And then I dated my Japanese teacher.

I feel shit when couples can’t agree on my style. The groom is excited, but the bride...

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:11:54 -0400

I feel shit when couples can’t agree on my style.

The groom is excited, but the bride don’t get why I’d take photos of the curtains or the shoes.

I’d much rather both of them hate it.

Therefore I don’t have to imagine the two of them going to bed tonight thinking they have one less thing in common.

I’ve forgotten about my twitter account for a week. And I was a less stressful person.

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:20:52 -0400

I’ve forgotten about my twitter account for a week.
And I was a less stressful person.

This is a week of print problems. Couple A contacted me because they couldn’t get a picture...

Wed, 23 May 2012 03:14:08 -0400

This is a week of print problems.

Couple A contacted me because they couldn’t get a picture blown up to canvas size.

Couple B printed their photos and told me the photos were too dark.

Good learning curve about monitor calibration and print process I guess.

I experienced a different social ladder flying with Tiger airways. They share the same terminal as...

Sat, 05 May 2012 10:25:34 -0400

I experienced a different social ladder flying with Tiger airways.

They share the same terminal as cargo planes.

The chairs at the waiting room seemed plastic and pop-up.

I like how they made a typo for Nissin cup noodle on the in flight menu. Apparently with Jetstar you can purchase ‘Nissan’ cup noodle.

And don’t get me started on how all the images on the instruction manual are all pixelated.

Saw the new Museum of Contemporary Art building in Sydney. I petty much prefer the old one with more...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:37:12 -0400

Saw the new Museum of Contemporary Art building in Sydney.

I petty much prefer the old one with more characteristics of The Rocks.

And then I remembered how I missed seeing the Annie Leibovitz exhibition so that I could stay at work 2 years ago.

Possibly one of my bigger regrets in life.

Had a pretty vivid dream yesterday. I was in a tall high rise watching Australia attacking this...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:42:40 -0400

Had a pretty vivid dream yesterday.

I was in a tall high rise watching Australia attacking this little island.

Somehow the enemy fired back and missile crash through the window of my floor.

I think everyone in the dream was fabricated based on my personality.

No one screamed or panicked.

We just went ‘oh that’s it, we’re fucked’.

I was cycling today, battling an uphill. A little kid on the sidewalk made fun of me. He made noises...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:45:59 -0400

I was cycling today, battling an uphill.

A little kid on the sidewalk made fun of me.
He made noises of a slow engine, mocking my slow speed.

And I thought: so I’m cycling without a car to save the environment, so that this piece of shit can have a better future?

Fuck this shit, I’m buying a car in the future.

Chika: What’s your height? Me: 178cm Chika: What? No way! That’s tall! Stand up! <Me...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:17:14 -0400

Chika: What’s your height?

Me: 178cm

Chika: What? No way! That’s tall! Stand up!

Chika: Wow you’re tall.

This is us being together for 3 years.

Watching Australian trailers of TV shows is like watching trailers of your toilet. ‘What will...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:31:13 -0400

Watching Australian trailers of TV shows is like watching trailers of your toilet.

‘What will you see in your toilet bowl tomorrow?’

‘Get ready for your toilet bowl tomorrow.’

‘Can you imagine what you will find out in your toilet bowl tomorrow?’

There’s this hipster in account management. I cannot take him seriously. How can you work in...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:42:00 -0400

There’s this hipster in account management.

I cannot take him seriously.

How can you work in corporate advertising as a hipster?

That’s like wearing greenpeace uniform on a Japanese whale hunting expedition.

So I sat next to the uncle-in-law of the bride yesterday and I found out he’s from...

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:56:36 -0500

So I sat next to the uncle-in-law of the bride yesterday and I found out he’s from Christchurch, New Zealand.

‘So, how’s everything going there?’ I asked.

‘Pretty much fucked,’ he replied.

My kind of uncle-in-law, he was.

Mike and I were having coffee early Sunday morning. He gave me a brutal honest advice: I am not cut...

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:38:00 -0500

Mike and I were having coffee early Sunday morning.

He gave me a brutal honest advice: I am not cut out for advertising.

“To be in advertising, you need to be a cunt to yourself”, he said.

I know what he was doing.

He saw my hesitation for the past month burning out between advertising and photography.

So instead of being bullied and have my ego and mental health bruised in 5 years, he’d rather see me trying to excel as a photographer.

It was one of those bitter pills that’s hard to swallow.

I received an email today. It was the father of the bride I shot a month ago. It was a thank you...

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:12:00 -0500

I received an email today.

It was the father of the bride I shot a month ago.

It was a thank you email and he signed off with “You are very gifted.”

How the fuck do you respond to that?

Besides that, when was the last time your client said thank you?

I found out today that my high school principal passed away. Oddly I can only remember her giving...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:04:00 -0500

I found out today that my high school principal passed away.

Oddly I can only remember her giving long boring speeches during Monday assembly and failing to connect with students.

I am not entirely sure if she really contributed that much to the landscape of education as proposed by all my facebook feed.

But I guess when you do the same thing long enough you will be respected.

For the past month I had so many thoughts and ideas to share here. And today is my first free day...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:42:00 -0500

For the past month I had so many thoughts and ideas to share here.

And today is my first free day in front of the computer and here I am drawing a blank on this text box.

Fuck you brain.

Everytime I attend a social outing I play a game in my head. Whoever asks about the salary of my...

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:54:00 -0500

Everytime I attend a social outing I play a game in my head.

Whoever asks about the salary of my occupation is the loser.

There’s always one.

The proof that most rich people are ugly, is in the airport. I assume only the rich get to travel...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:39:00 -0500

The proof that most rich people are ugly, is in the airport.

I assume only the rich get to travel by plane (generally speaking).

And damn, there are a lot of ugly people in the airport.

Driving is not good for me. For the past 2 days I can actually sense the rage when I’m a...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:09:07 -0500

Driving is not good for me.

For the past 2 days I can actually sense the rage when I’m a driver. In fact, I feel exhausted simply by driving through the CBD.

I need to make sure the ticket is correct, the parking zone is correct, the meter is correct, the car is locked, and the hook turn sign is on, and the tram is not behind me, and the pedestrian is not crossing on the other side.

Desire to own a car -80.

I’m shooting a wedding at Lorne next weekend. And I’ll need to rent a car. To get used...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:35:48 -0500

I’m shooting a wedding at Lorne next weekend.

And I’ll need to rent a car.

To get used of the car-renting experience, I rented a car this weekend too.

I know it’s a pretty stupid thing to do, but if I have problem handling a car in the CBD, I’ll be in deep shit along great ocean road.

One thing I forgot to mention about Auckland, is that they have human signpost. People getting paid...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:32:26 -0500

One thing I forgot to mention about Auckland, is that they have human signpost.

People getting paid in minimum wage to hold a promotional poster on top of their head.

Just in the bushes between the highway and the drive through at Burger King.

That’s screwed up.