I see the Es and sombreness.

They dance in front of me; a little troupe with maracas and hula hoops over Hawaiian music. Not too hard to descry, though small, and ignorable, and very easily trampled upon.

Eden Eve Eventuality Expectancy Emotions Endeavour Embellishment Exit

Boy, can they dance. And the music.

A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi, Lawe mai i ko papa he'e nalu, Flyin by on the Hawaiian roller coaster ride…


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An early awakening. A breakfast at Uncle Wai Tou’s. A drive I don’t remember. Bang, zip and whoosh; and I’m there, suddenly, at the Canon Photomarathon 2009.

I went in with the compact IXUS. The throng of men there had DSLRs and hand-cannon lens. It sure feels small using a tiny equipment *ahem*.

I had fun. I was tired as heck but that was the whole point. Unfortunately the organisers had the foresight of a mole at sea and the crisis-overcoming skills of an octopus in the sky, so the whole event went from great to an exercise of subduing frustration.

In spite of everything, I only took 110 pictures.

Here’re some of them, if you’d excuse the crappiness:





































Yep. Good day. Bad night.

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Went off and had a pleasant day today, with Japanese pasta for lunch and someone that I was quickly exasperating to the point insanity (“I’m already used to it,” she said, while simulating a knife through her heart). I guess old habits die hard.

Today felt like a peaceful dream. A calm reverie, under the shade of a tree and the serene melody of the rustling leaves, while the wind sway the fringes of the hair and there is a softness somewhere that embraces and stays.

Don’t think I ever felt so relaxed for a long time.

(Except that I drove home after dropping her back and almost hit a car that cut into my lane suddenly, which made me curse of 5 minutes and it actually stunned the toll-booth girl a bit when I unwound the window in the middle of a Hokkien profanity medley).

At any rate, it’s a great day and I’m grateful for the company.

It’ll be mid-week by tomorrow, which means that it’s time to stop procrastinating and get serious on work.

Cheers, people. Anyong-hi jumuseyo!