Underwater Camera Case

As I mentioned, Monday was a pretty busy day.  Not only did I have to get my work visa and go to Andrew's party,  but I also had to go to CWB to pick up the 2nd part of my big purchase last week... the waterproof case for my new Canon IXY 75 Camera!

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In Singapore...

In Singapore.  I flew in late last night... 

ITs a bit like HK, but less crowded (more like the NT I suppose).  but I haven't seen much except for the inside of the conference center since this morning. Its still pretty hot outside though,  i've never been this close to the equator before...

BUT I think I should have picked a better neighborhood for my hotel...  I am afraid to walk back there after dark...

One of my old labmates is here at the conference too:

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Goodbye Poker

After work on Monday a bunch of us got together and had an impromptu Going Away dinner for Andrew.  We got some good Pho at a Vietnamese place in Central... during dinner the conversation turned to what we should do afterwards, someone suggested a final poker game before Andrew leaves...  so we did.

It was a pretty big game, we had 10 players (11 actually, if you could the one pair).  We even got Amanda to play for once, and amazingly she did quite well, she was in the chip lead for most of the game.  I started out slowly but I had a fe...Read more

Getting busy again!

Its been pretty busy the last two days.  I'm flying to Singapore for a conference tonight, so there's a lot of stuff to get done before I go.  I'll try to write up a few blogs on the plane (IF i finish writing my slides before my battery dies).

最近も一度忙しいなりました。今晩シンジャポールへ行く、出張為。。。

In the meanwhile, one quick picture from yesterday when I went to the visa office.  I had to go get my new work visa (yes, I finally got my extension approved!):

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Getting back on the horse... + moon cake madness

When I got up this morning I wanted to get two things accomplished today... (1) get some bicycling in, and (2) get some doors for my book case at Ikea.  I managed to do both!

For those of you who were reading up on my biking adventures ( like this one) back in May and June,  I had been riding my bike all over the New Territories... but since i moved down to Kowloon and started working in Sheung Wan,  I've only had a...Read more

Final Boat Trip?!

We had yet another boat trip to Saikung today,  perhaps the last one of the season....  after some bad luck w/ the weather the last month,  this one turned out pretty good:

も一度船パーティした。今回天気はファインでしたね：

This was actually from the Star Ferry on the way over. 

We left from Pier 9 by IFC,   got on our boat and headed east.  This boat was through Julie who works for the Mouse.  They have a comp...Read more

new camera!

Bob and I went to CWB after work and I picked up my new camera from the store...  our favorite staff member 'McC@rtnex'  was working the counter and remembered us from last weekend.

I got he Canon IXUS 75.... which is known in the US as the SD750, and known in Japan as the IXY90... (why can't they just use one name!?)

Its a pretty nice design. I've always been a fan of using my camera to show old pics to friends, so the big LCD is nice.

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So What Release Party

Last night we went over to Cixi to see So What's release party for their new EP, 幸福 Happiness ( click for event listing).

昨日晩も一度コンサットを参加した。’So What'のバンドの新CD封切り為のパーティした。ビデオだけ撮った。見て:

I didn't take any pictures since my camera is still F'ed up, but here's a few video clips I put together:

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Josie @ Quiksilver in CWB

Last night Josie did a kind of strange performance in Causeway Bay... it was the grand opening for a new Quiksilver store.  In addition to some fancy party up the street, they also had Josie do a performance at the store. They had a very small stage area set up on their store's balcony. 

A bunch of us AnD staffers met up with some AnD members to help distribute more of Josie's Blog's  Fliers that we had printed out.   There was more of a chance to pass out the fliers here ...Read more

Josie Fliers: AKA 'What I was doing at Magnum...'

I posted one of these pics already in a forum thread, but I wanted to share them here since Norm Yip left a guestbook comment asking a question related to it...

In late July with a lot of help from AnD volunteers and a few artists, we managed to hand out several thousand AnD fliers at the Ani-Com.  We decided to try it again, this time with an artist specific flier. 

Since the musicians make concert ...Read more