Travel and tourism

Is the increase commercialization of tourism killing the idea of travel?
Countries, with the help of tourism, are now defined by their landmarks and the souvenirs that come with them. Lifestyles, traditions and cultures are of little to no importance now. At the end of the tour, you come back with lots of gifts and souvenirs [...]

James Reynolds’ China

James Reynold from BBC wrote (some time ago) about the National pride in China.
Among all his other stories, I find that this is one entry that he successfully give a balanced view of the issues surrounding China.
here goes…
National sentiment
Here’s one of the stronger comments posted on this blog…
“It doesn’t matter how much you hate China [...]

Letting go

sunset at airport
photo by street 45

There is a pane of glass in Singapore’s Changi International airport. It divides the travelers from the people who are left behind. It is so transparent, clear and polished that sometimes, if you cropped away the image of those guards standing at the departure gates, you may feel like there [...]

Beijing’s Olympics 2008!

While I’m writing this entry, its officially 21 hrs and 2 mins to Beijing’s Olympics 2008.

The opening ceremony starts on 8th August 2008, 8pm.
In a communist country where faith and religion is supposedly prohibited, The People’s Republic of China has (since the cultural revolution) taken a big step when it allowed its people to believe [...]

Google get up close and personal (Herald Sun) STREET VIEW

Have you ever tried Google Earth where you can view the 2D (and some 3D version) of your home? Now, Google comes up with an even cooler invention.
Street View.

“From today, anyone can access the tool by simply clicking on a button to find the 360-degree, street-level images.
The hard yards of getting [...]

Angles

Composition and angle.
In photography, we learn that an ordinary object can look extraordinary depending on how we take it. We can choose to frame a 50 people protest in a way that makes it feel like it is a 5,000 people protest. The way we frame pictures; what we choose to include or omit, affects [...]

2 yrs yearning, 2 days joy

photo: flying solo by hkvam

The sky is blue.
I am running blue.
In the pureness of winter…
where land becomes clouds,
I descend in blue, black, red, pink, white and yellow.
I am committing a fashion suicide among earth’s heaven.
Alone…
I, the ugly duckling, is embraced and rescued by nature
He shines his colours
Blue, green and white.
I am between worlds.
My red stain [...]