tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post4577101666804018157..comments2023-07-24T23:10:48.478+12:45Comments on Fifi Colston Creative: Glory at last!Fifi Colstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10725999629390100976noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-22070273966104714372009-07-14T19:59:04.367+12:452009-07-14T19:59:04.367+12:45i missed out on having a birthday party when i tur...i missed out on having a birthday party when i turned 9, 10 and 11 because i kept getting in trouble just before my birthday eg one year i ran up a couple of hundred dollars in phone bills.<br />i read the first few pages of the book when it was sitting on your coffee table and i think its amazing! i totally need to win a copy!!Rachelhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=560795980#/Ratw0man?ref=profilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-35386187646071090622009-07-14T19:37:22.609+12:452009-07-14T19:37:22.609+12:45Hi Fifi
Well done on the book! Can't wait to ...Hi Fifi<br />Well done on the book! Can't wait to read it.<br /><br />Very recently, our team at work missed out on the Top Shop award in NZ but we won all the other prizes - except the one with the glory of being known as Top Shop at the ball last Saturday.<br /><br />Gut wrenching!<br />Lesley (Masters) xxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299196871873664014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-39085179771519695782009-07-10T14:11:27.576+12:452009-07-10T14:11:27.576+12:45I got lots of academic awards (mainly coz I was a ...I got lots of academic awards (mainly coz I was a nerd), but the thing I missed out on that I wanted more than anything was the role of Ophelia, in Hamlet. I got to be Gertrude. I hated the name, but I guess the role worked out okay, as I still got to straddle Hamlet (a little more than Ophelia did, if I remember correctly), and as I had a huge crush on him I got over my disappointment. <br /><br />However, I was very happy when the girl who got it wrote in my yearbook 'you would have made a better Ophelia than me'... Dammit, I was born to play that role. (That of course was back in my deuded days, when I was convinced I was a good actress!)sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663068164057597081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-38615320993928718392009-07-03T23:01:57.790+12:452009-07-03T23:01:57.790+12:45oh yes, heather talked her socks off to win that p...oh yes, heather talked her socks off to win that prize - and she didn't only talk, she wriggled and shook and jumped about - a veritable human cyclone - I remember I only had a bunch of words - not nearly enough<br /><br />linda evans eh? wasn't she in dynasty?Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-68846211520800471852009-07-03T13:53:25.112+12:452009-07-03T13:53:25.112+12:45The book looks great Fifi - enjoy your celebration...The book looks great Fifi - enjoy your celebrations.<br /><br />As for not getting prizes. I auditioned for our school musical, Grease, and instead of getting the lead (because I would have looked soooo good in tight leather pants, honest) I got the part of Miss Roach, the teacher. Sigh.<br /><br />BTW my v-word was verse!...<br /><br />and somehow I managed to type that in wrong, and the next v-word was strings!Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-77364727001945047522009-07-03T11:45:05.680+12:452009-07-03T11:45:05.680+12:45Ha ha Zoe- theres a bit of that going on for me to...Ha ha Zoe- theres a bit of that going on for me too...<br />Mary- Linda Evans (last name?) won that art history prize. And Heather...well how could you hope to compete on the talking front! Heather- are you there?Fifi Colstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725999629390100976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-77573227350376472782009-07-03T11:26:22.737+12:452009-07-03T11:26:22.737+12:45I never missed out on any prizes I went for (quite...I never missed out on any prizes I went for (quite frankly prizes were beneath my dignity) although I think I won a prize once for Maths which I used the Whitcoulls Vouchers to by the F-Plan Diet book!!! Go figure...<br /><br />However the missing out-ness came way earlier in my lifetime. It was imposed upon me by my father who banned me - after not walking home with my big brother from school - from attending my much practiced-for recorder recital at age 5.<br /><br />Life really has been about not missing out on ANYTHING since. Sometimes has me have 3 appointments to attend at once and often affords me the title of superwoman. However that drive can be exausting and have been learning in my most recent maturity, that life can just as rewardingly be about sitting, doing nothing more than reading a good book. Looking forward to reading Glory at or before Mapua this year!!!<br /><br />xxxZoe Mastersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-3016397200855907552009-07-03T11:07:22.710+12:452009-07-03T11:07:22.710+12:45Oooo, I do love the birth of a new book baby. She...Oooo, I do love the birth of a new book baby. She's absolutely beautiful. You must be very proud and i am really looking forward to meeting her and holding her...<br /><br />cheers<br />Melinda<br />(this calls for a glass of bubbles I do believe)Melinda Szymanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202080805759494767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-45767693678999391532009-07-03T10:12:09.541+12:452009-07-03T10:12:09.541+12:45I had to post this from my famous writer friend Le...I had to post this from my famous writer friend Lesley Pearse. She was a wonderful mentor to me in Bristol when I was redrafting my first novel. <br /><br />Congratualations FiFi,<br />I tried to write something on your blog but failed. I'm useless at computers, just as I am useless at anything involving awards. I was once beaten in a Beauty Competition by a woman with an artificial leg. How demeaning is that? <br />Anyway good luck and hope the book sells by the million.<br />Oooodes of love<br />Lesley xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-28773105306521321262009-07-02T20:45:13.385+12:452009-07-02T20:45:13.385+12:45Go you. Oh, the pleasure of finally getting recogn...Go you. Oh, the pleasure of finally getting recognition for all that hard work. OMG. I need to say it again: that HARD WORK! It's hard peeples and, to get anywhere, you need to know that it's a priviledged place.<br />She smiles and shuffles off to the bathroom to brush her teeth and head to bed knowing that one of her own has, yet again, punched it! Yeah!Tania Roxboroghhttp://banquosson.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-32437379533842615202009-07-02T18:51:14.732+12:452009-07-02T18:51:14.732+12:45heather drysdale beat me in the senior speech comp...heather drysdale beat me in the senior speech competition - gnash -who won that art prize fi? fab news about GLORY - this deserves a drink to celebrate i think.... XMary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11427342.post-75366626750898334232009-07-02T18:13:19.509+12:452009-07-02T18:13:19.509+12:45oooohhhhh.
I didn't get picked for any part in...oooohhhhh.<br />I didn't get picked for any part in my new schools musical production in the 6th form.I couldn't believe it as at my old school I had had major parts in two musical productions. I have always wondered if the students selecting on behalf of the Drama teacher were frightened of my obvious brilliance and knew that their roles were under threat if the teacher heard me sing anything...<br />(I think I'm over it...Tim Balme was the other lead...I coulda been a contender....)Maureen Crisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14904288094197645416noreply@blogger.com