Anzac Day

ANZAC Day marks the anniversary of the ANZAC’s (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps’) landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April, 1915. ANZAC Day is commemorated here in Australia by a solemn ceremony that remembers the contribution and sacrifice of soldiers who fought in the trenches at Gallipoli during W W 1. It also shows gratitude for all men and women who have played a part in all wars.

Today the 25th April is Anzac Day and I thought I would share the following thoughts from an unknown author:

"Lest we Forget" is why we gather each Anzac Day to remember, and to keep ON remembering - not dolefully, but thoughtfully; not morbidly, but gratefully; not with grief, but with inspiration - so that the very meaning of what Anzac stands for can create a better sense of comradeship, of decency and tolerance, each of us to the other. So, don't be afraid to live in a way that is good; don't be shy of being kind; don't be afraid of doing an honest duty; don't be embarrassed about being sincere - for these are the attributes we remember most of the men they called Anzacs. Lest we forget (25th April 2008).

My favourite item of news this year was an interview with a Young Turk who was also taking part in the ceremony.

The photograph above is the Memeorial service at dawn in Canberra.

The link below provides some useful material on the subject.

http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/anzac/anzac_tradition.htm

Modern gadgets

I wrote a bit about this before but I was thinking today how lucky many of us are to be born just after the war as far as trying new things are concerned. When I was 10 years old, I was carrying water from the local village ( about half a km ) to our home. Strangely enough we DID have a television but no fridge, no washing machine of any sort and no gadgets that I can think of.
Last night, I recorded a Beatles Medley on my Casio Keyboard using all kinds of functions. THen I transfered this track on to a recording studio and added a few more tracks including a vocal track. I then played this sound track and recorded it onto the computer. At this stage I changed the wav format to mp3 and finally duplicated the file on to a small ipod. I will take this ipod to a gig tomorrow and (hopefully) sing the main part to this backing.
If this means little to you, well I am just trying to show how many gadgets are involved in this minor project.