and in a stable job.  Then comes the process of finding a husband/wife which you should have definitely completed by the time you're 30 because you need to be proactive in your society and well... breed.

This is all wrong.

A European Christmas

Between the hula dancing at my Christmas work party and the risotto eating at my Crickelwood family Christmas dinner, I feel I may have neglected my blog over the past few weeks.  Due to these aforementioned Christmas-themed events my camera has been receiving an almighty workout... or should I say my camera phone.  Yes, unfortunately I didn't get too snap happy (with my decent camera) at all of the Christmas parties, dinners, outings and so forth and for this I'm slightly disappointed in myself.  However, I am fairly new at this photography journey and I want to bring along a motto with me.  A motto that shares experiences with photography, a motto that allows the buffer time or the time where one is not holding their camera in front of their face.  What I mean is, I believe that technology is slowly becoming a need rather than a want and therefore I set day or time limits on the amount of time I am holding my camera for.  OCD you might think?  My best friend would probably respond with "Absolutely,"  however it is only a way for me to keep photography as my personal passion rather than it becoming a chore of sorts.