This is one of the few fireworks photos that survived my level of QC. The rest were, of course, DELETED. Going to these places without a tripod just because you wanna travel light, gives you a disadvantage at certain times. The 6 year old Canon EOS 350D is so lacking in terms of performance compared to cameras of today. So the goal for now: Earn enough to buy a EOS 5D Mark II body by 30 Nov.

Lots of things at Hong Kong Disneyland to see! Felt like becoming a kid again. When I was younger, I was quite envious of others to have the chance to travel overseas, especially to countries with Disneyland theme parks. All their pictures with Mickey Mouse and the rest are so nice. Then again, my family aren’t doing that well in the past, overseas trip are pretty much non-existent. And Dad doesn’t like to travel. =(

So when you grow older, make a list of things to do when you didn’t get a chance to do when you’re at kiddo level. Do them and have FFUUUNNNNNNNN ^^So I can tick “A Photo with Mickey Mouse” off the list!!

Oh, and spare like 2 days for Hong Kong Disneyland if you wanna try all the rides and shows. If not, pick and choose to last for a day. Must try their caramel popcorn! They are UBER nice!!

Not much of a post here =P Just started working and time is getting really scarce. Well, most of them would be spent on staring at the computer doing other things, like flying the F35 JSF around Los Angeles finding a truck carrying a nuclear bomb in H.A.W.X. or editing photos.

Check back here often for new uploads =) To infinity and BELOW!

The ocean is just so awesome. All the beautiful and mystical creatures floating around makes it look like time does not exist in this world.

Aboard a bus to Ocean Park from Admiralty MTR station. Looks like they are just as ready for some fun with the fishes there.

Girl: Damn, why am I with him? The other boy is cuter…

Boy: Her hands are wet…. Quit taking our photos, jerk.

Lots of kids at the park. Part of a typical day there.

Really long escalators to transport you to the top. There were about 3-4 of them. These are the kind of escalators that you don’t want to play on them.

This ride is kinda fun. Apparently, after the crazy ride at Thunder Dolphin at Suidobashi, Tokyo, this feels quite mild for me.

The famous lighthouse at Pacific Pier which leads you to a seal enclosure, more water animals and anything wet. Like…

Sea lion! And a human, who refrains from getting wet.

They are rather shy, sometimes. Hiding their heads in the water.

What’s a ocean theme park without a water show? I don’t really like animals listening to human instructions and doing things only to fascinate humans. But sadly, that’s the only way I can see them for now. Gotta go see them in their natural habitat someday.

ZOMG!! They have bottlenose dolphins! Me loves bottlenose dolphins!!

They have cows too. MOOOooo…

This thing. We didn’t try this. =(

This is a Nautilus! (K, the image is blurred. The ISO sucked. The time to change to a new body is so long overdued. Even longer when I spent money for this trip… But it’s worth it =) ) I have only seen them in fossil forms with their shells embedded into rocks. I was too ignorant to do some research into them to find out that they are still around today. They haven’t evolved for millions of years! I’m very very lucky to see them =D

Jellyfishes and sea anemones! So weird looking!

More jellyfish! Just like the ones in Osaka Aquarium!

Moon jellyfish! They have loads of them here. So beautiful under those ever changing lights…

Close ups =D

They really do look alien. So dreamy.

Welcome back to Earth. This by far is the most beautiful flower I have taken with this EOS350D. Brilliant!

Cable cars are a fun way to enjoy the scenery, minus the mist covering over some places.

An An eats shoots and leaves. She’s smart. Facing her back to stupid tourist who can’t read or understand that “Flash photography isn’t allowed”.

RAWR! Made in China.

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Made in Singapore.

Made in Somewhere.

More new stuff.

3 weeks on hiatus. 1 hour of impromptu decision making. A heart to follow to make things clear. An adventure and discovery. And finally, self-realisation. I have awakened. Alive and back from Hong Kong!

A few clicks here and there, tickets are in my hands. Thanks to the wonders of technology! This is the one. The one adventure that can change everything. To discover and realise, in a land far away.

Going somewhere far alone has always been a fascination to me. Sometimes, I dream about going to places to visit friends all over the world. Walking around this world is just a fascination on its own. This is a start, somehow. It may be small, but it’s a small step to start something big.

I wonder if I would call back home when I’m abroad… This time I didn’t. Always connected with the Internet somehow. Connected to the world. Always around, somehow.

Somewhere.

Thanks to friends who sent me off! Jie, Jo, and Ed. Thank you so much for that extra push. Going up the plane alone is quite intimidating. It’s not about being alone. But about facing the uncertainty when the door opens at the other end. Ironically, my excitement about getting lost is my only comforting friend.

The marvels of my virgin budget airline flight left me stirred with intrigue about what this level of air travel is all about. You can buy food and water at exorbitant “budget” prices. And the back of lovely and intricate gray leather seat provides ample entertainment by staring into each other face. Else, just cringe in the seat and die of thirst and hunger if you left your S$ moolah (quoted from Jo, who quoted from somewhere) in the check-in luggage. These are the times I would whisper “Thanks for being with me!” in the mic of my Iphone. The music serenaded with its magic for the next 4 hours, complemented with bums from bums walking down the aisle.

To Mong Kok? Take Bus A21 from the bus terminus below the airport, and drop at the bus stop 5 stops before the one I dropped and walked back. Ask when to stop and don’t get so drawn to looking at green and gray pixels flying by the window screen. To be safe, take the Airport Express and MTR, which I should have done in the first place. But, NO!!! Budget, save money. My gift of getting lost never fails me.

Threw the load at the Auntie taking care of the hostel and she bids me farewell! I’m free! I’m LOST! Where am I? (No, I did not go up to the rooftop and do “Where am I” version of a Jackie Chan theatrical of “Who Am I?“)

I’m in HONG KONG! The place where mists eat buildings! OMG!

The place where skyscapers dominate both the skyline and Nissan skylines zooming around, tourists photos and the reflections of skyscapers. Naturally, the cold mist swallows all of them up in the end.

The big bus drivers are trained to fly on the road like those in F1 racing, chew gum voraciously , shout a short verse of vulgarity regarding the jaywalker’s mother and swerve into the next bus stop  with utmost precision all at the same time. Check out the green minibuses too! They conspired 2 of my failed attempted murders on the road.

A tip: if you’re forever in love of getting lost in a city or threw away all the maps from the airport, find a MTR station. And you found yourself. I can’t help you if you’re lost again in the MTR station…

If you have time in the afternoon, you are obliged by the law of the common folk to sit down and consume delicious, bite-sized yummy stuff with a pot of hot tea. Failure to do so would make you regret for life. The company of the 2 lovely ladies are complimentary on their part. Lucky me!

Some buildings in Mong Kok are aged with grey strains and rust at some corners. Their appearance give much of an impression of a fragmented view of a colorblinded eye. They are essential blocks of a city to accentuate its colorful characteristic.

Where are all the ladies hiding in Ladies Street? Maybe they are hovering in another parallel universe shopping claiming their loots with glee. Mostly ladies stuff here at this street. With things like…

Flower ornaments.

Hot sunglasses that looks like those from Prada and Gucci.

Hot and sexy lingerie! And a few bits of cosplay stuff for the more out-of-the-box species.

Let’s take our eyes away from the bras and look up to the electric signboards above our heads. Impressive arrays of advertisements. Loud.

Insomnia is prevalent in the streets. Near midnight seems like a great time for some elbow-banging rugby on the streets. Bang, and a path be given.

End.

Bring you mouse here. Click me.

I know you will. Somehow.

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Woot! Day 2 bring more fun and excitement with the fun filled activities for today.

I managed to get my lazy bum to Suntec around 3pm. I blame it on WoW XD Today is Cosplay day! Gotta feature some of the familiar faces since the Cosfest 2008.

Remember her? Sweet and pretty things are meant to be taken. Photographs, i mean =P

Unfortunately, my flash batteries went flat mid-shoot. I gotta run to Marina square to get some spares =(

More of the figurines!

Rei from Neo evangelion Genesis. Alter

Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell

Armored Core mechs

No idea where did this came from. But, it’s pretty detailed =D

Eh, strange things happen at such events….

Cosplayers doing Ha HA HA!

The MCs for the AFA08!

Chris Ng from Imaginary Friends drawing something on the spot. Learnt quite a bit just watching him drawn =D

Trinity Blood me thinks. Might be wrong.

I got a middle view of the stage in the VIP area =D So weird being there alone… Then there was this reporter from some sports company (shall not name it here) doing coverage on this event. That’s pretty weird for a sport media company to be doing something uhh… unrelated to sports. Heh.

The concert was fabulous!!! Everyone was like singing along and stuff. Well, being Singaporeans, they aren’t hyper to the extent of what I have seen at the MM concert in Japan. But we did good =D Apparently, there were a few Japanese that came to watch her first LIVE concert outside Japan. HArdcore fans =) Perhaps they happened to be in town. Perhaps.

I’m sad to say I’m not posting any pics of May’n up. AFA officials would most likely to be scourging the net for the pics of the event. They sold the media rights to a few companies. So yeah. The pics are all MINE! MUahahaha!

Gallery here!

[edit] K, we are all from the generation who thrives on information and technology. Just to share one pic with the rest of you =D

Anime Festival Asia 2008 hits open at Suntec Exhibition hall with lots of figurines, gundams, cosplayers, anime trailers + hobby shops and the uber long queue to get in!

Lucky for me! I get to go to the express lane to get my VIP Pass ^^

A Gundam Exia from Gundam 00 greets you at the entrance. So, someone chants “wore wa Gundam!” in the background lol!

Lots of figurines on display! Showcases of latest stuff from Alter, Goodsmile company, Max Factory and many others! i was looking forward to getting nendoroids there, but not much of a collection to choose from with the few local stores there.

Shana-chan! /love. by Goodsmile Company. That reminds me. I have yet to open the Haruhi Nendoroid I got at Aikihabara >.> *notes down in To Do list*

Saber-chan! By Alter

Forgot the name =P Jie wanted this in Aikihabara

Tachikoma with Motoko Kusanagi riding at the back from GITS! Alter!

Haruhi was there! Haruhi is Kami-sama!

Power Rangers any one? God, how old is this franchise? I watched that in Primary 3 or 4 >.>

Tried out Street Fighter 4! Pretty nostalgic =D I have played SF all the way from the 1st one to SF EX Plus Alpha. Cooler graphics in 3D now. Another must get for the PS3

Gundam Modelling Competition =D Lots of entries this year, They are definitely getting better.

This. got. sold. out. Pffffft. They only brought in 8! OMG! There were 3 versions: Ceremony, Noir and this. I like this version =D Guess I have to save up for future orders online. *Birthday Present Hint*

Gundam 00 SD version! Looks damn cute lah! *Birthday Present Hint*

Genius Party is a group of animators with likes of Animatrix and other popular topical and conceptual areas gathering together for a showcase.

That’s about it for today =D Looking forward to the Cosplay competition and May’n First Live concert!

The Gallery can be found here.