happy new year 2009!

happy new year from bangkok!!! i was in bangkok for about a week with friends. the pic above was taken from my room on new year's eve- click to see the full size image.


now i'm back in my hong kong 'cube condo'. can you see me in the photo above?

playing with small trucks is strictly forbidden

can you guess what the sign is actually saying? answer is in the comments...

the communist entertainment room

unfortunately i wasn't able to go inside to find out exactly what type of entertainment goes on in there.

around the world

some pics from the past few months. click on them to view in full size...

a view of chicago taken from the air after departing from o'hare.


aircraft parked at the gate in hong kong.


our temporary home for the 12-hour flight to london.


a panorama of hong kong and kowloon from the peak.


the international commerce center under construction and in the background my home.


venturing outside during typhoon nuri.


a small side street in tsim sha tsui.


at the top of the london eye.


'do not lean against the doors.' most people wouldn't go near the edge let alone lean on anything.


queen victoria's monument at buckingham palace. looks like she got rhinoplasty.


a living statue near the london eye who would scare the bejesus out of passers-by.


not sure which was older- the driver or the taxi.


the tower bridge on a cloudy day.


japanese schoolgirls scramble to photograph a buckingham palace guard.


duck and goose pooh area.


where i spent a year studying.


boarding the train to st. ives.


st. ives panorama.


fishing on the sea wall at sennen.

boooooooooooooooom....

the first sample video from my new casio ex-f1 camera...

this is a slow-motion capture (600fps) of a coastal gun firing at pendennis castle in cornwall, england. the video was then slowed down further to 25% of that speed using ulead videostudio.

the movement at the end is me flinching when the shockwave hit. i knew when the gun was going to fire but it was much louder than expected!