Comments on: Idyllic bliss

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:24:04 +0000

Love this shot, love the title – very apt. Love the words that make it complete.

CC: Thank you!

By: Tychi

Tychi — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:16:02 +0000

I added a google translator on the blog, perhaps this will help.

CC: Thanks for that!

By: Tychi

Tychi — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:50:33 +0000

cc, i am sorry, but i don’t have blog in english, only in czech (my native language). i can read english , but not write(o:

CC: No worries, I can use translator to read.

By: jam

jam — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:48:46 +0000

Without doubt, childhood is the happiest moment in one’s life, bringing back a lot of sweet memories.

CC: It really is.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:12:24 +0000

Thank you for braving the cold to bring us this beautiful pic from Mt. Eden. I’ll put in on my to do list once i get to NZ!

CC: You should! Just remember to wear warm clothing! LOL

By: Jeremy C

Jeremy C — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:52:54 +0000

yeah, carrying lanterns as a child around the neighbourhood…seems like an eternity ago.

just like your picture, the moon seems so far away, like our memories…

CC: It seems like eternity ago but the memories are still fresh in my mind.

By: Eric Y

Eric Y — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:21:53 +0000

Of course i’ll be around. Reading blog is one thing but people with passion for great pictures thats another.

CC: Good to know.

By: mistipurple

mistipurple — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:14:03 +0000

lemme put aside my corny jokes for this instant.

you really write very well and your pics are spectacular.

CC: Oh I love your corny jokes misti! Thanks for your compliments, I try my best!

By: Tychi

Tychi — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:39:23 +0000

your’s fotos are great, cc. good job.

CC: Thanks Tychi! Popped over your blog but it’s in a language I don’t understand. Do you have a English blog?

By: Eric Y

Eric Y — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:44:31 +0000

Speechless.. the picture is awesomely great.

CC: Thank you Eric. Thanks for dropping by.

By: annant

annant — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:40:08 +0000

lurve this pic

this year was the only year i didn’t get to celebrate. blame da tests

used to light up lanterns and walk around da neighbourhood with buddies…

CC: I’m so going to get some of those colourful candles and light them up around the house next year.

By: doreen

doreen — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:08:27 +0000

Reminiscing the good old days…..it was care free, fun and simple…..life was good then.

CC: Let’s try to make life care free and fun now!

By: xin

xin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:40:58 +0000

gone were the days when we still carried lanterns and candles around with friends, gone were the days of carefree childhood

CC: Well, those days live on in our memories.

By: Che-Cheh

Che-Cheh — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:35:16 +0000

Like this photo. The moon and the grayish white cloud.

CC: I love the clouds formation in that moment, it disappeared after a while.

By: Jemima

Jemima — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:27:43 +0000

Hmmm.. my rss reader has not been detecting your updates.

Your beautiful photo reminds me of “Silent Night”.

CC: The problem seems to be with blogline as it’s working fine on google reader. Please change your subscription to http://feeds.feedburner.com/QuaintMelody , that should work. Thanks!

By: foongpc

foongpc — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:50:14 +0000

It’s nice to become a kid all over again. Those are the times when we have nothing to worry about and are carefree. Then again, I don’t like to go through all those exams in school, so I would have to say, I’m happy where I am now : )

CC: Funnily enough, when I think of those days, exams are automatically censored out! I guess I do have selective memory. LOL

By: M

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:45:45 +0000

the complexities of adulthood and the unpretentiousness of childhood….. funny what your pictures bring out in me

CC: Let’s bring more!

By: SimpleAlex

SimpleAlex — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:13:11 +0000

The moon looks so beautiful in your photo.. Small but not tiny, obvious yet a bit unrevealed..

CC: Thank you! I have to say that was the day I really look at the moon and appreciated its beauty.

By: Kess' Mama

Kess' Mama — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:12:32 +0000

The things people do when they’re passionate about it! Great shot as usual.

CC: You can say that again! Thanks.

By: Gallivanter

Gallivanter — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:29:54 +0000

I like your last sentence.

“Life may throw me a curve ball ever now and then, but I soldier on the passages, continue to search for the buoyant nature in me as a kid, the simple bliss of life.”

Well summed up.

CC: Thank you! That’s something I hold dear to my heart these days.

By: Josephine

Josephine — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:27:16 +0000

I spent my mid-autumn in the bus! I was traveling back to Singapore from KL. But I had ‘reunion’ lunch with my family members!

CC: Well, at least you get to have a hearty meal with your family!

By: Borneo Falcon

Borneo Falcon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:57:35 +0000

You definitely pick the right spot to spent your mid autumn

CC: Yea, it’s the first time I went there on Mid-Autumn Day. It was freezing but nice.

By: hp84

hp84 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:44:11 +0000

To me, i am a soldier in my life. I got to fight the tough working environment in hospital.
Mt Eden seem like a nice & relaxing place to be.

CC: You’re a soldier alright! Tough it out!
It is one of my favourite places in Auckland.

By: iamthewitch

iamthewitch — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:44:08 +0000

cc, you’re such a strong person and somehow, strangers as we are, I have this feeling that you have in you the emotional and mental strength that many would envy. Btw, what’s that structure next to the moon? It looks like it’s standing on clouds! *LOL*

CC: Thanks, I do strive to be strong and am learning to appreciate the simple things in life.
Mt Eden is the principal triangulation station for Auckland surveys, so that is some device related that that.

By: xynthian

xynthian — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:47:05 +0000

Coming by to say how are you?

Btw, you’ve been tagged. Check my blog.

CC: Hey, thanks for tagging me, will probably be up next week. Stay tune!

By: kaycee

kaycee — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:18:25 +0000

I know exactly what you mean… i’m the same, still there snapping away even though my hands are absolutely frozen!!

But you always come out with amazing photos – so it’s all worth it =)

CC: Yup, totally worth it! Thanks!

By: rimus

rimus — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:09:26 +0000

remembering those good old days cc…

those good old days…………

CC: Those were the days, always sweet in memories.

By: massy

massy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:03:28 +0000

OMG amazing photos. *linkie~

CC: Hello, thanks for dropping by!

By: Kenny Ng

Kenny Ng — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:02:46 +0000

I spent my mid autumn with working till late… I think I never celebrate it more than 6 years. Really miss the celebration.

CC: I have not celebrated it with my whole family for 8 years now. Really miss that.

By: Gerald Ho

Gerald Ho — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:50:20 +0000

Dear CC,
just wanna say thank you for dropping by.

You have a great site….i hope to find more stuffs to relate through this blog..:)
and btw..nice photopraphies..:)

Cheers…

CC: Hi Gerald, Thanks for dropping by! I hope you find what you’re after.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:16:12 +0000

You inspired me to go out with my camera and tripod last night and shoot the huge full moon, but I realized I waited too long, I should have got it just after sunset to get results like yours. I have never heard of the mid-autumn festival, but it sounds great. There are so many things about fall that bring back great memories for me like visiting the apple farm, hayrack rides and bonfires.

CC: Autumn is my favourite season of the year. It’s spring over here right now, I look forward to the beautiful blooms!

By: eastcoastlife

eastcoastlife — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:38:37 +0000

Spectacular! How lovely to spend mid-autumn festival in a beautiful foreign land!

CC: It’d be even better if my whole family is here. Soon I hope.

By: nic

nic — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:20:56 +0000

i spent the mid-autumn festival alone at home this year haha… oh yah, i remember i always ended up burning my own lantern when i was kid hehe…

btw cc, did u disable yr rss? my rss reader doesnt work on your blog anymore… hmm… im wondering y i cant get any updates…

CC: I always burn the lantern too! It was so much fun!
The rss is working fine on google reader, are you using blogline? I will try to find out why it’s not updating, at the meant time use my feedburner feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/QuaintMelody
Thanks for letting me know!

By: Regina Cassandra

Regina Cassandra — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:18:07 +0000

Hi CC,

thanks for dropping by my page. I love ur pics. So passionate. Wanna ask, how do you upload your pics to your blog? do u resize it? coz resizing seem to degrade the quality.

CC: Hello Regina, thanks for dropping by! I use photoshop to adjust the brightness etc and save for web. You can counter the loss of sharpness due to resizing by applying unsharp mask.

By: Kok

Kok — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:56:47 +0000

cc,
I like this photo of yours.

Yea, sometimes, it’s the passion on something that keep us going. That’s why people is saying, we must love the thing that we do.

Aiks? Now you’re not looking forward for festive seasons? hehe.

CC: Hey, you’re so quick! Yes I still look forward to the festive seasons, but it’s just not the same as back then.