Center Island

These are the forgotten Islands of Toronto.  Taken at the south end, the Island is subject to a new airport terminal threatening to change the island with new sounds, winds and traffic.  Is this a good thing?

The State and Its People.

This is a 3 Minute short film about the life of Ai Weiwei.

Pharrell Williams - Happy (Official Music Video)

Ancestral Home - Now Shantou Slums

What is present in the public of Shantou signifies the world to the citizen and the visitor.  This is the history of Shantou, China.  The following pictures are of the distinctive public and private quarters of the average citizen.   

This poster is an advertisement of a clinic that can help with various sexually transmitted diseases.  It also provides a diagnosis with a cure.

"Do not dispose garbage here"

Summer, May 2011, Shantou, China - Late Submission.

During the summer of 2011, I went to Shantou, my ancestral home.  It is around an hour bullet train ride from Hong Kong.  Although it was my first time in Shantou, I could immediately feel like I could feel some connection to the community.  Lets just say it was great to embrace the Chinese in me!

First thing I did, was join my family for lunch at a local restaurant for a traditional chiu-chow lunch.

A residential neighborhood just outside of the restaurant.

This is just a snap of my uncle's highschool's main courtyard.

Koi fish haven.

Anti Koi Fish.   -   All jokes aside, this was a great seafood restaurant.  I had a piece of that giant fish, bathing in its glorious fish broth.  It was good with a beer.

Hello everyone again.

To accommodate the growing needs of Markham/ Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, Highway 7 is injected with a dedicated bus route.

I'm trying to start posting on this again just for me to document my photos, journeys and adventures.  Please stay tuned!

Monument to Melancholy.

This is a monument to melancholy.

Melancholy is not depression.  It is not sadness.  Nothing close.

It is a sense of optimism.

Recalling the world above.

and I Love Her

Avenue of Stars, 星光大道

Ducky Swimming in Victoria Harbor

So this giant rubber ducky has visited Hong Kong.  I was lucky enough to capture it before it left a few days ago for another city.  Designed by Dutch artist Flrentijn Hofman to 'put a smile' on people's faces.  It stands 54 ft-high.  It has already visited Sydney, Osaka and Auckland and its next destination is undisclosed.  Please, go to Toronto!!!

Hong Kong Cultural Centre

Ideas for Ghost Toronto.   Bordering Victoria Harbor is the Avenue of Stars; its primary function is for sitting and recreation  I haven't been to Toronto's waterfront much.  If theres anything interesting...  like this waterfront I'd like to know.  Otherwise,  these are great ways to animate Toronto's waterfront.

Hong Kong at Night

Threshold to the Avenue of Stars

How can I come to Hong Kong and not go to Tsim Sha Tsui atleast once.

Going to post a picture of the giant ducky in Victoria Harbor tomorrow!!