Sunday, March 27

Hiking plus Big camera

 

Date: 26 & 27 March 2011

Venue: Long Ke and TST

 

Went hiking with Yan, Kimmy and Molly on 26 March in Long Ke.  It was quite hazy and windy too.

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On 27 March, Chan-sir and Ban-sir showed us how to use BIG OLD cameras (the one they have… wow, are too expensive for me to buy in the coming 10 years! and it’s unlikely I would be using them even).

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The harbour is too hazy again…

Friday, March 11

Shenzhen

 

Date: 11 March 2011

Venue: Shenzhen

 

Was my first time to this side of Shenzhen… the bright side.

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We were in Children Palace… actually I don’t even know what that building is for :p but it looked futuristic in a way.

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With this great dome.  What’s the use of this?  Anyone knows?

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At night we went to the library :D

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My photography buddies :D  Everyone was very serious about their work!

Sunday, February 20

Nam Sang Wai

 
Date: 20 Feb 2011
Venue: Nam Sang Wai in New Territories
 
Invited by Anna, Ricky and I joined her and went to Nam Sang Wai on a cloudy Sunday - it wasn’t a very cheerful day!  Now when I think about it, it could only be a cloudy day that you could take some moody pictures…
 
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This is what you see when you get into NSW.
 
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After crossing a stream, you step into Nam Sang Wai.  The vintage wooden floor… hm, I had a nice feeling about this place.
 
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There are indeed people living there!  Actually NSW is a huge wetland area where is home to many birds.
 
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There was a fire broke out earlier this year… as you can see from the photos, it kinda giving some eerie feeling… a cloudy day, burned wood… all was quite depressing.
 
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Grass is slowly growing back - there is always hope.
 
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There is a pond inside NSW, and a pier too.  Many couples love taking their wedding shots at that spot (on the left).  I don’t see how special it is.  The colours of the place inspire me.
 
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We walked a long way in NSW.  It is a huge place.  You can spend a whole day walking there.  I am serious!  We bumped into this man who uses Nikon too.  He lent me his glass lens and I took some shots.  Wah.  The colours are vivid!
 
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And we walked pass those abandoned houses… Anna said she felt she was touched by someone - Ricky and I said we didn’t - may be she was touched by something… that idea was very scary!!!
 
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The whole place gave me a very nice feeling.  When we were about to leave (at around 5pm), there was a fog coming… Anna said she couldn’t stay because she had to catch a ferry home, I didn’t want to stay on my own… So we left.  I wish we had stayed for the fog.
 
As I said earlier, NSW is home to many birds.  Even though I didn’t bring my 200mm lens, I still got a nice bird shot :D
 
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And we left.
 
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(Anna found this nice grass on our way out) (and that’s her on my right).

Saturday, February 5

Leonardo da Vinci

 

Spent some time in the Museum of Science for a while.  Leo da Vinci amazes me!

 

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My mood was unbelievably light.  Everything I saw, I saw beauty in it.

 

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…able to observe and record every experiment phenomenon precisely.  He was left-handed with written from right to left… difficult to read and understand…

He’s DA VINCI!  His notes were a mystery, he’s attractive, he’s mystic.

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Here is a picture of his handwriting…

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I focused all my attention of flight.  How much had he contributed to the world!  To all those places I’ve been… a plane.

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My physics was so bad it would make you cry.  I liked the model :p

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You must have seen this before!

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… and a projector!  He used this to make light for working at night!

 

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History repeats itself again and again.  I will have to break through.

Friday, February 4

On the peak

 

Date: 30 Jan 2011

Venue: The Peak, Hong Kong

 

This was the first outing with my photography crew, missed the last one because I had 2 exams.  It was actually quite fun, didn’t quite work as I had imagined, but our teacher Ban Li gave us advice when we started shooting.  It wasn’t very helpful though, the weather was quite bad - too hazy!

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The view was of course magnificent, it was freezing too!  We were all waiting patiently for the haze to “unveil” but it got worse as time went by…

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The sky was beautiful though!

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We waited till 7pm, after the magic hour… Multi-exposure pictures :)  The result looks rather nice though!

 

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Anyway, it was a very nice experience to shoot with a group of people, who actually have better gears!  I didn’t even bring my bigger tripod!  Haha, our photography teacher said I should just throw it away :p  And he thought I was a university student!

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I wish I had one of those cameras too!  Ban Li is a pro!

Thursday, January 20

On a sunny day…

 

Date: 8-9 Jan 2011

Venue: Home / TST

 

It was a really beautiful Saturday… but I had to stay in to study for my exams, agh.  The weather was amazing.

 

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Being inside made me wanting to go out even more!

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When you get too bored studying, and get distracted by the view outside of your room, I believe you’d take pictures like that too.  In 22 minutes the skies turned totally dark.  WINTER!

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Alright, pretending to be diligent!  Really am NOT the diligent type…

 

And then the next day.  I couldn’t stand the boredom anymore.  Ha, so I invited Po and Yan to the museum :p

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Have a bit of silly time in the Museum of Arts after visiting the…

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SHOW, where you could touch the sculptures from the Louvre!  Oh well, yeah, they are all replicas and you are not allowed to take photos!  :)  The best thing?  It costs only HK$10!

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Yes, once you’re out, the weather isn’t so good anymore… (!!!!) nevertheless it was a very nice photo!

 

Ciao! …I also suspect I have failed my Econ exam, BUT, I will certainly survive!

Friday, January 7

Fujian - last day, 5th!

 

Date: 6 April 2010

Venue: Wuyi mountain

 

We got up at 5am super unwillingly.  Luckily it was drizzling outside and it was reasonable enough to tell the stout woman that we would not go with her for rafting because it was raining.  Went right back in bed after the call. Haha.

 

Of course then we went to Wuyi mountain, but, yeah, without the woman’s guide.  It sort of stopped raining when we were there, but the roads were all wet and was a bit cold.

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The view was rather nice.  We took our time and strolled along the 九曲 river.

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The boatmen were all gone owing to the rain.  They started to pack their boats back home!!!!  Well, lucky us then the weather got better again and we had our chance to see the famous river! :D

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This was where the boats were laid out.

 

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Da da!  We were in the boat :D without raincoats!  The 4 of us!  Our pants were all wet…

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The view on the boat!

 

After all that, we were all soaked and were really cold.  We had no choice but to go back to the hotel to get changed!  Finally we had wonderful dinner in a local restaurant - super good fried eggs with Wuyi beers!!

 

Eh.  The end! :p