Do you want a hug from our ex-Prime Minister with that burger?
Told you the Gimme Shelter gig was a loving space. Even the Snack Vans’ harsh florescent lighting couldn’t destroy the mood. © The Ponder RoomYou’ve got to love a country…
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Danielle Caruana and her husband John (Butler’s) Sweet Treat for the Homeless
How would you go performing on stage with your award winning, famous husband? Nervous? Hell yeah!! © The Ponder RoomDanielle Caruana & John ButlerThat’s what Danielle Caruana (Mama Kin) told the revved…
Childhood delight relived
Remember when you were a child and you saw something for the first time. Don’t you wish you could feel that way again sometimes? The duel The closest I’ve come…
Surf Surprise
copyright The Ponder Room Sometimes life doesn’t give you much to ponder about….other times it gives you so much your head hurts.Usually though if you make the effort to…
10 Tips for Chinese New Year
2011 is the year of the rabbit, so people born in 1939, 51, 63, 75, 87, 99 and 2011 need to make the most of any opportunities that come their…
Waitangi Day, what’s in a name?
Waitangi Day commemorates the Treaty of Waitangi signed on Feb 6th 1840, when New Zealand became part of the British Empire. In 1972 a bill was passed to change the…
Valentines Day Dilemmas
Valentines Day always creates a few questions.Sweet On CupcakesWhen you’re at school you wonder whether the letterbox will still be standing when you get home, or will it be lying on…
Meditation Challenge: Part 3
Attempt 6: Drove to the beach, turned off the car, locked the doors and closed my eyes.thanks to Steve TolcherFail: Got distracted by a half naked twenty something washing his surfboard…
Meditation Challenge: Part 2
thanks to clearlyambiguous on flickrAttempt 4: Sitting in the kitchen with an ambient crashing waves CD playing.Fail: The gurgling water sounds just had me crossing my legs for the first…
Meditation Challenge: Part 1
Serene, tranquil, calm, peaceful. New Years Resolution #1: Become the calm, tranquil person, the name Serena implies. Strategy to achieve this: Learn meditationthanks to ChrisK4u Meditation, you just sit still…
A Shared Dream On Australia Day
‘We are one but we are many, and from all the lands on earth we come, we share a dream and sing in one voice, I am, you are, we…
Premature Patriotism
copyright The Ponder RoomThe air is getting thicker, the minutes struggling to tick by. National pride is oozing from streets, supermarkets, and grey office cubicles. There’s an epidemic of lamingtons,…
Why The Ponder Room?
We’ve all had moments in our lives that have left us pondering; sometimes shaken, sometimes stirred. Whether the experience warmed us to our core, or ripped our soul apart, we’ve…
