Living Abroad

Spring photos: ASB’s unconvincing campaign and my ﬂowers

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:51:26 -0800

I lost count of how many hours it took for the compose screen to come up, but since it is night-time now, and I am pretty sure there was sunlight when I first began clicking ‘Create’, we can say a good quarter of the day has passed, at least. T...

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Walking and German weather prediction.

nobody@vox.com(xmangerm) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:05:56 -0800

Today was rather nice even though it being the 21st of November. Fluffy and I enjoyed our walk of over 4 kilometer greatly.

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Spotted: ’69 Mustang

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:23 -0800

Wow. Six minutes to load the compose screen. That’s definitely this week’s record. This is the other photo I wanted to show: A beautiful 1969 Ford Mustang Fastback with a 351 in³ V8 under the hood. I asked the owner for permission to photogr...

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Gripe about Vox, Ben Kingsley, and Wellington scenery

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:23 -0800

“Only” took 20 minutes for this screen to come up this time. In a day and age when we should wait no more than 20 seconds. Still, I’m sure Vox believes I should be happy because 20 minutes is less than 16 hours. ‘Yay!’ they must think, ‘our load t...

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This way was blocked!

nobody@vox.com(xmangerm) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:54:21 -0800

Fluffy and I had to take an alternate route because of favorite was is under construction for the couple of weeks. I think the city is spending my tax money (Euro) on new fiber optics cable. We managed to find another way home:))

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Bad parking job today

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:45:41 -0800

Here’s today’s bad parking job. Unless this Toyota’s driver wants to tell me that originally, there was a bike in front and a Smart ForTwo behind. Otherwise, being in the middle of a two-car space and not allowing something as small as my Renault ...

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My yellow roses this spring

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:27:48 -0800

They no longer look this nice, thanks to some strong winds on Sunday. But they grew to a beautiful size, considerably larger than last summer’s. The ones down the bottom are around last year’s size—compare them to the ones that stretched further ...

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Shots from sunny Christchurch

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:27:49 -0800

There is seriously something wrong with the ISP here. This compose page is taking, again, hours to come up, and Vox claims nothing is wrong on its end. Again, when a compose screen takes hours to emerge, then the inspiration has long passed. Fo...

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Confusing categories at record stores

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:44:01 -0800

Ever wandered into a music or video store here and there are sections marked ‘A–Z’, ‘New Zealand’ and ‘Foreign’? The biggest section is the first one, and often we have the smallest section. Think about it though: shouldn’t everything not in...

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Wellington city shots

nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:35:44 -0800

Vox was dead again for the last couple of days. Daisy has been very good and has replied to my messages, though it’s a bit annoying that no one else at Six Apart has. It still seems this problem is unique to me, but it can’t be if I can’t compose ...

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