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maxi friday

i love my job. today i got to look after max, a 13 month old baby. Max can take about 5 steps then just falls on his bottom. we went to the park, watched the boats on the bay and played.

i found the best website http://www.marshillchurch.org/  you can listen to awesome sermons on line. check it out

what is capoeaira?

Capoeira is a fun and exciting sport. It is a mixture of body and soul, fighting and dancing, of music instruments and voice requiring the use of mental physical and emotional agility. The emphasis is not on how well you sing or perform but on how much energy you commit to trying.
>> Origins of Capoeira
	Origins of Capoeira In April 1500 AD, the Portuguese arrived for the first time in Brasil. The indigenous population of Brasil numbered around one million Indians from varying tribes. The Portuguese attempted to enslave a good number of these Indians but found them difficult to catch and very unwilling workers (for obvious reasons). The Portuguese then brought African slaves to Brasils shores in great numbers. One of the most common forms of work to which they were assigned were the sugar cane plantations. At night, large numbers of slaves were forced into the sleeping quarters called the "Senzala". These Senzala were often horrendously cramped and unhygienic. In their continual quest for liberation from the Portuguese, the Africans kept on developing their self defence knowledge. There were many obstacles for them: the Portuguese outlawed any practice fighting and often kept the Africans in shackles and chains. Despite these hurdles they ingeniously continued to develop a style of fighting which could be disguised as a form of dancing and celebration. With music and song to complete the picture, Capoeira had its birth. Within a movement Capoeira could change from a lethal form of martial art to a graceful acrobat or dance move. The music contained messages of freedom and hope to those still working under the tyranny of the Portuguese. Due to its adaptability Capoeira continued to go from strength to strength. In 1888 AD, slavery was finally abolished and most of the records of the slaves were also destroyed. This obvious attempt at denying the Africans their history had repercussions that are still felt today. In terms of Capoeira, there is a question raised by historians and Capoeiristas alike, as to how much of Capoeira was an import from Angola in Africa and how much of it was a new development on Brasilian soil. The abolition of slavery, decreed by Princess Isabella, did not put an end to Capoeira obstacles. It became an offence to practise Capoeira and the punishment was imprisonment or deportation. This forced the Capoeiristas to practice more secretively and to secure safe areas where they could continue "playing".

Sermon madness

wow! at college i had to listen to 9 sermons today. so i guess i dont have to go to church for 9 weeks hey. I also had a lecture on the providence of God, all this freewill, predestination and the problem of evil is doing my head in,

why did God create satan?

why was satan alowed in the garden of eden?

why did eve's curse include, ' your desire will be for your husband', whats that about?

oh well, God knows,He is the creator

"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?

    Tell me, if you understand.

    ⁵ Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!

    Who stretched a measuring line across it?

    ⁶ On what were its footings set,

    or who laid its cornerstone-

    ⁷ while the morning stars sang together

    and all the angels ^[a] shouted for joy?

   

    ⁸ "Who shut up the sea behind doors

    when it burst forth from the womb,

    ⁹ when I made the clouds its garment

    and wrapped it in thick darkness,

    ¹⁰ when I fixed limits for it

    and set its doors and bars in place,

    ¹¹ when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther;

    here is where your proud waves halt'?

   

    ¹² "Have you ever given orders to the morning,

    or shown the dawn its place,

    ¹³ that it might take the earth by the edges

    and shake the wicked out of it?

genesis

Ok, so i guess this is the begining of my blog. I sit in Hornsby Library, with a broken left arm (capoeaira), waiting to go to work. I have just spent the morning at Terigal beach catching up with Eliza.