Belated Thanksgiving

FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE BLOG WOULD NOT PUBLISH MY THANKSGIVING POST. SORRY EVERYONE MISSED IT. MAYBE NEXT YEAR WILL BE BETTER.

The Breakfast Club

Every night after the show we got together for breakfast at North Park Noodle House. It’s cheap and really easy to eat when drunk. Well, the noodles can be problematic, depending on how drunk you are.

ODE TO THE SHOWGIRLS

My apologies to all for my hiatus from the blogging scene. I have been putting in 100+ hours a week and had no chance to post or eat or shit! Here is a small tribute to the hard working showgirls in Manila who put in 6 hard days a week filled with rehearsals and shows for about $10.95 a night

Cris

Cris & Ricca

Jenny, She Likes Whips.

Side Stage

Between Sets

Ricca being charming

The whole Crew

Chubby Guy On The Balcony

I'm really starting to dislike this place

Dive Photos

Last Stop, Floating Bar!!Finally Made It Out Of The WaterNiel Waiting On The BoatBoat Coming To Get UsAnother Eel hanging Out In Some RocksSpot The Fish!Big Ass Eel Under The Metal Sailboat.Metal Sailboat, Sabang Wrecks, 3 of 3Stone Fish On The Wooden Wreck, Very Poisonous! Wooden Wreck, Sabang Bay, 2 of 3Mantis Shrimp, Under a WreckLet Big Freaking Sharks Lay!!Wooden Junk, Sabang Wrecks, 1 of 3

Puffer Fish, eye balling me!

Sea Slug, mmmmm....

Delays, Delays

Hello friends, My apologies for the extreme delay in posting. Once I returned from vacation I was loaded down with work that should have been taken care of while I was away. Curse of always being understaffed. I’ve been on vacation and forced to return to the US for a back injury since my last post. I’m sitting in a Holiday Inn Express at the moment pounding out a post before I catch a flight from SA back to Dubai tomorrow. I have a few cool photos from vacation, none from the SA trip really. More about that another time. Hope you like the photos as I’m trying to pack for the trip.

Storm's A BrewingAfter The RainBig Apple Resort ViewSabang Bay Sunset

Free And Clear!

Finally!! I just finished paying my student loan. At this point in time I owe nothing to anyone, except maybe the guy who lent me $5 for lunch the other day. I feel as if I have just side stepped the huge piano dangling above my head. Here is my nifty little receipt suitable for framing next to my other suitable for framing things I don’t have a wall to hang on.

Finally Got A Tripod

The first few photos are literally looking over the back of my at what I see before I go to sleep every night.

This is the famous hotel here in Dubai that looks like a ship sail and I think, is the tallest hotel in the world. It is located almost 2 miles from where I took this photo from. I've got a fairly good zoom lens.

This is a mosque about 1/4 mile from my apartment.

New building being constructed across the highway, I like to see the way it progresses over time.

New View

This is what I see out of my bedroom since I've moved to the 37th floor on the other side of the building I live in. I still really need a tripod, maybe I'll get one this week.

Late B-Day Trip Photos

Here are a few photos from my Texas trip last Feb. I would have posted them sooner but.....

All Head and K in Houston a few days before my departure.

Shots with Assgager at EMOS in Austin, Great bands.

Myself, The Other White Meat and Dead Lay

Here are Guam and Ta-killya. They are two of my very best frinds from SA who took me out for my b-day and a Subsequent drunken cat biting event, long story.

Here is Trojan and I at the Flying Saucer in Austin.

HAPPY VANENTINES DAY

Courtesy of Wikipedia..

Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14. In North America, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

In North America

The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.

In South America

In Brazil, the Dia dos Namorados (lit. "Day of the enamored", or "Boyfriend's/Girlfriend's Day") is celebrated on June 12

In Asia

Thanks to a concentrated marketing effort, Valentine's Day has emerged in Japan and Korea as a day on which women, and less commonly men, give candy, chocolate or flowers. It has become an obligation for many women to give chocolates to all male co-workers. In Japan this is known as giri-choko (義理チョコ), from the words giri ("obligation") and choko, ("chocolate"). This contrasts with honmei-choko (本命チョコ); chocolate given to a loved one. Friends, especially girls, may exchange chocolate referred to as tomo-choko (友チョコ); from tomo meaning "friend".

In the Islamic world

In Persian culture (Iran) Sepandarmazgan is a day for love, which is on 29 Bahman in the jalali solar calendar. The corresponding date in the Gregorian calendar is 17 February
In Saudi Arabia in 2008, religious police banned the sale of all Valentine's Day items, telling shop workers to remove any red items, as the day is considered an un-Islamic holiday. This ban created a black market of roses and wrapping paper,

VACATION!!!

By the end of this week I’ll be kicking it with my friends in America! I figured 2 years was enough time out of the country so, I decided to get back to good old Texas for my upcoming birthday. I’ve already been informed of a few mandatory parties, you know who you are. I will fly into Austin and out of Houston, driving to SA in the middle. I look forward to seeing everyone and will post pics when I return next month.

More Night Photos

The construction here is day and night

Everything here is so angular

View of the local squishy mart from the 33rd floor

It's difficult to get clear night shots without a tripod