<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604</id><updated>2011-07-29T18:07:55.064+10:00</updated><category term='hobbies'/><category term='motorbike'/><category term='technology'/><category term='travel'/><category term='information architecture'/><category term='opinion'/><category term='movies'/><category term='singapore'/><category term='photographie'/><category term='thailande'/><category term='work'/><category term='australie'/><category term='French'/><title type='text'>French itinerary in Australia</title><subtitle type='html'>Extract from a French itinerary in Sydney. Music, Photography, Web2.0, Intranet, Internet</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-5952663185940758229</id><published>2009-06-07T14:10:00.015+10:00</published><updated>2009-06-12T16:42:03.444+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Photoshop does some magic!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonioz/3615832012/sizes/l/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 94px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3615832012_2969b94ff0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was recently told that Photoshop CS3 can automate photomerge. It uses a set of photos of your choice and merge them to generate a all-in-one. This enables you to create &lt;a href="http://digital-photography-school.com/20-great-stitched-panorama-examples"&gt;beautiful panoramas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The level of details you can get from &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonioz/3615832012/sizes/l/"&gt;the result&lt;/a&gt; is amazing but at the other hand the file becomes very big (&lt;span class="Dimensions"&gt;12353 x 2326&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="Dimensions"&gt;pixels&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS: I work in the IBM (yet to be CBA) building in the middle.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-5952663185940758229?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/5952663185940758229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=5952663185940758229' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/5952663185940758229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/5952663185940758229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2009/06/photoshop-does-some-magic.html' title='Photoshop does some magic!'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2439/3615832012_2969b94ff0_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-5112130543819316689</id><published>2009-04-18T14:57:00.011+10:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T13:59:49.212+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hobbies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motorbike'/><title type='text'>End of the story</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/Shy6rkkB1lI/AAAAAAAAAGU/8YoBU9eC1eM/s1600-h/motorbike.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/Shy6rkkB1lI/AAAAAAAAAGU/8YoBU9eC1eM/s200/motorbike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340348515866498642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I just sold my bike. A love story with a sad end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember going down the road through the Shire's Royal National Park, enjoying every corner in the bush with my 2 mates in the wing mirror. Stopping at Stanwell Park to watch para-gliders taking off and have an ice cream. Enjoying schnitzels and beers (moderately of course) on the terrace of the Scarborough pub (&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;msid=114756990759888495516.00046ac4aa91fcb55093e&amp;amp;ll=-34.008273,151.189728&amp;amp;spn=0.81509,1.278534&amp;amp;z=10" target="_blank"&gt;Google map&lt;/a&gt;).  Ahhhhh, good days are over. For a couple of years at least.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those you haven't seen it, it's a beautiful Suzuki SV650S. I &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1K9tjCze3E&amp;amp;eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fozzie-tony.blogspot.com%2F&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank&amp;quot;"&gt;filmed&lt;/a&gt; it once, for posterity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suz, i will never forget you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-5112130543819316689?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/5112130543819316689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=5112130543819316689' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/5112130543819316689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/5112130543819316689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2009/04/bike-for-sale.html' title='End of the story'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/Shy6rkkB1lI/AAAAAAAAAGU/8YoBU9eC1eM/s72-c/motorbike.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-833405105940185148</id><published>2009-04-10T22:51:00.008+10:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T09:38:31.577+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><title type='text'>Will Technology drive us all insane?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/Shsr6RuZogI/AAAAAAAAAFc/dSB8M-3T0Xo/s1600-h/twitter2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/Shsr6RuZogI/AAAAAAAAAFc/dSB8M-3T0Xo/s200/twitter2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339910063368282626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I think the recent technologies are really fascinating, they evolve so quickly they're quite entertaining in the way there's always something to learn about. But at the same time, i can find it a bit hard to catch up with all of them and understand what each one can offer me better than the next one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People of my kind - some say the geeks - have seen the emergence of a restless social online population, using Twitter over the world to join the biggest community online ever. Everybody without discrimination is connected every day to communicate with each other about pretty much anything. The popularity of this new channel already led over people's privacy. 'Lifestreaming' became part of their lifestyle. "Everybody's lets everybody else know what they've been up to, no matter what it it". And i have to admit to be honest that I became myself one of them... Believe it or not, Lance Amstrong and of Shaquille O'Neal are my 'friends' and I can know what they're up to everyday... Blogging is already too slow requiring too much content. Twitter is preferred because its format enables quicker communications. Consumers changed their way of communicating and prefer quick messaging to long blog posts. They talk about updates rather than messages. A good &lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/superfast-trip-to-a-world-full-of-surprises/2009/04/07/1238870007158.html"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; in SMH showcased well, why technology has been driving consumers' behaviors, which leads to the question: will technology ever be at its edge?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is scary to imagine that technology might never be at its edge. It implies that people will always be changing the way they communicate to each other, the way they behave and the way they live, to an extent...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-833405105940185148?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/833405105940185148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=833405105940185148' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/833405105940185148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/833405105940185148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2009/02/will-technology-drive-us-all-insane.html' title='Will Technology drive us all insane?'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/Shsr6RuZogI/AAAAAAAAAFc/dSB8M-3T0Xo/s72-c/twitter2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-5457644799313542694</id><published>2009-04-06T21:11:00.009+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T09:19:56.888+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photographie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hobbies'/><title type='text'>HDR photography</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/SdnmGb7Wr5I/AAAAAAAAAEU/fzy_lcTyd7I/s1600-h/taj+mahal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 110px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/SdnmGb7Wr5I/AAAAAAAAAEU/fzy_lcTyd7I/s200/taj+mahal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321537432965263250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HDR is short for High Dynamic Range. It is a post-processing of taking either one image or a series of images, combining them, and adjusting the contrast ratios to do things that are virtually impossible with a single aperture and shutter speed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A very good website that will convince you that it is indeed a great art is &lt;a href="http://www.stuckincustoms.com/"&gt;Stuck in Customs&lt;/a&gt;. They're frequently updating their website, and they provide the best HDR photos online to download.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-5457644799313542694?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/5457644799313542694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=5457644799313542694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/5457644799313542694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/5457644799313542694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2009/04/hdr-photography.html' title='HDR photography'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/SdnmGb7Wr5I/AAAAAAAAAEU/fzy_lcTyd7I/s72-c/taj+mahal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-1490884990619016735</id><published>2009-02-14T13:57:00.034+11:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T19:57:32.755+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hobbies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French'/><title type='text'>French film festival - 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302518487606391378" style="margin: 0px; width: 150px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/SZZUeHS4clI/AAAAAAAAAD8/yVW4didwkZA/s200/Summer_Hours.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302518635886509666" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; width: 150px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/SZZUmvrnfmI/AAAAAAAAAEE/TvW3Tz25VSg/s200/asterix_aux_jeux_olympiques_imagesfilm.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, the Alliance Francaise is sponsoring a new edition of the &lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/"&gt;Australian French film festival&lt;/a&gt;. 2009 is a special &lt;em&gt;cru&lt;/em&gt; because this is the 20th edition of the festival.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously I'm very delighted to enjoy more new French masterpieces. Many good shows are scheduled for this new season with 35 movies broadcasted over (only) 15 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Working myself from Monday to Friday like most of the people, I certainly know how hard it is to find time to do everything we'd like to. The question is therefore: what are movies you don't want to miss out this year?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just find an answer for myself and I finished my list of "movies not to miss this year".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film31/sydney.aspx"&gt;Asterix at the Olympic games&lt;/a&gt; (Asterix aux jeux olympiques) - &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcStWv7mRfs&amp;amp;feature=related"&gt;French trailer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film28/sydney.aspx"&gt;Summer hours&lt;/a&gt; (L'heure d'ete) - &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXHMPOMv_FI"&gt;Trailer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film6/sydney.aspx"&gt;A Christmas tale&lt;/a&gt; (Un conte de Noel) - &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1yPhab421Q"&gt;Trailer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film21/sydney.aspx"&gt;Paris 36&lt;/a&gt; (Faubourg 36) - &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8UxJn2H95o"&gt;French trailer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the top of it for the big fans like me, there are also a few other movies that I'd recommend eventhough they're more alternive:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film15/sydney.aspx"&gt;JCVD&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z_6UfkQ-c0"&gt;Trailer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Public enemy number one - &lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film22/sydney.aspx"&gt;Part 1&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film23/sydney.aspx"&gt;Part 2&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FIx161gnH0&amp;amp;fmt=18"&gt;French trailer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film24/sydney.aspx"&gt;Rivals &lt;/a&gt;(Les liens du sang) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film35/sydney.aspx"&gt;Tabarly&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film5/sydney.aspx"&gt;Cash&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/film10/sydney.aspx"&gt;Disco&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTVTZu599GE"&gt;French trailer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Born in '68 (Nes en '68) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avis aux amateurs, you can book tickets at this &lt;a href="http://www.frenchfilmfestival.org/sessions/sydney.aspx"&gt;url&lt;/a&gt;. We see you there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-1490884990619016735?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/1490884990619016735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=1490884990619016735' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/1490884990619016735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/1490884990619016735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2009/02/french-film-festival-2009.html' title='French film festival - 2009'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/SZZUeHS4clI/AAAAAAAAAD8/yVW4didwkZA/s72-c/Summer_Hours.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-815515936226877687</id><published>2009-02-09T21:56:00.052+11:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T19:58:15.495+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='information architecture'/><title type='text'>Redesigning the Corporate Intranet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/SZAr1AstfYI/AAAAAAAAADk/eQa0FbDVTaE/s1600-h/post_it.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300784951135665538" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 241px; cursor: pointer; height: 320px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/SZAr1AstfYI/AAAAAAAAADk/eQa0FbDVTaE/s320/post_it.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My last piece of work for the Bank was to redesign its Corporate Intranet, and improving its IA (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_architecture"&gt;Information Architecture&lt;/a&gt;). The business case which drove this project established 2 KPIs around &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability"&gt;usability&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Findability"&gt;findability&lt;/a&gt; for the company's most popular channel which counts more than 15,000 pages and 40,000 users.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I first thought that it was a large project but the challenge was just exciting enough to take it on. I was confident I had enough experience in web design that I could consider it as a traditional exercise with established steps that I was already familiar with. Furthermore, I had guarantees from the executive level that there was a decent budget allocated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We decided to engage an external agency called &lt;a href="http://www.steptwo.com.au/"&gt;Step Two design&lt;/a&gt; - see &lt;a href="http://www.steptwo.com.au/about/clients"&gt;clients list&lt;/a&gt; - to assist me through the project and we contracted a &lt;a href="http://www.steptwo.com.au/about/staff/rebecca"&gt;senior consultant&lt;/a&gt; who would mentor me while I'd proceed in 4 steps:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gdoss.com/web_info/web-content-inventory.php"&gt;Content inventory&lt;/a&gt; and search reports analysis; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cardsorting"&gt;Card sorting&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;IA testings (&lt;a href="http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/ext_cardbased/index.html"&gt;Card-based classification evaluation&lt;/a&gt;);&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website_wireframe"&gt;wireframe&lt;/a&gt; testings.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My role during these usability exercises was to organize, to facilitate and sometimes to conduct them. The hardest challenge I faced was to find a good representation of all users and to have a goo diversity of profiles. The results could only be as good as I could get a good breathe of the company. I needed people with different roles, business units, locations (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) and experience. I certainly spend a lot of time on this considering that I was working in such a big company but at the end I believe that our results now are accurate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was also in charge the analysis all along the project, and my objective was to develop a new design that would meet better user needs and improve the usability. We established a modular model that organizes all the content within a common structure. The Corporate content is organized in 1 giant site called the group site and is placed at the center of all the online information. It has a specific IA that assists users to find its immediate content (group wide content), and it has a design that links better to all the other resources available online. Then around the group site, there are as many micro-sites as there are business units and communities of practice. The fashion of the Intranet is actually similar to the universe with planets around the Sun.&lt;br /&gt;Step Two published a post ad-hock to describe a bit more our analysis. I invite you to visit their findings at this &lt;a href="http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/tackling-the-global-local-challenge/"&gt;url&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-815515936226877687?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/815515936226877687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=815515936226877687' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/815515936226877687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/815515936226877687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2009/02/redesigning-corporate-intranet.html' title='Redesigning the Corporate Intranet'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/SZAr1AstfYI/AAAAAAAAADk/eQa0FbDVTaE/s72-c/post_it.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-7847435897871149985</id><published>2007-05-08T08:45:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T13:55:58.436+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><title type='text'>Sel et Poivre</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8117/3150/1600/DSCF0011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 409px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 303px" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8117/3150/1600/DSCF0011.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oui, ca fait tres longtemps que je n'ai pas mis a jour mon blog. J'assume c'est entierement de ma faute. Je vais tacher de rectifier le tir car il semble que beaucoup de personnes s'impatientent.&lt;br /&gt;Donc la derniere fois, j'etais a Cairns et je vivais comme un gitan. En fait, cela n'aura pas dure longtemps car les proprios ne pouvaient pas me garder etant donne qu'il avait planifie un petit voyage dans le Victoria, du cote de Melbourne. Pour etre honnete, je dois dire que je serais bien reste un peu car non seulement Catya, la matriarche et chef cuistot nous concocter des petits plats a vous reveiller les morts et Yann, le patriarche m'apprenait pas mal de choses. Mais voila, il fallait partir.&lt;br /&gt;J'ai donc decide pour ma part de revenir a Sydney, de prendre l'avion pour faire Cairns-Sydney direct en 3 heures et de retourner a la civilisation pour essayer de me faire ma petite place.&lt;br /&gt;Les 15 premiers jours ont ete tranquilles, du genre backpacking, promenades de sante, jogging, basket, lecture et rencontres plus ou moins agreables, voire charmantes. Je passe. Le reste du temps, j'ai cherche du boulot. Je vous assure qu'on ne se rend pas toujours compte de la chance que l'on a de travailler. C'est chiant, il y a des hauts et il y a des bas, il y la routine, mais je vous garantie que c'est une chance que de pouvoir travailler. Pour ma part, comment aurais-je pu rester en Australie sans boulot ? je ne suis pas rentier (je le pardonnerais jamais a mes parents d'ailleurs) et l'argent si durement et si longuement gagne est si vite depense. Le pire aurait ete de de voir revenir en France completement fauche. Le moral et l'ego en aurait pris un coup.&lt;br /&gt;J'ai donc cherche du boulot. Tout d'abord, par Internet pour trouver du boulot dans ma branche, en informatique. A ce jour, je recense 420 candidatures dans ma boite mail, qui donne 15 reponses par mail et 30 par telephone. C'est une bonne moyenne, non ? comme en France je dirais. Et puis, il y a le porte a porte. Alors attention, c'est le top. Tout ceux que j'ai rencontre ici l'on fait... En gros, il suffit de se promener avec son CV, sa tchatche et sa motivation dans les rues de Sydney pour tenter sa chance partout. Restaurants, bars, boutiques en tout genre, etc... apres c'est celui qui est le plus ruse, le plus connu, le plus habile, le plus rapide et qui saura seduire les employeurs qui rentrera avec un boulot en poche. Les meilleurs arrivent meme a creer le besoin de se faire embaucher. C'est tres fort ! et totalement nouveau pour moi. En fait, il y aussi une part de chance indispensable je pense. Il faut etre au bon endroit au bon moment avec les bonnes personnes. Heureusement qu'ici il y a du moouvement, ca rend les gens sympas, ouverts et a l'ecoute en general.&lt;br /&gt;Pour ma part, je n'ai pas trouve le boulot. On me l'a servi sur un plateau. Merci Virginie, sur ce coup la, je t'en dois une belle. Il s'agissait de bosser en cuisine.&lt;br /&gt;_ "Allo, Antony, tu fais quoi la ?"&lt;br /&gt;_ "Je me reveille merci, et toi Virginie qu'est ce qui me vaut le plaisir"&lt;br /&gt;_ "Tu cherches un boulot tu m'as dit ?"&lt;br /&gt;_ "Je cherche tant que je ne trouve pas"&lt;br /&gt;_ "Ici ils cherchent quelqu'un, tu sais cuisiner ?"&lt;br /&gt;_ "euh......... ouais ouais" (demande a mes copains en France tu verras)&lt;br /&gt;_ "si tu veux bosser c'est maintenant"&lt;br /&gt;_ "ok j'arrive"&lt;br /&gt;Une heure plus tard, je rencontre le chef, il me demande quelle est mon experience. Je lui reponds directement dans les yeux que je n'en ai pas mais que s'il me mets a l'essai, il se rendra compte que j'apprends vite. Et finalement, tout s'est bien passe. Il y a des jours comme ca... ou on a bien raison de se lever !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-7847435897871149985?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/7847435897871149985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=7847435897871149985' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/7847435897871149985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/7847435897871149985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2007/05/sel-et-poivre.html' title='Sel et Poivre'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-4290413614698834670</id><published>2007-01-06T23:04:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T13:57:19.244+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thailande'/><title type='text'>Thailande, etape a Phuket Town</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Tout beau, mais plus tres frais pour etre tout a fait honnete, enfin heureux d'etre atterri sain et sauf a l'aeroport de Phuket et avec tous mes bagages, je bousculais deux-trois limaces (touristes qui n'avancent a rien) pour appeler un taxi (enfin taxi-van serait plus precis) qui puisse me montrer le chemin vers la civilisation. 300 bats? ok en route. Je monte dans ce confortable 2 pieces climatises et m'assoit aux cotes d'un delicieux couple canadien, professeurs d'anglais en Coree du Sud, et ici pour leur lune de Miel. Ha, c'est quand meme beau de voyager en couple... &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/339373371_72bf00cff7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/339373371_72bf00cff7.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Phuket est une ville de la région Sud de la &lt;a title="Thaïlande" href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha%C3%AFlande"&gt;Thaïlande&lt;/a&gt; située sur l'île du même nom. "Phuket" signifie en thaie "colline".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phuket est certainement la station balnéaire la plus développée au niveau des activités touristiques et en particulier nautiques que l'on puisse trouver dans le sud de la thailande.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;En route, j'ai le plasir d'aller de surprise en surprise. Tout est construit en bois. Aucune construction n'est a proprement parler terminee. Par ici, le proprietaiore n'avait probablement pas assez de peinture pour colorier entierement sa porte, alors il s'est arrete au milieu et ca lui convient tres bien comme ca. Par la, il a tout simplement oublie de mettre une porte! Niveau traffic, j'ai jamais vu ca. Un vrai bordel! Je devine que personne que personne n'a de permis de conduire car la seule regle qui regne est "passe d'abord! si tu etais la le premier...". Remarquez c'est assez logique et plutot simple. Ne serait-ce pas d'ailleurs la base pour certaines demoiselles? Moi, au milieu de tout ca, je prefere encore me faire petit et me refugier bien a l'abri dans mon taxi... Meme si entre nous, louer pour une journee un de leur scoot pourrait etre suffisamment fun pour que je prenne le risque de m'embarquer dans jungle la. On verra plus tard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/339377301_3f0f7c1b67.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/339377301_3f0f7c1b67.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Les rues dans Phuket Town reflete assez bien l'atmosphere qui y regne. Les cables electriques sont tres "visibles", a portee de main et plutot rustiques a en croire le bruit qu'ils emmettent, tzzzzzzzz.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;La plus delicieuse de mes decouvertes fut la sensation si etouffante mais si enivrante de toutes ces odeurs environnantes. Le marche de nuit de Phuket town est sur le palier de mon backpacker. Poissons (peut etre frais j'ai pas goute) poulets, porcs, etc... tous les condiments et ingredients utiles pour un recital olfactif retournant... &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/339377298_43cdb0ce6f.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/339377298_43cdb0ce6f.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Bien a l'oppose de cette description, mon backpacker etait fort sympathique. Neuf, cheap et confortable. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Et tres certainement pour cette raison, je decidais d'y rester 5 jours, histoire de rentrer dans le vif de mon sujet, l'immersion totale dans la culture thailandaise pour une relaxation bien meritee que je ne saurais manquer sous aucun pretexte, ni negliger!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Affaire a suivre. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-4290413614698834670?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/4290413614698834670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=4290413614698834670' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/4290413614698834670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/4290413614698834670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2007/01/thailande-etape-phuket-town.html' title='Thailande, etape a Phuket Town'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/339373371_72bf00cff7_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-7194865557324127294</id><published>2007-01-06T22:10:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T13:57:47.717+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thailande'/><title type='text'>Aventures du Far East, Thailande</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/RZ-J0uefzgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/PdzkQBi6D04/s1600-h/ThailandeCarte.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5016880048836169218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/RZ-J0uefzgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/PdzkQBi6D04/s200/ThailandeCarte.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous sommes desormais le 23 decembre 2006, il est 8:00pm et l'ile de Phuket se dessine sous les ailes de mon minuscule avion (seulement 145 places assises dedans). Quelle excitation, me voila enfin arrive en Thailande!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La &lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailande"&gt;Thailande&lt;/a&gt;, quel beau pays. Iles paradisiaques, spots de plongee et jungle tropicale...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un pays completement anarchique parait-il, donc plein de promesses et de decouvertes pour le petit occidental que je suis toujours, un peu malgre moi! C'est l'occasion reve de m'elargir les idees.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-7194865557324127294?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/7194865557324127294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=7194865557324127294' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/7194865557324127294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/7194865557324127294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2007/01/aventures-du-far-east-phuket.html' title='Aventures du Far East, Thailande'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BMc5CDSK-l4/RZ-J0uefzgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/PdzkQBi6D04/s72-c/ThailandeCarte.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-7816944805339369224</id><published>2007-01-05T15:05:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T13:58:08.712+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='singapore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><title type='text'>Aventures du Far East, Singapore</title><content type='html'>Billets en poche, je suis decolle de l'aeroport mercredi 20 decembre a 17:00 de Sydney pour arriver 7 heures plus tard a 22:00 a Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Premiere sensation, quelle chaleur! etouffante, il fait 30 degres en decembre et c'est la saison humide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seconde sensation, plutot genante... mais ou suis-je? Pris au depourvu (la routine du backpacker), je me hater de lire mon guide du routard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore"&gt;Singapore&lt;/a&gt; etait jadis une colonie anglaise, jusqu'a ce qu'elle obtienne son independance en 1965. C'est une ville et un pays, comme Hong Kong par exemple. Ils parlent tous anglais et roulent a gauche.&lt;br /&gt;Quand on se promene en ville on remarque tout de suite que tout a ete recemment reconstruit. La ville est vraiment propre, vraiment sure et il y a beaucoup de couleurs. Il y a 75% d'asiatiques et pour le reste, on est plutot d'origine indienne. Les autochtones sont decontractes et agreables, meme quand ils ont bu! Ils sont ultra-pacifistes et tres ouverts d'esprit, certainement car le pays est jeune et qu'il s'est construit sur les bases d'une cohabitation pacifiste synergique des bouddhistes, des indous, des musulmans et de qqes chretiens tout de meme. Il n'y a pratiquement plus d'europeens. Je n'ai pas rencontre un seul francais en 3 jours!! que des anglais et des allemands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour ma part, je me suis surtout promene. Il y a 4 grands quartiers a Singapore: le Centre ville, tres chic et tres riche avec un son village de loisirs rendez-vous des assoiffes, Chinatown et Little India qui sont tres typiques et Orchard ou il y a qqes grands hotels comme le Hilton ou le Carlton et les plus grands centres commerciaux que j'ai eu l'occasion de voir. J'y ai meme trouve du Saint-Emilion et qqes autres bons vins francais, du reblochon et du vrai foie gras de canard!! Je me suis aussi achete au passage le dernier Ipod Nano 8Go pour seulement 180 euros. Une sacree affaire!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bref, Singapore aura ete sympa a decouvrir meme si je n'ai pas pu me faire une veritable opinion puisque je ne suis meme pas allez voir ni les plages locales ni la banlieue ou l'on trouve les "gens du pays". Tout est propre et calme, peut etre trop d'ailleurs. Je ne voudrais pas y vivre, je pourrais y mourir d'ennui...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est bien comme etape. Maintenant, j'ai grand plaisir a migrer, quitter cette ville humide pour des horizons plus secs. J'aurais aime me diriger vers la Malaisie (meme si j'avoue que c'est encore humide), et faire une escale a Kuala Lumpur mais ce n'est pas possible car trop d'inondations l'ont rendu innacessible. J'essaierais peut etre d'y passer sur le retour. En attendant, j'ai un avion demain soir a 22:00 pour la Thailande, a Phuket.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-7816944805339369224?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/7816944805339369224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=7816944805339369224' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/7816944805339369224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/7816944805339369224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2007/01/aventures-du-far-east-singapore.html' title='Aventures du Far East, Singapore'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416678564689495604.post-1341141791656514567</id><published>2006-12-23T18:22:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T13:58:53.703+11:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='australie'/><title type='text'>Fin 2006, toujours a Sydney, et pour un moment encore</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/330683688_dcf914cfb2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/330683688_dcf914cfb2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hello! J'espere que tout le monde va bien !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tout d'abord, Joyeux Noel ! Francais, Australien, Canadien, qu'importe, qu'il soit bon et heureux&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ca fait longtemps que je n'ai plus donner de nouvelles... et tout s'est enchaine tres vite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commencons par remonter le temps jusqu'au 3 decembre, mon patron m'a dit que la banque souhaitait s'offrir a nouveau mes services et me signer un autre contrat de 6 mois, toujours a Sydney dans le centre. Quelle bonne nouvelle mes amis. Tout ce travail enfin recompense! Et en plus, jai obtenu 3 semaines de vacances, a compter du 15 decembre, jusqu'au 8 janvier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour les VACANCES, je decidais de preparer un retour premature en France pour les festivites afin de retrouver les miens, ma famille et mes amis. Malheureusement, cette idee n'a pas fait long feu car il etait alors deja trop tard pour trouver un ticket d'avion aller-retour a moins de 1500 euros. La seule alternative pas trop cher eut ete de prendre le bateau mais je ne serais pas arrive avant Noel de l'annee prochaine. J'ai finalement du dire a tout le monde que je ne pouvais pas rentrer. Je ne ferais pas Noel avec la famille pour la premiere fois cette annee... dommage!&lt;br /&gt;Neanmoins, loin de me lamenter, je decidai de prendre une autre destination que la France pour les vacances, ni trop chere ni trop loin. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas, le choix est assez allechant: la Nouvelle-Zelande et la Nouvelle Caledonie a 2 heures d'avion, l'Indonesie a 5 heures ou l'Asie du Sud-Est a 7 heures.&lt;br /&gt;Mon choix fut fait et je pris l'avion pour l'Asie du Sud-Est, et pour premiere etape Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affaire a suivre. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/416678564689495604-1341141791656514567?l=ozzie-tony.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/feeds/1341141791656514567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=416678564689495604&amp;postID=1341141791656514567' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/1341141791656514567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/416678564689495604/posts/default/1341141791656514567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ozzie-tony.blogspot.com/2006/12/hello-jespere-que-tout-le-monde-va-bien.html' title='Fin 2006, toujours a Sydney, et pour un moment encore'/><author><name>Antony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08803829476099967676</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Umt0x39SofE/TfW4K9YOYkI/AAAAAAAAALg/qnCDMWridYg/s220/IMG_2055.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/330683688_dcf914cfb2_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
