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Such small grill you might think. Bo is testing it out to see if it will work for our next camping trip.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/250sec, ISO 400, focal length 73mm, evaluative metering
It’s not cooking fast enough, and our dinner wasn’t done until 7:45 pm (19:45). I think he might have to add some charcoal to speed things up.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
Lee is enjoy roasting her marshmallow. That’s one thing she is looking forward to camping.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 400, focal length 159mm, evaluative metering
And we had grilled shrimp, chicken and mushrooms for dinner.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
My garden is still very colorful in comparison to my dad’s garden.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/200sec, ISO 400, focal length 109mm, evaluative metering
The Brussels sprouts are thriving in the hot and humid NC weather.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/80sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
My Thai eggplants are abundance and beautiful this year.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
After cutting back the overgrown mints last month, they start to grow back again.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/250sec, ISO 400, focal length 180mm, evaluative metering
I spotted a frog hanging out by the bridge. S/he even turn around to pose for me.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 200, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
Perhaps I’ve said this too soon but if you were to ask Lee she would tell you that Summer is over. Lee went back to school last Thursday. As for me, I think Labor Weekend marks the end of Summer, so Summer is not over yet. We still have this week to enjoy.
These photos can qualify as a Saturday Random Photos post, something that I have not done in a while. This frog has been living in my sister’s fishpond. It got away before I could get another clear shot.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/100sec, ISO 200, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
My dad’s crab apple tree bears many fruits this year. I had some with hot sauce on Saturday and it was delicious.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/60sec, ISO 200, focal length 78mm, evaluative metering
My dad’s Asian pumpkins grown on trellis. I guess you can grow almost any kind of climbing plants on trellis, this made me think of watermelon. I wonder how it would do on trellis, maybe the fruits will be too heavy.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 200, focal length 81mm, evaluative metering
This is a late bloomer for his string beans.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/400sec, ISO 200, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
It’s kind of fat for chili peppers but they taste the same, extremely hot.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/400sec, ISO 200, focal length 122mm, evaluative metering
What is left of the cucumber.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/320sec, ISO 200, focal length 109mm, evaluative metering
The Thai eggplants produce few fruits and far in between the last few weeks. This one is saved for next year’s seedlings.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/500sec, ISO 200, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
My sister’s Jasmine flowers.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 184mm, evaluative metering
The nights are a lot cooler.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 0.6sec, ISO 200, focal length 31mm, cropped, evaluative metering, tripod mounted
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/125sec, ISO 3200, focal length 40mm, evaluative metering
This is a translated article from Koosang Koosom Magazine, written by Naruemon of Ayutthaya in Thai Language, translated by Nye.
At the beginning of 2007 (Buddhist era year 2550) I moved from a studio in Don Muang to Saphan Mai area. It was a 4 story apartment and there were a total of 4 buildings. The buildings looked real old, it must have been at least several decades old. I’ve decided to rent room 43 on the third floor of the second building. It was the last room on that floor and I couldn’t help but wondering why the rooms next to this were vacant. It must have been at least 3-4 rooms vacant at the time. The rent was kind of cheap, only 1000 Baht ($33.38) per month and why is it still vacant? Like I said, just curious and I didn’t ponder anymore after that. As a matter of fact, this was actually a good thing, saved me a lot of money.
The first day I moved in, I was so tired and after I finished unpacking I went straight to bed. I’m not sure how long I slept, I was suddenly awaken when I heard a lady’s voice calling me. I was so sleepy, then I saw a round figured lady appear. She had a dark complexion. Her long hair pulled back into a messy pony tail. She wore a green Hawaiian printed blouse and a cream floral sihn (long tubular skirt) that looked worn.
It was her voice that woke me up.
“Wake up, Wake up now!”
She didn’t just blast those words at me, but dragged the mattress that I was sleeping on. She spun it around the room, and kept demanding that I leave her room.
“This is my room, and this is where I sleep. How did you get in here and sleep? Go…get out of my room now!”
By the look of her facial expression, I knew she wasn’t a happy camper. I was in shock. I couldn’t get up even though I wanted to run away. She continued to shout at me.
“My bed! Why are you sleeping here? Get out…Now!”
My mattress was sitting on the floor, and from her dragging and spinning the mattress a minute ago, she started to pull my legs until I fell off the mattress. I tried to fight her off and had enough strength just to get up and ran over to turn on the lights. My heart was pounding, goose bumps, and trembling. I was scared out of my mind.
After the light came on she was gone. I started to say my prayer asking for protection from the lord. I didn’t dare go back to sleep and sat from 2 am to 3 after. I was so sleepy, also exhausted from the day before. The place was dead silence, not even a sound of a car passing by. I couldn’t fight the drowsiness any longer and went back to sleep with the lights on. I thought that the ghost won’t show herself with the lights on.
I thought wrong.
As soon as my head hits the pillow, I wasn’t even asleep, she started to drag and spin the mattress around the room.
“Get out! Get out! This is my bed. Why are you sleeping here? Get out! Get out!”
I tried to scream for help, but no word came out from my mouth. I couldn’t get up either. It was pure tortured and she wouldn’t let me get up. She spun my mattress faster and faster. And finally vanished when the 4 am alarm clock went off. Needless to say I didn’t get much sleep that night.
To be continued. Updated on August 28, 2011
The next morning I went to work exhausted since I didn’t get any sleep. I was worried and kept thinking of what I will do tonight. As soon as I got home that evening, I turned on all the lights. I was kind of scare and wasn’t sure if I should go to sleep for fear that she might come back again. I stayed up until midnight, then 1 am and finally I couldn’t fight the drowsiness any more and drifted off to sleep. I must have slept for less than 10 minutes, then she showed up in the same outfit and spoke in the same tone as the night before.
“This is my bed. I don’t want you to sleep here, get out!”
She then spun my mattress around the room. The incident happened just like the night before. The 3-4 days that I stayed at the apartment, I faced the same tortured every night and didn’t get much sleep. I couldn’t stand it any longer and decided to ask the building security guard. He was an old man, and I asked if someone died in that room. He was startled by my question and wouldn’t even look me in the eye. He said,
“No, no one has died. You should go buy an offering flower wreath to pay respect to the spirit house and ask the guardian angel to protect you.”
Spirit House photo from my Laos Trip November 2008
This made me even more curious, I had to find out the truth. That night I took his advice and bought an offering wreath to pay respect to the sprit house and went back to my room to sleep. It was very strange, she didn’t show up and try to chase me away like the previous nights.
The next morning I found out the truth from a lady that rented the first building. She said that my room was rented to a middle age woman several months back. She lived by herself and passed away by an unknown cause. No one knew that she passed away until her body started to decompose and they smelled a foul odor coming from her room. The building caretaker opened her door and found her body. Not long after that the tenants next door to her started to move out one by one. The people that used to live next door to her would hear strange noises coming from her room. It sounded like someone was living there. They heard running water as if someone was showering, pots and pan banging as if someone was cooking in the kitchen, then there was coughing, and laughing sounds. Her neighbors got scared and moved out. I was the first one to move in after the incident, and it happened to be her room and I saw her face to face.
After I found out the truth, I couldn’t stay there any longer and had to say bye also since I didn’t want to sleep on top of someone, especially one that was so protective of her living quarter.
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The Jack Dempsey Fry are 12 day old and they look very healthy. Bo has been extremely busy caring for them making sure that the aquarium water is at the right PH level, at the right temperature and that it is clean.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/30sec, ISO 3200, focal length 145mm, evaluative metering, tripod mounted
Mother Jack Dempsey is very protective and takes good care of her Fry. Since Bo moved the male Jack Dempsey to another aquarium the female lips is healing nicely.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/25sec, ISO 3200, focal length 163mm, cropped, evaluative metering, tripod mounted
She kept a watchful eye on me the whole time.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/25sec, ISO 3200, focal length 36mm, evaluative metering, tripod mounted
The Fry are still very tiny at 12 day old. Bo has been feeding them liquid and powder food.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/25sec, ISO 3200, focal length 36mm, closeup cropped, evaluative metering, tripod mounted
It is interesting to watch them sleep at night. The Fry pile up like a cotton ball and the mother stays nearby. I didn’t get a good shot here and didn’t want to disturb them while they are resting.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/4sec, ISO 3200, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering, tripod mounted
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