Letters from the Equator

Our UK visa application got rejected yesterday, on the grounds of insufficient proof of sponsorship. We made a mistake and misunderstood what the application form was trying to say. I guess it didn’t help that our situation was relatively unique. We should have gone to see the British Council for help from the start. It [...]

life, originally uploaded by pstarr.
I finally got my acceptance letter from UCL in the mail. Which means I finally got my visa application in today. This means that I am one step closer to getting a visa. There are two requirements left to pray for:
1. student visa accepted
2. student dependent allowed to work while I’m [...]

I’m selling all my furniture and other odd ends. Have a look at them here, and let me know if you’re interested in anything.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pBqnXkxfy3GM1swt3Y7LRDA&hl=en
View the photos here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=11&t=760176&st=0#entry19057737
Thanks!

Note to Self, by Alex Ostrowski, originally uploaded by Kate_A.
Check facts and details before posting a car ad to thousands of people.

kelisa not for sale, originally uploaded by jaremfan.
I’m letting this little car go.
Asking price: RM23k
Manufactured in 2002, Registered in 2003. Manual transmission. 90k KMs on the clock.
It’s got a full sound system (tweeters, front and rear mid-range, subwoofer, and a Sony MP3 player with a front aux-in). 14″ alloy rims from Taiwan, fitted with Bridgestone [...]

Royal Opera House, originally uploaded by jaremfan.

LL and I are moving to London.
I am attempting to diversify my career into the area of Human-Computer Interaction, which I have grown more fond of over the last few years. So, I’m planning to pursue a HCI-E MSc at University College London for the 2008/09 year, and see [...]

What’s on my mind right now. I just love the way he sings “Smile” on the first verse, and how “Cat Cat Calls” sounds with the song.
Why do songs make you feel the way they do?

“I don’t think we were very nice to Indonesia” - Dutch tourist, referring to Indonesia as a Dutch colony before 1945, after I asked her if she needed a visa to visit Indonesia. She said yes.
“Before Tsunami, everything chaos. After Tsunami, peace. Because after Tsunami, both sides no more” - local Acehnese who worked for [...]

Happy Truck, originally uploaded by jaremfan.
Who says trucks can’t have fun?

Hornbill Sunset, originally uploaded by jaremfan.
I took a photo of this hornbill at feeding time. The photos I took this time around came out a lot sharper because I’ve started using F-stops around 5.6 and 8. I used to open it up wide at 2.8 or 4. Plus, in bright daylight, a faster shutter speed [...]