Beautiful Autumn Trees!!

I was really fascinated by the colour and height of the trees. They made feel so small!!

I felt insignificat when I looked up at these really tall trees that were hundreds of years old! I felt small and saw God so Big!

Otti tal-gunglien

Yep, baking again... this time it's the typical Maltese biscuit 'Figure of Eight' also known as 'Otti tal-Gunglien'. They turned out quite good for the first time - but need some improvements...










Next project? Hobza tal-Malti - Maltese Bread. Will let you know how that goes when I get to it...

Cricket

Have you ever played Cricket?? I assure you it is not an easy game... I played for an hour or so last week during a picnic - the next day i woke up with a sore arm!! (I'm not so fit at the moment that's true...). Anyway here are some pics of me playing - trying to hit the ball. I did manage to make some good runs for a beginner, but I'm not a good bowler. I perform better in tennis!! ... hehe... :)

Peeling Potatoes

I managed to visit the Missionary of Charity Sisters in Sydney these past 3 weeks. They have a soup kitchen every morning from Monday to Fridays for homeless or poor people living nearby. I help out in the kitchen in any possible way I can.

These last two weeks I've peeled nearly 2 bucketfulls of potatoes!! I used a potato peeler, ma, not a knife - that's why I managed to peel so many!! (for those who don't know, I take a long time to peel potatoes when using a knife - and usually leave most of the potato with the peel)

Conclusion: Ma, if you invest in a potato peeler at home, I'll help you peel potatoes when I get back home - I'm gaining some experience here. ;)

Tasmania

Here are some pics I took in Tasmania.

The first one is me serving beer at a beer factory. From there I got to know I like ciders, especially apple ones.
Second is me with a friendly Wolaby.
Third is me behind the bars at Port Arthur.
Fourth and Fifth are two of my favourite pictures of Autumn leaves.
Sixth shows very tall rain forest trees in Tasmania National Park.

Conclusion - Tasmania is an AWESOME place to visit and live in!

Easter Show

The Sydney Royal Easter Show is a big annual event in Australia. As its name implies it is set up during Easter time, although it has nothing to do with the Easter message. In few words it is a festival that promotes Australia's diverse cultural and rural heritage.

"Each year, the Show aims to highlight Australian agricultural excellence through Competitions and education, while promoting national and international awareness of the country’s proud rural heritage. " Quoting from the official Easter Show website - halli hadd ma jghid li qed naghmel plagerism! :p

Anyway, after giving you all that info about what the Easter Show is let me show you some photos of what we saw there. We saw a presentation of how sheep dogs manage sheep when in fields, sheep shearing (bil-Malti: kif iqaxru n-nghag mis-suf taghhom... hehe), cows (qatt ma rajt baqar kbar daqs kemm rajt hemmhekk!) , goats, pigs & piglets, sword swallowing show, luna park games and rides. It was an interesting place to be. :)

Keeping Tradition - Eating Figolli at Easter

An experiment that really turned out well! Since it's tradition in the family to eat figolli on Easter Sunday, I made it a point to make some. I had never made them before, and so having such a really good outcome made my day!

The funniest thing about it all was the icing. I didn't add enough water to it and so when i went to pour it from the pot on to the figolla it just went down as a blob! I really laughed! I was in the kitchen. Bren's father there ... he just looked at me and laughed.