FIFA FANFEST, Vivid, Macquarie Vision.
I’ve learned a lot about the world of futbol (ie. what are offsides, scoring, prevailing records, etc…). Fortunately, Sydney is among the few cities in the world hosting a FIFA Fanfest which is a venue set to stage massive parties where all Worldcup spectators can join together, watch the games, and root for their respective countries. Downside is that games begin at 9:00PM to as late as 4:30AM - but it doesn’t matter after a few bottles of alchy. Watching the USA v. Slovenia game was pretty exciting, but we left after the second half when Slovenia was winning 2:0, but USA caught up ending it at a draw.
The pictures above are from the Vivid light and Macquarie Vision show, a light art exhibition with shows scattered around the city, beginning at St. Mary’s Cathedral and ending at the Sydney Opera House. They were all beautiful, inspiring, and refreshing. Nothing I’ve ever seen before at such a grand scale. But it doesn’t beat the Symphony Orchestra at Melbourne with eargasmic performances by contemporary musical talents.
My favorite quote projected on the Opera house read: “Dead stars, their light still trapped in time.” I learned that the light radiated by stars take CENTURIES to reach Earth. So the stars we see in the night sky may be residual light from dead stars, whose journey through time has ended. Or maybe it hasn’t ended because the universe is infinite so the light particles must still be existing. To keep it general: we are experiencing a part of their journey through time. It’s like souls walking through purgatory, left neither dead nor alive, cursed to an endless voyage.
Anyway, LAST DAY IN SYDNEY! I’m excited because Kat and I have booked our flights between each country. Congrats to Kat for winning at Cache Creek! and Congrats to Kate for getting into Berkeley Law! whattup!
