Tuesday, June 30, 2009 by
Colin Woon, under
Houston
The sweltering heat in the past week or so is causing my hand and leg a little too sluggish. The triple digit temperature makes me miss winter so much! But then, by winter time, I will miss summer again…such is life…hahaha…
If spring can be a little longer, it will be so so nice. In spring, we don’t have to worry about getting baked by just walking outside. In spring, we can go peach picking in orchards. Yeah, fresh and juicy peach for us, right from the tree, isn’t that nice? Oh, I miss spring!
Peach!
More peach!
A small orchard but enough for us all.
Our loot of the day.
888?! What's the odd of that? Should have tried the lottery that day!
Blackberry bushes that line the back of the orchard.
Friday, June 12, 2009 by
Colin Woon, under
Dessert,
Home
Have you tried Japanese Cheesecake? If not, I suggest you do so ASAP. Yes, NOW!
Japanese Cheesecake is so light and fluffy, some even use the words "cotton soft" to describe it, it's unbelievably good! I love it! Wait, I shall rephrase, I love the one my wife made! (Yup, that will guarantee more to come in the future, hehehe...)
This is not the first time she made it but this time she adds a little twist to it. More like spur of the moment decision since the heavy whipped cream in our fridge is about to expire, why not add it in? Mixer + heavy whipped cream + Kahlua and minutes later, voila! A Japanese Cheesecake that has layers of texture, taste, and GOODNESS!
Oh, the cheesecake is cut into heart shape because Faye thought it will look more interesting in a photo and also the fact that heart shape food makes happy food!
Baking chocolate is added for flavor and texture. The bitterness of the chocolate goes really well with the sweetened whipped cream and the softness of the cheesecake.
My favorite of the 3. For me, almond goes well with any dessert, no?
The chocolate powder didn't do so well here but I still enjoy the cheesecake nevertheless.
Monday, June 08, 2009 by
Colin Woon, under
Houston,
Mobile
Yup, Faye and I have ventured into Berryland, I have bought us each a Blackberry Curve 8900. Why a BlackBerry, you ask? Well, Faye is a system administrator, she needs a email/mobile device to monitor her company's email and computer servers. Me, I just need a phone upgrade(like most guys always do, right?).
What do I think of our first BlackBerry?
This relationship will work because (1) you're one beautiful BlackBerry(even wifey said so). (2) BlackBerry App World - good looking free software?! Why not? (3) Awesome email app - I can check email while sitting on the toilet? Cool! (4) Full browser - much much much better than Microsoft mobile browser. (5) Built in GPS - errr...no excuse to be lost again?
Possible reason for breakup (1) you're beautiful but why can't you be as cool as the iPhone. (2) No 3G?! We're in 2009, aren't we?
Storm Trooper poking BlackBerry with gun - "No 3G, really?"
Storm Trooper #1 - "What is this thing here?" Storm Trooper #2 - "Based on my finding on Wiki, it's called BlackBerry, a.k.a. CrackBerry to those addicted to it." Storm Trooper #3 - "Is it edible? I'm hungry..."
Got both phones from Costco for $70 each(upgrade) after rebates with a 2 years contract(T-Mobile is selling 'em at $150 a piece). I get very excited when I found good deals, just like my wife finding the right pair of shoes on sales.
These photos were captured with the help of my newly acquired light tent, still trying figure out how to best use it. So which photo do you prefer? Faye like the 2nd photo more since you can see the Lego people better(she like Lego people) but that shot doesn't present the phone screen so well. What do you think?
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 by
Colin Woon, under
Food,
Houston
Want fresh and good sushi, go to Edojin Sushi Restaurant! Yup, a little free advertising for our friends, Cheryl & John, who just opened up their 1st sushi restaurant over the weekend. Seriously, the lunch we had there was awesome! The salmon sashimi was so fresh, its sweet! The escolar sushi, Ooo...la...la...delicious!
Other than sushi, they serve other awesome Japanese dishes and bento sets too. Not far from Houston, definitely worth your time if you like sushi and Japanese food or just simply because you like good food. By the way, mentioning my name won't earn you any discount, free edamame maybe but that's the current promotion they're having anyway hahaha...
Should have use a higher aperture value to have the whole logo in focus. Too late now but lesson learned.
Our typical order in any sushi restaurant - spicy chopped scallop, salmon sashimi, super white tuna(escolar) sushi, fresh water eel (unagi) sushi. By the way, we ate much more than these that day but I just didn't have good photos of them, I know, I know, bad photographer.
I just realized I forgot to post these photos taken at the Annual Japan Festival in Houston's Herman Park last month. Thanks to funmama for letting us know about this event.
It's an event organized by the Japan-America Society of Houston for people to experience the Japanese culture. It's spring, with the mild weather, we will go to any outdoor events, especially one with food, ha! Too bad I didn't take any photos of the food, I was hungry...
Little lady in red.
Other than foods and performances, games like this are available to entertain kids at the event. Kids are supposed to catch the fish with paper net, easy right?
Asahi beer promoter - is that a gesture telling me to stop taking photos of her? Hmmm...
A pilot once ask me "Why would anyone want to jump out of a perfectly fine airplane?", implying that skydiving is just crazy. Or is he too chicken to try?
Then, I wasn't sure what was I thinking when I agreed to tried tandem jump. As I brought the news home to the girls, I was thinking they will probably chicken out and maybe provide me an excuse to reject the invitation. To my surprise I was greeted with multiple "YES!" with the utmost enthusiasm, Uh Oh...
This actually happened 3 years ago, there were Faye, Zoe, Yee, Kristy and me. Zoe and Yee are my sisters-in-law, Kristy is our common friends. 4 girls and 1 guy, and I'm the only nervous wreck, so embarrassing.
Anyhow, we did it, you jump, I jump, we all jump, and we survived. Did I regret it? No, it was actually kinda fun! The adrenaline rush and the thrill was a totally new experience. Would I do it again? Errr...let just leave it at "It's too expensive!"
Yee's video was chosen for this post because hers was the most interesting jump of us all with the craziest tandem instructor. A back flip exiting the plane, rotate right(can't even count how many times), rotate left(more?), followed by a perfect landing. I'm just glad I didn't have the same tandem instructor, I will probably puke my guts out if that's the case. By the way, you won't see Faye and I in this video because we were on the next plane up.
Anyway, it was Yee mentioning something about skydiving prompted me to dig out this 3 years old video. As I was watching this video, I pretty much relive the whole experience and wonder why didn't post this? Well, that's because I don't have a blog 3 years ago, ha!
*Edit - Added the same video on the blogger server because Vimeo server is a bit slow for some.
Friday, May 15, 2009 by
Colin Woon, under
Food,
Home
When Faye is not on the internet browsing for recipes on others blogs/food website, she's in the kitchen cooking/baking. Most of the time the outcome is something as awesome and delicious as this...
Before...
...and after. I was too eager to dive in so I didn't take a good photo of the 1 ton soup. You know how it looks, just use your imagination...
"I am four and a half years old and I will be five in 3 days." Janine whisper into my ear last Friday. Is it the anticipation to grow up quickly so every half years matter? I guess so but it amuses me every time I hear it.
For Janine's 5th birthday, LK and JP host a small party at Little Gym for her and her little friends. And I'm honour to be asked to photograph the party. I did but I wish I could do a better job. To do that, I will need another camera body and some new lenses...hehehe...just any excuse will do...
That's the birthday girl getting ready to start.
"You're not supposed to go there, you're supposed to...yada yada yada."
"When can we start playing?"
"Oh yeah, I can do this!"
They were told to sit in the middle of the inflatable bouncer as it's filling up with air. Seems kinda fun, I want to be a kid again. Oh wait, I already am, says my wife.
Yup, more blue. These photos were taken on the same day as the last post, just different spot.
Blue just make me happy!
This field has much more Bluebonnet compare to the one on the last post.
Up close and personal.
Finally, some mud on the wheels, after almost a year since we bought it. She's our workhorse, hauling stuffs from Ikea, Costco, Home Depot. A people hauler too but we hardly take her off road. Maybe we should go camping again...
After photographing some Bluebonnet, we went to Chappel Hill(a city between Houston & Brenham) for the annual Bluebonnet festival. Vendors lined the street selling all kind of stuffs, hand crafted accessories, decorative items, clothing, and most importantly FOOD!
A mini Ferris wheel. It's so small its funny!
This is how they make slinky potatoes.
And this is slinky potatoes. Why must fried food taste so good and yet they are not healthy for you? Why?
I think this is a decorative piece to hang around the house.
Kids these days are just so lucky. High vantage point, no need to walk, it even comes with a sun cover!
Buy a small tractor, get some barrel, put wheels on it, slap a sign that says "$3 train ride" - good money!
Took these shots 2 weeks ago, finally got to uploading it. I blame the delay on...errr...never mind...
These are shots of Texas state flower, Bluebonnet. Bluebonnet is a type of wild flower just like these.
We drove around Chappell Hill, Texas, for a good half hour until we saw this amazing patch of Bluebonnet. This piece of land belongs to Lillian Farms Bed & Breakfast, a pretty cool place. The owner was kind enough to let us take photos inside the compound and we did.
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 @ f/2.8 #1
#2
#3
Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS @ f/8 with circular polarizer (A really impressive kit lens) #4
#5
#6
So which photo do you like the most?
I have more Bluebonnet photos coming up soon...very soon...I hope.
