Sorry day

Even though it's the day before the big 1-4, Chris and I are celebrating Valentine's Day today, mostly because we don't want to deal with the crazy, inflated prices and made-up concoctions like "Sushi Loveboat Special" and "Opera House Oysters a Deux". We decide to try a little Italian place in Woolloomooloo that I found in my SydneyEats Guide. Can you believe there's actually a neighborhood with this many oooooooos? This restaurant is right on the finger wharf (celebrity-model central) and is not really my scene, but I'm looking forward to a swank, romantic evening. Unfortunately, the food doesn't live up to our expectaions and the service is pretty poor. My prosciutto pizza definitely left something to be desired. But, um, of course I ate all of it. C'mahhhnnn (as Lleyton Hewitt would say) you're in Woolloomooloo!

The big news of the day is what happened in Canberra this morning at the first parliamentary session of the year. It's quite a historical day for Australia - the Prime Minister is issuing an official apology to "The Stolen Generations" - these are Aboriginal children who were forcibly removed from their families by the Australian government, under various state acts of parliament, between 1869 and 1969. Tens of thousands of children were, without warning, removed and sent to internment camps and orphanages. Many were sexually abused. Needless to say, it's been a huge scar on this country and the Aboriginal people have been waiting for this day for a very long time. Watch this. Prime Minister Rudd's speech sparks deep emotion. I snapped a picture on Australia Day (January 25th) which is a day of national celebration but is called "Day of Mourning" among Aboriginals. This was written in the sky as part of the attempt to start to heal the wound.