a new photoblog

remember, i once posted some links about CityDailyPhotoBlog? Until now I still constantly go to those cool sites and admiring those wonderful pictures they capture. i think those contributors are just amazing, it shows how much their passion for photography. and an idea to post a photo of their cities each day is very inspiring.

i recall when i used to live in melbourne, i was thinking to contribute and become a part of this cool community. but who am i to compare my so ordinary photos with this and this blog. those two photographers i always admire and through their pictures just make me deeper in love with melbourne ;)

however, since i've moved to this city, i just realized that they don't have any cityphotoblog from any cities in China. i heard before that China used to block Blogger, but fortunately rules have changed hence blogging now has become no hassle. so, i thought, why not me? i know my photos are not as good as most of the contibutors' and most of my photos are not worthy of displayed. but come to think about it, it is the beauty of this city itself that make a photo look beautiful. what a photographer does is to take the best moment or the view from his/her own angle in order to obtain a great picture. in addition of that, editing is also another option to beautify a photo *which i don't really prefer to unless simple necessary editing*.

and this city are just too interesting to be missed.

so, for now on, I'm part of this cool worldwide community called CityDailyPhotoBlog and will actively contribute my daily photo of Beijing. Visit me daily at http://beijingdailyphoto.blogspot.com and don't hesitate to leave me any comments :)

Wish me luck :)

:: unforgivable omnivore

i don't really know since when my passion towards foods have started. but i reckon it was sometimes when i used to live in melbourne. and it grew even stronger when i finally started to cook my own foods and baking some cakes.

melbourne, best known for its great variety of international foods. european cuisines, japanese sushi, malaysian nasi lemak and laksa, indian foods, chinese yum cha, vietnamese pho...you name it, they have it. when there were such lots of options, trying new foods have really become my special pleasure.

china, an interesting country with intriguing foods it offers is another reason for me to be curious. a lot of people said that all those chinese people really eat everything that alives. famous examples such as scorpion, cocoon, cockroach, are just some of them.

i was on the way to Wang Fu Jing in with a large group of friends, when the guy from my agent told us that we were gonna eat some fried scorpions. i was like, what??? he said it is the only place that offers such an excotic foods in this city and it tastes good. and when i was in the middle of putting that idea inside my brain, he asked me, "do you wanna give it a try?"

i wan't sure. really. i mean, this food we were talking about is not those kind of foods normal people would eat *no offense*. seriously! but on second thought *to change my mind in a split second is also one of my expertises* "why not???"

taa daa! it didn't taste that bad after all! i actually paid for 2 serves of fried scorpion and had a big bite of cocoons :D next time you come to this city, don't worry to give it a shot! it wouldn't kill. curiousity will...

What has been happening??

Many things have happened in my life for at least the last 3 months. Confusion, deepest agony, tears, laughs, every feeling you can name in the world. I lost counting how many *new and old* people have come along and gone away during this period of time. My life has dramatically changed, but I am still i am, who look strong from the outside but yet often cringe in search of reliefs.

I left Melbourne already. I've finished my degree and brokenheartedly decided to go back home for good. Many people feel sorry for my final decision. Well, that's fair enough. As all of you've known me quite well too, right? ;)

Curiousity kills, agree? That was exactly what I felt about this country I live in now. To travel to many countries and cities has become my obsession since the first time i stepped my foot outside my own country. And to go in this country I currently live was one of them. To be honest, the familiarity of Melbourne has really kicked in and to move from my own comfort zone didn't sound like a good idea. That's why until three months a go, i kept the option away from my head.

But the opportunity was in front of my very own eyes. And I know I couldn't miss it. True that so many things were greatly sacrificed and things have to be compromised to reach your ambition, so did I. My heart was and still ache each time I think about Melbourne and all the memories I had in that city. Although I'm still so thankful for my awesome bunch of friends. They really made my leaving felt both so hard but yet easy. I know we were all sad, but their laughs and wise words were really comforting than saddening. Because we all know that we're surely gonna meet again...

Before I left Melbourne, someone told me that even though it sucks to leave, i have to believe that better places and better things are waiting for me. and i could only say, i really hope so.

So,,,here i am. A completely different city like i used to live. I've found so many crazy excitements, bizzare foods, and culture richness in this city. Admittedly, I have this thing called (for umpteenth times) culture shock in me , but thank God I'm still survived *which I almost doubt it myself*. Shocking and entertaining, not to mention it is also depressing :(

More stories coming up. I can't wait to write :D

*vveen, reporting from the capital city of China, Beijing :)

Where am I now???

For at least 4 months forward, I will live in this new city. To start a new life, to get new, if not bizzare experiences, to travel and not being stuck at one place, to keep moving on and see another part of the world. Although so many things have been sacrificed, bucket of tears were dropped and my whole body were painful due too excessive time spending on a plane...still... I've decided to go.

Do I love it? Do I enjoy? Did i cry buckets? How about Melbourne? How about my beloved friends and families out there in Melbourne?

One question has been bugging my mind, "will I be able to survive?"

Of course I will write again.
I will be back very very soon with stories...

clue: I am desperately homesick :(