Monday, November 29, 2010

Home Made Pizza

I'm a fan of Italian thin crush pizza with extra cheese. Big conflict! I'm in the progress of slimming down. Well, I have a bad habit - loose rational thought for good food first, then workout heavily later. Please don't imitate this method. If you are on diet plan, please stop viewing the pictures below. If you fail, please join me - let's get FAT... little bit! Evil evil evil!

Well, I broke my own record on shooting unbelievable extreme low shutter speed (for me, it is 1/5 secs in handheld mode!)

Delicious Pizza (Tuna & Sausage)

Delicious Pizza (Sausage, Mushroom & Sliced Tomatoes)

Friday, November 5, 2010

Chia Wei & Chiong Weng Wedding

First time entered Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, the architectural design indeed to make me drop my jaw. Very antique-feel and well-maintained. I was lucky indeed to involve in one of the photo-shooting assignment team. Including the raw setup and thanks a lot to my team who have shown understanding on my leaving half-way when I received my daughter was sick. Below are some shots from my eyes.

Living Room
Living Room

Double Happiness
Double Happiness

Preparation
Preparation

Joy
Hidden joy

Promising Moment
The promosing moment

Lifetime Ring
Ring of lifetime promise

Friday, October 15, 2010

Thanks, my old C. Steinberg buddy!

Would you like to have a drink? :-)

Dare not reveal my previous formal training in piano study as I no longer technically fit enough to play the old C. Steinberg buddy. I feel indeed shamed. The dark brown upright piano accompanied me for 25 years and able to recall those insane 13 hours of nonstop playing to prepare for exam.

Now, every time I sit down to touch on the black and white keyboard, I hesitate to press. The sound that keyboard hammered those 3-strings no longer meet my expectation anymore. Not sad. To get a beautiful music, it is indeed to have a self-discipline to practice, practice and practice. Distraction and other interests took away the old passion. For this moment, I choose not to allow music appreciation to fade away like that. I'm still appreciating the formal knowledge gained, the grateful heart to enjoy every musical instrument that performs, especially piano.

If you are interested in music appreciation, I suggest you enjoy Baroque composer such as Bach. Air on G string indeed move me at all time. A look-like-simple binary form able to touch your heart emotionally. Pachelbel's Canon in D is another master piece that you should not miss.

If you are a fan of Chopin, I bet you love his Nocturne! A talented young composer who died in his 30s. His Nocturne composition did calm me down when I previously faced insomnia.

Not to mention Beethoven's famous For Elise and his emotional Moonlight Sonata. Every time listens to his composition, I need a while to bring back my calmness. Hardly imagine how Beethoven fought against his deafness while composing great composition via ear to feel the vibration of piano sound.

Thanks, my old C. Steinberg buddy! You helped me opening up my heart to music world. Appreciate those great masterpieces that inspired. Without you, my younger life will not be enriched with those treble and bass clefs, major and minor chords, scales, arpeggios and so on. Thanks from bottom of my heart.