Urbanity: NYC

Been quite busy lately so I have not been taking photos or posting photos that I like. Plus that a new Mac (which I will buy) is supposed to come out soon, this makes me want to delay processing photos even more since I'm using a 5 year old portable. Gosh, it's slow.

The following photos were taken in May, 2008, in SOHO, NYC. Since there are only a few of them, I decided that I can tolerate the time to process them. The theme here is urbanity.


No real subject here but I sort of like this hard processed look.




The above photos have this film look in my opinion.


I think the reflections in the mirror make these photos interesting. I believe that's my reflection in the 2nd photo.

Mike + Cindy's Wedding

The wedding took place on 8/31/08 at the Westbury Manor, Long Island, NY. The ceremony was held outside. I thought it was a pretty nice little place although a bit crowded on that day. I saw at least two other couples holding weddings there on that day.


The groomsmen.


And the bridesmaids.






This is called the sand ceremony. It was the first time I witnessed this.


Why is every one laughing? When Cindy was putting the ring on Mike's finger, she had trouble doing it. "You sure the ring is Mike's?", the priest asked.


Relieved that the ring business was over.




First dance. Love this one.


The best man nervously trying to rehearse his speech.


Mike can dance...but not the regular kind. It's some sort of World of Warcraft type.


Cindy's maid of honor and her older sister giving a very touching speech.


A wedding wouldn't be a wedding without some hard liquors. Only 4 are in this photo but there were a total of 6 prepared on our table for the just married group.


And Mike's cousin saying "No problem, I've got this covered".


Now, this is what I call FUN. Two guys doing this???





What can I say, people just LOOOOOOVE Mike and Mike sure seems to be embracing it. :)

Fire Island - Ocean Beach

I've heard of Fire Island for quite a while now and have been wanting to go there. We finally did. Fire Island is an island that you can only get to by boat, which is a lot of trouble because then you can't go there any time you want. And because we went on a great weather weekend, the place was crowded. Fire island has many points of destination. Since I've never been there before, I chose to go to Ocean Beach, the unofficial 'capital' of Fire Island according to www.fireisland.com web site. :)


The entire island is filled with these tiny streets that run across the island. Stores are on our side and the beach on the other. Homes are located on both sides of these streets. Kinda interesting.


We saw these two deers running around in people's backyard. Actually, they were running on the street. I think they were looking for food. I wonder how did they get to the island.


Playing hide and seek, eh? Our friends found this baby crab while playing with the sand. Disclaimer: The crab was not harmed. We released it back to the sea after only 3 minutes of looking at it.




Our friends constructing their sand empire.


Before.

And after. Joy's expression is just too funny. LOL.


This kid was trying to break the world record of the deepest hole dug on a beach.


Can you say "crowded"? This is the first time that I've gone to a beach with these many people.


Love the colors and the shadows.


The completed sand empire by our friends.


Had ice cream here shortly before the beach closed. You MUST look at these 3 people's all different face expressions, they are hilarious. It does show that they love the ice cream.


Only 16 stars on this flag which means 16 states. Wow, this flag must be really, really, really ancient, huh? :)


I like.

So I learned that Ocean Beach is more like a beach place (should have known that from the name). Next time, we definitely want to go to other points on Fire Island where there is more nature to be seen. The name "Sunken Forest" sounds good.

2nd and last Concert in the Parks for 2008

We went to one 'Concert in the Parks' on 6/25/08 already but after finding out that Liang Liang (a famous China Pianist) is going to appear in the last concert, we decided to go again. In this concert, Liang Liang was playing on this extremely eye-catching RED piano. Very cool.


Joy made this delicious rice balls herself. Amazing. They were actually tasty but I think that's because she used instant toppings.


We've had around 9 people this time and most us brought something. This is the result.


It looks small from where we sat but can you see the red piano? There are only 2 of these in the world. And on the left of the piano is Liang Liang.


This is blurred as it was hand held but this would be a pretty good photo if it was not blurred.


Notice the 3 light circles above people's head. I thought they looked like the rings on top of angel's head. :)

Man-made Waterfalls

So we heard that there are man-made waterfalls near Brooklyn and of course we wanted to go check them out. Decided to go on a Friday night after work.


Had dinner (burger and fries) at this burger place. It was pretty tasty I have to say. :)


Joy's got this "I'm hungry, when is the food coming." look.


One of the 4 waterfalls that you could see from the Brooklyn Bridge. As you can see, it's tiny from the bridge.



Sunset time.


I like this photo a lot. It's too bad the people here are too dark. :(


Saw a couple doing their wedding photos.


This is the fall that we could see from under the Brooklyn Bridge.