February 6, 2010

[Carpet Steamer . Floor soaker]

My dad recently bought a new carpet steamer and it seemed to work fine on carpets but when he got to the kitchen floor, it made a layer of water all over. My mom had to follow behind him and mop up the water which was supposed to be steam! It just doesn't seem right!

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[Movie Night in 3D]

We don't usually go watch movies as a family. It's more likely we watch movies at home than at the theatre however Avatar was one movie we just had to watch on the big screen.

I generally don't really have to watch the movie in Imax or 3D. 3D bugs me a little because the glasses irritate my nose. Haha. So when I went to see Avatar the first time, Ty and I went to the Dolphin Theatre which is an old and small one. Still a bigger screen than our TV but cheap!

I got to watch it again in 3D and it was greeeeeat. :) I could watch it over and over.

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[CNY 2010]

Chinese New Year is the Spring Festival in Vancouver. Kinda strange....

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[Vancouver 2010]

This would be my one and only contribution to the Vancouver Olympics (apart from Quattchi that is. But that belongs to Tyler :P ). Many locals here are not happy about what is happening throughout the city. As each day goes by, more and more streets are being closed and no one is allowed to park.

VANOC suggests that people take transit, walk or bike instead of drive come Olympic time however Translink has put up signs notifying everyone that bikes will NOT be allowed on skytrains in those 2 weeks. WELL what on earth are we going to do then! Spend 1 - 3 hours in transit? Bike across Vancouver? WALK across Vancouver to get to work?!

Anyway, there's something about those mittens. They're so vibrant and Quattchi wears them and I guess I secretly think they're cool. I'm not sure which side I'm taking. I kinda like that all these people are traveling here to see the games but I really am not looking forward to what things will be like. Vancouver obviously doesn't care about the locals here and we can all clearly see where all our money has gone. There have been an increasing amount of people wearing full volunteer suits. VANOC has stamped their logo on pretty much every article of clothing from pants to shirts and jackets.. MITTENS.. vests.. hats.. toques...backpacks.. lanyards.. everything. There's at least one or two people on buses and trains in Olympic apparel.

I guess no one can really say how bad it will get in a weeks time. I haven't really been late for work just yet. Wonder when there will be a drastic increase of people.

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[Kooza in Vancouver]

Kooza is coming to Vancouver this summer!! :D

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February 4, 2010

[Guerilla Fashion Shoot]

A year ago, I decided I wanted to hold my very own photoshoot. Since I was still in school and had access to lights and a soundstage, I thought why not. I'd never had a photoshoot before and so things were a tad bit disorganized. We did get a number of good shots out of the thousands of photos which apparently are some of the models favourites. :)

A year later, one of the models I met on the shoot asked me to come back and shoot one of his photoshoots. He brought along his gang of models which consisted of 7 guys and 3 girls. We had a film crew set up the walk way and all the lights so that made my job very easy. Stand and snap!

I wasn't sure about the set up cause some of the shots have the edge of the green screen splitting the background in half but there really wasn't much I could do about it coz the video crew needed the main view. I was quite happy with the results though :)

I'm still going through all the pictures (there are just over 1000 *eye roll*) but should have them up soon on a better portfolio site which I am currently working on!

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January 31, 2010

[En Karma]

I've never really found work (my job) to be a chore. Even when I work at the cafe everyday, I somehow find a way to make it enjoyable. I like the cafe cause I know pretty much everyone else who works there and it's a nice tight knit community. On certain days I guess it gets a bit annoying from being there just way too much.

For the first time I actually don't feel like I'm working at all with all this blogging going on. I do this everyday! :)

Today I got to meet En Karma (See music videos below)at one of their rehearsals. Their genre of music would be a mixture of bhangra with modern hip hop and rap beats. They mix traditional instruments like the dhol drum as well as the iktar which is synthesized on the keyboards I think with guitars, bass and drums. I'm really beginning to enjoy Bhangra music even if many songs have similar beats and melodie. :P

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[Exhibition India]

As part of my work with VIBC, I attended Exhibition India to check out the UBC Girlz performances. The UBC Bhangra team have been together for the last 6 years and they hold fundraisers every year with different organizations. Exhibition India was put together with BC Children's Hospital and together they raised 15,000 I think. Over the course of the last 6 years they've raised at least 50,000 which is pretty impressive.

A lot of the show was in Punjabi which made it a bit difficult to understand the skits but I definitely enjoyed the dances. Many of these dancers will be performing at the Olympics.

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[Miss Sweet Pea Pageant]

Over the weekend I got a job taking photos at the Miss Sweet Pea Pageant 2010 which was held at Delta Secondary School. I've never been to a pageant before but I've seen reality shows on them. Usually there's a lot of hustle and bustle and it always ends with kids in tears. Well there was definitely lots of hustle and bustle and children EVERYWHERE. I was stressed out just watching all of them run around with their mothers frantically trying to get them into their outfits.

After the pageant actually started, I kinda warmed up to the idea of having their kids in them. They were all just sooooooo cute and everyone wins! Well everyone wins SOMEthing like a tiara and a goody bag.

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[Her Morning Elegance]

:)

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