tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51021269415276418252024-03-13T03:50:47.409+01:00JABlog.meJosef Alexander ButtingerJosefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-76080926653859635432009-03-01T10:15:00.001+01:002014-09-07T16:02:12.003+02:00Korea – JAB in the Land of Kim Chi…<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float: right; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px 8px;">
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It’s been almost a year, since I’ve last visited <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea" target="_blank">Korea</a>. I just returned yesterday from a business trip to Seoul and still got <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetlag" target="_blank">jetlag</a>. So,- taking into account, that I didn’t write any blog article this year yet, I thought this would be a great opportunity to drop a couple of lines for you guys.<br />
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So,- what can I tell you about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul" target="_blank">Seoul</a>? Despite the fact that I didn’t have a lot of time for sightseeing, this Metropolis made quite an impression on me. Parted in the middle by the huge river <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Gang" target="_blank">Han Gang</a>, South Korea’s capital inhabits more than 10 Million people. <br />
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I also got a good look at the sheer size of this city, by looking down from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_Tower" target="_blank">Seoul Tower</a>. The view that you get from up there on a clear day is just magnificent and definitely worth a visit.<br />
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From up there everything looks peaceful and calm, but it’s quite the opposite. Downtown Seoul is one of the busiest places I’ve ever seen in my entire life. If you’d have to find a city that never sleeps, then Seoul would be a good candidate to start with. Apart from that, it’s also a shopping heaven,- provided you can reach to one of the many shopping streets through the horrendously heavy traffic. Once arrived downtown, one will soon find out, that people and cars are literally sharing roads. Everyone’s on the move! Masses of people followed by cars followed by masses of people. Seoul is bustling with life. <br />
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I arrived on Sunday and since I didn’t want to give in to my “sleepiness”, I visited <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoksugung_Palace" target="_blank">Deoksugung Palace</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyeongbok_Palace" target="_blank">Gyeongbok Palace</a>, two imperial palaces in Seoul that probably represent best, what used to be the ancient, traditional Korean building style and architecture. I was told that substantial parts of the historical monuments were destroyed during World War II. What remained, was rescued or could be renovated, can be marveled at, right in the “Soul of Seoul”. <br />
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Like most Asian folks, Korean people fancy a hot and spicy diet. Especially octopus and other seafood courses seem predominant in the local cuisine, sided by all kinds of interesting veggies, from most I don’t even know the names. The most important and by no doubt the most famous side dish however, is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Chi" target="_blank">Kim Chi</a>, a mixture of fermented vegetables, garlic and only God knows what kind of spices. Having tried this specialty for several times now, I must admit that I am still not particularly fond of it, but hey,– it’s a true experience of flavor and most definitely worth a try. <br />
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What I also found intriguing, are the many food stalls and merchants selling their delicacies all around town. Seoul is really an adventurous place, full of vivid colors and contrasts, pleasing your eyes with an overdose of new and exciting impressions. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21710453@N06/3318995778/" title="Marial Arts"><img align="middle" alt="Marial Arts" border="6" src="http://static.flickr.com/3481/3318995778_2942811ab9.jpg" height="280" width="412" /></a>On the last day of my business trip, I took the afternoon off to explore Downtown Seoul. Once again and out of pure luck, I ran into a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Arts" target="_blank">Martial Arts</a> show near the Seoul Tower. The artists showed different traditional fighting styles and stunned the audience with their exceptional performance, skill and precision. Thank you Korea, it’s been a great time!Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-79913596929439049652008-12-28T22:29:00.004+01:002008-12-28T22:45:46.421+01:00Sunset in Wernstein<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21710453@N06/3144529457/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/3144529457_612a0ca69c_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div>The sun is setting behind the Castle <a href="http://www.neuburg-am-inn.de/">Neuburg</a>, as it draws its majestic gaze down upon the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Inn">river Inn</a> and the village of <a href="http://www.wernstein.at/">Wernstein</a>. It's the last couple of December days and I'm taking some time off to hang out in cool places and relax. I'm laying my 2008 to rest and looking forward to a happy, successful - and most of all healthy 2009. Happy New Year everyone!Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-38621684412990269702008-12-20T13:09:00.007+01:002008-12-20T15:20:21.875+01:00The mighty Liger, a league of his own!<div style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mechanoid_dolly/2840356805/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/2840356805_2fe851e99e_m.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px;" /></a></div>The biggest cat in the world is neither a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger">Tiger</a> nor a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion">Lion</a>, as you probably might have guessed, but a socalled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger">Liger</a>. Half Lion and half Tiger this enormous supercat is the result of breeding a female Tiger with a male Lion. Unlike other hybrids like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mules">mules</a> for example, Ligers can reproduce. According to the studies of <a href="http://www.tigerfriends.com/docbio.html">Dr. Bhagavan Antle</a> they have the social character of their Lion Daddies and the sensitivity and gentleness of their Tiger Moms, which,- if wasn't for their gigantic size, would make them even a perfect pet. Ligers grow up to an incredible size of their parents combined, weighing around 500 Kg! So far, Ligers are only bred and held in captivity. It's assumed that their huge body mass and size would inhibit their agility and therefor also their hunting capabilities in the wild. After all, a fully grown Liger needs double the daily ration of meat a tiger or a lion would.<div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XI2m_65vOU0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XI2m_65vOU0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div>Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-23896282618673858282008-12-09T23:31:00.004+01:002008-12-09T23:47:58.478+01:00Flying through the air again<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/ST7xyeSuyYI/AAAAAAAABQA/swFeXin2hRg/s1600-h/DSC01072.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" height="155" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/ST7xyeSuyYI/AAAAAAAABQA/swFeXin2hRg/s320/DSC01072.JPG" width="246" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">And I'm fortunate enough to take another look from above crossing the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel"><span style="font-family:arial;">English channel</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, heading for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow"><span style="font-family:arial;">London Heathrow</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. Before landing I got a good look at the European Metropolis. A truely magnificent view!</span>Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-84953696359086491452008-12-08T01:08:00.010+01:002008-12-18T22:20:13.778+01:00She's a true Master of Photography<div align="justify"><a href="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.landl-zeitung.at/files/element/thumbs/images/1471582921.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.landl-zeitung.at/ausgaben/179/21_bildschoene_kunst/&usg=__mb7k6B4goBAcivPLRDmGozoOtP8=&h=480&w=320&sz=34&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=qtr8NzIyEvN3LM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=86&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsite:www.landl-zeitung.at%2Bgerti%2Bbuttinger%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/STxlkOqUWlI/AAAAAAAABPQ/-zNpy-Ch0jM/s160/Andrea.jpg" border="0" />Gerti Buttinger</a> (73) from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberschwang">Eberschwang</a>, is one of Austria's most decorated photo artists. After graduating from the academy of <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/STxlkzzzv2I/AAAAAAAABPg/YIFuTgdjnBg/s1600-h/Fur.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/STxlkzzzv2I/AAAAAAAABPg/YIFuTgdjnBg/s160/Fur.jpg" border="0" /></a>photography and arts in Linz (Austria), she went abroad and lived in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Canada">Windsor (Canada)</a> for many years. In Canada she worked as a photo-negative retouching specialist for numerous international photo angencies.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Today Mrs. Buttinger holds several international awards from famous <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/STxlkjqzuaI/AAAAAAAABPY/DcUdglMaMcE/s1600-h/Girl+with+Diamond.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/STxlkjqzuaI/AAAAAAAABPY/DcUdglMaMcE/s160/Girl+with+Diamond.jpg" border="0" /></a>salons, such as the <a href="http://www.supercircuit.at/">Trierenberg Super Circuit</a>. Her speciality are portraits in colour as well as B&W and slides, but she also is well known for her landscape photography.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Beside photography the mom of 3 children is also a gifted writer. In her first german lyrics publication titled "Berührungen" she poetically captures some of life's most touching moments, illustrated with some of her photographic masterpieces.</div>Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-64643929172654942532008-12-03T23:22:00.006+01:002008-12-03T23:37:03.902+01:00<script type="text/javascript" src="http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/js/tags/J.Buttinger?title=The%20Cloud%20-%20Wherever%20you're%20going%2C%20there%20you%20are...&icon&count=100&sort=alpha&flow=cloud&color=73adff-3274d0&size=10-16"></script>Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-46068150709389183082008-11-27T23:51:00.006+01:002008-11-28T00:04:10.146+01:00Always looking ahead, means having seen a lot...<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/SS8kgV8te-I/AAAAAAAABMo/1u_QINFWSos/s1600-h/DSC00961.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/SS8kgV8te-I/AAAAAAAABMo/1u_QINFWSos/s400/DSC00961.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><p align="center"><br />Nicht jeder Wein bringt Qualität<br />Wenn er im Keller länger steht<br />Beim Menschen ist das demnach gleich<br />Nicht jeder wird im Leben reich<br /><br />Vor allem nicht durch Macht und Geld<br />Wer sagt dass das im Leben zählt<br />Der Weise schaut da viel genauer<br />Denn Macht und Geld sind nicht von Dauer<br /><br />So ist im Leben, das wär’ vermessen<br />Der Reichttum nicht in Geld zu messen<br />Und jeder Mensch sieht irgendwann<br />Auf innere Werte kommt es an<br /><br />Je früher einer das erkennt<br />Umso mehr Zeit bleibt ihm gegönnt<br />Zum Streben nach dem wahren Glück<br />Und blickt nach vorne statt zurück<br /><br />Zum Glücklichsein ist’s nie zu spät<br />Selbst dann nicht, wenn die Zeit ausgeht<br />Denn alles andere ist vergänglich<br />Doch wahres Glück hält lebenslänglich<br /><br />Und wirklich reich ist der im Leben<br />Der glücklich ist und Glück kann geben<br />So wünsch ich Dir wie grad beschrieben<br />Bleib’ g’sund und glücklich und zufrieden<br /><br /><br /><em>Lyrics by JAB in August 2008</em></p>Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-86228608614867409982008-11-21T23:01:00.007+01:002008-11-21T23:27:19.877+01:00Google to build giant Datacenter in Upper Austria<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/SScwiyPsEzI/AAAAAAAABIc/20d_zUdj-rA/s1600-h/BRITAIN-CONSERVATION-GOOGLE_small.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsraumooe/Google-Kronstorf-Sigl-Puehringer-Oberbeck;art467,70929"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271237091653629794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/SScyNObgt2I/AAAAAAAABIk/0ks5bHxwwEs/s320/43941_m0w283h200q75v37075.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">Fascinating! Google's going to built a huge datacenter in Europe. And guess what!? There've picked the best location they could possible get. Right here in Upper Austria near the town of <a href="http://www.geonames.org/2773379/kronstorf.html">Kronsdorf</a> (near Linz). They've already purchase a 75 ha large piece of solid austrian estate, for it shall once host the bits & bytes of our precious information. May they never run out of storage space!<br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsraumooe/Google-Kronstorf-Sigl-Puehringer-Oberbeck;art467,70929"></a>Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-21130540420893328642008-11-19T00:56:00.003+01:002008-11-21T23:31:56.500+01:00Time to prepare for the winter!<div align="justify"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/SSNWNwYm-vI/AAAAAAAABHM/s-QHLruTCsw/s1600-h/DSC00904.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/SSNWNwYm-vI/AAAAAAAABHM/s-QHLruTCsw/s320/DSC00904.JPG" border="0" /></a> It's a fact. Winter is coming,- I feel it. Some creatures already filled up their food storage and are ready to go to sleep. Sometimes I also feel like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation#Human_hibernation">hibernating</a>, especially in the morning... </div>Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5102126941527641825.post-44026181485628825452008-11-16T14:17:00.002+01:002008-11-19T00:41:35.064+01:00Taking a look from above...<div align="justify"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/SSAdfyw2fqI/AAAAAAAABD8/lsB4Ya_o5A8/s1600-h/DSC01007.JPG"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ULV1hDd0NZc/SSAdfyw2fqI/AAAAAAAABD8/lsB4Ya_o5A8/s320/DSC01007.JPG" border="0" /></a> Flying across the austrian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alps">alps</a>. A magnificant view. I've always had a favour for airtravel. It's an interresting experience to observe, how some big matters become insignificant from a distance. That opens a whole new perspective on things that really matter.</div>Josefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06794842571291416941noreply@blogger.com1