Month: February 2006

I don’t know if you have been or even have heard of the Salvation Army auctions but we went to a couple last night. One in Guelph and another one in Kitchener. The auctions were kind of sad. You really can’t compare them to, say, Christie’s or Sotheby’s auctions. In Guelph, there were only, like,…… Continue reading Sally Ann Auctions

Yesterday I came across this compilation of songs from alt. rock bands of the 90s called When We Were Young at I Guess I’m Floating (an MP3 blog). It is an interesting compilation of songs that you can download if you’re interested. I’m listening to it as I type. There are some bands that I…… Continue reading Songs of the 90s

Say, if you were a professional photographer and you were having a major exhibition, would you just swap out your photographs with those taken by people who want your photographs instead of asking them to pay a fortune? Timothy Prus is doing exactly that with his Photo Swap exhibition. What a cool and original idea.…… Continue reading Timothy Prus’ “Photo Swap”

Have you noticed that a lot of digital point-and-shoot cameras these days come with big LCD screen and no viewfinder? I don’t know about you but a camera with no viewfinder just doesn’t look right to me. Sure the big LCD screen should be able to help you compose your picture just as well as…… Continue reading I Love Viewfinders

So, how’s your You-Know-What Day been? Mine’s been… short. I couldn’t sleep last night due to the too-much caffeine I got from the overly strong tea I had yesterday. Didn’t go to bed until 2:30 in the morning and didn’t wake up until 10. Troy had to leave home to a job site as early…… Continue reading The You-Know-What Day

This morning I woke up with a craving for Brain Curry (Gulai Otak). It’s one of my favourite Indonesian food and it’s so good, baby! You wouldn’t believe me until you try it. Of course you don’t eat it just like that. You eat it with warm, steamed rice. My mouth is watering just thinking…… Continue reading Brain Curry, Anyone?

Winter came back with full force this past Saturday in spite of what some groundhogs said about winter being over soon. Of course this past Saturday had to be the day we were scheduled to meet up with my brother- and sister-in-law in Toronto to see the Bodyworlds exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre. The…… Continue reading Winter is Back!

Because Lindsay tagged me and I needed a blog-fodder, here comes my answers to the four memes: Four (other) jobs that I’ve had: 1. Translator 2. School librarian 3. Cataloger 4. Web designer Four little-known facts about me: 1. I’m telephonophobic. 2. I find most condiments scary. 3. I’m not a big fan of bread.…… Continue reading Those Pesky Memes

I wrote about Utata before. Well, Utata’s latest offering is a project called Utata Pays Homage where Utata members, including yours truly, “were asked to either produce a photograph that was a direct imitation of a photograph made by a master photographer or one which was made in the style of a particular master photographer”.…… Continue reading Utata Pays Homage