Back in the days when I had a respectable office job, I got bored a lot. (I’m sure this never happens to anyone else with respectable office jobs.) So I kept myself mentally occupied by thinking of new projects, sorting out lists of clients I needed to touch base with, and occasionally, just daydreaming […]
AARRGGHHHHH how I detest packing. Finding, sorting through, testing, wrapping, eliminating, replacing…every trip is different, so for every trip, it takes me a couple of days at least to figure out what I need to take.
To give you an idea of what’s accompanying me to Lembeh and Manado, here’s a list. By putting everything […]
In the process of packing for my impending trip to Kasawari Lembeh Resort in the Lembeh Strait, I paid a visit to David at ScubaCam.
I’ve only gotten to know David relatively recently, but I love going to his shop, because he’s a real “tinkerer” and enjoys fiddling around with gear and think about […]
Perspective is an editorial column I write regularly for FiNS Magazine. This installment is entitled “Crying Wolf”:
Pasta simply cannot fathom why I get so preoccupied with my computer, when it’s obviously so much more fun to go chase cats and sniff light poles.
While on a business trip to Seattle a few years ago, I stayed with a friend, at another friend’s house. One afternoon, our friend drove us around for a tour of the town.
In a particularly scenic and quaint neighborhood, she parked her shiny, clean white VW beetle under a row of trees, and […]
After struggling with a slew of software and racking my brains to figure out proper xml code for RSS and iTunes feeds…finally, here’s my first podcast.
Below is a quicktime video, actually a short slideshow with some of my recent sea lion images. Click on the image to play the video (be patient, it […]
Here’s an example of practical advice.
This is a sign on a pole in a train station in Tokyo. Loosely translated, it says, “Watch out for pigeon sh*t”, with the exclamation point serving the dual function of emphasising the admonition, and also directing the reader to look up.
Tell-tale multi-coloured, multi-shaped splotches on the […]
