I Need a Change…

I haven’t written here for a long time. This long time nothing has changed dramatically in my life. I had some disappointments in different aspects and I guess they had led my to write again and express my feelings publicly in hoping it would do change me, if only a tiny bit…

First, I have been kicked out of university. As bluntly as it sounds. I have failed 2 courses for the 2nd time. Why have I failed? this is for another post. The problem is complex and it seems that there is not even a single staff member who sees it from my perspective. I knew the rules. I have nothing against them. I didn’t even plead to be given another chance. I only asked if it possible to return in the 2nd semester to study. I was denied.

Second, for the past 2 months or so I have stayed at home searching for a job (not so seriously…) and have done some things that I wanted to do for a long time. In the past 6 years I have been leaving in different apartments that I shared with different people. Usually I’m the more responsible kind of guy for cleaning and tidiness. This is the way I am. I’m doing things so I can live the way I want. Of course my flat mates benefit from it also but I have never asked anything in return. a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g. I’m doing thing for the sake of giving. I’m a last of my kind… I know. The only thing I wish to be given in return is something which people may seem very small and unimportant but for me it is a huge thing. I don’t need it many times a day. Every now and then would suffice. the thing is that I’d like to hear the words “Thanks You!”. Nothing more. These two words can make me a happy man. Even “Thanks” would be enough to make me smile.

Let’s start a “Pass it forward” game. Start to say “Thank You!” more often.

I start:

Thank you for reading this!

A panorama of flamingos…

Updated – The panorama didn’t show up and idk why… I’ve added a link to it below. (Thanks lex!)

As a regular thing now, each night I tend to look at the photos I took in South America. There are almost 8000 of them. Some are tests photos I took while trying to learn my newly bought Canon DSLR and thus useless, some just weren’t good at all and just a bit were gems. I’d they, out of a 100 photos I took 1 was good. That’s a ratio any photographer won’t accept but I was happy with.

My (panorama) photo this time takes us back to the high Andes of Bolivia.

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Trying out Windows Live Writer

This is a test from Windows Live Writer…

Goodbye Geocities

“Sorry, GeoCities has closed”. That is the message that showed up since yesterday’s afternoon on Yahoo! © GeoCities web page.

GeoCities was founded on 1994 and offered a free web space for everyone. I had the pleasure to host my first web pages (literally) with them. I admit that I can’t recall what content I have put there but certainly it was a not-so-complex html code and a few pictures. I had internet access since 1993. Back then, internet usage was ‘restrictive’ in today means and was made up of pictures and text text and pictures which were brought up by a whooping speed of 2400 baud! There were no flashy ads, no videos and Internet (and) Explorer were two words with no apparent connection.

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Windows 7 RTM

Hi,

As you all know, the next generation of Microsoft’s OS know as Windows 7 has reached RTM.

I was one of many lucky beta testers who had the oppertunity to check and report bugs within the last 7 months. Overall, the beta program was really rewarding. I enjoyed the live sessions where MS staff were answering questions and were guiding us on specific issues.

As a thanks you gift, each beta tester got Windows 7 Ultimate for free! (Woo hoo!!) I was even more lucky to recieve a boxed copy rather then a downloaded version. It means i have to wait for the 22nd of October for it to be publicly available. I’m waiting…..

I would like to thank Paul, Wendy and the others for a great time and for the gift.

A photo I took and wasn’t aware of…

Last week i was looking at photos i took while travelling in South America. I’m doing so every now and then when i have the time to learn more image editing techniques…
Suddenly, I got to this photo. It’s a photo of a Rufescent Tiger-Heron(Tigrisoma lineatum)
Rufescent Tiger-heron

Rufescent Tiger-heron

First, the history behind the photo. It is May 2008. 7 months of travelling are behind me and I’m in Bolivia. After an exhausting 24 hours 2 legs bus ride i got to the little sunny jungle town of Rurrenabaque. This town is the center of Bolivian jungle trips. Even those who find Bolivia to be hard for travelling (clean wise) don’t miss this place. Since i got there at 4 o’clock in the morning and due the fact that i wasn’t sleeping much on the rough bus ride, I slept the whole day or so. Later on that evening I began looking for tours. I was looking for the well know Pampas tour. Pampa is a word in Quechua which means “plain” and refers to the fertile low-lands in which the local cultivate their foods. The tour is known for the abundance of animals and birds, all within reach (literally), that are somewhat apathetic to humans. It took me another day to arrange the tour and sign up. Excited and happy for what about to come, I went to relax in a pool above the town and drunk a smoothie. … continue reading this entry.

My first post

Hi,

Well, this is the first post. Technically, there should be one, so there it is!

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