i survived titanic

Mrs Peter Joseph (Catherin Rizk), left Cherbourg on 10 April 1012 aboard HMS Titanic. She was 24 years old and from Detroit, Michigan.
Traveling with her were her children Michael (6 years old) and Anna (2 years old). She was in 3rd Class and were traveling home to Detroit, Michigan.
"In early 1912, Catherine's husband Peter sent her and their children back to Lebanon in order to save money. By April, however, Peter sent for them to return."
Passenger fact: Catherine suffered from tuberculosis; she may have also traveled to Lebanon to be in a healthier climate.

Mrs Peter Joseph (Catherine Rizk) survived the sinking of HMS Titanic. She was one of just 151 3rd class passengers to survive. He children survived with her.

some ponies for the afternoon

titanic

Tomorrow night I am going to the Titanic Exhibition which is being held at the Melbourne Museum, check it out here. What is it about the tragedy of the Titanic that captures so many peoples imaginations?

I cannot wait for the exhibition, my friends and I have VIP tickets so that we get a special Titanic experience! When we enter the exhibition we'll be given a boarding pass with the name of an actual passenger of the ill fated voyage on it. At the end of the exhibition we will be able to discover if our passenger survived the sinking, or was one of the more than 1,500 people who lost their lives.

I'll be taking a copy of the movie Titanic with me so that we can watch it after viewing the real artifacts and replicas at the museum. It is all very exciting!!

a kiss on the cheek

On Saturday night I was out on the town and greatly enjoyed watching, listening to and dancing to a band that was playing at one of the pubs I visited. What made the band all the more enjoyable was the very cute bass player!!

So I spent a nice portion of the night dancing away and perving on this cute and talented man (well he could have been a boy but I think he's definitely in his twenties at least!!).

On my way back to my car, after my friend and I had parted ways, I bumped into a friends boyfriend who was out with one of his friends. They were on their way to the pub where I had just been, so I told them "there is a band playing there with a really cute bass player", to which they replied "that's our friend!!".

They scooped me up (literally) and took me back to the pub to introduce me to the bass player. Unfortunately that introduction did include the phrase "The Duchess wanted to meet you" - yep I was a little embarrassed.

Upon introduction the bass player, who was holding an amp in each hand (which was causing muscles to bulge!), lent forward and kissed me on the cheek. I really have to say that it was the nicest greeting I have ever received!!!

The guy who introduced us told me that he would give the bass player my number (since he had left to get some much needed sleep) and it would be up to him if he called me or not. Considering I had already given my phone number to some random Irish guy I was happy to take those odds!

So now I am left with cyber stalking and waiting for a call which might never come. At least since this guy is in a band it should be easy to 'coincidentally' show up where he is playing.

tracking my cat

There are many days and nights when I am at home alone and I have no idea where my cat is. I often joke that I just sit at home with my cat like the spinster that I am, but the sad truth of the matter is that my cat has a more active social life than I do!

But now I may have a solution. Sony have developed a cat collar that posts on twitter what your cat is up to. Check it out here.

This collar can also post to a blog and actually post photos, recognise other cats your cat is friends with, and has a GPS tracker so you can see where your cat goes. I think it is a fantastic idea! Once they make the technology small enough so that it is comfortable I am going to get one for Winston!