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last pic for the moment
my computer bag slipped yesterday on the way home, strap torn apart one sec to the next, laptop fell on pavement, screen been black ever since, Phd's trapped inside, needs sorting first
and yes, can't download pics from the camera/upload to aminus at uni pc neither
blue skies, sun shining outside though
@Papalopoctli: tan verdadero, tan triste ... gracias!
@John: one hurricane or almost 20 years lack of maintainance and care ... a friend volunteered to assist with the laptop, PhD is going to be released, the only question is: when?
@Ghassan: there's been rain this night but only water, no new laptop :? this is an early 20th century spa close to where my parents live (an hour from Berlin, Germany) ... after the war the Russians occupied it, think they used the hospitals for their soldiers and since they left in the early 1990s most of the place is slowly falling apart, although, in fact, some of the buildings must already have been damaged during the war, there are still some craters from the bombs to be seen ... I used to love going there but its also a favourite with Berlin-based photographers. Its weird how they do glamour fashion shots in their against the background of the crumbling building! so, yeah, I didn't need to find it, it was just at my door steps. its nothing like Nigeria though, not half as warm, different light and most of the old buildings there were built from mud so deterioration looks different ... I need to check whether I got only shots of the old city wall in Kano, its quite picturesque but come to think about it, its quite sad - in both cases, how they are left to fall apart ...
@Ghassan: arright, so I wait for the cash to rain down! :) ... as for buildings falling apart and people dying without anybody caring: there you get me right where my discomfort with my passion and profession (i.e. art, i.e. material objects) on the one hand and the reality of many people in the area I conducted fieldwork in (Nigeria, i.e. kids begging on the street, people killed by robbers or a riot etc.) on the other hand lies, makes the things I care about (i.e. the arts) appear such a vain occupation on a daily basis (just switch on the TV) ... but I guess, Baghdad is a different story again, an actual war zone ...
@Ghassan: not sure I understand what you're saying, not sure you got me right (or maybe I'm just tired) ... but one thing's for sure: I'm glad I'm not the boss, too much responsibility for my small shoulders, though I can think of some things I'd change ...
@Anthony Morgan Lambert: thx ...
@Mostafa: danke Mostafa!