Yesterday, we had a ‘Pride & Prejudice’ night at my house. My very good friends came over and we watched the first episode of the BBC series of P&P. What a great series. I had forgotten how funny it was. While we watched, we munched on Wuffins/Maffles. They are a family invention. We make waffles using a 3.5 times diluted triple choclate muffin recipe. YUMMY.

I helped out with my university’s Open Day. I love Open Day. It’s like a carnival — free lollies, drinks, frisbees, pens, showbags, music, BBQs… And it’s quite exciting being around all these final year high school students. They’re all stressed because they are making life-changing decisions. I like big decisions. I wish I could help them all. Maybe I should have been a careers counsellor!

In the middle of the day, I dashed down to the Sports Centre, where Damjan was competing in a taekwondo tournament. Unfortunately, I just missed his fight 🙁 He came second (and has a nondescript medal to prove it). He missed out on first by less than a point!

On Saturday (going backwards through my weekend), we saw Taikoz perform with the MSO. It was a heart-pounding, exciting. I saw Taikoz perform last year. I think last year’s concert was more amazing and had more variety but Saturday’s was still very good.

After the concert, we wandered around Melbourne city. The premise was that we would visit Cookie, a pub on Swanston Street. We left pretty quickly. The food smelled good but the scene was too crowded and noisy. I prefer my intimate cafes, I think.

On Friday, I saw two movies from the Melbourne International Film Festival. ‘Mademoiselle and the Doctor’ was about the campaign to legalise euthanasia. It was confronting because it advocated euthanasia for not only terminally ill people in pain, but also healthy elderly people (70 years old and older) who were bored with life and wanted to end it. I will defend people’s right to avoid physical suffering through assisted suicide… but if you’re healthy, mentally active… I’ve never considered it before. I suppose I can’t imagine ever wanting to die. This issue requires more thought.

The second movie was from Serbia. ‘Life is a Miracle’ is set just at the outbreak of war in Bosnia and Serbia. I enjoyed some parts and the music, but the start and end were silly. Too silly? It was frustrating. Damjan’s mum thought that the director was trying to express the futility and people’s extreme irrationality during war. Hmm, that’s more than plausible. I’d like to watch the movie again with this in mind.