David Goldsworthy's Blog

We need 'Teaching-only' Universities

2012-01-23T04:14:00.000-08:00

I fear for the future of Indonesian (and any language) language studies in Australian universities, not because of external factors, but because of the system within. Languages need 'teaching-only' universities, with teacher-specialists committed to, qualified in, and supported in the delivery of high-quality teaching programs, yet not burdened by the need to publish research that potentially has very little bearing on the immediate needs of the students.

My Latest Creation

2011-11-07T13:38:00.001-08:00

Irish Uilleann Pipe Drones
Indian ebony, brass, imitation ivory, Acacia Cambergei (Gidgee)

With chanter and bag makes a half set.

Latest Chanter

2011-10-13T16:29:00.001-07:00

Chanters

2011-10-13T14:48:00.000-07:00

Photos from Kenalan

2011-07-22T03:13:00.000-07:00

Here's another post form my old blog I just dug up -

Desa Kenalan
Kecamatan Pakis
Kabupaten Magelang
Propinsi Jawa Tengah
Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia
Earth

[In 2008] our school's Year 12 trip to Central Java was a memorable time. We stayed in Desa Kenalan which is one of the last villages up the side of Mt Merbabu. So it was real cold at night and early morning. Here's some pics (click on the to get bigger, clearer versions) -

From the front of our homestay looking out over the valley to Mt Sindoro and Mt Sumbing.

and up the other way looking up the slope of Mt Merbabu.

and at dusk.

Like I said, it was real cold. It got down to about 6 or 5 degrees C in the early morning and morning baths were excruciating. No hot water. Just pour the fresh, cold mountain water over your head and watch the steam emanate from your skin. Repeat and then go and stand in the sun to thaw out.

Reaming a bagpipe chanter

2011-07-06T00:41:00.001-07:00

Where do you draw the line?

2011-06-02T04:09:00.000-07:00

The big news in Australia this past week was the reports of cruel treatment of Australian cattle exported to Indonesia -

http://www.qt.com.au/story/2011/06/01/export-footage-prompts-outrage-ipswich-cattle/

The reports sparked a massive backlash of public opinion directed towards Indonesia. Scouring the readers' comments of a few different online publications, including The Jakarta Post revealed a large portion of respondents criticising Indonesians for their apparent culture of cruelty towards animals.

Playing the Devil's advocate in my workplace lunch room, I asked a couple of colleagues, rhetorically, if another culture views animals differently from us, such that to them, the apparent cruel acts as displayed in the recent coverage shown on Australian national television were a normal part of their collective psyche, who are we to criticise? After all, aren't we a nation of civilised, progressive multiculturalists who strive to promote tolerance of other cultures?

In this light, upon what moral grounds do we therefore claim superiority to the extent that we willingly berate another nation for their treatment of cows we willingly sold them?

If it only comes down to a majority consensus, that is, that over time, the majority deem that such behavior is wrong, there may be some ground to stand on. But which majority do we count? If the majority of the non-western world have a different view of animal rights than we do, does that mean we are wrong?

I don't think the majority consensus is valid. Who ultimately says that what the majority says is right, is in fact right? Pol Pot would never have thought so. He obviously thought he was more right than the majority. In his mind, and the minds of his followers, he was more right than anyone else. Cultural relativism at work. There is no absolute morality. That is why we must be tolerant of other cultures.

Once we start criticising the practices of other cultures, we step into the realm of absolute morality and intolerance.

Unless we firmly believe in a clear set of absolute moral principals which have been established apart from any form of public opinion, we cannot safetly assume we have the right to impose our view of morality on others. To many, beating cows over the head with chains may be ok. How can we criticise that unless we believe we have a higher and absolute ethic which annuls the ethics of others?

Colonialism by any other name is still Colonialism

2011-03-04T22:36:00.000-08:00

Here's another old post revisited, first posted in 1997 -

I once read a section on Bali in a guide book popular among backpackers and low-budget travellers*. There was a paragraph which seemed to be lamenting the fact, or the author's perception rather, that these days more and more Balinese would rather sit in front of the television in cafes (warung) or at home, rather than partaking in traditional Balinese pursuits such as gamelan music and dancing. The tone of the lament was one that seemed to imply that the author considered such modern luxuries as products of the West, having negative impacts on society and as such represented indirectly a sort of neo-colonial intrusion on 'The East'.

I couldn't help but gain the impression that this author represented a different kind of colonialism - I suppose you could call it something like 'reconstituted colonialism' or 'implied colonialism' for want of a better suggestion. It is not limited to this one example. I hear similar sentiments all the time - 'colonial' sentiments such as -

"They are such peace-loving people, so warm and generous..." (Who isn't? Think about it; why do you feel the need to patronise other 'quaint' societies?)

"It's such a shame that these people are letting go of their traditional culture..." (Doesn't every society? Do you still wear corsettes and play harpsichord music in the drawing room?)

"It's good that someone has finally published a (insert name of endangered language) dictionary. Who will help to preserve these people's language if we don't?" (Honestly, I read this one on a western forum for traditional Indonesian music). Language death is a natural part of life. Get used to it.

By this I mean the mentality among sections of western society who feel legitimate concern for the effects of traditional colonialism - 18th and 19th Century colonialism - and who then confuse it with technological progress which brings about natural social change.

Why? Because this sort of attitude translates into -

'You are Balinese. You have a rich traditional culture. We are tourists who bring money. We don't want to see you sitting around watching television. That's something we consider bad in our country. It's bad, but everyone does it. That's why we are coming to your country to experience 'The East'. If you sit around watching television, you are victims of the West. Go...get back into your traditional costumes and play us some gamelan music.

Related to this emerges the -

'We consider you to be wonderful, generous, peace-loving people. We can't have you being exposed to western technology which will bring out your badness...You must do as we say. We are the bad west and it is our duty to protect you,' mentality (we will study your country for you, using our paradigms and theories, we will preserve your language if you can't or don't want to, we will decide where you sit on the morality spectrum...)

Exaggerated? On the face of it, yes. But if you really think about the absurdity of the sentiment represented by what was in that guidebook, then really, what else can it possibly mean?

It is unfortunate that tourism has brought this about. It is unfortunate that the West has come to view Bali as 'Paradise'. Do the Balinese see it as Paradise? Does anyone see their own land as Paradise?

How would a full-time Bank Clerk in Australia manage if he or she were expected to leave the office, go home, change into traditional costume and be at the tourist venue on time, on a daily basis, in order to show off that little bit of 'Paradise' to cashed-up tourists? Yet we expect the Balinese to do it all the time.

Am I wrong if I say that the Balinese are in a between a rock and a hard place? On one hand they are expected to contribute to the economic development of their nation, trying hard to catch up with the developed world, and on the other hand they are expected to find the time to maintian their traditions to a suitable degree that will keep attracting the tourists.

Some may ask at this point 'Isn't that the benefit of tourism?' Perhaps, but what about 'harga diri', personal pride and self worth?

Must every Balinese conform to this cultural stereotype?

Must every Balinese be forced to go against human nature to preserve an unnatural facade of the friendly, peace-loving, non-violent utopian inhabitant of the paradise that The West is not?

Must all Balinese be banned from watching television in the cafes, to be encouraged back into the traditional music and dance studios?

Must every Balinese be dependent on tourism and thus forced to conform to the desires of the modern nDoro Tuan (colonial master)?

*I won't state which guide book, because I no longer have it in my possession and thus cannot give the exact quote. But I can assure you, I did not misread it. I was so taken aback by it I read it over and over again aghast at the mentality of the author.

A Bali Post revisited

2011-03-04T22:23:00.000-08:00

Here's a blog post I posted on a previous incarnation of my blog. I thought I'd resurrect it and repost it. It's a nice little story. I have been back to Bali since then, so the first line is a little out of date -

Here's something I posted to a forum a few months ago...

Last time I was in Bali (December 2002) I was accosted by a shop owner - she wanted to shake my hand, so I obliged. Next thing I know she was tying a bracelet around my wrist, had my elbow firmly in her grip, and proceeded to 'insist' that I go into her shop for a manicure 'Very Cheap!!". Half an hour later I was back outside, unwanted bracelet on my wrist and newly, but also unsolicited, cleaned finger nails...

Next day, the day before I was to leave for home, I went for one last walk. Along came a guy, about 20 years old, who proceeded to extend his hand in greeting. I thought, 'here we go again'. Foolishly I obliged and extended my hand in return, but was nicely surprised to find that he was genuinely interested in only shaking my hand.

He proceeded to ask me where I was going, I said, 'Jalan-jalan saja' (going for a walk); he asked if I would like to see his shop. I said, 'no thanks, I'm not doing any shopping today', all the while expecting to once again be accosted. He then asked if he could accompany me on my walk. Suspicious of his intents I obliged nonetheless.

As we were walking and talking I noticed that he wasn't Balinese. I asked 'Are you from Java?' (In Indonesian of course), he responded that he was; East Java in fact, and how did I know? I said I could tell from his accent. He then asked me again if I would like to come back to his shop, not to buy anything, but just to talk over a coffee. I obliged.

Upon arrival at the complex in which his shop was located, we passed a couple of young guys who commented to my new friend in Balinese, to which he responded that no, I only wanted to visit and that we were just going to ngobrol (chat). My limited knowledge of Balinese and the expressions that accompanied the first guy's comments indicated that he seemed bemused that his Javanese friend had appeared to have 'snared' another sucker. On the contrary, my Javanese acquaintance and I sat and chatted, soon to be accompanied by other Javanese youth.

After a long chat over coffee, I took my leave, offered to pay for both of our coffees - after all, if I wasn't going to buy anything at least I should buy him a coffee, even though he probably was half expecting me to pay anyway - and departed, farewelled by my Javanese companions and on my way.

A nice end to my short time in Bali.

Bargaining versus Bartering

2011-03-02T19:33:00.000-08:00

Undertake any course in the Indonesian language and no doubt there will be an introduction to the process of agreeing on a price for goods at an Indonesian market.

Unfortunately, even (professional?) writers of Indonesian course material make the mistake of referring to this process as 'bartering'.

So here is a brief guide:

If you are in an Indonesian market and you wish to negotiate how many of your home-grown bananas you are willing to hand over to the chicken man for one of his chooks, then you are 'bartering'.

If you are in the more likely situation of determining how much cash money you are willing to pay for said chicken, then you are not bartering; you are 'bargaining'.

Drones

2011-02-23T00:21:00.001-08:00

These drones are for sale. Made by Eugene Lambe of Co. Clare, Ireland in 1992.

Assylum Seekers and Australian Bigotry - a response

2010-12-20T05:24:00.000-08:00

After several days of wading through pages of readers' comments on the assylum seeker issue, 90% of which displays typical Australian xenophobia and bigotry, this nice article came along. I'm going to paste it here, but it comes from here:

Goodwill to all but those in boats

by Paul Syvret
From: The Courier-Mail
December 21, 2010 12:00AM

AS the broken bodies of men, women and children continue to be dragged from the waters off Christmas Island, we really need to have a long, hard look at ourselves as a nation.

It is less than a week since the boat foundered and already those who perished are being exploited for tawdry political purposes.

With Opposition Leader Tony Abbott now basically blaming Government policy for the tragedy, and renewing his cynically populist "stop the boats" mantra, we risk dehumanising the victims of the disaster.

This debate transforms asylum-seekers from real people to a "problem" – political pawns and statistics, rather than human beings in desperate need.

Amid all the usual bigotry and xenophobia that has again swirled to the surface like toxic pond scum are the usual half-truths, outright lies and pejorative language ("invasion", anyone?) that sadly come with this debate.

It is downright depressing, for example, to read references to the "illegal undertaking" that these souls had embarked on (Courier-Mail Letters, December 18). Wrong. It is not illegal to set sail across international waters and arrive at a foreign country and then request asylum. That is a basic right under the United Nations refugee charter to which we are a signatory.

In fact it is no more an illegal act than if my safety was somehow threatened and I walked across your frontyard, knocked on your door and asked for help and shelter.

Honestly, reading some of the ill-informed opinion on various blogs in recent days, I can't help but think that if Joseph and a heavily pregnant Mary arrived unannounced some people would like to see them towed back out to sea – Christian principles be damned. Maybe instead of trying to stop the boats, we should rethink the whole approach and help the boats.

Maybe instead of trying to make life harder for people-smugglers (an awful term in itself which makes human beings sound like contraband of some sort), we should be doing their job for them in terms of helping transport some of the world's dispossessed. In the flight to lowest-common-denominator populism (that's Tony Abbott and cheapjack, cheerleader, conservative commentators), we're being told to view the boat arrivals and their human cargo as a problem to be resisted rather than both an opportunity and a duty to embrace. Right now we spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on high-tech naval, Customs and Air Force assets (enough to invade New Zealand on a slow day, particularly if you landed at Auckland on a Sunday afternoon) to protect our borders from a few rag-tag boats of refugees.

And if there was a queue for them to jump somewhere in the deserts of Afghanistan or the jungles of Sri Lanka then I'd like to know about it.

So why not do the following: Firstly, dramatically lift our humanitarian migration intake which, as it stands, is a tiny fraction of total migration and nothing like the refugee demands placed on countries in Europe, Asia and Africa with porous land borders to deal with.

We did this in the wake of the Vietnam War – which we helped wage – and the world didn't end. In fact Australia was much enriched by the new arrivals.

Divert the resources we squander on politically motivated border protection to funding UNHCR-sponsored processing of potential refugees at their most likely ports of origin in places such as Indonesia.

In other words, shorten the queues, up the intake quota and take some of the pressure out of the current demand.

What we're trying to do now is prevent the refugee process ("stop the boats"), rather than control it. All that policy will achieve is more Tampas, more SIEV Xs, more wooden vessels smashed asunder on the rocks.

Don't stop the boats. Replace the unseaworthy hulks with vessels of our own.

Don't target the people-smugglers. Offer a viable, timely, safe and carefully administered alternative.

Give the asylum seekers a proper and efficient queue to join and a guarantee, if not of refugee status then at least of safe passage and a fair and speedy hearing. Don't fight human desperation with force. Meet it with compassion.

Merry Christmas to all of you. And for those of you who believe – or at least claim to ascribe to – the principles Christ taught, ask yourselves the following: Would Christ have met the dispossessed and the desperate with gunboats and razor wire, or would he have extended a helping hand?

Gunung Merapi Update

2010-11-21T18:40:00.000-08:00

Following from my last post, I did a bit of scrounging into the possibility of the prefix mer~ being of Sanskrit origin. I stumbled upon this site -

http://www.irfca.org/docs/place-names.html

and found the following entry -

"-mer Perhaps 'mountain' from Sanskrit 'meru'. E.g., Ajmer, Barmer, Jaisalmer. "

Granted, in this example, mer is a suffix, whereas in Merapi it is a prefix, but it's a good lead.

The Meaning of Gunung Merapi

2010-11-21T16:02:00.001-08:00

I've been wondering lately about the meaning of the name 'Gunung Merapi', which in English translates to 'Mount Merapi', the still-active volcano in Central Java. Many people say it literally means 'Fire Mountain' in Indonesian or Javanese.

The trouble is, in modern Indonesian, the word for a volcano is gunung berapi. Notice the ber~ prefix before the base word api. This ber~ in this context means roughly 'to have'; thus, a mountain with fire.

Replace the ber~ prefix with another important prefix, me~, and following the conventions for adding prefixes to base words, the base word api dictates that the me~ prefix become meng, thus giving mengapi. Mengapi means 'to fan a fire' or 'to act like / take on the form of fire'.

The other possibility is that the prefix is in fact me~ and that the base word is rapi. But this no longer means anything to do with 'fire' but rather being tidy. Except that, there is no word merapi in Indonesian. There is merapikan which requires the 'causative' ~kan prefix meaning 'to tidy up'.

So the other possibility is that it is Javanese. Still, in my study of modern Javanese, there is no prefix me~ and thus no Javanese word merapi. Nor is there a Javanese prefix mer~ and thus still no Javanese word merapi.

The only other possibilities are -

a) Gunung Merapi does not in fact mean 'fire mountain', at least not in modern Indonesian or Javanese.

b) Gunung Merapi is from an older form of Javanese, perhaps Kawi or even Sanskrit.

Interestingly, the volcano next to Merapi, Merbabu, also appears to begin with the same mer~ prefix, leading me to speculate that it is an ancient Jawa Kuno, Kawi, or Sanskrit thing.

If anyone can shed some light on this, I'd be very grateful.

Chanter

2010-09-27T01:47:00.000-07:00

Made by me in 2010 from Queensland Brush Box, brass and imitation ivory-

Leo Rowsome - Irish Piper

2010-09-25T02:13:00.000-07:00

Leo Rowsome, one of the greatest names behind Irish pipes and piping, makes an appearance in this 1959 Irish film, 'A Broth of A Boy' -

The Devil's Rock - 1938

2010-09-23T03:44:00.001-07:00

This classic Irish film contains the only recorded visual footage of the great Irish piper R.L. O'Mealy -

The Fruit of my Labour

2010-09-23T03:29:00.000-07:00

When I'm not at work, I'm usually in my workshop under the house, making Irish bagpipes. Here's my latest project in development - a set of drones in Turkish Plumwood, Turkish Boxwood, Australian Beefwood, Brass and Copper.

Even 'understanding' is wishy-washy

2010-09-18T01:43:00.000-07:00

In response to my last post, even asking for understanding is a wishy-washy idea. It all boils down to one thing. Jesus - Yeshua Ha Masiach to messianic Jews (of which Bob Dylan is one), Isa Al Masih to Arabic speaking Christians, and Nabi Isa to Muslims, once taught the greatest thing in relation to all this - 'Love your enemies'. 'Love'; 'Enemies' Even Jesus recognised that we all have foes who are diametrically opposed to our way of thinking, our beliefs, and our values. He never told us to "tolerate your enemies"; never told us to "go and passively accept others' ways of behaving and consider them equally valid"or anything like that. Not because he was trying to be exclusive. Instead, he was teaching us that the greatest thing is love. Even John Lennon said that - "All you need is love". Lennon also told us to imagine a world without religion. Now, ironically, millions follow him religiously!! Jesus taught us something that no one had ever thought of before. Love your enemies. You have enemies. There are those you cannot TOLERATE. There are those who will note TOLERATE you. They are your ENEMIES.... 'Love your enemies'.

Tolerance is the wrong word

2010-09-13T13:16:00.000-07:00

A lawyer posted a video of himself smoking pages from the Bible and the Koran, then in his lawyerly wisdom said,

""It's just a f---ing book. Who cares? It's your beliefs that matter. Quite frankly, if you are going to get upset about a book, you're taking life way too seriously."

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/lawyer-smokes-pages-from-the-koran-and-bible-in-a-youtube-stunt/story-e6freoof-1225919832708

Well, if my lawyer spouted that logic, I'd be really worried. Way to go at shooting yourself in the foot. Obviously the reason people would get upset about a book is, quite frankly, that their beliefs about those books 'matter'.

Chalk it up to one more example that there is no such thing as tolerance. Our lawyer friend has demonstrated a lack of tolerance. I demonstrate a lack of tolerance toward his actions.

People who criticise religion in general and preach 'tolerance' rather than fundamentalism display a lack of tolerance. They are fundamentalist in their lack of tolerance towards fundamentalism.

Tolerance does not, cannot, exist. Every single one of us has beliefs that do matter, that we will defend, and that cannot tolerate the beliefs of others that negate our own. It's a simple fact of life.

We can put up with others' beliefs, by not saying anything. That's really all that 'tolerance' asks for. But eventually it will get to a point where our beliefs, which matter (I agree with our lawyer friend on the 'matter' bit), will prompt us to speak out.

I think what is needed, in place of 'tolerance' is 'understanding'.

Crowley of Cork

2010-08-02T02:33:00.001-07:00

Denis and Taigh Crowley manufactured Irish bagpipes in the first half of the 20th until the 1960s. Up until the 1990s many Irish nationals had never seen nor heard of these pipes, even though they are the most advanced woodwind instruments ever created. Their current form goes back to the mid 18th century.

Migrants and racism

2010-07-11T03:50:00.000-07:00

Racism in Australia is nothing new. Those who have to bare the brunt, though, are mostly indigenous Australians and migrants. When I lived in Indonesia, I battled racism on a daily basis. Most of the time I brushed it off, but there were plenty of days when it was a struggle to step out the front door knowing what I'd have to endure from the moment I stepped out onto the street. Friends of mine whose level of Indonesian proficiency amounted only to 'satu lagi' often couldn't understand what my problem was. Being bi-lingual has its disadvantages. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.

On the other hand, such an experience means I now have a greater appreciation of what life must be like for indigenous Australians and migrants who have to put up with the same treatment on a daily basis here in Australia.

On the other hand, being involved with the migrant community here has also revealed to me a certain degree of hypocrisy as well. What I mean is the extent to which I have listened to migrants cry racism, yet on other occasions prove themselves to be as equally racist.

To illustrate my point, there was a person who came to my place of work as a new employee. This person had migrated to Australia about 15 years ago and still retained a strong accent. We were in the lunch room discussing issues of racism. This person was strongly opposed to any sort of labeling based on skin colour, accent, all that stuff. In short, I thought we both shared the same views on racism and and the stress it caused.

That was, until I stated that, based on my experiences in Indonesia, I now can appreciate just how stressful daily life can be for Aboriginals given the stuff they have to put up with on a daily basis.

This person's response was, "Ah, Aboriginals; they're all druggies and alcos. I know, I was a taxi driver for 10 years."

A-ha!!???

A few weeks later I was relating this incident to a friend of mine. He, like me, is very aware of racism in Australia. I said to him that this person seemed to be very strong in their anti-racist sentiment...

I said, "this person was expressing so much concern for racism and how much they had to put up with, but..."

As I was saying this my friend jumped in and said,

"and let me guess, he dropped a racist clanger himself?"

"Yup"

Pipes

2010-06-27T03:03:00.001-07:00

Interesting Statistics

2010-05-30T04:08:00.000-07:00

I heard some interesting statistics today. Apparently, for a culture to sustain itself longer than a generation requires a fertility rate of 2.11 children per family. In other words, each couple that produces offspring needs to produce at least two children of their own if the culture in which they live is to be maintained.

The problem is, it seems, that in Europe, the U.S and most of the Western world, the fertility rate is, on average at around 1.5, meaning that within a few decades the Western paradigm as we know it will be on the verge of near disappearance. To be replaced by what?

Well, the context in which I heard these statistics was the Islamisation of the West. Apparently, the fertility rates of Muslims already residing in Europe and the U.S is significantly higher than the required 2.11 children per family leading some to speculate that within only a few decades, Europe and the US will be populated by a Muslim majority.

Even Colonel Gaddafi is quoted as saying, "We don't need terrorists, we don't need homicide bombers. The 50 million + Muslims in Europe will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades."

Alarming it may be, but my criticism is that it is not only Islam but the East in general that is likely to overtake the West in a very short time. There are very high numbers of Hindus as well, who also come from societies that shun abortion and the pill and value the family such that their fertility rate is also likely to be higher than the 2.11 required to sustain a culture.

If the West is unable to sustain itself due to its low fertility rate, then we will certainly see a shift in the dominant paradigm in western nations within a very short period of time.

The debate about teaching creationism in schools is hot in the US and is starting to heat up in Australia. I speculate that if the above is anything to go by, then within a few decades, even the evolutionists in the West will have a battle on their hands as they try to sustain their culture as a predominantly theistic (read: creationist) Hindu / Muslim paradigm regains centre stage.

Cassava in Brisbane - 'Singkong Brisbane'

2010-05-30T03:38:00.001-07:00

We moved house recently. At our previous abode we had planted numerous cassava plants that we had obtained as cuttings from our Indonesian friends. After growing in the ground for only 12 months or so, we found quite an abundance of cassava tubers which are called ubi in Indonesian.

We like to grow cassava mainly for the leaves which, although high in cyanide, as are the tubers, make for a very nice spinachy-type vegetable when cooked, often in coconut milk. The cooking process neutralises the cyanide.

Nevertheless, one of my fondest memories of my stay in the mountainous regions of Central Java during the 1990s up to the present was, and continues to be, the enjoyment of freshly-fried cassava tubers accompanied by sweet jasmine tea whenever we visited friends or relatives, in-laws etc, in their village homes. These homes were often rustic affairs of thin wooden boards which had shrunken over a short period of time so that the outside light filtered through, no floor but a hard earth floor made almost concrete by the daily sweeping. We would sit on crude lounge suites with seats woven from the dried water weed harvested from nearby Rawa Pening. The host would invite us to eat as he smoked crudely-rolled ''roll-your-own" cigarettes with a mixture of tembakau Boyolali (Boyolali tobacco) mixed with cloves.

So it was with great pleasure that we relived that experience with our own Brisbane-home-grown cassava. Here are the pics that show the process -

Trip to Sea World

2010-05-15T03:14:00.000-07:00

We went to Sea World today. Here are some pics.

Newer, fresher, blog

2010-05-07T18:08:00.000-07:00

I got sick of the old blog. Some of my views have changed since then. So I deleted it. Stay tuned for a completely new blog.