Untitled Document #12

Hello ducklings! 11/12

hunter: Over the weekend my friends and i took a trip to the hunter valley as our christmas presents/ catch up. it was honestly so fun, we did 2 wine tastings, went to a french restaurant, had charcuterie by the pool with a moscato, saw the gardens in the day and at night, went to the markets, did horse riding and went to a chocolate factory. it was honestly relaxing and entertaining the whole weekend and would happily do it all again. the unfortunate thing is that our sunrise hot air ballooning was cancelled but maybe that was a sign because that meant a 3am wakeup and was on the same day as the Abu Dhabi GP which you can read about in the next point and if it went ahead that’ll have meant id been up for a whole 24 hours which i have never done.

F1: The final race of the 2025 season of Formula 1 was on the weekend. it was the decider race for the drivers championship between Englishman Lando Norris, Dutchman Max Verstappen and Aussie Oscar Piastri. ofc my favourite driver is pastry and i wanted him to win but it was very slim chances that it would be him to win. Anyways the race was at 12am Monday and if anyone knows me they know i go to bed at 10. Well, a mate asked me to grab some friends and we’ll all go to the star casino to watch the race on the big screen. which then meant i couldn’t fall asleep whilst the race was

happening otherwise we would be kicked out. It was actually quite a fun night, i had a coffee in the morning and - my first ever - v before we left and i didn’t go to sleep until 3am. unfortunately i woke up at 6:30 the next day so my sleep schedule is absolutely all over the place. Max ended up winning

the race but Lando won the championship overall. definitly couldve been piastri if it wasn’t for team orders throughout the year but thats an argument i wont go into.

Procrastination is real: I have quite a few assignments due next week and i cannot bring myself to sit down and finish any of them. i always do this too like i need the pressure of the last minute submission to make me do something but in the meantime i will become very anxious and overwhelmed by the fact that i have so much to do. So i have the 3 minute String quartet compositon to do which is nearly finished, i just have to fix some transitions between sections and add a bit more dynamics/ articulation techniques. I have the 7-10 min composition on Circe which i absolutely love but have currently hit a wall at 5 mins because i decided to put Odysseus’s part in 5/4 and cannot think of a meldoy on how i should represent his and circe’s relations. i have 6 EP songs to complete but they’re just gonna be at a standard that is enough for JMC. i also think ill just be releasing these songs individually rather than through the EP - that is, if i ever do release these but i hope i eventually get there. and then once i finish all of those songs i have to a 50 page report based on the songs, my release strategy, analysis of my website and newsletter and also plan 2 listening parties. so much to do and i honestly just wanna sleep or watch movies.

Spotify Wrapped cont.: Yeah so i got it back and i was sorta right in my guesses. Top 5 artists were Jorge Rivera-Herrans, Playlunch, Arthur Hill, Talia Mar and then the Cast of Epic. Top songs: Lily, Hold Them Down, No Hat No Play, ENEMY. and Hornbag. top genre - which i really dont like - is

musicals. purely cause of epic and thats it. Top albums were Playlunches Sex Ed then Whos Ready For A Good Time? then it goes DICE’s Midnight Zoo followed by Sleeping At Last’s Atlas: 1 and Atlas: Enneagram. i dont hate it. i just wish i didnt listen to epic as much as i did but tbf it is a great concept musical.

i passed my blood test without even studying. im just amazing, the doctor even said that i was excellent and shouldnt change anything im doing so looks like i have to keep eating a packet of

lollies a day, oh no, oh well, the things i do for my health

I am tired. and i love procrastinating. i think this is a horrible mix considering i have so many assignments that i have previously listed out. all of these are the reasons i fully forgot to do my newsletter for the first time ever.

TRIVIA NIGHT! The trivia night my sisters and i have planned is finally offical. its on the 6th of Feb, with 6 rounds of various trivia categories, minute to win it games in between and also a great prize to be won - going to be announced soon... check out the australian blouza association insta for

more updates

Thanks for going, BR3E

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