A photo taken in 2003, in a car on the way back to Auckland. Using my crusty old Olympus 3.5 mega pixel digicam, my first point-and-shoot. Not bad quality eh?!
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Jun
When thank you seems to fall short
Author: cc | Category: needful things, special occasion, thoughts in my mindWhat if you have someone in your life who will always be there for your?
What if they stick with you even at times you shut them out?
What if they will do anything for you at a drop of a hat?
What if you feel so appreciative that words fail to express the emotions?
What if thank you just seems to be such an empty word?
Ecstaticism came in a form of a cool black casing mechanism that is Nikon D80 this winter. An early birthday gift from my loved ones. Happy is not enough to describe the waves of emotions I’m feeling right now. Thank you so much! I am truly overwhelmed.
I’ve been using the good old Sony Cybershot T30 for quite a while. While it is a good little point-and-shoot camera, it is just not able to take those money shots. I’ll make sure to deliver some great photos and try to make full use of my new gadget from now on! The party is on! 
Here are some photos taken at Devonport back in the summer. Devonport is a maritime village with lots of old time charms. A very relaxing town located in Auckland North Shore, it houses some unique shops, cafes and old character homes. The charming old town with rich heritage has a very nostalgic feeling to it. There are also three volcanoes situated here. This is one of the best places that offers a spectacular view of Auckland city in my opinion. Great place to hang out on a hot summer day. Devonport is just a 10 minutes ferry ride away from downtown Auckland, or alternately a half an hour drive from Auckland central.
The iconic Esplanade Hotel on the waterfront. It was built in 1903.
The breathtaking view of Auckland city and harbour bridge from Mt Victoria.
Clock tower on waterfront.
A fish boat docked at the pier.
View of Auckland city from the pier.
Many people would come here to fish on a summer day. I wonder what type of fishes they get here.
I am so restless yet ecstatic that I evidently look like this now.
Insomnia strikes again! Having thousands of thoughts crossing your mind while you’re trying to sleep is really not that fun. The situation intensifies if you have a spouse who plugs right into deep sleep as soon as his head touches the pillow. It also doesn’t help if he’s making melodious sounds while doing so.
If you recalled, I have a CPU that refuses to be shut off from time to time. What’s the best thing to do when you wake up in the middle of the night, tossing and turning but unable to go back to sleep? For the crazy here, I got up, frustrated and decided to tidy up the office. If you think that’s weird, think again! It’s not the first time I’ve done it! Tidying really soothes me. A messy house really makes me restless. After hours of sorting mails, re-filing documents, returning things to orders, it’s time for breakfast! The only thing that wasn’t done was vacuuming. It did cross my mind, but having an angry neighbour knocking down the door cursing in the wee hours is probably not a good idea! I sure hope this is not a preview of what’s to come. On a brighter note, I did get a spanking clean office over it .
Read an article the other day that left me pondering, have you ever had anyone told you that you’ve changed? I did recently, by a friend whom I used to be closed to. She told me that I’ve changed. She wanted to believe I have, saying that it’s the cause of us drifting apart. But I’ve always been me all these while, only we don’t speak the same language anymore. The truth is I’ve stopped sharing with her. What has changed is in fact our friendship, not me. I’m merely showing a different side of me. It has always been there, though she had never noticed. What bound us together is our past, the memories. I’m still content, though we’re on two different paths. The memories we have is enough to last me a lifetime.
As time goes by, we have to accept that people come and go, some are here to stay, and some only make brief stops, nonetheless, all leave behind memories for us to treasure time and again. Just make sure you grasp the moment, that’s all that matters.
Melody of the day: Anyone know how to fix the encoding problem? After upgraded to the latest version of wrodpress, all the Chinese characters showed up as ????? again. I have removed ‘define(’DBCHARSET’, ‘utf8′);and define(’DBCOLLATE’, ”);’ from wp-config.php to no avail. Please help!
As for the topic that is on everybody’s mind now, petrol hike. YES it’s pretty much the same over here, albeit not up 40% at one go, but gradually. Like 6 cents in 2 days for the latest increase. If I remembered correctly, it was about $1.30 per litre for regular unleaded around this time last year. Someone raised the possibility that it might go up to $2 per litre back then, but most people just brushed it off. Now, the price has peaked at $2.12 per litre and the thought of $3 per litre is becoming so horrifyingly real. A lot of secondhand car dealerships have already taken the hit and closed down in the past few months.
Don’t even get me started on food prices. A research done by NZ Herald in April showed that food prices have upped 28% in the last year and is continuing to soar. Although NZ is a agriculture-based country, the prices of dairy products have surprisingly shot through the sky, with cheese up 45.5 per cent, milk up 21.1 per cent, bread up 13.1 per cent and butter up by a gob smacking 86 per cent, all in one year! By the by, all these prices seem to be on their goal-setting road of soaring to new heights. There you have it, my rant of reality. Now let me go curl up in my blanket in my cold unheated room, as the cost of power has gone up as well. ARG!
Byebye cheese, I will miss you! (photo taken in Nov 2007)
