Comments on: You can have your cake and eat it too! http://www.ottsworld.com/blogs/you-can-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too/ Travels and Life Experiences of a Corporate American Runaway Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:35:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rebekah http://www.ottsworld.com/blogs/you-can-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Rebekah Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:57:30 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/you-can-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too.html#comment-444 Hi Sherry, It was great to meet you in Hong Kong, I have since really enjoyed your take on the place. You didn't get the exact photo I was thinking of, although you came close- you may have taken the one Marcus mentioned though, on the escalator looking down into the streets. I guess it just highlights what a gifted photographer you are, that you don't take the same old touristy photos that people like me end up taking! Last night I just couldn't sleep thinking about you. I had my own Journey of Enlightenment reading a selection of your bloggs and looking at your photos. I know you don't want to think about it and are "in denial" but I would like to suggest a new career for you when your travels are over. There are so many bloggs around these days and so many of them are just a waste of cyberspace. Your's however needs to be published. Your ideas are original (thank goodness someone finally had the guts to tackle the Asian Toilet Crisis), you made me reminisce about my own childhood (my Mum was really into sponge cakes that she would construct to make the number of the birthday I was having- so 70's!!!), you give a fantastic insight into your own life, thoughts and feelings (yes, love does stink, doesn't it!), your photos are magic and your view of the world is unique. So, I think you should become a travel writer and photographer, that way you can continue to tumble and make a living at the same time, much nicer than sitting in an office 9 to 5 (or 10)- and you can claim all your new toys on tax. It may of course be easier said than done, but I promise I will be first to buy your first book. So there's my pitch on you having your cake and eating it too! Happy and safe travels Rebekah Hi Sherry,

It was great to meet you in Hong Kong, I have since really enjoyed your take on the place. You didn’t get the exact photo I was thinking of, although you came close- you may have taken the one Marcus mentioned though, on the escalator looking down into the streets. I guess it just highlights what a gifted photographer you are, that you don’t take the same old touristy photos that people like me end up taking!

Last night I just couldn’t sleep thinking about you. I had my own Journey of Enlightenment reading a selection of your bloggs and looking at your photos. I know you don’t want to think about it and are “in denial” but I would like to suggest a new career for you when your travels are over.

There are so many bloggs around these days and so many of them are just a waste of cyberspace. Your’s however needs to be published. Your ideas are original (thank goodness someone finally had the guts to tackle the Asian Toilet Crisis), you made me reminisce about my own childhood (my Mum was really into sponge cakes that she would construct to make the number of the birthday I was having- so 70′s!!!), you give a fantastic insight into your own life, thoughts and feelings (yes, love does stink, doesn’t it!), your photos are magic and your view of the world is unique.

So, I think you should become a travel writer and photographer, that way you can continue to tumble and make a living at the same time, much nicer than sitting in an office 9 to 5 (or 10)- and you can claim all your new toys on tax. It may of course be easier said than done, but I promise I will be first to buy your first book.

So there’s my pitch on you having your cake and eating it too!

Happy and safe travels
Rebekah

]]> By: Sherry http://www.ottsworld.com/blogs/you-can-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Sherry Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:54:20 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/you-can-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too.html#comment-442 I bought an Acer TravelMate 3040. - it's really small and light. It came with two batteries - a small/light one and a longer life/heavier one - it's nice to have a choice. It has an external drive - but that's cool as I never use a CD/DVD drive these days anyway - everything is on the internet these days anyway. It has a built in camera...so no need to purchase one of those. I also looked at the Sony TX series (the smallest thing out there) - only 3 lbs - but decided against it as it didn't have a lot of horsepower. I've been struggling a bit with Vista - but at least I won't have to upgrade later! The Acer has 5 in 1 card reader built in - so you are covered in that department! Good luck...but remember - lighter is better when traveling!! Sherry I bought an Acer TravelMate 3040. – it’s really small and light. It came with two batteries – a small/light one and a longer life/heavier one – it’s nice to have a choice. It has an external drive – but that’s cool as I never use a CD/DVD drive these days anyway – everything is on the internet these days anyway. It has a built in camera…so no need to purchase one of those. I also looked at the Sony TX series (the smallest thing out there) – only 3 lbs – but decided against it as it didn’t have a lot of horsepower. I’ve been struggling a bit with Vista – but at least I won’t have to upgrade later! The Acer has 5 in 1 card reader built in – so you are covered in that department!
Good luck…but remember – lighter is better when traveling!!
Sherry

]]> By: Patricia http://www.ottsworld.com/blogs/you-can-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Patricia Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:55:15 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Leaott/you-can-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too.html#comment-443 Hey, me again. Happy birthday. Since I am also looking for a smaller laptop for traveling I am curiuos as to which Acer model you picked up. There are som Sony Vaio 13 inch models on sale right now but I keep thinking I want something smaller, maybe in the 12 inch range. The problem with the Sonys is they only have a card slot for the memory stick. Anyway, keep having fun! Patricia In cold, snowy Montreal Hey, me again.

Happy birthday.

Since I am also looking for a smaller laptop for traveling I am curiuos as to which Acer model you picked up. There are som Sony Vaio 13 inch models on sale right now but I keep thinking I want something smaller, maybe in the 12 inch range. The problem with the Sonys is they only have a card slot for the memory stick.

Anyway, keep having fun!

Patricia
In cold, snowy Montreal

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