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i had a weird weekend. friday night was my late night, so i taught until 9.40pm. after class i went with one of my students to yoido for some night photography. we camped under a bridge and got some great shots. we were there for nearly 3 hours and headed off at after 1am. i could feel that my student wanted to go drink beer after, but i was too tired. however, i’ve promised him we’ll head out again another night and definitely have some cervezas next time.

saturday morning i woke up, turned on my computer and fried the motherboard. i spent the whole day getting my computer fixed. fortunately the old guy up the road (who ran the computer store) was very nice and friendly. they replaced the motherboard and tweaked my system to improve it a little. i finally got home at 6pm with my computer and spent the evening putting stuff back together and watching movies.

sunday morning the craziness began. i moved a bunch of sites and have been doing database and dns editing all day. i took a break in the afternoon, then did some more web work, now i’m editing a few photos before i go to bed.

i still have a few sites to move, but i don’t know when i’ll get to it … and my computer isn’t recognising my two external hard drives. so i’m going to have to figure out how to make them play nice, so i can back up my photos and music.

i only have a limited number of weekends left while i’m in korea … so i gotta do as much as i can. this week i’ll photograph a bunch of things that i want to sell. hopefully next weekend i can offload some stuff i don’t need.

ryan headed back to thailand just after chuseok. ryan was one of my favourite photography partners. we managed to get to a few cool places while we were in korea. it looks like i’m going to have to head to thailand and catch up with him again soon!

this is an older photo that i was messing around with today … i really like the result of the editing.

i really like this photo … i took it on saturday 10th august on a bridge crossing the han river. download a wallpaper version of this photo here.

got a hella busy weekend coming up … tonight i’m trying to finish angie’s photos (which i’m 3 weeks behind on) and update natalya’s site (which i’m months behind on)

ryan gets here in the morning. we’re gonna check out the magnum photography exhibition, go to cheungmuro and look around, then head to dongjak and do some photography on the bridge. the plan is to photograph the han river at sunset (here’s hoping for clear weather). the view from the bridge is probably the best location in korea. we can see the sunset, the han river, lots of buildings and a motorway on the right, and the 63 building on the left.

however, tonight’s work is progressing well. i’ve upgraded my site and fixed the permalink error. i’m running wordpress 2.6.1 which has a few error fixes from the wordpress 2.6 release. i also fixed some small cosmetic issues and uploaded a different smilie pack

i’m a bit hungry, so i might head out soon and get some food. actually, i’ve been a good boy lately. my diet has consisted of kimbab (lots), bibimbab, ramyeon, neng myon and dongass. it’s been a 95% korean diet … with the occasional sandwich thrown in … usually on the way to work.

but, i have beer … so i’ll grab a snack and have a few drinks while i do some editing.

oh, i almost forgot, i’ve started listening to last.fm. these days my regular music has been getting a bit dull, and i’m tired of changing playlists. so i figured it’s time to explore and find some new music … it’s working out well.