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You know what’s great about Flickr?  I did a search for pictures tagged with “Portland” “waterfront” and “cherry” within the last three days, so I could see if the cherry blossoms at the waterfront were in full bloom yet.  And yes, they are.  I went there this afternoon and had a nice stroll along the [...]

If you looked at my last blog entry, you’ll see it’s been exactly one month since I posted.  So, what have I been up to?  Basically, I’ve been applying to grad school. As I’ve stated before, I left Korea after 6 years to return to Oregon and get my teaching certification.  What’s the benefit of [...]

Before I forget, I wanted to post some pictures from my trip to the Portland Yard, Garden, and Patio show.  My mom and I made the trip out to the Oregon Convention Center to a busy venue.  Inside was everything I would expect from an event like this – seed and plants for sale, landscape [...]

Yesterday was a relatively sunny day, so you can imagine my surpise when I woke up this morning, pulled up the blinds, and saw a light dusting of snow.  Just the other day, people were saying that cherry blossoms were starting to bloom in Portland. Here I was, counting the days until spring arrived.  Above [...]

Wow, so much time has passed since I last posted!  First of all, the problem with comments and archives is fixed.  Actually, it was quite easy and the root of the problem can be found here if you’re interested. I arrived in Portland two and a half weeks ago to the same weather it’s been [...]

This segment was shown last week on NBC Nightly News, but it’s worth a watch for those that haven’t seen it.  It’s about Portland, Oregon, which is widely regarded as the most bike friendly city in America.  6% of workers commute by bike, on over 170 miles of bike lanes. Actually, Ras’ cousin Jake is [...]

The macro lens I rented came (Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM), and today I got a chance to play around with it.  I went to my mom’s house and tried to take pictures of everyting.  This lens is amazing!  I’m in love.  If I had $470 to burn, it’d definitely be on my list [...]

Tomorrow I’m going to a high school friend’s birthday party.  I haven’t seen her since we graduated – over ten years ago.  For the first time since being back in the States, I went to the mall (in search of a present).  I happened upon the grand opening of a Sephora inside the JC Penny.  [...]

I’ve uploaded my 4th of July firework pictures to Flickr. The firework show downtown was ok – good but not fantastic. Still, it was nice to get out and be festive with everyone. The pictures turned out ok for my first attempt at firework pictures. This was despite the fact that I didn’t even have [...]