tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346461112024-03-07T18:57:06.657-06:00Just PixelsJ Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.comBlogger526125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-32703911954270173312011-12-05T01:16:00.000-06:002011-12-05T01:16:48.344-06:00View of George Town from Penang Hill, Malaysia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfaLrnE_7nzs1jTlt2o6rlJVLkQx5bR41wtI2jZ_3k3SVHIxLsOxG3bjHkwcj7DCfXWMIHOxUuvAxJJan9tm_GkWDLw78dgjsztg7MofrkM4eilDVphDA5adF7z_Y10egGN1Fag/s1600/penang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfaLrnE_7nzs1jTlt2o6rlJVLkQx5bR41wtI2jZ_3k3SVHIxLsOxG3bjHkwcj7DCfXWMIHOxUuvAxJJan9tm_GkWDLw78dgjsztg7MofrkM4eilDVphDA5adF7z_Y10egGN1Fag/s640/penang.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-14430294897824750202011-11-28T20:07:00.000-06:002011-11-28T20:07:53.104-06:00Penang, Malaysia panoramic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGp6OvySSOGPCXOqslTRRFr9FDjmV4tnoQTZ-9AlrUHGF5flKh-iqk_om78uPByARVIEaE-UllByOdloFQa_MJ6oxMiKdLUNdhqx0QRidck9ibSLLctVkQr2pyt1esaS4n6UbNg/s1600/penangpanoramic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGp6OvySSOGPCXOqslTRRFr9FDjmV4tnoQTZ-9AlrUHGF5flKh-iqk_om78uPByARVIEaE-UllByOdloFQa_MJ6oxMiKdLUNdhqx0QRidck9ibSLLctVkQr2pyt1esaS4n6UbNg/s640/penangpanoramic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>View of Penang, Malaysia from Penang Hill (700m). For reference, bridge on the right is 8 km long - one of the longest in SE Asia.J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-11539554404703537622011-11-22T10:33:00.003-06:002011-11-22T10:37:40.582-06:00Tickets, please: a first class seat to modernity<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">One of the strangest and most striking things about living in any major Asian city of today can be embodied in a single word: landscape. The word as a concept is fixed, but the skylines it represents in real life are anything but static.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Four years ago I visited Singapore for the first time. When I returned last October I couldn’t feign my wonder at how much the city had morphed in such a short time. The train of development was hastening forward. Ticket in hand, it was my turn to take a first hand glimpse. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">This concept of change isn't a new one on this little island or in Asia’s other Little Dragons (Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea). These long-shots began their epic ascents into the developed world at unprecedented pace following WWII, even as the dual tsunami of industrial and technological revolution made landfall at nearly the same time. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">In Singapore, after independence from Malaysia in ’65, there was nowhere to go but up for this city state occupying an equatorial island with a mere 225 square miles of territory to its name. And up is just what they did - literally and figuratively - with decade after decade of unhindered double-digit GDP growth as the proof in the board-room pudding. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">If you look back over history, these kinds of developmental feats are relatively rare, especially to the scale and speed of Asia’s modernization. And there’s much said on this fact. But it’s the same I think in looking on a simple level of humanity - where we see lingering stints of status quo marked by sudden surges of greatness: New inventions, social and religious theories, the burning of coal to power a steam engine, becoming the self-proclaimed masters of our own fertility. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Mathematically these surges forward are an anomaly, and yet are often the defining factor of generations. Think about your own life and the glaring niceties that make your everyday life so removed from your how your parents lived, or even how you lived only a decade prior. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">In Asia, change has been the faithful compatriot of the past generation, the latter bent on upward mobility and a slice of the Western-dominated pie. Numerically these new players at the table have been shockingly successful, though there remain untold millions who still can’t even afford the ante. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">But still, it’s nearly impossible for me to fathom the reality that virtually nothing looks the same as it used to only 20 years ago in this little island, let alone 50 years earlier. Where small village type compounds shaped the previous generations, looming apartment blocks now fill the need – all in a single generational bound. Childhood homes and memories are only those, as are most green spaces and waterways of yesteryear. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">It is fact that millions have mutually benefitted and live relatively more safe and comfortable lives, that much is undeniable. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Even more interesting than the physical dimension though, is the social change, inherent in any major shift of habitat – in this case to urban jungle from actual jungle. While concrete and rebar can be fashioned in a number of months, flesh and blood, the ways of communicating, social norms, neighborhood loyalties and the way mores are all imparted by means of the physical space – these changes to the heart and soul take time. Years, decades, lifetimes it seems, in my own observation. It’s so much harder to unlearn than to learn. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">I can’t say for certain toward what end this barreling express is porting us, with me an inconsequential beholder on this unprecedented train ride of modernity. I have my opinions, to be sure. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times;">But if anything has been made clear to me so far, it’s this: I know I ought not to blink, because if I do, I might just miss it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><br />
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J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-32916639251477572982011-08-05T04:28:00.000-05:002011-08-05T04:28:44.035-05:00Drying rack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Zeny3j_A_ABQfHK9sD1sFruJG0xr7EFQUkmZrjW0WBNzrog2CgeZj4IEtHCAIaE5s9Dt9oRHAIe_4505rIlo7axxcoT7hZ521XMbMI2kQj633xmVcwUVb8fDGKSEQHZfdjylng/s1600/IMG_5497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Zeny3j_A_ABQfHK9sD1sFruJG0xr7EFQUkmZrjW0WBNzrog2CgeZj4IEtHCAIaE5s9Dt9oRHAIe_4505rIlo7axxcoT7hZ521XMbMI2kQj633xmVcwUVb8fDGKSEQHZfdjylng/s640/IMG_5497.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-31758714035757266942011-05-16T04:12:00.003-05:002011-05-16T04:17:22.501-05:00Skate Cheap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYA-QSnwWgVg-qcpMml6b7NBw1ivBd9LarQ_jlUm23M_EaWGy2It0ZIF8LB8L9ghQHtc-IMtRvKO2AEfLmJOgyaaxA5I56_EgaoJBWZYMRaN2sl8GycM6y65iDrzy3yXomlsKAFQ/s1600/cebupacair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYA-QSnwWgVg-qcpMml6b7NBw1ivBd9LarQ_jlUm23M_EaWGy2It0ZIF8LB8L9ghQHtc-IMtRvKO2AEfLmJOgyaaxA5I56_EgaoJBWZYMRaN2sl8GycM6y65iDrzy3yXomlsKAFQ/s640/cebupacair.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Dad...why do they call it a budget airline?<br />
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You'll see, kids...you'll see...J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-92018348788424340572011-04-18T04:47:00.001-05:002011-04-18T04:48:00.213-05:00A cultural kind of slogan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoicWUE4BxGdSK4UAXAemu0qapm82b7-1RMzvfgs080WLzv0pLqxL3lOG66THKoqxk8P7KZg1ZJsvlfN7_inIXNcHaLSXRJ_VV3iCfWjbWDVR02tFi2T3syQqKEbGDtowHiwy0g/s1600/buckleup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoicWUE4BxGdSK4UAXAemu0qapm82b7-1RMzvfgs080WLzv0pLqxL3lOG66THKoqxk8P7KZg1ZJsvlfN7_inIXNcHaLSXRJ_VV3iCfWjbWDVR02tFi2T3syQqKEbGDtowHiwy0g/s640/buckleup.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
In the US the government hits us on the head with a threat: " Buckle Up, It's the Law"...or the even more clever an ever unpopular - "Click it or Ticket." These of course are statements directed toward an individualistic audience of would-be perpetrators. <br />
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But here in the Lion City it seems even common safety slogans can don a cultural cloak. Filial piety rears its head, even in the relationship between you and your seat belt. Most interesting.J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-83115138889406339832011-01-27T21:18:00.001-06:002011-01-27T21:20:12.730-06:00Shop till you (and your cash flow) drops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNb-AmbiMjAUCwf4ltjwFXkAjG47UqkzZq-j0VdeTDaLeZL8qA9GacSuYVm1CDXnkwoxvseVzXzUTa8UBbyeZiT3aX6hy_9nKCpe2SfzJIWOGuT6rApGvdCSI9Jqy6tSEPxrpZA/s1600/shoppingcenter-pano.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNb-AmbiMjAUCwf4ltjwFXkAjG47UqkzZq-j0VdeTDaLeZL8qA9GacSuYVm1CDXnkwoxvseVzXzUTa8UBbyeZiT3aX6hy_9nKCpe2SfzJIWOGuT6rApGvdCSI9Jqy6tSEPxrpZA/s640/shoppingcenter-pano.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>No doubt these S'poreans love to get their shop on. But this Marina Bay Sands shopping center caters decidedly to the cash toting tourists (i.e., not me) more than anything. They can keep their brand names. I'll take panoramic photo for free, Trebek. <br />
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Johor Bahru customs point. Something like hundreds of thousands of people go across the border between Singapore and Malaysia every day at this point. Here's the new customs building where they gladly take your money for crossing and send you on your merry way. It seems Singapore/Malaysia can't get enough of the modern, space port construction theme.J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-36502585911424371702011-01-18T22:09:00.001-06:002011-01-18T22:10:29.600-06:00Boats, beach, bay, buildings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTD06FMDTtaMI5ggpW-cMiKzJEgJmNbSk4-CjyrSFkO5eugVq22wz8IP9iva0CSuL5TdtvPUR6P2pAndUeIL0bBk9qrfTRBZcL3DVcmeV0dwReSTdbi-ziQ6BZ2TUzdwvQNRtyA/s1600/boats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTD06FMDTtaMI5ggpW-cMiKzJEgJmNbSk4-CjyrSFkO5eugVq22wz8IP9iva0CSuL5TdtvPUR6P2pAndUeIL0bBk9qrfTRBZcL3DVcmeV0dwReSTdbi-ziQ6BZ2TUzdwvQNRtyA/s640/boats.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Moored freighters, looking south from near downtown. <br />
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Housing blocks, golf course, construction, greenery of East Coast Park. Malaysia mountains in the distance.J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-66913703601578600142011-01-16T09:20:00.001-06:002011-01-16T09:20:58.643-06:00Skin eating fish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk3FvmAhbM02nkmBRXG04GYBiqDhhHxNP9yRCV26r4LcxHcylJBuY84Kw7tg3Gibte5BaEswwMr8RJC9KjyxLxUBtdWrguLNiFE1JKaTzL5qzkETi4pEvCxBN_xrrLYctURLpBw/s1600/fishfeet.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk3FvmAhbM02nkmBRXG04GYBiqDhhHxNP9yRCV26r4LcxHcylJBuY84Kw7tg3Gibte5BaEswwMr8RJC9KjyxLxUBtdWrguLNiFE1JKaTzL5qzkETi4pEvCxBN_xrrLYctURLpBw/s640/fishfeet.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Step right up. Dunk your feet. Let the little fishes do the rest. Yummy...J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-75896510599312271732010-12-19T09:03:00.002-06:002010-12-19T09:20:25.409-06:0057-story dip(Note: finally settled on a new blog look, if you didn't notice. cheers to the newness. hope you enjoy it. same RIVETING content, different clothes)<br />
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Had the grand fortune of celebrating my and Xz's recent bdays at Singapore's newish Marina Bay Sands. Got some staff rate hookups through people at work for an overall great time. <br />
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Fun facts about MBS: <br />
-57 stories <br />
-Four years to build at cost of $5.5 billion. Grosses a paltry $1 billion in profits annually. <br />
-Largest public cantilevered structure in the world. <br />
-My fav - 25 cm of allowable wind sway at the top(!) and 60 cm of allowable seismic sway (to answer my dad's question of "wouldn't it just topple over in an earthquake?" seems someone along the line thought of that one. can't get anything past these engineers!)<br />
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Here's to closing down what has been an eventful, transitory year and moving in to my 27th with so many haps on the books to come. Got a bevy of blessings in the cornucopia this year, Mammy. Ain't that the truth.<br />
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Run an' tell <i>that</i>, homeboy. <br />
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I arrived to S'p just in time for <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jN64Jb6I1XbHZi5SvF5qhMxR4CIA?docId=CNG.f7a863e7d7e438e78226801eafdd191f.291">the haze</a>. Pretty terrible. It's way worse in Malaysia to the north, even closing down schools and causing a lot of respiratory issues. Indonesia's annual slash and burn...an unfortunate endeavor, that.<br />
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GOOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!!!J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-18225954087517824812010-09-29T23:54:00.000-05:002010-09-29T23:54:32.529-05:00Game face<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KTCVapiyG2RA3hkWEjZO9F6g9t5rQWxiiKMZGXQLhV8mXr1LSVbtV6lvJ1hR0J5D9TdWXSHtF8eqIAlJ5SDtKQioha1lrgdqJqKLLoS2Z2hyphenhyphenpU0z0p04hl0DvdUrwW0IOdz7Ww/s1600/crashtestpilot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KTCVapiyG2RA3hkWEjZO9F6g9t5rQWxiiKMZGXQLhV8mXr1LSVbtV6lvJ1hR0J5D9TdWXSHtF8eqIAlJ5SDtKQioha1lrgdqJqKLLoS2Z2hyphenhyphenpU0z0p04hl0DvdUrwW0IOdz7Ww/s640/crashtestpilot.jpg" width="372" /></a></div>Joshy considers the world from his kinetic roost, plotting the next move for total playground domination.J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-92009617140674399902010-09-21T23:36:00.000-05:002010-09-21T23:36:39.702-05:00Lake Hefner sundown<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGCh2RaAPgD-hrI3ljVI2J7_SIVhfAQZUFpEiFNNu2qkxwVsvKT4_lW9oCqCPd2pB16cPe1GCSYm9EhnCy7bjw03Ljnogrk5fqJzyS6SRwEI1NElM2-w59mGobZNeSbF5MRSDVw/s1600/hefner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGCh2RaAPgD-hrI3ljVI2J7_SIVhfAQZUFpEiFNNu2qkxwVsvKT4_lW9oCqCPd2pB16cPe1GCSYm9EhnCy7bjw03Ljnogrk5fqJzyS6SRwEI1NElM2-w59mGobZNeSbF5MRSDVw/s640/hefner.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>And one of the best sailing lakes in the country, to boot...J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-74038035537563261432010-09-16T00:09:00.000-05:002010-09-16T00:09:28.042-05:00The River they call HudsonSome snaps of the mighty Hudson, taken near West Point on yesterweek's trip. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMKVO4f55I5faSH8pn1jPxqhAeyIVliXfpSdhPO-wltAyU3enhzO51nMqnD82wdkg9nlbj4iUNEUmdweHdoT6mu6GT_BSF3rxh4cFSj9sOrr0Xdtsxb89aTune7_iBwbiO7SjUQ/s1600/boringdock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMKVO4f55I5faSH8pn1jPxqhAeyIVliXfpSdhPO-wltAyU3enhzO51nMqnD82wdkg9nlbj4iUNEUmdweHdoT6mu6GT_BSF3rxh4cFSj9sOrr0Xdtsxb89aTune7_iBwbiO7SjUQ/s640/boringdock.jpg" width="428" /></a></div>Turns out it's the most boring dock ever. Seriously...Fun Police H.Q. up in thar...J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-2741698299711778292010-09-09T23:54:00.000-05:002010-09-09T23:54:17.536-05:00And lo, an oasis shining in the distance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxCUq722o6wsOD2G9ovvmGhqzCNP6zuv4IYV0AQSk0XfaD1S3wA51wLYnDt_aDn4CsVmX49PTxWMDxqxmeD1VU0cyzuAtB133S6i4hQbQho9qTGjdcK7anJgvHxfpJkkOSXI0Ew/s1600/milkandhoney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxCUq722o6wsOD2G9ovvmGhqzCNP6zuv4IYV0AQSk0XfaD1S3wA51wLYnDt_aDn4CsVmX49PTxWMDxqxmeD1VU0cyzuAtB133S6i4hQbQho9qTGjdcK7anJgvHxfpJkkOSXI0Ew/s640/milkandhoney.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>TJ's. Would that thou didst reside closer to my Midwest dwelling. Here seen in Jersey locale, near NYC. I realize it's only a grocery store, but I'll be gumswizzled if it's not still like Christmas morning. Unfortunately this establishment was a hooch free variety. No three buck chuck to go around. But dark chocolate covered, sea salted almonds? Bomb diggety.J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-934317102107859882010-09-07T23:56:00.000-05:002010-09-07T23:56:25.282-05:00The West Point of lifeVisited my old school peeps this weekend who're living near West Point now, playing in the bands at yon venerable U.S.M.A. A quick sampling of the weekend's revelries here below. But our gathering seemed to be somewhat more subdued this time, as we're all a bit older, there's now a child(!) in the mix and, well, 11 p.m. bed times seem to be a hard habit to break, even on Labor Day weekends. Great to see the ol Pals and what they're lives are like now, though. Thankful I got to visit pre-Singapore blast off. The internets are good, but nothing like seeing a place in person, no? Iffn's ya fancy a visit to the Hudson River Valley, ye shant ramble away disappointed for vistas. <br />
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But moving on from scenery, we found plenty of vittles to wrap our gums around. Took a trip down to Jersey to visit <a href="http://www.mitsuwanj.com/en/index.htm">Mitsuwa</a>, a land of Japanese Milk and Honey, it was fabled. That is, a market and food court of decadent proportions. Here we are looking COOL with the Hudson and Upper West Side of Manhattan in the background. <br />
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Thus concludes adventure snapshot No. 1. Please turn the tape over...J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-7285183542122319652010-08-31T22:47:00.000-05:002010-08-31T22:47:34.663-05:00Stu Fam Reunion ot ten<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKtIYHlvHAW28CWehDdp6To3Zes6NHUPkDKkg5RO-kLI-HCSA3HCGx8Xgf2U9ETSbGY2RHJl6uby5LThcyepmfdMJ9owna7iqmRSlXENqmuwdzHOt49YWe4stvXfRnB8zMsugaQ/s1600/stufam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKtIYHlvHAW28CWehDdp6To3Zes6NHUPkDKkg5RO-kLI-HCSA3HCGx8Xgf2U9ETSbGY2RHJl6uby5LThcyepmfdMJ9owna7iqmRSlXENqmuwdzHOt49YWe4stvXfRnB8zMsugaQ/s640/stufam.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Stuart Fam Reunion went down in usual congregational fashion a few weekends ago. This is only a portion of the whole pack, but we made do in the beautiful Denver scenery and temps. It's great to have a family that values these types of gatherings and spends money and time to make them happen. Certainly a great bunch of folks! Maybe with any luck our progeny will be able to weed out those SteWARTS-ers.J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-42735729328422373702010-08-29T00:17:00.003-05:002010-08-30T12:39:28.479-05:00Getting back on the Wagon*Ahem* It's always a bit awkward. To say the least. A bit like a neglected friendship that's a crust shy of a pork pie. <br />
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Clearly I realize the last post's been in February. Oh, how I realize this. The anguish of keeping yon faithful readers without every intimate detail of my most exotic comings and goings. But, to spare you the copious details of yestermonth, I'll just splash a few photos your way of the last few months, yes? Reader want a photo treat? Good. Good. <br />
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So it's been a heckuva summer (add a "dude" to the end of that sentence if you fancy). And as I look toward moving Singapore-side in about two months(!) to begin working for SIM, I couldn't be more blessed in all arenas of life: family, job, friends, a spot of travel here and there. Ehem...romance. Yes, yes. Kind of a big'n, that. <br />
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So I think you get the picture. But I think it's a safe gamble to say the ol' blogging buckboard is off the hitchin' post and rolling again. And I'm riding shotgun, friends. That is, more blog posts headed down the prairie pipeline. Keep your bonnets and buckskins peeled.<br />
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Wichita Mountains. View from atop Mount Scott.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm looking forward to unfurling the journalistic sails under full time winds for the venerable <a href="http://tinkertakeoff.com/">Tinker Take Off</a> flagship. *breaks leg*</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So step the mast and hoist sail, mates! There's wind and work aplenty to catch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">But I won't leave you without a pull on the ol' photographic hip flask. No, no. I wouldn't do that. Just enough to wet the whistle, though. It is a school night. A few from my fam's Colorado ski trip yestermonth. We shacked it in a great cabin family style and had a right go of things in Breckenridge. Some choice RUFers joined us for a wolf pack muster and polar bearin', hot tub action. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And my shoulder still hurts from my yard-sale, full-speed skiing wreck on the mountain. Ski-trip accomplished I suppose. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Till next time...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Colorado morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Part of the wolf pack, heading up the mountain: Dinah (from right), Me, Mike, Rachel, Josh. (Photo by The Fatman)</span>J Stuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948183915154748533noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34646111.post-43522590749082472082010-01-02T23:09:00.005-06:002010-01-02T23:38:52.011-06:00So 2009 ended...and then I found five dollars...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDpJUI5dMOT2lBBUyQP1jqXUQes5Xsgzm9oFBZEqx6KzalgHwWXkvLAPtE96LUD60SJcOrfaGlJQiu612rMlq_OI6pCH6-HMkaMSb9ilqCcSjBMnLgQwt3mvQMFqgnPHc9fNiqA/s1600-h/tetonkayak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDpJUI5dMOT2lBBUyQP1jqXUQes5Xsgzm9oFBZEqx6KzalgHwWXkvLAPtE96LUD60SJcOrfaGlJQiu612rMlq_OI6pCH6-HMkaMSb9ilqCcSjBMnLgQwt3mvQMFqgnPHc9fNiqA/s640/tetonkayak.jpg" /></a><br />
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(Kayaking in Colter Bay, Jackson Lake - Grand Teton National Park)<br />
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For whatever reason, my personality doesn't often let me sit back and just smell the roses.<br />
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Because if I'm totally honest, I'm a schemer at heart. A craftsman of life plans, goals and travels. An OCD ponderer of the future.<br />
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I often spend my time thinking of my and others' goals and needs, and how I can get us on that magical path toward realizing them. To be stationary is to lose ground by my reckoning. To stop scheming is akin to shutting down whole batteries of running rats inside my mind. And people, when those rodents aren't churning, morale is down, lemme tell ya. <br />
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But certainly one NEEDS to stop and take survey at certain stations in the year and see just what the hey-ho actually happened. You have to rest and simply be thankful that you're breathing and have few, if any, physical needs to be met (if you're like me). And that's just really awesome. I praise God for that, and not enough. <br />
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But the time for reflection is nigh upon me, friends. Certainly it is meet and right so to do.<br />
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2009 was one for the books. My books, anyhow. As I started the year in Wyoming, with the mercury dipping to negative 30 Fahrenheit, and then ended the year back in Oklahoma, with a record-breaking snowfall of 14 inches just before Christmas, I had veritable wintry bookends. With a warm filling in between (although, thankfully, I missed the worst of the Oklahoma heat). <br />
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But to highlight some moments, I've conscripted my friend, the List. I trust he will be succinct, if not informative:<br />
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-Rang in the New Year with old and new friends at the Stuart casa, while meeting the extended Ling familia for the first time. Xiao Chen and XiaoYi, you'll have to revisit Oklahoma, perhaps when it's warmer! (for your sakes')<br />
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-Won an award from the Wyoming Press Association for my photography.<br />
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-Saw B.B. King live. <br />
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-Saw some of America's most beautiful scenery with some great friends and family: Yellowstone Nat'l Park two times; camped in Grand Teton National Park; Mt. Rushmore and Custer State Park; Bozeman, MT; Sun Valley, ID.<br />
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-Increased my "been-to" state count to 38.<br />
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-Lived alone in Wyoming and realized (through the loneliness) my utter need for God's daily grace as a result of those low times. <br />
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-Was blessed by really awesome Wyoming friends and a very supportive church family. Holla!<br />
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-Enjoyed Wyoming visits by Mr. Loeffler and J Voth and J Aldrich. You don't know how much those good times meant to me, boys.<br />
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-Quit my newspaper job and moved back to Oklahoma without a concrete plan(!) of what was next. <br />
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-Was unemployed for 1.5 months. <br />
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-Became one of those hyped "40 million Americans without health insurance," a status I still hold (although I'm working on that).<br />
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-Saw U2 live with JA. Thanks for treating me, buddy. <br />
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-Found a great writing/photog job at a nearby newspaper. Then got another paying blogging gig on top of that. Scawing!<br />
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-Had a lot of fun with my fam, especially the growing number of nieces/nephews.<br />
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-Visited Las Vegas with the Army Band for Vet's Day parade. (was somewhat underwhelmed by the city as a whole, though)<br />
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-Celebrated my 26th birthday. I am A LOT cooler now, people! <br />
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-Decided on a move to Singapore (Singapore!) to do full-time media missions work for two years. (a big decision)<br />
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-Further realized I have awesome friends who really care about what's going on, who I am and where I'm going. I also realized I really need to appreciate those people more. And how. <br />
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So how about some pics!<br />
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</div>The most excellent Ling fam, posting up at the Stuart casa for New Year's revelries. Braving the comparative Oklahoma cold, they made the venture from Australia and Singapore...not exactly a stroll around the block. <br />
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</div>Ah...the lovely countryside of Converse County, Wyoming. <br />
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Cold Wyo deer. <br />
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</div>The Wyo Gang on the March ski trip to the Snowy Range. <br />
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</div>Grant Teton National Park at dusk. The most beautiful mountains I've laid eyes on. You have to go. Seriously. <br />
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</div>Wheat harvest time near Sun Valley, Idaho.<br />
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My first visit! With Dave, Sarah and Hannah. Epic, friends. Just...glorious. And I think I'm still feeling that margarita we got in Cody. Sheesh...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yellowstone Lake partially iced over in May (above) and the Yellowstone River Lower Falls in panoramic version. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Oklahoma snow storm to rule them all. 14 inches of powder on Christmas Eve to fulfill even the loftiest of white Christmas expectations and set a new state record. <br />
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