so, the commonwealth games have started. i watched the opening ceremony the other night and couldn't wait to see the fiji team march out. mark was quite amazed at the size of their team... sports have always been huge back home. while i waited for them to appear, i grabbed my bottle of 'chinese lollies' (preserved plums that were huge in fiji when i was at primary school), and cheered them on. hope they have a great time, and win some medals!

through a last minute opportunity at work, mark and i got to go to the final rehersal of the opening ceremony on monday night. my favourite bit was the motorcyclists and ballet, and i couldn't wait to see it on the telly for real... but something must have gone wrong, because the camera angles were all weird, and it wasn't very well shown. something must've gone wrong. did anyone else notice that there were voices on c.b. radios over the top of everything else? it was quite distracting. anyway, there was a gaggle of those voices during that part of the show, then the camera angles were very tight for a while, like they were trying to hide something. frustrating... but when the fireworks went off, i ran upstairs and watched them from the back balcony. i wish i had a great digital camera, i could have taken some great shots. but no such luck. i will have to buy myself a clicker before we go to fiji in june...

i'm looking forward to some free music gigs this weekend, too - talvin singh on saturday night, and the world percussion gala on sunday night. viva free gigs!