Sunday, January 29, 2006


Riders on The Storm...
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Friday, January 27, 2006


a drying heap of bellflower root (to be made into kimchi for winter months) contrasts plastic with wood outside of a temple in Sorak San park.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006


found this one among my ....electronic belongings....wow, guess I'm old, just looking at this convinces me like nothing else...
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Friday, January 13, 2006


A random sign from Kangnam in Seoul, for the amusement and possible mock horror of my semitic friends around the world - honestly I'm not sure what this word construction is intended to convey- the 'free' is obviously borrowed from English, but the second part is just a phonetic spelling of a korean syllable cluster ('J' plus 'you' sound equals 'jyou')
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Thursday, January 12, 2006


walk on it
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Friday, January 06, 2006

A young boy is all ready for the morning Burmese sun, his face paint is a powder made from a kind of tree; Burmese believe it not only protects from UV rays, but also softens the skin and looks 'beautiful'. It's great to occasionally warp the whole magazine image of beauty.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Have I shown you this before? This is a concession stand (e.g. tourist trap) beside White Lake, Mongolia. (good luck at finding it on the map, there are at least 7 of them)

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

SUSHI GAYDAR


My Friends always think I'm gay when I prepare a meal like this - but all I did was unwrap pieces I bought at Carrefour and plunk them down on a wooden platter I found at a flea market. And yes, it did taste as good as it looks.