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Olgua Says Soba

Aug 3, 2009
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I'm not at work today because of a consistent neck pain lasted for the past two days. iPhoto was opened and my son saw this photo I took in Hakone and instantly recall his favorite noodle experiences in his first overseas trip, in this case cold soba!

Hakone Soba

I especially like how coffee was being served in this shop and the look of this lovely soup kettle. Photo was taken with a Voigtlander 35mm/f1.2 on AGFA 100 slide.

Olgua

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And this is what he said when he first saw this photo.

How Can He Remember....

Jul 4, 2009
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After 2 days in Tokyo (Disney and Mother Farm), we went to Hakone 箱根 for a 2 night stay in a hot spring hotel. It was 13 years ago when I went to Hakone, this trip is totally different and tailored just for my son. My happiness is no longer about myself but sprang from my son's.

Hakone 箱根, Fuji-Q Highland, Pirate Boat, Hotspring Egg, Glass Museum, Sculpture Museum

He is 4 and a half and he is already traveling. Watching him running around in brand new places makes me happy already. He often said "can we go to new new place?" and so we did. Venetian glass arts in Hakone Glass Forest, sculptures in open air harmonized with nature in Hakone Open Air Museum, hiking uphill in 大涌谷 to eat hot spring eggs, riding cable cars to see beautiful landscape, cruising on pirate boat, traveling by bus and train, spent 2 hours in Fuji-Q highland for Thomas Land (his favorite), etc. Will he remember all these?

RomanceCar Toy

He will remember, if I take a lot of photos, I'm sure. This justify me carrying 4 cameras :)

He is now sleeping soundly in hotel bed.

He was so happy when I bought him a 1100 yen romance car toy.

He loves Japanese food, especially noodles.

He smiles so sweetly to me whenever I look at him .... most rewarding!

Tomorrow, Sea Paradise.

I Can't Leave One Behind

Jun 30, 2009
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Accumulated 5 years of mileage and I'd finally redeemed them for a few tickets for our family trip. Not exactly my type of vacation but it is still great (I've never done that but my dream vacation is very long and slow, beach and people, sunshine and camera, aircon and writing). I love the first day's visit to Mother Farm, we had very close encounter with animals and I was really surprised that the lambs are so kind and innocent to people even though they can be rude to each other. Many of the species there have huge scrotums too, almost like the size of your head! Almost every one of them looks like smiling all the time. One of them even liked me so much he/she marked me with his/her gland secretion repeatedly.

Mother Farm in Tokyo

To me, Disney is totally kind of boring. I'm happy with the mechanical games though, especially roller coasters, but today Space Mountain was closed..... arrrhhhhh! Oh it was a great parade tonight though, featuring millions of colorful light bulbs on all of the performers and cars. I have to say that Japanese are highly sophisticated in crowd management and self-discipline in public space. During the parade, not only did the crew organized people in place very professionally, the crowd itself is like self-organizing units knowing where to go and what's the limit. Everybody was sitting down so everybody else can take great pictures and see the parade clearly. I love this crowd awareness, like flocks of birds. The firework was not as beautiful as the one in Hong Kong Disney though.

Tokyo Disney

OK, this trip I'm carrying 4 cameras with me. I could not leave any one behind in my hotel because each seems to be suitable for certain condition and they work well together (imagine this perfect harmony between your wives!). Polaroid SLR690 is great for its square crop and unique color, Voigtlander R4A 35mm 1.2 + AGFA 400 film is great for low light condition and shallow DOF, Lomo LCA+ with Lomo 200 slide film is to create stunning e-to-c high contrast photos. Finally, Ricoh GX-200 is to fill-in the gaps, like snap shots and videos.

Carrying 4 Cameras

So I was carrying these 4 cameras for the past 2 days. I'm going to Hakone tomorrow leaving heavy luggage in Tokyo for 2 days. I will still carry these 4 cameras with me expecting to capture great imagery to share. CU in a few days!