The Miracle of Life

Most of us begin our days with a continuous list of things we need to do to keep our lives running smoothly, but we rarely take time to note all the things we don't need to do. For example, we don't need to figure out how to breathe. We don't need to find a way to make sure the earth continues to revolve around the sun. We don't need to concentrate to ensure that our heart beats and our cells regenerate. All of these things, and many more, take care of themselves without our having to think or do anything at all. This is the miracle of life on earth.

Heat

Work

If you have support, you can’t do no wrong. If you have no support, no matter what you do, you’re always wrong. This is the formula fitting my role in K. and I curse the moment when I agreed to become foreman.

Istanbul 2006 May No.2

The blogger didn't take my link at all for some reason and when I wanted to embed the link into the text - it disappeared also, so I will try to republish it hoping to have better luck this time. If not, I am tired of having technical difficulties with this whole damned thing and stop working on it. It happened before in the past...
http://balazsgats.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album05
Finally uploaded the latest photos that were made during my last stop over on my way to Hungary. The weather was hot and humid and everything but ideal for taking good photos, nevertheless - here they are. Except for 2 or 3, I was using only the 14-45 zoom.

Murex poppei

Yesterday I drove down to the ElJoan and finally did some serious swimming in the sea. The current was pretty strong so I didn't chance it too much, besides I was with Mike (McKinney) and the old man has a very bad knee. So bad in fact that he will have reconstructive surgery in January. In the water we just talked shit and Mike was telling me about his fights in school when he was still a young bully and his bad knee still appeared to be a good one – not to mention other parts of his aging body. Looking at his size I didn’t think about questioning any of what he said and we discussed various parts of L.A. where both of us used to be when time was still young and so were we…
On the sand I found a Murex Poppei, one of those fancy looking shells that make little Hilary Swank look like a shabby old maid, resembling nothing else to me but the nude female body – well, so nude that one may see nothing but bones. Just bones, indeed. In the past, I did find a few flawless ones, now the proud property of Orlando, back at home, in Hungary.
Robert was overwhelmed by our site and gave me my presents he bought me during his vacation on Mykonos. I still can’t believe that he didn’t only buy me one of those rare “designer” olive oil bottles that are not only the product of organic farming but extra-extra virgins as well due to the first cold press process of their production and probably cost an arm and a leg. He also bought me a nice Greek shirt that also didn’t seem to be the cheap kind. Good old Robert, bless his heart - despite all the heartache he gave me at the beginning of my “carrier” at KNB - is one of the most faithful and honest friends I’ve got since my arrival here in Kuwait and believe me, I don’t have too many…

Orlando

I will fly to Athens on the 20th of July early morning. Orlando is arriving from Budapest at 15:50 with Malev and we will go straight down to Piraeus. There we will take the 19:00 Flying Cat to Poros which will arrive at 20:10, I already bought the tickets online yesterday. Ideally we should be at Virginia’s no later than 22:00. The whole idea behind this trip is to introduce him to the place where he was conceived while taking care of some business with Alpha Bank. We will take the 14:00 Flying Cat on the 23rd of July so we’ll still have time to see some of Athens before flying out together at 05:20 in the morning next day - being his first time in Greece. I know it is short but this is the best I can do right now. Next time will hopefully not going to wait too long and with proper planning we may be able to do some serious exploring together which is way long overdue.

Istanbul 2006 May

Finally uploaded the latest photos that were made during my last stop over on my way to Hungary. The weather was hot and humid and everything but ideal for taking good photos, neverless - here they are. Except for 2 or 3, I was using only the 14-45 zoom:http://balazsgats.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album05

Kecskék, rákok és egyéb állatfajták...

Eljoan-ba menet futottam bele ebbe a kecskekommunába, persze, hogy kellett roluk keszitenem par felvetelt, valamint a tengerparton megriasztottam ezt a szegin pici rákot. Nagyon harciasnak igyekezett mutatkozni, mikozben halalra volt remulve szerencsetlen, majd - mikor epp lencset keszultem cserelni - berohant a vizbe.

Hairless

Elhataroztam, hogy permanensen szortelenitem a feltestem. Nem mintha kulonosebben szamitana az en koromban, hanem mert ez a trendi. Ez az egyebkent vidam es szepfogu setet leanyzo, aki hivatalbol foglalkozik a dologgal egy meglehetosen szokatlan, de nagyjabol termeszetes anyagot alkalmazva - cukor, citrom es sevenUp keverekkel oldja fel a hetkoznapok egyhangusagat nem kimondottan mersekelt gyotrelmet okozva gyenge kis porhuvelyem felhamretegenek. Neesha Sri Lanka-bol jott ide sajat bevallasa szerint 10 evvel ezelott, ami csak azert sem kis teljesitmeny, mert epp most mult 26 eves. Leszamitva a beteg edesanyjarol szolo torteneteket egesz turheto tarsasag azon ropke masfel ora alatt, mig ezzel a kulimasszal hatamon illetve mellkasomon gyomot irt.

ALDO Fights Aids

http://www.youthaids-aldo.org/

Beteg

Teljesen más az ember hangulata, ha beteg. Persze, mire elvonszoltam magam orvoshoz, akkor már elég késõ volt, egy óra alatt alig tudtam levezetni azt a félóra távolságot, ami a Khalifától választ el bennünket. Harom nap utan gondolhattam volna, hogy magatol nem fog elmulni, de aki hulye, haljon meg. Evente egyszer legalabb elkap egy virus, miota volt szerencsem egy evet tolteni az Shuaiba vegyikombinat kornyeken, rendszerint tavasszal. A torkom ugy fajt, mintha tort nyeltem volna, taknyom-nyalam egybefolyt, hatam fajt a kohogestol, szedultem es allati modon vert a szivem. A Sudafed es Motrim kombinacio egyszeruen meseszerunek bizonyult, mert az elso huzamosabb alvas utan mar jobban ereztem magam. Masnap lementem a tengerpartra es a szar kozerzet ellenere furodtem egy jot. Rettentoen hianyzik a tenger, nehezen tudom elkepzelni, hogy eletem hatralevo reszet ne viz mellett toltsem el, de fel kene keszulni ra. Esetleg. A delelottot Roberttel es Bryce-szal toltottem, jo volt ujra latni oket, mert a Ministries felhozataltol megfajdul a hasam. Robert adott ajandekba egy Abercrombie&Fitch bor karperecet meg egy Hear No Evil aids-es Aldo nyakbavalot, amit Avril Lavigne propagal a zacskon levo fotoval. Robertnek vannak ilyen rogeszmei, mint az is, hogy nekem tetszik ez a kis Canadian Brat, de mar tul regota ismerem ahhoz, hogy megprobaljam meggyozni az ellenkezojerol. Mindket majom rendszeresen publikusan Godfathernek szolit, ami ellen ugyszinten faradt vagyok tiltakozni. Vegulis nem zavar tulsagosan, meg tudom, hogy szeretetbol teszik. Lementunk Fahaheel-be, ahol betegre ittuk magunkat frissen facsart gyumolcslevel; nalam a kiwi-cukornad lett a favorit, de a passionfruit-narancs-mango kombinacio legalabb olyan konnyen ment. Lefele.
Az ido szep, sut a nap, de meg nincs kanikula – ilyenkor meg Kuwaitban is elviselheto a let., mikozben csutkara nyomom a sztereot, ami vegulis rendesen elnyomja a Trail Blazer lyukas kipufogojanak ordenare zorejet:

Stone free do what I please
Stone free to ride the breeze
Stone free, baby I can’t stay
I got to got to got to get away

Kerulget a panik, mint mostanaban eleg sokszor vezetes kozben, fogalmam sincs, meddig birom es mi lesz ezutan. Oszinten szolva, egyelore nem is nagyon erdekel.

Tear me loose baby

Home Sweet Home...

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2108334539

35 mm macro

Nem tudok betelni a 35 mm macroval, bar miniatur lencseje eloszor kis csalodas volt, ellenben a vegtermek lenyugozo...
Ja, meg annyit, hogy kezbol fotoztam ISO 100, f11 1/20 ill. 1/30 sec:)

Itt jegyzem meg, hogy eddig azt hittem, ez a zoldcimkes a legjobb olivaolaj, de most talaltam egy sokkal jobbat - a baloldali a gyatra cimkevel. Mondjuk eleg draga: 3.25 KD, ami durvan 11 USD/ 1/2 liter.