iTunes Live: ARIA Awards Concert

the ‘iTunes Live: ARIA Awards Concert Series 2010,’ which runs from Monday November 1 to Friday November 5, will see headline acts including John Butler, Washington, Guy Sebastian, Sia and Angus & Julia Stone, take to the stage for a series of intimate performances at the sydney botanic gardens.  this is such a great initiative by iTunes to hold a series of FREE concerts for music lovers.  the only way to get tickets is to win them from a draw.  don't worry, you win 2 tickets at a time so you won't be going alone.

if you're in sydney, I would try your luck winning tickets for the last two performances here.  on the mtv website, it says the competition is closed but try and fill out the form at the bottom anyway.  you never know what can happen!

 

the schedule of the awesome Australian artist are above.  for those of us who are not lucky enough to be in Sydney, we can what the full performances broadcasted exclusively on MTV (ch 124) and MTV Hits (ch 808) @ 8pm (AEDT) .  

so why am i so excited that iTunes Live has arrived in Australia?  when i was in london last year, i was looking for a few gigs to go watch and i came across this concert series called iTunes Live London.  the iTunes Live concerts took place in a small venue (keeping to the intimate venue theme) called the roundhouse in camden town.  iTunes s Live London have been running for a few years and there are some big names who agree to play.  the concept is the same as the iTunes Live Aria Awards Concerts - so you have to go into a draw to get tickets  we won tickets to see 2 shows: mr hudson & calvin harris.  

i absolutely loved the mr hudson concert.  i admit i didn't really know who mr hudson was previous to the gig but we had read that 1. kanye west was in london 2. mr hudson is kanye's protege 3. kid cudi was also kanye's protege and was also in london.  now mr hudson is best known for being featured in jay-z's 'young forever'.  

there was a lot of buzz about this show as there were rumours that kanye and kid cudi would make special appearances to support their friend.  when my friends and i realised that these rumours were actually true, we could not contain our excitement.  neither could the rest of the crowd.  the venue was electrifying when kid cudi came out and played 'day and night'.  i don't think i can ever forget the buzz when bass just drops in that song. it's giving me goosebumps still one year later on.  as for mr hudson, he had gained a new fan.

mr hudson and kid cudi doing 'day and night' - it went off

mr hudson and kanye west doing 'supernova'

inspired by china

an editorial from vogue china

i believe it depicts the current cultural/aspirations of a chinese family very well.  the white barron setting contrasts with all things consumerism fuelled by the pursuit of the american dream.

ebay cool finds: count ketchup

i have a huge love for all things quirky.  i saw this on ebay last week.  it's a tomato sauce bottle head for squeezy bottles.  the tomato sauce comes out of the fangs of count dracula like blood.  imagine having this at a barbeque.

this can be purchased here on ebay for $6.75 AUD + $4.95 AUD shipping

little joys of life

sometimes there are little things in life that just makes you happy. when i found out they were selling roast pork sandwich at a sandwich bar below my workplace, i was really really happy.  this is because:  1. i love crackling  2. i love roast pork sandwiches ever since my experience at earl canteen  3. i work pretty much in a relatively remote area of the city and there aren't many options.  with all those reasons combined, it was like a little piece of paradise came to work.

so here i present the roast port sandwich (i am drooling as i type) with coleslaw, apple sauce, roast pork and pork crackling with avocado spread

can you see the pork crackling... yum

this was probably the best sandwich i have ever had.  now is it purely because of the taste. i have to admit i'm not too sure.  it could be all the above reasons combined and the fact that i was super hungry, but i would rate this roast pork sandwich a good 9/10.

why is this sandwich not a 10/10? i had the same sandwich a second time and it just didn't have the same balance unfortunately. so minus 1 for inconsistency.

however, compared to the earl canteen roast port baguette, this sandwich wins by a mile in my mouth.  i love how the there is so much crackling and the roast pork is so tender.  there are also good proportions of coleslaw and apple sauce to give it that good sweet taste which goes so well with roast pork.   

celebrating halloween melbourne styles

thanks to everyone who came out on a dreadful-weather-but-very-melbourne night. everyone put in so much effort in dressing up for the party. i can't remember the last time i celebrated halloween, and honestly this might have been my first time. but i had so much fun!

i ended up dressing up as katy perry with the blue hair. however, i kept eating my wig so i took it off pretty fast.

once again, thank you everyone for making it. :)

heavy baggage

photo taken in southern cross station

i hope no one has this much heavy baggage.

a how-to that worked

bubzbeauty is one of the most subscribed youtube stars or 'internet sensations'. she would have hundreds of thousands of people watching her video every week. i love how the internet and youtube have expanded how we can connect to each other and share information so openly now.

i know there are a lot of how-to videos out there, but personally i haven't found many that have been particularly helpful. the above clip is an instructional video on how to curl your hair for formal occassions.

i have always had little success with my curler and always blamed the fact i didn't have a ghd, but i discovered this video last week and this technique makes so much difference. so enjoy! i think i'm going to stick with my 8 year old curler thanks.