pikography

back!

2010-08-06T19:04:00.000-07:00

So I've noticed I have disappeared for quite a while. Went to NY for a month and came back for a week (lost my internet), went up to Revelstoke, then came back home :D

I'll be uploading my "Picture-A-Day" directly to Flickr instead of posting them individually here. It's just too much work haha.

Lynn Canyon

2010-06-06T00:09:00.000-07:00

Before I "forget" to update again, here are some photos of my hike to Lynn Canyon with a couple of friends. I was in a stalker-y mood haha :p

All photos taken from the Nikon D5000 with the 18-55mm lens.

I don't know this couple but I thought they look nice together :)

A random log on the path

I am not much of an athletic person so these stairs were hard on my thighs. It was good exercise tho.
I know this type of photos have been overdone but I have a soft spot for it. Something about it just makes me feel very peaceful and relaxed :)

Although this may be under exposed in majority of the frame (because I pointed directly at the sun), I love it. It's dark, it's bright, it's mysterious yet beautiful.
This isn't some stranger this time haha! I just really like this for some reason :)

Slacker

2010-06-05T23:45:00.000-07:00

I have been too lazy to upload partly because it involves me removing my memory card, put it in a card reader, open up programs, resize, upload, and post.

Ok it's not that hard but it seemed easier when I first started! Anyways...here are a few more images for your viewing pleasure (all taken with the Sony CyberShot DSC-T70).

BTW, sorry for the poor photo composition/subject/etc...I am running out of ideas on what to take photos of :(

Yay CS5 for my MacBook!

Lots of soda for you this time Kit! I'm gonna try to bring it all along with food for Mike XD
Delicious mango :D
My dinner tonight

Prenent un Bany. Taking a Bath.

2010-06-03T23:38:00.001-07:00

Prenent un Bany. Taking a Bath., originally uploaded by ¡arturii!.

Randomly looking through Flickr and found this adorable shot of a Beagle.

Absolutely love this photograph :)

Sat-Mon Pictures

2010-05-31T22:32:00.000-07:00

The mosquito net to my backyard.
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18 eggs used for food o___o they were pretty tinySony CyberShot DSC-T70

Scraps of paper lying on the floor at work...Sony CyberShot DSC-T70

Felt Ninja

2010-05-28T23:37:00.001-07:00

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Bubbles

2010-05-27T19:52:00.000-07:00

Bubbles on my water glass looked interesting close up :p

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Fooding Night

2010-05-27T19:22:00.000-07:00

Lots more food pictures coming up below. You are warned :)

Yesterday a couple of friends and I decided to have a cooking day. Every dish (except for one) had this one ingredient in there...BACON :D

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

We had a nice spinach salad with sauteed onions, crispy bacon bits, mandarin oranges, and a poppy seed vinaigrette.

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

To accompany our main dish, we had baked scallop potatoes with a creamy sauce and sprinkled with bacon bits on top.

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Our main dish was a delicious baked salmon seasoned with dill, lemon, and ground black pepper then topped off with a tangy hollandaise sauce.

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

For our dessert, we had brownies with bacon bits inside! Despite the "odd" sounding combination, they blend together so tastefully. Especially when it is matched up with a light green tea vanilla ice cream.

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Our meal was accompanied by a nice red wine. I'm not a fan of wines but this one I could take (though being the light drinker I am, I had to lie down on a couch for a little bit after I was done with my glass).

Daisy

2010-05-25T23:58:00.001-07:00

While waiting for Vic to come home, his neighbour welcomed me into her garden to take photos of her beautiful flowers. She is a photographer herself! I hope I can visit her again one day because she is such a lovely and kind woman :)

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

After Vic arrived home, we headed down to the restaurant for dinner. The place is called La Notte, a cozy little Italian restaurant. Every Tuesdays, they have a special deal: All pastas are $7.99 (original prices range from $10-$16). The portions were very generous as well. It is a pretty good place to eat.

Sweet Potato Baked Fries

2010-05-24T22:49:00.000-07:00

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Bro's Aquarium

2010-05-24T22:46:00.001-07:00

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Bummed

2010-05-22T23:50:00.000-07:00

Work is retarded...

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Muffins, Cookies, and GDMA love

2010-05-21T23:48:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was another volunteer night for me at the GDMA grad show. Lots of booze were served :) Got home last night at around 1am, took a shower, and then passed out so that's why there was no picture for yesterday...but I got them here now!

I was really bored Tuesday night, so I decided that I will make muffins for my mom on Wednesday before I head out to meet up with Terri. I didn't take any photos of me making the muffin but I took a picture of the finished product:

Banana Walnut Muffin With Raisins

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Well, I really wanted to bake something that's orange flavoured...so I made some cookies the next day before heading out for another volunteer event.

Orange Chocolate Butter Cookies

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

So for the GDMA class of 2010, their title for the show is "Take A Closer Look." What it is, is that it revolves around the growth of bugs. I thought it was cleverly thought out and it has great design and illustrations of bugs considering how much bugs scare the crap out of me.

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Can you guess what these are?

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And of course their grad show wouldn't have been a grad show if they didn't serve their famous mini (dairy free) cupcakes that raised most of their grad funds! They are very delicious and don't worry, these don't contain bugs.

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And lastly, yesterday's event was the speaker series with Paula Scher of Pentagram and Eric Karjaluoto of smashLAB. Personally, I thought Paula could have done a better job in her presentation but I'll forgive her this time since she flew into Vancouver in the morning. Eric is amazing though. His talk is very interesting and is kind enough to stay after the event to chat with everyone.

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Congrats grads of 2010! Remember us in 2012 please :)

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Industry Night

2010-05-19T15:57:00.001-07:00

Post will be a bit late today because I'm volunteering at GDMA's 4th year's grad show today and tomorrow!

Check them out here :D

Cruising around

2010-05-18T23:32:00.000-07:00

Today, I planned to bake some muffins for mom. I cracked the shell of around 50 walnuts and one of them decided to give me a cut on my finger :( It was after I was done, that I found out mom needed me to help her make these "Chive Box" (direct translation) so I had to put my muffins on hold.

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On the way to picking up some ingredients for the muffins (and driving practice), I came across a fat duck sleeping underneath a tree, a yellow flowered tree that looked trippy from afar, and a family of tree bears!

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My scoop of heaven

2010-05-17T21:52:00.000-07:00

I LOVE green tea! I will eat/drink almost anything (edible) that is green tea [flavour]. With that being said, I had to buy the Green Tea Ice Cream from Island Farm. It's so yummy x]

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Please educate yourself, sir.

2010-05-16T20:29:00.000-07:00

So, I work in FedEx Office (previously known as FedEx Kinko's and Kinko's before that). It is a copy and print centre along with FedEx shipping. Here is a rant about a man who ruined my perfectly good morning.

(warning...it is very long...)

Customer came in around 9:20am requesting to print some images and photocopy a black and white sheet. I was occupied with another customer, and a couple of jobs within the store already. I told the man that he can go on the self serve computers to print out his photos for 20 cents per minute and 59 cents per print, and I can help him with the photocopy. He says no and asks me to print it for him.

I told him it is $2 per file to open and process it to the printer. He says OK, he only has one file.

When I opened up the USB, the man told me the folder in which the "file is in"...there were 3 JPG files. I then told him that he has 3 files and it is $2 per file. He says "No, I only have one file." I then told him that he does not have 1 file. He has 1 folder that has 3 files within it. He does not seem to understand. I repeatedly explained it to him the difference between a folder and a file.

A phone call came, and I was alone on the floor. I asked the man to excuse me so I can answer the phone. When I came back, I explained it to him one more time that I will charge him $2 per file (while pointing to the JPG files on the screen). He says "OK just print it."

I send the image to print and then carried on to help him photocopy his black and white copies. I showed him where and how to place his hardcopy in the machine and where to enter the quantity. He wanted 20 double-sided black and white copies.

When his copies came out, he complained about how the print quality is not the same as his hardcopy. I explained to him that whenever you make a photocopy from a hardcopy, the quality will go down. I also made another copy for him with the "Photo" setting. He did not like it better than the first set. He then says that the first set will do fine.

All the jobs he requested to have done was finished at this point. We proceeded to the cash register.

When I told him the price, along with the break-down, he became curious as to why I am charging him $6 for the rip fee. I explained it to him that he has 3 files and each file is $2 to process. He asks me to charge him just 1 of the fee. I told him no that's our standard fee. Then he complains that he only has 1 file (by which he meant 1 folder). I, again told him no. He has 1 folder and there are 3 files within it. He becomes angry.

He says he should not be charged this much. He then carries on to complain about the quality of the black and white prints and how the quality on them were poor as well.

Following his complaint, I explained it to him, again, that photocopying a hardcopy will downgrade the quality. He then says that it prints so nicely at home on his home printer and asks why it is not good here. I explained again about photocopying hardcopy, and then add that printing from a digital file on a computer will always have a higher quality.

He would not listen to my explainations and continues to complain about the quality of the black and white copies.

He asks "What is the name of your manager." and then left.

He can suck it.

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2010-05-15T23:34:00.000-07:00

Today's sandwich: salami, cucumber, lettuce, 3 cheese salad dressing, jalapeno, and tomato.

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Last night's pasta: spaghetti, lean ground beef, mushroom, green pepper, basil, jalapeno, pasta sauce.

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Moodless

2010-05-14T23:36:00.001-07:00

I got picture but not in mood to upload. Maybe tomorrow.

Blank

2010-05-13T22:42:00.001-07:00

Eggs and Chinese onion pancake

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Another beautiful sunny day

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Nan Chuu: Japanese Izakaya

2010-05-11T22:18:00.000-07:00

Finally decided on where to go tonight after hours of contemplation...
Bro and my treat to mom :)

Here are just two of the many dishes we ordered:

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Skittles

2010-05-10T22:51:00.000-07:00

New kind of Skittles with CRAZY CORE o____o

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Happy Mother's Day

2010-05-09T22:16:00.000-07:00

Made a Mother's Day card for my mom :3

This is my mommy =] She didn't want her picture taken because she says she doesn't look pretty anymore. I took it anyways! I usually don't listen to her so ha! I think she is beautiful :)

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Home Made

2010-05-08T21:18:00.000-07:00

I love lettuce wraps :]
and being the awesome mother that my mom is, she cooked up some fillings for me to wrap my lettuce around x]

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Memory Lane

2010-05-08T00:10:00.000-07:00

I haven't edited images in a while so bare with me. Just my attempt at creating an old-ish looking photograph. There was an awful glare on the left side because I was silly enough to take this photo inside of the car with the window rolled up. Not satisfied with the colours of the trees but I quite like the greenish-blue colour of the clouds tho.

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Btw, went to watch Iron Man 2 today. I thought it was good, but I prefer the first Iron Man movie better. Dunno why. Anyhow, there's a short clip at the end of the credits so stay if you're not in a rush to get out of the theatre.

Hello Mr. Ant

2010-05-06T22:42:00.000-07:00

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Hidden Tasting Bar and Social Lounge

2010-05-05T23:45:00.001-07:00

Hidden: Tasting Bar and Social Lounge is located within The Westin Grand Vancouver on Robson. Hidden started out as a restaurant but was then changed into a bar and lounge. The atmosphere inside was quite relaxing. It was dim, but it wasn't too dark that you can't see what you're eating. The waitress we had, Mollie, was great. I love this place and would go back to it if I have the chance.

All photos were taking using:
Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Hotel entrance

Waiting areaDining table and menu (their menu design could definitely use a designer's touch)
Tempura bacon and caramelized onion aioli $6 (so good)
Truffled manchego cheese popcorn $4
House baked bread with cranberry bean hummus $2
Pacific poutine with halibut cheeks, qualicum cheese curds, crispy Yukon golds and lemon hollandaise
Smoked and seared albacore tuna with gorgonzola stuffed tatertots, kalamata coulis and sunchoke chips
Fried chicken breast and cheddar waffles with an apple/jack gravy
Cinnamon dusted beavertail, Canadian whiskey caramel sauce and house made lemon-sour cream ice cream
Root beer, hazelnut and maple ice cream parfait

Rainy Sunshine

2010-05-04T23:53:00.000-07:00

Pretty crazy weather today. It was sunny, then rainy, then windy, then sunny, then pouring, then windy...you get the point.

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Mind Explosion

2010-05-03T23:55:00.001-07:00

Sunday, May 2, 2010
Went to the craft fair in Vancouver with some friends. Saw lots of awesome goodies and wanted to buy but they were all pretty pricey. It's too bad.

Here are some threads and buttons lying around on a craft table on the stage.

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Monday, May 3, 2010
Emily Carr grad show was pretty cool. Saw exciting, pretty, crazy, confusing, interesting, abstracting, soothing, colourful, mind blowing...THINGS! If you have the time, go and have a look.

A few particular pieces stood out for me. The photography of the soldiers in a field. The details on it are simply amazing. The Ollie toy design for long-term hospitalized children is very creative and reaches its target audience well. The door designed for tight living spaces maximized space and is aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. The Urban modular seating system is an interesting way of creating the perfect couch.

Here's the photo of the day:

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Torn

2010-05-01T23:56:00.000-07:00

Old, used, damaged pencil case.
But it is still faithful to me :)

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Magic box

2010-04-30T21:04:00.000-07:00

Is it a book? is it a box? why does it have wheels???
is it MAGIC? :O

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Canadian Pride

2010-04-29T19:59:00.000-07:00

Hmm yea...bad quality...
and late on my Canadian pride :p

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Can't bake but I can sew!

2010-04-28T22:23:00.000-07:00

Ok that was a lie. I can't bake or sew. The stitching in this little guy is all messed up XD

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Setting Sun

2010-04-27T23:39:00.000-07:00

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Curiosity

2010-04-27T00:26:00.001-07:00

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Annoying Beauty

2010-04-25T23:55:00.000-07:00

These little guys are living in my neighbour's backyard. I was just doing a little bit of snooping with the zoom lens x]

Nikon D5000, 70-300mm

Living

2010-04-24T20:47:00.001-07:00

Mom's baby thai basil :)

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Eventful Week

2010-04-23T15:36:00.000-07:00

Wednesday was shopping day with my GDMA girls :) We stimulated the economy that day. You're welcome! XD

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Yesterday was the IDDS show at Kwantlen in Richmond. The design pieces up for display were impressive for some; however, I was very disappointed in the designers. I did not get a glimps of them until I walked by a classroom in the back. These designers completely isolated themselves from guests that came to see the show. When I asked them to come out and talk about their works, I received answers that I felt were arrogant. They went back chattering among themselves after that. I can't help but feel that they had no sense of pride in their work. Good luck to your design future fellas.

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Today: flowers are beginning to scatter on the ground, but they are still beautiful.

Nikon D5000, 70-300mm

Apples & Clouds

2010-04-21T00:17:00.000-07:00

Attempted homemade dried apple crisps today, they're tasty x]

Nikon D5000

Nokia 6301 (forgot model XD)

bam :o

2010-04-20T01:51:00.000-07:00

can't find my phone cable so will upload pictures of it when I find it O__o

Ima eat you!

2010-04-18T21:53:00.001-07:00

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avocado ;3

2010-04-17T22:02:00.001-07:00

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Relaxed

2010-04-16T14:42:00.001-07:00

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watching over

2010-04-15T00:27:00.001-07:00

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Desaturated Colours

2010-04-13T23:30:00.001-07:00

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Lazy Crows

2010-04-12T20:41:00.000-07:00

These two were just sitting there with their feet tucked under their bellies. They looked like they're having a nice nap.

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Paper Roses

2010-04-11T23:45:00.000-07:00

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Ballin'

2010-04-10T20:25:00.000-07:00

Got my Canadian dollars exchanged to USD $$$ :D

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Catching Up

2010-04-09T12:53:00.000-07:00

Ok, catching up on my photo postings:

@ school on Wednesday night...

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Thursday:

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Today:

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no more energy...

2010-04-07T23:30:00.000-07:00

I have no energy left. With 3 hours of sleep last night, I went to school from 8am to 11pm (left only because we got kicked out).

I took photos today and will upload them tomorrow...

tinyyyy

2010-04-07T00:07:00.000-07:00

This is what I have to work with ... ~~17"~~ 15" LCD D;
I guess I should be happy that it is at least a LCD monitor, haha...but it's so tiny on my desk!

I think I should take this as an opportunity to remind myself that some people don't have the privilege of having a 19 in + monitors. Who am I kidding...I already consciously make websites that fits a 800x600 screen. I don't need this as a reminder!!

Where are you my Samsung 24" ???

Fatty Food

2010-04-05T20:52:00.000-07:00

My dinner! It's got meatballs, sausages, and more meat :d

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Ah, the pain...

2010-04-05T00:20:00.000-07:00

Monitor officially crapped out on me. It won't turn on anymore ;__;
Today was another windy day too -_- poopsicles!!!

Nikon D5000, 70-300mm

Taiwanese Snack :D

2010-04-03T22:49:00.000-07:00

Ok, technologies are not being very nice to me today. Printers were crapping out on me at work, and now my monitor is rebelling against me. I'm just gonna throw a picture on here...lol.

It's of my childhood favourite snack, the Kuai Kuai Coconut Corn Puffs XD

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I am NINJA!

2010-04-02T23:59:00.000-07:00

*phew, 1 minute to 12...HA!

Nikon D5000, 18-55mm

Exhausted...

2010-04-01T21:07:00.000-07:00

It has been a very long day at school, I am feeling lazy :(
Here is Quatchi :o

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Water vs. Fire

2010-03-31T21:16:00.000-07:00

After seeing other people's water photos, I wanted to take one on my own ...

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... and some candlelight photos as well.

Nikon D5000, 70-300mm

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A Day with Mom

2010-03-30T22:52:00.000-07:00

Was a beautiful and windy day by the waters :)

Nikon D5000 with 70-300mm

Pissing Rain & Howling Wind

2010-03-29T21:13:00.001-07:00

During the small breaks from our horrible weather today, I decided to take out the big gun and took some pictures near my house...

All shots taken with Nikon D5000 with 70-300mm:

I've been spotted!!!

Pier & Cheesecake

2010-03-28T16:25:00.000-07:00

After work yesterday, bro came to pick me up with Kathy and we dropped by Fisherman's Warf to pick up some more sea urchins. Those ones were fatter compared to the ones from last time :D

Today bro decided to eat one of his cheesecakes he bought from Thomas Hass. It is made with blue cheese D; Pretty tasty considering I have a strong dislike for blue cheese.

Science World + A Wet Sunny Day

2010-03-26T18:19:00.000-07:00

So, my class had a field trip to Science World to learn how children interact with interactive activities in a "museum" setting. I felt like such a creeper... taking pictures of random kids while they were playing. This little kid was trying to touch the Hippo x] Oh look! Paul and Davidson teaming up to build a dam that denied a little kid of the flowing water :o lol~

When I woke up today, I expected it to be raining all day but to my surprise I saw rays of sunshine! I looked out my window and the water drops left from last night's rain was shining on the leaves and branches in my backyard. They were beautiful :) Although I was suppose to be at the passport office by 8am and it was already 8:30am, I decided to take some pictures anyways x]

I simply love these flowers in my backyard so of course I had to take photos of them again :) This time I stole the 70-300mm lens hood and held it up for the 18-55mm lol.

1952 Canadian Nickel

2010-03-24T21:30:00.001-07:00

It's so old D; the edges aren't round! lol

Post-Olympic 2010

2010-03-24T21:26:00.001-07:00

The sidewalks of Richmond are empty once again...

$2 Meal

2010-03-23T01:14:00.000-07:00

Today is the Old Spaghetti Factory's 40th anniversary and they went back in time and served from their 1970's menu! All except one dish are $1.95 with fair portion. I guess it was my fault for not reading what is included with the meal and paid extra for the Cesar salad. $32.28 filled up 6 stomachs and I thought that was pretty amazing. Thanks Old Spaghetti Factory! :D

cheating already...

2010-03-21T17:29:00.000-07:00

ah damn, I'm cheating already so early in the challenge :o

My photo-a-day will include two photos from today and Friday instead ... I have a good excuse tho! I had work yesterday and had to finish typing up my paper :x

Helvetica Cookie Cutters = nerdy love :D

2010-03-20T01:30:00.000-07:00

Beverly Hsu, you are amazing :D

Aldrich Pears Association

2010-03-19T13:00:00.000-07:00

Went to Aldrich Pears Association yesterday to learn more about museum design. Maybe it was the McDonald that I had right before the field trip, I wasn't able to focus on much of the talk though it was interesting. Damn you McDonald!

On a different note...SNOOPY!! Thank you hunny :D

and it begins...

2010-03-17T14:03:00.000-07:00

My blogging days shall begin again! This shall be about my soft spot for photography and design (maybe food) :D Being the nit-picky person I am, I will redesign the look of this blog during the summer. Right now I just don`t have the time for dealing with HTML :x

This first post is part of my "Photo-A-Day" challenge which can be seen on my Flickr account. Shot taken from a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T70.

I also bought a remote for my D5000 today :D

Weapons of Choice:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T70

Nikon D5000
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Nikkor AF-S 18mm-55mm f3.5-5.6G
Nikkor AF-S 70-300mm f4.5-5.6G