"Do you want to be my friend?"
"No."
"Why not? Are you my friend?"
"Yes of course I am your friend."
"Then why don't you want to be my friend?"
"I just don't want to, my friend."
"Then, you are not my friend !"
"......"
很無聊，這是剛剛在讀卡夫卡時'無啦啦'想到的對白 :S
"Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy." - Stephen King
"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."
"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write."
- Stephen King
The rhume (the cold) is tiring me these two days. What time did I go to sleep last night though ? !
The sky was bright blue, but my soul blue refused to get out though.
Reluctant I took my bike to go to the metro. I was terribly in late.
Reluctant I would have liked to ride my bike until the office. Breeze was gentle, and
refreshing. Brought me to the underground, the deepest part in my heart.
I sat in front of a beautiful Thai girl, next to a beautiful Thai woman.
She had such a careful perfect make-up... Unreal, just like a Babie girl.
I was admiring her unconsciously, until she started talking with her friend.
I didn't understand a word, but her tone has betrayed her charm.
Babie girl better not to speak.
I look at my worn blue baskets. I am doing fine.
Sorry Chinese folks I am writing here in English again... yes I blog in the office this morning. Shhh...
1. I started my interest in photography after my first travel alone, after rather several rolls taken by a small Canon I borrowed from my father.
2. I like photographs because it is a lot easier then painting.
3. The first camera I bought myself was a Nikon FM10, when I decided to take photos more seriously.
4. I did take some short courses about photography, in Hongkong and in Paris, like 'reportage by photo'...
5. I use more often with a Panasonic DMC-LZ5 now. Obviously I am not a professional.
6. I like digital camera for it is more economy and ecology.
7. I like mechanical for I find it easier to control technically.
8. I love color, but I prefer taking black & white if I have the opportunity to develop and enlarge them myself.
9. Photographing is a solitude activity.
10. I need time to feel the place and people in front of me before I photograph them.
11. I don't like to be photographed. Not a fair game, i know :P
12. I think some basic photography techniques are required even though we are just amateurs, of course, if we are not satisfied by simply clicking a button. In other words, I think it is hard to take nice photos if we don't possess at least some basic techniques.
13. When I showed my first travel photo album to my father, he critiqued and said "I don't even know what you are photographing!!" . The second time I showed him another album, same comment! Well as usual he is not easy to please ... Until the last time, many years ago, when I have carefully selected and presented my photos in my own layout, he admired and said, "is that you who took those pictures ?" I guess, 'presentation' has done the job.
14. There are several things that a good photographer requires, I think : talent, technique, observation, heart, mood, patient, then the last but not the least, respect to the others.
15. Successful photos are not always counted on the gamme of cameras or power of lens used. Many famous photographers have left us brilliant oeuvres taken with standard 50mm lens.
16. I remember one of the teachers once told us: you don't 'zoom' to your object, you 'go' to your object.
17. (extra) I have recently discovered this site via blogger Hongkie. Their blog articles give often nice tips in photography, written by 10 different professional photographers.
Other bloggers' 16:
- Laichungleung
In the reflection,
there are clouds, white and grey,
an ocean in the sunray,
a blue sky, great !
Wait,
there is also my silhouette.
If those roots are essentiel to that little island, would it sink if roots are taken?
Sont-ce les racines qui tiennent l'île, est-ce qu'elle va couler si on les enlève?
若「根」是那小島的支柱，起了根，小島會不會沉下去呢？
最近天灰心也灰，為一些老問題而情緒低落，又寫不出一個所以來。 本來已變得越來越內向，如今連屁也放不出，怕會困出個怪病了。
大概是時候減少自言自語，嘗試多外出多吸新鮮空氣好了，希望會有所改善。
順便與大家分享 Meiling 今天抄出來的博客十誡。
Have just discoverd that interesting The One Minute Writer, via Blogger's 'Blogs of Note'. The idea is simple: read the writing prompt, then write something in the 'Comments' section within one minute!
一分鐘可以做些什麼？
剛在 Blogger 的 Blogs of Note 發現了這個有趣的英文博格 The One Minute Writer，每天一個小題目，然後讀者在Comment 欄在一分鐘內寫一些有關的文字．．．
不過寫字母還可以，若以我打中文的速度，一分鐘可能只可打一句句子而已 :P
考考大家輸入中文字體的功力，可不可以在我這篇的留言欄裏，在一分鐘內描寫一下你眼前所見的東西 :?
Shall I take the opportunity to remind those in Paris that the annual 《Nuit Blanche》would be back again tonight in Paris.
''Nuit Blanche' (White Night) is an annual over-night cultural event created in Paris since 2002. The festival starts from sunset until sunrise next day, the whole city's light is on and being turned into a real fairy tale. Numerous artists participate and their works are shown in several spots in the city.
Nowadays, this event has been spread over the world and many cities are holding the same festival!
For those who are interested, Brussels, Toronto, Valletta would hold the same event on the same day this year!
Bonne soirée!
我在上一篇網誌加了以下幾個連結，關於我們這些「森林人類」面臨絕種的一些源由，又，一些保護生物的組織網址。
請，點進去看 / Please click and go to see the following links :
- Youtube (Without forest, orangutan are nothing but hungry and miserably homeless...);
- Youtube (Bukit Orangutan Terakhir); and
- more Youtube about orangutan, diffused via Kahiyu.
- Center for Orangutan Protection;
- Borneo Orangutan Survival;
- The Rainforest Site; and
- more addresses in the site of Orangutan Conservancy;
受人類及環境威脅的動物不止紅毛猩猩，請齊來保護環境。
Orangutan is not the only endangered specie in our planet. Let's protect our environment together.
This would be my last photo in this series.
Every Asian should know this fruit ;?
Do you know what is this fruit ?
Now, can you tell what is this fruit ;?
Do you know what is this plant in the photo?
«Fête de la Musique» 是巴黎一年一度的街頭音樂節，我去年已經提過，在這裡不再重複了。在巴黎的朋友別忘記上街看吧，bonne soirée ;)
Don't forget there is the «Fête de la Musique» today!
Note: You may click here for the official site 2008 in French.
Got this psy blogthings from MC and mad dog... However, "comma" :? or am i rather a "coma" [comma] com'on [comma] comment!
You Are a Comma |
 You are open minded and extremely optimistic. You enjoy almost all facets of life. You can find the good in almost anything. You keep yourself busy with tons of friends, activities, and interests. You find it hard to turn down an opportunity, even if you are pressed for time. Your friends find you fascinating, charming, and easy to talk to. (But with so many competing interests, you friends do feel like you hardly have time for them.) You excel in: Inspiring people You get along best with: The Question Mark |
Have just learnt from Hong Kong Digital Vision (an excellent photo blog of a Hongkong guy Chris Lee) that The Mobile Art designed by Zaha Hadid is in the Star Ferry car park in Hongkong until the 5th April.
The Mobile Art is a Chanel comptemporary art container and twenty-one artists work on the project! According to the official site, this Art Container will be travelled to Tokyo in May, to New York in September, to London in June 2009, to Moscow in September 2009, and to Paris in January 2010!
Dear Hongkong readers, if you have already visited that container, I would like to know your comments about it: how you feel about it, does it worth visiting, do you call it art... Thanks in advance for your sharing.
No new photo this week. Here's a photo rather cliché that I've taken in the afternoon when I took this one, which may give a more precise idea (perhaps specially to MC ;) of how those steel columns looks like.
Regarding The Wall for Peace, I have already mentioned in the before-mentioned post. You may also go directly to their site for more information.
Have a nice weekend everybody!
