Friday...& one year + five days today ...

mood: relax


This week has gone by pretty fast. Its already friday but yet, I thought it was only Wednesday or Thursday. Its good that a week gone by fast without realizing it though. That also means I've kept myself quite busy throughout this week to even noticed what day we're on. Tomorrow is the weekend, can't wait. Although I don't have that much planned for the weekend, I still look forward to it though. Looking forward to do nothing and just want to relax.

I want to clean. Sometimes I have this urge to clean the house, clean the bathroom, clean the itty bitty things in my house. I can get obsess with cleaning when I'm on it, its quite addicting. Even picking weeds in the backyard, I think it gets addicting too at times. When you pick one, you just want to keep picking out the rest until its all gone. Call me weird but I guess it might be a good thing cuz someone's gotta do the job, right? and picking weeds usually isn't a job everyone wants to fight to do so I don't mind doing it. It gives me a good workout and I can get some sun and be outside as well.

So lately, I've been looking at ALOT of photography sites and has been really inspired by alot of sites out there. I've been really inspired with photo blogs. I like to see lots of photography, from amateur ones to professional ones. Ever since I got my new camera, I've been really inspired to shoot more photos. I want to improve, I want to learn all about photography, I want to become a commercial photographer someday... then maybe I can do other kinds of photography... then again, isn't the world of photography quite competitive nowadays? seems like everyone wants to be a photographer.

I found this particular photographer quite inspiring, his name is Michael Kenna. His work is so simple, so quiet and so clean. I love that style. His work is amazing. I want to learn to get that good someday.. just one day... I will get there. Time will let me practice and get there... everyone will just have to wait and see.

Another really inspiring photographer I've been looking alot at recently is Albert Watson. I've learned that he can only see with one eye but yet, he can still capture such amazing photographs, now that's inspiring. Quotes & reviews about Watson that I found.

The book I recently purchased online & is still anxiously waiting for in the mail (cover & back):

  

Albert Watson - Cyclops

Last of all, here is a flower closeup that I took in Yosemite from my camping trip. Not the best shot but I was testing out my new lense on my new camera to see what closeup effects it can do. Not the prettiest flower but if you were there to "feel" the texture of this flower, it feels just like velvet. That's what's special about it. Not the beauty but the touch of it.

One year and two days today...

mood: happy


So its Tuesday already. Got back from LA on Sunday nite. Had a fabulous time there with my honey. Road trips are really nice sometimes. You do nothing but spend time together and do alot of sight-seeing together. We woke up and left the house around 7am on Friday morning. Got down to LA around noon and had lunch near Monterey Park. Then we headed to Beverly Hills to check out Rodeo Drive since my honey said he's never been there before. Found out that he HAS been there and just forgot that he's been there already. Met up with my friend Florence & Albert for dinner that night and had buffet in Santa Monica. Walked around 4th Street Promenade at nite after dinner, it was really nice. Things were still open till 11pm, how nice is that.

Saturday, we went to the Getty Center. Spend half the day there. It was really nice there. The architecture of this place is quite amazing. I found out that this museum is the most expensive museum in the US (or the world). It cost around $1 billion to build this, can u believe that?

Here is a picture of the entrance inside.

Then we walked around Melrose Avenue afterwards. Didn't buy much stuff, just wanted to walk around and all. Then Sunday, we checked out Venice Beach and sunbathed for a few hours (not realizing how long we were out there for!) We got there around 1:30pm and thought that by the time we were ready to leave, it would be like 3pm the latest, turns out, it was like 4ish already and we didn't hit the road until 5pm that evening! So we got back home around 11 o'clock that night. It was a wonderful trip though.

So today is already our 1 year and second day of marriage. Its been wonderful. There was lots of ups and downs throughout the year but that is all part of life. There were many good times and of course, some bad times too. I think we both are doing pretty good together. I still find us laughing each day and night especially before bed.

Enough blog for today, got more to write but I should get back to work now. C-ya.

Thinking back ...

mood: happy



Do you sometimes just sit there and think back to some fun & romantics days in your life? mine today is... that one saturday at the County Fair with just the two of us. It was a very romantic day, walking around hand in hand, sipping ice cold lemonade, taking booth pictures...

Did you check out those feet!? *the sepia one is my favorite*

God Bless Americans...

mood: fresh

Got into work early this morning. It actually feels nice to come in early sometimes. Its quiet here and I feel like I can get more done when I'm here earlier. Too bad its so hard for me to get up, I'm such a night person, sometimes I wish I was more of a morning person. Does that happen as you age though? maybe I should be glad that I'm still not yet a morning person... otherwise, it might mean I'm getting OLD! eek. okay, now I'm just being stupid.

So I checked out the news and this morning I found something real cute on Y! News. This photograph of this women who found this 2 day old kitten by some postal vehicle and decided to take it home to nurture. She took her 2 weeks vacation off work to stay home to feed and nurture this little kitten. Its quite sweet if you ask me. I mean, you will never find that happening in China or other parts of Asia. Sometimes I really love Americans, they are so caring and generous that it just makes you want to learn from them. The photograph was real cute too. The photographer got a great shot.

The 2 day old kitten's name is Peanut.

If that kitten was found in China, his life would not have been so good. People in China will definitely leave it there and walk away, or even worst, they will just take it home and cook it or something. And the sad thing is, I'm not kidding at all. I do wonder why people in China (maybe not just China... other parts of Asia too as well) always wants to find an animal and just eat it. Why are they always thinking of animals as food? what are other countries so uncivilized?

Seeing and knowing things like that makes me really appreciate the US. I'm so grateful to God that I was not born in China nor brought up there. I don't want to be one of those people. How can they possibly see such a cute animal and want to ... "eat it"??? Gosh...

I guess this is the time when I just want to say "God Bless America"...

Babies, birthdays, marriages...single life....

mood: calm

So there are a few guys in my group that are having their birthdays today. I just realized how many of my friends have summer birthdays. A few more weeks, it'll be June and Alice's birthday as well. Then its also my father's birthday on the 13th of this month. Then couple more days, its my anniversary and end of the month is my brother's wedding anniversary as well. I'm feeling really excited for this weekend. I think I'm excited to just go away somewhere fun together alone. We don't really have that much planned for LA. I just wanted to go check out the Getty Center since I've seen pictures of the place and the architecture of it looks really awesome. I wanna take some awesome pictures while I'm there too. Other then that, I just wanna be a beach bum or something and lay out and relax.

So today I was thinking, there are quite alot of people that have their birthdays in the summer. Does that mean, back then, many couples like to make love in the winter when its really cold outside? Its a funny thought but its true though. Which tells me, I was created in January since my birthday is in October. Almost seems like my parents were celebrating a New Year in 1974 or something, ha!

That links me to think about babies in our future. I do sometimes wonder when I am ready to have a bay. Definitely not now is what I know. I'm mentally and physically not ready at all. But I do know that when one is ready to be a mother, timing isn't always right. Women in our generation all want to be SuperWoman and wants a career these days compare to the older times. More and more women seems to have difficulties getting pregnant when they actually want a baby.

That leads me to think that in my life right now, I still don't have many friends that are close to that "mother" stage yet nor even a "wife" stage yet either. Many girlfriends of mine might have thought about it but isn't sure if they are ready yet or not. I know that I am one of the first few friends that have gotten married at my age. Is it because they haven't found "the one" yet? or is it because they are just not ready for that "lifetime commitment" thing with one man?

Relating to that, I watched "Wedding Planner" last nite and the ending of that was a good ending, quite touching too I thought. The father of the bride told her that when he got married with her mother, it was an arranged marriage.

He said that they learned to care fo each other, then that turned to respect, and respect turned to like, and like turned into love. Sometimes I do wonder, do two people just grow to love one another threw time just likes an arranged married? or is there really that "one" person out there that is here on earth just waiting for you two to meet one day?

Sometimes I do wonder, what if I was still single and unattached right now, what would I be feeling and what would I be doing at this moment in my life?

Over the past few weekends...

mood: mellow

So 2 weekends ago, Fred & I went to Brentwood with 2 girlfriends and their boyfriends to do some fruit picking. The scenery heading up there was beautiful. In fact, I brought my digi cam with me...

My friend Anna brought her dog to fruit picking as well and we had lunch at Fuzio together later on too. Her name is Bambi...

For the past few weekends, I've had a great time. Its been a great summer for me. I went rafting 3 weeks ago with some friends, then went fruit picking, and over the last weekend, I went camping for the first time. Then this coming weekend, I'm going down to LA to celebrate my anniversary. Can't wait. Will post more of my favorite pics up here.