What a great way to fly. I really cannot begin to mention the differences between Cathay and Air Canada which I flew last time I went to Canada… Cathay cabin crew treat you as an honoured guest, courteous, polite and always willing to go that extra bit to ensure the comfort of their passengers.  For instance, last time I was on Air Canada I lucked out and had a row of 4 seats, so I asked the stewardess for a extension buckle for the seatbelt, (it doesn’t fit over my fat belly when I lie down), she said “we only offer them to fat people” and then walked away… WTF… this time on Cathay I also lucked out on the outbound flight, why, cause the girl at the check in had seen that I was a tired mess after working all day and then having to pack in short time anyways, she saved a row for me by not booking anyone else into those seats, so I was able to sleep all the way to Vancouver…

Anyways, just suffice to say that Cathay Pacific have really got their act together when it comes to CS… Air Canada on the other hand deserve to go out of business…

This is my new profile picture that I will be using for my new wedding brochure.  This is also my new wedding Tuxedo, the one I will be wearing for all my upcoming weddings. We want to look sharp for our high end clients.

Ike shot this and well I did a little bit of Photoshopping… just a little…

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Last year we went to India for Zfriction a movie production company. The shoot was for a calendar to promote Zfriction’s stable of actors and actresses. The trip took us to Devi Garh Palace in Rajastan. The place is magnificent, an old Rajs palace that has been turned in to a Luxury 6 star hotel.

Ike shoot with the Mamiya 6×7 while I was shooting on the Canon EOS. We collaborated together on all the shots and in the end picked the best of each scene. All in all it was a great trip and we thank Harsh of Zfriction for making it happen.

So I just got my phone bill for my one week trip to Thailand, yes the Thailand just over there, 3 hours flight away… Get this HK$7656… the culprit DATA ROAMING CHARGES… How much data you ask only 5.4MB… PCCW charge hk$.14 per KILOBYTE so 54MB charge is over $7000.  Guess how much I paid for my airticket? Try HK$2000. So for the price of transfering 54MB which really are just little blips of electicity, I could fly to Thailand and back 3 times. Can you believe almost US$1000 to transfer 54megabytes of data, $&%*( Highway robbery. I have a good mind to not pay it, but then I would lose the phone number that i have had for 11 years and in the end I would have to pay as PCCW is everywhere and they are MONEY GRABBING

BASTARDS…

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This just reaffirms what I already believe about PCCW, they suck, they suck they suck.

PCCW is a crap company that robs its customers.

PCCW is a shit company that does not know good customer service.

PCCW poor service

PCCW bad reception and dropped calls

PCCW eat my shorts…

AGRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Keith Nash the avid photographer and educator who runs Digital Light Craft has asked me to teach a weekend course on Adobe’s Photoshop and Lightroom. Over the years I have gained much experience with these ever popular photo editing programs and with time have become somewhat of an expert. My retouching skills are up there with the best in the business and without tooting my own horn too much, I would say that I am pretty bloody good, I guess this is why Keith has asked me to teach his seminar.

The course titled Post Production Workshop is set to run Nov 8 & 9th and will be taught by yours truly. So if you or your friends are interested in learning about Photoshop and Light room please sign up. I am quite looking forward to teaching this…

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Here is some product shot we did last year for Diodora. We shot them on a turntable and they were complied with Adobe FLASH.

Also here is a gallery of some other product shoots we did last year.

and guess what, its bloody raining everyday and only had sun for about 3 hours this morning, but I still managed to get a sunburn, ah so hot the sun in the summer… then it started raining and I went back in the pool and played around with the underwater camera. This is one of the shots of the rain hitting the pool, taken on Canon G9 with underwater housing.

Staying in a new resort right across the road from the beach, its called Ban Paantai on Cha-Am beach its very nice just opened a few weeks ago. Its got a pool, which is why we checked in and for B2000/night its very reasonable for the quality of the place… very nice if i do say so…

The beach at Cha-Am is not so nice as the water is not clear and the beach not white sandy like you get in the south, but as it is only 2 hours south of Bangkok it suits me fine for this quick trip.

I have rented a car for the time I am here in Thailand and driving down here I was turning at a light when a guy and his girl friend tried to pass me on the right hand side as i was turning right, well he didn’t make it and the both of them are very lucky to be alive, although a little scrapped up… i took them to hospital, then their mother showed up and started demanding money to fix his motobike even thought this guy was totally in the wrong and the accident was 100% his fault, well seeing how this is THAILAND and i am just a falang, i fished out B1000 and drove off in a huff. When visiting Thailand remember that the locals look at you as a walking ATM nothing more, nothing less…

for some much needed R&R… massages, seafood, and flying kite on the beach… ah…

If you need me the phone will  be on… but better send me a mail or text me…

My little sweety Daisy had a oopsy Daisy moment the other day. She jumped off the couch and her paw slipped on the tile floor and she landed sideways banging her head. She then has a seizure that the Vet says is related to hydrocephalus. I was shit scared and immediately stuck my finger in her mouth to open her airway, she convulsed for a few minutes and then stopped she was then dazed and confused for the next two hours and just lay in her basket not doing anything. Well i took her to the Vet, same one that my friend Lisa took her dog too, the one that knows about hydrocephalus, which is a condition with Chihauhaus whereby they basically have poor wiring and any trauma to the head will cause them to have a seizure. Poor little Daisy… she is fine now, but I feel almost like she needs to have a crash helmet… OOPSY DAISY…

Here she is an hour or so before the accident, my friend David was shooting some product in the studio and she wanted to be a part of it…

This was taken last year when I went up to Beijing to visit my folks who were having an R&R break from their job in Mongolia, I am sure it looks a little different now as all the construction will be finished and maybe they even planted grass around the place to make it look nice. According to reports on the BBC, the air quality is terrible. We have heard that they are going to shut down all the factories and building sites in the entire area starting right about now.  So upwards of 300 million people are going to be out of work for the next two months, WOW. Only in China.

Well one thing to say, I am quite sad that I am not going to be able to attend the opening ceremonies of the games, it will be awesome, out of this world, spectacuar. The Chinese are pulling out all stops to impress the world and they are going to do it.