Food and Kids – My Kryptonite

I’ve never celebrated Thanksgiving before (the holiday being somewhat irrelevant to my life), but Crystal was nice enough to invite me to Thanksgiving dinner at her place last night, where we ate a lot and her adorable 3-year-old bossed me about. I didn’t end up taking that many photos (see “her adorable 3-year-old bossed me about”) but here are some…

The noms:

Filipino Funtimes Part 2 – Karl Marx and other children

“What’s your name?”

“Karlmarx.”

“What?”

“Karlmarx.”

“IS HE FOR REAL?”

Yes, yes he was.

In the Philippines we found no shortage of interesting names and nicknames – besides Karlmarx there was also Lord Jim and Johnwayne, Bong, Bing, Babes, Pong and Benhur.

Chiang Mai: Day One

There’s something about Thailand. I can’t put my finger on it. It’s not the cleanest country, nor the safest, nor most luxurious. It’s not exactly a 5-star location (although I believe I am currently installed a 5-star hotel, go me!) But there’s just something fun about being here and being able to walk around and explore and see all the sights, even the ordinary and everyday.

The Rainbow Warrior’s Last Stop

I was lucky enough to pay a visit to the Rainbow Warrior II yesterday evening, and to be treated to a little tour.

Launched on the fourth anniversary of the sinking of the first Rainbow Warrior, this Rainbow Warrior has served environmental group Greenpeace for 22 years, and is now finally about to be retired, making way for the new Rainbow Warrior. Over the past two decades, the boat has been part of many of Greenpeace’s direct actions, an icon of environmental activism the world over. Most recently, the Rainbow Warrior has also been part of radiation sampling off the coast of Fukushima, despite restrictions from the Japanese government.

But when all is said and done, it is time for this ol’ boat to step down. Singapore is the last port of call for the Rainbow Warrior II.

My New Toy, Aperture

I’ve recently just bought Aperture from the Mac App Store, and have been playing with it on my new MacBook Pro (ooh shiny!)

I haven’t taken any new photos recently (not good ones, anyway) so I had to use some of the old photos I had taken to try out Aperture. And hoooo boy, it’s fun stuff. I’m not 100% happy with all the results yet, but that will improve as I get more used to the software.