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Month: August 2009

Musing about lenses

Posted on 7 Aug 2009   by CY

The professional class of photographers typically insist on prime lenses or nothing. But photography is just a hobby and extra-curricular activity for me. As optically incredible and perfect as some of those f1.4 of f2.8 lenses can be, I just

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Posted in Photography & Cameras    Tagged Nikon, Nikon D300, Sigma 18-250mm   

San Francisco Videos – Union Square

Posted on 7 Aug 2009   by CY

Union Square was a short 5 minute walk away from my hotel, and it was a major transportation intersection for the city. The plaza boasts of many big name stores, including Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Barneys New York, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue,

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Posted in Traveling   

“Package delivery for you sir”

Posted on 6 Aug 20095 Apr 2010   by CY

One of the nicest things about being in a technology-enabled generation is that your purchasing options opens up a lot. I remember my first online purchase was in 1996, back during the days when Secure payment modes were still a

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Posted in Photography & Cameras, Toys & Technology    Tagged Nikon D300, Sigma 18-250mm   

San Francisco Videos – Yerba Buena Gardens

Posted on 6 Aug 20095 Apr 2010   by CY

The about 8 hours of HD video I took during the San Francisco trip have been left on the computer hard disk for a while, so I finally got round to encoding some small snippets. I’ll be uploading these video

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Posted in Photography & Cameras, Traveling    Tagged Panasonic HDC-SD20, San Francisco 2009   

Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku – Part 2

Posted on 5 Aug 2009   by CY

Continued from the previous post. On the upside, For those We Love touches on a theme we don’t see often in Western-made films. I certainly don’t think the American veterans will remember the Kamikaze units with fondness. The whitewashing and

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Posted in At Home, Entertainment   

Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku – Part 1

Posted on 5 Aug 2009   by CY

Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku (2007) – on rental. Ore wa, kimi no tame ni koso shini ni iku – or “For Those We Love” – opens with a scene of a kind-looking and elderly

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Posted in At Home, Entertainment   

Academic Writing 101

Posted on 4 Aug 200914 Jul 2018   by CY

I write a lot, on different places and different platforms: there’s discussion posts on several forums I visit or keep track of, blog posts here and on the school blog, product reviews, papers, and emails & letters. Both the output’s

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Posted in Everything Else, WordPress   

Baby on the Go

Posted on 3 Aug 200918 Apr 2010   by CY

Mum’s birthday is coming in a few days’ time, and Jasmine was planning to celebrate the occasion at what’s turning into a regular family venue: the Imperial Treasures restaurant. We’d been to the Great World City branch for family birthday

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Posted in Children Blues, Dining    Tagged Baby Equipment, Panasonic HDC-SD20    2 Comments on Baby on the Go   

Bawling = Stress?

Posted on 1 Aug 2009   by CY

One thing about Hannah bawling is this – there’s always collateral damage involved! Specifically, I get scolded by Ling.:( Here’s the story: Hannah was doing her bawling yesterday Friday. Heck, from what Ling was telling me on MSN, the entire

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues   

Where be the monkeys?… Part 1

Posted on 1 Aug 200914 Mar 2018   by CY

Funnily, Matt and I don’t always enjoy the same kind of games. In a nutshell, he’s a much more discriminating gamer than I am, whereas I’m more temperamental when it comes to video games when I’m not saddled with the

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Posted in At Home, Entertainment, Toys & Technology   

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