pies & tubes

why bother adding features to one kind?

time ...  will shape it for you...
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...  the true essence ...

will

come

Strawberry

YES!!! I shoot random stuffs, is that a problem?
Maybe they are random, or maybe, you just
don't see things that I see! Please do observe
and think before you staring at me next time.
Thank you!

Spontaneous

The Curious Object - III

Seeds never know where they are landing, but they always find their own ways to live. Sometimes, you just have to be spontaneous; follow your heart & go with the flow...

The Other Perspective

The Curious Object - II

I think she has never been cropped like that...as what I know...
The most obvious feature of one kind might be strong enough to signify itself, but it never represnts the whole.

It's time...
I have been real bad on managing this blog, it's time to get this blog rolling again. People, every second counts, don't let it slip away...

Rush?

Bali is beautiful.

It would have been more beautiful,

if we get to see it slowly...

Life can be short if you rush it.

Just take it easy!

Burnout I


Burnout II

We sneaked in an abandoned TV production factory couple weeks ago. The little adventure was actually quite fun. Lots of random objects that I like...

I start feeling the "helplessness" of designers in Hong Kong, or maybe it is a global thing... Everytime when I look at real nice designs from zines & websites, I ask myself "why can't I do something like that?" Sometimes I just feel my little design pride is burnning out slowly...I am getting commercialised and becoming a design machine. That is what I really hate to be...

I really need to do something else to balance out...something doesn't involve computer definitly!

the harmony and conflicts

The suburb I live is an interesting place. It is quite country where
you can see ponds, fields and lots of birdies, but at the same time you can also see abandoned cargo containers or machine parts nearby. It's a place of natures and pollutions while these two things somehow fit quite well together. I have always wanted to explore the surrounding and finally I did. Even though it was just a little tryout,
I was so inspired!

sluggish days

Hornless Fight

A fight without weapons. You can read it as a harmless, honour and respectful contest if the fighters decide not to have weapons themselves. On the other hand, if they are forced to, then it will be an other different reading. The fight becomes a resolute, confornting and indomitable battle. (just a little random thought... ) I am getting drunk with this lazy holiday atmosphere. It's time to tidy up myself and get ready to fight!

Holiday

circles

I like simple things.

I like to find them, look at them and collect them.
But making things simple is not a simple task.

The idea of simple is easy to find but difficult to create.

hike seriously

we are so close!

I never know I can feel so close to the sky when I get to the top.
I felt it was even closer than when I was in a plane.
Maybe it is not about distance but space!

case closed

I finally got the boxes done...yay! I was working on this gift box packaging for Chinese New Year and there were issues of people, communications, box structures...which made me alter or actually redo the boxes again and again. It did drive me crazy a little bit especially when they killed my lovely 'tiger' box. Well, that is not uni assignment anymore, it is reality. Hopefully the boxes can go straight to printer and print out finely. No more changes please!

Back to the photo here, I was back to my home town, Fujian, to visit my grandmother and attend a wedding few weeks ago. When I was shooting the house, like a happy tourist, my aunt showed me this beautiful wardrobe from my great grandmother.

2010

Banquet

A very overwhelmed year ended with lots of overwhelmed banquets...Well, actually there are more to go. Hmm...I really need some time to sink and to think, what I have done and what I am going to do. Hope you can find yours!

muse

Framing is something tricky. It drags all your attention to anything that is within the frame, and it blocks anything that is outside the frame. But the trickiest thing is that it makes you believe what you see in the frame is everything. Photoraph is a good tricker. It seems to reflect reality, but in fact, it reflects the selected reality.

Taiwan [05]

Tree also likes typo.


Way to go...

Graphic desingers care about type and some trees also do. I wonder how long does it take to make an '8'. It's August already! I recently got a lovely book from a friend which is about roads. I like to photograph things on the ground, too.

Taiwan [04]

steam, dumplings, heat & crowd

The number of people waiting ouside is probably more than the number of dumplings inside.

I hate the English word dumpling. It is applied to every single dish with dough skin on the menu of Chinese restaurant. It can be wonton, gyoza, tangyuan, xiaolongbao.... For people can't read Chinese, I guess they never know what they have ordered until they eat it. Why can't it be more specific?
Well, the dumpling from the photo is a kind of steam dumpling with soup inside, called xiaolongbao. Mind the hot soup spurting out when having GOOD xiaolongbao.

Taiwan [03]

17 Yong Kong St.

Is beauty always from beautiful things? And ugliness is always from ugly things? Keep your mind opened, people.

Taiwan [02]

It's not what you think it is.

It's not raining.
It's absolutely dry and hot out there.
It's a layer of melted transparency on the car window.
It's something I hated so much in the morning.
However, it's the one brought me alot of fun at the end of the day.

It's a simple neutral thing that causes contradictory.

Taiwan [01]

don't think, just eat it

I (finally) went to Taiwan...
Taiwan is as crowded as Hong Kong, but the people there are way more friendly :p Thanks for my lovely friends, my stomach was filled up everyday.

Aged

Low quality printing and dust are not generally welcomed. But when they merge in this shot, they give it an aged look. It was taken on the Christmas day, 2008, which is less than 6 months ago. Sometimes bad things are not necessarily bad.