A quick wiki search showed the following definition of Love.
“Love is also a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection”
For everyone who knows May, you would agree with me that this definition of Love, also describes May.
A few days before their wedding, May and I met up at a Starbucks to discuss last minute wedding details. After greeting me with a warm hug, grabbing coffee and finding out that I was going to visit Hong Kong and Taiwan for 2 months, instead of wedding talk, May was giving me names of places to visit and foods to eat in Hong Kong. 
We made plans to meet up in HK, unfortunately our schedules didn’t match and we told each other we would catch up once I get back in Toronto.
May and Ken, even though we did not get a chance to meet up in HK, I made sure I visited all the places and food that was recommended. I cannot wait till we see each other next! Not only to deliver the photos to you guys, but to finally have a chance to sit down and catch up!
The idea came from a Japanese show that I watched while vacationing in Taiwan. I’ve been wanting to try it out!
Can you guess what I made? Ingredient: Radish, stir fried stuffings (I used garlic, mushroom, potato, cabbage and ground beef), flour, and water.
Here’s a clue. I sliced the radish really thin and rubbed salt on it to make it soft. Can you guess it now?
Ta-da~~!!! Yup. Dumplings. That I later on turned into gyozas. Unfortunately the pan that I used was not non-stick, so the result was not so yummy looking… There’s no picture of the final product. :p
For people who have time on their hands, they should try it out!! It was quite delicious and it’s a healthier way of eating gyozas!
Is this even a real word? Shrimping? Or should I say shrimp fishing?
Anyways, if you’ve been to Taiwan, you may have noticed that there are swimming pools here are not meant for swimming. Not for human, at least. These pools contains shrimps and for $300 NT, you can have two hours of shrimping fun!
When I was a kid, I used to go shrimping with my dad quite often. He would be shrimping, and I would sit beside him, waiting for him to catch me some shrimps to grill ON THE SPOT! Yes how awesome is that? I remember daddy would catch a whole bag of shrimps for me to prepare and grill!
Here’s daddy concentrating on catching a shrimp for me!
Mommy giving it a try too.
One of the 4 shrimps we caught that day. Yes. We only caught 4 from the 2 hours we were there. It HAS been about 20 years since the last time we shrimped! And we were no match for the people who brings their own shrimping rods and bait!! :p
Daddy is still my hero no matter how many shrimps he can catch. I think he secretly enjoyed passing down his shrimping knowledge to me. Haha.
So here’s the thing. Sharon is really bad with directions. So bad that when I first met up with her, I had to wait for her for a bit because she thought the Starbucks we were meeting at was at Eatons Centre, when the actual location was near Eglinton Station. :p It was fine with me waiting for her, since I myself is pretty bad with directions (thank God for GPS), and I had my coffee (thank you Starbucks! :p).
Sometimes during the meeting, I asked her if there are anything specifically that she wanted me take photos of on the day of her wedding. And her response? “Take pictures of me eating.” wait… what? She continued and explained that she doesn’t want to be the kind of brides who doesn’t or can’t eat on the day of their wedding.
Months later, we met up again today, half way across the world in the tiny island of Taiwan. And what better day to blog about their wedding?
As I’ve mentioned before from their Engagement session, they are really cute together and brings a smile to my face when I edit their photos. Here are a couple of photos that not only brought a smile to my face, but I literally laughed out loud.
Lastly, yes, I made sure Ron and I took photos of Sharon eating.
Sharon and Ray, even though you moved back to Taiwan, I know we will still keep each other updated on our lives. Because, really, you have to stop stalking my facebook! :p J/k!! Keep stalking me please!! I will see you when you come back to Toronto in December!
“It’s the busiest I’ve ever seen!” My friend told me as we walked into Maui, a tiny little lounge that was tugged in a quiet alley of a busy neighbourhood. I would never have been able to find this place if it wasn’t for my friend who lives in that area. Apparently everytime they come to Maui, it is usually only them, and the owner. That’s it.
Last night, however, Maui was packed! Yes. It was New Years Eve. Which was definitely something worth celebrating. But something was not right about this crowd. It didn’t seem like they were there to celebrate New Years Eve. That was when I found out that January 1st is also Maui’s owner’s birthday. Yes. These people didn’t gather here to celebrate New Years Eve. They were here for their friend. To celebrate her birthday with her.
I simply sat there as I watched the owner’s excitement and happiness of having her friends there with her, at her lounge. And I can just tell that she felt that everything was just… right. That there is nothing else she would ever need to change in her life.
As people sang happy birthday to her with the background noise of NYE fireworks, I raised my glass. Not only to wish her happy birthday and cheered happy new year to my friends. But it is also for celebrating that feeling. The feeling that I’ve had ever since I started my photography business. The feeling of right-ness. CHEERS!
I took wayyyyyyyyy to many photos from our trip to the South of Taiwan. I know.
Trust me, I’ve already narrowed it down. At least, I tried to. haha
Kevin has a thing for speed (like all boys), so we had to take the High Speed Rail to get to our first stop, Kaohsiung.
The most Southern part of Taiwan, Kenting.
Tainan.
Tree House, Tainan
Salt Field, Tainan
Kevin pretending to be a salt field farmer. Lol~!
Sun Moon Lake, Nantou
I am not a professional landscape photographer, so the photos don’t do justice to how beautiful Taiwan is. Even though the entire island of Taiwan is smaller than Lake Ontario, but there are just sooooo many places to go and visit. If you have never been to Taiwan before, you NEED to be here!
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