Tuesday, 27 March 2012
I was born in Hong Kong and in 1996, I went to the UK for my summer holiday. I guessed I did not understand the concept of emigration then. This meant that my sequent trips back to Hong Kong were to primarily spend time with the family. Apart from that, I never do anything in Hong Kong. This time, I lined up a number of activities to do.
There were four activities, all entered in my notePad. (Note, not an IPad). My notePad (abbreviated as MyPad) had similar functions. It had ICal where my schedule and locations where I need to be were recorded. It also had Ijournal where I maintained my habit of keeping a journal to whenever. I would like to clarify that I keep a “Journal” not a “Diary” because I am not Bridget Jones, nor a teenage girl. And no, I do not start each entry with “Dear Diary”. Other useful function MyPad had were Maps (sketches of the location of interests) and contact lists. My previous MyPad even had IPhoto where I could sketch the scenery in 30 minutes. I was proper old school with pen and paper.
I did some Expat styled chill out in Lan Kwai Fong. An evening hike on Hong Kong Island was a great experience to explore the trails at night lit by the city lights. I took the Tram to anywhere. Other activities such as Picnic on a beach, an Exhibition in the Dark and Ocean Park with a fellow traveller.
Photography is quite big in Hong Kong. Everyone seemed to have a bigger camera or longer lens than me. How intimidating. Panning is a type of short that I think are improved by using worse equipment. My not so good light sensor would require a longer exposure time thus will give a larger blur. The light weight body meant that I could track the object better. So there are things which size doesn’t matter and it is about how you use it. The Taxi above was turning in a left with myself in the corner of the pavement. This kept the distance of the taxi to my camera constant. Hence I simply had to turn matching the angular velocity of the taxi. I think the picture above is the best panning shot I have ever taken mainly due to the distance from the object.
Adventures of Delboy 