someone's birthday

I just got the following email from birthdayalarm.com:
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mm, me thinks I added my own birthday; weird! I'm an old fart, never-the-less!
I will write all about yesterday and more in a separate entry coming soon. I need to be alert for this, and I'm a tad tired, and didn't end up going out tonight cos I felt a bit queezy; need to be in bed early tonight.
til next time, RdFreak

Neighbours, everybody needs good Neighbours ..

I will write a text entry of yesterday in case my readers missed the audio, and i know Facebook doesn't always capture them.
Right now, I am listening to the recordings Miss irish2007 captured with her Iriver; Unfortunately I never ended up being able to record, but we've certainly got some great memories. Unfortunately we didn't capture any of the Neighbours night, including meeting the stars (real real shame that) but ah well, we got quite a lot of photos with them all!
Yesterday started off with Irish, Miss J, M and I going to Mackers, so A could experience the aussie place, then M left, and we three caught the bus to the station. J decided she wanted to come along for the ride, instead of going the other way. We like to say that this is because she wanted to be apart from us as shorter time as possible! Lol!
anyway A and I caught the train into flinders, and walked to Mackers where we went to the loos. i was amazed as Heartly found the loos upstairs completely on her own, guiding both of us! A lovely young guy who had been watching us debate whether we should risk taking a stab as to whether we'd be opening the door of the female toilet, came to help us.
After this, good old Heartly made her way out for us.
we walked up to the town hall and waited on the seat there. Sure enough, the lovely tour guide came up and asked us whether we were there for the Neighbours tour. She helped us to the bus, and after a while of waiting around to pick up passengers, we were off to the neighbours shop where I got out to check our names off.
Then, as yesterdays phone post explained, we drove to the eastern suburbs; to blackburn in fact, where we'd left from that morning! We went to the BLACKBURN ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL, which was, for ours and neighbours purposes, the great "erinsborough high" school! We got our photos taken under the sign that is just put up when neighbours filming is taking place there.
After this, we drove to Ramsay Street, otherwise known in reality as "PENOKE" court. We got our photos taken outside each house in turn, then holding the "ramsay Street" sign.
After about fifteen mins of doing this, we travelled to the studeos, where we got a chat from Declin, aka James. He was very amusing to listen too, just telling it like it is!
He signed some postcards for us, and we had our photos taken with him.
This brought us to the end of the tour, but tracy (the tour guide) kindly drove us to the pub in St. Kilda, where we ended up having our meals before we were met by a few of the people helping to run the trivia evening.
We were escorted to the room, off the pub where we sat at tables and chairs. It wasn't long before the room got quite full (probably about 300 though it sounded to me more like 1000)! We waited for one and a half hours before it started, and as it got nearer, the music was getting louder and louder. In the beginning, it was easily barable for Heartly, but as time wore on, i was getting more and more worried. I just hate thinking about my Heartly baby in discomfort.
anyway, i did say to A that I may have to just go home but she was welcome to stay, of course, and cab it back later.
However, after trying to put up with it for a while longer, A and I made our way out the room. The ladies who'd been helping us before asked if we were OK. I explained that I felt it too noisy for Heartly. She then asked us to wait and she'd try and sort something out.
next thing, we were escorted up the stairs, and into the room above where the stars were waiting; Dylan, Carl (aka Allan Fletcher) Michelle Sculley (aka Kate) and Steve Parker (can't remember all their names.)
before we sat down on some really comfortable couches, the woman who'd escorted us informed us that there were a few people wishing to meet us; of course, I knew who these were.
we sat down, and were greeted by Steven Parker (aka Steve Bastoni). He was lovely; shaking our hands and greeting Miss Heartly too!
We then shook hands with Kate and spoke to her for a while. She was so lovely!
It was then allan fletcher's turn to come up and shake our hands and have a yack! -- it was so funny; these actors found themselves introducing by character name! :) was cool!
A bit later on, we met with Dylan who apologized to me for having cold hands. and he informed us that he still had all this makeup on, as he'd come straight from work with another film.
All these lovely actors came and had a photo taken with us. -- (all the photos were courrticy of A's father's digital camera, by the way! :)
Then, the music (which was now much quiter,) stopped, and the formal night started.
It wasn't long before our room was flooded with people as the doors were opened and the ones who hadn't got a seat down below, came up.
The hoast of the evening then asked the stars some questions that the audience had previously submitted by pen and paper. The answers given were quite halarious!
The mic was now so loud, so the compare was just booming!
anyway, the trivia got under way, and it was in the middle of this, Allan came over to us, grabbed our hands and made sure we were OK! It was all I could do to smile and reply "yes, thank you!" :)
After simply ages of the loud proceedings, I started to notice Heartly, who was laying on my foot, quivering whenever the compare boomed in the mic.
A and I both then decided we would leave. We made our way down the steps, and were in the process of asking the girls to call us a cab, when who should come over? We heard "Hi, It's Doctor Karl!" (he didn't really need to give his character name, as I recognized him every time he spoke to us!)
So I guess I turned around to smile. and I started to explain that it was a bit loud for the Dog. We hugged and he gave me a peck on the cheek. A then informed me later, it was then that she gave him a big hug and she said "I just can't believe this!" I then put my arm around him again, and he likewise then put his around me again. I asked "please say hi to Jackie woodburn for me? I really like her." He replied "I'll do that. am seeing her this week."
After this, we were able to catch a cab. A and I kept amazing over the fact that Allan came down especially to say bye to us! we thought it was soooo sweet!
All the actors kind of sounded slightly different to their characters which we were a little surprised about.
We then got home and went to bed not long after.
The day was totally amazing for both of us, probably especially A, as it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing for her more so. She just kept on exclaiming that she couldn't believe it! -- I was sooo pleased to have been able to give her this rare opportunity. It was my pleasure to buy that for her as a present!
She payd for last night's meals and our Mackers breakfast this morning; as she wanted to go and try our breakfasts.
It was awesome spending more time with her today. I introduced her to Kath and Kim, and she absolutely loved it; laughing through both the first two eppisodes of season 1! :) -- I was so pleased she liked it, as it is the best comedy, and while a lot of English love it, some of them don't get it!
We also swapped some audio between her Iriver and my computer. I grabbed all her neighbours DVDs, while she grabbed several of my albumns and some singles.
L came to pick her up at 3, and, I was to go to computer users, but in the end, I thought I did need an early night as I was up late last night, and up early this morning due to a headache! -- I also had felt a bit of queeziness come on for some reason; feel OK now, just tired.
so that's the awesome story! man, it was unforgetable!
tomorrow I'm sadly not going to my parents for the birthday dinner, as Mum and dad both have the flu quite bad! wonder if they picked it up in Dubae; more than likely. -- so b/day dinner is postponed til another night.
I got to spend tomorrow or thursday getting supplies in for my get-together saturday; am looking forward to it! I've sure got a lot of lovely friends showing their support and i'm extremely greatful! one does not realize how greatful!
til next time, RdFreak