tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7608474695964290092024-03-14T15:32:36.051+08:00Beautiful ImagesA photographer's journey through lifekairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-80038078813322073182016-05-07T00:55:00.001+08:002016-05-07T00:55:19.531+08:00Raison d'EtreSometimes I wonder
if I was made for swimming
kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-85010456611379938212015-11-06T23:43:00.000+08:002015-11-06T23:43:16.070+08:00Japanese Gardenkairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-68770215986657741702013-09-14T22:08:00.003+08:002013-09-14T22:08:38.945+08:00Singapore
So, I was back in Singapore to attend friend's wedding, but I also want to go around and see what has changed in a year since I left it.
Out I go to visit my old haunts; The Botanic Garden is one of my favorites, where people seem to have life. Where they have enjoyable talk with friends, lover, or their dog, while appreciating nature... or so I thought. The reality is, at this rate, notkairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-78268616330019359862013-06-02T23:55:00.003+08:002013-06-03T00:02:26.370+08:00Watch ValueSome narrow minded professor made a comment about automatic watches. I love how Watch Snob's response to his article (although I admit the name does not reflect a good impression *cough*).
But lets take another look from a different point of view. The average monthly wage in Switzerland after tax was 4948 CHF (2011). With gross salary about 6000 Swiss francs and a low end automatic watch kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-63177507836491939212013-04-30T10:51:00.002+08:002013-04-30T10:51:25.340+08:00Well.. I'm supposed to be working today. Instead I work on other things.. oh.. wait.. that mean I have worked. In fact, I'm quite productive today.. mopping the floor and cleaning the toilet. Anyway.. I want to write something while I still remember it.
The rise of charismatic Christian irks me a lot. I'd say ninety percent of them preached about blessing and prosperity. My problem with that is kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-637949876813160962013-04-24T23:33:00.003+08:002013-04-24T23:33:56.349+08:00Star TrekAbout fifteen years ago, I watched Star Trek every day after school. I always amused as the crews working on touch panels in the twenty fifth century. But just in a decade, iPads are ubiquitous, and it is as natural as everything else for some toddlers. Now wearables such as Google glass is coming. I wonder what the future might bring in ten or twenty years.kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-3015541705267281572013-04-24T23:29:00.001+08:002013-04-24T23:29:18.251+08:00DeathYesterday my long time neighbor died. I used to play to their house when I was still in primary school.. that was more than 20 years ago. From what I heard, her death was caused by illness. What saddened me is that she died alone.. not one of her children was present. Where one can find filial piety in this day and age?
I also remember a few years ago, a man who lived nearby also died. He workedkairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-51268585877854104502013-02-23T16:01:00.002+08:002013-04-24T23:30:07.646+08:00BatmanAt night, when I lie down in bed, trying to sleep, my mind will be full of creative imagination and wonderful ideas. Whether its work related, life inspiration, or whatever. It seems like it work best when I try to think of nothing. Or perhaps its the quietness of the night.
Or maybe I should be Batman... but then I'll have to hit the gym..kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-63520507498759475282013-01-28T01:20:00.002+08:002013-01-28T01:22:06.306+08:00CoffeeAfter resettling in my hometown, I get to know my distant nephew whom I recently met. Well.. I might have met him in the past, but just forgot. The fact is, I've been away from here for the past seven years, and so did he. Alright, that sounds as a valid excuse :)
Anyway, I'm just five years older than him. Now, my nephew is into coffee, drinking, roasting, grinding, the whole nine yards. kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-39692301638291949832013-01-26T00:20:00.000+08:002013-04-24T23:31:00.608+08:00MemoriesI always wonder how people write their own memoirs or biography. I seem to have a short term memory. I already forgot past distant travels. I'm not sure if this is common, or that I'm the only one with this shortcoming. Some people seems to be able to recall old memories vividly, just like it was yesterday.
I envy them. Maybe this is partly why I became a photographer, and writing this blog. To kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-63932152014511702782013-01-24T21:00:00.001+08:002013-01-24T21:00:11.824+08:00Well, after idling for some time, I did something useful today. I got an acceptance for my offer for IT consultancy. Albeit the low rate, at least its a start. Which prompt me to fix my laptop due to its slowness. After five years, I was wondering whether its time for a replacement. Usually I don't like working on a laptop, since at a comparable cost, its performance is far from a desktop. But ifkairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-27612641720585000312012-12-29T19:48:00.002+08:002012-12-29T19:48:52.441+08:00UtopiaSo this blog survived the apocalypse. Boo the Mayans!
But we're approaching the end of another year. In the midst of more (economic) uncertainty, I hope 2013 will be a better year for all of us.
The world is pretty much border-less already. At least for money anyway. Goods are still subject to few restrictions and duties, but you can get pretty much anything from anywhere kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-88155998272615228012012-12-29T17:16:00.001+08:002012-12-29T17:17:36.578+08:00New Year ListI have a few list for 2013. I think the first is my wish list
- a Kindle paper white perhaps
- the legendary Nikkor 70-200 VRII
- a travel trip to Japan / Europe / New Zealand / America
and lastly.. maybe a steady stream of income, or a job.. without which all of the above would be unaffordable (browser spell checker suggest that the word is non-existent.. seriously?!).
But I have learnt that I kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-90959858556038095732012-11-24T23:12:00.003+08:002012-12-01T23:50:50.022+08:00ChangeThe only constant is change
- Heraclitus, 500 B.C.
People always resist change and try to cling to what feels familiar to them. Reading about European painters in the 19th century, a lot of them were inspired by those changes. The industrial revolution and Franco-Prussian war that took place around that time was causing uneasyness to everyone, including the artists.
The truth is, everything kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-6616118618750572452012-10-30T00:37:00.002+08:002013-04-24T23:31:07.695+08:00Immortality
Some are like water, some are like the heatSome are a melody and some are the beatSooner or later they all will be goneWhy don't they stay youngIt's so hard to get old without a causeI don't want to perish like a fading horseYouth is like diamonds in the sunAnd diamonds are foreverSo many adventures couldn't happen todaySo many songs we forgot to playSo many dreams are swinging out of the blueWekairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-50990453345717984842012-09-13T23:40:00.001+08:002012-09-15T08:54:47.971+08:00I finally found a vague familiarity in this city, after a few back and forth in several months. I love cities that are still pulsating in late night, Paris, London... and now this city. But without close friends and relatives, I won't make it here. Not mentioning the bad management at work. It seems that nothing is moving in the last four months.
As my impending return gets closer, I do feel somekairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-27074925938108067512012-08-21T18:31:00.000+08:002012-08-21T18:31:07.336+08:00Random fact #278Do you know my blog is visited by a porn site?
Out of curiosity, I click the link to my visitor's page. In office no less.kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-18547552751317722502012-08-21T18:25:00.000+08:002012-08-21T18:25:12.918+08:00Prices of a cup of coffee and french fries at a local coffee shop, $1.30 and $2.80 respectively.
I thought 2.80 is a ridiculous price for a small plate of fries. So this time I tried McDonalds, I remember they sell fries for only $1.50. The price for coffee there? $2.60
I swear there is a price-fixing practice at play here. Maybe I should write something to our beloved lawmakers?kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-16656201077464481812012-08-13T12:15:00.003+08:002012-08-13T12:15:56.310+08:00Enjoying ThingsThe present generation, at least from Gen X (interestingly, the term coined by Robert Capa, co-founder of Magnum Photos) onwards, suffers from lack of concentration and short attention span. Thanks to the various electronic gadgets like radio, TV, iPod, iPad, and the advent of internet.People tend to multi task, thus dividing their concentration to several things at the same time.
I have this kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-75810544413515401082012-08-06T23:35:00.000+08:002012-08-06T23:35:16.264+08:00In an attempt to divert my thoughts from life, work, and relationship.. I shall write a post now.. LoL
I've been into printing in the recent year, trying at least to print a picture each week. And these past view days I have reviewed Vivian Maier's work one more time, and somehow I have come to appreciate it more than before. I suspect I will have the same experience flipping the other photobook kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-25976564073724491122012-08-04T09:35:00.001+08:002012-08-04T09:35:26.236+08:00The Photographer's ParadoxWhy are there good scenes when I don't bring my camera,
and none when I have it with me... :-Ikairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-84583337342004759182012-07-27T15:15:00.001+08:002012-07-27T15:15:29.994+08:00My place to go list:
- Europe : French rural area, Italy, especially Tuscany and Lake Como area. Switzerland, and the eastern Europe.. Greece.. um.. well.. basically the whole Europe
- Japan : Osaka, Kyoto, Shirakawa, Tokyo and the Hokkaido
- America : national parks like Yosemite, Zion and Yellowstone
- China : exotic remote places
And it will be nice to have friends to go along.. although forkairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-43836671291796550522012-07-17T22:59:00.000+08:002012-07-17T22:59:42.704+08:00The 90/10 RuleI have tons of photos right now in digital form, some 200 GigaBytes from around 20.000 pictures to be precise.
Some photographer throw 90% of their pictures and only keep what they deem as 'keepers'. But I see them as a documentary of my life's journey, it also serves as a journal for my photographic achievement and skill. And occasionally, one boring looking photograph can be turned into a kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-45740210050250254632012-06-15T16:39:00.001+08:002012-06-15T16:39:49.345+08:00StandardIts funny when I now look at old pictures that I thought was good back then... suddenly its not that great anymore. I guess as we become more experienced and have more refined artistic sense.. the old pictures just don't cut it anymore.kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760847469596429009.post-9705929587632105172012-05-06T17:44:00.000+08:002012-05-06T17:44:30.727+08:00Ok so the bomb is dropped. I have to relocate for work, otherwise my boss will let me go.
Well, in a way, its a good thing because I need to move forward with my life.
I've been stuck for quite a long time in my current job. I see no advancement nor work satisfaction in terms of meaningful achievement. In other words, I just work for money, and my boss' money. I don't feel like I have helped kairoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302897240125442188noreply@blogger.com0