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Monthly Archives: February 2008
3 February 2008, Front of House
Newington Road, Marrickville
The Lost Three Gems in the City of Gods
In the reference of Buddhism’s three jewels (Triratna-ไตรรัตน์) including Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, Thais are still deeply in following the way of Buddhism life. This is just my alternative views of the practice in Bangkok.
Lost Buddha
Found on a Bodhi tree on a street.
Lost Dharma
Chanting Tripikata for a blessing in Sanam Luang.
Lost Sangha
Waiting on a street market.
17 January 2008
Broadway, Chippendale
Sydney Chinese New Year Parade 2008
Another the City of Sydney’s selling point of parties is Chinese New Year Festival, the largest outside Asia, they claim. Although the city does not have to try hard to reflect its multiculturalism, Chinese New Year Festival, which runs 1-24 February, is the biggest push to showcase the vibrant cultures of ethnic minorities. The parade is full of colourful oriental glitz and glamour and noisy drumbeat without firecrackers because of safety issues. The crowd is loving it. The streets are cleared almost immediately as if it never happened. Welcome to Chinese year of the rat, Sydney style.
21 Jauary 2008, Compaq MV520
Wemyss Street, Enmore
Not Far from Home
Last day I stayed at my brother’s I decided to explore the neighbourhood with my favourite urban abstract approach. It was a mixed strange feeling even though I was brought up in this area. Maybe this was the strip I passed by every day but never really strolled around and looked for simple beauty. Maybe it was the fact that I locked myself out of the house but it was not a worry to me and I decided to shoot this series until the camera battery was deadly flat.
Music ‘Tas-sa-na-jorn’ by Talkless.
Mardi Gras Launch
Sydney’s Gay & Lesbian tourist season has officially popped. The Launch is moved from Moore Park to The Supper Club, Oxford Street because of the wet weather. Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras turns 30 this year. It has been a significant ride for the community since the first Stonewall riots commemoration on 24 June 1978 in Sydney. Now it becomes one of the city’s major carnivals and draws people from around the world to see freaks. “Brave New World” is this year concept. It sounds pretty, eh?
The hi-light for me would be Ron Austin, who was in the very first marching for homosexuality rights in Australia. It was not easy to be a queer back then. It was wrong, sick, immoral and illegal. Today, it does not seem to matter any more, in modern first worlds at least, whether who you are: straight, gay, lesbian, Asian, Black, White, Hispanic or Irish. Nonetheless, the world is full of differences, still. Can we harmoniously live with each other or just put up with it? Have we forgotten or taken everything for granted? Asking too many questions in the celebration is unhealthy, just dance on it and those problems will go away. “Brave new world”, indeed.
Ron Austin and Lord Mayor Clover Moore 
Ron Austin and covered Christmas Gay Tree 
Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore 
Broadcasting the party 
Entering the launch 
Seductive Queen 
Guarding the door 
Corridore
8 January 2008, Shopping Trolley
Corner of Merchan Street and Cavendish Street, Stanmore