After the storm…
where the sky are clear…
The sea are calm…
… for the New Beginning

Woke up in the morning,
Turn on the computer,
Youtube… “new beginning”
and Found the song,  Cafe Del Mar: New Beginning – Another Day

The song… bringsme the thought of this calm sea in San Francisco, where Hans and Heather were about to left me behind because they were starving and couldn’t wait any longer to find food!

WAIT UP!!!

Before the storm…

First of all, I am blogging this via “internet tethering” because apparently, we (at home) forgot to pay our Internet BILL… and I thought the Internet was out due to the storm!!

So… what am I gonna do? Really I don’t know! But anyway I start typing on the MS Word (yea we do have that on Mac as well) then I remember that… my iPhone can do this thing all “Internet Tethering” that I saw my co-worker used at work. Basically sync the iPhone up with the MacBook… then turn on Internet Tethering function on the iPhone…

VIOLA!!! Here I am!

Anyway… the speed is super duper SLOW because I am in the 2G area, unlike the 3G area in the city.
Umm. Another problem… how long would this take to upload my photo up to flickr and back down to TwoStepsBehind? I’ll let u know once this is posted.

updated!

Today…
Got a forwarded email with the topic “Thinking about having a Siberian Husky”

Many who have a husky (or huskies!) would know… that pretty much owning a husky bring you a lot of troubles!!! TONS of troubles!
Really, when we come to think about it… what is so good about having a husky?
I can’t really answer for the other, but for me… despite all the troubles

Missha, she loves going out for a walk either in the rain, in the sun, in the fog, HOT or COLD, 8am, Noon, 5pm, 10pm… or even 2am in the morning… she will always walk with me (or she walks me LOL).
And when she got tired, she would just slam on to the grass and just roll on it… so I would have to wait. And when I got tired, I rest… and she would just wait patiently until we both are ready again. Then we just walk on, together.
She loved listening to me talking (oh yes she does listen and making that “what are you saying” face! Yup. Yet… I just keep talking nonsense to her about this and that, about her mess, about my mess, ETC ETC ETC…

Despite… all the troubles, all that matter is…
Missha was always there for me…
I wish that she is here with me now… so I’ll be talking nonsense to her… and go take a walk in neighborhood or just drive away to Santa Monica beach at 1am… and just walk till the sunrise….

These tiny Lego people are probably no more than a centimeter tall. They are more like DOTS when seen from distance however when viewed closer… very lively!

It would be nice if I could drive to San Diego tomorrow because it has so many attractions that I love to visit, such as… zoos, aquariums, amusement parks, museums, harbors, amazing food, or a simple walk by the beach is more than enough to rest my restless mind for a while.

Talking about Legos… I lost my Lego key chain on the return trip from Madrid. I pretty much lost the entire key chain… how clumsy of me

***update: finally server is up and running!!! yes!!

Today… the dreamhost server seemed to have problems, hence I couldn’t blog normally on my website. However, my alternative is… HERE! I am at flickr blogging. Haha!!!

I wouldn’t want to try too much time fixing the problem on the server as it was stated that the error was cause by the server itself, not by me. So I’ll just wait for the server to get back up and just not stress over it!

It has been awhile since I’ve gotten to just sit by the sea, watch the sunset and do nothing but just watch the SUN set! This was taken in San Diego, I don’t remember the name of the island at this location, but it is well hidden. The sunset was amazing, but I couldn’t stay outside for long because it was getting chilly and I wasn’t wearing proper clothing. C’mon I was wearing beachwear, so I wasn’t prepared for a cold night! San Diego… it’s the one place I love to go, except Santa Monica, California. San Diego has everything from beaches to mountains, zoos to amusement parks, street vendors to high luxury restaurants and … onnn and onnnnnnn.

Oh well, it a great place to visit, but to live there? I don’t know… a lot of my friend would still prefer Los Angeles over San Diego. But I just prefer somewhere calm and quiet to relax and enjoy the day.

Seriously… must everything going in circle, be it spinning, swirling, twisting or just BOUNCING at the county fair, Los Angeles? When was this, let me look up the info… (moment later) It was September 29, about a year ago and I have already forgotten about it. I guess this is the main reason why I love taking photos, because I love to remember everything and every place.

The noise, the crowds, the vivid light and the smell of food were everywhere! However, the smell of food WON as I went directly to have… (before even starting to take picture) A SMOKED TURKEY LEG!!! It was HUGE! The biggest I have ever had and yup… I finished it all. Not only that… I finished my meal with a funnel cake topped with strawberries and sugar icing! Well, that was a lot of food!!! So I walked it off and just spent my night in the county at the last day for the event. Normally, we must pay to enter the fair… however, lucky me, I got free ticket ^_^

So, why must everything go in circles, spinning, swirling, twisting or just BOUNCING.
I don’t know… but it was a really fun night!

Going back about a year ago… around mid September 2008. It was months before I learn about HDR photography or even know how to use RAW format! Yup, that was the time when I was just point and shoot at every single things that move or doesn’t! Because of that, my battery went out quickly… and NO! I didn’t have any backup battery, I still don’t! Lately, my battery last for days or even weeks because I only get to go out during the weekend and become more aware of what to take before just snap snap snapping away!

The sculpture, reminded me of my own architectural models that I made for my thesis (you can check it out at www.NattMuangsiri.com opse, that reminded to renew the subscription for the web address!) The sculpture, if I remember correctly, is made of old aircraft scraps that are tied together with cables. That was literally my last shot of the night because the camera just shut itself off after the shot! The other picture, the reflecting pool was taken just a few shots earlier.

Everything out of focus, shakily and blurry but that’s how things are at the beginning, isn’t it?
Just have to keep going ^_^ like Energizer bunnies! LOL

After 1 year.. I guess she must have known it; she is now 1 year old (human year) as she ran away from home today, only to be found later by a boy. Thank you, whoever that is! Thank you! I was dreaming of her today that we were running and then took a rest somewhere, just like in this picture. Relaxing in the sun, getting ready to run… again.

Happy Birthday, my little blue eyed, Missha!

And couldn’t have her today if Qi wasn’t taking care of her… but opse… Missha ran away! What the -BEEP- ! The point is she is back.

Really, I just love it anyway! Would the name of the mountain really going to change the way I feel about it?

This shot was taken during the west coast trip from Los Angeles, U.S.A. to Vancouver B.C., Canada. After being in Bangkok for the past few weeks, I started to miss the view of mountains because they are everywhere in California and Spain, while there are none in Bangkok!

I think that is a sign saying that… I should take a trip and take some more photos of Thailand’s landscape! How about that? Great idea. Right, I just had a conversation with myself. Interesting huh?

That is one long bridge! To be able to hold my breath all the way from beginning to the end of the bridge was a real challenge. When I was young, my parents told me that if we make a wish while crossing a BIG river with a very long bridge then the wish will come true!

I really don’t know how true that tale is, however… after all these time, I still hold my breath and make a wish every time I cross a BIG BIG Bridge. I did the same with the Golden Gate bridge when I visited in December 2008. I don’t quite remember what did I wish for… whatever it is, I think it came true because now I am happy. And don’t we all make a wish for something or someone to make us fully and truly happy.

Try it for yourself the next time you are on a bridge… MUSH A WISH!

I was looking for things to do while sitting in the car for hours and hours long during the trip to San Francisco last December. And that is where I found a great framing for a picture that is the frame of the back window. I must have about 20 of shots like this from different places during the trip.

It’s amazing how the view behind can be stunning versus the front view but we can’t just keep looking back all the time can we? Otherwise we would never get to our destination if I always go back there and take more pictures. Just keep going forward and when the opportunities present itself, go back.

Okie… 48 hours to presentation !!! I got to go back to work and finish it up. Gonna be one long week with classes, projects, exams, and kitchen! Bahhhhhhh….!