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Long delayed photographs of Sydney

Hmm. I am on a roll.. am beset by urges to do anything except work- is that called procrastination? So, here they are. Selected photographs taken with Farrah's Canon E05, SLR of Sydney while I was there in January. Taken on 13 April 2008: View of the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge, taken from the Botanical Gardens, on a late afternoon after the rain. Love the skyline and the dramatic clouds. It is actually the same day- but how the sky is different. One of my favourite shots. I actually made a short note of the my mood at the time- it reads: Today is gorgeous. Rained for an hour and now the everything is awashed with the after-the-rain dampness and also, crispness. The air smells wonderful and it just feels so peaceful. Everything feels cleansed and renewed. Nature is beautiful. St. Mary's Cathedral- also after the rain Three fine gentlemen at the Botanical Gardens Away from nature- I like this shot. Taken at the King's Cross (duh) train station. Next on the prog

Adelaide-Part 2

Work sponsored trip almost 2 weeks ago. Because it's almost 1 o'clock and I have stupidly made an appointment for 9 am on a Saturday morning, I will be going to sleep soon and am not in the mood to write too much. Briefly, the whole lab went to Adelaide sometime during the Olympics period to check out the Supervisor's new place. Here are some photos I took of Adelaide city itself. Didn't do much, except slept and watch the Olympics- hooray for the Olympics!! Here is a photo taken outside the Art Gallery of South Australia: The State Library, with the jet-trail (whatever you call it?) State Library A view of the North Terrace, where the Library, Museum and Art Gallery are all situated. I love this photo because it captures the brilliance of Australian sky. Incredibly blue (I now know why we, as kids, were told to always colour the sky blue during art classes, even though in KL, it's always cloudy- and hence the sky's always a smoggy gray) St. Peter's Cathedra