THINK before you shoot

I have been thinking about photography lately. Mr. I always complain that I take photos too "freely" & "snappyly" without thinking too much (thanks to the new era of Digital photography and Lomography's sales pitch of "don't think just shoot?). Resulting in photos that lack a bit of "involveness" and "emotions".

Maybe he is right. 

I am starting an excerise - I will only take with me a film camera that has 10 or so photos. So each photo, I need to ask myself if it is worth it before pressing the button... That day, I tried it..& I think - I like it...

Photo of a homeless guy early @ morning outside QVB of Sydney.

1st photo of my 1st disposable camera

2 Good models + 1 Disposable camera = limitless boundaries

Taken during my wonderful trip to Sydney (visiting dear friends!). Thanks D & K for bringing me to such a nice location! I had so much fun.

Who can think that disposable cameras can produce such nice results? I need to rethink about my photography gear. hehe

Spending~~~~~~~

Still feeling a bit bad from spending an ENORMOUS amount on a camera~~~
I will earn it back... I will earn it back...................(one day...........................)

When can we have a home?

The World's property prices are soaring high! Sigh Sigh~

I just want a place to hide

Why you give me a difficult ride?

Even snails have home

So Why can't I?

(Finding a place to call "home" with Mr.I....not as easy as we thought!!)

Marriage & Dishwashing

Why Marriage comes with dishwashing?

Why love comes with pain?

Mum says light comes with shadow

Is that what we call Ying enhances Yang?

(okok...I will learn how to wash dishes without breaking any....Just give me some time!)

Wedding~~~ 15 months to go

I have known him for 7 years. Next year, next year, Mr.I and I will tie our knots together.

Still working on the gifts for guests, invites and video... Long way to go!

Cityscape + Escape From City

Taken from a hotel window when I was capturing memories of a pair of newly weds on their wedding day. Are these what we call "Man-made mountains"?

Some view but with double exposure. When developed, this reminds of scenery in New Zealand (pretending to be a lake, reflecting the sky?) - Finding nature in Man-made nature....

Last Sunday, my sister and I went to a village-side - A scenery rarer and rarer these days. I need to preserve these memories in a jar, to show my son (and son's son's) that once, there is a thing called "nature".

Obsession

Just finished drawing an illustration for the cover of the quarterly newsletter for the HK Eating Disorder Association (http://www.heda-hk.org/chi/index.php). Some of us are obsessed with shopping, some of us with finding perfectionism. I think mine is with capturing memories. They say obsession is often an emotional escape to a problem. Do you have an obsession?

I will upload a photo of the printed newsletter once printed! Stay tuned!

Please rain a candy rain

If ice-cream can remind us of happiness
If chocolate can heal pain
Heaven, pls rain a candy rain. So we can be innocent again

Preserving memories

When people asks me what I do with the memories that I catch. I tell them honestly that I will make them into jams so I can preserve their tastes and be my food & fuel in the future.

Let me know if you want one of my jams, I will send one jar to you.

What can we do with the past?

If only I can have a mirror that can reflect my past....

But on second though.... what is the use of it if I can only view it but not change it?

Can you tell me if you know?

The mad plastic bag lady

Today, I passed by this women sitting crossed leg in a busy street in Causeway Bay, covering herself with plastic bags.

I started thinking~ If each plastic bags represents a sentimental past, they must be very heavy (despite their apparently filmsy look).

If she had a choice, I don't think she would chose to be filthy, to be lonely, to be named crazy.

But then, maybe it was fate that chose her instead.

Aren't we all just clouds

I am wandering around clouds

Everything - humans, trees, birds, buildings

like clouds, will one day       Burst

Falling down as rain

And everything starts over again

Will my sadness be spread like germs?

Something really bad happened at work (Yes, the economy is bad and we have just lost a major client). I am confused and sad.

I want to escape and go somewhere I have never been before. Maybe things will be different when I am back.

But I fear I will spread sadness to others by my footprints left behind.

Memory Jam-maker

I watched a movie today, which talked about how time can fly, how years can be stolen.

I couldn't sleep well tonight, I lingered on my bed and kept on thinking how that day when Grandma passed away, I had wrote a poem and placed it beside her now emptied bed. Quietly. Silently. Tearfully.

Memories

If only I could keep
Them -- fresh like celeries

To seal them in a jar
Behind the breakfast bar

The sweet and tangy tastes
Each time be still amazed

Will I, still be traumatized
Like today

Tomorrow, yes tomorrow,
I will be a jam maker
Spreading love on toasts

Happiness in Cans

If happiness comes in cans
Can it be pre-ordered?
I need a life-long subscription.

If happiness comes in cans
Who determines the best before date?
Please don’t taste bitter when expired.

If happiness comes in cans
Should it be termed a drug?
The more you get, the more you desire
Until one day, when it runs out, you will be beaten –
With no return.

Am I who I am?

During the day, it is hard to be my own boss.
Even at night, when I am really to take off the masks and become me again. I look at the mirror and ask myself:

Am I (still) who I am? Or has society changed me?

How can we forget

How can we forget?
The past can be a cage; Absorbed in your own fantasy, forfeiting the future.

I need to get out of the sweet happiness of my past and step into future (even if it can be challenging).

My very first post

First time writing a blog!!!!

Collecting memories, chasing a dream, sketching emotions, being myself.
Hope you will like it.