Madonna

When I was about 8 years old my sisters friend came to the house, she brought a cassette tape for us to listen to, it was the Madonna True Blue album, from that moment, I was in love with Madonna.  I got to keep that tape which I played over and over and sang out loud into my brush wanabe microphone as I performed like a pop star in front of the mirror.  Eventually the tape stretched and it was never the same after that, but my love for Madonna has never been lost.  When I was younger the walls of my bedroom were covered with poster of Madonna, she was like the coolest pop star ever, I loved the way she looked, the way she dressed, the way she danced and I knew every single word to every single song.  She has  never been just ordinary, she is forever changing her look, shocking the public and making more music to love.  She built herself up from the very bottom, she had a dream and now has it all.

Forever your fan

U2

U2 is another one of those legendary bands that have been around forever.  The boys Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. are all from Dublin, nothing nicer than an Irish accent, when I was still pint size I would have done anything for a kiss from the yummy drummer, anyways, focus Angie! 

Right, so they all attended the same High School and this is where they formed U2.

They have released 13 studio albums, won a zillion Awards for a stack of things. They have always been very involved in giving back by being a part of numerous campaigns to make our world a better place. 

 I am always proud of bands like U2, with all the fame and fortune, they never forget the little people.

Keep helping to make it a beautiful day for us guys, you boys Rock!

Freddie Mercury

in 1971 four guys hooked up and created a band which I say is one of the most legendary bands of our time called Queen.  Over the next few years they gained world wide fame.  Their first album released was called Queen which was later followed by Queen II with another 12 albums to follow after that.  The lead singer of the band was called Freddie Mercury, he was born in Zanzibar and learned to play the piano at the age of 7.  In the mid 80′s Freddie began to focus alot more on his solo career, on the 23rd of November 1991 he let the public know he had been diagnosed with Aids, sadly he died 24 hrs later of bronchopneumonia.

He is a legend.   He was a singer, a songwriter, an instrumentalist and a great performer who filled the hearts of millions of people and is still missed very much to this day.  He had one of the most powerful  voices I have ever heard, the kind that gives you goose bumps, unforgetable.  Fans didn’t know it at the time, but now when you listen to the words of some of his songs, he knew he was dying and saying goodbye.

few of my favourites :

Who am I?

How often have you been asked the question, tell me about yourself?

This is not always an easy question to answer, I mean, how does one define oneself into words?

Right, so who am I?

I am Angelique, mostly referred to as Angie or Ang, growing up I hated my name, I wondered why couldn’t I have a simple short name like Julie or just Ang, there are very few people that call me by my full name nowdays, but now that I am older, I quite like the sound of Angelique.

I love taking photos, I believe that ones memory will fade or die, but a photo and its memory will live forever, it’s timeless.  I try to capture the exact moment in every picture so it speaks for itself. 

I am a people person, I love meeting someone new and learning everything about them, likes and dislikes, their dreams, I love catching up with the people that I already know.  I am very good with people and like to think that they love me for who I am, I like to make others happy and feel good about themselves, I like knowing that I am someone that can be counted on and can turn a frown upside down into a smile. 

I love the sound of rain drops and thunderstorms and I love walking in soft summer rain.  I love laying on the ground looking up at the clouds and hearing the wind rustling through the trees.  I love almost all animals small, big, fluffy, smooth or spiky all round, spiders and parktown prawns are not my friends!

I love all kinds of music old and new, I love the sound of a piano melody or an acoustic guitar, I love songs and melodies that have emotion and passion, something that touches my soul, something I can feel.

I try and be strong and full of confidence, but I guess every now and then I fail and feel a little down, but then I know everything will be fine and I am thankful for my life.

I am a wife and mother, I try my very best to be the best that I can be, I may not be perfect but I hope that my best is good enough for them.

I love the sound of laughter, you know, the kind that comes from deep down inside ones tummy, or the sound of a spontaneous contageous laugh.

I Love the way my mother strokes my hair when I am glum and calls me Ba and makes me feel like everything will be ok.  I love being told real stories about my life and my family, I wish it could all be writen down in a big book so I can remember every moment forever and pass them on.

I love all things sparkly picked specially for me, I love shopping, I believe we can never have enough pretty things to wear or shoes.  I like having pretty toenails and french manicured nails.  I think it’s important to look pretty but none of that means anything if ur ugly on the inside.

I can be very short tempered and emotional at times, I hate fakeness and bullshit and hate being played, my mouth can react faster than my brain can think, when I am wrong or realise I have said hurtful things, I will always say sorry.  I can be stubborn and unforgiving.

I guess everyone wants to belong and be loved in this world, to make a difference to others and to just try and be a good person, I hope I am and I do.

Loss

My Dad has been dead for 29 years this month, on the 14th of July to be exact, seems like a life time ago, well almost my whole life.  I was only 7 and a bit when he died in a car accident, almost the same age that my daughter is now.  What can I say about it, for some, they might say losing a parent is probably easier at a young age, but I am not sure if I believe that, if I think back it is really hard to find any memories of him, the ones that I think I have, are actually memories that I imagined from photos, there are three memories I remember,  two which  relate to a pair of blue Roller Skates my Mom bought me, the one is having to hide them so that my Dad wouldn’t see them as he came home late one night, the other was me and a friend were skating over the newly plastered floor of our house, the last is him picking me up from Nursery School just before nap time which I hated, oh wait there is another, having an argument about a pair of  long white socks with some girl picture down the side that I refused to wear because they were totally uncool, even for a Nursery Schooler.

I wasn’t allowed to attend the funeral, I guess because my Mom thought I was to young to handle it, but I think it would have given me closure and acceptance.  For many years I believed that he never died, that he just left and he lived somewhere else with a new family and didn’t want to be a part of my life.  I remember missing him some nights and crying and my big sister and Ross taking me to the Hills Snacks Road House to make me feel better.  It was really difficult, I felt embarrassed sometimes that I didn’t have a Dad, there was another girl in my class who’s father died in a car accident, we became best friends.  My Mom had a leather black suitcase that she use to keep stuff in, stuff like my fathers death certificate etc. I would read it but still never really accept that he was dead.  I always wanted to learn more about him, who he was but the memories of him never seemed to be good ones.  It seems he may not be as good as I hoped or like the man I imagined if he were alive all those years.  I think that from what I hear, my life was better off  just having my Mom that I love so much, my sisters and Ross.  Ross and Carolyn played a huge roll in my life, they were only newly weds but they were always there for me, I think I spent almost every weekend with them, I will always be eternally grateful for everything that they have done for me over the years.  My other sister was also there for me alot. 

I may have been fatherless for most of my life, but I am thankful to my Mom, my sisters and brother in laws and Malcolm too for me being the person I am today.  I have never been afraid of death but I am afraid of not being a part of Rachels life for as long as she needs me, I hope it will be till I am old and grey.