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St Peter's Abbey, Ghent (Belgium).
Exposition: Judith, a Carolingian princess in Ghent.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Flanders
historischehuizen.stad.gent/en/sint-pietersabdij/tentoons...
In my third month of travelling, I found myself in a thoroughly alien land. Europeans behave a lot like Americans, and I can read the signs, even if I can not understand the language. But Jordan . . . was very different, and I could not even read the signs. It was very strange to me and there was some physical impact for me to adjust . . .
Zoom in a bit.
A nation on West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, known for its diverse wildlife, old forts and secluded beaches. Join Kaya as we make a difference in Accra, Capital city of Ghana.
Hong Kong Transport - Trucks
The Hong Kong Truck Culture
The number of Trucks, Vans* and Special Purpose Vehicles (Light, Medium & Heavy) registered + licenced in Hong Kong seems to fluctuate between 120,000 - 125,000 vehicles and presumably new trucks registered are offset by old trucks being retired or sold over the border in China.
*Vans are classified as Light Goods Vehicles and are not shown in this album
In Hong Kong Trucks are classified as GOODS VEHICLES By the Transport Department - see below
☛Light Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5.5 tonnes.
☛Medium Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 5.5 tonnes but not exceeding 24 tonnes.
☛Heavy Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 24 tonnes but not exceeding 38 tonnes.
The major truck types you tend to see in urban areas are trucks carrying construction materials or waste, dump trucks, concrete mixers and all sizes of delivery trucks... outside of the urban areas it is container trucks and large trucks carrying construction materials.
The following brands of Trucks can be seen on the streets of Hong Kong and include:-
Beiben ✚ Bell ✚ CAMC ✚ CNHTC ✚ DAF ✚ Dennis ✚ Dong Feng ✚ FAW ✚ Fuso ✚ Foton ✚ Ford ✚ Hino ✚ Howo ✚ Hyundai ✚ Isuzu ✚ Iveco ✚ JAC ✚ Kato ✚ KIA ✚ Liebherr ✚ MAN ✚ Mercedes Benz ✚ Mitsubishi ✚ Nissan ✚ Renault ✚ Scania ✚ Shacman ✚ Sinotruk ✚ Suzuki ✚ Toyota ✚ UD ✚ Volvo ✚ Zoomlion
Hong Kong is a brand conscious place even for trucks (!) hence the popularity of the European brands, Scania and Man are very popular and even the older trucks look the business and they are utterly reliable.
Isuzu is the market leader in terms of sale volume for all types of trucks.
(Source - The Transport Department, Hong Kong Government)
☛.... and if you want to read about my views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link below
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
☛ Photography is simply a hobby for me, I do NOT sell my images and all of my images can be FREELY downloaded from this site in the original upload image size or 5 other sizes, please note that you DO NOT have to ask for permission to download and use any of my images!
The image above is part of an advert by a company offering VHS (etc) tape to DVD dubbing services. People send their tapes and photograph albums to the company, who converts the analogue formats to digital and sends them back to the customers in DVD form.
But what happens to the video tape? Should it just go in the trash? What happens if the video tape is of someone deceased? This Japanese company offers an additional service, in the case of one video tape at twice the price of the dubbing itself, funereal, mourning rites, at an affiliated Buddhist temple. Customers pay for about $30 USD for a Buddhist priest to chant Buddhist prayers over up to twenty of their VHS video tapes, several times, before eventually disposing of them.
This question would not occur to a Westerner. In Japan there is a far greater reticence towards destroying visual representations since these visual representations are far closer to the persons videoed. Similarly, for example there are also funereal rites for dolls in Japan because dolls are far more felt to have had lives.
So, is there a Nacalian transformation? Do Westerners pay our respects towards diaries, or voice recordings, especially of the dead, for instance?
Funeral rites for visual representations of persons (real or otherwise) may suggests a desire for visual representations of persons to live on - to go to a pictorial heaven as it were, where images live forever in an eternal light.
While I am unaware of a direct transformation, where Westerners pay respect to the linguistic representations of the dead, while they are alive it is found that at least Westerner strive towards 'symbolic immortality,' in the face of "mortality salience" - being required to think about their own death.
When required to think about their death, humans -- or at least Westerners -- attempt to live on in their narratives. The question as to whether Asians attempt to achieve "symbolic immortality" is controversial. Heine, Harihara, and Niiya (2002) found that Japanese do. Kashima, Halloran, Yuki, and Kashima (2004) found that mortality salience produced different effects in Japanese and Westerners. Yen & Cheng (2010) found that Taiwanese do not. Ma-Kellams and Blascovich (2012) found that Asians do other things in the face of death: rather than focus upon symbolic immortality they attempt to enjoy "life" more.
Heine, S. J., Harihara, M., & Niiya, Y. (2002). Terror management in Japan. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 5(3), 187–196. Retrieved from onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-839X.00103/full
Kashima, E. S., Halloran, M., Yuki, M., & Kashima, Y. (2004). The effects of personal and collective mortality salience on individualism: Comparing Australians and Japanese with higher and lower self-esteem. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40(3), 384–392. doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2003.07.007
Ma-Kellams, C., & Blascovich, J. (2012). Enjoying life in the face of death: East–West differences in responses to mortality salience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103(5), 773–786. doi.org/10.1037/a0029366
Yen, C.-L., & Cheng, C.-P. (2010). Terror management among Taiwanese: Worldview defence or resigning to fate? Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 13(3), 185–194. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01328.x
Addendum
Come to think of it. According to Derrida's Freud, I am a funeral rite.
Derrida, J., Brault, P.-A., & Naas, M. (1996). By Force of Mourning. Critical Inquiry, 22(2), 171–192. Retrieved from www.jstor.org/stable/1343969
These people were traditionally hunter-gatherers, part of the Khoisan group and are related to the traditionally pastoral Khoikhoi.
Hey there,
It's been awhile since I last updated my flickr account. My friend, Kenny had came a long way since his first performance as a DJ, proud of his progress.
It was hard working with a complete manual flash with no AF-assist beam. My autofocus couldn't work due to the darkness.
Exams are coming pretty soon but I'm glad I made time for this upload. See you soon. :)
DJ Kenny
Sunway University College,
Malaysia.
Constructive critiques are welcome! Follow and favourite if you like my style!
"Nowe Książki"- "New Books" - detail of larger composition. I did two paralel streams (another one using "Ruch Literacki")
Painting after Painting - A contemporary survey from Belgium.
Exposition at S.M.A.K (Ghent, Belgium).
Work of Dieter Durinck.
modemacher.blogspot.com/2014/10/my-heart-is-with-you.html
Top: : [NV] Tess Top - Jeans Black NEW AT [NV] MAINSTORE!
Pants: Mon Amore Ohana jeans hudded, The Boho Culture Fair 2014
Necklace: Aurora Flower collar Necklace - Pomegranate, The Boho Culture Fair 2014
Bag: Mon Amore Ohana bag hudded, The Boho Culture Fair 2014
Head band: Mon Amore Hippieband hudded,, The Boho Culture Fair 2014
Tattoo: Suicide Gurls Avalloc tattoo, unisex with appliers, Vip group gift
Hair: Little Bones Les Garcons- Vip group gift
Poses Label Motion
Whatever lingering cultural history may have once enshrined piñatas, I don’t think these kids are learning about its pre-Columbian heritage... (read blog post)
Chancay Culture double-chambered bottle with the representation of a musician
Imperial period (1200-1450 AD)
Lima: Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú
I'm not quite sure these girls posing with Jafar at DisneySea know what that gesture means. I think they knew it as something "naughty" in America at the very least because they seemed to get very apologetic once they saw the gaijin watching. Don't worry girls: we weren't offended, and I'm sure Jafar approves.
Hong Kong Culture | Modern Hong Kong History started in 1841.
Visit Hong Kong - one of the World‛s GREATEST Cities!
Hong Kong is blessed with some of the most amazing panoramic city views in the World today and even better 75% of the land area consists of country parks and wetlands plus we have 575+ named hills and peaks offering some great hiking trails and lots of very fine beaches and remote islands - in a nutshell, Hong Kong is full of surprises!
Victoria Peak, The Peak Tram, Victoria Harbour, The Big Buddha | Po Lin Monastery, Tai O Fishing Village, The iconic Star Ferry, The Ocean Terminal Deck, The iconic Street Tram on HK Island, TST Promenade, Cheung Chau Island, Peng Chau Island, Temple Street Night Market, The Ladies Market, Chi Lin Nunnery | Nan Lian Garden, Statue Square, The Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple, Tsz Shan Monastery, Tai Kwun Centre, Hollywood Road, The Mid Levels Escalator, Aberdeen, Stanley, The West Kowloon Cultural Centre, Food Markets... the list goes on and on of cool and unusual places you should “visit or do” when you come to Hong Kong.
Book a Private Tour of Hong Kong to maximise your time here and gain an in depth understanding of this amazing city, in addition we have a great food culture and night life scene with some 15,000 - 20,000 Restaurants and Bars officially and unofficially and any and all visitors should take a private or group food tour in Hong Kong!
Hong Kong has one of the very best public transport systems in the world (MTR Subway and Buses + 18,163 Taxi‛s) they are cheap, reliable and easy to use.
Hong Kong - Some Facts - Population 7.5 Million people | 92% Ethnic Chinese | English is an Official Language along with Cantonese and Mandarin | 1,114 sq km or 430sq miles of diversity | 263 Islands | People | Street Scenes | Traffic Scenes | Nature Scenes | Animals | Buildings | Shopping | Gardens | The Countryside | Islands and the Ocean + Daily Life and anything interesting, all Districts, Hong Kong
☛.... and if you want to read about my personal views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link is shown below, I have lived in Hong Kong for over 50 years and completed 2,324 Private Tours of Hong Kong between 8th April 2011 and February 11th 2020
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
☛ Photography is simply a hobby for me, I do NOT sell my images and all of my images can be FREELY downloaded from this site in the original upload image size or 5 other sizes, please note that you DO NOT have to ask for permission to download and use any of my images!
Hong Kong Transport - Trucks
The Hong Kong Truck Culture
The number of Trucks, Vans* and Special Purpose Vehicles (Light, Medium & Heavy) registered + licenced in Hong Kong seems to fluctuate between 120,000 - 125,000 vehicles and presumably new trucks registered are offset by old trucks being retired or sold over the border in China.
*Vans are classified as Light Goods Vehicles and are not shown in this album
In Hong Kong Trucks are classified as GOODS VEHICLES By the Transport Department - see below
☛Light Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5.5 tonnes.
☛Medium Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 5.5 tonnes but not exceeding 24 tonnes.
☛Heavy Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 24 tonnes but not exceeding 38 tonnes.
The major truck types you tend to see in urban areas are trucks carrying construction materials or waste, dump trucks, concrete mixers and all sizes of delivery trucks... outside of the urban areas it is container trucks and large trucks carrying construction materials.
The following brands of Trucks can be seen on the streets of Hong Kong and include:-
Beiben ✚ Bell ✚ CAMC ✚ CNHTC ✚ DAF ✚ Dennis ✚ Dong Feng ✚ FAW ✚ Fuso ✚ Foton ✚ Ford ✚ Hino ✚ Howo ✚ Hyundai ✚ Isuzu ✚ Iveco ✚ JAC ✚ Kato ✚ KIA ✚ Liebherr ✚ MAN ✚ Mercedes Benz ✚ Mitsubishi ✚ Nissan ✚ Renault ✚ Scania ✚ Shacman ✚ Sinotruk ✚ Suzuki ✚ Toyota ✚ UD ✚ Volvo ✚ Zoomlion
Hong Kong is a brand conscious place even for trucks (!) hence the popularity of the European brands, Scania and Man are very popular and even the older trucks look the business and they are utterly reliable.
Isuzu is the market leader in terms of sale volume for all types of trucks.
(Source - The Transport Department, Hong Kong Government)
☛.... and if you want to read about my views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link below
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
☛ Photography is simply a hobby for me, I do NOT sell my images and all of my images can be FREELY downloaded from this site in the original upload image size or 5 other sizes, please note that you DO NOT have to ask for permission to download and use any of my images!
The 200-hour and 300-hour YTTC classes participated in the AYM Yoga School opening ceremony. The initiation ceremony was conducted under the guidance of Yogi Chetan Mahesh.
ACSA (African Caribbean Student Association) Culture Show - Showcasing cultural diversity and student talent on campus
CALEB’S FLAT STANLEY PROJECT
Flat Stanley seems to be getting into the real Brazilian culture now. Capoeira.
Just watch him as he hangs on (barely) to the tambourine played by Caio, trying to learn something new as usual!
Woooooaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tackity, Tack, Tack, ...PLING!
Caleb & Mikey will need to watch out when he gets back to their home with HapaKorean in San Diego, CA, United States. This Capoeira thing is really competitive to your Judo Caleb, so watch out!!!
About Caleb's Flat Stanley Project
HapaKorean’s son Caleb has a class project to photograph Flat Stanley around the world. We Flickr folks have been invited to help him out, so please print and cut out a copy of Flat Stanley, take a photograph of him in different places around the world and include a description about the adventures that Flat Stanley had. If you would like to learn more about Flat Stanley, go to www.flatstanleyproject.net/
Please upload your photos to Caleb's Flat Stanley Project Group no later than Friday, June 10th, 2005 in a printable format.
Part 2 from Kokusai Metropolitan soon!
View more at www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25834/Japanese+High+School+Phot...
James Ensor - 1860-1949.
Museum Plantin-Moretus (Antwerp, Belgium):
Ensor's States of Imagination.
Ensor's adventure with etching starts in 1886. He is 26 years old then, at the height of his career. During the following years, he is completely taken by the art of etching. He creates over 130 prints. Befriended artists and master-printers teach him the intricacies of the art.
Work of James Ensor.
Zack Morris, tribal member of the Sac & Fox nation, explains and educates children in Tecumseh thru song and dance how Native American Heritage and Culture has evolved to the year 2011.
June 16, 2011