Yashica D.

Quebec City.  A city like Quebec, is strange.  On one hand you feel like its void of many modern day staples such as fast food, malls, and general busyness.  Spending the weekend there however, we were soon speaking French with the locals, eating 2 hour long meals on the patio and just enjoying our own company.  What a crazy idea.

Taxi cabs around Toronto are many, but how many times have you taken a taxi tugboat?!

Taken down a back alley of Toronto with my Yashica-D

At the Effiel Tower over the summer vacation.  Canon T1i, 24-105@24, ISO200.

I have come to the conclusion that I must visit one new place per year for the rest of my young career.  One, it is a great way to enjoy time off, two, you experience so much during such a short period of time that no job will ever teach you, and three you never forget.  The brain has an awesome way of bringing back previously felt experiences into the present and the Effiel Tower was one that I would not soon forget.

Kathy and i walking around France near sac de cour. IPhone.

Canisbay lake. Taken with iPhone.

Finally got out camping with Kathy and boy was it an adventure. From trying to start a fire with wet wood, to finding out that mashmallows make excellent firestarters to a rainstorm over night it was full of everything!

Of course we ate like pigs and even brought a taste of Asia. Hot and sour soup over the fire.

So much fun, got to do it again soon. So much of Canada is awesome.

At the DX (Design eXchange) during Doors Open.  Sony Alpha A100, 18-70mm@28mm, f/5, ISO400

Wow, its been so long since I posted anything.  I guess things have been so busy I haven’t really sat down to update my online life aside from Twitter.  I think hobbies have taken a bit of a backseat to summer activities and planning for the recession(?).  Amazing how a little money shortage changes everybody!  Still loving the world though, its been a blast.

Niagara Falls. Dec 2008.  Sony A100.

Dah.  Winter can’t leave soon enough!

Great Wall of China. Sony Alpha A100 11mm@f3.5. ISO100.

I have so many Christmas parties to attend this year its pretty amazing that given all the economic gloom and doom, people are still wanting to party harty and enjoy a good time with friends.  I suppose it could also be because of the economy that everyone is organizing their own Christmas, but I’m all for enjoying a more ‘personal’ homey experience!

Speaking of which, can you believe I got to see a Leafs game in the Platinum seats!  OH MAN!  It was a dream come true!  My buddy Prakash totally hooked me up and it was such a great game vs the Flyers.  Saw some good back and forth action, a break away, 2 fights and a quick paced game with little penalties.  I am now spoiled. Things haven’t been too exciting since I returned from HK, but they’ve been busy enough to fall behind on my posting yet again.  

Yesterday Kathy and I went to buy some gifts for those Christmas bins they have and it felt pretty good to be doing something productive, with the season being Christmas and all.  Makes me wonder why they don’t have those bins all year round though.  I was reminded of how awesome toys are.  We bought a bunch of batman, ironman, and WALL-E action figures, then I had Kathy pick the girly gifts of which we ended up with a puppy, a teddy bear and a baby tiger.  No barbies, can’t stand those things… but we did see a fashion edition of scrabble?  Maybe kids these days need more outside influence to get into games about the english language.  

The longest escalator in the world, in Central district, Hong Kong. Sony A100. 11-20@11mm. F4.5. ISO200.