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[14 Dec 2010 | One Comment | ]
Profemateours

Publishing on the internet allows authors to amend their statements in the most convenient and guilt-free way imaginable.
By saying this, I hope to be excused for an update to following column, as I feel some events lately brought me to much more relevant conclusions.
Undeniably, meaning of both terms: “amateur” and “professional” changed within the time possibly shorter than two decades.
My impression is that an amateur is closely nowadays associated with such words as sloppiness, disorganization and ineptitude. Professionalism however would be quite an opposite. A default description of excellence – …

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[1 Nov 2010 | No Comment | ]
Kiribati Film crew returns from the Island

Things we saw and moments we experienced on Christmas Island went beyond our imagination…
Since the very beginning, luck and – along with it – all the kindest people we could meet were on our side.
Temptation to express all the excitement behind all the amazing adventures we had, is becoming unbearable. Surely, those moments will be told by our film on which we now cant wait to work on…
As I’m writing this post, we are on our return journey back to Ireland. …

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[16 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]
Fundraiser at “Exchange” – 14 days to go…

We are doing our best to fit preparation tasks in to tightening schedule, which at the moment leaves us with 14 precious days, before we travel from Ireland to Republic of Kiribati (Kiritimati).
Having entire project financed by own means, we are constantly dealing with budget-related problems. “Exchange” Gallery was generous enough, to support our final fundraiser action. “Kiribati Project” team was honored with a chance to present some of the artworks for sale. To express our gratitude, IT equipment will be donated to the gallery, which will hopefully contribute …

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[8 Sep 2010 | One Comment | ]
Kiribati Project – 25 days to departure

Time goes quicker than ever and day counter drops digits with concerning speed. Quite as departure would be associated with something unpleasant.
Surreal factors fade away as most of the pieces of our “to do” list are getting achieved.  Nearly entire equipment is now acquired. Most of the expenses and hassles – covered.
Tension grows and stress boils up as we realize what else is missing and how much is to learn on each field that could we possibly go wrong.
Film making part is our main objective, which took over everything else …

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[1 Aug 2010 | One Comment | ]
Kiribati Project

Either it’s man-made or caused by natural rhythms and cycles, current stage of climate change turns group of atolls on the pacific ocean in to potentially first of modern era nation under serious risk of disappearing under water levels.
Kiribati becomes the first place that doesn’t exist also for the reason that small nation as this struggles to get any attention not only world leaders but also citizens. Internet’s knowledge base is full of contradictions, gaps, resources are often outdated. Our crew of three made decision on taking a journey and …