theworldisgrey

My wife and I were married on November 23rd. But due to immigration requirements and other issues, we haven’t yet had a reception. The reception will be April 5th, 2008 at Cokato City Hall. More details here.

Leaving this next weekend (Oct 20th) to Indonesia. Hopefully this time I’ll be a little more active with getting travel logs up. On this trip, we will be having photos taken by RDj. Kaoy Photography. We will be having a ceremonial wedding Javanese style. (We probably wont be doing everything part of the tradition, […]

Just a week after a rather significant event in Minneapolis, an earthquake hits near Jakarta, where my fiancee lives. It was about 60 miles offshore, and about 180 miles underground. It was too deep to cause a tsunami and any damage in the city, but it was definitely felt.

A bit of a tragedy struck in Minneapolis today. A bridge on one of the major freeways just outside of downtown collapsed just after rush hour. No indication as to why yet. It’s about 40 years old, and probably wasn’t quite engineered to handle the traffic it received. It was also undergoing some construction […]

After a few emails to the General Consulate of Sweden, I’ve confirmed what I suspected. I still have Swedish citizenship. I haven’t been back to Sweden since I moved here about 20 years ago when I was just 4 years old. Other than a few words, I really don’t know Swedish anymore. But this definitely […]

Finally back to writing again. Now for part two of my Indonesia trip, Jakarta. I spent most of my time while in Indonesia in Jakarta. Its an interesting city, take old, new, rich, and poor, put it into a blender and you get Jakarta. The city has 12-13 million people, making it the largest city […]

I haven’t written much in the past few months. Been busy with work, visa applications, and being a bit sick with a case of tonsillitis. In the next couple weeks, I’ll be writing about my experience in Indonesia, and about the country and culture.
The first part will be about traveling to and from Indonesia, the […]

I’m currently waiting at San Fransisco Airport on my way to Jakarta. Its been awhile since I’ve traveled by plane or even travel for that matter. Something about being a collage student with not much money. But now finally I can start seeing the world. The airport waiting time and all the flights total something […]

Yesterday with Macworld Apple released a new phone dubbed obviously, iPhone. The device in itself is quite unique and will definitely change the cell phone market for some time to come. But its not the phone that I’m writing about, its the fact that they have made their phones only available with a single […]

The above photo was taken over this weekend while driving back from a Family Day/Christmas (I’m not actually quite sure what it was) event at my brothers Army Reserve unit. This picture was taken driving up to downtown Minneapolis near sunset giving all the buildings a wonderful warm glow. You can find this photo and […]