春來童心 Children in the City, Harbour Front Toronto Mar 5 2009

冬霧夜想曲 Sherlock Holmes' Favorite Night, Queen Street Toronto Feb 11 2009

Foggy chilly night in Queen street, Jorba the Greek might be sitting in the cozy bar at the corner over rum with other drunken big mouths surrounding him. But our Holmes starts investigating the mystery case of foggy night murder with frock coat on and grabbing his pipe softly in his hand. I like the two characters of quite opposite extremes.. :p

鐵路上母情 A Mom Sitting on the Rail, Chennai Express India Jun 2006

She was sitting on the rail under the sunshine in the afternoon. I used to sitting on the rail in my childhood as well. I liked the shiny silky warm steel rail though it's not wide enough for comfortable sitting. My express train was just passing by her with big noise & vibration of diesel engine but she was just sitting in there not disturbed without any movement. Pressure of her life might be far heavier than the regular noise or she might be too much absorbed by reading a letter from one of her children working in big city far from home village.

Now I see her round back with bright scarf with sunshine and the scene makes me feel so warm and happy. Hopefully she is quite ok.. :-)

Flying under the Full Moon, From Saigon Jan 14 2006

Usually there is nothing joyful for the night flight other than just trying hard to sleep with the help of couple of glasses of whisky. But sometimes, if I'm lucky enough, I might have a full moon on top of my head in the dark night. When I got back from Hochimin City to Seoul, I experienced a quite different flight. Under the pale moon light, the jet was gliding through the dark night without any turbulence or noise of engine. It was so peaceful and grave, and different. And I just nonchalantly saw the red light blinking at the tip of the wing without any focus of attention of my sight..




I felt like I was on my flying carpet.. And the thought reached me of 'Aribaba and Forty Thieves' and of course 'Aladin and Magic Lamp'. Sometimes, many times in my case, it's good to just let the feeling fly over the world of fairy tale or fantasy which is totally detached from reality.. How can I stick to the planning of more-revenue-with-less-cost thing during the flight under the full moon admitting that I am not that nerd-ish workaholic.. :p

Photoworks with the Surf Rockers, Bar at Kensington Market Toronto Jun 2008

There was a small birthday party for one of the supporters of the Calizians, surf rock group. Excellent performance of old surf rocks, Misirlou, Pipeline, Pink Panther.., dancing on the small floor and a piece of birthday cake.. I enjoyed a lot while I was doing my photo works.