24 hours

Again, I will be on a plane to Asia. Crossing the pacific ocean is no fun, with having to spend 11 hours confine in your seat. There is little movement in the plane, but what can you do.

Another inspirational plot

I'm sure you have heard of Paul Potts with his opening song of Nessum Dorma by Puccini. A shy fellow, not much confidence in himself took the crowd by storm. A star was truly born. I wonder how many shy ones out there with a talent as such, but yet to be discovered..... or maybe never. I wonder how many are not discovered due to first impressions (chap teeth, fat, skin colour, etc.) I am sure there are many in their minds would say "he is not going to make it. Look at his skin colour!!"

Readers.... if you can't take this... move on.

Biggest Polluter

A horrendous sight! You thought with the big push from the US about global warming, they would have practice what they preach. This picture was taken in Idaho Springs, CO where weekend-ners take a leisure ride in the mountains with this CO2 producing train. Looks like global warming is of no concern to these people if its for their leisure. But how they complain when someone else outside of the US is doing it. Current standing, US is the biggest polluter in the world.

got CO2?

Beaver Creek - The Pine Lodge

I got a gift from a friend to stay at the Pine Lodge in Beaver Creek. Its a nice mountain resort, but no where near a 5 star resort as they claim it to be. It was interesting when they received us at the front door. They definitely did not expect a typical white family roll up to the porchway. At first, it was awkward that they thought that we got lost. Eventually they figured out that we are guest at the resort. A little "chuckled" I just decided to enjoy the rest of our stay and not to be bothered by narrow minded people, on who is qualified to stay where. This is definitely not a 5 star resort. I will give it a 4 star. I have stayed in 5 star hotels all over around the world.

Astrophotography

This is my first night sky shot. I was pretty impressed with the result of the picture. Astrophotography is something that I will be exploring more and will be interested in capturing the night lights in full darkness..... you know what I mean?

Never give up

Even though people around you tells you that you can't, there is still a dream that needs to be realised. "World's fastest Indian" is a show to get you out there again to do what you were born to do. The story of Burt Munro and his bike.

Go Kiwi!

Homework

Joys of owning a house, comes with the headache of maintaining it. There is no question if you own a house, you would have either develop the skills or pay through your nose for someone else to do for you.

Current DIY.
- Patio with paver bricks
- Fencing the backyard
- Gazebo over the patio
- sodding the backyard
- buidling a deck in the front.

Penang, Malaysia - more eating than you can imagine.

A small glimpse of what Penang food is.

Squished bug

Played around with my Nikon D80 on night photography. Especially if you are going to take pictures of fireworks, you really do need a tripod. Oh well, I was too lazy to carry one. This is the picture I took.

Morning stinch!

Can't sleep. Toss around in bed, hearing some ridiculous truck drove by at 4am in the morning. What is the world are they doing at this time?!Now I cant sleep. Trying to figure out away to get rid of the thorny bush.

Thorny Yard

The bush is out of the way now, but it left its thorns all over in the front yard. You can't walk to the car without getting pricked.

Haro V4

There are as many bicycles out there as anything else. The different combination of parts makes it more of a headache than trying to decide on a single bike. I can down to several hardtail mountain bikes within my budget is the IBEX Alpine 650, GT Avalanche 1.0 or Expert, and Haro V4. I think the Haro is the best bang for the buck.

If the shoe fits

Finding the right pair of shoes has been interesting for me. I just came back from DSW (a shoe store). Hot of the 20 rows of shoes, 2 rows were dedicated to men's shoes. The rest were women. Its a sad reality here.