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M.V. Klondike -- a bulk fuel and container ship owned by British Yukon Navigation Company (a subsidiary of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad). Sailing north from Vancouver to the Yukon with oil and supplies -- returning south to Vancouver with ore and asbestos.
Circa 1970's
I’m still trying to wrap my head around what happened last crazy weekend. I still can’t believe that it's almost a decade since I left Silicon Valley. Everything is still exactly the same as I remember it to be - the scent, the view, the warmth that always embraces me. Every time I heard of Bay Area, I always feel this sentimental yearning and nostalgia rushing through me. No matter where I go in life, this place still holds a very very special place in my heart. It's where I first set foot into a different world - a world where I was forced to rewind my childhood, re-evaluate my dysfunctional family and thus, discover who I am and grow up as a strong and wise individual.
Time really does fly, doesn’t it? It seems like just yesterday I was this little scared and curious16-year-old-girl attending Gunn High School in Palo Alto. I was born in Vietnam and have been there for most of my life but here - in the US, here - in Palo Alto, is actually where I "grow up". Nine years has passed and among them, I spent 7 years living in different beautiful famous cities in California. Half of that time, I was alone, living by myself. Every heart break, every knockout, every second chance broaden my knowledge and perspective, enriched my life with various emotions and deep understandings.
I love LA to death because it’s the place that sees me through all my craziest ups and downs. It witnessed me being broken down, torn apart, gathered together and built back up again. It's where I went from having everything to having nothing in a blink of an eye. It's where I loved and lost. It's where I’m lost and found. Yet, the cities of Silicon Valley hold my dearest and sweetest memories of an innocent 16-year-old-me. It’s the place where I can truly call home, where I feel safe, warm and loved, where no matter what life brings me down, I could always come back and cry in the arms of those who genuinely care about me, where I could speak and let myself be heard and understood.
It's been so long since I could genuinely smile like this. When I started learning photography, I told myself not to take anymore self portrait. I'm seeking to speak the simple beautiful truth of life through my photos and I'm just so sick of photos of me faking smiles. But this time, I'll break my rule because I knew I was genuinely feeling warm and happy from within. I breathed in the fresh air, the cool breeze, the gloomy sky and the vivid memories. I was at peace.
I came home and I was free - free to spread my wings wild open and fly high. Day after day, I become more and more humbly grateful for the extraordinary experiences that I have had. It turned me upside down, inside out. It lets me tap into my inner self – the one filled with so many dark, confused emotions, thoughts and wonders. My soul is no longer a miss-match of my appearance. This is I – the one and only unique individual that whoever God is created and put into this world.
Il primo treno viaggiatori sulla Reggio-Sassuolo è l'R872, che parte da Reggio alle 5.45, oggi effettuato dalla ALn 072, qui in transito poco dopo Villalunga.
-- R872 is the first passenger train on Reggio-Sassuolo. It leaves at 5.45 AM from Reggio. ALn 072 is seen after Villalunga station, operating this train.
3D printed scale model of the FMC M-113 APC use during the vietnam war
STL files here www.etsy.com/fr/listing/848122200/armored-vehicle-m113-ap...
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MUARA NAVAL BASE, Brunei (Nov. 10, 2014) Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) demonstrate the use of an emergency escape breathing device to visitors from the Royal Brunei Navy during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2014. In its 20th year, CARAT is an annual, bilateral exercise series with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations including, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Derek A. Harkins/Released)