流汗！冷水凉！

前天的暴冷，今天又暴热 ！ 自从来到加州的我。从没感受过无缘无故的，这样站着都会流汗的那种感觉！今天，我流汗了！ 我！终于流汗了！ 除了运动或者是吃了什么超级辣的东西之外，都没有流过汗了！哇，对我着个“过动儿”（penny帮我取的外号）来说，不简直就是一级棒吗？因为都这么厉害流汗，汗孔应该是吃了兴奋剂。拼命的流汗，好似唔晒 $ o甘。可能就是‘人’吗，人最厉害就是犯贱吗。。 今天既然，无缘无故的流了少许的汗！哇，兴奋到啊。 或许是因为想家吧。。哦，然后冲了个冷水凉。wohoo! 不知该怎么表达我的兴奋！ :) 天气冷， 都没有机会能够洗个清冷的澡。哈。爽！

mm, 傻够了。 就当我没讲过什么。:)

来个小update ..

Few weeks back, a group of us went to Yosemite (yo-sayhh-meh-tee) . Somewhere northeast about 5-6 hours from our place. Kinda big group this time round, as we had never traveled in this big before *12 of us. 6 joined because they wanted to camp there, and the rest of us will not join the camping. It's dang cold out there. When we were there, reached around 5+ and was still able to catch the sunrise, and the tempreture was about -11ºc. That was what the iphone said. but well it's not -3 or -6 not as cold as we were during our stay in Grand Canyon. but anyway, few of us were under dressed. Experienced the chill that can dry your skin in few mins and then it started to get itchy. But the scenery was WOW, so WOW that we have forgotten that it's so cold over there :) Mountains everywhere, and at leasat one waterfall for each of the mountains! breath taking view. Believe that it's gonna be prettier during summer. But some of our mates went there during winter and that was pretty awesome too! a lot of the ugly branches and stuffs was covered by thick white snow, it'll give a treat or some when it comes to photo taking.

anyway, a picture speaks louder than words. share some shots here. cheers!







more photos here !

a return to Abalone Cove

I'm back again, like i'd promissed myself.. and finished off what i have not able to achieve the previous visit. And this time with a little surprise. Season change, and i like that ! :) Flowers! 

Grand Canyon Trip

Went for a trip to Grand Canyon for one of the long weekend. It's a 1100+ miles(1770km) round trip! This time it's traveling towards the East, No longer up north or down to the south. We've drove across 2 states. Nevada and Arizona. Grand Canyon isnt much if you're not gonna hike down. But it's a very hard hike. Due to the overall height of about 6k feet, oxygen were very thin. you'll be inhalling like no body business. 3 big gulps of breath and you'll probably get one gulp of oxygen.. and it's very cold there. It's from -3 to 0 degree celsius overall, but that's not what makes us cold. It's the strong wind that kills you! :D but well it's fun. Spent 2 days at Grand Canyon. Then off we go, drove another route home, pass by route 66. Was anticipating sometime similiar with the featured animation "Cars". But seen nothing similiar other than some of the shops there, tiny wodden shops. Route 66 is a long route. probably we're not in the correct portion of it :) But we enjoyed it. Then head up to Hoover Dam, another few hours drive. It was so crowded, we were thinking if it's because of Transformers the movie that made that place famous, or it's because it was famous and Transformers had on of their scene captured there. The dam is the border line of Arizona and Nevada. And there is a 1 hour difference between this 2 states. So we're like crossing a time zone. back and forth. Stopped nearby for sunset. then drove home! It was a 8+ hour drive when we're going to Grand Canyon. And the journey home took us 16 hours ! wow.. and it sets a record on my driving book.

the route we took for the whole trip

hoover dam

grand canyon

an abandoned building on route 66

:)

and some fun with the shot :D 

more photos here

Angels Gate Park, San Pedro

brought my Om-1n out for a spin during one of the weekend, had my scanner already and tried some scans. A very peaceful and pretty place to hang out.

OM-1n

Finally.. did not expect it to arrive that early! it was as described. Mint condition! really really good deal! cant wait to load my first roll and try it out! best deal ever. The metering is weak though. probably it's the battery, or it's my dark room condition. gotta bring out and shoot this weekend. Feels great!
finally my OM lenses can be fully utilized. And they finally able to meet their real mom! instead of hanging on to my adapter on 4/3 bodies.. Really felt happy for my OM lenses.. it's like both long lost being paired up again! :D

Can't wait! ..

Happy 牛 year!

Woke up early in the morning around 3am, and head out around 4 with 2 cars going up north with freeway I-5. Wanted to go see sunrise and some snow today :) Decided a spot where we want to head up to the hills to watch sunrise. But then ended up, it's a trail that we have to walk and hike. It's about 4.3miles (6.8km) length. I almost broke my leg. Strained too much on the tendons, very tiring. Nothing much up there though. So we head down again and head for our breakfast. It took us 2 hours non stop up and down the trail. Then to mount Pinos to check out if there are still snow up there :) since winter is ending now. Just trying our luck and we're lucky enough. well, it's only i that have not seen snow before. So it's understandable that im like a little kid that see a giant pile of sand and just wanted to jump on in and play (that's what i did when i was a kid though) :)  anyway it's a fun experience. and a great Chinese New Year trip. Will head down L.A for the Chinese New Year Parade. Expecting fire crackers!  will see. cheers ! and Happy Chinese New Year everyone!. 

welcome 2009

it's been a busy early 2009. been working very hard for the past week. and i think it's worth the sleepless nights :) Always would take my sweet time to work on something way out of my job scope during my crunch time! :D and this is what i have came up with. 

happy new 2009 and chinese new year is at the corner of this week. Too bad there isn't holiday here. First time not having my chinese new year with family and friends. thanks to the technology now, im still able to web cam home to 拜个年。

在这里恭祝大家，新年快乐！happy牛year！和家人，朋友过个快乐的新年! 还有，祝大家的新年愿望能够实现。