Archive for April, 2006

Vietnam and Brunei soon!

Vietnam and Brunei soon!

Ho Chi Minh City, Cu Chi tunnels, the Cham Museum, Marble Mountain and China Beach en route the delightful fishing town of Hoi An, exploring its narrow streets filled with historic buildings, tailors and inviting restaurants, historic Hue for its splendid tombs, ornate pagodas and the remains of a once magnificent Imperial Citadel, overnight cruise on the scenic Halong Bay also known as the Jewel of the Bay, dotted with thousands of limestone islands and hidden grottos, Hanoi’s Old Quarter, the Temple of Literature, the History Museum and Ngoc Son temple oh I can barely contain my excitement, a few weeks from now, we’re headed to Vietnam for two weeks.My left arm is a tad sore from the travel vaccination yesterday but I can barely wait for this trip!! Going overseas every alternate month is not a bad idea after all, what do you reckon?

Maysville Elementary School

Maysville Elementary School

Though my visit to North Carolina last month was only for one short week, it was the one that made me feel at home and in the company of lovely friends and warm hearted people.Maysville Elementary School is located in the town of Maysville, Jones County, North Carolina…. As a small community school, the stability of low teacher turnover, close ties with parents, and a nurturing staff has made Maysville Elementary School the place your child can succeed.Maysville Elementary School also known as MES is proud to announce its new weblog MES Mustangs for reporting classroom and school wide information.

Lest we forget

Lest we forget

They went with songs to battle,They were young,Straight of limb, true of eyeSteady and aglow.They were staunch to the endagainst odds uncounted;They fell with their faces to the foe.They shall not grow old,as we who are left grow old;Age shall not weary themnor the years condemn.At the going down of the sunand in the morningWe will remember them.

High Dynamic Range Imaging

High Dynamic Range Imaging

Needless to say it will pave your way to better images for future as HDR monitor technology is almost upon us. Your photos shot in hdr today will be up to speed when the new HDR monitor technology comes to the market.What software does one need to use HDR?Photomatix Pro [beta], Adobe PhotoShop CS2 and Maya assist in High Dynamic Range Imaging. As far as I know the best software for the job as of now is Photomatix Pro, Adobe PhotoShop CS2 does have a function to help merge to HDR but the results don’t much appeal to me.Related InformationNOTE: The links below tend to have a bias towards a given software e.g. Photomatix or PhotoShop CS2.

International Date Line

Jammed her pink stiletto on the left foot brake in a mid-air staccato on the aisle trolley, bent low and forward towards me, our eyes met, I could smell her berry lip-gloss and see her Shiseido foundation…. The air-hostess grabbed(well almost) my right palm and said in a low voice, ‘Well huuney, people on da flight, knowwhatimean, nah, I dun remember dem, b-u-t-t’ …pointed her index finger at my nose with her torso bent forward and her face in my face, ‘You, I’ll remember.

Iceage 2 – the meltdown slapstick

Iceage 2 – the meltdown slapstick

Though there is no baby on board the meltdown, there still is a ‘journey‘ like most animation movies do. Scrat the squirrel is the most(me thinks) endearing character on his acorn baggery mission. He is constantly in search of nuts to hoard and bury, although his presence is noticably less as compared to the previous [...]

Autumn is here

Autumn is here

Gloriously beautiful autumn days are back in Sydney. I can’t stress how very much I love autumn. There is joy, calm, peace, relief from the sultry January and February and food tastes even more scrumptious! Sydney weather is just amazing but autumn in particular in Sydney is incomparable!! Ask anyone who lives or has visited [...]

Themes, Templates don’t cut it

Themes, Templates don’t cut it

When I had hand rolled my entire design for Karmakars.com, though simple sans flickr, del.icio.us and all those moronic buzz, it was nice and I was proud of it. I really was. No matter what one may think and how much ease a blog/website template or theme may provide, it is one sure way to [...]

Rose Seidler House, Wahroonga

Rose Seidler House, Wahroonga

Nestled in natural bushland of Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, with great view from its glass walls and sun filled deck…. Considering this house was designed and built in 1948 it is very modern and extremely well lit. If you visit sydney and have similar interests I’d recommend visiting the Rose Seidler House.It is one of the finest examples of mid-centruy modern domestic architecture, the house contains a collection of original furniture by important post war designers Eames, Saarinen and Hardoy.


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