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| Nine Million Bicycles 2 |
PermaLink - Oct 30, 2006
I've been putting off this journal for a couple days. I thought it would be best to let my thoughts sink in for a while longer. They do, and in the middle of it all I randomly run into Nine Million bicycles that rewinds time back a year, and I'm sitting trying to put together the pieces from them, to the ones from now. This past year, although I've moved significantly ahead, I notice that I've lost alot of my key thoughts and alot of the dream.
Jokes about commitments and work were high on my list last year, as well as washing up on the shores of Panama and the likes. Actually Panama was a long time ago now, I should stop talking about it. This year has seen me to Houston and Mexico(Feb-Mar), and just recently Korea(Oct), and with no plans until the new year, I think that list is safe resting the way it is. I can't joke about work anymore, as now it's as if I have 3 jobs, and sleep lurks more in quantity and less in qaulity. Stress, I'm not getting random sores in my mouth, and acne and I are on terms...
I was sitting on an interesting thought last year, about how everyday is a new day, and how rarely any of us take advantage of it. We tend to let our days stack on top of one another, and get the best of us. That is a good one, but my buzz right now is more on having individual thoughts, and what about those idiot's on Halloween.
There is something about being an individual whether successful or not, that to me, is more appealing then the alternatives. It would be easy here to spin of into Nature vs Nurture, but to avoid that I'm going to lead towards Nurture in my own life; You can dive off into your own debate if you feel inclined.
Halloween last year was a disaster, and this year was nothing short of a respectable follow-up. I've got a mess in my car, a bruise on my arm, a bit of a lurking headeache, and alot of mixed feelings. There is no sense in not saying it. There is some idiots around, not the best looking guys, and you mix them with a couple of their mates, a few spates, and you've got a good portion of america on your hands. I could have hung around a little longer then I did, but I was already starting to feel funny, and what a useless situation I got myself into.
Debates are open all over the place, I put an end to the one from part 1, and the answer is 3, not 1 or 0. The largest currently, is with regards to direction. I won't get into a code buzz, but I just re-invented the gallery, and when I roll out a polished product, it's going to be pretty hard to not know which direction I'm going in. There is a countless number of unknowns in the equation, and although I used to think that life would get less random with age, it's turned out to be quite the opposite. I'm not the only one that can account for that.
Last movie: Hard Candy. I give the credit to Ellen Page for making the movie recommendable, and to whoever wrote the script for a clever and twisted story.
Last Song: Puff Daddy ft. Mario Winans - Through the pain |
| Seoul Korea 5 |
PermaLink - Oct 15, 2006
I'm sitting in the airport in Seoul, it's two hours before I depart and thoughts are firing off in all directions about what has taken place over the last couple weeks here in Korea, and also what I'm coming home to and the direction I'm going in the weeks to come. I'm thinking alot about how easily comfortable I've become, and how much learning and growing I have yet to do. I've met alot of great people on this trip, and I don't believe that this is the last time that I will see them either. Where and when and the circumstances of the meetings are unkown, but looking forward none the less. Some random thoughts below, and photos from the last few days, and I'm looking forward to getting home, and pursuing the dream.
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Realities have changed alot for the Hueng and I over the last couple of years. Although we're headed in largely the same direction, the way that we view the things around us has changed alot from when we were young, and putting it all into words doesn't exist. The high's and the low's, things that should have been said, and things that shouldn't have, opportunities missed and one's taken. Tears to smiles and laughs and as we've grown up and through it all we're family. Looking back on the things that have happened in the last few weeks and years, there it's interesting to look back on the lessons learned, and the one's yet to come.
Waking up in the middle of it all after years of build up and thoughts and expectations, the language is foreign even the smell, and piece by piece you build together the stories and the images, until eventually for you, it to becomes reality.
Which one is right and should we spent our time searching this out, or should be merely settle with what is present. Should we accept ourselves as we are or spend our time becoming who we can be. And likewise should we accept others for who they are or should we push them to acheive me, or dangerously become more like ourselves. It interests me how in a world of countless numbers of cultures to most of us the only one we've truely experienced is our own. It's our Morals and Values, and our looking glass. It's like a little bit confusing or something. | |
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| Seoul Korea 3 |
PermaLink - Oct 9, 2006
It's completely complicated and unexpected / If you've ever experienced a time in your life when you've much to say, but nothing peices together into words that you can / you're sitting next to me The longer that you hold back the cloud / The harder it rains
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| Seoul Korea |
PermaLink - Oct 4, 2006
Days one, two, and three. Korea is similar to Taiwan, but when you stack multiple times the number of people in a city things are taken to a new level. Disaster Strikes. The flights to Korea went well. The second flight from San Fransisco to Seoul was a mission. The Movie channels were quite decent, an aisle to my left, and an empty seat to my right, polishes the seating arrangement. 9 hours later, the movies again re-run and I debated watching Inside Man for the third time. 3 hours to go and flight 661 is the last place that I want to be. Arriving in Seoul was as expected. Nolan and his mate Sam met me at the terminal. I'm nothing short of tired, boarding the bus into seoul; to Nolan's Apartment. After some short yawns, we go to dinner.
Rising in a new country hits the spot in the morning subwaying to the other side of Seoul to go to class with Nolan. English teaching is both as I remembered it and as I pictured it. The morning we were at a high school class, and the afternoon we taught at a primary school. The morning classes were some reading mixed with definitions and stories. Mix not sleeping with bad parenting and you'll wind up with the hell crazy kids. Asian kids are cute until they hit about 6 or seven I would say. Then they either pull out their textbooks, or a dong cheek. These kids though. Attending school, english, sports, music, and then lurking around on the streets in the late hours while their parents are drinking soju. It's probably not the healthiest lifestyle I've ever seen, but who's to say that it's any less healthy then the 14 hours American babies are getting. Sure it seems we grow to be a little taller, but with the density in these countries, it's probably a good thing they're shorter. Ricies. These lifestyles, does it lead to men abusing their wives, and the case of the Adachi's? Or is that just culture. Actually, either way it's culture, and I'm looking for a word that starts with a D. And it's not `different` Dad.
My friend arrives in Seoul that day, and fails to contact me for two day. He probably just forgot that we're half way around the world for a few days, and didn't think much of it. Can't really say that I'm into that style of travel at the moment, but maybe that's unfair for me to say as Soju and I didn't get off to a good start.
Jet lag has it's way of stealing days away, but eventually it gets busted, and allows you to get on with your days in one of the biggest cities of the world. You, no I mean me, and subwaying around to different parts of Seoul w/slanted eyes on your every move can be a rush at times. Nolan has holidays here for almost a week, so him and sam have been taking me around, as well as kicking with the Dawbers, before he heads back to New Zealand. The language barrier is a frustration on the rise. So what's with this not being able to figure out what's going on in restaurants. Wait; this is a restaurant. We're sitting on the floor, and bugs keeping attacking me. Ricies. Chopsticks and Kimchi are on the rise.
The style of markets don't really change, Even the goods only slightly. Either way, I enjoy it, and we've been to a few now, clothing, and electronics. Shopping in Foreign Countries always gets taken to new levels. The Won always has problems resting in my pockets when I run into Adidas and Puma. I've gone for a couple runs here, and It reminds me heaps of highschool, except rather then tearing through Millcreek, we're running over the Han River and there is yellow people everywhere getting the surprise of there lives.
It's not polite to whisper. I meet up with Josh and his friend Scott that night, as well as Shena who has a habit of making appearances when Josh is around. Was it Shena that Surprised me or what it Josh. Or wait. Was it Scott. Basic Insticts in Thailand. We're not the strongest at the times when we need to be the most. Who is taking advantage of who? Either way I flag it the second night and find myself in a basement taking sober dancing to new levels. You might say that Korean's dance better then Cowboys bar stars or something. It actually took my thoughts to a new level, and was a bit motivating. As soon as I stop the 'be all you can be' conversation, I'll get onto talking about when Handsome comments cross the line.
The weather in Seoul keeps pumping out mid 20's with sun. It makes you wonder if they're changing the forecast, or whether it really is that consistent. Jokes are flying, It's 4 in the morning and why is Brett racing my dad to the mountains w/a ziploc full of oregano. Either way days are warm, and the nights are as well, but cool down to a more comfortable temperature. It's even tempting to say that it gets cool at night. Everything is relative though, and although I like it cooler as it's more comfortable and style is better, When minus 20 hits in a few months back in Calgary, I might be looking pretty quickly forward towards a warmer climate, at which point I'll only have to wait a couple months more until Dubai.
Nolan promised me some random feeds while I was here, and last night's octupus would qualify. A few rounds of it, with vegetables and rice left me dropping it like it was hot, and that's not a crack at snoop dog closing my night at the dance club. Closing time. and so it is. | |
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| Elements |
PermaLink - Sep 24, 2006
Now seems like the perfect time to break into my prelude to Korea. Missy Peregrym runs through my mind one more time; this time I realize that I've been busted. I get right into it. I've become victim to the system. It's 5 on 2 off, broken down into 8 to 5. Draining weeks with a quick re-wind on the weekend, until eventually I snap; In the midst of changing seasons and times for a number of us, I will journey off into oblivion. Two hours it will take to get to America, half the time that I will have to wait, before getting on a flight 893 to Seoul. 12 hours in a limited space with unkown possibilities.
Suspense has clouded my view, and for 19 days, I'll escape. I'm traveling alone, but my mate, Josh , has already been touring Asia for 11 days when I arrive, and we meet in Seoul. Hong Kong for 4 days, Thailand for 5, Malaysia for 2, Korea for 6, and Japan for 4... After reading that again Josh I'm running through my mind with possibilities of you and Scot in Thailand. A Coup they are calling it. I just called your wife though, and she said you are fine. And it's a good thing you are too. Thoughts of me not having my best man at my wedding in two weeks, had Nervous asking Suspense to step aside. My departure is coming in less then 26 hours, and I'm leaving it with that. Below is some random media from the last few weeks of living. I'm not just talking about breathing Oxygen. I'm talking about the dream. So it continues. | |
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| Times that change |
PermaLink - Sep 14, 2006
Before you know it the excitement of first steps has died down. Even the talking now doesn't raise a smile. Come to think of it, that smile is getting harder and harder,no matter what you do. It's a changing moment and you're 20. You've outlined a few goals and the like, and with everyday that passes you get closer to your deadline, and further it seems from your goal. 5 years to go, which doesn't even sound like much if you say it as 1825 days. You know how fast the last weeks and months have passed. Even years heck. And you're busying yourself counting down the 13 meager days that stand in your way before you depart to Korea. Has all that time really come and gone? It is such a simple concept, see for yourself: She has of course been busted already, but thankfully we still have okgo treadmill and backyard dance videos to fuel the internet addiction. Ok, okgo isn't quite as cute as 19 year old I recently downloaded a couple of new cd's. Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics, Outkast - IdleWild , not a bad couple of listens. But wtf. Who is Kastavol Medina and Shikara Franklin and Cammy Simpson, could they get off her leg for a minute. What is with artists making songs like that anyways? At the moment there is two songs that sum me up: Moist - Resurrection & Stabilo - Flawed Design. My camera just came in for Korea, and a few scams later, It's pretty bawling. Canon sd30. Attached is a pic, also a couple pics taken with it at the office. One of my desk, and another of my boss. Then comes a couple "greasy" pics of me, with my old camera. (Rest in Peace)... Here we go. September thus far summed. Movies. Sure. Recently I've watched an assortment of movies, but I'm only going to talk about one. Or two rather. Basic Instinct & Basict Instinct 2. Rather then write out a movie summary(ies). I'll copy one from somewhere's else, as I'm sure they'll have done a better job then I could... Former rock star and San Francisco nightclub owner Johnny Boz is found murdered in his bed. Detective Nick Curran is assigned to the case; he has a history of alcoholism and drug abuse although he is clean now. The prime suspect is Catherine Tramell, an attractive and manipulative novelist who had been seeing Boz for a while. Police psychiatrist Beth Gardner (who happens to be Nick's ex-girlfriend) is brought in on the case when it is discovered that Boz's murder was copied directly from one of Catherine's novels. Nick starts to get too involved and everyone seems to be a suspect.  I suppose Sharon stone is pretty bawling in both movies, but more impressive is the clever story lines, and especially the twist at the end of Basic Instinct 2. Even more impressive then all of that is Sharon Stone - 4. I'm pretty sure. No. In fact. I'm positive that when I'm 48 I won't look that good.
They Spyker that they feature at the beginning of the movie is pretty bawling as well.(It's the car in the last pic below) | |
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| Ribbon Falls |
PermaLink - Aug 27, 2006
Nothing ever stays the way that you want it to, for as long as you would like it to. Don't try to be a wise guy and think around it, as I've never met anyone who cheated death. "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Considering I cheated taxes last year, maybe it is possible to cheat death? Actually.. I would like to see you line up at heavens gate with a book full of reciepts, and expenses, and ask God look over your write-offs. Maybe it is possible. It's confusing to me why all the hate. Eventually all the running around that you do will catch up to you, and the opportunity missed, or the things said will cause you to regret. Rather then think much of it, I put my name on the early z's list, and head to the mountains after a very good talk about adultery. Nothing generates attention like controversy. Attention. Traffic. That and a few more nsfw pictures , and I'll have a business. The first chapter is called "Genesis," named after the rock group with the same name (the author was a huge Phil Collins fan). Then comes "Exodus," and in no time we have plagues, sacrifices, miracles, and holy wars all over the place. There's so much blood, gore, and sex, that we're surprised that the thing hasn't been banned by one of those moralistic groups that are always trying to ban something. - SYW - Ten Most Popular Books
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| The Good Life |
PermaLink - Aug 18, 2006
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Now I don't want to pretend that it's any better than it is, but considering it's a nice day, and although I do have myself stuck inside, I'm still enjoying it with Anthony Kiedis. He's put together alot of nice songs that talk about Californication, - Beverly hills, and Then Dani. Also California. All of California aside, he does have a great voice. I'm nervous saying that, because I've heard alot of people say that Paris Hilton has a good voice lately. Are the stars blind or is it us? Too many people thought they were jumping on the band (->), but ended up on the wagon? And I'm a little bit confused as to why Justin Timberlake thinks that he's bringing Sexy Back. I know that especially Paris would argue, that it's been there all along, and doesn't he realize that Lance Bass just came out of the closet. Justin, you should either be writing songs about all those road trips together, or taking Lance to see Brokeback mountain.
All this excitement and I just polished a read through: "Information for Landlords and Tenants", I suppose if you're going to play both sides of the game, you better be well read. A quick study this guy. That's what they're saying around the office? I've got a trunk full of stuff, or rather Josh does, and it isn't long before I'll be lurking around the airport. Today is the 18th, as to not get confused with my Korea departure. I am practicing though, which would be another reason for the confusion.
Whether you get on your bicycle, scooter, or pet rock, you worry, you worry, you worry. Wait, Nolan? didn't you just write about that? Busted. And I'm not talking about Brett at 3am in the net cafe, or Thailand massage parlor. Here it is Billy Joe. Green-Day: She I was hoping to have this site ready to go by the end of the month, but with recent endeavors my socks are a little lower than I would like, and I will have the next level ready by the time I depart for Korea. If you're wondering what's up with this site, and why I'm doing it, and not onto myspace, or nexopia, or the like, it's simple because I can. And if I can, I can probably also make a good de-throning run at least locally, and if not I'll post a few more pictures of Paris Hilton and hope for some traffic. It's going down the directon of it's competitors, with journals/blogs, media galleries, profiles, friends and the rest, but by making everything unlimited, and by offering users individual looking homepages, rather than profile sites, I think it will catch onto a niche of users that like the idea of having their own looking site. I've made it easy to do. You too, can even Buy a domain, www.lifebyme.com or www.nolanfyfe.com. It's all and more to come in the next few weeks. I did win a debut mile on Tuesday. I'm talking about four laps broken up with a shaken beer. Russle you monkey. 7:13. Matt, you're going to have to try a little bit harder if you want to beat me, either that or just start training harder. The last movie I saw worth talking about: V for Vendetta - Natalie Portman ( Did you know she was born in Jerusalem, which makes me actually twice as excited to see her movie Free Zone ) Last Song I heard worth talking about: Evanescence - Call me when you're sober Last Book I Read worth talking about: The Perfect Mile - I can only pretent probably for about to be a junky, and it probably has more to do with the Houson sun, or that it's actually the only book I read that i can remember. Ok, that's not true. Lovelocke, and Lord of the Flies. Last joke I heard worth re-telling: How do you tell if an asian has robbed your house?
Your homework is done, your computer is upgraded, and two hours later he's still in your driveway trying to back out. last foreign language I spoke: Korean - "Sa Rung Hae" - I'm in love (I better be prepared right?) Last Good quote I read: "Life isn't about finding who you are, it's about creating who you will be." - From Anthony "I always thought it was better to be a fake somebody, than a real nobody", Nice Try Mr. Ripley. |
| Two tickets to paradise |
PermaLink - Aug 13, 2006
Actually just one. And it's to Korea.Travel Dates of September 27th to October 16th. Nights of strung out on confusion has left an empty feeling in my stomach and in my heart. Late Nights and early mornings, with new plans, and sites. T-Shirts being printed and things are coming together. | |
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| Some Good things to say |
PermaLink - Aug 10, 2006
Whether you beleive in the big guy upstairs or not, this is an inspiring video that my mate sent me today. Follow the link and on the homepage, select "View Presentation". It's about a minute long and has some good points about life. http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/ |
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