31st October 2007 Wednesday                                                            current video: Alva Noto "Mur"
A new camera is on hand now. Leica D-Lux 3, point and shot camera. Reason? Well, without knowing Canon G6 is on the market, I thought D-lux 3 is the only PS camera which could shoot under RAW format. I did couple of sample shots, not that impressed but shooting under 16x9 is interesting. Plus, this baby is really sexy.


Not too many good things happened lately but my good friend Bile got the 1st runner up position in the Slavic beauty contest.
SHE IS HOT!



Aside from the only good news, CCTV screwed me up at the very last moment.
I've had the publisher agreed to publish my 2nd book then CCTV changed their minds and deny the permission.
All my fucking hard work in the past 4 months means nothing now, what can I say?
If this is the way of Chinese people do things, I will bear it and accept it.
I am angry anyway, but nothing I could do. Where the hell is the realiability?







24th October 2007 Wednesday                                                            current video: ZhangZhenYue "Missing is a kind of sickness"
Processing 300+ images at once is not fun at all. But when I see images of SunKai's wedding, I am touched.


I've had the sweetest lunch today and never tought ice skating could be such romantic.
Well,if we are to live life in harmony with universe, we must all possess a powerful faith in what the ancient used to call "fatum",
what we currently refer to as destiny.

Am I right, rabbit? Love is love, the sun will not bleach it, nor the tide wash it away!







22nd October 2007 Monday                                                            current video: Tiesto "Close To You"
This guy is good. I purchased his album "In My Memory" in the Itune store where I've been visiting a lot lately.
Never felt that I could be such interested about electronic music.


Well, never say never. :)

Morning time, I went to the design company talking to the designer and really hope he could do the job.
Meeting with two other guys and making the final proof on the text part of my new book assembled my beloved afternoon.

I felt fucked, no idea why. Probably Muffin needs a partner, so does Max. @_@!!!!







21st October 2007 Sunday                                                            current video: James Sturgess "Girl"
I am doing my best to negotiate with different publishers about my 2nd book. I want to release it before the end of December.
Tomorrow I will send materials to design company and hopefully they could complete the work within 2 weeks.


In the meann time, hundereds of photos need to be processed and ready for print.
I keep working 12 hours/day for almost 2 months. I AM TIRED.....








20th October 2007 Saturday                                                            current video: Natalie Imbruglia "Torn"
I attended SunKai's wedding today and photographied this event. The ceremony was run under typical Chinese way and it's interesting!
I think I will post a bit more of their wedding photos later.


Well, day like this seems filled with good news. YiYan Zhang, who is currently living in London and by chance I also went to her wedding last year ,
has a new born baby girl. She told me how amazing to have a baby and how happy she is right now beside her angel. :)



Just a reminder that whoever wants to participate in my new online magazine "28th" for the Oct issue,
please send your photos to max@april28th.com as soon as possible!







15th October 2007 Monday                                                            current video: Dane Cook-Crying
Weather is so nice today. I went to Imperial Archives on NanChiZi St. to watch a photo exhibition by a woman photographer named Mary Cheung. Anyway, I had a nice walk afterward and photograhied some interesting scene along the road.


By the way, if you ever wonder what could an entry level Canon 400D + 18-55mm plastic kit lens do, you should check out this guy's work.
Amazingly good! He reminds me of Michellle Mayne. I am always surprised by her photos and the simple equipment she used.
After all, photo itself speaks.


Last night, I borrowed a Hasselblade 500CW camera with a whole set of Carl Zeiss lenses. phew...Excited!









12th October 2007 Friday                                                            current music: Ornella Vanoni "L'Appuntamento"
It was heavy rain in town of Wuzhen few days ago just when I was in the town. At least, I experienced something out of expectation.
Sweet I must say.


Images from this trip will be uploaded during weekend. I start getting my passion back toward photography.
Finally!







5th October 2007 Friday                                                            current music: Larua Suillan's piano
I will be away from Oct 6th to 10th, going to Town of Wuzhen, ZheJiang Province.


Photo was taken in the early morning at a random bus station.







3rd October 2007 Wednesday                                                            current music: Michael Buble "Sway"
  • Trip from WuTai Mt has been updated. Link is here.

  • New domain www.mag28th.com has been registered and available to access now.







  • 2nd October 2007 Tuesday                                                            current music: Paolo Conte "Via Con Me"
    Such a sweet movie.










    1st October 2007 Monday                                                            current music: Luciano Pavarotti "Libiamo ne'lieti calici"
    Today is the 58th National Day of China, PR. I got up at 4am and went to Tian An Men Square to join the flgh raising ceremony.


    Around 5am, there were about hundered thousand people standing in the rain in TianAnMen area already. Most of them were there even at 1 am to take a nice position. The national flag raised up togehter at the same time as the sun raising, 6:15am sharp as for Oct. 1st. Exciting!!!!


    The government has been making this ceremony for at least 10 years everyday and shamefully this is my first time going there to watch.
    It's raining hard and packed of people, especially on the way home when you were waiting for the bus.

    But to get up at 4 am, driving 20 mins + 30 mins walk and watching 2 mins ceremony with another 100K people in the rain?
    NOT gonna do it again, at least not in the recent year!








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