Japan is the first country we visit whose language we don't understand. Luckily, almost all names of the places, subway stations, streets, stores and restaurants, are written in Chinese characters - Kanji (漢字). It makes our lives a lot of easier in this foreign city. We can instantly recognize and…
Tokyo is the most unique city in the world to showcase the fusion of east and west, tradition values and modern sensations. There is always a long line in front of Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座), people wash their hands before entering shrines and Statue of Hachiko (忠犬公像) is still a popular meeting…
The following video shows off some amazing features in new Photoshop CS5. Adobe does listen to what users need the most. Retouching photos becomes so easy. "Your imagination is the only limit", that seems more real than before. Here is one Youtube user said about the feature, What the crap?!?!?…
There are countless temples and shrines in Japan, especially in Kyoto. While temples are for Buddhists, shrines are the worship places for Japanese traditional Shinto (神道教). Shinto Shrines are marked by its symbolical gate, Torii (鸟居). The most famous, also the most photographed, shrine is Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社) in…
It's quite a boring game indeed. The excitements, Inter's regain of European Champion after 45 years, the magic of Mourinho, are outside the court. Inter basically gave up the ball control to Bayern and Bayern had no way, or talent, to break Inter's defence. Without Ribéry, Robben was the only…
Most Japanese food taste quite light, (except noodles, they are very salty), and simple. A small portion of salted vegetables (咸菜) or Sashimi can be put on top of rice to make a dish. In fact, the rice itself is an ingredient. It is fresh and fragrant so the whole…
We arrived in Tokyo at Sunday night (4/25). I woke up at 4AM in the morning the next day and couldn't get to sleep any longer, so I decided to have a morning walk around the city. Our hotel is only 5-minute-walk to Ginza (银座). With the reputation of one…
Our cat, DunDun, has some signature Kung Fu moves.
I have been using Canon 10D as my primary camera for the past 7 years. It's like stone age old in digital camera era. Although it is true that an expensive camera body won't guarantee you better pictures, compared with the newer versions DSLR, two major limitations sometimes do prevent…