well well
another week has passed
and like ber said
i'm another week closer to my death
o.O
and so r u! XD
replies:

JJJ:
u got no taste

vvn:
u got no taste too
only exception is me
muhahaha

lately:
nth much
looking for a job
will be on a cruise to alaska from
sept 3 - sept 10
dun miss me too much
wellz
picz time i guess

siu tin tin came bak
to bring cha cha to hk
so we had a lil gathering

kristiz + siu tin tin

ben ben! :D

chem 11 summer school   :P
kwan kwan was sick + couldn't come
btw if u're wondering
no... vvn is not part of our chem 11 ppl

went dinner
with JJJ + dickson
~steveston

JJJ + dickson

whose handsome car is this??
o nvm
itz my handsome civic
XD

quite like this blank wall for some reason
uh...
actually...
quite like it for some unknown reason....
but since i'm obessed with final fantasy lately:

OMG YUNA!!!
ok more accurately i'm obessed with yuna from ffx
...
anyways
i've decided to give it some... more dramatic colors...

purplish wall

sunset @ steveston

pretty! :D

and now
2 random shots
...
..
.

ball.
went bbq with vvn + friends last week

flowers taken like a month ago
i added some vignetting
and brightened up one of the flowers
to give it a more defined subject

propz plz!
:D

9:18pm

ha
update!
where're my propz?   :(
replies anywayz

samson chui:
yes my mother
uh.... sounds wrong... XD

ber:
no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money no money
XDDD

these dayz:
well my gu ma came over
so had a week of "family week"
which also means
nth much done
fisheye is fun though
took lots of picz with it
well well
picz time

some random stuff 1st
had dinner with byngs...

handsome andy!
XDDD

another handsome andy!
XDDD

after dinner we went pool

*poke*

"PUNCH!"
in case u're wondering
thatz my cousin milly

handsome civic having a shower   :D

went to chinatown + olympic willage for some shots
with ah gor
....

they have a night market too
but they mostly do "gwai lo" business

bus! :D

"hey wut cha shooting at?"
"ourselves."
o.O

random old buildings
the empty parking lot in the middle
has those sensor lights
i ran over trying to get the lites on
but only 2 came on
:(

if u rmb my last car accident bak in 06
< click here for that xanga entry >
i was actually going to pic this
now more than 4 yrs after that accident
i finally have this thing shot

olympic village!
gigantic bird
o.O

looking across false creek
click on pic for larger version

there's this pedestrain / bike bridge
which was actually kindda narrow

"science world at 7000km/h"

crazy weeds
so dreamy   :D

there's meteor shower
so of coz with my new fisheye
gotta give it a try

ha!
of my 300+ attempts
this is the only shot in which i got a shooting star
=o=

just realized u could barely c the milky way at iona beach! :O
this is abt wut u'll c in real
assuming ur monitor has the same brightness settings as mine....
(actually i could very very barely c the milky way in my backyard too....)

here's the same shot edited to bring out more contrast
click on pic for larger version
btw the streak at lower rite is NOT a shooting star
itz simply a satellite orbiting the earth

propz plz!
:D

3:08am

hohoho
update
replies

JJJ:
u suck more! :D

ber:
well last yr's shots were better
no comments on the fireworks themselves
not pretty if cut the guy out that way
we'll c... :P

kittyangel:
thanks! :D

flora:
thank you ah~~ XD

these dayz:
well well
pretty much the same
nth much exciting
except
i just bought myself sth....
...
..
.

nikkor 10.5 fisheye! :D
$500 used

so how wide is a fisheye??
well well
this is from my 18-200 at its widest setting
(18mm, or ~27mm eq.)

this is with the fisheye adaptor that i borrowed from wilson ho a while ago

and this is with the real fisheye
woooooowwwwwwwwwwwww

grandma saying hi  :D

mum was wondering how fat can she look like....
and she demanded mosaic for her face
XDDDDD

propz plz!
:D

11:15pm

well well
another week again
where're my propz? :(

winnie leung:
no one's gonna kill me
:D

these dayz:
same
picz time

went to english bay for fireworks last week
lacking a remote and didn't wanna use timer
i tried handheld
which was...
bad....
i shook badly
and
short shutter = ugly fireworks
out of like 200 hundred picz
these r the only ones that're ok...
most picz r cropped + brightened + sharpened

see how short shutter makes fireworks look weird?
UGLY

nearing the end...

and when i finally had a shot with long enough exposure + no handshake
these gayasses decided to leave early which completely blocked my view

well thatz it for this yrs fireworks
as a comparison i've decided to upload fireworks
from last yr
which i did not upload
becoz another gayass kept using his iphone in front of me
last yr i used a tripod + timer

hmmm fireworks was ok
but notice the bluish screen at the lower rite?

ahh iphone
go away go away

-

kindda pretty

ahhhh iphone again
=o=
thank you so much for ruining my pic

kindda pretty

well lesson learned
if u want nice fireworks picz
u'll NEED
- tripod
- remote
- hopefully no one around u is gonna use his / her iphone
- and hopefully no one's gonna walk around

propz plz!
:D

6:00pm

uhhh
not exactly in xanga mood
quick update here

JJJ:
u suck
:P

kevin:
obviously ah gor doesn't walk much  :D

winnie leung:
hmm i dunno
the portrait one seems better when itz large... haha

kittyangel:
if full tiem photographer means picing wutever i like for gd money
sure
XD

ah ber:
when i took those it was ~4
now itz more like 5

these dayz:
same
bnroing
no life
picz time

not muhc picz to upload
random stuff

sunset at steveston
editing to bring out more colors

and saw beaver again
cropped from larger pic so sorry for the lack of sharpness

j so dances while $10 looks on   XD

mini hummer!
as it turns out this is an electric car

me want me want!! :D :D :D

me want me want me want!! :D :D :D
itz orange!!!

uhh.... done...
propz plz...

6:07pm

argh
u stupid ppl
come propz me! XD
replies
=o=

winnie leung:
haha i dunno...
random caption   :P

JJJ:
well actually i was gonna buy her blue roses for her grad
but the stupid flower shop messed up the order
so no blue roses for her grad
so me buy it again for her b-day
i thought someone said she doesn't need a bf
hmmmmmm...........

these dayz:
same same same
no life
no money
picz time

since i'm working nite shift
and i get off rather... err...
early.... (3:30 on some nites)
kindda makes me wanan go shoot sunrise
...
..
.

"sunset on the cambie skytrain bridge"
july 3, ~8-10

gor: "wtf i never knew u could walk to richmond"
o.O

me like  :D

"cover this area"
btw plz ignore the flare on allan jai's head  :(

ah gor playing with his fisheye
believe it or not
i was also in his pic
o.O

"INCOMINGGGGGGG"

the sunset was kindda boring though

nite shot
some flares removed in photoshop

couldn't decide which one's better....

ha!
lots of cameras + lens   XD
no that's not all
my 18-200 was in my car
and my d80 in my hands

Operation: "Sunrise (I)"
Location: Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing"
Date: July 4, 10
Time: ~0400 - 0530

brightened a lot in photoshop
note the train on the bridge  :D
ignore the flares plz   :(
itz a fisheye adaptor 

getting brighter
that day was cloudy
never got the shots we wanted

edited to bring out some colors

Operation: "Sunrise (II)"
Location: Oak Bridge
Date: July 10, 10
Time: ~0415 - 0545

dawn
the bridge on lower rite
is the cambie skytrain bridge
on which we had sunset shots last week

brighter
plz ignore color differences
was playing with different white balance

!!
sun's coming

ahhhhhh
so pretty

was STUNNING in real
pictures don't do it justice
click on pic for larger version

more
click on pic for larger version

a tug boat breaks the calm water

once the sun comes out
its not as interesting anymore

saw beaver too! :D

propz plz!
:D

3:44pm

uhhh
update
so few propz
>___________________<

JJJ:
i'm not showing off
*someone* wants blue roses
not me
:P

kittyangel:
i know
but *someone* really likes blue roses for some reason
=o=

these days:
nth much again
picz time

random
stuff
...

ber's laptop
eeeeee.......

can u find bon? XD

bus bus bus

jericho pier

sexy goose
???

afternoon sky

ber + win got no face

flowers
"equalized"
now it looks old + stuff

mum pretending to be a penguin

bad picz lately
short update
propz plz

3:08pm

omg
wut r u guys doing
where're my propz?
hahaa
replies:

JJJ:
u suck more
XD

these dayz:
hmmm....
wut hv i done??
i hv no idea
but i have a complain
y is it alwayz cloudy / rainy this summer
wtf wtf wtf
XDD
o well
picz time

it was vvn's b-day on sun
so we went on a lil road trip...
along the fraser river...
again....
ohhh if u're wondering y do some places look a lil familar
thatz coz i've been to there before
http://mr-tomcat.xanga.com/607801599/item/
http://mr-tomcat.xanga.com/608368567/item/
ohhh btw many picz was taken with fisheye adaptor on
thus the crazy distortion
fun fun! :D

bought blue roses for someone

1st stop was hope
gas is cheap there! :D

ugly statue in hope  :S

yale tunnel
vvn's being dangerous! :P

next is the alexandra bridge
where the old trans-canada hwy used to go thru

the floor is just a metal frame
so watch ur step + belongings! :D

vvn with the new bridge in distant bg

hahahahaha
XD

made a quick stop at hell's gate
nope
we didn't get on the airlift thing again

then itz lytton
vvn insisted that she's tall enough to touch the sign

lytton is where the fraser river + thompson river converges
itz a very cool place
the muddy river flowing outta the page is the fraser river
while the one flowing from the right with clear water is the thompson river
btw
for the 3 times that i've been to there
they're all very windy
and the mountains would have this "wuuuuuuuuuuuu" sound
(just like when u blow air into a bottle mouth)
anyway click on pic for larger version

hahahaha
stupid  :P

self portrait

then further up the river we made another stop
and saw these gigantic dandelions
they were literally as big as my fist
o.O

pretty scenery furthur up from lytton
click on pic for larger version

more spectacular scenery
again click on pic for larger version

big waves! :O

then we came bak and had wings as dinner
yes i know itz a lil weird
but i dun wanna limit our trip due to a booked table

and at last
congratz to big pang for his grad   :D

update done
propz plz!
XD

4:37pm

oh
itz another week again
o.O
so fast
o wells
replies

siu ting:
add oils + congratz ah
:D

flora:
thank you ah
XDD
how r u lately ah

JJJ:
haha ok la
dickson is with me
XD

ah ber:
hmm...
so sounds like u only like the flowers but not her
hahahaa
i dun owe u $$$ anymore
and i'm nto bin tai! :P

these dayz:
huh
another week has passed again?
wtf
thatz too fast
well well
i'm a lil lost
i....
dun really know wut do i wanna do
well well
picz time i guess

went to victoria with vvn + her family
like 2 weeks ago

on the ferry
me like waves   :D

saw killer whales on the way
woot woot

pano of the bc legislative building / wutever
click on pic for larger version

the "craigdarroch castle"

inside
stairs

old piano

boat house!
wish i'll someday live in one of these

big pano taken on the way bak
click on pic for much larger version
(3000 x 600)

pretty!

pretty too
the sunset with actually more reddish than yellowish
but stupid camera wouldn't show the colors
:(

random -- AT's room

woot update done
for once
(in a very very long time)
i actually got no new picz waiting to be posted
:O :O :O
(well actually there're some really old ones like x'mas lights)
wutever
propz plz!
XD

5:29pm

ahhhh
itz update time again
replies:

samson chui:
thank you
how r u lately ah

siu ting:
< same as above >
XD
sry too lazy to type
oopz i think i just typed more with these
o well... :P

kevin:
me like fisheye  :D
well the pics were either handheld
or looked fine to me when i took it
haha

kittyangel:
haha thz ah
no la
we dun take much picz together

JJJ:
u noob
u die
dickson is on my side
muhahahaa

these dayz:
hmmm
looks like so few ppl r using xanga now that
they even have random ad. coming to propz me
o.O
itz ok
i've deleted those garbage already
well well
we'll just go with picz

bunch of random stuff
.....
...
.

congratz to vvn for her grad :D

congratz to the civil group for their grad  :D
(uhhh i dun think any of them apart from vvn has my xanga.... o well... )

congratz to kristiz for her grad  :D
(i dun think kristiz comez here anymore)

congratz to helen mui for her grad   :D
(no i dun think she comes here either....)

sorry if i missd u
but yea
congratz to all ur grads

pano inside chan centre
click on pic for larger version (1500 x 1500)
dun ask me abt the crazy distortion
autostitch decided that is a nice joint
o.O

crazy colors  :D
brightened it
then changed color balance to show more red
now it looks like the skies from final fantasy
XDD

walk + pic
like the circular motion

handsome AT  :D :D :D
stole $10's sunglasses

$10 with panda eyez

vvn's car has a song called "Red butt"....
XDDD
itz actually "red butterfly" by ron ng
but her car won't scroll the words around hahaha

vvn made me chocolate
:D

" allan仔的祈禱 "

handsome civic  :D

some dumbass drove by while i was taking this pic
but it seems like there's more interest now with those lights

took this while driving
was attempting to take a "motion shot"
but errrrrr
forgot to change settings....
so this was taken at
18mm     30s     f7.1     iso400
well well
it looks really crazy though

crazy lens flare
@________________@
no idea wut happened
maybe its the small aperture?? (f7.1)
maybe its the filter??
the filter on my 35 1.8 gives some really annoying flare once in a while...
so i guess the filter on my 18-200 might have the same prob..?? @_________@

allan jai showing u his name    XD

yuna from ffx / ffx-2

i actually prefer her look in ffx (the one on the left)
but she's HAWT in either outfit
XDDD
btw
who wants to lend me his / her ffx + ps2??? XD

done
propz plz!
XD

1:04am