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If You Didn’t Already Know That I’m Weird

Saturday, September 30th, 2006

I had a heck of a time trying to post this as there were problems with the site, and it took me days, but it looks like it will work now (part of it may have been somewhat my fault, but not really).

Okay, I know these pictures don’t seem to have much to do with traveling, but in a way they do. It was during Songkran in Thailand, and I wanted to stay dry (after having been soaked earlier), so while sitting in my room bored, I took these pictures. In a previous post, after showing one of the photos, I did a survey asking if you would like to see the series. The results were in favor of posting the series. So if you didn’t want to see them, but didn’t vote, you should have voted, and you must look at them. If you voted no, you can choose to look or not. If you voted yes, then here they are, enjoy. If you just randomly clicked on this post, and you don’t know me, welcome to my insanity.

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? You been out ridin' fences for so long now . . .

. . . Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons. These things that are pleasin' you can hurt you somehow . . .

. . . Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy, she'll beat you if she's able . . .

. . . You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet . . .

. . . Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table, but you only want the ones you can't get . . .

. . . Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger. Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home . . .

. . . And freedom, oh freedom, well, that's just some people talkin' . . .

. . . Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone . . .

. . . Don't your feet get cold in the winter time? The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine . . .

. . . It's hard to tell the night time from the day . . .

. . . You're losin' all your highs and lows . . .

. . . Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away? . . .

. . . Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? . . .

. . . Come down from your fences, open the gate . . .

. . . It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you . . .

. . . You better let somebody love you. Let somebody love you. You better let somebody love you, before it's too late.

Well, that’s it.

You might have noticed that my last post, (Legally) Qualified, is gone. That’s because the site lost all posts from Aug 17 to some date (unrelated to the problem of trying to post this), so I didn’t delete it for some reason. They suggested ways to get our posts back, but none seemed to work for me. I have no back ups of any of the posts I’ve written, so I guess I’m lucky I only lost one post. I wonder if any of you have saved some of my posts? Maybe it would be a good idea for me to have back ups, for the inevitable big crash.

Anyhow, if you didn’t already know it, now you all know that I’m weird.

Mark (Desperado) Schraeger

P.S. I still have no idea what the hell I’m doing with the rest of my life.

Posted in Posts With Pictures, Thailand, Travel | 2 Comments »

Eight Pictures

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Click on the images to see them bigger:

I did no editing at all to this, the sky looked like that. That’s why I took the picture.
Georgetown on Penang Island, Malaysia

Again, I did no editing at all to this picture. My hand, foot and juggle-ball looked like that. That’s why I took the picture. I have a whole series of these, if you would like to see them all in a future post, please vote in the comments. Vote yes or no, after a couple of weeks I will tally the votes, then either post them or not. But if I am taking the teaching course, I may have to wait until that is over, because it is supposed to be very intensive.
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The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. When you go up, they only let you go to the bridge inbetween the towers, which is still quite high. I never made it up, however, because I never woke up early enough. It is free, but you must get there early as they only allow a finite number of folks up.
The second tallest buildings in the world, depending on who you ask.

A corner in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. Kota Bharu is in the extreem northeast corner of Peninsular Malaysia. Pretty much every single female on the east coast wears some kind of covering like that, but I saw none wearing the full covering, which includes the face.
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June (left) and her friend Erika. Erika is not a friend from Thailand. June met her at college in Sarasota, Florida USA. She is from Japan, but lives in NYC. She visited June (and another friend from Japan who lives in Bangkok) for a week, and is now in Tokyo with her family before she starts her new life and career as an Architect in NYC.
June and Erika

June (foreground) and Erika praying to Buddha at the temple at the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
Praying to Buddha

This is an actual snake oil salesman in action in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. Unlike the first two pictures, I did a lot of editing on this one, but you probably figured that out. The orange blob on the table is the jars of the snake oil he was peddling, next to them are some kind of sugar pills he was also pushing. People bought this stuff too. P.T. Barnum was right.
There's a sucker born every minute

I took this one at Ao Nang, in Krabi, Thailand. I wanted to include it in the pictures I posted from there. Remember the one with the monkeys? But I had it on DPChallnge in the framing challege, and it was in the voting stage at the time, so I couldn’t include it. Here it is now.
I saw this exact same picture on one of the sites for a TESL couse in Krabi, but this one is mine.

I wish I took more pictures in Malaysia, because it was a beautiful country, but the electric outlets are different there so I couldn’t charge my camera battery. I especially wish I took more pictures at Pulau Perhentian (Perhentian Island). I took a few, but nothing any good. It was a magnificent island in the northeast corner of peninsular Malaysia. The water was the most clear I have ever seen in my life. But on my first full day on the island, I went exploring. The combination of the sun and the crystal clear water (reflecting the sun) provided a double dose of sun to my body. I wore sunblock and did not get burned, but the next day I had a fever of 101. Too much sun. The next day I relaxed and recovered, then on the following day I left. So I didn’t get a chance to go snorkling, and I was even considering getting a scuba license. It would have been expensive, but it would have been cool. It’s possible I could go back and try again.

Don’t forget to vote on the hand foot juggle-ball photos.

Posted in Malaysia, Posts With Pictures, Thailand, Travel | 4 Comments »

Banana Transactions

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
In case you were wondering, I'm still alive, and here are the pictures to prove it. Well, they don't prove I'm alive, unless I've turned into a monkey. Sorry for those of you who have been following my blog. I've been doing ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Posts With Pictures, Thailand | 2 Comments »

Some Complementary Pictures

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Well, the last time I wrote a somewhat disconcerting post, I followed it up with some pictures. My last post was, I'm sure, somewhat disconcerting to some people, so I will follow that up with some pictures as well. These pictures are not ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Laos, Posts With Pictures, Thailand | No Comments »

Nothing Happening, So How About Some More Pictures?

Friday, February 3rd, 2006
Not much interesting has been happening. I've been with June in Bangkok for almost a month now, so it's kind of like I live here. Not really doing any vagabonding. So since there is nothing much to report, except that ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Cambodia, Posts With Pictures, Thailand, Travel | 6 Comments »

Some Street Photography

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
I'm still doing a whole lot of nothing in Bangkok so here are some more pictures, with a concentration of street photography. And some experimental editing. The same park on the same day as my masked musicians photo in the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Cambodia, Posts With Pictures, Thailand, Travel | 1 Comment »

A Lot Of Not So Good Pictures

Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Well, I think I must have confused a lot of people with my last post. And I am a bit humbled too, because I thought it would be well received, especially from those who have been there. Oh well, here ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Cambodia, Posts With Pictures, Thailand, Travel | 3 Comments »

On The Vagabonding Trail. . . . .?

Saturday, November 26th, 2005
This blog is called "Mark's Vagabonding Blog" and, honestly, so far I feel I have not done much vagabonding or growing. Yes, for more than a month I have been a world removed from my home, but for the most ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Thailand | 2 Comments »

I Lied, I Did Take Some Pictures

Sunday, November 20th, 2005
I have a feeling my last post was a little to difficult for some to take (Although I think it was some of my best writing) , so I will lighten it up here. I lied earlier when I said I ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Posts With Pictures, Thailand, Travel | 2 Comments »