Author: Kristian Golding

This was the view I had at lunch today.

If I looked to the right I saw this:

If I turned a little more to the right I saw this:

I hope you enjoyed your lunch today too.

This story made me laugh a little because I intially thought it was a joke, but then I felt a bit disturbed:

“POLICE in the US state of Florida charged a 34-year-old rescue worker with cruelty to animals after a weekend incident in which he bit the head off a parrot.”

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12196119-401,00.html

You can find the pics here. Go to picture 127 which is on the last page for Rumi restaurant. You’ll see me looking like a goose in a red shirt. The guy next to me is my mate Sean from work (aka Saeed). The people are all Nina’s friends AFAIK (1). I think they’re all Persian except for the girl with the light brown hair. I think she was from Peru. Nina is the one all the way to the right in the brown top.

ed: I’ve updated the previous post.

(1) for the non-l337 (2) Internet users, AFAIK = as far as I know.

(2) Sorry, there I go again. l337 means elite.

I can’t put it into words how freaking amazing Yosemite national park was. It had some of the most beautiful scenery ever. Just absolutely amazing. I also experienced the coldest weather I’ve ever been in. We camped outside for 2 nights and the second night was just absolutely freezing. We’re guessing it got down to about -1 or -2 degrees F, which translates to something like -16 degrees celcius. My sleeping bag was only rated to 0 degrees celcius, so… very bloody cold. Of course that was made up for by the fact that when I woke up after the second night of sleep I stepped out into snow. I’d never been in snow before. Absolutely awesome.

We saw Yosemite Falls, Mirror lake and a bunch of Giant Sequoia trees which were just truly huge.

Right now that’s about 1/2 of the photos. My mate Timbo has the rest (including pics of Sequoia trees) but he’s been a slack bastard in getting them to me (as I’ve been in getting my photos to him). When I do get them, I’ll post them up ASAP.

I would have actually taken more photos myself but I encountered a limitation in SLR cameras. It was so bloody cold that the shutter froze shut and I couldn’t take any more pictures. This was after trekking through snow a couple of feet deep in some places for about a mile to get to the trees. That’s the only time I’ve been disappointed with my camera.