Seen fifteen years ago — my pics May 2009

From my mothballed photo blog

My messy table — Elizabeth Street Surry Hills

In Belvoir Street Surry Hills

Gloria Jean’s coffee shop, Haymarket

Central Station from Christ Church St Laurence, George Street

Surry Hills wildlife

Bunnies resting — Redfern Oval

Belmore Park — catching some autumn rays

More seen fifteen years ago — March 2009

Raiding and tweaking the archive

And feeling nostalgic.

Belmore Park

Between Central Station and Chinatown, a path I frequently took in 2009.

Taylor Square and Oxford Street

Surry Hills

Towards the Year of the Dragon — 6

Only connect – Jamie Zhu and more

Until recently I was unfamiliar with the work of Aussie YouTuber, Tik Tok star and Instagrammer Jamie Zhu. I have been impressed.

Nick Kyrgios is probably not a fan…. ‘Pathetic’: Internet prankster crashes Nick Kyrgios match at Australian Open (6 years ago.)

A heckler who screamed during Nick Kyrgios’ second round match and disrupted the entire game has been revealed as a self-described ‘YouTube star’ who spent the day planning the prank.

Jamie Zhu showed little remorse when he was ejected from Hisense Arena on Wednesday night after he began screaming loudly as Krygios was preparing to serve early in the second set.

The posts I have seen are rather less controversial. A source claiming to give the facts about this remarkable young man does seem reasonably reliable:

Jamie Zhu is a social media star. He enjoys the massive following at various online platforms, including his eponymous YouTube channel (520k+ followers), Facebook page (4, 1 million readers), Instagram and TikTok accounts, etc.

Jamie was born on September 2, 1993, in Australia in the family of a Chinese father and Hungarian mother. Thus, he defines his nationality as Chinese-Hungarian-Australian. Then his father returned to China, and the boy stayed with his mother in Australia, at first in Melbourne, and then in Sydney.

In his teens he dreamed to become a professional soccer player, that’s why his parents sent them to study at a sports college in London. During his studying Jaime felt, that playing soccer wasn’t actually his cup of tea, so he came back to Australia and joined his peers at all-boys high school. Later he started the career of a YouTube personality….

Jamie’s father appears in his videos very often. And the man has already gathered a solid fan base – many of his son’s followers ask Jamie to make one more video with his dad in their comments.

In spite of the fact, that Jamie shows his father to his fans constantly, he has never mentioned his name. At the same time, Daddy Zhu is a celebrity in his home country – China.

Zhu Xi (yes, we’ve found Jamie father’s name in Chinese media) graduated from theater academy in Shanghai in 1982. His graduate work “A Pink Girl” (translated from Chinese) is devoted to the collective memory of numerous generations in China. He is professionally responsible for the hit film “Not At The Crime Scene” and for the TV series “It’s You”.

During 8 years he lived and worked in Sydney and there met Eve, who later became the mother of his son Jamie. They separated in 1998 but kept amicable relationships in the sake of their son.

Now I will let three of his videos do the talking. Go to his channel for many more.

Yes, after watching these I subscribed to his channel!

Amy and her parents — China food vlogger

She also has an Instagram account.

With her mother and father, who live in Sydney, 2022

She lives up to her YouTube description: “Hey! I’m Amy from Australia! I’ve been travelling around China on and off for the last 10 years now. I’m here to share some of my crazy adventures, eat some yummy food, and spread positive vibes 🙂 xx”

She revisited Oz a year ago.

Wow! A whole blog post with no politics, no propaganda, just people! Hope you enjoyed it!