Posted by amawanqa
Two
P1i pics taken this morning by a bridge overlooking Elm Park tube station.
Cue that ol' classic Rolf Harris song: "Sun-Ariiiiise, early in the mor-ning...." LOL.
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Posted by amawanqa
@ Hobbster,
Yeah, if the lighting's good, it's certainly in its element with macro shots.
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Posted by HOBBS
Absolutely stunning.Thats inspired me to go down to the Sea Point Promenade and get some sunset pics.Nice one Wangs.
Posted by amawanqa
Thanks, ya but it's so difficult to fully capture the vibrance and hues of awesome sunrises and sunsets. I mean, one can kinda capture the essence of a stunning sunrise/sunset, but those brilliant cerise n' vermilion nuances never quite seem to manifest to the same extent in pics, compared to experiencing the real thing with the naked eye.
BTW, if you need me to copy n' paste any of your pics from your blog and upload them onto esato, let me know.
Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Nice SUNRICE shots matey
!
Posted by amawanqa
Maaaaaaagandang umaga, J-Man!
Thanks, mate.
'House' Manila this morning?
Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Gooooooooood afternoon - teacher !
Well Manila is still here in Asia . . . why ya ask
Posted by amawanqa
@ Jojo,
No particular reason. It's been rain n' strong winds here for most of the day
. Looking forward to Spring, that's for sure.
2 weeks to go before the bike show... can't wait.
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[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2008-01-17 22:55 ]
Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Just kiddin' with my reply there matey . . . yeah, we have an overcast this morning at my end too . . . I saw in CNN yesterday that some portions of UK is submerged in water
just like what you've said . . .
I can't wait (to see) for that Big Bike Show-pics too pal
!
Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - I am wondering how your school looks like matey
I'm gonna PM you where I spent my primary and secondary schooling (elementary and high school) . . .
Posted by amawanqa
@ Jojo,
I'm heading off to NeverNeverLand now; I've been working quite late most evenings this week and really need to get to bed earlier.
Hope you're having a great 'Fry'day, mate. G'night.
EDIT: PS: The school's an old 3-storey Victorian building with a few modernised annexes. I'll take a few pics of the school soon.
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Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - I understand, professor . . . sleep tight
Posted by Kryptik
TGIF!! Nice pix there Wanqa
i agree with Hobbs, those are really inspirational.
this was taken just as the sun was about to rise, a few minutes ago. Looks like it's going to another hot day here. Have a brilliant Friday, boys
Posted by HOBBS
Now thats inspired me to Kryps to go up Table Mountain and take some pics of cloud formations.
My boss was going to get the T650i but everywhere she goes they only have them in blue and she wants the green and they aint getting the green,just the blue.Its not as beautiful in the blue I have to agree with her but putting colour aside,in the hand its a beauty design wise.
happy friday all.....have fun:)
Posted by JC08
Well guys, a while ago I told you that load shedding, didnt affect us, but well this week it has hit in full force, the power is off for 2.5 hours up to 3 times a day, its really irritating....
Posted by Kryptik
It's really quite widespread, according to some reports. Fortunately my suburb has only been "browned out" a few times, mostly during the mid-morning hours while we're at work, and then only for a couple of hours. I've come home twice this week to find the radio flashing a time two hours earlier than it should be. What's deplorable is the fact that, when driving at night, one sees government and municipal buildings with all lights ablaze, despite the fact that the only people inside those buildings are rent-a-cops. Bugger those commercials asking us all to save electricity, it doesn't seem to apply to The Man.
Posted by GUCCI.011
Some great pics guys! @ Wanqa, Hobbs, and Kryptik!!
@ JC
Shame bro, we have one 2hour power cut after every two days, so we fine today but tomorrow between 4-6pm we will have a power cut.
Posted by *Jojo*
@kryptik - What fone did you use capturing that CLOUD-image
S500
Posted by gola
GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE TODAY! ! !
our city was busy load shedding while i was passing out.so most of the robots i passed became stop signs for me
@GUCCI
ps1 graphics for a phone isn't that bad hey.yeah,they still have a long way to go though
@wanqs and kryptik
wow,beautiful pics there guys!
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Posted by HOBBS
2 AND A HALF HOUR CUTS FOR US HERE 3 TIMES THIS WEEK.MADNESS.
Posted by HOBBS
CONGRATS GOLA.ROCK N ROLL!
Posted by GUCCI.011
@ Gola
CONGRATS BRO!!!
now im next up,going to do my learners and drivers after my 18th bday next month. So you got car yet bro?
Yep PS1 graphics aint bad for a phone.
Posted by gola
thanks guys
when next month is your bday?nah,but i'm driving a black corsa solo for now.i prefer to call a car mine if i bouyht it with my own money if you know what i mean...
Posted by GUCCI.011
@ Gola
Ye i totaly understand man
Corsas are great lil cars you lucky man! Im getting jealous now, getting a phone is nice but having a car and then job is what i realy want.
My bday is on the 16th of Feb.
Posted by HOBBS
MMMM...ITS ANYBODIES GAME AT THIS STAGE.
Posted by Kryptik
Congrats Gola
From all accounts, passing out via the K53 system isn't easy these days, so well done, boet!
Jojo, that pic was taken using my tried and trusted 6680
Posted by TeenInvader
wooow how is everybody doing in the SA Esato Thread.
Its been a long time.
Posted by JK
so can this p1 customise profiles? i cant seem to find it. also does the message ringtone have to play the whole song?
This message was posted from a P1i
Posted by *Jojo*
@gola - Congrats ! It's time to start datin' some . . . babes
!
Posted by amawanqa
@ Kryptik, Gucci n' gola:
Thanks.
@ gola,
Go gola, go gola... LOL. Congrats dude! In my best Mel Gibson/William Wallace voice: "Freeeedom!" LOL, enjoy the independence, boet.
@ Hobbster,
Eish, quite a tight Twenty20 game tonight, hey? Boucher was having a bit of a 'mare behind the stumps tonight. Glad Polly ended his Twenty20 involvement on such a high.
@ Jojo,
Kaibigan! Maaaagandang umaga!
Cellphone pic time again:
P1i pic, taken earlier tonight. No prizes for guessing where... :
Not too bad for a night shot; managed to take a really keeewl one with the N73 here last year too.
Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Gooooooooood Evening ! Nice shot mate ! Is that the London Bridge
falling doooooooooooown
Posted by amawanqa
@ JK,
Nope, just the standard 'profile' is customisable, and yeah, it does play the entire length of a message alert, if let to its own 'devices'.
@ Jojo,
Nope, that's Tower Bridge staaaanding up!
Posted by GUCCI.011
Wanqa
WOW! Great pic there boet!
looks like the kinda pic they'd put on a postcard or something.
Posted by amawanqa
@ Gucci,
LOL yeah, but I did take about 15 pics of Tower Bridge at different ranges and settings until I got a decent enough shot. Wasn't too easy with the spotlights around the bridge blazing way.
Posted by JK
thats not so lekker, the profiles i can deal with, but i alway get sms late at night, from 12 to 2am and for the whole song to play is jus crap, have to put it on silent or edit the song... overall i dig this phone!!
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Posted by GUCCI.011
@ Wanqa
Oh yeah i bet, the final settings you used worked perfectly though
a stand alone Digicam im sure would have given similar results, maybe with slightly more detail.
Posted by amawanqa
@ G-Man: Ya, would be keen to fiddle with a n95 or n82 on the same subject matter. Or even a LG KU990 Viewty. Bring on the rumoured 2008 cameraphones too.
Posted by gola
@GUCCI
i'd rather have a new phone for now,cos it's not like i'm leaving with the car to uni...avatar:do u mean to tell me the w960i is in SA? ? ? ? ?
@kryptik
thanks boet,had to do it the hard way or no way at all
@jojo
thanks dude,oh but i have been already dating
@wanqs
lmao,thanks...with responsibility ofcourse.that has to be the best photo i've ever seen
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Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Ohhh, sorry about naming the wrong BRIDGE back there . . . but is there really a London Bridge
@gola - Really
I guess your date will be more EXCITING now coz you can drive a car and bring 
. . . . anywheeeeeeeeeere . . . !
Posted by GUCCI.011
@ Wanqa
Yep bring them on,i wonder how many Mega Pixels will we see in top end camera phones this year? 7.2mp maybe?
@ Gola
Oh yah i see what you mean, yeah rather a new phone then.
The avatar is an upgrade to my W950 avatar, i just love the way the UIQ3 Walkmans look so far. Check Virgin OR MTN about W960 they may have it, i haven't been to any type of cellshop since i got this or checkd any Voda magazines.
Posted by GUCCI.011
Just my freaking luck!!! Just as i was updating my Blog the power went off and then on 15mins later
im going to try update it tomorrow afternoon when i know. . . . . Hope there aint going to be any stupid random power cuts!
Posted by amawanqa
Eish Gucci,
That must be so damn frustrating. I can imagine how miffed I'd be if I was working on something that required a good deal of my time on the PC and then suddenly have no electricity...
It's so easy to sav that one should've saved the changes at random intervals, but that's as bad as someone saying "I told you so..." Agh, happens to the best of us boet. I once was busy with a moerse post on esato and then lost it when the broadband internet connection went AWOL...
Posted by amawanqa
@ Jojo,
Most people, including myself before I first came to the UK 11 years ago, mistake Tower Bridge for London Bridge. The famous nursery rhyme adds to this misconception a lot.
There is indeed a London Bridge, which is the next bridge east of the famous Tower Bridge, along the Thames River.
Tower Bridge is the one everybody instantly recognises, with its 'opening' drawbridge road across it. It is right by the famous Tower Of London fortress.
London Bridge, on the other hand, has been built, dismantled and rebuilt in different guises over the centuries, on the same location.
Many years ago, one of its incarnations was bought by a super-wealthy American, then completely dismantled and shipped to America, where it was completely re-assembled there!
The original London Bridge had houses n' stuff built on it as well, and was the main bridge crossing for many 'commoners' centuries ago. Unfortunately its more restrictive arches didn't allow the river to flow as much as it should've over the Winter periods, which caused the river to occasionally freeze up when temperatures plummeted.
The modern London Bridge is quite a boring looking bridge, compared to its far, far more illustrious neighbour-bridge. It is lit up with all red lights at night.
Here's a pic of London Bridge taken from the floating WW2 warship museum, HMS Belfast, taken with the N73 that I had:
...and at night, the first one here was actually taken from Tower Bridge itself, to show the distance between the two bridges:
..and a close-up of London Bridge at night:
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[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2008-01-19 21:20 ]
Posted by GUCCI.011
@ Wanqa
Thats true though i should have, saved at random intervals but since we already had a 2hour power cut during the afternoon i thought i was in the clear and decided to full steam ahead and just "do EVERYTHING now and save later"
Ah well,ye it happens,il live lol,learnt a good lesson though like you did with that post
Great pics there!
And thanx for the lil history lesson i also mistaked Tower Bridge for London Bridge but now you've cleared it all up, you learn something new everyday hey.
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Posted by amawanqa
@ Gucci,
Dang, well let's hope they sort out these increasing issues before the World Cup.. can you imagine how embarrassing if it happens during live matches, with hundreds of millions of people around the world watching...
Posted by GUCCI.011
Wanqa
Great pics there!
And thanx for the lil history lesson i also mistaked Tower Bridge for London Bridge but now you've cleared it all up, you learn something new everyday hey.
me and a couple of friends were actualy joking around about power cuts in the World Cup! They wouldn't be able to do night games lol!
When the 2hour power cut startd today my cousin and I were at Fourways Mall and the ONLY shop with a generator was Woolworths the rest had to sort of kick customers out and close early, its absolutely pathetic!
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Posted by amawanqa
2
P1i pics taken today on Wanqa's Travels, of the Gatwick Express train which runs to and fro from London Victoria station to the UK's second biggest airport, ie. Gatwick Airport, which is near Crawley in the county of Surrey. It's a 30 minute direct train ride.
Posted by amawanqa
The 2 pics above are slightly over-exposed, but they'll do considering the dark backgrounds on the left.
@ Gucci,
Ya boet, I wonder how much all our knowledge has exploded with the advent of the internet, WAP etc.
I can't bury myself in mega-page novels n' books, but I feed off knowledge from The 'Net.
Posted by amawanqa
@ Hobbster,
Man, you made my day with that email with those 2 Afrikaans 'Swaar Metaal' songs, boet.
Can't wait to see the mrs's siblings' reaction when I play them next time they're here, LOL.
Ek is 'honger'
vir nog meer...!
A very big thanks to you, sir. Dig 'em deluxe.
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Posted by GUCCI.011
(daydream) some day soon il own one of these LOL! Taken with N81 when we were leaving Fourways Mall :
Lamborghini Gallardo number plate: BLUBUL hmmm. . .wonder who the lucky owner is. . .Lolly Jackson maybe? Apparently he has 4 of these,anyway it has a V10 engine,its the Murcieolago's little brother, theres A LOT of these rolling around JHB especialy in Sandton, Saxonwald/Hyde Park, Dainfern, Bedfordview and Midrand a long with the Aston Martin DB9 VOLANTE, apparently SA is one of Aston Martins top buyers of their cars especialy DB9 and the lil brother Vantage.
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