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But even this triptych has borders. :( 2015-04-16T09:07:06+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2015/04/15/being-a-modern-student/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kindle-paperwhite-review-2.jpgkindle-paperwhite-review-2https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-04-15-at-3-58-49-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-04-15 at 3.58.49 PMScreenshot of my Mendeley online library.2015-04-15T07:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2015/03/20/first-milestone-143-more/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-20-at-4-29-28-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-03-20 at 4.29.28 PMThe route for the 3rd and final day of the trip.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-20-at-11-07-15-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-03-20 at 11.07.15 AMMy trip around Biwako: Red - first day. Blue - Second day morning. Yellow - Second day ferried in a truck. Green - Second day afternoon. Blank - My sports tracking app won't export the final day. :( I hope I can update it soon.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image7.jpegimage7https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image5.jpegimage5https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image4.jpegimage4https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image3.jpegimage3Locked gate. No walking. No biking. No nothing. Closed. https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image1.jpegimage1https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1120507-e1426815527152.jpgP1120507Kitsune!https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1120510.jpgP1120510Oto-san preparing to plant potatoes.2015-03-21T02:11:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2015/03/10/a-break-from-transcription/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/11067959_10153119389885930_106343999_o.jpg11067959_10153119389885930_106343999_oWe met up with the guys who helped us find the ruin! Thanks guys! (photo: Dan Marsh)https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1120116.jpgP1120116https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1120225.jpgP1120225The sign! Clever guys!https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p1120223.jpgP1120223The trail down... it got much, much darker!https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_6013.jpgIMG_6013These guys were friendly but couldn't tell us where the ruin was.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_9544_siberian_rubythroatmaleeast_kolkata_wetlandskolkatawestbengalindia_9th_february_2014.jpgimg_9544_siberian_rubythroatmaleeast_kolkata_wetlandskolkatawestbengalindia_9th_february_2014Siberian ruby throat2015-03-13T03:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/birds-of-japan/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dusky_thrush10.jpgdusky_thrush10Dusky thrush Turdus eunomus ツグミ Tsugumihttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2672.jpgimg_2672Steller's sea eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus オワシ Owashihttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3175.jpgNorthern pintailNorthern pintail Anas acuta オナガガモ Onaga gamo https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2010_copy1.jpgBrown dipperBrown dipper Cinclus pallasii カワガラス Kawa garasuhttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0567_copy1.jpgJapanese white-eyeJapanese white-eye Zosterops japonicus メジロ Mejirohttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/browneared_bulbul_9082514782_3d4c2bdef4_o.jpgBrown-eared BulbulBrown-eared bulbul Ixos amaurotis amaurotis ヒヨドリ Hiyodorihttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2861.jpgBlack kiteBlack kite Milvus migrans トビ Tobihttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2340.jpgGreen pheasantGreen pheasant Phasianus versicolor versicolor キジ Kijihttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/vtjapan.jpgVaried titVaried tit Parus varius varius ヤマガラ Yama-garahttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2013_1222_112141dsc_7929.jpgLong-tailed titLong-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus trivirgatus エナガ Enaga2015-03-01T11:21:52+00:00weekly0.6https://kenkassem.com/2015/02/23/come-for-a-phd-tear-down-a-house/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5965-002.jpgIMG_5965-002The front of the building - built in the early 1970s.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5962-002.jpgIMG_5962-002Ground floor interior before we cleared out the left over junk, pulled down the ceiling, and cleared out the rest of the lift.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5956-003.jpgIMG_5956-003Yusuke-san on a pile of debris ready to be sent to the recycle center.2015-02-25T13:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2015/02/22/family-time/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5392.jpgIMG_5392Jingxi keeping warm.2015-02-22T06:58:04+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2015/02/22/final-field-trip/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p1110100.jpgP1110100Chai Ming - My research assistant for the second trip. Was really lucky to find such a great assistant.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscf7909.jpgDSCF7909Some members of Banggi Youth Club. 2015-02-22T06:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/abby-and-peters-knife-instructions/2015-01-02T21:54:04+00:00weekly0.6https://kenkassem.com/2014/12/17/hosting-cycle-tourists/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3306.jpgIMG_3306https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3430.jpgIMG_3430https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3857.jpgIMG_3857https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_5196.jpgIMG_5196https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-10-17-04-pm.pngWarmshowers - MontrealWarmshowers hosts in Montrealhttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/screen-shot-2014-12-15-at-10-18-07-pm.pngWarmshowers hosts - KyotoWarmshowers hosts in Kyoto - all 5 of us2014-12-19T03:35:13+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/12/13/the-coral-triangle-saving-the-amazing-undersea-world-of-indonesia-malaysia-papua-new-guinea-philippines-solomon-islands-timor-leste/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/coral-triangle-book-cover-kassem-and-madeja-1.jpgCoral Triangle book cover Kassem and Madeja 1Front cover of The Coral Triangle book2014-12-13T05:12:58+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/07/16/first-solo-cycle-trip/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-16-at-10-55-15-am.pngScreen Shot 2014-07-16 at 10.55.15 AMFriday evening. Kyoto to first campsite.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-16-at-10-55-46-am.pngScreen Shot 2014-07-16 at 10.55.46 AMThe route into Obama.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-16-at-10-56-18-am.pngScreen Shot 2014-07-16 at 10.56.18 AMhttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-16-at-10-56-36-am.pngScreen Shot 2014-07-16 at 10.56.36 AMSunday's ride in the rain. Over the hills, to the lake and along the lake shore.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf7486.jpgDSCF7486https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf7485.jpgDSCF7485https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf7476-001.jpgDSCF7476-001https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf7480.jpgDSCF7480https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf7475-001.jpgDSCF7475-001https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dscf7474.jpgDSCF74742014-07-16T07:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/02/03/action-asia-articles/2014-07-01T23:31:29+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/07/02/signs-signs-signs/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3410.jpgIMG_3410https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3534.jpgIMG_3534https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3458.jpgIMG_34582014-07-01T23:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/07/01/side-projects-nearly-complete/2014-07-01T07:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/07/01/day-dreaming/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/kyoto-to-cairo.jpgKyoto to Cairo2014-07-01T06:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/03/05/impressions-of-the-solomon-islands/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2418.jpgIMG_2418https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2416.jpgIMG_2416https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2408.jpgIMG_2408https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2406.jpgIMG_2406https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2402.jpgIMG_2402https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2401.jpgIMG_2401https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_2400.jpgIMG_24002014-03-05T07:57:42+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/02/03/another-marathon-trip/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/png-and-solomons.jpgPNG and SolomonsWe will make longer stops in Gizo, Kimbe Bay and Kavieng.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/melanesia-flights.jpgMelanesia flightsFlights from KL, to Brisbane, to Honiara, to Gizo, to Honiara, to Port Moresby, to Lae, to Kimbe Bay, to Rabaul, to Kavieng, to Port Moresby, to Brisbane and back to KL. 20,000 km.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kimbe.jpgKimbeKimbe Bay. The deep waters are home to Sperm whales.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kavieng.jpgKaviengKavieng is at the western tip of New Ireland island.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gizo.jpgGizoThats a lot of reefshttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gizo-airport.jpgGizo airportHow do you get to the airport???2014-02-03T13:56:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/01/25/getting-around-kl-without-a-car/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/998d8-air-pollution-metro-manila-philippines.jpg998d8-air-pollution-metro-manila-philippines2014-01-25T02:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2014/01/24/zoe-the-cutest-llasa-apso/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0317.jpgIMG_0317https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0160.jpgIMG_0160Smile Zoe! At her cutest. :-Phttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_0158.jpgIMG_0158Zoe - trying to sneak past without being noticed by me. But the tongue was a giveaway!2014-01-24T18:40:14+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/12/15/feasting-in-anilao/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131214_123533_hdr.jpg20131214_123533_HDRhttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131214_124751_hdr.jpg20131214_124751_HDRhttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131214_123646.jpg20131214_123646https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131207_191708.jpg20131207_191708https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131214_113033_hdr1.jpg20131214_113033_HDRhttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131214_124552.jpg20131214_124552https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131215_185954.jpg20131215_185954Almost done!https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131215_183519.jpg20131215_183519Eric and Romy tending to the Balinese pork roll.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131215_1706051.jpg20131215_170605Slow cooking the babi gulinghttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131214_191422.jpg20131214_191422Marlin sashimi2013-12-16T01:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/11/08/do-i-need-a-new-bike-probably-not/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_8017.jpgIMG_8017The trusty Gary Fisher on the beaches of Peninsula Malaysia contemplating the South China Sea.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1955-schwinn-catalog-cover.jpg1955-schwinn-catalog-coverThe Schwinn was something like this.2013-12-15T15:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/10/29/volunteer-official-at-wfdf-world-ultimate-and-guts-championships/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4680.jpgIMG_4680So fast........https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4646.jpgIMG_4646So much Ultimate!https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4628.jpgIMG_4628I was pretty happy to be there. https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_4607.jpgIMG_4607Official staff!https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wugc2012logo_250.jpgwugc2012logo_250https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/5903771112064639250.jpg5903771112064639250Biodiversity Support Program corporate Ultimate team circa 2000. Back row (l to r) Tom Alnutt, Ken Kassem, Don Anderson, Vance Russel, Colby Loucks, Wes Wettengel, 2013-10-30T04:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/10/26/channeling-magellan/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5441.jpgDSCF5441More seaweedhttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5437.jpgDSCF5437This guy was coming to the main village to collect water.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5432.jpgDSCF5432Another friendly guy we met the next morning.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5421.jpgDSCF5421Ganesh took the can of coke we gave him back to his family to share with his wife and baby.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5420.jpgDSCF5420Our friend, Ganesh.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5415.jpgDSCF5415More seaweed anyone?https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5412.jpgDSCF5412There was a 4 or 5 meter wide path through that maze of seaweed lines.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5408.jpgDSCF5408We chose that little tiny space on the left. https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5405.jpgDSCF5405Do you see a passage ahead? I don't.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf54021.jpgDSCF5402We passed through that narrow space - harrowing.2013-10-26T15:21:31+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/10/26/pictures-from-eric-and-hans/2013-10-26T07:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/10/26/rendezvous-in-com-timor-leste/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0353.jpgDSC_0353We spent 15 minutes with this manta at Pulau Heliana, off Pulau Rotehttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0362.jpgDSC_0362Me with mantahttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0380.jpgDSC_0380I was checking out a fish. Can't see the fish.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0322.jpgDSC_0322My favorite sea-pen. This dive had more sea-pens than I've seen in my whole diving career.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0327.jpgDSC_0327https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0357.jpgDSC_0357Manta againhttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0358.jpgDSC_0358The mantahttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/eric_ema5772-1.jpgEric_EMA5772 (1)Releasing a baby hawksbill turtlehttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/eric_ema4966.jpgEric_EMA4966https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/eric_ema4614.jpgEric_EMA4614Diving on a "ghost net" at the eastern tip of Timor Leste2013-10-26T00:46:18+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/10/26/cruising-with-alk/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5257.jpgDSCF5257Captain Hans at the helmhttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5279.jpgDSCF5279https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5299.jpgDSCF5299Its a small galley!https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5300.jpgDSCF5300Hans at his usual spot scanning the electronic charts and writing his bloghttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5301.jpgDSCF5301Sometimes you have to take off your pants to fit into the galley.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5284.jpgDSCF5284https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5347.jpgDSCF5347https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5407.jpgDSCF5407https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5404.jpgDSCF5404https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5402.jpgDSCF54022013-10-25T17:42:53+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/10/18/east-timor/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5183.jpgSpear fishermen heading out to catch the low tide, Com, Timor Lestehttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5195.jpgTraditional house in Com, Timor Lestehttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5088.jpgFish vendor in Lautem, Timor Lestehttps://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscf5053.jpgOld man in Baucau, Timor Leste2013-10-18T08:39:28+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/10/03/pulau-timor/2013-10-17T18:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/09/16/83/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ken-forehand.jpgSunday UltimateEvery Sunday afternoon from 4 - 6 at Tanjung Aru. 2013-09-18T06:49:13+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/09/16/i-like-bird-watching/2013-09-17T14:21:28+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/09/17/i-learned-to-dive-1984/2013-09-17T04:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/09/16/titiwangsa-chow-kit-sentul/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1300.jpgOver underWe look for all sorts of routes!https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1296.jpgFishermanThis old guy had a net attached to his rod and let it drift. Didn't see him get any fish.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1287.jpgGo west!Buddha across the river.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1286.jpgIMG_1286https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1282.jpgHome sweet homeAnother new development in KL.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1273.jpgIMG_1273https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1272.jpgIntrepidThe explorers.https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1266.jpgIMG_1266https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1262.jpgIMG_1262https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_1258.jpgIMG_1258Nice old trees in town2013-09-16T14:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/09/16/as-it-turns-out-i-like-cycling-too/2013-09-16T02:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/09/16/cranes-of-izumi/2013-09-16T02:24:12+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/08/02/appalachian-bald/2013-09-15T11:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/09/15/bike-route-mapping-in-kl/https://kenkassem.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/screen-shot-2013-09-15-at-7-12-04-pm.pngFirst ride around KL with the Rodalink Bangsar guysFirst ride around KL with the Rodalink Bangsar guys2013-09-15T11:22:24+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.com/2013/09/10/my-first-tropical-disease-dengue-1-0/2013-09-10T05:43:26+00:00monthlyhttps://kenkassem.comdaily1.02025-09-19T09:23:30+00:00