Thursday, April 28, 2011

MasterChef Australia


Nothing in life is easy, really. If you have not come to that realisation yet - you better. You want something, you dream, work, and pray for it. Think about it, in the toilet, in the kitchen, in the bedroom. That's how Rodney Hide got the Epsom seat. That is how he lost it too, he no long want it the way he used to.You want it hard enough, work your ass off for it. Simple.

Just look at how many people applied to be on this year's MasterChef. 7000. Imagine that. And what sort of people they're looking for? Have a look for yourself and see whether you've got what it takes.

Saturday, April 09, 2011

Gok Wan



''We've got this guy. He's very unusual looking. He's a bit camp. He's mixed race. He used to be fat. And he's a fashion stylist,'' Wan says of the pitch. ''I was like an application form for public funding.''


Brilliant.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Olympus XZ-1

I was slow to embrace the era of digital camera. My first one, a 1MP Olympus, served me well for a few years at the turn of the century. The technology advanced so quickly that my second one, which I bought in 2006 was already a 8MP one, the Panasonic LX-1. I'm still shooting with it today. 

One can argue things have advanced a lot since then, yet, none of the new features seem worthy of a major replacement. I was attracted by the S95 last year, but am now even more interested in this XZ-1. F1.8 len on a non-SLR camera. Simply beautiful.