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Throwback Thursday wIth my sister.
The name Ha Long (下龍 Xialong) means "descending dragon".
Before 19th century, the name Ha Long Bay had not been recorded in the old books of the country. It has been called An Bang, Luc Thuy, Van Don ... In the late 19th century, the name Ha Long Bay appeared on the Maritime Map of France. The French-language Hai Phong News reported "Dragon appears on Ha Long Bay".
According to local legend, when Vietnam had just started to develop into a country, they had to fight against invaders. To assist the Vietnamese in defending their country, the gods sent a family of dragons as protectors. This family of dragons began spitting out jewels and jade. These jewels turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, linking together to form a great wall against the invaders. Under magics, numerous rock mountains abruptly appeared on the sea, ahead of invaders' ships; the forward ships struck the rocks and each other. After winning the battle, the dragons were interested in peaceful sightseeing of the Earth, and then decided to live in this bay. The place where the mother dragon descended was named Ha Long, the place where the dragon's children attended upon their mother was called Bai Tu Long island (Bai: attend upon, Tu: children, Long: dragon), and the place where the dragon's children wriggled their tails violently was called Bach Long Vy island (Bach: white-color of the foam made when Dragon's children wriggled, Long: dragon, Vy: tail), present day Tra Co peninsula, Mong Cai. Source: Wikipedia
So, for those of you who don't know (which is probably everybody except for Ace and Kody atm), this was my original account! It was like what, four years ago? Give or take. I was twelve when this bad boy started up. So weird to see how crappy memes, mediocre customs, and really bad apps for All New 98 and MUW (if you don't know what those are, you missed out on some good stuff) led to where I am now. I can't thank everyone enough who supported me then and those who support me now. I've come a long way, and I can't wait to see what the future has in store for me.
As the spring season has started brightening the northern hemisphere, I could not help but remember the colours of autumn.
Olympus OM-D-EM10 + TTArtisan 35mm f1.4
Exeter, United Kingdom
Angie sports a bikini I had purchased for her This was her first ever bikinii and I thought she looked really good in it!
This week we are going back fourteen years to Dublin Bus EV 53 on Burgh Quay with a service on route 151 to Adamstown. This route started operating between Docklands Station and Grange Castle in March 2007, running via the Crumlin Road. In July of that year it was extended to Adamstown, which was a new town being built out in west Dublin near Lucan. In 2010 under Network Direct changes the route was cut back to terminate in Foxborough. Route 25B was introduced at the same time which ran to Adamstown via Palmerstown, and provided an interchange with the 151 in Foxborough. The current 151 no longer uses Burgh Quay either. It currently crosses the River Liffey via the Roise Hackett Bridge and reaches College Street via Hawkins Street.
EV 53 was delivered new to Dublin Bus in December 2008. In fact, this Enviro 400 entered service just two days before this picture was taken. It was withdrawn from service in February 2022.
08/12/2008
In the early 50's DeGrazia started working on ceramics. NBC studios recorded a newsreel, called "Watch the World”, where they filmed DeGrazia and Marion making these ceramics. DeGrazia used original molds and his inspirations were taken from desert shapes and colors. Happy Throwback Thursday!
Back to a time of landline phones
and CRT computer monitors...seemed like a big deal at the time being able to do the "office girl" thing, LOL.
***Decided to merge images from my old Flickr account with my current account. Photos and descriptions from 2007-2009.
Location: Chicago, IL
Chicago's Crown Fountain. These kids are enjoying themselves and cooling off during a humid day in Chicago.
Here's a pic I took five years ago that I've never shared with anyone. I thought it would be perfect for a "Throwback Thursday" memory!
Last working day of the week as I'm off to Leeds tomorrow for a couple of nights. So to celebrate here's a photo from August last year that I never got around to posting. This was the first time I'd ever met Eliza yet she somehow mostly managed to drag a smile out of me. Hopefully a few more smiles this weekend when we and a few other friends meet up again.
Back in August, a northbound baretable reposition train, IRNCSR(?), chugs north out of Villa Grove with a solo CSX AC44CW on the point.
E255-01 splits 153.6 with an SD40-2 on the point. CSX 8312 being in front of the GEVO was kick ass, add old signals that are close to being replaced and you can't go wrong...
These two particular dolls really changed my perception of the Barbie brand. I was happy to see them readily available year after year until Raquelle was nowhere to be found in the US for the "Style" line only to be released elsewhere and to finally come back twice unfortunately with poorly printed eyes. She has yet to appear back with this gorgeous face. Ryan on the other hand had his sculpt completely redone and never returned. Mattel please bring them back... just the way they used to be!
Here's to hoping we get them in collectible sized heads in any upcoming lines whether it be "The Look" or not even in collectible size heads, just back in "Fashionistas." I would get excited just to see them back in some form be it a picture in the Barbiestyle Instagram account. What do you guys think? Which Raquelle and Ryan are your favorite releases?
Something that's bothered me: my attempts at a McLaren MP4-12C. Why does it bother me so much?
Well, the McLaren MP4-12C (and for that matter the newer ones like the 650S and 675LT) are among my favorite cars. So I wanted to recreate it in LEGO.
I tried that in 2012. Which is the left one.
In my defense, I was less skilled, newer to the LEGO community, and at the time I was very proud of it. And the feedback was subtle, it seems like it was ugly, but in my league, as in I was getting there.
Two years later, 2014, I retried. While the right one actually has some equalities to the 12C, It still has some pain elements. The doors and interior: absolutely fine though. Front: well, could be way worse. Although the A Pillar is kind of wrong. Rear/C Pillar: absolutely wrong.
While there is atleast a 12C to recognize in the 2014 attempt, it's far from perfect.
So why am I doing all this? Well, as you might know it's now 2016, which is 2 years later than 2014, and 4 years later than 2012. I've retried the 12C (actually, spoiler alert, I made it into a 650S), and it needs a lot of finetuning, but overall I've built a McLaren that I like.
So sorry for bothering you with a giant textwall that only contains two bad replicas, reposted, and sorry for an unrendered picture, but now you know the reason. Stay tuned!
This week we are going back 12 years to 2010, and Dublin Bus AW 4 arriving at journeys end on route 4 at Harristown. Harristown Garage opened in 2005 and is the newest, purpose built bus garage operated by Dublin Bus (since then they have taken upgraded part of the Broadstone site to become a new depot and Go-Ahead Ireland have opened a depot in Ballymount). It is located just south of Dublin Airport beside the Horizon Logistics Park. After it opened, the operation of a number of routes were transferred to the garage and some of them were extended to terminate there.
Two routes designated 4 have operated in Dublin. The first ran between Annamoe Road and Pembroke Road between 1965 and around 1984. The current route started in 2006, initially between Ballymun and St. Vincent's Hospital. In 2007 it was extended to terminate just outside the garage at Harristown, as well as at Blackrock. In 2010, shortly after this picture was taken, it was extended further south to Monkstown Avenue.
AW 4 was one of twenty dual-door AW Class buses to operate in Dublin. They were all delivered in 2000 from Wrights, but these articulated buses were not very successful and were all withdrawn by early-2011. AW 4 was sold on to Ensignbus in the UK.
15/09/2010