BRISBANE I PIC DRYDOCK
CONSTRUCTED BY ORDER OF ADMIRAL C.W. WAUGH
STARDATE 50303.16
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| The six level Myer Center at Queens St Mall, where I do all my shopping. It contains Target, Woolworth's, Big W, Foot Locker, Blockbuster Video, etc. This picture is taken from the top, where I recently saw "The Recruit." | This is a picture of my table at the Indonesian student dinner, hosted by our teachers, Pak Geoff and Bu Ananta. The kids around me are 3rd year students. |
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| This was me, the second singer of the night, giving my rendition of Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline. As I soon realized because of laughter, including my own, the video accompanying the song was exclusively a scantily-clad woman with a cowboy hat. | Someone singing Stayin' Alive. Big mistake. He wanted to sing Aladdin's A Whole New World with me and, as politely as I could, said that I prefer Lion King... |
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| This was all the first day -- before I decorated with my posters, postcards, Star Trek calendar, etc. But that's my desk, window, tv, and dinner / work table. | This is my Double? sized bed. |
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| My kitchen and bathroom, with windows, fridge, microwave, stovetop, sink, hot water boiler, toaster, NesQuik, Pepsi, etc. | The view from my kitchen window. All I do is walk up that corner and turn left every day. 100 yds later, I'm on campus. The famous, beautiful Brisbane river is just beyond the building furthest in the picture. |
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| This is the main walkway on campus. On school days, it is highly populated, but this pic is taken before school started. QUT abuts the Botanical Gardens, which are practically a part of campus, and offer plenty of beautiful scenery. | In the Botanical Gardens, right next to campus, you can see the nearby highrises. |
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| One of my favorite pictures: the marina right next to the Botanical Gardens. QUT itself is a peninsula wrapped by the Brisbane River. These yachts and boats sit awaiting their owners as passersby admire the peaceful serenity of the area. People often bring lunch and friends here, or take a jog on this sidewalk. | People playing rugby in the gardens. The building at the top left is an expensive condo building. The skinny building between the firsttwo and the one with a crown is my apartment complex, the UniLodge. |
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| Trees lining downtown are typical. It is a well designed urban setting, which is, in part, why people feel it has retained a local, rural Queensland flavor despite growing so quickly. Another reason is the popularity of outside eateries, where people enjoy the breezes. Cranes, too, line downtown because the economy is emerging strongly. In fact, Australia's economy, possibly predicated upon a precipitious housing bubble that dwarfs our own in magnitude, is a spectacular survivor of the East Asian Economic Crisis and recent recessionary trends. Right Bob? | The only picture I took of our Brisbane protests that came out even moderately well. This is when we were stampeding through downtown-- but waiting for a traffic light to stop. Yeah, these protestors were really passionate and aggressive. Not. I have to admit that I have no respect whatsoever for "protestors" here, excluding the bewildered like myself who have to get close to the insanity. Unlike all the great left-wing protests of the 90s and 21st century, these completely lack violence! Where's the rage! Where's the hypocrisy!? You HAVE to have hypocrisy if you're going to protest this stuff. Globalization? You'd have to not read or have any critical thinking skills whatsoever-- in other words, you HAVE to start breaking or burning things. WHAT'S THE DEAL? |
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| On the 1-year anniversary of 9/11, Brisbane gathered to send America a message. |