Here in the first Video for the Volunteer society I interview Virginia Melodia a 19year old who bravely came to Nepal by herself to teach child monks. Here you will see and learn about her experiences. She also reflects on volunteering in general and offers up advice for those thinking of following her lead. For…
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Nepal Post 5 An Australians perspective. This ones for the girls.
What a lot of people don’t know about me is I love color and design. So upon coming to Nepal I was struck by the beauty of the handicrafts and the intricate designs. So being my mums birthday and all, the fact she thinks I have great taste . I went out to shop to…
Nepal Post 2 An Australian’s reflection
YES I made it, well I made it to the end of the first week of the internship. Why is it that hard might you say? Well, I have a new appreciation for what an immigrant goes through landing in another country, not being able to speak the language know the systems or communicate. It…
Nepal post 1
Before I arrived I promised myself to post every day which is hard because of the sheer overabundance of stimulation one has when working in such a country but here goes. Upon arriving in this far away place, you are confronted by the face your in a 3rd world country. The smells the cracked roads…
My Project According2indiemusic.com is now live
according2indiemusic.com As part of my transition, from editing news to a content creator, I have as part of my studies in Journalism created according2indiemusic.com. Here I had to be a one man band. I wrote, voiced interviewed shot and designed the whole project. The project basically tells the story of Indie musicians, how they make…
A competition run on social media
I just wanted to make a quick post. Yesterday I saw an interesting use of Social media I had not witnessed before. Paul McCartney who star4ts his Australian tour this week is holding a competition. It is to have a meet and greet as well as attend his sound check. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be such…
Panasonic AG-AC90 HD Camcorder Time Lapses
Whilst in Tasmania I took my new Panasonic Camera and did some shooting. I really like this little 3 chip HD camera. Its a good size very light and at $2000 very reasonable. It was very easy to take on the plane and shoots really great video. The time Lapse mode is really fun. When…
The Fuji XT-1 shooting in Tasmania
A few weeks ago I took delivery of the new Fuji XT-1. For me the camera takes what was fantastic about the XPRO-1 and makes it a lot better. Whilst traveling through Tasmania I got to test a lot of the cameras functionality. Let me tell you folks just about everything that sucked on the…
The Fiio X3 24bit Hi res portable music player
Remember music before it became disposable?. Remember music when the album was the rage and you didn’t just buy a song? Remember that experience when you put on a big pair of cans and got lost in the music? Not forgetting a time before the famous white fruit earbuds that made music sound like junk?…
Paul McCartney and Wings Rockshow one night only on the big screen my review.
Tonight I had the great delight of attending a screening of Paul McCartney and Wings Rockshow. This film brings back many great memories. I used the play the live album from this tour all the time as a teenager and drive my parents insane. I have seen Paul many times in person but I was…