just dandy...

So my uncle died.

He was out at Taronga Zoo with his lil grand-nieces and nephews when all of a sudden he fell, and opened his head up... He came to a few minutes later and then was completely out. He was transported to Royal North Shore Hospital where the Drs did everything they could, but unfortunately was not revivable so essentially was brain dead. He was kept on life support until relos from Melbourne could come and say their last goodbyes.

The funeral was last Thursday and he was cremated on Friday. He is the first of my direct relatives to pass away, although my grandfather has been a vegetable (he had a stroke) for the last 10+ years, he's still kicking. In some ways I think my uncle was rather lucky, looking at my grandfather I can't imagine what a hell he would be going through, able to hear and think, but have absolutely no control of his body otherwise. Not to mention the toll it's been on our family.

Of course when someone you know dies, you think of your own mortality, and of the ones you love. For me there was only one thing that came to mind - how I would like to be buried. Being the only (seriously) devout Christian in my extended family of buddhists, I hope I do get a Catholic funeral service and not some Asian style one that the elder in my family enforces (that's assuming I'm not the said elder lol) though I'm sure my own kids will know.

On a side note, I'm quite disappointed at a friend of mine. What do you do when a friend that held up to your own moral standings, falters and is now in conflict with those values? Sure, it wasn't THAT bad but that's how it starts, you edge closer and closer until you look at yourself and realise that you've gone too far. I've already lost a friend because of the exact same thing. I don't want to lose this one...

Dashboard Confessional - Stolen

A friend sent me this song yesterday.

Loveliness.

We watch the season pull up its own stakes
And catch the last weekend of the last week
Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced,
Another sun soaked season fades away

You have stolen my heart
You have stolen my heart

Invitation only, grand farewells
Crash the best one, of the best ones
Clear liquor and cloudy eyed, too early to say goodnight

You have stolen my heart
You have stolen my heart

And from the ballroom floor we are in celebration
One good stretch before our hibernation
Our dreams assured and we all, will sleep well

sleep well(x4)

You have stolen
You have stolen
You have stolen my heart

I watch you spin around in your highest heels
You are the best one, of the best ones
We all look like we feel

You have stolen my
You have stolen my
You have stolen my heart

Nathan @ UrbanDictionary.com

Awesome definition, besides the "superior to all even God" part... whoever wrote it must be a lil bit nuts... lol

Stations of the Cross

As we were in the season of lent, Fr Liem has organised a special 'Stations of the Cross' for our parish this year. Normally we do several inside the church in a few different languages, this year however, we did just the one massive re-enactment at the park across the road from our church, incorporating the different languages at different stations.

My photos on facebook here, and my 'Special Edition' here.

Shot of the Day:

hi all!

So I've decided to pick up blogging again after a very long hiatus =P

I'm quite lazy atm with web design so bear with the generic theme I chose for this blog.

I'll mostly be posting about my work as a photographer and maybe some graphic design work as well.

Anyways... welcome to the world of the Nashimaro =P