.the world under my bed.
the neglected pink world that is the underside of my bed.
it’d be easier to just click on the image and look at all those notes i placed in that photo : )
.a nice visit.
i went over to my uncle’s house today, and i was greeted by an angry bird.
the bird hates me. the first time we met, my grand-uncle (is that what you call your uncle’s dad? …anyway…) told me that he doesn’t bite so i put my hand into the cage he tried to hack my finger off my hand! … i learned my lesson after that. my uncle has a lot of pets in his home. this is their second bird. their first bird also took a snap at me when we first met, but after a while, it got used to me and we’re friends now. kind of. his fish bit my finger before, too. it actually jumped out of the water… just so it could bite my finger. i don’t think animals love me very much.
liang liang hates me too. i hug him too much so every time i get close to him, he runs away from me. i love animals. but they don’t love me. it’s a love-hate kind of relationship.
moving on, my aunt just came back from japan. she brought back a lot of interesting snacks.
i think i gain 10pounds every time i go to their house. my aunt also gave us green tea kitkat. which is amazing, by the way.
i love it.
along with the sweet stuff, there were also the sweet (but loud) people. i’ve missed them. it was good to see these two cousins again. (yes, i do have more cousins than the little threes.) these two are just so fun to be around with (eventhough i think my eardrums kind of popped from their screams). and they love me. i know it because they don’t try to bite my finger off.
i didn’t get any amazingly lit and properly composed photos. all of these are just quick point-and-shoot type shots, but it’s the moment that matters, right?
we headed down to the basement and gave momu a visit. remember momu? i have a much nicer photo of momu on flickr. this one was just a quick snap.
hello momu. i see you are shy as ever.
my uncle is breeding beetle larvae to feed his fish with. he really has an amazing aquarium in the basement of his home and he puts a lot of time and care into his fish friends. i was too distracted to take any proper photos. catching up with my relatives felt more important than taking photos at the time.
i will try to get better shots of these bugs and fish things next time.
.november greets us with the moon.
the first week of november ends with the moon: big, low, and beautifully halved.
tonight, i went out to eat dinner with my friends, a good relieve from all the homework that’s been piling up. but i’ll have to deal with that tomorrow. best work hard tomorrow so i don’t fall behind. but for now, it’s relaxation time, movie time, and chill time with friends.
at the dinner, i took out my brother’s point and shoot and took a few random photos. the moon photos were taken with my dslr when we got home from dinner. the rest are point and shoot photos.
as for the moon photos, it’s kind of hard (very hard) to focus in the dark, so they are terribly out of focus.
as you can see, i have my laptop on me, ready to blog. by the way, i also have a twitter now. i tweet. follow me if you wish.
.reformating.
my laptop is currently being reformatted. therefore, i have no photos to post since i am using my brother’s desktop. i hope jimmy remembers to save all of my photos. i will cry if i lose them… i’ve backed up all my photos from april 2008 (when i got my dslr camera) to august 2009 but i still have september and october 2009 in there which i haven’t backed up yet! i should have done it earlier. i’m a little worried now, but i trust jimmy will remember to back those up for me… i hope. maybe i’ll extra remind him. i left him a note so hopefully he’ll remember. i’m putting 2 months of my life in jimmy’s hands!
so for now… i will not be posting anything new until i get my laptop back. i am definately getting a mac for my next computer, so i can deal with photos and design stuff more. that is all for now…
maybe i’ll stick a random picture in here to make this post less boring.
a photo of liang liang when we first got him. november 13 2008. it’s almost his 1 year anniversary with us.
.returning with photos.
i guess since i’ve been away for quite a while, i have a few things to blog. this may be a long one. first of all, i got my book! the one i mentioned in my past post. check it out if you don’t know what i’m talking about.
secondly, today, (or rather yesterday, since it’s already 1am) i did a studio photoshoot with michelle and dylan. i’m sorry michelle and dylan. i was tired for the photoshoot and very low on energy so i didn’t have the energy to direct. and after the incident where my camera fell into pieces (never trust school equipment), i felt like i did too… i will cry about it later, for now i must finish this blog.
i had difficult models to work with. 80% of my photos have motion blur… you guys are so hyper but fun to be around with : )
and for the last of the photoshoot photos, one with the photographer. unedited because i’m lazy. look at dylan’s expression. isn’t it hilarious?
look at all those footprints. anyway, i’m not going to rant but… okay, who am i kidding? i am totally going to rant. i no longer trust school equipment, and the studio at school had a lot of orange light for their lighting, and i didn’t really appreciate that very much… the equipment was frustrating and difficult to work with. maybe that was why i was so drained. (again, sorry michelle and dylan for being so low on energy for the shoot.) one day, i hope to have a studio that is to my own liking… maybe in the next 800 years or so…
anyway, i’m back on swimming schedule. snapped a few photos with the point and shoot before i got in trouble. i also got my video i needed to do my project with, so getting in trouble was really worth it.
vicky in ablution.
cute vicky.
okay, that is all. i am finished with my post and happy to tell you that i will continue posting at least once a week, so check back often and don’t miss out!
.taking a holiday.
from blogging.
due to the amount of homework and lack of events, i am taking a holiday from blogging. i will be back. don’t worry
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.no corn maze.
sorry i have gone awol on the posting. i’m trying my best to update once a week, but my days are usually pretty ordinary and since i’ve been busy with school, i don’t have a lot of new images to share.
anyway, i am sad that we are no longer going to the corn maze tomorrow. i’m not sure if we’re going to the farm on sunday. i don’t really know what’s going on with the planning for my coming long weekend. (finally, a long week end… it really feels like school drags on forever).
on another note, i have to keep reminding myself to order a birthday cake for vicky before it’s too late. hopefully i will remember tomorrow or saturday. i really want to see vicky with a big castle birthday cake!
i’ve been working on a book and i realised i don’t have a lot of good photos of carly because she’s so camera-concious. she’s not as natural as her sisters who just run around and dodge my camera, making it a challenge for me, but the pictures turn out much more natural, energetic, and fun.
click on the photo above for a preview of the wee three. i have to admit, i only spent one weekend on this book so it’s not very well designed. i’m not very creative with designing. anyway, this photo might look better on flickr.
i ordered a copy of my book. it’s supposed to come in on the 15th.
i’m very tired and i don’t have much to say. i am sorry if this blog was a ridiculously dull reading.
.the move and the photos.
are you ready? this post is going to be jam packed with photos.
be prepared.
first off, i’d like to say happy birthday to my dad.
happy birthday, pops.
and now, i will go back in time to september twenty sixth when my cousins moved in to their new home. i thought i’d start off with a lesson to all the children who probably won’t be reading my post.
the above is the result of a naughty child who refused to listen to grown ups. you get bunged on your head by a big box full of heavy things. when you are told to move out of the way, you should move out of the way, or you end up like this little girl. crying. notice the tear stains on grandpa’s t-shirt?
moving was a lot of work. i wanted to slack off and play photographer (to look like i’m useful) but in the end, i helped out because i felt bad for slacking. so, not a lot of photos were taken.
you may remember this photo from before the closet was completed. her room is not purple yet, but it will be.
already the study room is a mess. (that night, littlest decided to draw on the walls of this room with crayon. her mum was not very happy.)
at the top of the stairs, the diligent children supervised as we worked our bones off. but of course, there is always time for fun.
and here is a portrait of cousins who live in the same city but very far away from each other. after many morning hours of hard work and fun, it was time for some relaxation tea.
i was not aware of this, but apparently, you need four hands to make a cup of tea.
i keep teling myself that that would be the perfect photo to end my blog. but i had a busy saturday. after moving, i was off to do a photoshoot. thank you mum, for driving me around. i really do appreciate it. these photos would not be here if it weren’t for you.
on my way to the car, i noticed chocobo tracks on the driveway. i know i must sound like a dork saying that, but look! it looks like it’s right off of final fantasy nine! where’s the flute? summon chocobo!
i had a photoshoot with these four guys (left to right: trevor, alan, david, dylan) and terri. everyone was late (including me), except dylan. but all is well. we have some good shots. this was my first time doing an actual photoshoot with trevor, alan, and david. i wasn’t sure how it would turn out since the weather was gray and windy.
this one is was a pretty ordinary photo, but i liked how they were dressed and it was the only photo i had of them without their jackets on.
terri was a good director. i should bring her to all my photoshoots. she had more authority than i did!
the challenge for me in group photos was making sure nobody blinked. 80% of the photos had at least one person blinking. i did not choose those photos. this one is an exception. i liked everything about this photo (and i don’t know why), i wouldn’t have cared if all of them had their eyes closed. heck, i don’t even care that dylan’s hand is cut off.
amidst all these serious faces, there has been millions of fun photos. i decided to share two on the post.
finally, i want to thank trevor and dylan for dinner. it was absolutely scrumptious.
.life as a FArt.
a fart as in a fine arts student.
this blog is about my life as a printmaker. today, i had printmaking class and a lot of good things happened.
the above is an image i made out of a ginseng wrapped around a piece of leaf that i cut from my mom’s plant. she doesn’t know about it yet, but now she will because my mom actually reads my blog. hi mom! anyway, that image is drawn on a stone, and after the stone has been etched you can roll ink over the stone and a water-grease-repelation thing happens and you can make lots of prints of my ginseng animal.
oh yes, the ginseng animal has a name. he is called rufus the super gin.
the below is michelle’s.
this is michelle after she squished her finger under her stone. (this photo is really out of focus. i really have to fix my focus +/- thing on my camera.)
as you can see, her finger is red and there’s skin peeling off of it.
i took a photo as karen was etching her stone. it is a nice photo of karen and her three beautiful bowls that she got for under three dollars.
and here is rufus, sitting happily with the other stones.
this concludes my FArt blog.
oh, one more thing. in this class, blood feuds do happen. there has been a blood feud that started in the beginning of the semester and has yet to be resolved. it is about lockers.
the above note reads:
“Hello! This locker has not been assigned to you. Please check with Steve to see which locker belongs to you. Thanks!
Hello,
This locker was assigned to me by steve. Thanks! : )
FIGHT TO THE DEATH!!!“
