Short breaks and the sea never fails to amaze me every time.

Yes, another uber long break. The existence of facebook kinda made this blog a little neglected. And as we get older, do we tend to keep things more to ourselves or the privatization of the being starts to take place when we form new relationships?

Then again, Facebook came in. I’m still in the process of finishing my Japan photos. just a few more days left!

It was on my mind. I was more comfortable with water than air. Water calms me somehow. Then, why not try some water stuff?

After looking through my colleague’s photos taken from their dive in Sipadan, I was quite attracted to the concept of clear sea water. Beautiful crystal clear sea water glistering in the sun. The beauty of that clear sea water never occurred to me, as I would have taken the sea for granted as mere body of water. An understatement, on my part.

I couldn’t let it go to let myself think that the sea is just a body of water. Sea water. There are other stuff out there that I haven’t seen…

Off I go on a  open water diving course with Gill Divers to clear up that hazy part on the sea. They say they breathe better underwater! It’s true!

16 metres under the sea. I was breathing through the regulator. The meaning of a breath changed underwater. Soon, I was looking at cute Nemos with their anemone home, waving to fishes swimming by, “flying” over large boulders, in and out of rifts. Out of the blue, in the tinted blue atmosphere, a sea turtle was munching on some coral!  Awesome creatures hidden under the veil of a water body.

Would be looking forward to signing up for my Advanced course soon. Maybe, work my way up to Divemaster.

2 forms of masters by 30. That’s it!

A few more hours before the flight. The mind’s a little hazy from much grinding in FF XIII and lack of sleep. 2026H. All packed and ready to go. Still so sleepy. Got woken up by a call from Sydney. That’s Connie calling me to help me get her some Burberry Blue stuff. Much need sleep gone =(

Waiting for time to go by at T1. Just me, my Starbucks and the MBP on the bench, staring at the departure board for the “Gate Open” blink to light up. That’s another 2 more hours, I believe. Lots of time to thing on how to make this trip a good one.

The only reason why I want to travel overseas at least once a year is purely for photography or a little of photojournalism. Just being able to see new things, fresh ideas comes into mind on how can one look at things from the perspective of the camera’s viewfinder. As experimented earlier on my Sydney trip, I realized that I suck in beach photography concerning people. Just trying to get the people in the big picture with the waves and the sand, is quite a feat for me. Composition isn’t that good, then it’s either too bright, or doesn’t tell a story. So it became a random snapshot. That means “delete” for me.

A good photo that can satisfy me requires an epic story. Let it be dramatic. Let it stir up feelings and emotions in you. The important factor include composition (the major aspect in telling a good story), whether the photograph has captured the focus of the story as required. Composition is important. Let the subject be tight at the borders to give an indepth focus on the subject. Or zoom out to show how does the subject interact with the surroundings to tell a story.

Minor details are important as well. So much to look out for in a photo. It’s best to get the best photo you can achieve than having to fall back on photoshop skills to erase it out. It saves loads of time.

Getting sleepy. Guess I’ll stop here.
5.45am is the flight. OMGZ

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!