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	<title>The Eye of Patrick</title>
	
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		<title>Phuket, Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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This photo was taken on my recent trip to Thailand. The sun was setting and it was producing some wonderful colours. This is my interpretation of that beauty.
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		<title>People of the Streets</title>
		<link>http://www.patrickgardiner.com/2008/06/15/people-of-the-streets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was in Sapporo for a school event and with the improving weather I decided to take same street photography.





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		<title>Red</title>
		<link>http://www.patrickgardiner.com/2008/05/25/red/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 14:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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This photo was taken in Sapporo this past spring, when it was Cherry blossom season. I really like this photo becuase of the focus on the simple red leaves and the blur of the background.
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		<title>Shunsuke Nakamaura eats dog?</title>
		<link>http://www.patrickgardiner.com/2008/05/24/shunsuke-nakamaura-eats-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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I was reading japanprobe.com and I noticed this article on Shunsuke Nakamaura. He is a Japanese player who is playing in Scotland for Celtic. The reason I found it was interesting, was because when I was in Russia on vacation I met him in the hotel I was staying at. Though just a brief encounter, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trusting your Fortune to a Piece of Paper</title>
		<link>http://www.patrickgardiner.com/2008/05/20/167/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Omikuji (御御籤, 御神籤, or おみくじ) are random fortunes written on strips of paper at Shinto shrines in Japan.
The omikuji predicts the person&#8217;s chances of his or her hopes coming true, of finding a good match, or generally matters of health, fortune, life, etc. When the prediction is bad, it is a custom to fold up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Office tv show: Japanese Style ;)</title>
		<link>http://www.patrickgardiner.com/2008/05/18/the-office-tv-show-japanese-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 12:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This an SNL parody of the Office. It starts off with the lead actor from the British version of the office talking about how the American version of the Office is a complete copy. Making mention to small changes like one characters name to Jim from Tim. Then he goes on to say that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why not to give a lighter to a man covered in Gas</title>
		<link>http://www.patrickgardiner.com/2008/05/15/why-not-to-give-a-lighter-to-a-many-covered-in-gas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story simply amazes me because of how incompetent the police were. Isn&#8217;t it common sense when you  have a mentally ill guy covered in gasoline to not give him a match so he can smoke.
NAGOYA — 
Nagoya prefectural police authorities said Monday they are considering disciplinary action for three police officers after they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fragile Flowers</title>
		<link>http://www.patrickgardiner.com/2008/05/14/fragile-flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Two weeks ago I went to Muruyama Koean in Sapporo for Cherry blossoms  (Hanami). The season for Cherry blossoms is later here compared to Osaka or Tokyo due to its more northern location. This means we get ours in May and everyone else gets there is March or April.
A common thing to do when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What grows from the ground?</title>
		<link>http://www.patrickgardiner.com/2008/05/11/what-grows-from-the-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 15:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring has come! Atleast that is true here in Hokkaido. With the recent improvement in weather, the flowers have started to bloom. So when i went to play park golf during golden week I saw many wonderful flowers and decided to take their photos. I have recently been expanding outside of my comfort zone with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wood blocks known as Ema</title>
		<link>http://www.patrickgardiner.com/2008/05/08/wood-blocks-known-as-ema/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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I went to a shinto Shrine in Sapporo this past weekend to take photos of Sakura. But ended up taking more photos of non-sakura related stuff. This photo is of Ema, which are wood blocks that people write their wishes or dreams on.
According to wikipedia

uma or ma in Japanese (馬); ema means, literally, &#8220;horse picture&#8221;.　This [...]]]></description>
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