Chauses bought herself flowers today...

Chauses bought herself flowers because no one get her flowers today...hahaha just kidding. No special occasions today, just a normal relaxing friday for me....(yea I know I am supposed to be busy and indeed I am busy...but today I wanna spoil myself a bit..hehe:P:P)

I went to the flower store near campus today when I was on my way home. Wanna to get some Lilies for my paused-for-a-long-while flower project. Surprisingly I saw these beautiful Lilies, seldom see Lilies with such incredible color. I chose one with only 3 flowers because I don't need a lot of them.. I only aim at shooting close up this time. I am sooooo excited, looking forward to their blossom.

I am really so very excited that I took a few testing pictures immediately when I reached home :D:D will take more tomrrow morning when flower's best friend - sun light's there. I must have looked weird on the train...looking at the flowers like one who has never seen flowers before :P:P I was deep in thought thinking about how and at what angle would I shoot the flowers...haha they are really beautiful..will wake up early tomorrow for them...lol

The 52-Week Collection - Week 5: Who's Next?

I have been thinking about this shot for a long while before I actually (made the pizzas yay :D:D and) took the picture.

This picture was indeed inspired by the great photographer Sam Abell. After I looked at his work, my photography work is never the same again - I want most of the pictures, if not every, I take in the future have a story to tell.I am not gifted in drawing like many of my friends do, there are many stories I want to tell however, and I am glad that photography can help. :):)

About Who's Next? -
In life, we are very often in the role of making choices - and being chosen (or not chosen).
Is being chosen a good or bad thing? It depends.
Is the path we have chosen the right one? We would very much like to know before we make decisions but of course, the reality says the opposite. C'est la vie - that's life.

When the diner finished the last bite of pizza on the plate, which of the 3 pizzas above will be the next "chosen one"?

Is being chosen a good or bad thing for a piece of food?

Well.. that might be an interesting question to think about but...don't think too much :P:P enjoy the weekend!

Be Well.

p.s. By the way...I decided to take back Chauses Photography instead of C.Y. Photography...I know my name is a little bit special and it might take some time before my new friends can figure out how to pronounce it. But, so what? That's who I am. If people are not interested in figuring out the name Chauses, I will make my name known to them one day with my photography work. :D:D

The 52-Week Collection - Week 4: Companion

Pets, our best companion of all time.
When they only take part in part of our lives, do you realize that we could mean the world to them? Looking forward to and longing for my pets to come in the future... :):)

Happy Easter my friends :D:D

Happy trip with friends :):)

I couldn't tell you how happy I am today.

Words can't really describe how happy I was taking photos with Liao Liao and William. Finally Liao Liao and me got a hang out together, which we have been looking forward to for sooooo long. I love hanging out with them, the day filled with laughters, fresh air and good photos. Very glad to see Voon and Kelvin again, good buddies from previous courses :D:D

I still don't have time yet to take a careful look on every photos, but they are all awesome!! I am so happy really...well since words can't express how happy I was...this picture below might give you a hint haha.

Will share more later on :):)

The 52-Week Collection - Week 3: Happiness

Do you agree that the older we are, the more difficult we are to taste happiness? Maybe we already get used to the taste of happiness?
Happiness could still be very simple, try to appreciate everything around us :):)

The 52-week Collection: Week 2 - Looking Back

Are we often too busy to spend time looking back?

What would we find when we look  back?

The 52-week Collection: Week 1 - Instinct

Inspired by Andrew =) although I might not have so much time and tools to take creative pictures...I would want to motivate myself to keep my photography practice going. =) In the coming 52 week, I am going to post one picture, either new or old, in this album on a weekly basis...to keep track on my journey with my camera as well as to motivate myself to continue taking good pictures =D=D

Week 1 - Instinct

While the cats in rural area don't have cozy beds and clothes like those in big cities, their instinct help them find ways to keep warm in the cold winter.

Wing Lee Street

Wing lee street has become a hot spot for photographing and sight-seeing lately because of the award-winning film 'Echoes of the rainbow' that set there.

To me, it's always fascinating to see the steps that lead us to where we are .

Wing lee street is a short street with 12 tenement buildings, you could see the whole street at one glance, but you would be very much attracted by the buildings there, every one of them.

The ground floor of most buildings there were for business purpose, just like other tong lau in hong kong. The business there are mostly in publishing.

The buildings there are typically tong lau (Chinese-style building, typical 1950's post-war architecture, unique to HK and southern China)

There is an indoor playground there which the other photographer I met on that day recommended me to take a look.

That area was indeed under a redevelopment plan but now is preserved due to public pressure.

Old-fashion mail boxes.

Obviously the people there are overwhelmed by the large amount of visitors lately, notices that read "private property, do not enter without permission" are posted on the front door of most of the buildings. Well...it seems that there's a price of being famous...It would be great if the government can turn the whole street into another tourism spot in my opinion, since there are quite a lot to see nearby, and to prevent the people there from being annoyed so often.

Wing Lee Street Full View

Graphic by Henry Wong and Adam Wright, SCMP

Wanna visit the Stanley market again or take some short trips in hk in the coming Easter holiday:D hopefully can get a few buddies to accompany :P

The hospital and the firemen

The Face Mask

I went back to the hospital to check on my right ear today, it has been 26 weeks since it gave me big problem in august last year. Doctor said it looks ok now but there are still potential problems until I would agree to have the surgery to fully 'correct' it. Well... I just don't want to do it yet, maybe I am afraid, especially seeing the sleepy eyes of the doctors. I feel bad for them, they should have enough rest, or rather it's the economic downturn or medication politic system that makes them so tired...both physically and emotionally. However, it seems to be a global norm that doctors are overworked...I think I would have the operation one day, it is not fun if it inflames again. There is no need to go back for checking again unless I would like to have the operation.

Okay that's about the hospital.

The Cracks

To the brave fireman who lost his life and those injuried in yesterday's fire, my salute to them and their families. I feel worse about the news today because I walked pass that building when I was on the way to see the doctor this morning. Flowers, offerings,  reporters, firemen, their families, people who came to pay respect and lots of fire apparatuses were there. The smell of burnt was still there, water on the floor, emotionless faces around. I didn't bring my camera today, it's too sad, I am just not strong enough to look at the people there for one more second, I would burst into tears. Yes that's me, tears fall down so easily, even just by reading the news online. That's not necrssarily a bad thing, just that it's quite annoying sometimes. Too much sad news around the world lately, earthquakes, tsunami, snowstorm.  

Sometimes I wonder if the sad news worth more reporting or the world has too little happy news to report?

Anyway, tomorrow is another new day.

Breaking Dawn in Turkey

My Old Friend

Dated 27th Feb, 2010.
I had a weird dream last night, a dream full of music.
I was composing a song, a song that is meant for violin I guess. I pretended playing violin when I was composing the song, and I heard drums and fruitful sounds of string instruments.I don't remember the whole song when I woke up this morning, but I remember the first phase of the song.
This dream reminds me of an unfinished piece I was writing about a year ago. Maybe it's time to turn it into a complete one :):)

I want to say sorry to my piano.

It has been with me for more than 15 years now. I loved it... I loved it until my intrinsic interest was totally destroyed by external forces (pushy teacher and parents [I love them no less] that redirected my interest to exams and lots of meaningless unenjoyable practices).

I loved playing the piano in front of the whole school when I was in secondary school during morning assembly. I love to fill people's day with music the first thing they walked into school hall. I love music lessons, listening to classical music and operas.

I love, especially, composing songs that reveal my inner emotion world. I love playing music and sing beautiful songs with my friends.

I come in front of you as I am today, wanting to know you in a brand new way.

Dated 7th March, 2010.
I played the piano today, for myself. I didn't really play the piano for myself all these years, or I didn't know how to play the music for myself. The play today reminds me why I love playing and composing songs in the first place - to make others smile.
Music has such a magical power. If you try to concentrate on listening to music, any kind, even pop music, you could lose yourself there, forgetting all the worries and problems just for that few minutes.

Today's play gave me a new feeling and emotion towards my piano, my old friend.
I think I found the old feeling when I first touched her, and I would love to make music with her once again.