Tangled

Tangled is the latest Disney fairytale. The story is about Rapunzel a girl with 70 feet long magical hair trapped in a tower. This movie has a good story line with a female character that has a strong character, she knows what she wants and goes for it. I found it very entertaining, the animation on for the hair is quite spectacular.

Photography

I have been studding photography for 6 months now and I am just about to start my 2nd semester of 1st year. I have had loads of fun and really enjoy my classes. I cannot wait to get better at it as I am very critical of my own work. Trying my mark in this artistic world, I have created a website with the best of my work. Enjoy!!!

Marie-Elizabeth Photography

Moving to Australia

Hi all,

I am now living in Australia. I have moved here to live with David (my husband) and it is a bit of an adaptation eventho I was here previously for 18months. We are looking for work and an appartment in Melbourne which is very different to Brisbane. Living at David's mom isn't always easy for me but in the end, we'll be fine.

A speachless masterpiece

Wall-E is an incredible work of art. In this movie, most characters are robots and do not speak. It is impressive how the creators of this movie were able to still make emotions show out of these characters and make it credible. I absolutely adore this movie for its ingenuity. I has become one of my favorite movies.

A moped meets a bush

While in Koh Tao, David rented a moped so we can drive around the island. My poor David’s ego took quite a plunge. He rented the moped and the lady at the shop showed him how to start and break so, he hops on and me behind him it didn’t take a half a second, we were in the bush. We’re in the bush and David tries to break but takes the moped in deeper. It was so funny! The woman comes and helps us take the moped out of the bush she then tells David that he should to a test run without me in the back. As he’s “driving” (not very stable on it), the lady tells me: “You drive, you drive!” So when David came back, I did a test run and had no problems at all. David did not take it too well, he didn’t say anything but it showed in his face. I might say that the bush is still crooked and the wheel mark in the dirt was still there 4 days later and I recon still there today! lol!

Advance and Rescue Diver in Koh Tao

While being in Thailand, I did the one thing I've been wanting to do there since I heard from some friends how cheap it was to do it there. I've taken more diving classes, I was hoping to get to the level of instructor but I needed at lease 2 months with a minimum of 60 dives so I decided to get as high as I could within a week hence, I did my Advance Open Water class (AOW), EFR (Emergency First Response) and Rescue. So, I'm now to the level of Rescue Diver which means that I've got to get my Dive Master and then I can take the Instructor class. Koh Tao is known to be a diver's paradise with it's whale sharks and great underwater life. I did see some sharks on my first diving day but with the bad visibility saw more like their shadows. I enjoyed my shark "encounter" in Hawaii better than here.

Horseback ridding!

David and I drove to Melbourne this weekend for his mom's 60th. A long and exhausting 8 hour drive. As her B-Day party was on Sunday, we had Saturday free so David took me horseback ridding. It was really nice and fun. My man's great! Well, the stables were located not far from the Great Ocean Road but since the ride on the beach was 2hrs long he opted for the forest and sightseeing one that only lasted 1hr. It was a good choice as we don't have lots of experience ridding horses. I still enjoyed the ride but I must say that at the end I was glad it was finished. My horse Patty was really good to me as we did some trotting and I didn't always feel very stable so she would sometimes stop a bit early. I'm really glad I got to do some horseback ridding it was really nice. Thanks babe!

MLX (Melbourne Lindy Exchange)

Wow! What a weekend this have been. I had a great time! Vintage Shoping, salt water bathing, picnicing, dancing, hanging with Perthies, Canberans, Melbournites, ect. I was really glad that I did end up in Melbourne when I did... just on time for MLX. There's noting much to say but it was loads of fun and I met a fair amount of people to hang out with.

Swing with Leigh

Here I am dancing with Leigh at the Studio One Party!! See the different swing styles. ;)

Studio One

I've been taking some Ballroom dance classes for the past month and it's been quite an experience. Living in Brisbane and not having friends nor curicular activities made me feel a bit lonely so, I decided to take some dance classes. I look up on the net and in the yellow pages for some tango classes. There wasn't many options, I saw one school of ballroom close to work that offered a 20$ try out 2 private classes and one group. I decided to try it out! There was also a Latin dance school not far from my place I was looking at. When I got to Studio One, my teacher (imagin a gay goth kid wearing a shirt and tie) was teaching me some ballroom and not tango as I said I was interested in on the phone. I went to check out the other school in West End but I had so much fun with my teacher from Studio One (Leigh) that I decided to take classes there.


I had a great time at the studio but only because I made it so and had teacher that was loads of fun. Though the teachers seem to get along well (at times) the atmosphere is not great. The owners are very uptight and closed minded when it comes to dances. They are focused on making money (the classes were extremely expensive even with the beginner discount) and don't listen to the customers, when I called I said I wanted to learn some tango but Leigh (the teacher assigned to me) had no clue. They did not tell me that they don't do classes with only one type of dance eventho I told them I was not very interested in ballroom. You pay for private classes and are allowed to attend as many group classes and "parties" as you like. They teach you a variety of ballroom and latin dances (foxtrot, waltz, "swing", quick step, tango, rumba, chacha), which has it's good and bad sides. I wouldn't recomend this school, for the prices and the atmosphere but I might say that some of the teachers are great and lots of fun, I did have a blast but wouldn't have spent more money there than I alwready have.

De la belle visite!!

Ma mere est venue me rendre visite pour la premiere fois dans l'un de mes voyages. J'etais vraiment contente de la voir. Ca fesais plus de 6 mois que j'etais partie. Biensur, quand elle est venue, il a commence a pleuvoir ce qui arrive pas souvent ici a Brisbane et il n'a pas juste plu un peu mais quazi sans arret pendant la premere semaine. Comme elle est venue pour seulement 2 semaines, on a du tout faire durant la derniere semaine. Ma mere et moi avons fait le tour de la ville et les endroits a voir durant la premiere semaine durant la deuxieme, nous sommes allees a Moreton Bay voir les dauphins et faire de l'apnee, nous avons fait un tour a la Gold Coast avec mon coloc se baigner a Surfer's Paradise, j'ai fais mange ma mere du Kangourou steak et kebab a un BBQ chez mon amie le lendemain, nous avons nourris des Kangourous, vue des Koala, Wombats, Emu, Chauves-sourris, ect. nous avons meme tombe en amour avec un Cacatoes Noir. J'ai vraiment apprecie d'avoir ma mere ici je crois que dorenavant elle va me prendre au serieux quand je dis que la nourriture est dispendieuse ici! :)

Good 'ol Hockey game!

I just had the best time! Yesterday, I went to swing at South Bank and Mark being a referee, offered me some ice hockey (hockey is different here) tickets for today's game. Drew came over for tea and a chat then, we picked up Renee before heading to the ice rink. Arriving there, I saw many people wearing Canadian hockey jerseys, hats, etc. one even had an Expo baseball cap. I was back home for an instant, yup until I saw a sign on how to lace skates. lol!!! It was the Brisbane Blue Tongues vs Canberra's Knightly (for those who doesn't know, Canberra is the capital of Australia). During the half time, Mark and I spoke, this is apparently the highest Australian league and it's the semi-finals. This rink is soooo small it's similar the local arenas we have back home. This was an exciting game with an end score of 7-6 for Canberra going to the finals. One of the Blue Tongues was so angry he smashed his stick on the ramp. I never really liked ice hockey but I had a blast a that game. We all enjoyed the game very much!

Drew, Renee and I at the game.


Mark one of this games referee.


Do I have to give a description?!

Australia Zoo

Alain, Jen and I, went to the Australia Zoo (Steve Irwin's zoo). It was loads of fun and we really enjoyed the Kangaroos and Koalas. We got to pat them and take pictures with them, fed the Kangaroos and Elephants as well. One full day was enough to see everything but we did stay 'till closing time. They have shows and they do give a lot info on the animals. What a great day we spent!

My new place!

This is my new place! Once I found a job, I went room hunting and this is the place I found it's really nice and close to work. The only problem is that my landlord seem to not mind her business and want to control the house as she lives downstairs but comes upstairs to use the kitchen. My flatmate, Christina, and I are a bit worried as it is not her business who we bring over, what time and/or for how long. She can only complain if we make too much noise or destroy the place or something. I sure hope that she'll change her attitude as she was very disrespecfull the other day as she was not happy that I had some friends over from Montreal for a couple of nights. To be nice, I told her I would have people over but she, in front of them told me she didn't like me having people over for more than one night. One, it is not her business that I have people over at my place two, it was so rude and disrespectful to have discussed this in front of them as a result, the will be leaving my place earlier. Her coming upstairs to cook doesn't give her the autority to tell me what I'm allowed and what I'm not allowed. If it bothers my flatmates, it's up to them to tell me and it really didn't bother Christina. Well, we'll see how things goes and I'll also have a talk with her about minding her own business.

Reunion de famille a l'autre bout du monde!

La reunion de famille du mois de juillet passe etait vraiment super. David, le fils a Louise a briller par son absence puisqu'il vit a Maroochydore (Sunshine Coast au nord de Brisbane) en Australie. Etant donc dans ce coin du monde, j'ai du faire un petit tour au nord pour rendre visite a mon cousin eloigne puisque j'ai deja rencontre le reste de sa famille. Je me suis donc presentee a l'improvise au restaurant Thai Mangoes qui appartient a sa blonde, qui est Thailandaise. Ils ont tous les deux ete tres accueillant, il m'ont offert un refuge et nourris. Duan, la blonde a David, est une tres bonne chef, elle fais les rouleaux de printemps et les wontons elle meme. Je suis vraiment contente de les avoir rencontre et de les avoir aide au restaurant en remplacant une serveuse absente. C'est un beau petit restaurant a saveur familliale. C’est un peu drole que je dois me rendre a l’autre bout du monde pour rencontrer de la famille du Quebec. Je suis tres contente d’etre venue les voirs!