Day 1 - Mong Kok

Arrived in Hong Kong and took the airport express to Tsing Yi, where it was more convenient for Martin to pick me up. Camera was still packed nicely in the bag and so no shots of the airport and the train station, which was pretty empty, to my surprise... my flight wasn't full either. so i had three seats to myself, fell asleep and suddenly someone else was sitting one seat away from me. too bad, was a guy so i didn't make conversation!

martin picked me up and i needed to eat to save my life, so this is where we ended up..



apparently all the locals know this place.. 24 hours, and a place to hang out becos they dun chase u out. apparently in hk, u will get pressured to leave if u've finished ur meal at most eating places. ordered a baked pork chop rice which was really nice, but we both agreed that generally eating out in hk is slightly more expensite than in singapore, for local food that is. i always thot hk was cheaper.

here's us both:





after that we walked the streets for a while.. pretty crowded for a weeknight at around 11pm. on the weekends it would be chaos, martin commented. after that we went back. will be going back down after i post this to get some lenses. yesterday (day 2) went ocean park with some of his friends... didn't shoot many good shots.. but will post another time.

ok here's the rest of the day 1 shots. knee's giving me problem again, walking too much at ocean park yesterday. irritating, kena hampered to take photos will really bite at me.. so knee, u better wake up ur idea.


Mong Kok Train Station - duh, really?


Executive picking up porn from the newstand... maybe.


Woman crossing road.


Rare BMW, apparently featured on TV a few days ago.


New vs old, warm vs cool colour.


Dog shit on a fence.


On the way back to Martin's place.

Untitled : Square

Any suggestions for title?

POTD:



Taken at a wedding yesterday.

Thanx Elsa for all the assitance rendered!! And she doesn't even read my blog... maybe i should give her the url.

Been a shack few days, and gonna be shack till i go HK. I can't wait to get there. I need to rest.

The storm before the calm....

Yes, it isn't a typo.

going thru a storm at the moment. well maybe a storm isn't the best word for it, but i dun think the statement "the death before the calm" really works..

i've never had such a back log of work in my life. ever.

and after i clear it, which is unlikely, the calm comes when i go to hong kong. i need to get away, it's just too much. i could rant about why this and why that, but ultimately, the "blame", if any, comes back to me. basically if your life sux, it's just too easy to blame other things. well anyway, i don't think my life sux, i just have too much on my plate. who put the food on my plate? me lar.. still got who?

let's see. it's thursday now. going in to pena first thing in the morning till early afternoon hopefully, have a report to finish up. after that it's a meeting with William to discuss the shoot for Elson. then dinner with mama at ah yee's place. then church rehearsal for the wedding on saturday. then appt with customer at great world city. i'll be a wreck when i get home. so that's thur gone.

fri is still open.

sat wedding, full day gone.

sun is still open but i'll prob do elson's shoot on that day, so that's out. mon and tue i'll be at pena. wed i'm flying off.

so, how do i get the 4 weddings that i want delivered by the time i go to hk? well, i guess u'll have to read my post on wed to find out.

and why aren't i processing photos now? cos i have two batches of raw files converting in the background. have some sympathy on my poor computer!

"Oh Lord, keep me awake. That's all I ask. The rest I can do."

Reporting from Ipoh!

Por Por's funeral was... well.. i was gonna say normal, but i guess i haven't attended enuff funerals to know wat's normal, so i guess i won't comment.

I'm glad however to see ALL my mum's side auntys and uncles all under the same roof. i think the last time that happened was like donkey years ago. it's ironic, some of them even live in singapore now and i dun even see them! i think i better get more involved in family activities, altho my universal excuse is that my parents aren't in sg so usually if parents don't go then the kids go for fuck rite? well i guess i'm not really "my parents' son" anymore but rather an entity on my own and i should keep these family ties.

dunno wtf i'm talking about also.

can u believe this, two of my younger cousins Justin and Alvin are on either side of me watching the screen as i type at this internet cafe. i think they are amazed at the speed i can type at. eh, this is slow liow, i'm not used to this crappy keyboard!

the weather here is like shit lor. it's so frigging hot, even in an air con room. and i slept so little, kept vigil at the wake till 6am, slept for 2 hours then funeral starting liow. afternoon slept only 3 hours cos it was too bloody hot. now i ducked out with my cousins so i can blow air con in my car!!! depesperate times calls for desperate measures.

hope for a safe drive tomorrow.. will be following my uncle, so i guess it's safer to drive in a group. and it'll be in the day time.

it's been a good break despite the heat. at least for once, i can just relax one corner with the knowledge that even if i wanted to work i can't, so my as well just dun think about it. that's why i say, if i wanna rest, i have to LEAVE the country. sadness.

well hong kong's coming at the end of the month!!! =)

oh.. took photos of the wake, dun think i'll post them up, didn't take pics of the funeral tho.. cos i was in "mourning attire" so mama and i decided it wasn't appropriate. some of my aunties were pretty hysterical. =(

wow.. i am seldom so "reportive" in my posts... i guess this will help me remember an occasion which will never happen again.

I remember YQ's blog has a quote with each entry... i might start that habit from this entry.

"Your 'worth-it-ness' is determined by me..."

Jessica

It's amazing what a willing model and great connection with the photographer can produce. I amaze myself. She amazes me.

PsOTD:







no need to comment, no matter what you say, i love these pics...! and there are heaps more... still processing.

oh.. if anyone's wondering.. these are posted upon her kind permission. OF COURSE!
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driving up to ipoh later. if you don't hear from me in a few days, please just donate $2 to your nearest community chest.... NOT!!!!

i'll be fine, everyone who is worried, PLEASE DON'T.. cos driving long distance isn't a problem for me. Brisbane to Melbourne anyone?

I'm serious, I want to take a 2 month road trip in Australia, starting from Alice Springs, up to Darwin, across to Cairns, down to Brisbane/GC, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide and the last longest stretch... across to Perth!!!!!

I wonder if this dream will ever come true. Imaging the images that i could produce... this is my life.

I'm so glad I know what I was born to do.

Flood

Was going thru my images on my Dopod, i load them in so that i can show anyone who wants to see what i do, and decided to flood them here, some have been posted here before:

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enjoy...