So, I’m doing another meme for today’s Getting to Know You Tuesday post. Nenette tagged me for this 6×6 photo meme, you see. The idea is basically just to:
1. Find your 6th photo folder (hard drive or online)
2. Find the 6th photo in that folder.
3. Share the photo on your blog and give the details of the photo.
4. Tag 5 folks to do the same.
Well, my photos are stored all over the place and they’re not in the best chronological order. But, I decided to go check out my Flickr photostream anyway and looked for the 6th album (at the moment) in it. Then, got the 6th photo - which is this collage of me and my sister here.
To share basic details of this photo collage - From bottom: 1. Wine Tasting in Wirra Wirra, McLaren Vale, SA. I think it was the first time I’ve ever been to that wine region here in SA - and I loved it. It was a nice day. 2. Christmas pageant, along King William Street in Adelaide; 3. Not sure if this was Grange, Glenelg, or Henley Beach. But yeah, a beach somewhere in Adelaide anyway. 4. Boracay, Philippines. We had a family trip there. My first and only time in Bora. It was a good trip. All photos were in the year 2005, I believe.
Actually, I’m hoping that my sister and my mum will come over to Oz for the holidays. We’re working on getting them visas and such, so we’ll see how it goes. It should be good, especially because it’s great to have family around for Christmas. Since we don’t have any family living here in Australia, we often go to visit our respective families for the holidays or they come to visit us. And, the kids always love seeing their extended families.
It would have been even nicer if we can have the rest of the family too for the holidays. You see, other than my sis, I have two younger brothers. I’m the eldest of four. The second brother is married, with 2 kids - migrated to the USA with his family a few years ago. My sis is the third in the family. The youngest brother is also in the US, currently working there on contract via the company he works for.
What about you? Do you have any brothers and/or sisters? Do you see each other often? Are you close with your siblings?
Anyway, just want to tag the following to do the 6×6 photo meme: Sasha (yep, my sis), Jen, Nicola, Toni, and iHanna. Like most memes, I’m just passing this on in case you’d find it interesting to do. If not, then no pressure. 
If you haven’t been tagged and you still want to try it, please do and let me know. It’ll be cool to find out what you make of it.
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jen 11.18.08 at 9:23 pm
I’ll give it a crack. I think the beach is Grange, but I could be very wrong.
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Shai Coggins reply on November 23rd, 2008:
Jen: Thanks for playing. And yes, it can definitely be Grange. We used to go there a lot.
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Lusy 11.18.08 at 9:56 pm
This is a nice thing to do and it’s nice to know more about you, Shai. I have 1 sister only, 2 years younger than me. She lives with my parents in my hometown while I live in the capital. Those pictures of you and your sister are beautiful and looks like you both were having so much fun. They made me smile… sisters are the best, aren’t they? Thank you for sharing!
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Shai Coggins reply on November 23rd, 2008:
Thanks, Lusy. That’s one of the things I love about sharing these little bits of info.
Yes, sisters are definitely cool. 
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Nenette 11.19.08 at 5:11 am
I’m so happy you did it, Shai! I love the pictures of you and Sasha.
I love hanging out with my sister. Her name is Edna, and she’s 5 years older than me. She’s actually my cousin who we adopted when she was just shy of 18. We’re very close, and the kids just LOVE their Tita. She calls us almost every day, and we try to get together whenever we get the chance.
Thanks again for sharing!
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Shai Coggins reply on November 23rd, 2008:
Thanks, Nenette. It was fun to do.
And thanks for sharing that info. Always cool to get to know each other more.
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Kari 11.19.08 at 10:00 am
I still haven’t gotten around to doing the meme when we were tagged by Nenette. I keep forgetting!
As for siblings, I only have one. An older sister by 2.5 years I’m afraid I don’t see her often - once a year if I’m lucky. She and her husband are in the military so they move around a lot.
We didn’t have much of a relationship until later in life because we are so different and well - I don’t think she liked me much though I could be wrong. It’s hard because my family is #1 in my life for me and I never know where I stand with people, but that’s maybe just me being too sensitive as I am.
Anyways the older we get the closer we seem to get, so hopefully our relationship continues to grow because I can’t imagine going through life not having really known my big sister.
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Shai Coggins reply on November 23rd, 2008:
Thanks for sharing that, Kari. Yeah, memes/tags can be a challenge at times to do. Goodness knows how many I’ve missed over the years! Anyway, thanks also for giving me some more insight in to your life. I really, really do appreciate getting to know you better.
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