The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as fas as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads onto way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence;

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost 1916

We are overwhelmed with choices everyday from personal to business to finance. I remember this poem as I make some important choices for me and my family, and also just because I enjoy this literature.

Note: Wedding season is upon us and there is only a few more spots that I am taking for this year, so reserve your date now.

The first lot of photos I took was the Try it Hedland night for all the kids with about 11 sports. Josh tried it out himself and I must admit he had a fantastic time trying out all the sports in Hedland, and of course, ensuring he had a good night sleep after that, as he was very exhausted. One of the sports for that night is the hip hop and it was a popular pick for all the kids, so I put together a slideshow of that night in photos.

I get to tick one off my 101 list. Thank you T for the opportunity. Happy Thursday!

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Have a great weekend ahead.

Although I have not received any emails  of “are you okay?” yet. I am still here, and not dropped off the face of the earth, promise. And as much as I would like to say I am off to an exotic land of such, I have just been busy with domestic yumminess around the home and the kids (close enough to some exotic experiences with the kids).

I have had a fantastic night last weekend at the Port Hedland Hollywood Fashion Gala and I will be posting some photos from that night in the next few days, a truly Hollywood experience, I even brought home  ’Mr Oscar’.

Moreover, I will be inactive starting from the 22nd March to probably the second week of April to take  some rest after my tonsillectomy procedure, which is finally finally happening after a long nearly two years of waiting.  I will try to be online as much as I can.

I leave you with this photo of the salt pile one beautiful early morning with the clouds reflection on the water.

Purchase your tickets before the 1^st March for your chance to win limousine transfers to and from the event with up to twelve ticketed guests in a Hollywood Stretch Limousine where you will be greeted by Red Carpet and a swarm of paparazzi and be our VIP Guests for the evening and have front row centre seating!

Join us for a night of Fashion and Fun at our Hollywood Fashion Gala Event where Artisan Jewellers and Port Boutique have joined together the Women in Business network, the Small Business Centre and local small businesses from our community to bring you a night of Hollywood with free flowing Champagne, Canape’s, Cocktails, Beer and Wine, and a Fashion Parade with a touch of Hollywood!

Major Door Prize includes:  A wardrobe makeover, color consultation and a $1000 shopping spree with Deb at Port Boutique, plus stunning designer Jewellery from the Missy Von`Lube range thanks to Phil from Artisan Jewellery, Hair and Makeup with Clare from Hair Works, plus lots more…  This is the ultimate prize!  Will it be you?

The following businesses have joined together to present a night of Hollywood Fashion and Fun for our community and to help promote our local supporting businesses and what we all do at the same time!
Now that’s what I call a Win Win for all!

Hollywood Fashion Gala Event Proudly bought to you by your Local Small Business Community:

Tickets are just $55 all inclusive and are available from Artisan Jewellery, Port Boutique and the Small Business Centre.
We can even arrange tickets to be delivered to your door.  How’s that for true Hollywood service!

For further enquiries please phone Denise or Chris at the Small Business Centre 9173 2335.

I like to give a really big shout out to FORM especially to Carolyn and Peter Z who were there for us the whole week. They organised everything to the very detail and made sure that we enjoy every part of the adventure. Carolyn was just awesome ensuring we have water to keep us hydrated especially under the Pilbara heat in summer (which is HOT!). Thank you, you were fabulous!

To Peter Z, thank you for ensuring we had fantastic time in Marble Bar. You were great! (remember to take that 4WD driving lessons!) I really like the light on Peter while we had the harbour cruise and just captured him at the right time. You see how much he is enjoying the cruise. Nice pose!

So a very big SHOUT OUT to FORM for your unique ability to be overwhelmingly kind and flexible.

To see what this project is about, please visit The Pilbara Project blog and share your stories about the Pilbara whether you are a local or just visiting the town. Everyone has a different story to share!

Today was the first day of the week long workshop, and I must say I had already the best day ever. I am overwhelmed with the sheer warmth and passion for photography seeing how all the photographers work. We began the day getting the photographers to get know the town by a bit of a tour and of course with that comes stopping at the side of the road, getting our cameras out, taking photos of just about anything (and nearly getting run over by a truck) and taking photos of each other; which reminds me of a group of monkeys, where one is grooming the other with another one grooming another and so on. (not that I’m implying we are monkeys!)

We finished off the day with a cruise around the harbour (which I never done before) and just had an awesome time shooting and enjoying the cruise.

I will update you with more details during the week when I get the chance, so thank you for stopping by. Have a great week, I know I will!

Anyways, the reason for this post is more on customer service rather than the lack of work that I am doing. It is one of these ‘bad days’ that customer service really counts. I have been ringing and communicating between my website server (ausweb) back and forth for the last three days and I must say that they have been really patient and helpful with me as we try and figure out what is wrong. I’m like e-mailing them every five minutes and the replies comes just after I send them. It is really fantastic. The good thing on these ‘bad days’ I’m having.

Another company that I would like to mention that rocks customer service is the Apple Customer Support. I tried to ring them to see if they can do anything with my problem even if it would be to get to know my Macbook Pro, but what I got was more than customer service, it was like personal training. All the questions were asked to understand my situation but because of them, I understood what really the problem was and wow, though we haven’t really found the solution yet, still it put my mind at ease and not to worry too much. So now, I am not stressing at all. That is what I call customer service.

Ok, this week coming is a big week for me  because I get to rub shoulders with the pros. Christian Fletcher, Les Walkling, Peter Eastway and Tony Hewitt. Wow, talk about the superstars of photography. I’m hoping at the end of the week, I get a bit of their knowledge transferred onto me just by being in the same room as them (alright, maybe I will have to ask questions too). I will try and update the blog with all the details when I get some time.

Till then. Have a great weekend.

On a sidenote, I get to ticked one goal off my list of 101 in 1001 and that is — post everyday on my blog for the whole week.

And a post would not be complete without a photo so here’s one of my favourites from 2009.