"I LUV BRISBANE" - THE STREET SCENES

Unlike frozen Melbourne - - the sunny coasts of Brisbane and other cities (Surfers, Sunshine Coasts) enjoy that little bit of tropical weather just like the Philippines. Not surprising that there are so many Asians and tourists in this city. And I feel like there is so much going on ... but when the heat goes a little bit unbearable, just like one of the days when it reached to 33 degrees ... people are found in the middle of the city where it is much cooler and inside the airconditioned malls (David Jones and Myers).

This is the center of the city - where people just walk around and do their window shopping !!!

Some hot couple just loitering the streets ...

The Boxing sale still going on ... 50% off most of the items! I luve people's tanned complexion ... they are really turning very dark in here !

Probably a Thai girl with her flowy street version of a long gown and that flaming pink Supre Bag ... (a favorite girly fad cheap shop)

Guys strutting their stuff !

It is really very layback and people are enjoying their walks ...

Shorts, shorts and more shorts ... and the eternal flip-flops!

I just love the relaxed mood of it all ! I could see myself blending very well in the crowd!

Papa waiting for the cat (boat) to land on the other side of the river ...

Ohh... Papa wait for moi :)

Night market at the Southbank. Pretty nice but really boring market ... australian made products like soap, candles, and some Asian inspired stuff like baskets, bags, etc.

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NEW YEAR'S EVE BY THE BEACH ...

Hi, just got back from a ten day holidays to Queensland (Brisbane, Goldcoast and Sunshine Coast), a two hour plane ride from Melbourne.

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This is our favorite destination for a quick trip in Oz and to get away from the freezing Melbourne despite the fact that it is already summer.

We really enjoyed it - - - although I missed Raffy and Skippy terribly that I wanted to end the trip after five days!

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There are so many things I learned during this trip.

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One big thing is that people in Brisbane are generally "homophobic" at their best, as I get all these attention (critical stare, funny look .. etc) when I walk on the streets or shopping malls (imagine me on my girly sleeveless shirt, highpumped Havaianas and Guess tote bag!).

And gay life is non-existent (due to the homophobic atmosphere) - as in, gays have silently mixed into the mainstream ... i.e. gay pubs are really mixed young straight crowd and a bit snub!

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Was I on the right place?

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But I love love love the tropical sunny weather - - - and the beaches!

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And celebrating new year with a community of strangers from all over the world - young and old - was something out of the ordinary!

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Well, happy new year :)

A SLEEPY GREETINGS !!!!

Sleep in Heavenly Peace ... !!!

CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS .... "WANTING"

ohhh.... sometimes i thought, there is just sooo much wanting in the world - that i always giving in to the idea that maybe that is just the way it is and should be! . but there should be a better version of the world, somewhere, somehow! . like there is so much physical ugliness in all of us (whether real or imagined), so there is that unending "want" to be beautiful, attractive, pretty, famous. who would like to be ugly - even ugly betty, with all her secure personality, wants not be ugly and accepted once in awhile. . like there is so much poverty in the world... and not only in the third world countries, but everywhere you go! people want to be rich or richer, most of the time! there is so much greed. photos of children dying of thirst and hunger becomes more and more shocking to the point of being unreal and yet you see more photos of the rich people spending on thousands of dollars for shoes, bags and couture gowns that are only worn once, only because they want to be photographed, seen and envied! . like there is so much unhappiness. not only with the poor but most especially in the richer society. emptiness. depression. wanting to be happy, to fill that unnamed void. . like there is so much inequality. and people may have realized that the only solution to this is to break the barrier that divides the poor from the rich - but nothing has been done, no one really wants to do it - and people seems to build more walls.... and segregations!

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wishing and wanting to have a better world, should be wanted by everyone, or at least the majority!

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what i think makes us "want" to be richer, more beautiful, to be loved etc - is our unhappiness and not being contented with what we have.

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i believe that there is always that point when all our material needs are already satisfied. when we reach this point but keep on obssessing to have more, to want more - then that's when we feel empty - and that unending desire that cannot be fulfilled - is an obssession that makes us truly unhappy.

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depressed.

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what we therefore need to do is to "share" that excess. to be generous. to give meaning to this excess by giving it those who are born in unlucky circumstances. to those really needing it, and not just wanting it!

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just like pouring more water to an already full glass - the excess water is wasted!

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there are so many fat and obese people and yet there are those who die of hunger. why should these fat and obese people keep on eating- and later on spend more money for gym, slimming products, liposuction and other stuff to make them slimmer? haven't they thought of just donating their money, in the first place, to those dying of hunger, in that way they don't spend on more food to eat ... and therefore stay slim and skinny and therefore happy at the same time by being generous! (the motive would still be selfish but at least there are redeeming values). but people still don't do this kind of acts, why?

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because of greed. and greed makes people fat and unhappy.

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why do we need to have and keep a thousand bags, shoes, jewelries, clothes, electronic gadgets and other material things ... and yet still wanting more???

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because we are all trapped in a society of selfishness, greed and utter shallowness!

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i'm really sad, now! i want to .....

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WHAT A DRAG KWIN WANTS ....

When, asked what I want for Christmas, the resident drag queen could not make up her silly murky mind.... hmmmmm!

Let me think .... I am intrinsically "cheap" and though I want to get some expensive stuff and update my drag wardrobe, I really don't find it practical at the moment, especially that we are in the middle of a recession.... and there are children and people out there who do not have anything at all on their table ....

And though I want to add a little bit more to my "fake jewelries" and showgirl type of accessories, (they are not that cheap if you want to buy the nicer types), I better close my obssessive mind off all these beautiful stuff and think of something else - more productive and helpful!

So the following photos of fabulous necklaces (that I took) should just remain as a collection in my ever growing collection of photos ...

But yes.... maybe if I win the lotto, I would surely run to the nearest Swarovski crystal dealer and buy five sets of earrings and necklaces, so at least I project a rich budgetted Drag Queen, for a change! Isn't it ???