Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life! I'm a Violinist and doing what I love is often interestingly contrasted with the reality of getting to do what I love...
10 Jul 2022 4 minute read 6 comments bengy
Honestly, I'm starting to reach the end of my patience with the coronavirus rules that are completely shitty for freelancers and casuals, that seem to be just geared for people with salaried jobs. I'm pretty civic minded, and so if I'm nearing t...
9 Jul 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
The last batch of books from my book order arrived a couple of days ago... and again, a bit of a varied bunch of things to read. Ranging from Current Affairs/Politics, to History/Education, and then to a touch of Physics. The first on the list w...
8 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash Unsplash Choosing music for Youth and Amateur ensembles is a tricky business... you have different constraints compared to picking music for a professional ensemble. In a professional ensemble, you are more constrained by budge...
7 Jul 2022 3 minute read 2 comments bengy
Hopefully, if all goes to plan... the trenches for the new drainage/sewer system around our house will be being dug early next week. Part of the deal was that we would remove all the small obstructions from the path of the digging. That means th...
5 Jul 2022 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Well... I guess if you are going to name a restaurant, it is likely that all the good and punny ones are going to be taken. So, there probably isn't any harm going full-functional... and naming your restaurant A Bowl of Noodles! Luckily, A Bowl...
4 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
So, my beloved gaming laptop... an XMG Fusion 15 has been on the fritz. A corrupted SSD boot disk appears to be the problem, either that or a borked motherboard. I'm definitely hoping for the former, as a motherboard/connector problem would mean...
3 Jul 2022 4 minute read 2 comments bengy
Our new place has is a pretty large block with lots of space for gardens and vegetable growing... now that we are in the Southern Hemisphere, this is currently the winter season. That means that it is the perfect time to start to get things plan...
30 Jun 2022 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Okay... so, this is going to get quite annoying as time goes on. I have my period instrument violin, which is that crazily old English one, that is set up for Early Music stuff... so, gut strings, and Baroque set up for the internals and everyth...
29 Jun 2022 3 minute read 4 comments bengy
When I'm on tour, I tend to eat a pretty decent breakfast... in fact, much of the time, I tend to eat more (and then skip a bit on the lunch/day time meal) and also just eat healthier... One of my favourite dishes for breakfast (when it has been...
27 Jun 2022 4 minute read 2 comments bengy
I've never really been very handy... I have a mind that sort of likes the abstract, but when I aim to put those nebulous concepts into the real-world... well, the results are often not what I expect. However, over the time in the Netherlands whe...
