Brightest Stars. Darkest Nights.

ILoveBlog8- Fruit of Labour

2012-02-13T05:26:00.000-08:00

ILoveBlog8- Enlightment

2012-02-11T15:32:00.000-08:00

ILoveBlog8- Cherry Blossom

2012-02-09T18:47:00.001-08:00

ILoveBlog8- What Lies Behind

2012-02-09T00:18:00.000-08:00

ILoveBlog8-Longing

2012-02-07T17:30:00.000-08:00

ILoveBlog8-The Proposal

2012-02-06T15:02:00.000-08:00

ILoveBlog8- A View to Remember

2012-02-04T14:33:00.000-08:00

ILoveBlog8- Ministudio8- Sicko

2012-02-03T02:38:00.000-08:00

Seems like I'm a bit late... Let's get it started then.

Well, Hello Again

2012-01-26T17:00:00.001-08:00

Behold this blog is brought back to life from the depth of Hades.

Oh Yeah.

ILOVEBLOG6- DAY2- 灑了一地的金黃

2009-11-02T20:33:00.001-08:00

I refuse to give this entry a title

2008-11-24T18:00:00.000-08:00

I refuse to write anything about this entry.

Casual Elegance

2008-11-22T10:08:00.000-08:00

My own beloved Turbo... Need I say more?

【ILoveBlog5】America, $%^& Yeah #4

2008-11-18T18:33:00.000-08:00

Our neighbours seemed to be into a relentless pursuit of magnitude.

I'd prefer fineness over magnitude.

【ILoveBlog5】- America, $%^& Yeah #3

2008-11-16T08:52:00.000-08:00

Ohio River. As seen as the riverfront of Louisville, KY.

【ILoveBlog5】- 窗外

2008-11-14T22:13:00.000-08:00

A spectacular night and a spectacular view. One don't get these evenings very often.

【ILoveBlog5】Day 7- Free Style- Heaven

2008-11-07T21:54:00.001-08:00

Some pictures look the best without any post-processing. Like this one.

This is heaven. It's for people that had been good, not me. I was just visiting.

【ILoveBlog5】Day 4- 情趣

2008-11-04T17:09:00.000-08:00

We like doing it rough.

【ILoveBlog5】- Day 3- 犯罪現場

2008-11-03T18:20:00.000-08:00

本庭現在宣判嫌犯 Eric Chang 與嫌犯 Jackie Wu 兩人通姦罪名成立

還有穿情侶裝的這兩個也一樣

嫌犯當庭拘押
。。。。。。。。。

送入洞房～～～～～～～～

【ILoveBlog5】 America, Fuck Yeah #2

2008-11-02T21:30:00.000-08:00

Some cool building in Fort Wayne, IN.

【ILoveBlog5】- Day 2- 快樂

2008-11-02T17:42:00.000-08:00

Between the blue sky above and the red earth below, lies the road I paved for myself. The wind sings beside my ear.

"Welcome, we've been expecting you."

I will never be caged again.

【ILoveBlog5】Day 1 (YEY) - America, $%^& Yeah #1

2008-11-01T09:09:00.000-07:00

Soldier's and Sailor's Momument at the center of the city of Indianapolis, IN.

Job Hunt Status

2008-05-03T15:37:00.000-07:00

Jobs I've applied for: 19 Goal: >60

13 of the positions are in the US. 5 in the UK and 1 in France.

Stupid things I've done: Spelling the employer's name wrong.... DO NOT EVER DO THIS! I'd be pretty insulted if I'm the one hiring :P I just hope that the spelling mistake is gonna be neglected...

I should be getting ready to leave Vancouver in a few months. It's probably too early to start selling or giving out my own stuff, but one thing I'm certain- I should stop buying.

Dineout Vancouver 2008- Don Francesco's

2008-01-18T15:22:00.000-08:00

Ken, Patty, Tim and me went to Don Francesco's to try their $35 dine out menu yesterday. For someone like me it was equivalent to the cost of 7 meals. I generally go to a restaurant of this class no more than once a year. Needless to say, I know nothing about food and have no idea what the items on the menu are or how to pronounce them.

The highlight of the night were: me getting laughed at by Ken and Patty for pronouncing gelato "Ga-Lee-Toe" (maybe I should have called them ice cream), Ken paying $20 for parking and Tim throwing a match at Patty's face.

Back to the food. Although the food was generally good last night, the appetizer (shown in the picture above) was definitely the most remarkable though. I have no idea about the names of the items I ordered- just look up their menu online.

More pictures from last night can be found at my flickr- http://www.flickr.com/photos/twist_throttle/

I was a rare occasion that I brought my manual focused Takumar 28mm F2.8 out. I knew it'd give me best chances of taking decent pictures. As I expected, it was dark in the restaurant and I did need the 2.8 aperture to get some decently clear pictures. Shake reduction worked great to. As for the post-processing of the pictures, I was reluctant to brighten the pictures too much since the lack of lighting was a part of the mood of the restaurant. But I thought making the pictures would make the food look more delicious? I don't know.

Nasty Mood

2008-01-16T19:34:00.000-08:00

I guess this conversation between me and Marcus (one of the examiners of my thesis) would explain the situation:

Marcus: You either get rid of the technical drawings, or make sure they conform to the CSA standards.

Me: How long would it take to learn the CSA standards?

Marcus: About two weeks.

Me: I don't have two weeks. This may not sound important to you but I promised my family to be with them during CNY.

Marcus: That's the decision you have to make.

Me: I'll get this done by the beginning of next week.

So there it is again. Some of my colleagues took easier projects and were done with them after putting in 1/2 of what I put into this project. FUCK is all I want to say.

Looking on the brighter side... this blog is revived! YAY!

My K10D

2007-10-23T03:23:00.000-07:00

(content transferred from http://www.flash-comet.blogspot.com/, my other blog)

Yes, it is finally here! Just when I thought I have forgotten how to be excited. Coincidently, both the FA 50mm F1.4 lens and the K10D arrived on the same day. More so, they come right after I finish my midterm. So, right after the midterm, I rushed to Point Roberts to pick up the lens and then rushed back to Richmond to pick up the K10D.

I've been learning the camera non-stop since take the camera out of the box. At this point, all I can say is: wow, what a great camera. Getting it right out of the package, I can feel it's size and weight- which is lovely. I like heavier cameras because they feel solid- the extra 200-500 gram is just right.

One thing I'm most happy about is the fact that the K10D works great with the old Pentax manual lenses. Not only can exposure metering be displayed in the viewfinder continuously, but the metering also works really well. I tried a couple shots on the K10D with the 50mm F1.7 Pentax-M lens and found that it's way easier to get the exposure right than using the lens on the *ist DL. The shake reduction also worked really well. Having a sensor shift shake reduction mechanism in the camera body means the old lenses also got the benefit- this is another reason I'm making the switch to K10D. The old Pentax lense are cheap and good (moany consider them to be optically superior than the current AF lenses) and having this compatibility is quite a bonus for me. I've taken really sharp images with the old lens at a shutter speed of .5 seconds. Something I couldn't do in the DL.

Intersting Expressions

2007-10-23T03:00:00.001-07:00

Intersting expressions
Originally uploaded by twisthrottle

Testing the function on Flickr...

Photo taken at the weekly LE Friday dinner.

Dear Friends...

2007-10-23T02:48:00.001-07:00

Thank you for visiting.