thanks to Jaap and Hong I had these delicious birthday cake/s from Givral. Thanks guys
thanks to Jaap and Hong I had these delicious birthday cake/s from Givral. Thanks guys
Given the current crises facing so many governments around the globe, I like this thought; "Government bonds used to represent risk free returns, nowadays they represent return free risks." Um, don't i have some bonds lying around somewhere?
I witnessed an event yesterday that left me feeling very disturbed. I was riding my motorbike along Nguyen Huu Can around 11.30 when suddenly, right in front of me I saw what at first appeared to be a traffic accident and a resulting scuffle. I assumed that one motorbike had somehow accidentally clipped another and […]
This is on Le Loi near the corner of Pasteur Sts in downtown Sia Gon yesterday at 4pm after a deluge inundated the city. Fortunately these types of flash flooding usually dissipate soon after the rain stops.
...which oddly grows directly from the tree trunk. This one is in the grounds of the Cambodian Royal Palace, Phnom Penh.
How incredible are these bridges. What I find amazing however is that until today I had never heard of them. Growing your own house may seem like a new idea, but what about growing pieces of functional infrastructure? That’s exactly what the locals of Nongriat in Meghalaya, India have been doing for the past 500 […]
I just downloaded a new camera app to my mobile phone which has some really neat effects. The app. is called "Paper Camera" and I think I'm going to have some fun with it so stay tuned for more image uploads.
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf have a policy that requires the customer to wait at the counter to pick up a coffee or other beverage but they serve food to the table. Usually if I’ve ordered food and a drink I just sit down as the staff bring both to my table. Imagine my surprise […]
“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth”.
After having lived outside of Australia for many years, I find myself becoming nostalgic for certain things Australian and nothing brings a lump to my throat or a tear to my eye quicker than Australian country music, a genre I was never all that fond of when I lived back there. One singer who, to […]
Watch Plum Village Online Monastery episodes on blip.tv: “Video and audio published by the Plum Village Online Monastery: monks, nuns, and layfriends making content from Thich Nhat Hanh and the monks and nuns of Plum Village available on the Internet.”
We recently took a trip to Cambodia for a break from this city and to explore the south of that country, something I’d never done before. After being there I have to ask myself why haven’t I done this before?? It was just so good. Originally we were going to travel first to Phnom Penh […]
These curtain or towel rod holders have more uses than I realised.
500 metres into Cambodia and the paved highway of Viet Nam is but a fond memory