<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:39:14.578-07:00</updated><title type='text'>1051am</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>43</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-3494177177666124536</id><published>2008-06-30T06:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T06:52:24.239-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Engaged</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/SGjlDjn-5WI/AAAAAAAABO8/WIh7PuMnOUA/s1600-h/n517323275_169222_7425.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/SGjlDjn-5WI/AAAAAAAABO8/WIh7PuMnOUA/s400/n517323275_169222_7425.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217672017574028642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m getting married! For real.  I asked my girlfriend Sheila on June 27 if she would marry me and she said yes.  It was a sweet and simple proposal.  Sheila was totally aware that it was coming but had no expectations of when it was coming.  All it took for preparation was an extended lunch.  I bought some champagne and flowers and printed some pictures.  When Sheila got home there was a note on the door explaining that I wasn’t home, but she should go in anyways.  This was important because I didn’t want her to have to call me.  Once inside she saw that there was a note on the table.  I put the envelope under a rose to make sure she saw it.  The note said some nice things, but more importantly there was a picture of this really nice bridge near our house where I was waiting patiently for her to show up.  She made her way over to the bridge and I was right in the middle on top of the arc waiting.  She walked up and I said some really nice things and got down on one knee and asked her to marry me.  She said yes so I gave her the ring (it’s a really nice ring btw).  Then I opened the champagne and lit up a cigar and we chatted until the bottle was done, then headed to a nice Italian restaurant for dinner.  So there you have it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-3494177177666124536?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/3494177177666124536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=3494177177666124536' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3494177177666124536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3494177177666124536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2008/06/engaged.html' title='Engaged'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/SGjlDjn-5WI/AAAAAAAABO8/WIh7PuMnOUA/s72-c/n517323275_169222_7425.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-1053830168730978360</id><published>2007-12-05T08:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-05T08:50:18.327-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Seasons are a changing</title><content type='html'>Singapore’s rainy season started and I have a soaking wet kitchen to prove it.  I leave the windows in the back of my apartment open all the time.  When it rains the wind is blowing the other way so it doesn’t really matter.  But today the winds changed direction and it poured for about 8 hours right into my apartment.  I can’t believe no one told me this would happen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-1053830168730978360?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/1053830168730978360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=1053830168730978360' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1053830168730978360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1053830168730978360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/12/seasons-are-changing.html' title='The Seasons are a changing'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-7446282629276935823</id><published>2007-11-29T06:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-29T06:19:19.247-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear the few people who still come here once a month to see if I bothered to write anything</title><content type='html'>Thank you for caring. I love you all.  I need help. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singapore is lacking a bustling music scene.  There are thousands of cover bands, but very few people making or watching original music. There’s this one band called Amateur Takes Control that I’ve seen a couple of times and they’re the best band in Singapore.  Pretty good, but the only one.  Singapore actually has a history of copying music from America and I don’t mean the illegal CD.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The point is I really miss seeing awesome bands play awesome shows.  I’m going to be back in Toronto from the 18th till the 30th of December and I’m desperate to see a concert.  If you know of anything, let me know.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-7446282629276935823?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/7446282629276935823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=7446282629276935823' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/7446282629276935823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/7446282629276935823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/11/dear-few-people-who-still-come-here.html' title='Dear the few people who still come here once a month to see if I bothered to write anything'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-5551957812335942895</id><published>2007-06-21T07:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-21T08:02:33.925-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stories to Tell</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RnqSi9dkH3I/AAAAAAAABBE/V9F_OJexJTY/s1600-h/meandsheila.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RnqSi9dkH3I/AAAAAAAABBE/V9F_OJexJTY/s400/meandsheila.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078532659125428082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Boy-o-boy. . .  No wait. Man o man do I have some stories to tell. In the past few months I’ve finished school, been visited by my buddy Linas then my parents, and even had a few friends say hi on their way through Southeast Asia.  That’s where I live now by the way.  Like seriously live. I have a job full time job at a bank in Singapore with a two year work permit and I have a nice condo in the valley.  And, get this, I have a new girlfriend.  This here is a picture of me and her at the dodgeball tournament.  I didn’t quite get to telling stories, but from this you can kind of tell that there are stories to tell . . . and everyone likes stories.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-5551957812335942895?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/5551957812335942895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=5551957812335942895' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/5551957812335942895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/5551957812335942895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/06/stories-to-tell.html' title='Stories to Tell'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RnqSi9dkH3I/AAAAAAAABBE/V9F_OJexJTY/s72-c/meandsheila.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-1503208229265444192</id><published>2007-06-08T08:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-08T08:48:13.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nu-Painting for Nu-Rave</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/Rml5_tdkH2I/AAAAAAAABA8/qOlqEBtSHCU/s1600-h/newpainting.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/Rml5_tdkH2I/AAAAAAAABA8/qOlqEBtSHCU/s400/newpainting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073720590651891554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-1503208229265444192?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/1503208229265444192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=1503208229265444192' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1503208229265444192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1503208229265444192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/06/nu-painting-for-nu-rave.html' title='Nu-Painting for Nu-Rave'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/Rml5_tdkH2I/AAAAAAAABA8/qOlqEBtSHCU/s72-c/newpainting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-2668320703939396315</id><published>2007-05-29T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-29T07:05:02.421-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Pics</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RlwyfyFh1XI/AAAAAAAAA8o/uzX7vVkgZkY/s400/pigman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069982802114631026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In the past few weeks &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor"&gt;I've visited Bangkok in Thailand, Phnom Phen and Siem Reap in Cambodia, and Saigon in Vietnam&lt;/a&gt;. There won't be all that much travelling for a bit now. I got myself a job.  The next trip is probably back to Canada.  See you soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-2668320703939396315?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/2668320703939396315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=2668320703939396315' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2668320703939396315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2668320703939396315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-pics.html' title='New Pics'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RlwyfyFh1XI/AAAAAAAAA8o/uzX7vVkgZkY/s72-c/pigman.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-6161198130027648649</id><published>2007-05-06T22:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-06T22:52:21.363-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sometimes in Singapore . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xYVXA1e6Cs4"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xYVXA1e6Cs4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Barring a big F in one of my courses I’m done with my MBA.  No longer will I be burdened by the shackles of a naked worthless BA, now I’ll be able to proudly display the M, the master.  That’s how I feel, like a master.  Well maybe not master, but I’m definitely smarter, or maybe just older.  Either way someone should employ me at some point soon.  This video sums up my time at school in Singapore.  Going on exchange was totally the right decision.  It’s been a big 4 month education vacation.  Asia is a cool place; you gotta come check it out.  When you’re here drop me a line.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-6161198130027648649?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/6161198130027648649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=6161198130027648649' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/6161198130027648649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/6161198130027648649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/05/sometimes-in-singapore.html' title='Sometimes in Singapore . . .'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-3365125787539854270</id><published>2007-04-08T01:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-08T02:03:17.035-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Staying</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RhivaW6UaYI/AAAAAAAAAk4/TDJ3QJ7eio4/s1600-h/DSCF5544.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RhivaW6UaYI/AAAAAAAAAk4/TDJ3QJ7eio4/s400/DSCF5544.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050979849457658242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If I learned anything from doing an MBA degree it’s how to reflect. I been talking about moving to Singapore for work, but I hadn’t really thought it through fully.  That’s what I’ve been doing these days, thinking about my future.  My mom would be proud.  I’ll save you the save you the ins and outs of the thought process and just give you the conclusion.  I want to stay. I’ll be back eventually, but its way too cool an adventure to leave now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-3365125787539854270?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/3365125787539854270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=3365125787539854270' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3365125787539854270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3365125787539854270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/04/staying.html' title='Staying'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RhivaW6UaYI/AAAAAAAAAk4/TDJ3QJ7eio4/s72-c/DSCF5544.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-8446399491181025831</id><published>2007-03-26T02:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-26T02:12:42.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Art is to Singapore as Durian is to ??</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RgeN8zd2qHI/AAAAAAAAAkw/MKpUakoNSBM/s1600-h/simpboat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RgeN8zd2qHI/AAAAAAAAAkw/MKpUakoNSBM/s400/simpboat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046157983239022706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I wanted to create an iconic piece of art, something that would be instantly recognizable and evoke a positive response.  Instead I created a childlike picture that no one seems to get.  So much for being the next Warhol.  It’s from The Simpsons, don’t you know.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believe it or not I haven’t traveled in two weeks.  Instead I’ve been stuck in Singapore doing school work and school projects.  But it has been a great opportunity for me to jump head first into the Singapore scene.  I’ve painted a picture, been to a concert, met with government officials, visited the seedy underbelly, and most importantly made friends with the locals.  They are a strange people with their own version of English and mannerisms, but I seem to fit in fairly well.  They laugh at my jokes at least.  I like it here.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-8446399491181025831?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/8446399491181025831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=8446399491181025831' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/8446399491181025831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/8446399491181025831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/03/art-is-to-singapore-as-durian-is-to.html' title='Art is to Singapore as Durian is to ??'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RgeN8zd2qHI/AAAAAAAAAkw/MKpUakoNSBM/s72-c/simpboat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-971541005887107415</id><published>2007-03-12T07:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-12T08:10:47.182-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bintan!</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q69DoeeL09E"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q69DoeeL09E" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I recently discovered Windows Movie Maker.  I hope you enjoy watching this video blog as much as I enjoyed putting it together . . . you probably won't.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-971541005887107415?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/971541005887107415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=971541005887107415' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/971541005887107415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/971541005887107415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/03/bintan.html' title='Bintan!'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-3746732471966425719</id><published>2007-03-09T04:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-09T04:54:25.858-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This is a story about basketball</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RfFY4X_D7vI/AAAAAAAAAkk/IWlzFwJbw-E/s1600-h/bball.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RfFY4X_D7vI/AAAAAAAAAkk/IWlzFwJbw-E/s400/bball.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039907183538728690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I bought a basketball a while back and I’ve been playing at my condo, mostly against very poor competition.  It’s like playing in the C division of McGill bball intramurals except much shorter and more Chinese.  For the longest time the basketball courts at school have been under construction, but last week the school finished their work and opened 6 brand new outdoor courts.  I almost wet myself when I saw them.  They are perfect, and I’m happy to say the competition is now up to mid-level B.  The problem is my Chinese is really weak.  I’m like ‘what’s the score’ and they’re like ‘chee shi.’  I just nod in agreement.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-3746732471966425719?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/3746732471966425719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=3746732471966425719' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3746732471966425719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3746732471966425719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/03/this-is-story-about-basketball.html' title='This is a story about basketball'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RfFY4X_D7vI/AAAAAAAAAkk/IWlzFwJbw-E/s72-c/bball.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-4650933152363481848</id><published>2007-03-05T20:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T20:59:49.146-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Something about some things.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RezzGAtSexI/AAAAAAAAAkc/5E5nEHOUcpg/s1600-h/baboon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RezzGAtSexI/AAAAAAAAAkc/5E5nEHOUcpg/s400/baboon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038669367715461906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me tell you something about some things.  &lt;a href="http://www.zoo.com.sg/"&gt;The Singapore Zoo&lt;/a&gt; is great.  You can get really close to the animals and they have everything, even a polar bear.  A polar bear on the equator! It’s just like &lt;a href="http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index"&gt;Lost&lt;/a&gt;.  I can’t get ABC streamed to my computer and even if I could I’ve already missed every episode since they started up again last month.  It’s a total rip-off!  &lt;a href="http://www.applesinstereo.com/"&gt;Apples in Stereo&lt;/a&gt; have a new single out that totally bites on&lt;a href="http://www.wearephoenix.com/"&gt;Phoenix’s&lt;/a&gt; 70’s pop style (&lt;a href="http://sonorama.net/2007/01/10/el-analfabeta-politico-2/"&gt;download too young&lt;/a&gt;).  &lt;a href="http://www.thediyrockstar.com/?p=675"&gt;Take a listen to their single&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-4650933152363481848?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/4650933152363481848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=4650933152363481848' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/4650933152363481848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/4650933152363481848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/03/something-about-some-things.html' title='Something about some things.'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RezzGAtSexI/AAAAAAAAAkc/5E5nEHOUcpg/s72-c/baboon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-4474821337132919655</id><published>2007-02-28T11:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T11:33:19.396-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear McGill MBA</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rGATW68FhIQ"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rGATW68FhIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a tough life.  Leaving all your friends and moving to a strange country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a message to all my fellow McGill MBAers.  Keep on keeping!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-4474821337132919655?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/4474821337132919655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=4474821337132919655' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/4474821337132919655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/4474821337132919655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/02/dear-mcgill-mba.html' title='Dear McGill MBA'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-257356910640950527</id><published>2007-02-26T06:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T06:52:02.196-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Borneo-boy - Brunei</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/BorneoBoyBrunei"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/ReLzQIFG3kI/AAAAAAAAAiY/XaLzpw10d_M/s400/DSCF5082.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035854791725997634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me tell you something about Brunei.  It’s a small sultanate sandwiched by Malaysia on the island of Borneo.  It’s got lots of oil and therefore lots of money . . . but the money doesn’t seem to be shared very evenly.  The sultan is one of the richest people in the world and was the richest person until 97.  He’s got a couple of wives (you are allowed to have four in Brunei).  Oh yeah and it’s a Muslim country so there is no booze allowed.  In the capital city of Bandar Seri Begawan, about 30,000 people live on the water.  This small country is going to run out of oil soon and is trying to grow its tourism to make up the difference, but so far I’d say it isn’t working.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me tell you about my time in Brunei, specifically being there for ‘National Day.’  So National Day is the day where the Sultan comes out to view the people.  The army, navy, air force, civil servants, students, business people, etc, parade in front of him and all the VIPs in the nation. It’s really grand and quite impressive.  Being one of the only tourists there me and my team got a lot of attention.  I was able to meet the Canadian High Commissioner; The team was interviewed by the national paper, the national television station, and the national radio station on a number of different occations; and everyone wanted to say hi to me.  It was really cool.  Brunei is one of those places in the world where the average citizen hasn’t been turned off by tourists and actually wants to come have a conversation with you.  Its one of those places where the kids haven’t seen many tall white people before so they run after your taxi waving with huge smiles on their face.  It was such a nice place to be after the chaos of Sabah.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/BorneoBoyBrunei"&gt;Check out the pictures here. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-257356910640950527?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/257356910640950527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=257356910640950527' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/257356910640950527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/257356910640950527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/02/borneo-boy-brunei.html' title='Borneo-boy - Brunei'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/ReLzQIFG3kI/AAAAAAAAAiY/XaLzpw10d_M/s72-c/DSCF5082.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-1178318055202203099</id><published>2007-02-24T01:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-24T01:40:07.561-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Borneo-boy - Mt Kilabalu</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vy0cS252dFg"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vy0cS252dFg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my first attempt at video blogging.  &lt;a href="http://salimarawji.spaces.live.com/"&gt;A friend&lt;/a&gt; over here does it all the time and it kind of makes sense.  Easier to do, you get to see what I’m seeing, etc.  So this is me on &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kinabalu"&gt;Mr. Kilabalu in Malaysian Borneo&lt;/a&gt;.  The mountain is over 4000 metres high and it’s around zero on the peak.  I didn’t bother bringing any warm clothes to Singapore which makes it really hard to stay warm.  I wore three layers of t-shirts, a light sweater, a wind breaker, my camping pants, and a towel on my head.  Making it to the peak was totally satisfying, but compared to Mt. Everest at nearly 9000 metres it doesn’t seem so impressive.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/MtKinabalu"&gt;Here are the pics of the trip up the mountain.  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-1178318055202203099?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/1178318055202203099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=1178318055202203099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1178318055202203099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1178318055202203099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/02/borneo-boy-mt-kilabalu.html' title='Borneo-boy - Mt Kilabalu'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-3943185173382205357</id><published>2007-02-12T21:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-12T21:29:13.815-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hongky Kong Man</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/HongKongTrip1"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RdFLXcDc_LI/AAAAAAAAAaw/cpL9iIGahQU/s400/DSCF5008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030885124789304498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 3.5 hour flight from Singapore to Hong Kong is a pretty common trip for people here.  They go for gambling and shopping weekends.  Drop the gambling and throw in drinking and eating and you’ve got my week.  It’s pretty easy to see why people move between Hong Kong and Vancouver so easily.  The water and mountains with a city sandwiched in between must be a pretty familiar site for both.  I flew into Hong Kong earlier in the morning on Friday and spent the day wandering around Central checking out the sites.  I finally got to see one of if not my favourite buildings up close and personal.  The first stop was a trip up the Bank of China building to the 43rd floor for a view of the city.  I met up with some friends and we grabbed some Shanghai style dinner and went for drinks.  The next day was all about shopping.  We took a trip over to Kowloon which is kind of like China town in every city in the world except it never ends.  Oh yeah, I forgot, we had the best dim sum for brunch at some place near Causeway Bay.  That night we ended up at LKF for a crazy night of drinking and dancing.  It reminded me a lot of places here.  Drinking on the streets, lots of bars jammed into the same spot, a huge expat crowd.  The big difference is there are 7-11s in the neighbourhood so people tend to get their beer there and drink on the streets before heading into a bar.  Some might even argue that 7-11 is the best bar in town . . . but those people are dumb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next day I wanted to go to Shenzhen, which is the city on the China site.  It was totally different than expected and a big culture shock.  It’s kind of hard to describe, so I won’t.  On my last day I was flying out of Macau so got up early and took a ferry to the tiny little city.  It’s a tiny little city that looks like a Mediterranean city but full of Chinese gamblers.  The food is great and the casinos are easily abused by budget travels.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the picture to look at some of the city photos.  Hopefully I’ll have pictures from night time partying soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://galaxyfm.blogspot.com/2007/02/la-meva-vida-gossa.html"&gt;Music worth listening to from LCD Soundsystem.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-3943185173382205357?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/3943185173382205357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=3943185173382205357' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3943185173382205357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3943185173382205357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/02/hongky-kong-man.html' title='Hongky Kong Man'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RdFLXcDc_LI/AAAAAAAAAaw/cpL9iIGahQU/s72-c/DSCF5008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-8392888473595578793</id><published>2007-02-05T03:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T03:39:41.391-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Music you’d be listening to right now if you were as cool as me</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.theavalanches.com/music/brains-teazer.mp3"&gt;Avalanches – Brain (Teazer)&lt;/a&gt; . . . . &lt;a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40832/New_Avalanches_Album_in_the_Works_Finally"&gt;its so fuckin party&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/2007/01/goodbye-to-mother-cover.html"&gt;Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Goodbye to the mother and the cover&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://galaxyfm.blogspot.com/2007/01/mujerzuelas-doradas-bitte.html"&gt;Klaxons – Golden Skans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.culturebully.com/archives/2633"&gt;Menomena – Wet &amp; Rusting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogsarefordogs.com/?p=327"&gt;Arcade Fire – Intervention&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bowsplusarrows.com/2007/02/arpeggio.html"&gt;The Shins – Sleeping Lessons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marchonelectricchildren.blogspot.com/2007/02/bloc-party.html"&gt;Bloc Party – The Prayer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-8392888473595578793?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/8392888473595578793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=8392888473595578793' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/8392888473595578793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/8392888473595578793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/02/music-youd-be-listening-to-right-now-if.html' title='Music you’d be listening to right now if you were as cool as me'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-6531976181691251613</id><published>2007-02-04T00:51:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-04T01:14:46.287-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Looking for love in all the wrong places.</title><content type='html'>It’s the oldest profession in the world and I an irrational fear of it.  Being from Canada, I’m of the view that prostitutes are disease carrying drug addicts trying to get their next fix, hence the fear.  Around these parts though, prostitution is prevalent and open. I figured it was time to get over myself and accept the world with arms open.  So when the team decided to go Orchard Towers after the bar I didn’t protest.  Before I left for Singapore John says ‘you have to visit Four Floors of Whores.’ Well I finally made it to the infamous four floors in Orchard Towers.  Picture the brothels from Hollywood movies with girls strung over the railings making cat calls and drunken guys swaying back and forth with a girl on each arm.  Now remove all the red satin curtains and wooden bar and replace it with a discount mall and escalators.  Kind of funny, kind of fun.  That’s Orchard Towers.  I’m still not planning on paying for sex anytime soon, but I’m not afraid anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some songs worth checking:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thegoldendogs.com/seeandhear.php"&gt;The Golden Dogs . . . check out construction worker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thetorturegarden.blogspot.com/2007/02/arcade-fire-guns-of-brixton.html"&gt;Arcade Fire cover my fav Clash song . . . kind of a bad recording though&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-6531976181691251613?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/6531976181691251613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=6531976181691251613' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/6531976181691251613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/6531976181691251613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/02/looking-for-love-in-all-wrong-places.html' title='Looking for love in all the wrong places.'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-1233245570079640173</id><published>2007-01-31T18:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-31T19:19:24.545-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Ending</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/ThailandTrip1"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RcFb2sPGdRI/AAAAAAAAAVk/jPSzF5VYGqI/s400/DSCF4835.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026399654267745554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;With a few assignments lingering in the background, I figured it was the perfect time to take my first, of hopefully many, four day weekend trips to Thailand.  This particular trip took me to Phuket and Ko Phi Phi on the west coast of Thailand.  It was a tough start.  I went by myself for the first 2 days and didn’t book a place to stay in advance.  The beach that I was meeting my friends a few days later was basically fully booked except for one room and it took me half a day to find it.  The next three days involved sitting on beaches, drinking beer, swimming in the ocean, snorkeling, hanging with friends, watching lady-boy volleyball matches, watching Muay Thai fights, running away from prostitutes, playing connect four with prostitutes, and getting a Thai massage. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ko Phi Phi is the exact vision of paradise I had in my head.  Azure blue water, fine white sand, massive limestone cliffs jetting out of the ocean.  I didn’t want to leave. But alas, I did and now I’m home until my next trip.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-1233245570079640173?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/1233245570079640173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=1233245570079640173' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1233245570079640173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1233245570079640173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/happy-ending.html' title='Happy Ending'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RcFb2sPGdRI/AAAAAAAAAVk/jPSzF5VYGqI/s72-c/DSCF4835.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-1512294200383811918</id><published>2007-01-26T03:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T03:53:52.565-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sitting on the beach in Thailand</title><content type='html'>One of my favourite things about swimming in salt water is picking the salt out of my hair when it dries.  In fact that's one of my favourite things of all things available to do.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-1512294200383811918?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/1512294200383811918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=1512294200383811918' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1512294200383811918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1512294200383811918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/sitting-on-beach-in-thailand.html' title='Sitting on the beach in Thailand'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-3676599483736596263</id><published>2007-01-25T00:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-25T00:41:16.450-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jensing with the Lekmans</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/KLTheIndieScene"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/Rbhs78PGc6I/AAAAAAAAASs/wlC-eSakMMs/s400/jens.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023885161369334690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For the past few weeks I’ve been scouring the net trying to find some sort of indie scene in Singapore.  I looked through MySpace and blogspot and other sources of hipsterness.  Low and behold a scene exists.  I emailed every label and promotions group and person I could find which ended up being one for each category.  They all pointed me to the Jens Lekman concert but said it was sold out.  Then they warned me that the scene is very underground and very small and that the show was sold out because the venue only holds like 50 people, but I’d be able to make it to the after party.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I went, and took the team.  The after party was made up of my team, and two other teams of about the same size and then Jens and his girl on the decks, so not many people.  My first taste of Singapore’s indie scene left me pretty unsatisfied.  I mean the music was great and the people were cool, but there weren’t many of them.  I did get to meet some real deal Singaporeans who enjoy indie music.  When I told them I was from Canada they quickly asked if I had ever seen an Arcade Fire show.  I said ‘yes, many times’ and they were all like ‘wow.’ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click the picture to see some shots from the night and some pictures from my trip to KL.  The monkeys in KL are totally civilized.  The monkey on the trashcan from one of the pictures only climbed on the can to take a dump, then smiled for pictures and ran back up his tree.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-3676599483736596263?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/3676599483736596263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=3676599483736596263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3676599483736596263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/3676599483736596263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/jensing-with-lekmans.html' title='Jensing with the Lekmans'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/Rbhs78PGc6I/AAAAAAAAASs/wlC-eSakMMs/s72-c/jens.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-6405812469240970548</id><published>2007-01-22T00:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-22T00:41:12.674-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fake Rolex Owner</title><content type='html'>Singapore is endearingly known as Asia Lite because it is clean and orderly and relatively well off.  As a traveler in the region, Singapore is little taste of home, but starting in Singapore I’m experiencing Asia backwards.  This weekend was my first trip to real Asia.  I hopped on a local Singapore bus, crossed the boarder to Malaysia and entered a new world.  Traffic was crazy, it was dirty, and everyone wanted to drive me somewhere or get me young girls.  I jumped on a bus and headed to Kuala Lumpur.  Easily the best part of the trip was the markets.  Negotiations class in full effect.  I had my BATNAs ready and tried to anchor the price to what I wanted.  I bought a fake belt, fake shirts, and a fake Rolex.  Good times.  Down one alley in Chinatown I found a meat market, and not like La Tulipe, I mean a real meat market.  I can now check the “walk down a street which chickens running around” off my list of things to do before I die.  Sorry Catalina, I know how much you wanted to be the one who introduced me to chicken streets.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-6405812469240970548?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/6405812469240970548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=6405812469240970548' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/6405812469240970548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/6405812469240970548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/fake-rolex-owner.html' title='Fake Rolex Owner'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-1766743311340706338</id><published>2007-01-18T19:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-18T19:37:10.908-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Today I went to a mall to be inside</title><content type='html'>Let me tell you something about living on the equator.  The concept of inside isn’t really all that important.  The main floor of most apartments is open-air.  There are tables and people generally lounge around, play ping pong, and smoke.  Then there’s the levels that people live on.  The stairs have big openings where people in Canada would put a glass window.  Each floor again has huge open “windows.”  Then there are the apartments themselves.  The balcony and living room aren’t separated.  There’s a sliding glass door that doesn’t really close and there are no screens anywhere.  Basically what I’m trying to describe is that you are always outside . . . even when you are inside.  On campus, a complex, like the business building, will have a common roof, but each room is its own separate entity with its own air conditioning.  Going from one class to the next through the halls means you go outside.  And the roofs aren’t really attached to the building.  Air freely passes through the metre gap between the ceiling and the top of the wall.  The only way to walk somewhere and be inside is to go to the mall. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questions:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So are you outside right now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I’m in my apartment, so yes I’m outside.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then what prevents the lizards from taking up permanent residence under your microwave?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nothing.  I call the small one Shifty.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-1766743311340706338?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/1766743311340706338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=1766743311340706338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1766743311340706338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1766743311340706338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/today-i-went-to-mall-to-be-inside.html' title='Today I went to a mall to be inside'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-1300693389204403338</id><published>2007-01-16T08:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-16T09:18:33.615-08:00</updated><title type='text'>We did it! Victory for all!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/WWFBar"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/Ra0H_-RUMdI/AAAAAAAAAO0/sJnnMAl1gYY/s400/DSCF2553.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020677955216749010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I’d like to personally thank the French contingent for their generous directions, the Indians for sticking to their belief in low cost, and to all those who stayed the course despite detrimental hardships.  This was a long battle filled with the kind of over priced beer that screams tourist.  It wasn’t easy to break free the shackles of outsiderism but through sheer determination, strong willed individuals and a commitment to the team, the exchange faction has found a watering hole worthy of mention.  WWF, Britney Spears, and Hindu pop.  Cheap beers, dirt-cheap food, and atmosphere.  The best of all, there are only locals in sight, and now that includes us.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-1300693389204403338?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/1300693389204403338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=1300693389204403338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1300693389204403338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1300693389204403338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/we-did-it-victory-for-all.html' title='We did it! Victory for all!'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/Ra0H_-RUMdI/AAAAAAAAAO0/sJnnMAl1gYY/s72-c/DSCF2553.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-8008123440545779057</id><published>2007-01-14T04:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-14T06:37:40.744-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It turns out Asia is different than North America</title><content type='html'>It got so cold today I had to put on a t-shirt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sideonetrackone.com/archive/2007/january/011207.htm"&gt;New tracks from some of my fav bands&lt;/a&gt;.  Be sure to get the LCD Soundsystem song.  He loves New York.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-8008123440545779057?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/8008123440545779057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=8008123440545779057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/8008123440545779057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/8008123440545779057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/like-your-married-friends-im-settled-in.html' title='It turns out Asia is different than North America'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-2686611167116360089</id><published>2007-01-08T03:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-08T03:54:15.429-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sentosa Island</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RaIumSPJoNI/AAAAAAAAAIk/aJN-z1_6jtc/s1600-h/DSCF4725.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RaIumSPJoNI/AAAAAAAAAIk/aJN-z1_6jtc/s400/DSCF4725.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017624170109444306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Port_of_Singapore"&gt;Here’s a little&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_Bukom"&gt;background on&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurong_Island"&gt;the southern tip of Singapore&lt;/a&gt;.  It is home to one of the world’s busiest port and is said to be the world’s largest port by shipping tonnage.  There are a number of small islands a few kilometre south of the main island that house oil refineries.  Then there’s a beach sandwiched right in the middle of all that.  The water seemed clean, but . . .  I just don’t know. &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/Sentosa"&gt; Check out the pics here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-2686611167116360089?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/2686611167116360089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=2686611167116360089' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2686611167116360089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2686611167116360089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/sentosa-island.html' title='Sentosa Island'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RaIumSPJoNI/AAAAAAAAAIk/aJN-z1_6jtc/s72-c/DSCF4725.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-2472383133448091704</id><published>2007-01-06T21:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T21:29:51.666-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Scratch that last post</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RaCD4iPJoCI/AAAAAAAAAHA/K2XRgUZAM4k/s1600-h/DSCF4716.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RaCD4iPJoCI/AAAAAAAAAHA/K2XRgUZAM4k/s400/DSCF4716.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017154992176996386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Residence is growing on me.  I’m not moving out anymore.  The pool and condo facilities are unmatched in Singapore and that’s where I spend most of my time. Plus they have city wide wireless internet that I will be subscribing to which means I can play on the internet and lounge at the pool at the same time.  The picture is the view from my apartment.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went clubbing this weekend.  Amazing!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-2472383133448091704?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/2472383133448091704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=2472383133448091704' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2472383133448091704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2472383133448091704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/scratch-that-last-post.html' title='Scratch that last post'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RaCD4iPJoCI/AAAAAAAAAHA/K2XRgUZAM4k/s72-c/DSCF4716.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-8519095246860749319</id><published>2007-01-04T23:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T23:12:11.336-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rain Time.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZ34viPJoBI/AAAAAAAAAG0/LjMebDEUR7o/s1600-h/rain.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZ34viPJoBI/AAAAAAAAAG0/LjMebDEUR7o/s400/rain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5016439055488491538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It’s easy to forget you’re in a jungle rainforest when walking around Singapore, until it rains.  Since I’ve been here it has rained for about an hour everyday and let me tell you it rains hard.  I’ve never been in storms that produced such heavy rain.  The sky turns black, streets turn into rivers, and there is no protecting yourself. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moving on.  Imagine the smelliest dirty ghetto with bugs running around and extreme heat.  Now imagine there’s a big fine for having alcohol and rules about girls and noise and guests.  That’s my residence.  It’s in a great condo complex with a great gym and a 25 metre pool, but the NUS residence condo itself looks like it hasn’t been cleaned or repaired in 30 years.  Needless to say I’m looking for other accommodations.  &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/Residence"&gt;Check out the pictures here, but please note the pictures make the place look alright . . . its not.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-8519095246860749319?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/8519095246860749319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=8519095246860749319' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/8519095246860749319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/8519095246860749319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/rain-time.html' title='Rain Time.'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZ34viPJoBI/AAAAAAAAAG0/LjMebDEUR7o/s72-c/rain.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-2715404963315953137</id><published>2007-01-01T02:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T04:06:39.604-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Having fun is not allowed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZjhjf1ysfI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Ecl1ZHLfUe4/s1600-h/DSCF4675.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZjhjf1ysfI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Ecl1ZHLfUe4/s400/DSCF4675.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5015006185035837938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Singapore has an odd reputation.  Most of my friends (yes you) who had never been to Singapore really knew nothing about the country but still felt the need to warn me about chew gum and told me that the country was really strict and really clean.  That’s pretty much about all I knew about the country before I got here.  I came with the impression that it’s a boring and kind of nerdy place where everyone falls into line behind absurdly strict rules.  Luckily I was wrong.  I’ve only been here two days and I already know my impressions were off.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singapore is actually a little more liberal than Canada on a few fronts.  For example, prostitution is apparently legal.  There’s even a place known as the Four Floors of Whore on Orchard Street.  It’s not really a prostitution joint anymore, but they still walk the halls.  It's now an irony loving hipster hang out.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The real big thing is the fines and enforcement of those fines. There are fines for spitting, spitting out your chewing gum, littering, feeding the monkeys, etc, etc.  It’s a $10,000 fine for feeding monkeys but its only $120 for not wearing a seatbelt.  I don’t really understand the logic.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luckily, people here like to play as well as not litter or spit.  Lonely planet says Singapore is taking over Bangkok as the Southeast Asian nightlife capital.  I can’t say I’ve had a real impression yet.  I mean the bars have been packed and awesome, but its new years.  The one thing that’s not awesome is the beer prices.  The cheapest beer at a grocery store I’ve found so far is $15 for a 6 pack of Tiger beer and it’s like $10+ to buy a beer at a bar.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also there’s no kite flying.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-2715404963315953137?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/2715404963315953137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=2715404963315953137' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2715404963315953137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2715404963315953137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2007/01/stop-having-fun.html' title='Having fun is not allowed'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZjhjf1ysfI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Ecl1ZHLfUe4/s72-c/DSCF4675.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-1521839492307691806</id><published>2006-12-30T17:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T17:45:55.137-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Best Bathroom Ever</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZcWHJOU8EI/AAAAAAAAAC0/dkHZjLsnPVU/s1600-h/bestbathroom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZcWHJOU8EI/AAAAAAAAAC0/dkHZjLsnPVU/s400/bestbathroom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014501022091243586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The National Orchid Garden in the Singapore Botanic Gardens has the best bathroom ever.  It was like peeing on a Cypripedioidea then cleaning your hands with a Mexipedium. &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/BotanicalGardens"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to see the rest of the garden.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-1521839492307691806?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/1521839492307691806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=1521839492307691806' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1521839492307691806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/1521839492307691806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/12/best-bathroom-ever.html' title='Best Bathroom Ever'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZcWHJOU8EI/AAAAAAAAAC0/dkHZjLsnPVU/s72-c/bestbathroom.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-2212237153673775615</id><published>2006-12-30T01:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T01:54:45.688-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Singapore ho</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZY3M5OU7xI/AAAAAAAAAAY/81FZ_iI4FDA/s1600-h/singairpic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014255929782497042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZY3M5OU7xI/AAAAAAAAAAY/81FZ_iI4FDA/s400/singairpic.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;A master of English misconception once said “I’ve got a bad case of the jet legs” when talking about feeling a little jet lagged. I never really understood jet lag until today. After 33hours of traveling (that includes a couple of layovers), I finally landed in Singapore and I feel like I’m living through a really bad hang over. I’m droggy and tired and can’t focus. Jet lag sucks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-2212237153673775615?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/2212237153673775615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=2212237153673775615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2212237153673775615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/2212237153673775615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/12/singapore-ho.html' title='Singapore ho'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_nP7dDpGvzMk/RZY3M5OU7xI/AAAAAAAAAAY/81FZ_iI4FDA/s72-c/singairpic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116590062265572606</id><published>2006-12-11T21:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T21:17:02.716-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tis the season for best ofs.</title><content type='html'>Its that time of the season. Look for a best of the best ofs here at the end of December.  Here’s a little taste of what’s to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chromewaves.net/index.php?itemid=2452"&gt;Chromwaves – Best of 2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2006/12/albums-of-2006.html"&gt;Gorilla vs. the Bear – Top Albums of 2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.filter-mag.com/news/interior.3720.html"&gt;Jeremy Gara of The Arcade Fire – top 10 albums via Filter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/2006/12/best-eps-of-2006.html"&gt;My Old Kentucky Blog – Best Eps of 2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here’s some songs I’ve been listening that would be great to download if you haven’t already&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/10/9/274866/Guillemots%20-%20Trains%20To%20Brazil.mp3"&gt;Guillemots – Trains to Brazil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://worlds-fair.net/media/midlake/Roscoe.mp3"&gt;Midlake – Roscoe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116590062265572606?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116590062265572606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116590062265572606' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116590062265572606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116590062265572606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/12/tis-season-for-best-ofs.html' title='Tis the season for best ofs.'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116530074422774074</id><published>2006-12-04T22:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T12:14:35.423-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Neighbours</title><content type='html'>My neighbours hate me and everyone I live with.  Rightly so, I guess.  I live in a posh apartment full of childless middle-aged families who dislike being disturbed in the middle of the night.  We’re the only students in the whole apartment and we’ve managed to piss off everyone in the past with parties that would last until 4 or 5 in the morning. So this past weekend we thought we’d be nice to our neighbours and send everyone to the bar at 11.  We figured it would take 45 minutes for everyone to actually leave, meaning peace and quiet for the neighbours as they headed to bed at 12.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It didn’t quite work out as planned.  We did get everyone out by 12 but the neighbours still weren’t impressed.  The couple from upstairs came down and started to yell at me as people were leaving.  They told my South American friends to stop speaking Mexican.  Then the South Americans got offended and started to get in my neighbour’s face.  Then the lady started to tell me how I was a typical Ontarian.  I told her I grew up in Westmount. It didn’t really escalate into much but when the landlords called with their weekly list of complaints they did mention it would be nice if we went to apologize to our neighbours.  I think that’s a bridge I’m going to let burn.  And that’s that.  &lt;a href="http://www.picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/SportsParty/"&gt;Check out the pictures&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116530074422774074?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116530074422774074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116530074422774074' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116530074422774074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116530074422774074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/12/neighbours.html' title='The Neighbours'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116476355498031152</id><published>2006-11-28T17:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T17:26:30.773-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rock Plaza Central</title><content type='html'>I’ll go ahead and get the obvious out of the way . . . this song sounds like Neutral Milk Hotel, but don’t worry Rock Plaza Central have their own style and sound,&lt;a href="http://www.rockplazacentral.com/music.html"&gt; just listen to other songs on their website&lt;/a&gt;. I tend to download a ton of songs from blogs and random sites and then give them a listen at a later date. Sometimes the bands are good enough to warrant checking out. This Toronto band definitely made the cut. Check out this tune….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rockplazacentral.com/joyful.mp3"&gt;Rock Plaza Central - My Children, be Joyful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116476355498031152?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116476355498031152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116476355498031152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116476355498031152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116476355498031152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/rock-plaza-central.html' title='Rock Plaza Central'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116425758802702384</id><published>2006-11-22T20:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-26T15:03:00.206-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Time is running out.</title><content type='html'>In about one month I will be moving to the other side of the globe for an unknown period of time. December is going to be my last chance to enjoy the best parts of being Canadian for a long while, like weather and politics. I doubt I’ll be able to talk about weather once I move to a country where the weather is exactly the same every day of the year. And I doubt people talk about politics when there’s only one party. I’m going to suck at small talk.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116425758802702384?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116425758802702384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116425758802702384' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116425758802702384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116425758802702384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/time-is-running-out.html' title='Time is running out.'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116397189129401071</id><published>2006-11-19T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-19T14:05:12.486-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Joanna Newsom - Monkey &amp; Bear</title><content type='html'>The new Joanna Newsom album is like a musical of sorts, but not a crappy musical like mamma mia. More like a Sondheim musical. Actually it’s nothing like a musical. &lt;a href="http://thecyclotron.blogspot.com/2006/11/grower-not-show-er.html"&gt;The cyclotron has an MP3 to check out&lt;/a&gt;. Its worth the visit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116397189129401071?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116397189129401071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116397189129401071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116397189129401071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116397189129401071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/joanna-newsom-monkey-bear.html' title='Joanna Newsom - Monkey &amp; Bear'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116369321939391999</id><published>2006-11-16T08:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T22:10:58.216-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Amateur - Lesse Gjertsen</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JzqumbhfxRo"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JzqumbhfxRo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And supposedly he doesn't even know how to play the drums or piano.  Greatest use of video editing since MI3.  &lt;a href="http://www11.nrk.no/urort/user/?id=36781"&gt;More info on Lasse here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116369321939391999?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116369321939391999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116369321939391999' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116369321939391999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116369321939391999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/amateur-lesse-gjertsen.html' title='Amateur - Lesse Gjertsen'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116352070657386070</id><published>2006-11-14T08:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T08:11:46.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peter Bjorn &amp; John</title><content type='html'>This is the best mp3 you will download all week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://downloads.pitchforkmedia.com/%7Efiles/Peter%20Bjorn%20and%20John%20-%20Young%20Folks.mp3"&gt;Peter Bjorn &amp;amp; John - Young Folks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116352070657386070?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116352070657386070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116352070657386070' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116352070657386070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116352070657386070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/peter-bjorn-john.html' title='Peter Bjorn &amp; John'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116326268060125762</id><published>2006-11-11T08:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-11T08:31:58.143-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Massive Marketing Masters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4840/970/1600/DSCF4396.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4840/970/400/DSCF4396.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We did it! Markstrat champions . . . of our class at least. A number of years ago A group of professors at INSEAD created a marketing strategy game called Markstrat. You are essentially put in charge of a company’s marketing division and have to compete against other classmates to increase your bottom line. My team, pictured above, won. Winning always feels good but this victory has an especially sweat taste.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116326268060125762?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116326268060125762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116326268060125762' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116326268060125762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116326268060125762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/massive-marketing-masters.html' title='Massive Marketing Masters'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116296925886832678</id><published>2006-11-07T22:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T23:02:06.223-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Held the hand</title><content type='html'>A recent documentary has fully opened my eyes to Daniel Johnston. I’ve been listening to a number of his songs for years and didn’t know it. He’s worked with Yo La Tengo and Jad Fair and had his songs covered by countless musicians. Hell, Kurt Cobain used to sport a ‘&lt;a href="http://www.hihowareyou.com/"&gt;Hi How Are &lt;/a&gt;You’ tee. Daniel is a little on the odd side and his music definitely isn’t for everyone, but a few little gems stand out as simply brilliant. &lt;a href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/devilanddaniel/"&gt;The Devil and Daniel Johnston&lt;/a&gt; is a documentary worth seeing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Download &lt;a href="http://www.yoyo.org/~rjp/mp3/daniel%20johnston%20-%201990/daniel%20johnston%20-%201990%20-%20daniel%20johnston-03-held%20the%20hand.mp3%20(1_8).mp3"&gt;Daniel Johnston - Held the Hand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116296925886832678?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116296925886832678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116296925886832678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116296925886832678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116296925886832678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/held-hand.html' title='Held the hand'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116279020409906158</id><published>2006-11-05T21:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T23:03:05.616-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Singapore or Bust</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4840/970/1600/Singapore_coa.png"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4840/970/200/Singapore_coa.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; In just under two months I will be calling &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore"&gt;Singapore&lt;/a&gt; home. Yeah, seriously, Singapore. The exchange program through McGill has an exchange deal with National University of Singapore and somehow I got accepted. In a few months this site is going to be littered with pictures of Asia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singapore is an interesting place, at least in text. The government is essentially a one-party system, but the members of the government are still elected. The government controls the media, the courts, and well everything except the economy, yet it is considered one of the least corrupt counties in the world. It’s a developed nation surrounded by developing nations and I can’t wait to get there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116279020409906158?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116279020409906158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116279020409906158' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116279020409906158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116279020409906158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/singapore-or-bust.html' title='Singapore or Bust'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116267889189630585</id><published>2006-11-04T14:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T20:37:55.940-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Camping my way through the fall</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4840/970/1600/pics2006_1014%28013%29.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4840/970/400/pics2006_1014%28013%29.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;For most people the idea of jumping in a canoe and paddling through Algonquin conjures up visions of summer time.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;For my team camping is a cold weather event.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If it doesn’t snow we’re not having fun.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Marcus and I have started a tradition of camping amongst our friends.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Every spring, before May 2-4, and every fall, around Easter, we make a 3 or 4 day canoe trip through back-country Algonquin.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It’s a vacation for the mind when the seasons change.&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/travis.taylor/CampingFall2006"&gt;Check out some of the pics here.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116267889189630585?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116267889189630585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116267889189630585' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116267889189630585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116267889189630585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/camping-my-way-through-fall.html' title='Camping my way through the fall'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789796.post-116260283952127792</id><published>2006-11-03T17:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T22:34:07.470-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The New Blog's New Post about the Blog Re-Start</title><content type='html'>After completely ignoring my old blog toronto.1051am.com for the past year and a half because of school and a whole bunch of other poor excuses, I figured there was no point paying for the site.  Instead I’m moving here and getting right back into the blog scene.Go team!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789796-116260283952127792?l=1051amtoronto.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/feeds/116260283952127792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11789796&amp;postID=116260283952127792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116260283952127792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11789796/posts/default/116260283952127792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://1051amtoronto.blogspot.com/2006/11/new-blogs-new-post-about-blog-re-start.html' title='The New Blog&apos;s New Post about the Blog Re-Start'/><author><name>tbone</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02284510757152358125</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
