The Apathy and the Ecstasy

Let me start by proclaiming that this will be a random post written in a state of complete apathy. It’s a Saturday afternoon and I’ve already worked out, already sat in the sun and read “Dude, Where’s My Country?” and have accomplished all that I had set out to do today – which was basically nothing. Downtime is a good word for it. It seems to happen to me when I know a vacation is coming up, workloads have letRead more

Brown-nosing Flickr.com

What’s my latest addiction? Flickr.com How many of you have tried sites like friendster, hotornot, or other “group” websites? Ok, how many of you have joined sites like usefilm.com for photo critique? Now, how many of you have spent hours reading over travel blogs, photoblogs, and other weblogs searching for new experiences and perspectives? Flickr is almost all of them combined. Where some other sites like friendster have failed, I believe this will succeed. We as an online community areRead more

New Obsession

Ok, well it’s not what you think. But this is a definite weakness of mine. I find something that I want and I completely devote myself to learning about it, researching about it, comparing it with other similar things. I’ve applied this formula to everything from mountain bikes, rollerblades, cars, stereos, laptops, and video cameras to things like taking trips to the best spots, and finding the best of everything. The problem is that I educate myself to the pointRead more

Photography in Posts

I have started the process of embedding some photos within my posts. As of now, every photo you see was taken by me. I have a strong love of photography and hope to share some of my experiences with more than words. All of the photos were taken in either Cape Town, South Africa or from the islands of Java, Bali, or surrounding islands in Indonesia. I still wish to maintain simplicity.Read more

Life of Pi

I have found that money is not nearly important to me as happiness, yet money is needed to allow me to travel – which leads to happiness. That’s why I’ve begun investing in the stock market – but that’s another story for another day. So far I’m taking great risks but could also make decent cash. I read an amazing book called Life of Pi – it’s not a book for everyone, but I believe anyone could pull something outRead more

Puncak

By the way, I apologize for the lack of writing, but I’ve been quite busy getting things in order. Here’s the link to the new photos of the mountains (link removed, March 2006) where I was last week. I’m off to the gym to grind away my thoughts . . .Read more