19
June
2008
June
2008
Sunrise
shirasade posted a photo:
The morning of my last exam I got up a bit earlier than usual.
19
June
2008
June
2008
Birthday/goodbye drinks
shirasade posted a photo:
Emma’s going back to Iceland. 
Picture taken at Southern Cross.
19
June
2008
June
2008
Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
shirasade posted a photo:
Another lovely Saturday ramble with Celia.
19
June
2008
June
2008
Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
shirasade posted a photo:
Another lovely Saturday ramble with Celia.
11
June
2008
June
2008
In lieu of graduation
shirasade posted a photo:
Because I won’t be getting to graduate in cap and gown from Victoria, I bought this cute kiwi bird in full postgraduate Commerce faculty regalia! 
10
August
2007
August
2007
And another cut1
After I got over the first shock of having my hair shorter, the change actually didn’t feel all that drastic anymore - not drastic at all, actually, because hardly anyone even noticed. So, because I still wanted change, I signed up as hair model with Cindy’s hair dresser - and change I got:
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I’m still somewhat ambivalent about it - it’s just so very different…
2
June
2007
June
2007
New tattoo1
The idea to get a tattoo (my second one) commemorating my family and our lives together, came to me suddenly, and was realized (with Sibylle’s help) quite quickly. Today I went to Basel Tattoo & Body Art Studio and had it done by Karyna, who did a great job. At times quite painful (depending on the location it went from mild burn to cringeworthy/eye-watering), but luckily it was done fairly quickly, so the pain didn’t get too bad.
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The circle with four ’stones’ represents the four of us holding hands. It just seemed appropriate to get this now, because once I leave for New Zealand, our lives as a family probably never be the same…
11
May
2007
May
2007
Time for a cut
A hair cut, that is. It just felt right, what with all the changes in my life, to say good-bye to my straight-down-the-back hair. There was quite a bit of separation anxiety involved, I must admit - I used to dream of hair to my butt and had to settle for half-way down, so the thought of going shorter was somewhat daunting. But no matter, I went to see Madeleine, my hairdresser, today, with a photo of Kirsten Dunst - not because I’m a fan or anything, but because she was the one celebrity I could think of with a similar-shaped face to mine.
This was the inspiration. And this is what we came up with (because I’m a low maintenance kinda gal):
Not bad, hm? And wow, that was quite a long post just about hair.