My dog Forest's journey, Day 1

He is cutest, largest 6 month old puppy I have seen in a long time... But really really loveable, although scared. I found him at the local SPCA, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals, so with the good deed comes all the hard work and responsibility of rehabilitating a damaged dog. With my research on dogs with difficult pasts the biggest issue is gaining their trust and patients, lots and lots of patients.

When we, Carel and I, went to the SPCA to eventually collect our beautiful "black terrier" he just had his first injections and was also sterilized, so on the day he met us, he was in a great deal of pain. We believe he is a cross-breed between an irish wolfhound and a black retriever or collie? SPCA could not give us that details.


 The car ride to our house was extremely peaceful and he was cautious but very excited  when we stopped at our home... He was extremely scared of us if we picked up our hand or our arms and  almost laid on the gound or rolled onto his stomach, obviously scared that we will hit on his head (shame), so that was our first step to building trust.

He later came accustomed to me picking up my hand to pat him on his head, but was still very scared of my boyfriend, Carel. This made me wonder if he wasn't hit by a man when he was a small puppy?
We decided that for the first day we would just give him a lot of love and say his name alot to get accustomed to be called upon a name.

The biggest thing I have learnt is that dogs are wonderfully complex creatures and Rome was not built in a day, everything should be handled with patients and great consideration.

Now, you should know that our other dog in the house (owned by another owner) was not there. So, when I felt he was settled in as well as he can be I left for the shops to buy him some doggie accessories. He got the bowl, leach, collar (all green) pedigree, doggie treats, some toys and a huge bed.
 It atleast seemed as if he would like to play, but just isn't sure if he is allowed to. Like for example he would go for the ball and then stop until I encourage him to go for it. But at the end of the day everyone was happy and I believe he slept soundly.
I don't know if this was a good idea, but I decided to sleep in the living room with him for the night, which he seemed to enjoy very much, he even trusted me so much  to put both of his huge paws on my lap, without me asking him to do it or initiating it.

LADY GAGA is truly GAGA?

Whats up with the plastic?

Beautiful picture!

Just Crazy!

Practically naked... looks like a porn star, haha!

I am sure many people will agree with me and many of her little 'monsters' will disagree with me, but I really do think she is a bit crazy...
She has an AWESOME talent and o man, she can sing and harmonises beautifully and I will never be able to deny her creative genius, but maybe that is exactly what it is... She might be so 'genius' that she is actually a bit cookoo=)

Lady gaga at the grammy's

I wathced her show last night, that was live in Madison Square and she did a few crazy thing that was even frowned upon by some of her greatest fans... and if she can ever do me a favour, SHE MUST PLEASE STOP using BIBLICAL refernces, it can really be offencive, and the symbols she uses can really be interpretted in many different ways... I am trying to keep an open mind and can see what she might be trying to say in JUdas, but the main idea that comes across is really disrespectfull...  I must just add though, very catchy tune and LOVIN' the dance in the video... If she just used different names... ai!

Performing at Madison Square

Check the foot!

I think it is great that she has her cause and everything and I really look forward to her outfits, but she is just the stangest thing. I thought that she might be one HUGE publicity stunt but after watching a few interviews and her show, I can see see is a little crazy and has a croocket view of the world...

Yeah, nothing to say here...

Sometimes I LOVE her, sometimes I DISLIKE her, sometimes she OFFENDS me, sometimes she INTRIQUES me and usually DISGUSTS me...
Overall... iI can't decide, I am on the fence with her... Baby I was BORN this way... 

ROyal wedding pictorial of everyone who mattered

WOW! Was geniunly a great day of doing nothing for me, it is already a week late but just so that I don't have to browse for pictures everytime I feel like seeing the beautiful fairytail Im just going to paste it on my blog... Its what its here for right? 

I thought Catherine looked beautiful, just like a real life princess... She had no flaws, except maybe, they could have smiled more in church, but I can understand that it was VERY stressfull! They did however look very relaxed with each other and they were certain that they were making the right choice, not a moment to early=)

The bridal party wallking down the isle for 4min

The official Royal wedding photo.

The second dress, for the evening celebrations

Pippa looking stunning in emerald

Oh my word! could'n stop staring at her BUM

Remours are this was Kate's original dress, but she decided it was too revealing.

Little wedding goers

 And the hats were also damn crazy! I wish I were British to also wear a facinator to weddings.

The beautifull David and Victoria Beckham

Chelsey David, our home girl and Harrie's on again off again girlfriend, don't love the dress =(

Tara palmer-Thomkinson

Princess Letizia of Spain, so beautifull

Zara Phillips, Princess Anne's daughter

Princess Beatrice and Eugenie really did steal the show with their gaga hats!

Post Wedding

 I wonder where they will go on honeymoon?? I hope Catherine still amuses us with great outfits, hair, stories and that Wills and Kate will give us beautifull children to watch grow up.

I really think her dress was inspired by Grace Kelly, just for remembrance here are a few pistures of her and the prince of Monaco back in the 50's:

 

Just for fun here are a few photo's of Princess Letizia and Prince Philip of Monaco:

Spanish Monarch

Princess Letizia

Master Chef Australia and MEATBALLS!

This show is great!!! Love how intence it is, and damn, almost feels like an American reality show, because the people cry so much!!!No offence=) O man, I really enjoy Matt Preston's comments, and doesn't he just look like how you would imagen a food critic?? Chubby, well dressed and speaks fancy english... Absolutely great!

Just look at their faces! Absolutely classic...


Meatballs,meatballs!! Well, for us normal foke with our little time and normal kitchens this recipe is easy to make (if you leave out a few ingredients) and oh so yummie! Made it last night and it was great!

Meatballs with rosemary flatbread, carrot salad and spinach yogurt.

  

To see the rest of this awesome recipe follow this link
http://www.masterchef.com.au/skewered-meatballs-with-rosemary-flatbread-carrot-salad-and-spinach-yoghurt.htm

Burlesque

Burlesque... Wow, how did this movie take me back to my modern dancing days when I was in High School, we also did a few burlesque items with all the glitz, glamour and feathers... Damn, one thing we definitely didn't have was a Christina or Cher that could replace the lip sinking... Oh man I would do anything to be able to be a burlesque dancer, no other, no hip-hop or contemporary...Just one thought on the movie, reminded me a lot of Chicago just in a different time frame, but both very good, with a few good numbers in each.


Thor, another movie I watched was definitely great, i love a good superhero movie with a little bit of a love story in it...This one is about the god of thunder Wow, and does Chris Hemsworth have one sexy bod (and face)!damn! And I am not really into guys with these big macho muscles, but i'll led it slide for Chris... This was probably also one of the first superhero movies I saw that I enjoyed more than the guys, seemed that they were a bit irritated with the main character, but they didn't complain when Nathalie Portman appeared on the scene=) 

They quite fit the part...

Aladdin... Watched it again after years and I must say that the older Disney movies are so much more intriguing and creative than the movies they make these days... Even the storyline and the music is better! Oh my word the music is actually fantastic, with symphony orchestras and everything... I absolutely loved it, can;t wait to dive into more of the timeless movies like beauty and the beast, lion king, little mermaid etc.
Take the time to watch just one of them and I am sure you would want to watch some more even if you think you are already too old, even the guys enjoyed watching it, so no excuses!

Economics

So, yes, busy studying the foreign exchange market and I am really fascinated at how hard we as people has made it for ourselves to function economically... I mean, don't you think everything would be so much easier and welfare would be so much higher world wide if everyone just functioned on one currency and no trade barriers. Don't get me wrong, politics has it's time and place and all countries needs its' own according to faith and culture, but surely economics can be more straight forward everyone needs money and needs to buy things....Well, this is no one else's fault except our own...damn