{"id":1752,"date":"2013-04-28T13:47:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T05:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2013-04-28T13:47:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T05:47:36","slug":"anniversaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=1752","title":{"rendered":"Anniversaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 14 it was fifteen years ago that Aric and I met for the first time. And on April 17 it was my 69th birthday. As\u00a0 Aric would be diving in Sabah on that date, we decided to celebrate both anniversaries a week earlier, in the Eastern &amp; Oriental hotel in Georgetown. The E&amp;O is one of the grand hotels of South East Asia, established in 1885, a few years earlier than the equally famous Raffles hotel in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6184.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1755\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1755\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6184.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G12&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1365757713&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"E&amp;#038;O hotel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6184-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6184.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-image-1755 alignleft\" alt=\"E&amp;O hotel\" src=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6184.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6184.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6184-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6184-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1756\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1756\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6135.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G12&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1365694131&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"E&amp;#038;O suite\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6135-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6135.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1756\" alt=\"E&amp;O suite\" src=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6135.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6135.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6135-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/IMG_6135-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had booked a suite, of course not cheap, but we enjoyed the luxury&#8230;:-). We spent most of the time in our suite, went only out for food. Aric had an app on his iPhone that made it possible to take several pictures and then combine them into one. Here is the interesting result<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-11-20.02.09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1759\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1759\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-11-20.02.09.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1365681729&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Two times us\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-11-20.02.09-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-11-20.02.09.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1759\" alt=\"Two times us\" src=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-11-20.02.09.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-11-20.02.09.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-11-20.02.09-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-11-20.02.09-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A detailed report with many more pictures can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/stuif.com\/multiply\/page.php?album_nr=155&amp;owner=janstu\">Fifteen Years.<\/a> Back home, on the eve of my birthday and before Aric left for Sabah, we had the traditional birthday cake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-16-20.12.40-HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1760\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1760\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-16-20.12.40-HDR.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"601,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1366143160&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Birthday cake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-16-20.12.40-HDR-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-16-20.12.40-HDR.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1760\" alt=\"Birthday cake\" src=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-16-20.12.40-HDR.jpg\" width=\"361\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-16-20.12.40-HDR.jpg 601w, https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/2013-04-16-20.12.40-HDR-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 14 it was fifteen years ago that Aric and I met for the first time. 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