Quick Review of 2009

I admit I am not really motivated to take pictures these days, the cold and grey weather brought out the laziest of me.  Hopefully soon I will be back with my gear and will shoot again.

 

Let me have a quick recap of the year of 2009.

 

January

1 Jan 2009: Went to Muji, and checked out its exhibition.  It was beautiful.

11 Jan 2009: Po, Yan and I spent an afternoon in Tai Po Market.

17 Jan 2009: Getting ready for the Annual Dinner - I was unwilling to put on the make-up.  I won $2,000 cash coupons for a Spa in the end.  Er, only made use of them before Christmas :p

28 Jan 2009: In Kaiping for the first time.

 

February

15 Feb 2009: Obviously I didn’t take many pictures in Feb. 

 

March

15 March 2009: Cycling with Joyce, Ming and her boyfriend in Tai Wai.

21 March 2009: Went hiking with my mum in Choi Hung, haha!

28 March 2009: Checked out the Waichai Livelihood.

 

April

4 April 2009: Tai Po Railway Museum.  My mood was super sour, I remember.

27 April 2009: Shooting with my first Holga.

 

May

9 May 2009: Finally got rid of the long hair by end of April.  On Foggy Mountain, will never forget the breathtaking view.  I laughed too much that day my mouth hurt.

17 May 2009: The museum (or rather exhibition) of Tao Heung Food Museum of Culture in Fo Tan.

 

June

7 June 2009: A day on Stanley beach.  Bumped into a colleague haha.  Getting irritated by my longer hair.

 

July

1 July 2009: Marched for the first time - and another hair cut.

22 Jul 2009: The eclipse of the sun - could be seen in Hong Kong! (Picture taken in a conference room in office using a X-ray stolen from Anna, haha)

 

August

15 August 2009: A fabulous (short) trip to Vietnam.

22 August 2009: Cheung Chau with Cindy.

23 August 2009: Taking a break in Stanley with Cindy.

25 August 2009: I was transparent!  Picture taken by my Nikon DC.

 

September

9 September 2009: Building my own Lomo camera in Po’s crazily messy house.

 

October

2 October 2009: Li Han got married.  We (Yuki, Joyce and Yi Ting) went to the zoo in Pan Yu in China.

17 October 2009: Hiking on Dragon’s Back.

 

November

1 November 2009: In Yim Tin Tsai with Kimmy Wong.  Kimmy Wong if you’re reading this, I want to remind you that you never send me your pictures :)

11 November 2009: Man Yee Highland Reservoir with Joyce, Anna and her crew.

 

December

3 December 2009: Practicing my new lens with Anna in Hong Kong Park.  I’ve got my most amazing shot.

12 December 2009: ASA3 BBQ in Causeway Bay (it’s illegal to BBQ in a building :p) after hiking to Wu Kau Tang.  So stupid I forgot to take the SD with me for the hike.  No picture.  Befriended Jan, a professional hiker!

24 December 2009: Had a really beautiful dinner with Vivian.  Great to see her.

 

Ah.  Looking back, my year wasn’t bad at all!  I even went to a hot spring with my mum during Xmas holiday!

 

Next year hopefully get even better :)

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 :)