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Hair challenge

idiotwon — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:38:29 +0000

Combo-Points: 3 out of 8.

Day Dream Job

idiotwon — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:17:40 +0000

All the summers of my childhood I went to sleep looking at a poster that said:

“Elsewhere they do what they can,
here we do what we want.”

Unusual winter. It’s warm and still no snow.

Short days

idiotwon — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:14:10 +0000

Finland is dark during autumn and winter. The sun never comes up and you are suppose to get depressed about it. If your mood doesn’t go down during winter, then how can you be happy and enjoy the short and light summer? This idea still has it’s supporters. Something has to be good and something has to be bad. Things aren’t allowed to be the way they are.

The sun rises and sets. The depression arises and passes. But to stay in the dark, to stay miserable, is mind twisting. Moods are ever changing and they are made up by our mind. The quest for finding a place where it’s always sunny leads only to suffering. A space station rotating at a certain speed around Earth and you could have the sun all to yourself. How wonderful.

Hot or cold, sunny or dark. Everything changes, the only thing constant.

Occupy space and time

idiotwon — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:43:27 +0000

I think that in order to grow as a person you need to try to understand people instead of judge them. Here are some photos from our “Occupy Wall St.” demonstration (200-300 people/1 afternoon).

ps. If someone knows how to fight racism please let me know. Are we suppose to beat up everyone who thinks that racism is cool?

pss. It’s never too late to wash carpet if you eat enough vitamin C. Unfortunately all the carpet washing places were already closed at this time of the year so I had to do it by the lake…

Commenting freely on a dominent position

idiotwon — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:13:16 +0000

I guess photos are meant to be shown.

Some months ago I was still somewhere deep in China. The place was called Zhangjiajie. Thousands of stairs take you from one spectacular view to another. All the views are named with interesting names that are something like: ‘King reaching between his legs’, ‘One step to the heaven’ etc.

If you are more of a pop-traveler, maybe you want to go there because the movie Avatar was inspired by the place. And if you’re more into being a rock star between marveling breathtaking views, this might be your place. There must be millions of visitors yearly to the park but most of them are “locals”.

Word of warning: after two days or hours the amazing and unique views and sights might start loosing the Wow!!! -factor and your memory card starts getting full. Being a superstar is ‘so last season’ anyway.

No dead ends

idiotwon — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:52:19 +0000

How do you freestyle when you have nothing to say?
What is a topic worth wondering or task deep enough to delve into? No mysteries here. A good idea is to go outside and eat an ice cream. Such is the dual(istic) life here Up North.
This is an Energy Song next to an ocean low on oxygen.

Blast from the past – French Polynesia

idiotwon — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:25:50 +0000

Internet connection in the Pacific Ocean - slow. My motivation to go through photos properly - low. A while back my friend Trevor from the second sailing boat of the trip told me that Guy, our captain, had his photo exhibition opening of French Polynesia. That inspired me to go through my archives. Photos were missing. Then I remembered the exploded hard drive… This is what I found.

At the time I think I was inspired by my hand copied French grammar from German booklet. Schö ve dü cafe?.

Summer 2010. As it is.

Warm thanks to both boats!

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Summer Days

idiotwon — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:38:19 +0000

Summer – It’s short, it’s bright and this year it has been very warm. It has also been busy in the woods. City life, not as nice. Shortly put – a perfect way to acclimatize.

Monastic days with eyes wide shut

idiotwon — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:04:59 +0000

The monastery in East China had been destroyed by the Cultural Revolution. Now it had been rebuild but the hundreds of monks were a thing of the past and the walls were starting to crumble. Most of the time one or two monks held morning ceremonies. The hot afternoons they watched soap operas from tv, practiced chanting, and some smoked cigarets. Through my closed eyes it seemed that the real boss of the place was an older woman who took care of the garden, cooked 3 times a day and held the place together in general. She had a habit of shouting all the time. When disappointed, giving recommendation or talking, she always shouted. It was a loving shouting and had more spirit in it than the monks in their chanting. There was noway one could dislike her. Her main concern was the wellbeing of any person in the monastery. She and the Master seemed to be the only permanent residents there.

Apparently the pond in front of the monastery was the Master’s plan to attract more people to visit the place. The 80 000 euro project was to build a sanctuary pond for the local wildlife and put a big shining Buddha in the middle of it. All that was missing was the funding for it. It seemed the construction men came when the master got new donations from the visiting guests and locals.

The most amazing thing with the place was the wildlife around it. Crickets, frogs and birds changed shifts the entire day. The sounds were music to ones ears. Only the occasional air conditioning from neighbors and loud TV might overtake the symphony of the nature, and of course the shouting..

Summer Days in Yangshuo

idiotwon — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:26:41 +0000

This city living from tourism in Southern China is suppose to have excellent climbing. During summer you can forget climbing because of the daily showers. Instead you can always walk around or rent a bike and snap some pics and meet great people. Plenty of things to see if you are into exploring caves safely walking on concrete, cruising down rivers, studying english, teaching english, experiencing bizarre native villages build for tourists, shopping till you knees are popping… Maybe 4 westerners and plenty of friendly Chinese.