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Thursday, July 16
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THE MANAGEMENT.
Saturday, May 16
Saturday Breakfast..
Saturday, May 2
Day Off vs Off Days
Love my day off.. that's right it's singular.. life right now is almost all about work.
I feel some friendships are on shaky ground yet some seem unaffected.
Miss catching up with my mates.
Today was a great day off caught up with two of my favourite mates!
Definitely not an off day.
Friday, May 1
Home is where the heart is..
Why is that when I am in Perth my heart yearns for Chile and visa versa?.. I had an interesting chat last night and the one thing that stuck out was this fact.. I don't really belong anywhere in the world!
I hope my wife will make being anywhere in the world home for me..and visa versa.
Our home will be our haven.
Just thought I'd share.
This blog needed an update.
Lets hope someone reads it.... or not
Saturday, October 11
Cambodia Part 2
So here in number 2... aint got much time at the mo so pics are all u get. Will add words to pics later... Leaving PP tomorrow on a bus - too much fun!
BTW - Congraqts to the Astudillo's on 1 year of marriage... good work tOny and Massiel!
hey bErt, wotya doin?
"I'm diggin me a hole!" + "We gonna stick a dunny in here!"
Chis pretending to do some work... a new bridge... Cambodian style
Gas plumbing... cambodian style - just plug her into the hose mate!
Fences Cambodian style... stops the elephants but not the tigers... or rats, or dogs, or pigmys???
there som'n wrong here?
House of rescue halfways house - getting renovated by the Riverview teams
Take down the verandah Cambodian style - very dodge!
Workin for the man + Chuck norris is a girls blouse compared to this guy!
Kel talkin to Frank Woods and Wayne Moss at dinner for peeps
At the Killing fields... big structure thingo full of skulls.
u can open these to read
one of the exhumed mass graves + clothing left behind from those executed
House of Resuce orphanage Stage1 + Stage2 - playground
Inside - they try to keep things similar to how locals actually live - no mattresses, just a matt on the bed. 10 kids to each unit with a "mum"(carer) in each.
Stage 3 - able to accomodate another 80 or so kids.
a newly built school - money was raised by a concert in Canada - 100g's... an absolute Godsend for the kids that will benefit.
BTW - Congraqts to the Astudillo's on 1 year of marriage... good work tOny and Massiel!
hey bErt, wotya doin?
"I'm diggin me a hole!" + "We gonna stick a dunny in here!"
Chis pretending to do some work... a new bridge... Cambodian style
Gas plumbing... cambodian style - just plug her into the hose mate!
Fences Cambodian style... stops the elephants but not the tigers... or rats, or dogs, or pigmys???
there som'n wrong here?
House of rescue halfways house - getting renovated by the Riverview teams
Take down the verandah Cambodian style - very dodge!
Workin for the man + Chuck norris is a girls blouse compared to this guy!
Kel talkin to Frank Woods and Wayne Moss at dinner for peeps
At the Killing fields... big structure thingo full of skulls.
u can open these to read
one of the exhumed mass graves + clothing left behind from those executed
House of Resuce orphanage Stage1 + Stage2 - playground
Inside - they try to keep things similar to how locals actually live - no mattresses, just a matt on the bed. 10 kids to each unit with a "mum"(carer) in each.
Stage 3 - able to accomodate another 80 or so kids.
a newly built school - money was raised by a concert in Canada - 100g's... an absolute Godsend for the kids that will benefit.
Friday, October 10
1st Anniversary
Enjoyed our first anniversary in Villarrica... had an amazing lunch and even bought ourselves a tulip... looking forward to spending our second anniversary in Perth!
Thanks to all for your best wishes.. a special thanks to Matt and AMP for the lovely cards that arrived just in time!
Monday, October 6
Cambodia... Part 1
Just a quick warning... some photos in this post are un-savory (and that's just the ones with the b00f™ in them). Seriously... you may feel some discomfort!
So the b00f™ and his wife Bridget have been here nearly a week and have sweated a good bucket or 2 thus far... it rains, the sun comes out, it's hot and humid. We drink water and sweat a lot - that's just how it goes! Not nice but as long as u get your shower before the water runs out u are set!
We bin do a bit of touristy stuff the first few days before getting into the more Riverview Childrens Foundation stuff. So Friday we had a drive to the water front (mekong river) and couln't see much as they is doing up the drainage - it needs it! Had lunch at the kiwi bakery (nothing to do with NZ but great food) and then had a looker at the new mall that is just around the corner again, the b00f™ was stufferoonied and walked home for a snooze.
Saturday we went to the toul sleng museum... a very sad place with an extremely horrific past (photos below). It makes one wonder what is wrong with the world when noddies like pol pothead get in control and think they know it all... that said there are other noddies in control but fortunatley not all of them are homicidal maniacs - but still noddies! Then there are noddies that are just as bad but get away with it because they are fighting "terrorism"(vague political statement there)... ~
NODDIES! The world has had enough of NODDIES!
they should have never brought him back afther he was banned in the 80's... the b00f™ feels sorry for big ears... he always gets caught up with Noddy...
So it wasn't a nice experience, interesting isn't a word one would use either.. maybe informative? Our guide held nothing back about what happened... he was 15 when pot pot had a go at destroying his country. One could say the wounds are rather deep and still festering a bit... so that is why Cambodia is where it is today.
Sunday we went to church at the New Life Centre run by a US dude who has grown up here and has taken the church from his dad. Was pretty lively and the band was great. Couldn't here much over the drums but that is to be expected - flamin drummers! We then had lunch at the FCC (foreign correspondants club) - very swanky and over priced. The food was ok but at least the b00f™ had a decent coffee.
Today, we went and checked out the Hagar International project here in PP. First was the house of smiles - where disabled kids get treated as people and the parents see past the disability. Then we had a look at the aftercare and school project on the edge of a slum. With all the building going on, land levels are rising and the water (and/or poo water) just runs down to the lower lying areas, i.e. poor areas! So one building they are leasing for the aftercare is regularly flodded. They have some land funded by the foundation but they are still waiting for some more dosh to be able to build a decent place above the water level. Hagar not only helps the vulnerable but also schools kids from the local community who are disadvantaged.
Then it was off the the Hagar catering thingo run by a Riverview guy Frank Woods (who is 60 ish) which employs 200 or so staff most of which were once on the poverty line - they also make sure that the kids of these women are looked after - keeping them away from the life that would otherwise not be a nice one... if you don't understand check the link out above.
So that's it for now... looking forward to sleep... the b00f™ likes to wake up at 2 am for an hour or 2 these days... stupid england! Check out the photos...
bad hair day... + Chis breaking into song on the bus
u gotta keep the floor up there until the concrete sets mate...big flasho house for some dude with a 100000 kids?
good soup.... very tasty + not too sure about number 8 - Ray might be able to explain
Tom Yam... flipping awesome
hagars block of land... need some dosh to build + the road nearby... people live over this water/poo
big sign... at the resturant after eating... it was gooder! gooder than gooder!
out the back of the house of smiles place... at least there aint much poo in this water! + driving through puddles to house of smiles
out of the bus and into the water... umm, ute
the kiddies with some new toys + brush ya teeth ya mug - they even have a photo so they get the right one and a mirror to make silly faces...
the aftercare house that they was using but need to go back to for a while... + the second one is for pete and Dad... these boys take the cake!
OH&S... yeah whatever! + at the kings palace... such detail!
not very impressed... lots of hindu/buddist bollocks....
a luzzard... he got big eyes... he no like flash! HA-ha + a monk... he nearly got soaked...
mozzies nets... pink? Still better to look like a pansy than get chomped on all night and wake up looking like a pomegranate!
Zach wasn't happy... and Kel is telling the bloke where to go!
it rains... every 2nd day at lunch time...
get on ur bike and ride - with a window? + Sandy...
Razor wire, to keep out ze germans?
double click and u should be able to read it? Nasty pics below + a cell... where people were kept on the floor and hosed down every month or so...
dudes that were found by the Veitnamese wheh they kicked out potty...
just in case it rains... well ok, it did rain. Maybe we should have taken the gutter?
so that's it for now...
have a good one.
b00f out!™
So the b00f™ and his wife Bridget have been here nearly a week and have sweated a good bucket or 2 thus far... it rains, the sun comes out, it's hot and humid. We drink water and sweat a lot - that's just how it goes! Not nice but as long as u get your shower before the water runs out u are set!
We bin do a bit of touristy stuff the first few days before getting into the more Riverview Childrens Foundation stuff. So Friday we had a drive to the water front (mekong river) and couln't see much as they is doing up the drainage - it needs it! Had lunch at the kiwi bakery (nothing to do with NZ but great food) and then had a looker at the new mall that is just around the corner again, the b00f™ was stufferoonied and walked home for a snooze.
Saturday we went to the toul sleng museum... a very sad place with an extremely horrific past (photos below). It makes one wonder what is wrong with the world when noddies like pol pothead get in control and think they know it all... that said there are other noddies in control but fortunatley not all of them are homicidal maniacs - but still noddies! Then there are noddies that are just as bad but get away with it because they are fighting "terrorism"(vague political statement there)... ~
NODDIES! The world has had enough of NODDIES!
they should have never brought him back afther he was banned in the 80's... the b00f™ feels sorry for big ears... he always gets caught up with Noddy...
So it wasn't a nice experience, interesting isn't a word one would use either.. maybe informative? Our guide held nothing back about what happened... he was 15 when pot pot had a go at destroying his country. One could say the wounds are rather deep and still festering a bit... so that is why Cambodia is where it is today.
Sunday we went to church at the New Life Centre run by a US dude who has grown up here and has taken the church from his dad. Was pretty lively and the band was great. Couldn't here much over the drums but that is to be expected - flamin drummers! We then had lunch at the FCC (foreign correspondants club) - very swanky and over priced. The food was ok but at least the b00f™ had a decent coffee.
Today, we went and checked out the Hagar International project here in PP. First was the house of smiles - where disabled kids get treated as people and the parents see past the disability. Then we had a look at the aftercare and school project on the edge of a slum. With all the building going on, land levels are rising and the water (and/or poo water) just runs down to the lower lying areas, i.e. poor areas! So one building they are leasing for the aftercare is regularly flodded. They have some land funded by the foundation but they are still waiting for some more dosh to be able to build a decent place above the water level. Hagar not only helps the vulnerable but also schools kids from the local community who are disadvantaged.
Then it was off the the Hagar catering thingo run by a Riverview guy Frank Woods (who is 60 ish) which employs 200 or so staff most of which were once on the poverty line - they also make sure that the kids of these women are looked after - keeping them away from the life that would otherwise not be a nice one... if you don't understand check the link out above.
So that's it for now... looking forward to sleep... the b00f™ likes to wake up at 2 am for an hour or 2 these days... stupid england! Check out the photos...
bad hair day... + Chis breaking into song on the bus
u gotta keep the floor up there until the concrete sets mate...big flasho house for some dude with a 100000 kids?
good soup.... very tasty + not too sure about number 8 - Ray might be able to explain
Tom Yam... flipping awesome
hagars block of land... need some dosh to build + the road nearby... people live over this water/poo
big sign... at the resturant after eating... it was gooder! gooder than gooder!
out the back of the house of smiles place... at least there aint much poo in this water! + driving through puddles to house of smiles
out of the bus and into the water... umm, ute
the kiddies with some new toys + brush ya teeth ya mug - they even have a photo so they get the right one and a mirror to make silly faces...
the aftercare house that they was using but need to go back to for a while... + the second one is for pete and Dad... these boys take the cake!
OH&S... yeah whatever! + at the kings palace... such detail!
not very impressed... lots of hindu/buddist bollocks....
a luzzard... he got big eyes... he no like flash! HA-ha + a monk... he nearly got soaked...
mozzies nets... pink? Still better to look like a pansy than get chomped on all night and wake up looking like a pomegranate!
Zach wasn't happy... and Kel is telling the bloke where to go!
it rains... every 2nd day at lunch time...
get on ur bike and ride - with a window? + Sandy...
Razor wire, to keep out ze germans?
double click and u should be able to read it? Nasty pics below + a cell... where people were kept on the floor and hosed down every month or so...
dudes that were found by the Veitnamese wheh they kicked out potty...
just in case it rains... well ok, it did rain. Maybe we should have taken the gutter?
so that's it for now...
have a good one.
b00f out!™
Wednesday, October 1
Goodbye forever Bonnie Prince Charlie!
So England was England and it was time the b00f™ took his wife off the beaten track to Cambodia... well the Malaysian airline pilot did all the work - the b00f™ has a rather numb bum from sitting around for too flippin long.
Well, the story so far. Since the b00f™last posted he has been to a wedding, a pub (for beer and food), to Preston (just north of Manchester), to the pub, then to the Lakes area - namely LAke Windameere, to the pub there, back to Preston, to the pub again, up to Edinburgher and a few pubs there, back to Preston, pub, train, London, Heathrow, KL, Phnom Penh and now at the Riverview Guest HOuse! You may have noticed a lack of pubs in the last few bits there... that is because the train was delayed by 3 hours (on a 2.45 journey cause some dude tried to see if he would bounce off another train) and the b00f™ didn't get into London until 1.30am Tuesday morning and was then in a line of 1000 peeps waiting for cabs! Fortunatley we were in the first 200 or so, so it didn't take too much more sleeping time - had to skip the pub! The amazing thing is that the English were so polite, there wasn't any pushing or shoving and we was away safely - u wouldn't see that happen in Oz!
So here's a few pics
the wedding and the family, not quite sure what they are supposed to do!
Bridgey the florist at Anita's house - after the wedding...
the pub... thats a big coke there love!
houses in Preston + Anita's house
they fill these with gas.... weird - maybe we could get one for bob?
dodgy old house in Denham
Clayton's butchers... so you aren't a real butcher then?
Driving to Edinburgher before the bomb and after the bomb hit - look at all the cars going the other way. It took us 40 minutes to go 10 miles on the way back at the same spot 8pm - stupid bridge works....
Edinburgher and the streets of edinburgher
cheecky scots flouting the law! and some dude
looking down the royal mile + so is it closed or open?
big church and edinburgher castle - very windy up there
a bank for horses? and the Scottish Museum - very good and was free, unlike most of the UK which definitely was not free!
night at edinburgher and Anita's bag was too heavy... maybe she had too many squirrels in there?
Hoooooolyroooood Caslte.... and at the gate of....
arthurs seat.... i guess he had a big bum? + Bridge and Dan (the guy who married Anita - who is Bridget's sister btw) walking up the seat thingo
view from the dudes seat and the side of edinburgher hit by the bomb!
yes... lots of wind in edinburgher... "keeps those horsies out of the beans!" and the royal botanic gardens in edinburgher
or maybe it this was the gardens.... another squirrel... this one's possessed!
Well, thats all for now...
Will keep you lot updated sooner maybe...
Well, the story so far. Since the b00f™last posted he has been to a wedding, a pub (for beer and food), to Preston (just north of Manchester), to the pub, then to the Lakes area - namely LAke Windameere, to the pub there, back to Preston, to the pub again, up to Edinburgher and a few pubs there, back to Preston, pub, train, London, Heathrow, KL, Phnom Penh and now at the Riverview Guest HOuse! You may have noticed a lack of pubs in the last few bits there... that is because the train was delayed by 3 hours (on a 2.45 journey cause some dude tried to see if he would bounce off another train) and the b00f™ didn't get into London until 1.30am Tuesday morning and was then in a line of 1000 peeps waiting for cabs! Fortunatley we were in the first 200 or so, so it didn't take too much more sleeping time - had to skip the pub! The amazing thing is that the English were so polite, there wasn't any pushing or shoving and we was away safely - u wouldn't see that happen in Oz!
So here's a few pics
the wedding and the family, not quite sure what they are supposed to do!
Bridgey the florist at Anita's house - after the wedding...
the pub... thats a big coke there love!
houses in Preston + Anita's house
they fill these with gas.... weird - maybe we could get one for bob?
dodgy old house in Denham
Clayton's butchers... so you aren't a real butcher then?
Driving to Edinburgher before the bomb and after the bomb hit - look at all the cars going the other way. It took us 40 minutes to go 10 miles on the way back at the same spot 8pm - stupid bridge works....
Edinburgher and the streets of edinburgher
cheecky scots flouting the law! and some dude
looking down the royal mile + so is it closed or open?
big church and edinburgher castle - very windy up there
a bank for horses? and the Scottish Museum - very good and was free, unlike most of the UK which definitely was not free!
night at edinburgher and Anita's bag was too heavy... maybe she had too many squirrels in there?
Hoooooolyroooood Caslte.... and at the gate of....
arthurs seat.... i guess he had a big bum? + Bridge and Dan (the guy who married Anita - who is Bridget's sister btw) walking up the seat thingo
view from the dudes seat and the side of edinburgher hit by the bomb!
yes... lots of wind in edinburgher... "keeps those horsies out of the beans!" and the royal botanic gardens in edinburgher
or maybe it this was the gardens.... another squirrel... this one's possessed!
Well, thats all for now...
Will keep you lot updated sooner maybe...
Thursday, September 18
England... pffffft!
Well, it seems that it has been a while since the b00f™ has posted here at ERR... in fact it would be approximately 12 months if the b00f™ is correct in his thinking (which he almost always is - unless he chooses to be wrong "on purpose"). anyway... the b00f™ is in England, trying to get used to a \\uk keyboard (the shift key has been replaced with the \ key and the @ in no where hear the 2 key - usless poms mate\1 - that was a !)! Ok, so the b00f™ is here for his sister-in-laws wedding the day before the birthday of the b00f™. Here is some pics of the sight seeing so far in random order...
big ben (boug boun for our kiwi brothers)
ooooohhhh, blue sky! took 3 days to see it....
buckinghuge palace
the local supermarket
queen mary's memorial
the gates to buckinhuge palace - to keep ze germans out!
brown sauce... the b00f™ thinks it is like bbq sauce except it is just brown.
bridget at westminster abbey
a big gun at winsor castle... to shoot ze germans if they come to close.
a fuzzy wuzzy waiting for ze germans at windsor
diana walk near buckinghuge palace
a dark horse - at windsor
wear the clock hat...
buckinghuge palace from the other side
the dude with the holy hand grenade... thrice shalt thou count, 5 is way out!
james trying an authentic english beer... its Irish mate! he doesn't like english beer....
more fuzzies working out how to prance around like poonces! but they have guns so u don't say that to their faces or within earshot!
changing of the fuzzies at Windsor "quick, ze germans are coming!"
is that the sun? unheard of!
westminster abby again - with sun
view from the diana walk plaque thingo above - u can see the london eye... woohoo!
view north to buckinghuge palace
on london bridge with that moron in the background... just after his "english" ale
london bridge... she fell down but we picked her up!
how does he do that?
he did it again! amazing
nup, still can't quite see the sun through the greyness...
say gooday to skippy...
woof woof... hahaha.... its not a dog u noddys, its a lion!
hello horsie
not too sure about this england place...
this is for gavin.... u learn quickly not to stuff around in london... and u aint gonna get away with squat cause they got more cameras than BB
St Pauls Cathedral
St PAuls from london bridge
its a squirrel... the little buggers are everywhere!
they almost like quokkas but you can can't kick them either... remember cameras are everywhere! the b00f™ wants a squirrel for his birthday, make it 2 and then he can make slippers!
yay... we off the train - caught it from \gerrards cross to marlybone station... it was a slow train.
tower of london
time james
thames river
the thames going the otherway
boog boun
here comes the tube
silly pics... going down the tube
whats this button do? ooooh it has a red button!
opposite to the road rules here, u gotta keep right on the eskylaters or u get run over by poms in a hurry!
view from windsor castle
winsor castle
winsdor castle from the train
another little puddy tat... somewhere in london
the front doors to westminster abby...
Well, that's all for now folks. \can't say the b00f™ is gonna get another chance to post some more in the next week but he will think about it.
have a merry christmas
b00f out!™
big ben (boug boun for our kiwi brothers)
ooooohhhh, blue sky! took 3 days to see it....
buckinghuge palace
the local supermarket
queen mary's memorial
the gates to buckinhuge palace - to keep ze germans out!
brown sauce... the b00f™ thinks it is like bbq sauce except it is just brown.
bridget at westminster abbey
a big gun at winsor castle... to shoot ze germans if they come to close.
a fuzzy wuzzy waiting for ze germans at windsor
diana walk near buckinghuge palace
a dark horse - at windsor
wear the clock hat...
buckinghuge palace from the other side
the dude with the holy hand grenade... thrice shalt thou count, 5 is way out!
james trying an authentic english beer... its Irish mate! he doesn't like english beer....
more fuzzies working out how to prance around like poonces! but they have guns so u don't say that to their faces or within earshot!
changing of the fuzzies at Windsor "quick, ze germans are coming!"
is that the sun? unheard of!
westminster abby again - with sun
view from the diana walk plaque thingo above - u can see the london eye... woohoo!
view north to buckinghuge palace
on london bridge with that moron in the background... just after his "english" ale
london bridge... she fell down but we picked her up!
how does he do that?
he did it again! amazing
nup, still can't quite see the sun through the greyness...
say gooday to skippy...
woof woof... hahaha.... its not a dog u noddys, its a lion!
hello horsie
not too sure about this england place...
this is for gavin.... u learn quickly not to stuff around in london... and u aint gonna get away with squat cause they got more cameras than BB
St Pauls Cathedral
St PAuls from london bridge
its a squirrel... the little buggers are everywhere!
they almost like quokkas but you can can't kick them either... remember cameras are everywhere! the b00f™ wants a squirrel for his birthday, make it 2 and then he can make slippers!
yay... we off the train - caught it from \gerrards cross to marlybone station... it was a slow train.
tower of london
time james
thames river
the thames going the otherway
boog boun
here comes the tube
silly pics... going down the tube
whats this button do? ooooh it has a red button!
opposite to the road rules here, u gotta keep right on the eskylaters or u get run over by poms in a hurry!
view from windsor castle
winsor castle
winsdor castle from the train
another little puddy tat... somewhere in london
the front doors to westminster abby...
Well, that's all for now folks. \can't say the b00f™ is gonna get another chance to post some more in the next week but he will think about it.
have a merry christmas
b00f out!™
Monday, July 28
Update Post Number who Knows
A lot has been goin on since I last posted here.. so much I dont even know where to begin.. so I'l go by what pics I have taken even though not all events have been Fotogenized.. so here goes.. We finally moved into our new place in Temuco and its a much nicer and quieter place.. although Temuco isnt without its faults.. like the smog is much worse here than Concepción despite it being a smaller city.. We've been spending a fair bit of time with family and its been a nice change from being in Concepcion where family visits where far and few between.. ALthough we did leave our freinds Jaime and Viviana behind but I am sure they will visit or visa versa come summertime.. The Mrs and I went on our first flight together which was a cool change from travelling by bus to and from Concepción.. a massive differnece 30 minute flight to a 4 hour bus ride!.. and the price difference was only 15 bucks!.. well like I said we are settling in and discovering the Town of Temuco and finding the cheapest places to shop and all that jazz.. its been a good few months since Massiel finished uni and soon she will be graduating which means another trip to Concepción..
Hazelnuts from the ranch + the other is a fallen leaf in our front yard in Conce.
Smog filled Temuco!
Us with our 3month old nephew Abner
Massiel with our nephew and Niece Antonia
My nephew Sebastian who loves to pose for pics
Jaime and Viviana - Our friend we left behind in Conce
photos of the scenery between Temuco and Conce
Juananox + Abner + Byron
My nan and Aunty Silvia
Our trip back Temuco via Air
In the cabin
The cherished wood heater.. keeps us toasty warm.. Juananox trying to use the Mac
at the Markets.. where our weekly fruit and veges cost us $20!
on the way to the ranch
Leyla pigging out on Yoghurt
Going to see a few lakes
Lunch
Lake Caburgua!
the family!
Our new place and our street
our dining room
Hazelnuts from the ranch + the other is a fallen leaf in our front yard in Conce.
Smog filled Temuco!
Us with our 3month old nephew Abner
Massiel with our nephew and Niece Antonia
My nephew Sebastian who loves to pose for pics
Jaime and Viviana - Our friend we left behind in Conce
photos of the scenery between Temuco and Conce
Juananox + Abner + Byron
My nan and Aunty Silvia
Our trip back Temuco via Air
In the cabin
The cherished wood heater.. keeps us toasty warm.. Juananox trying to use the Mac
at the Markets.. where our weekly fruit and veges cost us $20!
on the way to the ranch
Leyla pigging out on Yoghurt
Going to see a few lakes
Lunch
Lake Caburgua!
the family!
Our new place and our street
our dining room
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