My 5-year Plan.

Throughout my life people have always asked me what I would do in 5 years time and my answer in my early teens has always been 'I don't know'. I'm becoming 16 next month and i'm starting to feel that at 16 I should know. I now have an idea of what I want to accomplish in my early years of adulthood. In the next five years I plan on completing my senior year of high school with flying colors, I would like to take at least 4 months to travel the world with one of my closest friend Cheyenne from Canada and would also like to settle in Australia to start working on a degree of my choosing. I’m hoping to end up in Sydney when this happens and I also hope to have earned my drivers license in the next 12 to 18 months, allowing me to have more independence by being mobile. I hope that whatever I choose to study at University, will give me a career that would provide with financial security and job satisfaction. I am looking forward to enter my young adult years and to see if I will be on par with my 5-year plan.

Biography. The Life of Edoardo Paul Santoni.

Born on the 26^th of March 1976, at Darlinghurst, Sydney – Australia, Edoardo Paul Santoni also known as Edo grew up in a lovely suburb of Forestville on the North Shore. This area is renowned for being the typical suburban area but is also surrounded by a lot of National park. This lead him to spend most of his childhood playing in the bush, camping, playing cubby house in caves, fishing and being the average normal naughty teenager.

 One of his fondest memories when playing in the bush at a young age was when he accidentally started a bushfire with his mates, which became an absolutely terrifying experience for him. Boys being boys he’d do it again! Edo is also known for his musical talent and his outgoing ways. When he was old enough to start work, his first part-time job turned out to be at a butcher’s shop cleaning meat trays after school. Italians are excessive about cleaning and being Italian by descent this was a great first job for him even though he claims ‘It was the most horrible job.’

One of his many passions in life is music. You can't exactly put a time stamp for when music first made a mark on his life because he’s always been around music. His father is a musician who would casually perform gigs on the weekend. By the time his teenage years rolled by he started his first band at the age of 13 and there was this one house where he and his band mates would go to and jam. ‘We would just play there every afternoon afterschool.’ His band started by learning the Beatles, classic rock like Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. When they were good enough to perform for an audience they began to play at friends parties and even pubs before he was 18.

His Father worked in the hospitality industry working for 5-star hotels as a room service manager. With his father in the hospitality industry Edo was able to travel parts of the world, staying in beautiful hotel rooms which became the best part of growing up and consequently now he loves staying in hotel rooms even more than houses. His Mother, Margaret was your typical 80’s woman, very career focused. In the 80’s there was a massive boom in the economy and this was when women really started thriving in the workforce. His mother became very successful in the real-estate industry. His parents actually met at his father’s restaurant and the rest is history, unfortunately this relationship ended his father’s first marriage as he was at the time already married. No matter the circumstance Edo is quiet close with his older brother and sister from his father’s first marriage.

Entering his early years of adulthood Edo began his journey into music, which has enabled him to express himself. As a kid in his free time he enjoyed making music, playing music and doing lots of jam sessions. He still does this. His very first performance was when he played lead role in the production Oliver in year 6. It was this performance that made Edo realize that this is what he wanted to do in the future, this lead him to pursue a career in music and earned a degree at the University of Sydney.

Present day, he has a job as at Music Mosaics in Sydney as a Director specializing services in performance, recording and education. Musicians such as Miles Davis, Herby Hancock, James Taylor has been inspirations but the biggest has been Jim Morrison. Edo would dress up like him, sang like him and even perform songs in pubs pretending he was Jim, so much so that Edo would sometimes perform with his back toward the audience as Jim did.

Edo feels that there is still more to accomplish in life and he will continue to work toward his goals. Looking back at Edo’s life he would like to be remembered as a funny, clumsy, endearing, naughty but nice guy. Someone that generally made a lot of good things happen and who helped others be the best versions of themselves.

My Autobiography.

“My life is like a one dollar coin, it has two sides.”

Being of mixed race half Indonesian and half Australian, my life has been a mix of cultural and religious events. I was born on the 5^th of November of 1998 on the island of Bali. Being born in Bali makes me Indonesian and Australian by descent. My life has consisted of a number of religious ceremonies from Galungan and Otonan to Easter and Christmas. My mother is from Sydney-Australia and my father is Balinese-Indonesian.

My first taste of travelling was when I was a young age of 11 month’s, this trip was a family holiday to celebrate my first birthday with my Australian family in Sydney. I consider myself pretty close to most of my family and relatives on both my Indonesian and Australian side. My travelling experiences are quiet minimal, as I haven’t had the chance to leave the Indian Ocean but if given the chance I would love to travel across Europe.

A joy in my life is having my dogs, currently 6 in total. I have four dogs at my dad’s house, Divo, Pippy, Domba and Minnie and two at my mums, Sandy and MJ. My love for dogs started at the age of 5 when my father decided to purchase a dog at the bird market to help secure our house after a robbery. I remember feeling very excited the day we brought Charlie home, as I had always wanted a dog to play with and to have as a friend at the time.

My experience with death has been pretty major for my age, as I have lost quiet a few family members. My first experience with death was with my auntie’s baby who died from complications not long after birth. My second experience was very significant as it was my babysitter who was like a big sister to me, she was killed in a motorbike accident. My third was my Australian grandmother and just recently my cousin’s husband who was like a grandfather to me passed away in Bali while on holidays. It seems that I don't have the best of luck when it comes to family related deaths.

At the age of 8 my parents decided to separate which didn't really effect me at that age but in my early teens I did find it quiet frustrating as it was a case of getting my parents to agree on allowing me to go places and activities in general. Now it's a lot easier as they trust my judgment, as I am getting older.

Earlier this year when I received a job offer from a dear friend of mine at Surfer Girl I was ecstatic as it gave me my first taste of what the working world had to offer. My job was to offer my opinion and to assist the local staff with their English for all their marketing promotions and blogs. Their blog concept was based around a fictional character called Summer who was around my age and lived in Bali.

In conclusion I look forward to the future coming out of my teenage years and entering adulthood.  

Timeline of Important Events of My Life

•       I was born on the 5^th of November 1998 on the Island of Bali.
•       19 days after I was born I had my first taste of Balinese culture, which was my first ceremony.
•       I had my first overseas trip to Sydney, Australia for my first birthday.
•       Enrolled in Red Rocket Preschool at 2 ½ years.
•    At the age of 3 I was given my first pet, Charlie who was a black Pomeranian. This was the start of my love of dogs. 
•       Enrolled in Dyatmika to start TK-A.
•       My babysitter at the time who was like an older sister to me was killed in an accident when I was 6, this was the first time I faced losing a loved one.
•       My Grandmother passed away when I was 8. 
•       My best friend who was like a sister to me-who I still keep in contact with-left to live in Canada.
•       My Parents divorced when I was 9.
•       Enrolled in AIS during Year 4.
•        In Year 5, I started singing which has turned into one of my biggest passions in life. 
•       My first lead in the school play was The King & I when I was in Year 6.
•       Received my Junior PADI open water certificate when I was 13.
•       I got my braces when I was 14.
•       Went to my first official big proper concert at the age of 15.
•       Was offered my first paying job at Surfer Girl in early 2014.

How to... Download music off Youtube!

Wanna learn how to download music off Youtube? This is the place to be!
*This tutorial is for those who have iTunes and keep in mind that this tutorial was done on a Mac.

How to... Download music off Youtube!

Step 1.
The first step is to open up your internet browser whether it is Safari, Firefox,
Google Chrome and so on.

Step 2.
Type in the URL address for youtube on your search engine. For those of you who don't know the URL address here it is; www.youtube.com.

Step 3.
Once Youtube has loaded, type in the name of the song you wish to download.
Example; Mr probz - waves.

Step 4.
Click the video, this will lead you to a new page.

Step 5.
Copy the URL of the video of the search engine by pressing 'Command C'. The video does not need to be fully loaded to do this.

Step 6.
Open up a new tab. Type this URL on the search engine; www.youtube-mp3.org. An alternative way to do it is to google the website 'youtube to mp3'. It should be the the first result.

Step 7.
Once the website has successfully loaded insert the video URL to the provided space.

Step 8.
Press 'Convert Video and wait for it to process.

Step 9.
Click Download.

Step 10.
Once the mp3 file has successfully downloaded, right click it, hold and drag it to your iTunes.

You did it! :)


Extra stuff! (Continuation)
*This is optional!

Step 1. 10.
When your song has successfully downloaded and is ready in your itunes, drag your mouse to the song of your choosing. Right click the song and on the bar click 'Get Info'.

Step 11.
When the 'Get Info' page opens up click on 'Info' on the bar.

Step 12.
Rearrange the information!

Step 13.
Once that is done click on 'Artwork'. This will allow to insert the song or album cover.

Step 14.
Open up Safari and search the songs choice on images in Google.

Step 15.
Download the image.

Step 16.
On the 'Artwork' page click on 'Add...'.

Step 17.
Go to Downloads on the side bar and look for your image.

Step 18.
Select your image and press open.

Step 19.
Press OK on the bottom right corner.

Step 20.
Play the song! Enjoy!