Just spent the weekend at Camp Getup which was pretty inspiring.
They are taking a bill to the High Court re voter registration tomorrow, which I hope gets up. the Howard Government changed the timeframe for voters to register from 7 days to 1 day and Getup are challenging it.
This is a fun video re enrolling to vote and people should still enrol, as there is a possibility they might be able to vote in the next election if they register now.
Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Ancestry
Funny thing, that ancestry was all over the media this weekend and for the first time ever I saw ancestry being advertised on the TV.
We visited Aunty Phyllis and she gave us our family tree on the Gum side. Very interesting as it goes back, in an unbroken line to 1324BC. However dates are rather sketchy as it was on a Chinese lunar calendar.
Still, its rather an awesome thing to be able to trace that far and to find out we had a relative who was a prime minister in China.
We are now most curious to find out more about the Kee side and also hear more of the stories from the the war days that Aunty Phyllis can recall.
Apparently in the more recent history we were the first Chinese family to live in Hurstville and our family baked bread for the troops in Darwin pre and post the bombing of Darwin.
Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au
We visited Aunty Phyllis and she gave us our family tree on the Gum side. Very interesting as it goes back, in an unbroken line to 1324BC. However dates are rather sketchy as it was on a Chinese lunar calendar.
Still, its rather an awesome thing to be able to trace that far and to find out we had a relative who was a prime minister in China.
We are now most curious to find out more about the Kee side and also hear more of the stories from the the war days that Aunty Phyllis can recall.
Apparently in the more recent history we were the first Chinese family to live in Hurstville and our family baked bread for the troops in Darwin pre and post the bombing of Darwin.
Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au
Friday, July 16, 2010
Coffee and cake in South Hurstville
My Aunty has been living in South Hurstville for years. We visited today and the neighbourhood has really gone upmarket.
There are water views, and its by the bay. It just used to be on the Princess Highway!
Having said that, it is a nice location and they have a great patisserie, cafe to match. We had St Honore. It was crunchy toffee, yummy custard filling and flaky pastry. That and three hot drinks and a palmier cost $13.60.
Encore
2/803 King Georges Road
South Hurstville.
Joanne Kee
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Images from Linsey Pollak show
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Images from Linsey's show at the Powerhouse. It was fantastic if you get a chance to see it elsewhere please do catch his show Passing Wind..jpg)
Joanne Kee
www.placesandspaces.com.au
Sunday, July 04, 2010
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