Chocolates

I’ve forgotten.  I’ve forgotten to unwrap one of the few Christmas presents received this year.

 

:D

 

Wonderful Agnes b. chocolates - so cute!

 

“Paris” tasted good, well, going to Paris again would be even more beautiful…

In Nostalgia

More than once, my brain brought me back to Europe.  All the never-forgotten memories wander in my heart and again and again I am there.

 

Here are some really exclusive pictures I’ve never shown anyone.  Looking at them really makes me smile.  Christmas is coming, may I wish you all a joyous Christmas.

 

To my beloved Po and Yan, here are the forgotten ones.  May our friendship last forever.  All the memories shared, no one can ever replace you.

 

ICH LIEBE EUCH!

 

Right outside the Schönbruun in Wien.

 

The crazy strong wind in Alkmaar.

 

Wandering around in Venice.

 

Just arriving Innsbruck.

 

I remember I was in a sulky mood therefore you were too.

 

Making really stupid faces in the ruin site in Rome.

 

Some moves in my beloved Füssen.

 

 

Outside mini Europe and inside McDonald’s in Brussels.

 

Meeting Mathias for the first time at mama & papa’s.

 

The cold and lonely time in Rothenburg o.b der Tauber.

 

Po posing in the hostel in Nürnberg.

 

Amazed at the fake sakura in Frankfurt am Main.

 

On the festive Queensday in Amsterdam.

 

 

Went insane for a while in Köln.

 

A sunny day in Düsseldorf.

 

Eating bananas in München.

 

Hiking up to the fortress in front of the alps in Salzburg.

 

Didn’t know what to pose in Brugge.

 

Taking really beautiful pictures in Zaase Schans.

 

It was my all the time favourite of the favourites in Keukenhof.

 

We grew up together, let us grow old together. 

 

I am really looking forward to meeting you again, Po and going to eastern Europe together!  Together we’re invincible!

blah blah blah

It’s been a really busy December.

 

Anyhow I still watched A Christmas Carol (Julie and Julia was brilliant!).

(click on picture to see IMdb rating)

From a westerner’s point of view, I guess it was a very festive movie but… I was slightly disappointed.  The movie wasn’t as funny as I’d liked.  It was funny to see Jim Carrey’s face though, it made me giggle :)

 

I had a little accident the other day…  I’ve got a “beautiful” picture of the victim:

My poor little toe.  To those who care… I am surviving - just no Converse anymore!  Still I am proudly announcing the lucky star of the month - JOEY LEUNG!

 

Thank you :D

 

It’s December, it’s all about generosity!  Here comes 2 more pictures:

 

May I wish you all a merry Christmas :)

Vote Earth!

It’s a wonderful Thursday.

 

I could stare at the cloudless sky all day with the sun glimmering but I didn’t.  Rather went to the park with Anna and took some amazing pictures.

 

My favourite of the day and is currently my wallpaper:

It took my breath away.  I am mesmerized by this picture… by every single detail.  Wah!  I am starting to like myself more after this.  By the way, I don’t photoshop my pictures… all my pictures are realer than real originals.

 

Here is another picture of the same flower - slightly overexposed like always :p

 

Typical lotus picture… with a bug on it.

 

There are many species of butterflies living in Hongkong.  I’ve spotted only 2 today.

 

Haha and then here comes the turtles :p

 

And the last butterfly of the day :)

 

With a super lens, I felt like a magician.  The world is so full of colours and full of wonderful small creates, they are struggling with their lives to survive.  We human are stupid to bother with things that are out of our control!

 

It’d be good if you could vote the Earth then!!!  I have already voted!

 

 

See the world with peculiar eyes, people!

 

P.S. After my colleague girl saw all of my pictures, she said “This is Hong Kong Park?!  You photographed it like this?!!!!!” (你把它拍成這樣呀?!) HAHA and then both of us laughed our heads off :)

First try-out

Date: 29 Nov 2009

Venue: somewhere in Ma On Shan

 

Finally I couldn’t wait to try my beautiful new lens.

 

Here is 2 snapshots:

It really is nice... the depth of the picture!  So nice!  I felt supreme!

 

And this... :D  An over-exposed picture of a big tree truck!  I need to stand at least 1m far from my shooting subjects!  So not used to it!

Exhibition - Japan

(picture from http://www.no-ma.jp)

There is an exhibition of Rinko Kiwauchi in Shiga, the very famous contemporary art photographer from Japan.

 

Her works are all very light, all emerged in a slight of sadness yet you couldn’t help feeling peaceful.  Feelings are hard to catch but that’s what she does.

 

Details of the Exhibition - Touch the World

http://www.no-ma.jp/

 

Interview of Rinko Kiwauchi (in English)

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/kawauchi.html

 

I’d like to see more from her.

Man Yee Highland Reservoir

Date: 15 Nov 2009

Venue: Man Yee Highland Reservoir

 

The wind brushed my cheeks, I was tremulous from my bones and walking just like a penguin - at least in my imagination.

 

It was cloudy plus windy on 15 Nov, started getting cold.  Joyce and I joined a local tour organized by Sporthouse to Man Yee Highland Reservoir, well, actually originally Yan was my companion, but she had a class to attend… therefore, I got Joyce :D  My crazy Joyce!  Anna, who initiated it joined the tour with some of her favourite friends, such was our Group Tour!

 

Grandeur!  It’s the east dam.  Super windy and cold - will get back only in summer again, haha, at least when it’d be sunny!!

 

The Landmark

 

The famous hexagonal volcanic columns!  If only those volcanic rocks could talk, we’d learn all about the earth.  The history of our beautiful planet.  How it grew like it is today.  The tour guide was a young experienced woman, she definitely knows her stuff!  She also got books to show us! :D  She said Hongkong was just a baby if our planet was a mother, Hongkong is so young, geographically speaking.

 

 

Basically everywhere you looked was a scene.  Every rock has its story to share, every stone has a personality.  The grass, the trees, the rocks and the sea.  I was thrilled, by everything.  Even the air thrilled my nostrils.  Haha!

 

Shame was that I didn’t take many pictures because I forgot to recharge my camera!  Good thing was, I did my very best to let myself be photographed - there were so many shots of me in Anna and Joyce’s cameras! HAHA!  Hell yeah I am so beautiful!

 

This is the famous landmark of Man Yee Reservoir!

Here is a brief introduction about how it was formed:

“Hot volcanic lithogenous mass cooled down gradually when it was exposed to the air.  Eventually it contracted into hexagonal rock columns.  At this stage, the column was still in a semi-plastic state.  As the lava below continued to gush up, it generated a vertical upward thrust and corresponding horizontal shear force.”

 

Wasn’t it marvelous and amazing?

 

Our group didn’t follow our guide because we decided to check out the cave not so far away. 

 

I wished I had paid more attention in my Geography classes!  Now I understand the true meaning of education (this is the definition of “education” from Devil’s Dictionary: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding).  There are so many things I want to know and so many I don’t know still!

 

Joyce, was using her boyfriend’s Canon DSLR; Anna, who enjoys taking pictures more than I do, also got a super pro Canon camera.  Looking at my Nikon D40… I couldn’t help but feeling small!

 

Here are some pictures by Anna (as Joyce never sends me back her pictures taken):

 

Her lens is so much better than mine - wider angel.  I really need a better lens.  That’s the Christmas present I am getting myself - yes, I am spoiling me :)

The dam was very impressive.  The Reservoir itself is just too huge to hike in one day.  Anyway, I liked all of Anna’s friends, they were so nice, warm and funny - just like my dear Anna.

 

Here, I give you your dearest… and most beautiful Joey Leung :D

 

May be I am a people-person…?!

 

Weirdos

 

Last but not the least… there were some weirdos that we bumped into…

 

Graduates taking pictures on a hill of rocks - please pay close attention to their shoes.  Thank you… and worse…

 

A couple taking their wedding pictures amongst those… barracks!  Check out the guy who was holding the reflector board, it was the groom.

 

Praise to wonderful and adventurous Hongkies! :p

 

Afterwards we still went to a mining site which wasn’t so fun because it was drizzling.  Cold and rain.  Nevertheless I had a great day and loads of fun!

 

Special thanks to Joyce, who dumped her boyfriend for the day and accompanied me to the beautiful Reservoir!