Archive for: April 2011

2011/04/02

Church of the holy sepulchre

Filed under: Places - 02 Apr 2011

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The Old City of Jerusalem, Christian Quarter. The site is venerated as Golgotha, (the Hill of Calvary), where Jesus was crucified, and is said to also contain the place where Jesus was buried (the sepulchre).

Meet mr. wagimin

Filed under: Places - 02 Apr 2011

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Mr. Wagimin moved to Jakarta 58 years ago after he graduated from elementary school in his hometown of Sragen. I bumped into him when I was trying to fix my auto-focus. He told us what was business like back in the good old days. A small time business man, he …

2011/04/01

The angle

Filed under: Faces - 01 Apr 2011

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I spent the past two weekends in a workshop. The second part of it was held at the prestigious Crowne Plaza hotel in San Carlos, California, about 15 miles (24km) south of San Francisco. I took my SONY NEX-5 along and took a few quick pictures around the hotel lobby …

Trams in teesside

Filed under: Faces - 01 Apr 2011

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"The first tramways in middlesbro were constructed under powers obtained in 1873 and extended to 1875. The lines were constructed on the gauge of 4 ft 8 1/2 and were from the first, worked by horse haulage. In august 1878 the property in the tramways was acquired by the imperial …

Sunday brunch in london

Filed under: Places - 01 Apr 2011

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I don’t know London very well at all. I can’t ever decide if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. It’s just a thing, I suppose. And it’s neither nor. While walking through the streets you come across places that you should probably know what they are. Or maybe …