About Og Bear

Ogbear's Interests 

General

• Helping my 84yo aunt with family history.

• Mediterranean/Middle Eastern/Asian plus most of the other world cuisines. I enjoy going out to lunch as well as COOKING in.

• You can see Og Bears Facebook page or even befriend him.

• Travel (exotic places in the rough). 

• Lighthouses. 

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Lighthouses in my area

• Railways.

•  Long walks and yoga.

• Hawks (Aussie Rules) Football Club

 

• I like to collect hats.

• Good times with friends.

Favorite Music

• Blues, Folk and most other genres except Country & Western. I don't dwell in the past. I like a lot of what my sons listen too. I went to Bluestone for New Years 2007.

I will be going again 2008! Looking forward to seeing you at Maldon this year

Favorite Films

• Mostly European or World movies. Eastern European, Spanish and Iranian ones are particularly interesting.

Favorite Television

• Not often watch as most on TV is disappointing. Like docos, late movies on SBS.

Favourite Books

• Not a great reader. More of a see and listen person. Currently reading Free Radicals and have finally finihed Papillon.

Favourite Quotations

• Life is like an unfaithful girlfriend.

Heroes

• Ernesto "Che" Guevara
  

Che lives!
Ernesto "Che" Guevara was murdered on October 9, 1967 - shot in the head by a Bolivian soldier in the presence of the CIA. When the world’s powerful cheered the brutal murder of the anti-imperialist and revolutionary socialist fighter, they hadn't considered that his murder would transform Che into a symbol of the global struggle against injustice. Since then his ideas and example have inspired countless others to join the struggle. Nowhere is this more clear now than in Venezuela.
[Stuart Munckton]

• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
  
  She is no ordinary person
  For the Burmese on the street, Aung San Suu Kyi represents their aspirations for freedom from military oppression. Despite Suu Kyi's official release from house arrest, there are still de facto restrictions on her freedom to move and speak, and oppression of pro-democracy activism continues. Burma's human rights record has been rated one of the worst in the world after Algeria. While she is alive, those hopes of liberation continue to burn bright.
  [Arlene Gregorius and Larry Jagan (Via BBC)]

• Dalai Lama
  

Dalai Lama Interview
At a personal level, as a Buddhist practitioner, I deliberately visualize and think about death in my daily practice. Death is not separated from our lives. Due to my research and thoughts about death, I have some guarantee and some conviction that it will be a positive experience.[Amitabh Pal interview with the Dalai Lama]

• Nelson Mandela

Free at last! Free at last!
"I stand before you humbled by your courage, with a heart full of love for all of you. I regard it as the highest honor to lead the ANC at this moment in our history. I am your servant....It is not the individuals that matter, but the collective...This is a time to heal the old wounds and build a new South Africa." [Nelson Mandela].