fabulous music

I've just been to a Beethoven recital at Melba Hall (Melb. Uni) given by the Russian pianist Natasha Vlassenko, residing and teaching in Queensland and greatly enjoyed it. She played the Bagatelles and the seldom played Fantasie and finished with the "Moonlight" sonata. She got an ear-splitting applause! She was awarded the prestigious Tchaikovsky scholarship as a student. This recital was in honour of her (pianist) father's 80th birthday, Lev Vlassenko.

Today we had our 6th and last session of Web 2.0 and focussed on Facebook and Skype. It was a lot to take in especially as the computers were terribly slow but I found Skype quite interesting. The girls Amelia & Cherry who were teaching us were fun and very helpful. As we will follow-up these sessions with fortnightly get-togethers I hope to consolidate further all we've learned so far and thus become more proficient. I especially want to thank Annette for all her cheerful assistance!

Today we learned about igoogle, igoogle maps, where I discovered and looked at my own address and street. It was fascinating to see a photo of my house and the streets surrounding this area. I also tried to go into Kori Agung, Bali, but of course I only managed to see some sawahs. Then we got on to overdrive/downloadable media and finally I got on to the classical music site and listened to Brandenburg concerto no. 4 by J.S. Bach!

Yesterday I had a letter printed in "The Age" re the silly notion by Melbourne City Council to create a "Parisian plage" on the banks of the Yarra. As if we haven't got beaches within a few kilometres! And why not have some original ideas for a change? Our spire looks like a pseudo Eiffel tower and now this so-called brilliant idea! Hopefully it will be voted down.

librarything

Today I started to look at librarything and was dazzled by all the participants - all those millions who are so much more adept than I am, I'm sure!

I am a grandmother and have 4 strapping, gorgeous grandsons.

my first attempt

this is going to be great!