12 Years a Slave

Diary, Life in Australia, Old Age 1 Minute

Best movie at the Oscars: 12 Years a Slave. We had planned on seeing it in Newtown today. It would have involved taking a very early train to Sydney. However,  we did find out this morning that this movie is already being shown in our local cinema. There is a session at 12,15. So we decided we are going to see it here in our neighbouring suburb this afternoon.

Peter had already informed our children via Facebook that we would be all day in Sydney. He also pointed out that they would not be able to reach him via mobile phone the reason being that he cannot find the phone. The other day when he went out for a  run and I was out too, he hid the phone in a secure place so the robbers would not be able to find it. Now he cannot find his phone any more!

While he was looking for his phone, he found his new watch which he had also been hiding in a secure place and could not find for a few days. The problem is, Peter tends to hide his valuables in different spots all the time, instead of just sticking to the same spots which would then be easier to remember. I happen to know a few of his hiding places. But I have not idea where his mobile phone could be. By now we looked everywhere and we just cannot find it.

I do not own a mobile phone of course. I am happy to just use our house phone.

Please have a look here what it says here about the book and the movie: 12 Years a Slave:

http://www.dw.de/for-new-yorker-12-years-a-slave-is-personal/a-17404840

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Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Mother and Wife of German Descent I've lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com

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7 thoughts on “12 Years a Slave”

  1. How well I know this situation! As long as the battery is still charged, you can ring the mobile no and find the phone that way – but once the battery is empty, it’s no use. How many times have I put things away in a safe place – and only discovered them again, sometimes a year later, when I was looking for something else! Sometimes I find it helps to use my right brain – stand in the middle of the room, not thinking about anything, and let your left hand do the searching. It might work!

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    1. Still no phone, Elizabeth. But yes, we saw the movie. It’s like a historical document about how slaves were being treated in the Southern States of USA during the 1800s. This movie is based on a true story and can bring you to tears. It is that well made.

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      1. I heard a comment by the actress who won best supporting who said that something along the lines of her joy (at winning) has been based on the suffering of others, and she would never forget that.

  3. I can’t watch movies that affect me too much emotionally, so I couldn’t watch ’12 years…’ beyond the first 15 minutes. 😦 I’m sure it is well made though!
    Can’t help laughing a little at Peter’s predicament! I do sympathize though, and hope he finds his phone again real soon! I know I’d be distraught in his shoes! 🙂

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