Archive for October 2009
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
30 October 2009 tagged ayutthaya, bangkok, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, head, photo, photography, picture, reclining, robe, roots, statue, thailand, tree with no comments
top — ayutthaya, a buddha head held within tree roots
middle — a buddhist statue
bottom — thailand’s famous reclining buddha
In australia, computers & internet, korea, photography stuff, travel on
30 October 2009 tagged a league, airport, australia, barbeque, bbq, beer, breakfast, brisbane, brisbane roar, cd reader, computer, craig, cruise ship, football, frame, garden city, inyoung, linux, macadamia, netbook, nuts, photo, shopping, soccer, suncorp stadium, ubuntu, wedding, windows with no comments
day 231 — i went to garden city to do some shopping. whilst messing about with my dual boot, i accidentally deleted the grub boot files, meaning that i couldn’t run either windows or ubuntu. my netbook doesn’t have a cd reader, so i thought i’d have to buy one to fix my computer. we […]
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
30 October 2009 tagged buddhism, buddhist, budha, gargoyle, gold, rain, roof, scooter, sky, temple with no comments
top — golden gargoyles adorn a buddhist temple
middle — blue sky and symetry
bottom — a scooter zooms through the rain
In australia, photography stuff, travel on
30 October 2009 tagged abc, australia, beer, belaying, breakfast, bridge, brisbane, brisbane river, brisbane wheel, bus, cliff, climbing, climbing club, coffee, cremorne theatre, floodlights, football, goma, kangaroo point, london eye, lyric theatre, mall, night, oman, photography, playhouse, queen street, queensland, queensland museum, radio, restaurant, soccer, socceroos, southbank, state library, storey bridge with no comments
day 226 — after breakfast i took the bus into the city and found myself in the queen street mall. it’s such a long time since i’ve been there, and i was surprised how little the mall had changed. i wandered around for a while looking at the shop windows and contemplating a beer at […]
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30 October 2009 tagged computer, distribution, epiphany, free, freeware, gnome, instant messanger, interface, jaunty jalope, karmic koala, kubuntu, linux, netbook, open source, pidgin, software, ubuntu, unr, windows with no comments
ubuntu have officially released their latest linux distribution ‘karmic koala’. the strange name is in keeping with their double letter naming system (the previous release is known as ‘jaunty jalope’) .
karmic koala is version 9.10 and has included a number of major changes to ubuntu. it still uses gnome 2 (gnome 3 is not ready […]
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28 October 2009 tagged application, communication, computer, email, google, internet, map, message, picture, technology, wave with 1 comment
today i received my google wave invite. my account is active and i’m currently enjoying looking at the wave interface. wave is the next leap forward in online connectivity. it has the ability to mashup email, messaging, images, video, maps, etc into one huge conversation.
whilst wave is still being developed some of the features aren’t […]
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
27 October 2009 tagged broom, burma, cleaning, girls, lights, moustache brothers, myanmar, night, pagoda, par par lay, photgraphy, photo, pictures, political, politics, prisoner, shwedagon, yangon with no comments
top — shwedagon pagoda at night (phởtographed from my hotel room)
middle — par par lay, a burmese comedian who’s been jailed three times
bottom — girls clean shwedagon pagoda
In australia, travel on
26 October 2009 tagged australia, beer, blue poles, boxes, breakfast, bus, canberra, circular quay, coffee, darling harbour, exhibition, federal mint, ferry, fish and chips, gallery, harbour bridge, hostel, jackson pollock, john howard, kirabili, koala, luna park, mall, map, matilda, meat pie, national library, nick cave, norman hotel, opera house, parliament house, rain, steak, sydney, the lodge, tickets, train, yha with no comments
day 221 — when i checked into the hostel (the day before) i got a sydney city map which also had some coupons attached. one of the coupons was for ‘breakfast with the koalas’ at sydney’s wildlife centre. it sounded good, but required getting up early.
i walked down to darling harbour and was disappointed to find […]
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
25 October 2009 tagged b&w, black, boy, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, burma, costume, man, monk, myanmar, pagoda, photo, photography, picture, portrait, prayer, shrine, shwedagon, statue, sunglasses, white, yangon with no comments
top — a man prays at a shrine in shwedagon pagoda
middle — a boy in traditional dress is carried around the pagoda as part of a ceremony
bottom — morpheus the monk
In australia, photography stuff, travel on
25 October 2009 tagged australia, beer, brighton house, brisbane, bus, car, ceremony, circular quay, craig, expensive, george street, harbour bridge, hostel, internet, inyoung, ipswich, meat pie, megan, opera house, photography, rugby league, sydney, sydney harbour, train, wedding with no comments
day 216 — we washed craig’s car and did some shopping. we visited megan and while we chatted i rearranged her massive cd collection. it was fun because we kept giving her shit about her choices in music.
in the afternoon we drove to the cake shop to pick up the cakes for the wedding, followed by […]
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
24 October 2009 tagged b&w, black, boy, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, burma, eyes, face, gold, makeup, monk, myanmar, pagoda, photo, photograph, photography, picture, potrait, shwedagon, sky, statue, travel, white, yangon with no comments
top — a boy pokes faces at the camera
middle — a monk imitating the buddhas behind him
bottom — shwedagon pagoda, burma’s most famous pagoda
In australia, korea, movies, travel on
24 October 2009 tagged aaron, airport, beer, brisbane, bus, canada, christina, cinema, co-workers, coffee, colleagues, craig, customs, family, flight, immigration, incheon, ipswich, kepco, kimchi jiggae, korea, lunch, motorbike, movie, one week, packing, photography, pizza, plane, quarantine, restaurant, seoul, seoul photo club, sleep, sydney, tom, transfer, travel, wedding, wine with no comments
day 211 — after a sleep-in, i went out to a korean restaurant for lunch. i just can’t get enough kimchi jiggae during my stay in korea. after that, christina and i went to see the movie ‘one week’ at the cinema. it’s a really good movie actually. it was a bit weird at the […]
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
23 October 2009 tagged b&w, black, buddhism, burma, face, girl, gold, golden rock, man, monk, myanmar, photograph, photography, photos, pictures, portrait, white, woman with no comments
top — a monk stands by burma’s famous golden rock
middle — an old woman walks through a market
bottom — a happy girl smiles for me
In korea, photography stuff, travel on
23 October 2009 tagged aaron, buffet, camera, christina, co-workers, company, department store, exhibition, film, friends, gallery, hongdae, intercontinental hotel, itaewon, kepco, korea, lake, lunch, margarita, medium format, mexican, movie, pc bang, pentax, photos, pizza, seoul, seoul photo club, sky park, soju, tom, travel, warrock, weather, wine, world cup stadium with no comments
my time in korea was mostly uneventful, so these entries probably aren’t going to be very long.
day 201 — i stayed at home and relaxed
day 202 — today i went to coex with christina. we had a fantastic lunch at a big mexican restaurant in coex. as well as steak and burritos, we had a couple […]
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23 October 2009 tagged b&w, black, burma, cigarettes, face, girl, inle lake, myanmar, naungshwe, photo, photograph, photography, picture, portrait, sky, sunset, tomato, white, woman with no comments
top — tomato plantations grow on a river, phởtographed at sunset
middle — a girl sells hand made cigarettes
bottom — an old woman poses for a photo