me, myself and i - day 1

il porcellino
drop in a donation at his feet
and rub his nose for good fortune
(i needed it yesterday)

Today has been a busy day.  5am wake up to make up and say goodbye to my favourite.  Back to bed.  Church and half a Bible study before leaving abruptly to get to work (I thought I was going to be late).  An after-work daze of weighing up my options for activities after 3pm on a Sunday in Sydney.  I ended up here

me and my friend
the armoured infantryman
he does home visits
if you have $2000 to spare

- the last day of the exhibition of Terracotta Warriors at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (given the Australian penchant for acronyms, I have nicknamed it AGNeS with a silent W).

I really enjoyed it.  The first part of the exhibition displayed decorative objects made before the Terracotta Army to give some context.  Only one example of each type of statue travelled to Sydney but there was a slideshow (okay, it was much more high-tech than a slideshow, maybe 'multimedia experience' would be a better term but it is kind of unwieldy) which showed the statues in situ and also close-ups of their faces and the back of their heads (you might think this sounds trivial, but there was a lot of hairstyle inspiration there) - it is truly awe-inspiring how much work the craftsmen put into individualising each warrior.  Apparently, the Emperor was so worried that the craftsmen would loot his tomb (seeing as they knew how much opulence was down there), they were enclosed in a compound on site (presumably to die?  The curators clearly did not want to share all the gruesome details) when the work was complete.  Isn't that horrible?

this is what happens
when you try to take a bff for life picture
with a strange man
who is taller than you and not very flexible

More indecision after the exhibition.  The perfect timing of a bus meant I ended up buying broccoli and heading home.  Noodles, broccoli, tofu in miso soup.  Jarvis Cocker's BBC 6Music radio show (you must listen - he has excellent and eclectic taste and there is even a storytime segment) whilst doing the dishes.  Then lots of 'being nice to myself' (looking at blogs and eating too many mint slices) while ignoring the mess that is my home.  A lazy end to Sunday.