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1. December 2015 12:12
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7th Anniversary

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This month Kim and I had our anniversary.

I cant believe we have been married for 7 years...still love her to bits.

1. December 2015 12:12
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Aiden Graduation and Christmas Concert

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It was time again for the annual Christmas concert with Aiden and Lucas' daycare.

Aiden is starting 'big' school after Christmas, so this was also his graduation.

Kim and Aiden had both practiced some dancing and songs for the concert and were both dressed up, Aiden as a doctor and Lucas as a pumpkin.

Although Aiden was very excited leading up to the concert and was telling everyone how he was going to sing and dance, he absolutely broke down once we got there overwhelmed by all the people and the noise.

It was heartbreaking to see him like that on an evening where he should be enjoying himself. He was crying and didn't want to get on the stage. Eventually we managed to get him up and he did try and participate.

Lucas on the other hand had a great time, unfortunately I didn't get a lot of photos of that because I had to try and comfort Aiden.

After the show Santa turned up wit presents for the kids and he was a lot happier again.

After that the graduates had their photos taken and had cake.

29. November 2015 22:11
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Ballet - Sleeping Beauty

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Saturday Kim and I went to the Sydney Opera house to watch the Sleeping Beauty performed by the Australian Ballet.

It was one of the better ballets we have seen. The story was great and the dancing (lots of it) was of a really high quality.

The even managed to weave in some of the Red riding hood story, Puss in boots, Cinderella and other stories.

It was beautiful to watch.

25. October 2015 09:10
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Velvet - 2015

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Last night Kim and I went to the show Velvet at the Sydney Opera House.

It was a combination of circus, burlesque and boogie nights (70's music) in one show.

The show had great music with Marcia Hines and Brendan Maclean and the performers were great. I think everyones favourite was the guy with the hula hoops.

1. October 2015 19:10
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Some more baby photos

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I don't know for sure which ones are Claus and which ones are Rene.

30. September 2015 18:09
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Claus as a tennis player

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This post is mostly about Claus when he was at his top as one of Denmarks top tennis players.

I have kept scans of all the newspaper clippings from when he was winning a lot of tournaments.

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Preparations at the Magellan Hotel

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December 2021 16:12 by Rene Pallesen \| 0 Comments Tweet Share KA had some spare tickets for a basketball game between Sydney Kings and Melbourne Phoenix, so we took the boys. Categories: 2021 \| Tags: \| Permalink 29. November 2021 17:12 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Struggling 29. November 2021 17:12 by Rene Pallesen \| 0 Comments Tweet Share I was struggling a lot this year, through a combination of things ranging from self worth, lack of support, dealing with the boys, work and other things. Mid-year during the lockdown it hit hard. Categories: 2021 \| Tags: \| Permalink 7. April 2021 22:04 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Camping Glenworth Valley 7. April 2021 22:04 by Rene Pallesen \| 0 Comments Tweet Share Over easter we went to Glenworth Valley for Camping. This location is about an hours drive north of Sydney in an easily accessible but beautiful little valley. It is private propoerty, so you have to book beforehand and it does get very busy. 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And wildlife such as Kookaburras! And going for a short stroll in the mornings was a beautiful experience with the mist and light changing. Because of lots of rain, the whole area had been flooded just weeks earlier. Where we were camping would have been a meter under water, but because of the river running through the area the water had fortunately receeded. Categories: 2021 \| Tags: \| Permalink 21. March 2021 13:03 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Karate 3rd Kyu 21. March 2021 13:03 by Rene Pallesen \| 0 Comments Tweet Share I reached a significant milestone in karate this week. I graded for my 3rd Kyu (Brown belt) and at the same Kim graded for her 5th Kyu (Blue belt). On the occation I treated myself to a new dogi (karate uniform). I was so nervous and tense - and screwed up a few places. There is now a lot of hard work ahead to get to the 2nd Kyu which is at least another half a year away. Here are some photos from the grading. The ones from the dojo are a bit blurry because they weren't taken from my camera and I don't have the full resolution photos. Categories: \| Tags: \| Permalink 20. March 2021 14:03 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Karate bruises 20. March 2021 14:03 by Rene Pallesen \| 0 Comments Tweet Share Last year was a tough year with Karate. First the lockdown meant that we had to go online for training, but even in the dojo I managed to get a lot of injuries. Some of them visible and some of them not so visible...I have a whole stack of scans and x-rays as souvenirs from this year. Some could have been avoided, but most are just part of the training. I even earned an award for it... The worst one was a kick to my chin. I dont have any photos of it, but I do have the indentation it made on my mouth guard I was wearing at the time. If it hadn't been for the mouthguard I am certain that I would have lost some teeth. This injury could have been avoided. I have now gone out to buy a new and way cooler mouthguard (I created the design myself). It is thors hammer in the middle surrounded by the Fenrir wolf and Midgaards Serpent. Even Kim got a few bruises. Categories: 2020 \| Tags: \| Permalink 13. March 2021 18:03 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments My Burmese Dha swords 13. March 2021 18:03 by Rene Pallesen \| 0 Comments Tweet Share Back in the late 90's I visited Laos. In the northern corner of Laos I acquired two old swords from a local. Through some forums I have tried to find out as much as I can about them and this is what I have been told: The swords are of a Burmese style called Dha (Means sword in Burmese). They are of museum worthy pieces I should NOT EVER attempt to restore them. This would degrade their value significantly. The flower script design on the swords are reserved for the rulers and officers of those days. အဲဒီဓားတွေကငါတို့ရဲ့ဗမာဓားတွေပဲလာအိုဆိုတာအရင်ကဇင်းမယ်လို့ခေါ်တယ်အင်းဝခေတ်မှာမြန်မာတွေတက်သိမ်းခဲ့တဲ့နိုင်ငံပဲဓားကိုငှက်ကြီးတောင်ဓားလို့ခေါ်တယ်ဓားကဓားကောင်းပဲ အခုငါပြတဲ့ဓားဟာလည်းသမိုင်းဝင်ဓားပဲငှက်ကြီးတောင်ဓားပေါ့ (Translation: These swords are our Burmese swords. Laos was formerly called Zin Mae, a country that was conquered by the Burmese during the Inwa period. The sword is called the Sword of the Bird. The sword is a good sword.). It's a Ngat kyee daung Dah the sword that was once used by Burmese warriors and Thai during the dark age of Konbaung (1765–1767). This Burmese Empire was destroyed during the English colonized to the East and totally wiped out by the English cannons kind of like a scene from the last samurai movie in the end! They were like charging to the enemy where they were being shot at. These are also antique pieces in a good state of preservation! 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Given that the blade on the longer sword is narrower at the hilt it is likely that it has been sharpened several times through history. Again this probably means that it had a practical use/purpose and wasn't just for display. Categories: 1997 \| Tags: \| Permalink 22. January 2021 01:03 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Newcastle 22. January 2021 01:03 by Rene Pallesen \| 0 Comments Tweet Share Between Christmas and New year we made a trip to Newcastle with the family. They had this beautiful little animal park that is maintained by the council and is free to visit. Just outside Newcastle is fighterworld, which is an aircraft museum next to an active air strip. Newcastle museum was also worth a visit on a rainy day. One evening we went to the games arcade...no idea how Aiden managed to get a first place in racing. Categories: 2020 \| Tags: \| Permalink 21. January 2021 18:03 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Karate 2020 21. January 2021 18:03 by Rene Pallesen \| 0 Comments Tweet Share Karate during 2020 was challenging to say the least. I was devastated when everything moved online. I love the partner work and couldn't see how this was going to work through video conferencing. The boys and Kim were okay with the new format and I hung in there. I was so happy once we were able to get back in the dojo again. Just before the lockdown I had purchased a punching bag, so at least we were able to do some outdoor contact punching. During the lockdown there was a kata competition and other programs, and we did get a few prices. ...but dojo definitely rules... We have managed to go to gradings... And I have kept all the grading certificated we have gotton... Categories: 2020 \| Tags: \| Permalink 21. January 2021 14:03 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Tennis Award 21. January 2021 14:03 by Rene Pallesen \| 0 Comments Tweet Share Another encouragement award for Aiden. This time in Tennis... 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