The Chasm is a spot along the Cleddau River, where the watercourse carve its way through the narrow rock formation, making sculptures of nature. The negative ions from the mist felt truly replenishing, it was a symphony of sight and sound throughout the 15 min walk into the heart of the Chasm.
Read more...November 7, 2009 | 1,458 views
Tweet 2005 Our World Photo Exhibition – Revisited I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the 2005 photo exhibition, showcasing works submitted by 10 keen photo enthusiasts. About 4 years ago, James and I both had the idea of holding an event like this to bring together a group of young photographers [...]
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Tweet Hotmail or Gmail? Almost everyone has a ‘free’ email account these days, not only it is free, everyone can sign up and check their emails anywhere in the world. Great? Well, yes if for personal use, but no if you are a business owner… There are a lot of free email providers, two of [...]
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Tweet Beauty in 35mm film I snapped this shot back in 2000, in Mapua Nelson New Zealand. It is hard to believe that there was no digital camera at that time, everything was still film. At that time, I even had my own darkroom, processing black and white photographs. There are a few aspects I [...]
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Tweet Autumn, May 2009. Mirror Lake, also known as Lake Matheson is located at the South Island New Zealand. It sits on the 1.5 hour scenic route between Te Anau and Milford Sound. Before departing Te Anau, make sure you fill your car up, as there is no petrol station in Milford Sound. Formed by [...]
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The kudesign website has a new look, this time with minimalistic style. This theme focuses on content, and not graphical decorations, as we believe content is the most important aspect in a website. Inuit Type, is a theme designed by Bizz Artic, a very clean theme with nice typography in the front end, and a very customizable template option in the CMS theme options.
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Chinese characters were originally drawings of objects (pictographs), but during the course of history they have been refined that they are now abstract and many of them are no longer recognizable as images. By putting the image quality back into a character, the character can then be read as an image again and can therefore also be understood by people with different language backgrounds. Universality thus re-established.
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In the old Chinese tradition, the role of the match-maker is extremely important. In a conservative society where women were supposed to stay at home always it was almost impossible for men to find women on their own. Therefore match-makers who could successfully bring two people together into marriage were always treated very well and highly respected. I taught Yiyi everything she knows about the online business; I set up an account with an internet service provider, showed Yiyi how to send and receive emails, downloaded ICQ from the web, and even designed a web page for her. I believe David has me to thank as their match-maker.
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TweetPansy Wong MP and her husband, Sammy Wong spotted Yiyi’s potential as a politician and convinced her that she should put her name forward as a candidate for last year’s Christchurch local body elections. Yiyi accepted the challenge, for she viewed the election being not only for herself but also for all of the Chinese [...]
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TweetWe became Buddhists one year after we came to New Zealand. Mom and Yiyi have always been very devoted and Yiyi especially finds the Buddhist chants fascinating. She has been exploring the possibilities of using Buddhist instruments and chants in her musical compositions and has successfully given concerts of her works. Mom and I were [...]
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Tweet Moeraki Boulders – Oamaru New Zealand One place to visit if you come to the South Island New Zealand, simply amazing! Just a couple of hours drive south from Christchurch [map], amazing huge spherical stone formations, largest to be up to 3 meters in diameter and several tons in weight. They scatter along the [...]
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This photo was taken in Li-shan mountain Taiwan, in the northern central part. This place is also known as little Switzerland, as you can see that it has an European feel to it. I took this photo while thunder and lightening were metres around me, the clouds rolled very quickly across the chapel for me to snap this mystical shot!
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November 9, 2009 | 3,606 views