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Hometown:
dailong
About Me:
I’d rather watch the setting sun from the seashore than go and sit on the horizon ..... !
I'd rather enjoy the view of a city's skyline from across the river than being in the city itself ..... !
I’d rather watch the rainbow from the ground than sit on the rainbow ..... !
To be a rainbow itself is another matter.......
Books:
The last book i read .... Was it 'Freedom at Midnight' ? or 'City of Joy'? Maybe 'To Kill A Mockingbird'? or 'The Day After Tomorrow'? Not sure. It's been so long.....
Movies:
'Before Sunrise'; 'PS'; 'The Piano'; 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring'; 'Gangs of New York'; 'History of the World'; 'Scent of a Woman'; 'Flash Dance'; 'The Good, the Bad & the Ugly'; 'You Only Live Twice' & a hundred more ........
Music:
mark knopfler, bonnie raitt, suzy quatro, don williams, uriah heep, wishbone ash, creedence clearwater revival, queen, western classical, all kinds of folk music
School Attended:
SAP + SPA
Degree:
Professional, Master

Reg's Blog

root-balling architecture ....... and social values

Memories are what we are. Without our past we do not carry much value. So it is with our cities, too. A city without a past or a city that has chosen to ignore its past by sweeping away its own story under the carpet of modernization or ‘modernism’ can hardly be called a ‘real’ city. For after all, a city is about people; it is about social relationships; it is about sharing experiences; it is about creativity; it is about the pursuit of ever new thoughts & ideas that seek to take man’s exis… Continue

Posted on May 27th, 2008 at 3:18pm — 1 Comment (Add)

in China

Sunday …& other days in Shanghai ….. & Guangzhou ……… ……………… ……… I’d been camping in Shanghai for nearly two weeks. I thot i’d be returning in a week’s time, but cudn’t finish my work. These Chinese are giving me headaches everyday. It’s amazing how well they can mis-communicate things ….. not that they do it on purpose. One has to keep explaining & re-explaining things ….. in several different ways ……by writing, acting, drawing……. laughing ….. screaming ….. in short, everything at y… Continue

Posted on March 24th, 2008 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments (Add)

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At 12:26am on June 16th, 2008, Sue said…
Hello, my friend Red!!!! hehe it was a pity that you did nto contacted me during your recent trip to China. But that is not a problem, we still have many chances to have a meet finally. But i think recently is not easy to welcome everyone to Beijing, for the Olympic Games...

Also, i am sorry i was very busy recently and not come myarchn till now, so i replied you asap... :)

Keep in touch my friend.
At 5:13pm on June 5th, 2008, ALEX ECONOMIDOU said…
hello reg, thanks for your so warm comment !
u r always in my mind, I hope u know that !
sharing is such a great bridge of communication, I think !
c u the soonest,.....Alex
At 10:33pm on June 3rd, 2008, Gautam said…
jab tak terey mail key saath cut and paste karkey masala nahin lagaata, tu usko ignore marna, yaaaar !....
habe phun, yenjoy !!!
teraa blog padhkey bahut maja ayaa rey, regwaa !...bahut majaa ayaa...sab ko nani yaad dila dey rey !
At 4:41pm on June 3rd, 2008, Gautam said…
kyon ? usne kya kiya ?
At 7:13pm on May 28th, 2008, ALEX ECONOMIDOU said…
hello, how r u
please visit my Thermessos album and tell me about it
I was completelly amazed, it took 1 h quite hard walking up there but it was absolutely rewarding
something I'll never forget.....c u A
At 3:46pm on May 27th, 2008, ALEX ECONOMIDOU said…
hi there Reg, hope u r well
u r always so encouraging, thank u, I appreciate it
I'll be back with many more stones (but not only)
very-very soon.....c u A.....(I'll let know in advance)
At 12:55pm on May 21st, 2008, Ben said…
thoughtful designs will make all the difference..yes but will it provide access to the intentionally blocked view to windows of the soul . assuming all people have
At 6:16pm on May 16th, 2008, ALEX ECONOMIDOU said…
helo there reg
how are u.....I'm back in the net & preparing some photo albums from my recent journey in Asia Minor
as for the accesibility issues, as stated here, I think, through my experience in my homeland, it's both social ignorance & insensitivety coupled with the State's incapability to reinforce & apply legislation in favour of the less privileged among us, kind of a doubled-faced coin or alibi for almost all of us.....be with u soon.....Alex
At 10:24am on May 14th, 2008, Iñigo Ortiz Monasterio said…
Accesibility is all we need, some need fisical accesibility...others mental.
At 5:54pm on April 20th, 2008, ALEX ECONOMIDOU said…
hi.....loved your new avatar greatly.....being caught up in the issue of eye lances all my life myself.....this is somehow setting us all free.....thank you reg.....be well.....c u soon
 
 

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