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More Than Eye Candy...

2009-02-11T14:32:00.004+08:00

As some would say it, a picture is worth a thousand words. If that be true, then a thousand words would make a story. Enter into the realm of Photography. It is a place where time stands still. As if by magic, time is somehow frozen in the blinking of an eye. Alas, the entity that waits for no man is now imprisoned into inescapable prison - a photograph. It is a silent testament and reminder to a point in time, an elusive fragment of what we call memory. It is amazing how a photograph can evoke forgotten memories. Memories of events and places. Memories of happiness and sadness. Memories of a historical date or mundane day. Photographs have become the time keepers of our lives. They chronicle our world and how we live our lives.

The world would be a strange place without the invention of photography. Without photographs to serve as a reminder and proof, history as we know it may as well be fiction. Time is always in a forward motion. It never waits. It never stops. Photography has enabled us to do the impossible: to steal a little of our lives back from Time.

More than a silent witness to an event past, photography is also a medium to express creativity. Beautiful images provoke the mind and inflame passion. Images that trigger an emotional response or an artistic inspiration. Shapes, colors and tones come together in perfect unison to tell a story or to express an emotion.

Like any other invention, photography serves a need and function. It is a medium of communication. It is tool that we use to communicate in a visual language without words. It is a language that transcend all age, gender, race, borders, cultures and religion. Look beyond the eye candy and find out what the picture is trying to say to you. After all, it is worth a thousand words.

HAIR LOSS

2009-02-10T23:47:00.002+08:00

Scuba Diving: It's an ADDICTION!!

2009-02-05T23:40:00.000+08:00

Not much need to be said about the sport of scuba diving. EVERYBODY seems to be doing scuba diving these days. Nothing beats visiting the enchanting undersea world and totally immersing oneself in the clear blue sea. I would say that it is the closest experience to flying without wings. For me, that is almost like living out my childhood fantasy of being a superhero. :D

It is an invigorating experience to be underwater. There is so much going on under the surface that one can't help but to marvel at the colorful sights and sounds of a totally alien world. Every dive that I do is a whole new experience for me even though it's the same dive site that I am already familiar with. There are always new things to discover underwater. What may seem to be a slimy rock may just turn out to be alive! There are many things to be on a lookout for. Being pretty much a visual person, it is no wonder that I find diving so darn addictive! One thing's for certain, scuba diving is just one of those things in life that I'm happy to say that I am hooked on to. ^_^

Diving is just one of those things I hope that I'll still be actively doing for many years to come. Words cannot describe the feeling that one feels when being one with Nature. It goes beyond being surrounded and overwhelmed by the beauty and soothing embrace of the sea. One might say that diving is like a religious experience. Nothing brings you closer to the Divine than when you are in awe of Nature.

So, what's diving to me? Well, I'll just call it my "Happy Addiction". ^_^

First Blog Entry: The Torment of a Blank Blog

2009-02-04T19:05:00.000+08:00

Ah~
So here we are. A new blog entry. The first blog post. The crucial first entry that would determine what this blog is all about and more. In a funny sorta way it reminds me of stealing first base on the first date. Hmmm...that's another story. Anyways...I guess we all have to start somewhere.

Staring blankly and intently at the screen of the computer hoping that the empty space would miraculously fill itself up with words that would form itself into legible sentences. I guess it is a routine that every aspiring blogger would face. Maybe...then again...maybe not. To blog or not to blog? That is the question. Is it something that we do to torment ourselves so that we sleep better at night knowing that we did something for the day? Or does it somehow fulfill a more dire need to be heard by the masses whose faces we don't know? Should we write about something that matters or do we just babble on incessantly about nothing and hope that somehow...maybe someday we'd all get a high readership so that we can all make some money from benefactors with deep pockets, generous sponsors and advertisers who want to get their brands out to the masses. Well whatever the reason is, I'm sure that it's a good one...or...at the very least, I hope that whatever I blog about is read by someone one day. Maybe it serves my very own selfish and narcissistic need to be appreciated in whatever means possible.

AND SO...having prattle on about almost nothing for the past 5 minutes. At least I'm somewhat making a little progress in my little corner of Blogdom. I think this blogging thing is going to be a snap! (<---famous last words.) ^_^

Who knows? Maybe in future posts I can start blogging about more interesting things in life...photography, art, illustrations, scuba diving, travels, food, theater, misadventures, movies, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...:P