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Back From China

#1   Max 

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    Posted 04 July 2005 - 08:35 PM

    Hi again everyone, I can't believe it has been only three weeks. I had a great time on my trip to China, and am in the process of organizing my pictures and posting them online. Check back tomorrow or Wednesday to see the link to the gallery.

    Aside from some small things, it appears the forums have been doing pretty well the past few weeks. Thanks to Nick and the moderator team for their help.

    I have some ideas for a new site project after playing through GS again, but I need to get in touch with some people here to see if they would be interested in helping. If by any chance someone here has experience in print design, please send me an email, I would really appreciate it.

    I need to contact AveneR again before I can give you an update on GSW's status. Before I left, AveneR said he was still busy with school projects but that time might free up during July, so I'll let you all know once I have a better idea of our development time frame.

    Check back again soon if you are interested in seeing all 900+ of my pictures from my trip.

    Update #1: I went through all my pictures this morning and picked out the most comprehensive set of pictures I could, totaling 143 snapshots. I believe I have a picture from each of the places I photographed, so this should give you at least an idea of where I was.

    Some notes: Since I was the photographer, I'm not actually in any of the pictures, though you'll see plenty of my friends. "Lao Shi" means "teacher" in Chinese, and she is my school's Chinese teacher who organized this trip. My school is The Haverford School, so our nickname is the "Fords" which you'll see referenced in the basketball games.
    The download is a ZIP file with a PDF inside. If you have Adobe Acrobat 7.0, when you open the file a full-screen slideshow should start. For those with older versions of Acrobat, you can simply scroll through the pages manually.

    Link: Download Here

    This post has been edited by Max: 05 July 2005 - 11:26 AM


    #2   Nick Presta 

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      Posted 04 July 2005 - 08:36 PM

      Welcome back, d00d!

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        Posted 04 July 2005 - 08:59 PM

        Aye, I just came back from camping in Fort Bragg. I had fun, but it's cold there... colder than I'm used too. Seriously, the mornings are freezing.

        Happy July 4th by the way. :) Independence Day for us United States dudes.

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          Posted 04 July 2005 - 09:16 PM

          Welcome back mate, looking forward to seeing the pictures.

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            Posted 04 July 2005 - 09:27 PM

            wheres teh pics? post em now XDD

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              Posted 05 July 2005 - 01:52 AM

              Welcome back ^^
              900+ pictures in 3 weeks? :)

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                Posted 05 July 2005 - 01:53 AM

                Welcome back Max. I hope you had a great time there in CHina.

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                  Posted 05 July 2005 - 03:44 AM

                  It's been said but, damn 900+ pics. You have a digital camera i take.

                  Welcome, looking forward to hearing/reading your ideas.

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                    Posted 05 July 2005 - 04:52 AM

                    Sounds like you had quite a time. Welcome back, dawgh.

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                      Posted 05 July 2005 - 05:19 AM

                      Welcome back! glad you had a good time, and I can't wait for the photos!

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                        Posted 05 July 2005 - 07:00 AM

                        Welcome back, Max! I really want to see those pictures! if China is at least as beautiful as Thailand, it sure is great there!

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                          Posted 05 July 2005 - 10:08 AM

                          Over 40 pictures a day? hmm..

                          Welcome back, and hope the work on the site goes well.

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                            Posted 05 July 2005 - 11:26 AM

                            Welcome back,Max!(Dang...over 900 photo's...He must have seen some GREAT things...wonder what the photo's look like ^^)

                            #14   Max 

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                              Posted 05 July 2005 - 11:28 AM

                              For those that didn't see, I have updated the post with a link to a slideshow of my pictures. Please go back and read the update in the first post.

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                                Posted 05 July 2005 - 02:39 PM

                                Ah..those are really nice picture! Oh and, welcome back Max.

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                                  Posted 05 July 2005 - 05:49 PM

                                  Looking through those photos makes me very envious of your school Max. You got to see pandas, baby deer, walk on the wall of China, go to a forbidden city. Heck, our school has never even left the country, the furthest we have ever been is to central Australia which is a desolate desert. Looks like you had a great time, and some of those shots were very good.

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                                    Posted 05 July 2005 - 07:01 PM

                                    Agatio, even though the trip was organized by the school, that doesn't mean it was free. Far from free for that matter. But I can say that it was definately worth every penny, and is something that I'll always remember. I'm going through more of the pictures to create a longer slideshow for family and then I'm going to upload the entirety of my pictures to a gallery online.

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                                      Posted 06 July 2005 - 10:23 AM

                                      Wow! was China cool, I wanted to go there once but my mom said no well.. welcome back

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                                        Posted 06 July 2005 - 11:15 PM

                                        Wow. China must have been great. I went to Japan for a week once, and a week is never enough. I went to Europe for two weeks, Switzerland, Italy, France, and two weeks is never enough. I say a month per country. Even 3 weeks doesn't sound long enough.

                                        Anyways, glad to see you enjoyed yourself. Hopefully you'll get to go back someday.

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                                          Posted 07 July 2005 - 02:30 AM

                                          Nice pictures max. Don't need to see you, already know what ya' look like. ;P

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                                            Posted 07 July 2005 - 07:13 AM

                                            Like I said, welcome back to my forums. I cant be bothered downloading the pics but based on how many you have taken you must have travelled ALOT.

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                                              Posted 07 July 2005 - 10:06 AM

                                              Welcome back Max and very nice pictures. Hope you had a good time.

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                                                Posted 07 July 2005 - 06:51 PM

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                                                Max, you photo-taking-maniac!!! You piled up 900+ photos in only three weeks?! You remind me of my girls that are friends.....that go crazy when a camera is placed in there hands.

                                                Nice shots. Seems like you had a good time. Hope you scored well with the ladies down there. Welcome back.

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                                                  Posted 08 July 2005 - 08:44 PM

                                                  *just watched slideshow*

                                                  Wow. That looked like a great(and jam packed) experience!

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                                                    Posted 09 July 2005 - 08:50 AM

                                                    Wow, the pictures look really nice. Lucky you...anywho, welcome back, Max! We're glad to have you with us again.

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                                                      Posted 09 July 2005 - 03:11 PM

                                                      Nice to have you back, Max. And some very nice pictures too; visiting China must have been a great, worthwhile experience.

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                                                        Posted 09 July 2005 - 07:55 PM

                                                        Welcome back (said it on AIM :rolleyes: ). Your lucky, the only other foriegn country I've ever been to was Canada, and next is Mexico, lol.

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                                                          Posted 11 July 2005 - 11:08 PM

                                                          Tops photos Brutha =]
                                                          Hope you had a great time, Might I ask what type of camera you were using?
                                                          :o

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                                                            Posted 12 July 2005 - 04:49 AM

                                                            Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

                                                            sibsag, on Jul 12 2005, 12:08 AM, said:

                                                            Tops photos Brutha =]
                                                            Hope you had a great time, Might I ask what type of camera you were using?
                                                            :o


                                                            I used a Canon Powershot S40, which is a few years old, but it is a great camera (4MP with 11x zoom).

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                                                              Posted 13 July 2005 - 09:48 AM

                                                              Welcome back Max.


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