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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Killing the dream
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Singapore Sling
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Shot with a two second exposure on 400 speed... (just kidding, it's on "auto-shoot").
They build some pretty massive buildings in this place. In addition, there are extensive mall and even underground shopping opportunities. Shopping is huge in Singapore and definately more comfortable then walking around when it like 90 degrees and humid.
We did take an evening to go check out the night safari at the zoo, which was really cool. About half the pens had deer in them...that part didn't seem so cool! I took about 20 shots for Jamie and made up animal names to fool her. Here is me and the eagle size bat...
This was something for people that like fish to suck on their feet. I really wanted to experiment by dipping my surgically enhanced leg in the pool, but remembered the strict public laws Singapore and thought better of it...
Don't say that I never share! Check out the slideshow:
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Weather report
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Feeling pretty important
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
Finally some peace and quiet!
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The All Blacks & their famous Haka
Also, we just landed some amazingly cheap airline tickets to Auckland for a weekend in November. And in this instance, amazingly cheap = $28 NZD for two return (Kiwi word for roundtrip) tickets including taxes. Folks, that's only about $15 USD!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Problem --> Solution
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The daily commute
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
This adventure hasn't changed who we really are
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Friday, May 8, 2009
NZ is really growing on us
It's been getting a bit colder and rainier lately, and I started getting a scratchy throat a few days ago. As a consumer of news, of course it had to be swine flu. Okay, obviously not, but perhaps a normal flu, a cold or anything. It never got worse. Then it hit me -- it's mold. In our house. Around every window and door. We've noticed little traces of it now and then, but with the weather changing and the house all shut up, it's becoming a problem. Don't worry, I didn't take any photos of it, just shots of the moisture that we find on our windows most mornings.
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But I'm not worried, and I'm certainly not afraid of mold. In 2007, I joined a brave group from Rockhurst University to battle some mold a thousand times worse as we helped clean out a couple of New Orleans houses flooded by Hurricane Katrina. I don't know if you can imagine what it's like to take out a still-soggy carpet from a house that's been shut up for 18 months. And Rule #1 was to never open the fridge. Under any circumstances.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Quick round-up of today's NZ news
see more pwn and owned pictures
Sunday, May 3, 2009
A 42 km running tour of Rotorua
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