Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
That's True - My 1st CG Music Video
coming soon! but it won't be shown here...it's produced for someone else's site so watch out for the link...Saturday, August 18, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Saigon Chronicles Day 3 (installment)
Day-3 was supposed to be a free day (no itinerary) but some of us decided to hire the guides and bring us to Chu Chi Tunnels. On the way I managed to catch some more bikers on the streets:
2 - You'll Be Safe Here. Kid in standing pose!
3 - Off To School. Looks cute, but I wonder if these kids are insured. Even if, I don't think its worth the risk. My colleagues witnessed a taxi-hit-motorbiker the next day. Imagine if they were these mother-daughter who flung in front of them.
8 - I wonder how many Viets had gone under its mercy?
11 - ...was behind the grilles when i shot this.
12 - Posies. Pirated paintings, anyone???
1 - Ice Delivery. Can you imagine drinking your juice its ice rubbed against the guy's dick? or butt?
2 - You'll Be Safe Here. Kid in standing pose! 3 - Off To School. Looks cute, but I wonder if these kids are insured. Even if, I don't think its worth the risk. My colleagues witnessed a taxi-hit-motorbiker the next day. Imagine if they were these mother-daughter who flung in front of them.4 - Chu Chi Tunnel. The Vietnamese have claimed to be the only victors in a war against the Americans. The 5km network of subterranean tunnels is one big reason they claim to have helped them.
5 - Tutik Was Here!
6 - An Arms Dealer?
7 - USD$1 Per Round. Wanna pop caps on one of these machine guns or AK-47's? How does it sounds? ...to me its like 1dollar-2dollar-3dollar-4dollar....geez my drumming is no match to these earcrackers (you really need earmuffs when firing these).
8 - I wonder how many Viets had gone under its mercy?9 - ...plenty of lives lost for no reason. Some Viets bear no grudge to the Americans, they felt they were just victims of war. For some, they only fought the Americans because they just wanted peace in their land.
10 - Notre Dame Cathedral. One of the landmarks the French has built in Saigon. I was late for the afternoon service so they didn't allow me to enter midway during the service.
11 - ...was behind the grilles when i shot this. 12 - Posies. Pirated paintings, anyone??? (to be continued)
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Saigon VMW Trip Chronicles: Day-2
1 - "Overcast Saigon Morning (View From Hotelroom) ." Went for a massage abt 2:30am hopefully to get physically good condition for Day-2's tour. Woke up feeling great however, it was an overcast Saigon morning! Maybe it rained a few hours before I woke. Will the rain spoil the day's program? We'll see...
2 - "Creative Juices for Creative Peeps." I was just waming up my camera as it was fogged attributed to the hotelroom's aircon. I should have kept it in the safe as a drybox.
3 - "Tutik Breakfast ." Warming up my cam some more, I remember one of those pop-photography thingy so I decided to create one for my folio.
4 - "Tay Son Arthouse." Our first stop, the first area that we entered before the art merchandise gallery is the back-of-the-house work areas where some of the items are being made.
5 - "Looking Behind." I noticed some of the unfinished items and took this. Only realized the artistic potential of this image at the end of the day while browsing the images. The lady in white wearing that uniquely Vietnamese hat posed as if she's waiting or speaking to the other lady behind her.
6 - "Vietnamese Dragon." Taken a few minutes before the bus leaves for Mekong river. I passed by this dragon boat a few times but only decided to shoot it when the shop was almost empty. I had to squat to shoot the dragon at almost eye level.
7 - "Wading Flood." Our bus was heading to Mekong River somewhere in the outskirt of HCM. The traffic was really heavy and some of the streets were flooded. I heard Bong seated far behind shouted "look at those kids swimming!," pulled my camera, the bus was moving really fast, luckily my shutter is defaulted fast enough to capture the moment. A few more millisecond more I could have captured the backrest of my seat.
8 - "Two-storey Unit and Void Deck." A Vietnamese version of an HDB? Taken during our ferry ride at Mekong River.
9 - "Mekong River Tourist Ferry." We rode a similar ferry like this.
10 - "Master and Servant (Who is who?)." Our ferry's driver smiling gladly. His pet is a poser too.
11 - "Mekong River's Elephant Fish." We docked at a restaurant for lunch.
12 - "Cool Tourists." A few poses before filling our tummies.
13 - "I'm Just Fine Here." 
14 - "Mr. Candyman." Next is a stop to a village candy factory. Light was just nice to highlight the candyman, the background suggesting how far he is from the light source hence, the semi-silhouette effect.
15 - "Candy Bees." We were told these bees will only sting children. How insecure these bees are.
16 - "Floating Resto." A serene place to dine and rest.
17 - "Vietnamese Altar"
18 - "Provision Shop." We walked through a village and exchanged smiles with the locals. They were very friendly and keen to pose for pictures even if we did'nt purchase anything.
19 - "S-neck." A damn big snake, I felt him squeezing my leg during a pose.
20 - "Mekong Bancas." Interesting sight from the bridge. The blues really stands out in this picture.
21 - "Am I Cute?" Back to the ferry and took this. He is very camera friendly.
22 - "Twin Blue Cruise Boats" as we pass by...
23 - "Twin Blue Fishing Boats"
24 - "Female Construction Workers." After the Mekong cruise we headed to a Buddhist temple. Just outside of the temple's premises is this construction site, a giant buddha being erected. I noticed these ladies lifting mortars. They were too shy to face the cam so most of the shots I managed never captured their faces.
25 - "Father and Kid." The father came to me and asked to be photographed. They were too happy to see themselves on the LCD.
26 - "Kapok is Saigon." Yet, another shot.
27 - "Wild Frangi." Those we have in Singapore have pointed leaves. This species have rounded tips similar to the white frangis.
28 - "Airbournes." Haha, nice one!
29 - "Bikers Galore." Back to the city of bikers.
2 - "Creative Juices for Creative Peeps." I was just waming up my camera as it was fogged attributed to the hotelroom's aircon. I should have kept it in the safe as a drybox.3 - "Tutik Breakfast ." Warming up my cam some more, I remember one of those pop-photography thingy so I decided to create one for my folio.4 - "Tay Son Arthouse." Our first stop, the first area that we entered before the art merchandise gallery is the back-of-the-house work areas where some of the items are being made.5 - "Looking Behind." I noticed some of the unfinished items and took this. Only realized the artistic potential of this image at the end of the day while browsing the images. The lady in white wearing that uniquely Vietnamese hat posed as if she's waiting or speaking to the other lady behind her.6 - "Vietnamese Dragon." Taken a few minutes before the bus leaves for Mekong river. I passed by this dragon boat a few times but only decided to shoot it when the shop was almost empty. I had to squat to shoot the dragon at almost eye level. 7 - "Wading Flood." Our bus was heading to Mekong River somewhere in the outskirt of HCM. The traffic was really heavy and some of the streets were flooded. I heard Bong seated far behind shouted "look at those kids swimming!," pulled my camera, the bus was moving really fast, luckily my shutter is defaulted fast enough to capture the moment. A few more millisecond more I could have captured the backrest of my seat.8 - "Two-storey Unit and Void Deck." A Vietnamese version of an HDB? Taken during our ferry ride at Mekong River.
9 - "Mekong River Tourist Ferry." We rode a similar ferry like this.10 - "Master and Servant (Who is who?)." Our ferry's driver smiling gladly. His pet is a poser too.
11 - "Mekong River's Elephant Fish." We docked at a restaurant for lunch.12 - "Cool Tourists." A few poses before filling our tummies.13 - "I'm Just Fine Here." 14 - "Mr. Candyman." Next is a stop to a village candy factory. Light was just nice to highlight the candyman, the background suggesting how far he is from the light source hence, the semi-silhouette effect.
15 - "Candy Bees." We were told these bees will only sting children. How insecure these bees are.16 - "Floating Resto." A serene place to dine and rest.17 - "Vietnamese Altar"18 - "Provision Shop." We walked through a village and exchanged smiles with the locals. They were very friendly and keen to pose for pictures even if we did'nt purchase anything. 19 - "S-neck." A damn big snake, I felt him squeezing my leg during a pose.20 - "Mekong Bancas." Interesting sight from the bridge. The blues really stands out in this picture.21 - "Am I Cute?" Back to the ferry and took this. He is very camera friendly.22 - "Twin Blue Cruise Boats" as we pass by...23 - "Twin Blue Fishing Boats"24 - "Female Construction Workers." After the Mekong cruise we headed to a Buddhist temple. Just outside of the temple's premises is this construction site, a giant buddha being erected. I noticed these ladies lifting mortars. They were too shy to face the cam so most of the shots I managed never captured their faces.25 - "Father and Kid." The father came to me and asked to be photographed. They were too happy to see themselves on the LCD.26 - "Kapok is Saigon." Yet, another shot.27 - "Wild Frangi." Those we have in Singapore have pointed leaves. This species have rounded tips similar to the white frangis. 28 - "Airbournes." Haha, nice one!29 - "Bikers Galore." Back to the city of bikers.
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