Mini-DV

Super Macro

2011-08-29T21:01:00.001-05:00

Beautiful Day

2011-05-08T00:08:00.002-05:00

一塊錢

2011-04-26T11:45:00.000-05:00

eggs everywhere

2011-04-24T13:00:00.000-05:00

櫻花的季節又要來了

2011-04-07T14:08:00.005-05:00

嶄新的開始

2011-03-29T12:07:00.002-05:00

Spring Snow

2011-03-28T14:38:00.000-05:00

Winter just would not leave..... (3.24.2011)

Engagement Photo Session: 化腐朽為神奇

2011-03-03T14:49:00.005-05:00

Taking the full use of my dying DSLR.... hanging there my Canon T1i:-)

我的故鄉 - 台灣 Nov 11-26, 2010

2010-12-16T11:48:00.009-05:00

SLR Cameras

2009-06-04T13:45:00.006-05:00

Officially retired my Canon XTi. Enter the next generation of DSLR with HD video....

1989 EOS 620 (one of canon's first auto focus 35mm SLR) - Sold
199x EOS Elan IIe (35mm SLR with built-in flash / remote)
2007 EOS XTi (my first digital SLR) - Sold
2009 EOS T1i (DSLR with HD video)

Merry Christmas

2008-12-19T22:28:00.004-05:00

Thought this is a cool photo to share.... Please Meet Scuba Santa :-)

恭喜發財

2008-02-07T00:45:00.000-05:00

Er Er.....r... (祱大家新年快樂, 年年有餘...)

Visual Boards

2008-01-31T14:29:00.000-05:00

Another DIY: Nothing much going on today besides working with some sleepy eyes. During breaks, I made some visual boards with color laser printer to keep little one's eyes busy while he is awake. I figure it's a good way to utilize some of the illustrations I made. [Baby's Vision]

One little happy customer....

DIY Photography

2008-01-29T04:16:00.000-05:00

Recently I have been making flash accessories with almost anything I can find; from food containers, plastic sheets, tapes, aluminum foil, card board..etc. Diyphotography.net is a great site for improving indoor photograph without spending much $$$. Powderpuff has been laughing at me for making these wired looking gadgets. Hey.... these might not look great, but the result speaks for itself. Little one, here daddy comes.........

Flash with a plastic take-out container, modified to fit the flash; I can shoot straight at the mirror without much reflection

Here is the magic, flash light are bounced off the ceiling and diffused, and no more shadows behind!!!

My next project:

Turkey Pan Beauty Dish

Flash Photography

2008-01-25T09:34:00.000-05:00

Strobist recently published an excellent collection of flash photography from Flickr. These are truly inspiration. Big version here.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

向錢看起

2008-01-22T13:05:00.000-05:00

或因該說是”向省錢看起”或是”向奶粉錢看起”吧

昨天終於把八年前upgrade 到不能再 upgrade的老掉牙Pentium 罷掉
算是為慶祝自己的人權, 在Martin Luther King Jr. Day買了一台史上最低價位的電腦 ($500). 不可思議的是這個小東東包含的東西還不少, Apple Macbook Air下次再會吧:

Intel® Core™2 Duo/3GB DDR2 memory/500GB Serial ATA hard drive
ATI RADEON HD 2400 graphics with 128MB memory
Built-in TV tuner/Multiformat media reader
Windows Vista Home Premium preloaded

希望今年能用這台替Little One做些新東西....

Cute Flash Movies

2008-01-21T13:56:00.000-05:00

Found some cute Flash movies, showed this to little one, and seems like mommy likes more.
Egg Song

Ddautta (There She Is)

Outdoor Self Portrait

2008-01-18T11:47:00.000-05:00

Got to find myself a new way to take my own photos ......

MacBook Air

2008-01-16T11:40:00.000-05:00

Finally Apple turns a ultra slim notebook into reality (.76" thick/3 lbs). But not too useful to me. You have to use additional wireless drive nearby to access your DVD/CDs. The concept is cool, but too costly..$1799.

MacBook Air SuperDrive $99

"Out of the box, MacBook Air lets you wirelessly access the DVD or CD drive of a nearby Mac or Windows PC using Remote Disc. But for those times when you need to play or burn discs directly, consider the sleek, USB-based MacBook Air SuperDrive."

Happy New Year

2008-01-01T08:18:00.000-05:00

This is what happen when i woke up early in the morning after the feeding..... Happy New Year ^_^

Happy Holidays......

2007-12-27T13:14:00.000-05:00

Little One: Phew~ 聖誕節總算過了, 才出生一個多月就要扛起聖誕老公公的責任, 除了喝奶之外, 還要當Daddy的攝影Model…..真累喲....不過現在總算是可以好好的休息了….祝大家新年快樂…. Rr..Rr..Rrr.....(Happy Happy)~ (還不會講話)...... :-)

Xmas Photo Mosaic

2007-12-26T10:10:00.001-05:00

Christmas Gathering

2007-12-23T23:23:00.001-05:00

Thanks all for coming..... Happy Holidays ^_^ !
Photo Slide

CPU Comparison

2007-12-17T12:49:00.000-05:00

A useful chart in comparison of CPU processing speed. My outdated PC is among the bottom rank. What's your computer speed?
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html

蕭敬騰 - 新不了情 - 週末狂熱夜20070916

2007-12-11T16:49:00.000-05:00

A future Star....

不能說的祕密 - Jay周杰倫

2007-12-11T15:55:00.000-05:00

The Red Egg

2007-12-03T11:37:00.000-05:00

Time really flies, it's little one's first month birthday already. Grandmom will be preparing red eggs for our Christmas gathering. Everyone gets to eat them with "oil rice". It should be a fun event with Secret Santa game .... see you soon!

It's a boy....

2007-11-02T22:00:00.000-05:00

Finally little one is here..... time to practice diaper change.

Flushing Piano Concert

2007-10-28T19:39:00.000-05:00

"Cheap & Big Bowl" - 便宜又大碗 has always been people's impression on Flushing's food & grocery. Today's piano concert is no exception. With jam packed audiences, and huge grand piano, the concert was very entertaining itself. The audience's behavior really makes this piano a truely unique experience for us and the unborn little one. What a 胎教 :-) The baby was kicking a lot during the concert. I guess he was dancing along. Great performance by Joanne and her partner despite all the distractions.

Audience sleeping all over the place

People taking pictures with flash at all time ....

People eating, chatting & coming in and out during the performance...

Preparing a Nursery

2007-10-25T21:07:00.001-05:00

Crib and bedding are set, little one... you can come out now :-)

Sorry Bebe

2007-10-21T22:59:00.000-05:00

無敵風火輪再現 Bebe fell off again...this time from 2nd fl to the mid section of the stairs. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8.............. 8 steps as she fell like Jackie Chan while spinning down... thank goodness. she was conscious & ok this time.

Baby Composite

2007-10-17T16:45:00.000-05:00

After mixing and putting our facial features together based on the sonograms, our little one might look like this....:-)

BB's Tricks

2007-10-16T15:13:00.000-05:00

coming soon......

Paper Chair: FlexibleLove

2007-10-16T12:35:00.000-05:00

Saw a TW show introducing a young inventor from Taiwan. This cool chair, made of recycled paper, is now being patented worldwide, including USA. However the idea is very similar to [THIS]. Is this a product being re-invented? Judge yourself.

卡拉OK 輕鬆一下

2007-10-11T09:33:00.000-05:00

好久沒卡拉了...對著 Monitor OK一下....

往事就是我的安慰

你乎我站在車頭等歸暝　目睭內只有別人成相對
孤單的我　望向天邊　兜一粒是我的星
＊不是我歡喜相思的滋味　只是我已經付出真情意　
傷心的我　尚好離開　趕緊返來自己身邊
＃不願意一陣風吹過來　一陣風吹過去愛你　
有誰人肯了解我的心　肯了解我的夢哀悲　
你不愛我無所謂　你放捨我無所謂　往事就是我的安慰

車站

安平追想曲

雨夜花

小姐，請你乎我愛

金包銀

Baby Stroller

2007-09-09T22:22:00.001-05:00

Got our baby's first stroller. We also did a little shopping at Mitsuwa over the weekend, and bumped into Riceman's parents in Mitsuwa. The world is indeed very small. Now the stroller is finally ready to roll.

BB is checking on the stroller's performance: "客人來坐唷!"
Stroller approved by B.B:

"What's a Bugaboo? This is Bebeboo...:-)
So easy to fold, now it's as compact as me"

Flower Blossoms

2007-08-02T19:02:00.001-05:00

After 4 months of gardening, Powderpuff's hard work has finally paid off. Now our backyard is full of flowers of different color.

Short Vacation: Long Slide / Small Trip: Big Photos

2007-07-24T11:07:00.000-05:00

Finally............... after spending endless hour sorting out my record-breaking 980 shoots during the Western New York trip, here is the slideshow (4 MB / appx 3 min) featuring my favorite New Age artist - Kitaro 喜多郎.

Niagara Falls & Western New York

2007-07-21T22:49:00.001-05:00

Powderpuff & I went on a 5-day trip to Western New York for sightseeing. It was a more relaxing trip compared with our previous vacations. Even the driving during rush hour was easy. Thanks to our Tom Tom GPS system which made our trip less hustled. It is also our first time flying Jet Blue which rocks! There is a TV screen & leather seat for every passenger. Some of the places we visited: Buffalo city, Niagara Falls, Lockport's Erie canal, Old Fort Niagara, Lewiston.

Used Car for sale

2007-07-13T15:57:00.000-05:00

TRANSFORMERS Movie Props Bumblebee '77 Chevy Camaro

this is crazy... a used car would cost more than a brand new one.... bidding war is not over yet.
Current bidding price as today: US $24,300.00

Friday the 13th

2007-07-13T12:10:00.000-05:00

Interesting reading about Friday the 13th. Stay home if you can...

From a study published in the British Medical Journal in 1993 entitled "Is Friday the 13th Bad for Your Health?" With the aim of mapping "the relation between health, behavior, and superstition surrounding Friday 13th in the United Kingdom," its authors compared the ratio of traffic volume to the number of automobile accidents on two different days, Friday the 6th and Friday the 13th, over a period of years.

Friday 13th is unlucky for some. The risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased by as much as 52 percent. Staying at home is recommended."

Paraskevidekatriaphobics — people afflicted with a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th — must be pricking up their ears just now, buoyed by seeming evidence that their terror may not be so irrational after all. But it's unwise to take solace in a single scientific study — the only one of its kind, so far as I know — especially one so peculiar. I suspect these statistics have more to teach us about human psychology than the ill-fatedness of any particular date on the calendar.

Friday the 13th - The Most Widespread Superstition?

The sixth day of the week and the number 13 both have foreboding reputations said to date from ancient times, and their inevitable conjunction from one to three times a year portends more misfortune than some credulous minds can bear. Some sources say it may be the most widespread superstition in the United States. Some people won't go to work on Friday the 13th; some won't eat in restaurants; many wouldn't think of setting a wedding on the date.

Just how many Americans at the turn of the millennium still suffer from this condition? According to Dr. Donald Dossey, a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of phobias (and coiner of the term "paraskevidekatriaphobia"), the figure may be as high as 21 million. If he's right, eight percent of Americans are still in the grips of a very old superstition.

Exactly how old is difficult to say, because determining the origins of superstitions is an imprecise science, at best. In fact, it's mostly guesswork.

13: The Devil's Dozen

It is said: If 13 people sit down to dinner together, all will die within the year. The Turks so disliked the number 13 that it was practically expunged from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894). Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue. Many buildings don't have a 13th floor. If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck (Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names). There are 13 witches in a coven.

Bad Friday

It is said: Never change your bed on Friday; it will bring bad dreams. Don't start a trip on Friday or you will have misfortune. If you cut your nails on Friday, you cut them for sorrow. Ships that set sail on a Friday will have bad luck – as in the tale of H.M.S. Friday ... One hundred years ago, the British government sought to quell once and for all the widespread superstition among seamen that setting sail on Fridays was unlucky. A special ship was commissioned, named "H.M.S. Friday." They laid her keel on a Friday, launched her on a Friday, selected her crew on a Friday and hired a man named Jim Friday to be her captain. To top it off, H.M.S. Friday embarked on her maiden voyage on a Friday, and was never seen or heard from again.

The Unluckiest Day of All

The astute reader will have observed that while we have thus far insinuated any number of intriguing connections between events, practices and beliefs attributed to ancient cultures and the superstitious fear of Fridays and the number 13, we have yet to happen upon an explanation of how, why or when these separate strands of folklore converged — if that is indeed what happened — to mark Friday the 13th as the unluckiest day of all.

There's a very simple reason for that — nobody really knows, though various explanations have been proposed.

Fireworks

2007-07-04T21:05:00.001-05:00

Out of expectation, we saw firework display from home in all directions.... it was a very busy & noisy night on 7/4... we all wonder where these fireworks came from.

4th of July "BeBeCute"

2007-07-04T17:05:00.000-05:00

Powderpuff & I stayed home for the entire day and had some BBQ + photo shooting + car wash on 4th of July.....
Photo slideshow

Powderpuff's Pregnancy-Part I

2007-06-23T10:51:00.001-05:00

辛苦了! Powderpuff..... Photo/Slideshow by Mini-DV

Kid's Soccer Party

2007-06-17T07:26:00.001-05:00

Went to Jonathan's kid's soccer game birthday party at Central Park Sat. It was a cute event.... I can see the parents spent a lot of time & $$$ preparing for this.

Basketball

2007-05-29T08:55:00.000-05:00

Played bball for the first time in 2 years... this is how I felt despite making several lucky shoots....

Movie Night

2007-05-27T11:57:00.000-05:00

These kids did not pay for the movie tickets, so they had to watch movie from outside

Happy Birthday to 強強

2007-05-18T08:52:00.000-05:00

BB: what are you guys singing?

Yesterday was 強強's 14th birthday... hmm.. that's about 98 (14x7) years old in human. 強強是個老狗了... On my way home from work, bought a small cake from Mr. Tu's bakery... Wishing 強強 live healthy and strong like his name.

As for BB, who never encountered human food in her life, kept looking at the cake with a pair of puzzled eyes.....

Home Renovation Phase III: Backyard

2007-05-16T08:44:00.000-05:00

Finally....the backyard is done..... A picture taken before the cement was poured into the backyard. What a mess!

Movie Night

2007-05-07T09:30:00.000-05:00

SAT 5/26/07 7:30 pm or come earlier!!

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誰說狗狗忠誠老實

2007-04-10T10:45:00.000-05:00

沙畫

2007-03-30T14:23:00.000-05:00

1) this is an amazing sand art...
2) 超猛沙畫

日本辣妹有氧舞蹈英文教學法

2007-03-29T08:56:00.000-05:00

Leigo can try this exercise at home...

Cyril Takayama 公車上的好笑魔術

2007-03-29T08:52:00.000-05:00

跳樓意外

2007-03-29T08:30:00.000-05:00

Watch it if you dare...

預防詐騙宣導

2007-03-29T08:17:00.000-05:00

Found a cool site Youmaker...

A visit to Nana's home

2007-03-25T18:17:00.000-05:00

Nana has been crying/begging for food while Riceman and Leigo were having meal...

Nana finally had a quick meal...

Nana's first flying lesson..:-)

Party...Party...

2007-03-04T11:30:00.000-05:00

Thanks all for coming....hope you enjoy the lantern puzzles & my doggie tricks!!! "7-up"!!! Here are some bonus puzzles:

1. 一群女人在聊天猜四字成語
2. 為何公馬比母馬跑得快猜四字成語
3. 五百個男人光屁股坐在石頭上猜體育用品
4. 神仙放屁猜四字成語
5. 太監最討厭的歌三個字 (費玉清的歌)

"啥是B呀?“ 是我 BB ..... :-)

Happy Chinese New Year

2007-02-16T15:52:00.001-05:00

2007 Superbowl AD

2007-02-05T12:16:00.000-05:00

Some of my favorites:

Painting

2006-12-11T12:33:00.000-05:00

Home Renovation Phase II:

It's been a week after the construction workers left the house. Powderpuff has been helping Mini-DV painting the entire house for 6 days. It was a joyful experience when we started it. But now everyone is exhausted with sore arms. and yet…. the house is sill not 100% covered with new paints. But we are almost there…. I think I painted too much that I even dreamed of painting during my sleep……

我拆我拆我拆拆

2006-11-02T09:49:00.000-05:00

Wallpaper, bathroom tiles, bath tub, sink, toilet, old walls & windows........

Our New Nest

2006-10-19T20:24:00.000-05:00

Mini-DV & Powderpuff finally have their first nest in Whitestone. Today we spent only an hour on closing, the pace was so fast that....... I only remember we signed endless papers......

Now the house is in need of some renovation.... If you know any trustworthy contractors, your referral is deeply appreciated. Thank you.

I have a dream.... got to admit interior design is pretty fun.
Hopefully these can come true.

Wedding Studio Photo

2006-10-19T20:13:00.000-05:00

Last week we saw the studio album layout from the wedding studio, and we almost threw up. It was obviously a rush job. The layout made the photos look a lot more worse. We approved the layout against our will, since I didn't want to bother to re-design it myself.... too time consuming. But the more I thought about it, the more upset I became. So later I called back and told them that I will re-design the layout personally. I guess I have no choice, or I will regret everytime I see the album....man.... can't even relax a bit...

Anyway.... looks like I will have to do the entire wedding day photo album as well.

Selective studio photo collection...

Aloha.....

2006-10-09T22:29:00.000-05:00

Finally we are back from Hawaii. Here are some photos taken out of 700-800+ from our trip. This was supposed to be a relaxing trip as we promised ourselves. But we couldn't help it .... we ended up visiting dozens of places:

Halekulani
Kualoa Range
Macromedia Outlet
Polynesian Culture Center
Pearl City / Pearl Harbor
Dole Plantation
Atlantis Submarine (120 ft deep)
Wakiki Shopping District
Wakiki Beach
Koko Marina Center: Scuba Diving (35 feet deep) /Banana Boat/Parasailing
Hanauma Bay
China Town (looks like a dead town at 7pm)
The Kahala Hotel & Resort
Kahala Beach
Hawaii Temple
Kahala Mall
Sandy Beach
Sea Life Park
North Shore
Pali Scenic Outlook
Waimea Valley Audubon Center

We will be back....

2006-09-30T22:02:00.000-05:00

來去….來去…. 咱麥Go to Hawaii.....

Thank you

2006-09-27T08:03:00.000-05:00

Thank you so much for being part of our wedding..... and thank you for those who helped out on our big day. I guess I really can't do everything by myself. I will try to post more photos when I receive the color proofs from wedding studio. Now going to be very busy with Powderpuff's relatives.

Here is the first album from Ichiban
Eddie's Album

Everybody's gone....

2006-09-20T06:31:00.000-05:00

I will be gone soon....

6 mm Under

2006-09-05T15:21:00.000-05:00

Ouch.....

Recent Work

2006-08-04T11:49:00.000-05:00

cover
design
from work

- Created by
Adobe Illustrator CS

(Illustration vs photograph)

BB Photo

2006-08-04T10:36:00.000-05:00

Doggie Tricks

2006-07-28T22:13:00.000-05:00

Old Blog's gone, let's start all over again....

BB Bang
BB Crawl
BB Fly
BB Go Around
BB Go Under
BB Handshake
BB Jump
BB Kiss
BB Magic Bag
BB Roll
BB Shake
BB Spin
BB Tissue Girl
BB Wave
BB & CC special 1
BB & CC special 2
CC Bang

Mini-DV

Super Macro

Beautiful Day

一塊錢

eggs everywhere

櫻花的季節又要來了

嶄新的開始

Spring Snow

Engagement Photo Session: 化腐朽為神奇

我的故鄉 - 台灣 Nov 11-26, 2010

SLR Cameras

Merry Christmas

恭喜發財

Visual Boards

DIY Photography

My next project:

Turkey Pan Beauty Dish

Flash Photography

向錢看起

Cute Flash Movies

Outdoor Self Portrait

MacBook Air

Happy New Year

Happy Holidays......

Xmas Photo Mosaic

Christmas Gathering

CPU Comparison

蕭敬騰 - 新不了情 - 週末狂熱夜20070916

不能說的祕密 - Jay周杰倫

The Red Egg

It's a boy....

Flushing Piano Concert

Preparing a Nursery

Sorry Bebe

Baby Composite

BB's Tricks

Paper Chair: FlexibleLove

卡拉OK 輕鬆一下

Baby Stroller

Flower Blossoms

Short Vacation: Long Slide / Small Trip: Big Photos

Niagara Falls & Western New York

Used Car for sale

TRANSFORMERS Movie Props Bumblebee '77 Chevy Camaro

Friday the 13th

13: The Devil's Dozen

Bad Friday

The Unluckiest Day of All

Fireworks

4th of July "BeBeCute"

Powderpuff's Pregnancy-Part I

Kid's Soccer Party

Basketball

Movie Night

Happy Birthday to 強強

Home Renovation Phase III: Backyard

Movie Night

誰說狗狗忠誠老實

沙畫

日本辣妹有氧舞蹈英文教學法

Cyril Takayama 公車上的好笑魔術

跳樓意外

預防詐騙宣導

A visit to Nana's home

Party...Party...

Happy Chinese New Year

2007 Superbowl AD

Painting

我拆 我拆 我拆拆

Our New Nest

Wedding Studio Photo

Aloha.....

We will be back....

Thank you

Everybody's gone....

6 mm Under

Recent Work

BB Photo

Doggie Tricks

我拆我拆我拆拆