Merry Christmas

Wishing EVERYONE a happy and safe holiday season.

Following are all from our friend's house.





Yes, cat does enjoy Christmas as well.

2008 Village Halloween Parade

Like the previous years, I went to the Halloween parade in the village. Unlike the previous years, I went with my cousin and another friend this time. Even though we arrived on time, the place was already packed when we got there. As a result, we spent a good amount of time standing outside the parade watching just like most people did. Luckily, the three of us were able to blend into the parade later on. :D


My first time seeing sooooo many "Richard Simmons". A bit scary but I thought their group dance was terrific, not to mention HILARIOUS.


This is after we got into the parade. He was sitting inside the fence watching the parade.


Given the current economic condition, you can be sure someone is going to poke fun at it.


I have no idea what this is supposed to be. Someone care to englighten me?


Go Go Power Rangers. I saw these guys after leaving the parade. Wished I had seen them inside. They would probably have give me some good photos.

Random People

Had a chance to shoot some people photos from our youth group's reunion event a couple of weeks back. Here are my favorites.






This kid is not afraid to pose. A great model to shoot with in my opinion. You go, Edward! :)

BBQ at Bear Mountain (2008)

Why do I have to put the year, "2008", in the title? Because we have been going to this place for BBQ once a year for at least 4 years. I wanted to go somewhere else this time but two of our friends have never been to Bear Mountain before so I succumbed to their wishes.


The weather for that day may look nice in the photos but it was actually pretty cold. Hence you'll see photos of us staying near the grill to stay warm.


The owl is our grill. There is a total of 3 different grills. Each is a different animal.
With the charcoal burning, the owl looks like it's quite angry.


The large tin can is a pretty cool gadget, it's used to get your charcoal ready for BBQ more quickly and easily. And as you can see in some photos, it can be used as a mini grill and hand warmer too. LOL.




The bag has working speakers that you can plug into your phone, ipod, etc. The name of the bag? Mini boom box. Hahaha~ Vivian was demonstrating how one would use the bag to listen to the "boom box". In this photo, she was threatening me to stop taking photos of her or she would stop the demonstration.


Somewhere in Woodbury Common mall. Since the mall is nearby, why wouldn't we want to go there after finishing BBQ?

Finally

Finally received the new 15" Macbook Pro on 10/21/2008. Joy says it's hers but I say it's mine. However, sharing is caring so I'm willing to share it with her. LOL.

Apple just came out with a new 13" and 15" model. Unfortunately, I don't like what they did with the new screen (neither is Joy) so I got the older version. This laptop is going to replace my aging 12" Powerbook. After using an old laptop with a small screen for a long time, all I can say using the new one is WOW! =D

Light Bulb

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.