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*pokes head into Aussie thread* 

*sneaks away*

Hey @silver, I just thought of something... can we change the tags for the thread? One of the tags is technically not correct  

On 1/10/2020 at 11:36 PM, Kelzy said:

Hows the air around you, Teegs? 

 

Anyone hoping or praying or whatever you do that we get rain, thank you, we got some.. but keep going, we just need a couple 100 mm more everywhere. 

Hey Melz, air is sometimes good, sometimes bad. It was pretty bad there earlier in January but it's not bad now. It's been raining a bit here so the girls (ie, my grandparents' sheep) in the paddock have a little bit of green though very little actual feed. Hopefully we get more rain soon. 

On an unrelated note, I totally went looking for :pbs: but then remembered it wouldn't be on here  I so miss these smileys, I wish I could use them on FB... especially  

On 1/29/2020 at 6:46 PM, Jolene said:

Ummm, hello 🙂 I think it's been about 10 years since I last logged on, holy crap, but great to see some familiar names still popping up on the thread....

 

So the reason for my post is I just found out today I'll be in Brisbane on the night Mika is playing at The Tivoli- what are the freaking chances!! I knew there was no way he'd get to Perth so the stars have aligned to help me get there!!

 

Hope everyone is doing great (even though I still keep up to date with a few of you via FB 🙂 )

Hey Jolene, Hope you're doing well

It's meant to be! Hope you have a great time   

Forecast for today - 

10 hours ago, Kelzy said:

Too damn close Teegs 😳 Hope it doesn't get any closer 💜

Very close. The prediction for tomorrow isn't good. 

Just in case anyone not from Oz comes in here, here's a couple of screenshots from the fires near me app that I have on my phone. 

The first one shows the fires from Sydney down to the Victorian border (yellow is watch and act level, blue is advice and white means they haven't updated the threat level yet). 

Second one is all of NSW and into Qld - from the Gold Coast down to the Vic border. The blue dot is me of course. 

Hey, just passing on an update on fires etc and members - There's a massive fire working it's way towards happikali's town. She's evacuated from her house to a friend's place near the sea (she lives in the middle of the bush) but no power and limited phone coverage. Apparently some people are leaving already but they're staying tonight and seeing how things are tomorrow. Saturday's forecast is looking pretty bad. I'll pass on any more updates as I see them. 

As for Mika, I likely won't be going either, I don't think I'll get the time off and it's kinda not fair on Derek and the kids for me to take off for another few days to go to a concert. It's a shame cause it would be nice to see everyone but unfortunately life happens.

On 10/4/2019 at 8:01 AM, silver said:

 

Mmmmm pavlova

 

Hope your work shifts have worked out as you wanted.

 

U2 is in November, isn't it?  I actually hope to be going to a Mika gig in November (long time since I've been able to say that).

 

If you're in touch with Kelzy, wish her a belated happy birthday from me (I meant to post something on the day, but got caught up in RL).

 

Hope the weather has got better.

Well, I just started work on Saturday and I worked Sat, Sun, and I have a 5 hr shift tomorrow (Tues). Other than that I have no idea. I did 9 hours yesterday. 

Yep, U2's in November... Interestingly enough it's almost at the 10 year mark since Mika came to Oz (his show was 24/11, U2's is 22 and 23/11). Where's the gig at? Hopefully you get there. 

I'll pass on the birthday wishes next time I talk to her. 

Weather hasn't been too bad, it cooled down but it's supposed to be going back up to 21 degrees today. Still dry as anything, though we do get the very occasional bit of rain. 

On 8/18/2019 at 5:48 AM, silver said:

Hello Australia - you've been very quiet lately.

 

Amazed at the weather you've been having - drought in one place, freezing weather in another.  There was a piece on the news showing some very confused-looking kangaroos wandering round in the snow!

I'll bet they were pretty confused... I was surprised we even got snow. We actually got a decent dumping were we are, though closer to town wasn't as thick. Goulburn area had snow in the last week or so. Still in drought and we've had some pretty bad bushfires in Northern NSW and Qld. 

Not much happening around here, I just did 2 days out at the mine and have just managed to get work at one of the supermarkets in town. Not sure what shifts at this stage but I asked the manager for afternoon/nights and weekends. Also still waiting for U2, Melz and I are going to the 2nd Sydney show as well and got GA, so standing up and having a bit of a boogie while we're there. 

And while I'm here... 

On 6/5/2019 at 9:11 AM, Kumazzz said:

Congratulations !!!

 

finally Mika comes back to Australia

 

He mentions Australia in this Cherie interview on yesterday.

 

 

•   Chérie fm

https://www.cheriefm.fr/artistes/mika/videos

 

03/06/2019

Mika révèle ce qu’il prépare pour la tournée «Revelation Tour »

C’est officiel, Mika part en tournée à partir du 15 octobre 2019 ! En interview, il nous a donné de précieux indices sur la teneur de son nouveau spectacle. Regardez !

L’année 2019 marque le retour de Mika en musique. Après la publication du single «Ice Cream» vendredi 31 mai 2019, le coach de The Voice dévoilera son cinquième album le 4 octobre prochain. Ce nouveau projet s’accompagnera d’une tournée qui débutera à l’automne aux États-Unis avant de se poursuivre en Europe, puis en Australie et Asie en 2020.

Mika : un nouveau show très étudié

Mika en a dit plus sur le contenu de son nouveau show. «Je veux faire vivre l’album en live sur la scène. Pour moi c’est très important». L’interprète de «Elle me dit» prévoit «un spectacle inspiré par les performances des années 90», avec l’idée d’une «troupe musicale qui danse chante et joue». Le chanteur promet également un «show  extrêmement étudié», avec «beaucoup de vibes». Ses fans français auront l'occasion de le découvrir à l'AccorHotels Arena, le 22 décembre prochain.

 

Mika reveals what he is preparing for the "Revelation Tour" tour

It's official, Mika goes on tour from October 15, 2019! In interviews, he gave us valuable clues about the content of his new show. Look !

The year 2019 marks the return of Mika to music. After the release of the single "Ice Cream" on Friday, May 31, 2019, the coach of The Voice will unveil his fifth album on October 4. This new project will be accompanied by a tour beginning in the fall in the United States before continuing in Europe, then in Australia and Asia in 2020.
Mika: a new show very studied

Mika said more about the content of his new show. "I want to live the album live on the stage. For me it's very important. The interpreter of "She tells me" plans "a show inspired by the performances of the 90s", with the idea of a "musical troupe that dances and sings". The singer also promises an "extremely studied show", with "a lot of vibes". His French fans will have the opportunity to discover it at the AccorHotels Arena on December 22nd.

 

VIDEO

• https://www.cheriefm.fr/artistes/mika/videos/mika-revele-ce-quil-prepare-pour-la-tournee-revelation-tour-71414929
• DIRECT MP4 https://cdn.cheriefm.fr/nrj_cdn/cheriefm/2019/06/itw-mika-tournee_5cf528b506b79.mp4

Whoa, that's surprising... if it's true that is. 

On 6/5/2019 at 7:45 PM, silver said:

 

If it's true

Awwww, we've influenced you so much!  

On 6/5/2019 at 7:53 PM, Kata said:

What are the chances of this being in January when I’m there?

Like silver said, slim to none. 

But yay for coming to Oz! Have you been here before? 

11 minutes ago, silver said:

  I see it's snowing in Queensland!!

Wait, what??? It's not even snowing in Orange! 

Okay, it snowed on Monday but still... 

10 minutes ago, silver said:

Good news re the U2 gig btw.  Something to look forward to, at least.

Yeah, should be good! Hopefully we'll be able to do some stuff in Sydney while we're there. 

On 2/12/2019 at 8:50 AM, silver said:

Has your brother made it back from Mount Isa, Tegan?  We saw all the floods around Townsville on the news, I bet the clean-up operation is going to take forever.

 

In other news, Mika has said he will be touring Asia, Europe and the US, but no mention of Australia or South America   BUT he has said he will be doing small venues so maybe he might be lured across for a gig or two.

 

And he was in a recording studio today

 

Yeah he did, They had to wait till the water receded a bit before anyone could leave, which meant that the truck with their stuff took a while. 

It'll be interesting to see if he does make it back here. I remember he was generally well received but it's been so long between gigs. I kinda hope he does, I reckon there's still heaps of people who like his music. 

On 6/3/2019 at 2:14 AM, silver said:

Tegan, you might need to change your avatar - watch the lyrics in the video

 

 

Yeah, I saw it. Someone spelt shiny wrong and it irritated me like nothing else  . I've changed it but cause the avatar shapes are round you can't fully see what it says. 

Exciting news though, U2 are coming back to Oz at the end of the year so Melz, Zoe and I are going to go together!  

My thinking with pens is that as long as it doesn't smudge when my hand goes over it then I'm sweet. 

I wanted to watch Bohemian Rhapsody but haven't had a chance. I know it's showing at the tiny theatre in Dad's old town so might drive out and watch it there. 

As for weather, it's been not too bad here. There's fires in Victoria and massive amounts of rain in Queensland (Townsville especially). Their dam was 245% full so they've had to open all the flood gates, which will end up causing flash flooding. Seems they've gotten over a metres worth of rain this week. Haven't heard how Ally is but assuming since she's in Cairns and it's not as heavy that she's okay.  My brother is going to have a lot of fun getting back here though, he's supposed to be moving from Mount Isa back home as he has a job starting on the 25th and they're flooded in (the plan was to fly to Townsville, then onto Brisbane then home but that can't happen).

Yeah, really hot. Apparently a place about 2 hrs from here got to 47 degrees. Another place got to 56 I think  

I've put in an application for one place so far but was going to see how I go with it before I start doing more. 

Daycare hopefully will get cheaper soon, Sam only has one more week of 2 days, then he'll do 1 day there and one day in transition. Even the cost of that over a fortnight will be a lot cheaper. 

Anne: I reckon there's a bit of call for nannies in Oz, it's a little far to be coming here though  I think we've got a pretty good school for Sam. It's kinda small and out of town, but they still have good facilities as well as a bus from a few minutes away (the village is no more than 15 mins from home anyway). 

On 12/20/2018 at 8:30 AM, silver said:

Hello Aussies

 

Very quiet in the Mikaverse atm.  Seems there will be a new album in 2019; also he is releasing a single on Jan 4th (in English we think) to link with an Italian project he is connected with. He's in France now working on the current series of The Voice.

 

Everyone getting ready for Christmas?  Hope you have all survived the drought/floods/wildfires etc.

Hmmm, interesting. Wonder what the new album will be like? I've seen people commenting on the new song but haven't listened to it yet 

We're doing okay here. It's been pretty hot at the moment (sitting around mid 30's), but the last few days we've had storms in the afternoon with a bit of rain. 

On 12/22/2018 at 8:38 AM, silver said:

Reindog

 

Love Reindog  oh, and thank you for the birthday wishes

I've been having lots of fun lately  I've been chasing up all sorts of appointments and stuff for Sam. He's been going to see a speech pathologist regularly and we've seen how bad his speech is (we're talking moderate to severe delay) so we'll have to start looking into the disability program to get funding for private speechies and stuff. we've also had a review for Early Intervention and discussing where he's at there and also we've had to think about where he's going to school. So this year he's going doing the preschool program at his daycare one day a week, then one day a week for Transition at the school he's going to next year, then two days a week at Early intervention (2 1/2 hours a day)... THEN I've figured out that we can't quite afford to have me stay at home with Mr Isaac for too long so I'm going to put in for some jobs either on the weekend or nights so we don't have to pay for daycare (cause it's bloody expensive). 

Oh well, at least we had a good weekend away in Canberra (until we were coming back, when we found out Derek's mum was in Intensive Care with bowel/appendix issues - she's okay now) and Shania was quite enjoyable  and managed to get my book signed by Matthew Reilly. I'm not sure, but he may have recognised me as he asked if I'd come to a signing before, which was 2 years previously . 

On 9/18/2018 at 6:13 AM, silver said:

 

 

 

Canberra sounds nice - have you been there before?  Who is doing the book signing?

 

I always regret not going to a Terry Pratchett book signing when I had the chance

Yeah, been a few times this year alone - Went to Costco in January and again in April, just before I fainted in the car (like, a couple of hours before ). Before that we hadn't been since 2014 when we bought baby stuff before Sam was born. Haven't stayed in Canberra itself for years, probably when I went there for professional learning when I was teaching swimming. 

The author is Matthew Reilly, he's an Aussie author and writes really action/thriller type stuff. The last book he wrote was part of a series and it's kinda archeological/mythical type story. His next book has time travel and stuff in it, should be good! I've met him a couple of times already. First time was at a convention (Supanova for the Aussies) - He wtas incredibly friendly and took his time with everyone in the line, despite just getting back into doing public stuff after his wife died. Second time was at a book signing outside a bookstore in 2016. That one coincided with the last book coming out and again he was lovely and had great chats with everyone. 

It's a shame you missed out on going to a signing Terry Pratchett did. I wonder if I kept that Terry Pratchett book I had? 

10 hours ago, silver said:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-45622385

 

Well I'll be buggered! That's really weird! 

Oooooooh, exciting news! Even though my birthday isn't for another month, I know what Derek has gotten me for my birthday (mostly cause I used his credit card to buy it )... Hanson are doing shows with a symphony and we're going to it (interestingly, in Canberra)!  I also joined their fan club so I could get presale and I requested a meet and greet  

On 8/27/2018 at 10:54 AM, Oakie Doke said:

I love the soggy doggos Silver  and congratulations on the new baby Tegan! I've been following your pictures on Instagram as well, he and Sam are very cute 

 

I was watching a show on Netflix yesterday, "Restoration Australia", and there was an episode set in Orange which painted a picture of a town full of people with a little too much time on their hands 

Do you have any input for the possibly-Banjo-Paterson's-birth-house-but-also-probably-not debate?

Okay, I just saw this post  Yep, that describes Orange well and truly  I swear a good number of people in this town go on a Facebook page called Spread the Word in Orange - there's no admin so of course any posts aren't watched and there's rampant bullying but occasionally there;s some amusing stuff. Oh, and every public holiday people have to ask what shops are open and when it snows people have to ask if there's snow on the mountain/the roads are open/complain that the gates to the mountain are closed  

As for Banjo Patterson's birthplace, there's no hard evidence that he ever lived there, but surely there's some truth to it. Maybe he lived there as a child or something  (it took me forever to remember what the shortcut was for that, all I thought was :smth: )

On 8/31/2018 at 6:15 AM, silver said:

Are you just off to a hotel somewhere, or do you have more planned?

We're going to Canberra for the dirty weekend, hotel is booked but no plans besides sleeping in and doing a bit of shopping. Hotel also booked for Shania, and the plan is go to concert, sleep, then as we're going home we stop at the shopping centre in Penrith and I go to a book signing. 

On 7/31/2018 at 1:26 AM, crazyaboutmika said:

That won't be easy...good luck Tegan  Hopefully Isaac won't catch it

On 7/31/2018 at 7:31 AM, silver said:

My brother gets conjunctivitis quite often, but I've never had it (touch wood).  So maybe some people are more resistant than others - Isaac may be OK.

I think he did he's fine now. 

I haven't been doing much lately, though Derek and I have decided to go away for the weekend for our wedding anniversary in November, which is exciting. Then in December we're going to see Shania Twain in Sydney. 

On 7/23/2018 at 2:30 AM, silver said:

 

I'm sure you'll manage OK

Seems to be okay so far. Just have to try and keep Sam off Isaac, as it looks like Sam has conjunctivitis 

On 7/11/2018 at 8:43 PM, silver said:

Oh!  Fantastic news!  Congrats

 

He looks adorable

Thank you! He's a pretty chilled bub, doesn't react much when Samuel climbs all over and kisses him. 

Should be interesting tomorrow, Derek goes back to work      

On 7/3/2018 at 9:47 PM, silver said:

 

It always seems strange to think of it snowing in Australia, I associate it more with heatwaves and wildfires.

 

Which is the sort of weather we are having in the UK atm - scorching temperatures, big moorland fire in northern England.  The dogs are not very happy in the heat but we have got them a big paddling pool so they often just lie in the water.  And we took them to the beach last week.

 

Otherwise I seem to have become a more or less full-time carer for my mum - I don't get much uninterrupted time these days, especially in the evenings.

 

But I guess you know all about that sort of situation, with a toddler on your hands.

 

Yeah, it definitely seems strange. And I bet the dogs loved the beach! 

Yep, makes it difficult being a carer for someone, though I would imagine caring for children would be a bit easier to manage than caring for an adult. 

Well baby has been born and we're home now. 

Here's all the important details: 

Name: Isaac Kazimierz (middle name came from Derek's grandfather on his mum's side)

Date: 9/7/18

Weight: 3.86kg

Length: 55cm

On 6/25/2018 at 3:30 AM, silver said:

Still bored?  Not long to go now, is it?

Not long at all, got 6 days to go! Got so much stuff I need to get done beforehand though, like packing bags, organising the house etc. I also thought that getting the carpet and couch professionally cleaned was a great idea (actually it was, they're both really nice and clean), making appointments to meet with public schools for Sam to possibly go to in 2020, sorting out presents for Sam from the baby and a present for a friend who is turning 40 and keeping note of what I need to do when I go into hospital.

I seem to be nesting at the moment... But at least it hasn't been cold today, though apparently it's supposed to snow outside of Orange on Sunday 

How's life going for you? 

I'm just gonna start posting random crap cause I'm bored. 

This is me at the moment: 

This is also me, when I ask Sam if he needs to use the toilet (yeah, decided to start toilet training 😞

And this is Derek whenever we're in the car, I feel unwell.. yeah, just anytime (I had to find one where Jensen was, Derek thinks he's great): 

And this is me at the same time: 

But on the upside, I only had 3 weeks and 2 days before baby is evicted, unless he decides to evict himself... 

Overall... 

And I just realised excited is spelt wrong... But still, you get the idea! 

12 hours ago, silver said:

Sadly the days of when I could log in to MFC during the day seem to be over. So I think we are doomed to miss each other

Bugger! I would say so.

12 hours ago, silver said:

Nothing much is happening in the Mikaverse anyway, except for a concert in France this weekend (after some Rugby final).

 

And I am busy trying to tame the garden/looking after mum/cleaning etc.

 

At least it hasn't rained much this past week.

At least I'm not missing anything. 

Oooooh, gardening/cleaning... We've been trying to get the house all ready for bub, along with clearing out stuff to sell. Have managed to sell a few things so far and have $160 put aside  

We've been getting a bit of rain here, though not enough to make anything grow though. 

Ugh, no-one's here... Night.