end bad breathe

end bad breathe
Originally uploaded by darylfoo81.

imagine an image created for the vietnam war to inspire hopes of peace and love for all mankind

fast forward 30 years... how applicable is this image today still? Uncle Sam's still at war... look closely at the mouth of the image... its where the message is

add the fact thats in fluro, makes it even more apt, given how fluro has made the biggest comeback here in Aust!

OOF

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Originally uploaded by darylfoo81.

don't really know the artist that did this but he sure was considerate to use my surname... to see the full impact of this piece of art honouring me, hold it up to a mirror and be amazed.......

okay not really... but close enough

Words from Abe Lincoln

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Originally uploaded by darylfoo81.

Haha... wise and true... if only Spore was more like that

Wall Street Bull

Wall Street Bull
Originally uploaded by darylfoo81.

Thats me sorta grabbing the bull by its horns. Anyways, interesting fact, Ju told me that wall street used to have bull and bear fights in days or yore. Bulls attack in an upward manner using their horns to gorge; Bears on the other hand use their fists and pound downwards. So when they say Bull market, it means stocks going up. Interesting... yeh... haha

I hope I got the story right though =p

To jump or not to jump

Well that doesnt really apply to me... Was on my way to the city yesterday and the trams kinda got diverted along Swantston street because apparently some kid was considering jumping off the building. Given that this place was student accomadation and that exams are sorta around the corner... i kinda guessed that this kid was some poor international student overwhelmed with studies and pressure that he had no idea what else to do. I don't know if he jumped (i hoped he didnt) but i kinda guess that he just did this in a moment of weakness. I mean we've all had such moments, its how you deal with them that kinda defines character.

There was this guy though, older, rougher sorta fellow, like the kind u find in the country... who kept yelling for the poor kid to jump though. I heard him tell his mate that the kid was inconsiderate and wasting everybody's time and that he should stop being a pussy and just do it. I was kinda pissed off by this. Everyone has different coping mechanisms, exams are really hard and just because that older guy in his life choses not to care abt exams and live off the generosity of the Australian govt.... he should be more understanding, people here have most likely helped him through the tough times of his life, why shouldn't he show a little more compassion?

Have we become so self-centred and so inwardly-focused that everything becomes about ourselves and how it affects only us? Its really sad and I have to admit that I'm a lot like that sometimes, my ability to feel compassion only extends to the people who i care about. But I pray i never become like that.

Anyways... if i were to jump outta my balcolny to end it all, I'd only get a broken leg or back problems, I'm on the second floor...

I'm Number 1

Haha, first week back in Melb and i've thrown myself completely into my job. and its paid off... they've just started to do top sales and dollar amount per hour, so the first week that I was actually around for that, I'm number 1 in Australia for $$$ amount per hour earned. On average i made about 70oish per hour which put me in top spot. Also, was number 7 in total amount of $$$ earned... and I'm the only casual staff on the list, rest were full-timers... got a big pat-on-the-back by my area manager

Pretty Cool =)

Random NY photos

Okay i'll put up some photos from NY... immortalise the trip forever on the Internet and for the benefit of those many many voyuers out there

Okay... thats the Statue of Liberty and its pretty impressive. Although I wasn't totally inspired by it... I expected to feel feelings of hope and freedom like those immigrants who first saw it many many years ago but sadly I didn't... to me it was just another piece of impressive architecture. Maybe if I was holed up in the bottom of a ship for many months, had cholera and trying to escape oppression would I have appreciated it a little more. But this is something you should definately see in your life as its part of global history

A visit for me to NY wouldn't be complete if I didnt head down to FAO Schwarz the world famous toy store. Its pretty upmarket and they focus more on stuffed toys than anything else. Nothing really too mainstream; if u were a kid and looking for pokemon cards, u'd prolly wouldnt be able to get it from there. They had the famous piano keyboard on the floor and unfortunately only kids were allowed to jump on it, but u cld buy it for like 6k... psss... quite the waste of money if u ask me.


Okay this is the famous fountain outside Rockafella Centre. If it was winter, the ice-skating rink would be around this fountain, but lucky for me it was still warm although a bit rainy, dunt think i would have been able to take NY winter. The rain was bad enough

Photo of Times Square, not as glamorous as you see on TV, was pretty rainy that day... unfortunately i didnt snap a picture of it at night... but it is pretty impressive at night though. Its a full-on experience and a sensory overload... so much info and adverts, i think Singapore should have something like this... Lido/Orchard doesn't count... its lame

Went to the Natural History Musuem and its by far the best museum I have ever been to... all those dinosaur bones made me feel like a kid again... all fascinated and intrigued. Maybe if my parents had taken me to see these bones when i was a kid, i might have been inspired to be a palentologist like Ross on friends... it would have definately been more interesting. Unfortunately accounting is my choosen profession now. *sigh* I took so many photos of the different skeletons but I'll just put one up... that of the infamous T-Rex. Pretty damn impressive... would be cool if they still existed

Well thats about it for now... i still have photos of the food i ate (typically sporean thing to do) and photos from Washington so i'll do it on another day when i'm bored