Banjo the Grey – not much diff between the actual picture and the desaturated version
Pink semi-naked hamsterlings
Posts from ‘August, 2006’
In grey and pink
When the Doc tells you to drink 100-plus
I took half a day off today, not to shoot birds but to pay a visit to the doctor.
Since coming back from Beijing, my mom and I have been suffering from Traveller's Diahrrea. Or so the doctor suggested (adding that mine might have been caused by me returning from London too, even though that [...]
It was either this or corporate sales
It’s the feeling of time slipping through your fingers and the feeling of being incapable of being productive. On a daily scale, that is. It’s kinda weird, this feeling of being at work. I only ever felt this once before, and that was before I was due to enter uni and I was working [...]
Beijing – people and faces
Hutong residents
Down another Hutong
Elderly residents in yet another Hutong
Kindergarden kids (I love this one; their expressions are classic!)Man playing the erhu (Temple of Heaven)
A devotee praying at the Yonghegong Lama Temple
A hawker sleeps off another day at the Panjiayuan antiques market
A mobile vendor
More faces!
And more photos on Zoto.
Beijing – places and things
Lion handle on cauldron (Forbidden City)
Dragon engravings on bronze steps (Forbidden City)
Lamastery scriptures (Yonghegong Lama Temple)
Changling (Ming Tombs)
Badaling (Great Wall)
Forbidden City
Outer walls of the Forbidden City
Panjiayuan antiques market
Suspended aviation
The deal at 3pm, one hour before the scheduled time of take-off, was that the flight would be delayed indefinitely, probably for 2 hours. Then at 4pm, they said that it'll be coming at 6.35pm. There was a thick haze around Beijing and all flights were redirected to Shanghai, and that's where our plane was [...]
Half-moon
Nikon D70 + Nikon Fieldscope ED78 + attachment @ 1000mm
I'm still alive…
It's been a busy little week, running about, meeting people, having chats, and going places. Not much I can update on but if things work out as planned, it will be an exciting few weeks up ahead.
Family vacation to Beijing for slightly less than a week from this Sat onwards.
Meanwhile, some pics from this week. [...]
