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Just thought I'd say hi. For no real reason.

Hi.

VIPx

hi how are you

Hiya. I've just deleted everything that I wrote. Damn. Anyway, what did it say<?> Nothing much of interest, anyway. I'm okay, at work at the mo, little to do (but getting paid for it ) and I've just bought a violin. Can't play it and it's not getting delivered for a week, but still. That's that. Exams coming out next week- can't wait. Just to find out if it was all worth it!

What are you up to?

VIPx

ye im at work at the moment as well. pretty boring. havent bought anything as interesting as a violin, but i play guitar in a band and wopuldnt mind a new one if i had some money.

sio where bouts you from?

I'm an oxfordshire lass, from a small village called Blewbury just above the Berkshire Downs. It's really pretty. Unlike where I'm working at the moment, Abingdon, which is a trifle manky. I'm sure there are worse. At least it has a Thorntons. and a Modern Music.

ahhh k im not from england just staying here for a while so i got no idea where that is. im in leeds at the moment which is pretty boring, but im from sydney australia.

Oh, sorry. Near Oxford, in the south. A bit to the left of London. I applied to Leeds Uni. Got in too . What are you doing over here<?>

we went through south east asia for a couple of months, singapore, malaysia, thailand, cambodia and vietnam and then came to leeds as a stop over try to get a bit of money to go around europe. My friend who im travelling with had relatives here so we decided to stay here for a while. Leeds is pretty boring. i been to london a couple of times that was good

It's probably more exciting when there are students around. There's not so much in the way of tourist attractions, I suppose.

Which bits of Europe? I can highly recomment Italy- I went there on tour a couple of weeks ago and I loved it. It's beautiful out there.

ye were going to germany for oktoberfest and then switzerland, also italy, greece, spain, portugal, france and netherlands, then back top leeds for a few days and home to australia.

what cities in italy did you goto?

Wow. Heavy agenda.

Venice, Florence, Lucca, Montecatini, Padova. They are the only ones I can remember, I was half asleep for some of them (life as a travelling musician doesn't seem to involve much sleep)!

do you play violin in an orchasta?

No no no... sorry, wrong impression. I'm a clarinettist, I just bought the violin for a bit of fun, and so that I can understand string instruments better. Clarinet is better anyway ( to all string players)

na im a strings man. so do you play in an orchastra or band or anything like that??

I've just come back from Italy touring with the Berkshire Youth Orchestra. I play in a wind band and other stuff too. Do you play or listen?

Both, i play in a band back in Australia. I play guitar and my friend im travelling with plays guitar and sings, so the band is on hold untill we come back. Do you listen to alternative music?

I'll listen to pretty much anything, it's accessing it that's the problem. What do you do?

at home i do marketing, currently im just working in a call center at royal mail. but when i get back to australia im not gunna work for a while just play im the band. you can get cd's heaps cheaper on the internet than in the shops, especially on ebay. they start at 1 cent US but you can usually get them for a couple of US $.

Sounds good. I just have no way of buying them. You need plastic for that.

ye you do, thats a problem. The main music shops in england arent very good r they, they only really have mainstream stuff. Its the same it australia thou as well in those big stores like virgin and hmv its all pretty mainstream. You have to find good little music shops that have more of a diverse range