Self portrait: staring at the sun

Rare self-portrait. Novita says I look ‘serem’; (mean) in this one. Taken yesterday with the sun to my back filtering through the window, bouncing off a mirror with me holding my Canon 5D off to the side and hoping for sharp focus. Handheld / existing light with Novita yellin at me to hurry up and get in the car. Larger Photoblog versionRead more

Why, hello there.

I’m getting back online after being, for the most part, away for two weeks. We had a 12 day holiday, but decided not to go anywhere this time. It was nice to chill, get organized, and brush up on some reading, exercise, and qt with Novita. We did a whole lot of nothing, but it was incredibly nice. I can’t deny that I’ll view my co-worker’s vacation photos from their wanderings in SE Asia without slight envy, but with aRead more
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Small world

I’m sitting in Starbucks yesterday working on my laptop, when this big dude walks over to me and says, “Excuse me, are you Brandon from JavaJive?”. It took me a second to realize that, ya, indeed I guess I am. I’m not used to people connecting those two words face to face apparently. My first instinct was to think,”Ah sh*t, what’d I do now?” (have had more than a few blurry evenings with the boys and more than a coupleRead more
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Bule Gila atau Bule Bodoh

I believe I’ve captured the Bule Gila (or Bodoh?) award for the week. Tonight, after working 4 hours straight at a cafe on reports (after 9 hours at work), I picked up Novita and the maid from the front of the mall. After the maid finished loading some items into the car, we drove off. We were well down the street, when Novita turns to me, “Where’s Sri?!!??”. I exclaim, “Where IS Sri?!?”. I hit the brakes and pulled over.Read more