Sunnies

Its been a while since my last update. Have been really busy with training and work.

Will post about Vernon and Granville Island when time permits. Here is a shot took while at Granville Island.

Summer is here and I don't really like it.

Super Comfy Shoes

Recently on my trip to the states I bought myself a pair of Black Crocs™ Santa Cruz. They are by far the most comfortable shoes I have ever slip my feet into. And they are made in Mexico too. None of the made in China stuff here.

Fried chicken that taste better than KCF.

For those of you who have seen the pictures of my fried chicken and loved what you saw. Here is the recipe for you to try the fried chicken at home yourself. Then you can judge for yourself if its better than KCF. If its not, well at least its more healthy.

The ingredients that you will need for this dish will be:

4 pieces of chicken. (Drumstick, Thigh, Wings or Breast)
1 table spoon Herbes de Provence. (Or any herb / spice mix you can find)
2 tea spoon garlic powder.
1.1/2 tablespoon of paprika powder.
1.1/2 tea spoon black pepper.
Salt to taste.
And corn flour or corn starch, (they are the same thing with different names) to coat the chicken.

Steps for preparing the chicken is as easy as eating it. Just mix herbs, paprika, garlic powder, pepper and salt onto the chicken and make sure all parts of the chicken is covered by the marinade. Then leave it in the fridge to marinade for at least 4 hours. I left mind for about 6 hours.

Reason I coat the chicken with the flour and not add water to the flour to make a batter is because liquid batter will be too thick, and when you eat the chicken you will taste more of the batter than the chicken. Then you deep fry it by batch and dump everything into the fryer reason being the chicken tend to stick to each other if you mass fry them. Fry till golden brown and remember to turn them occasionally.

Your finished product should at least look like this to call it a success. Enjoy!!

Coke Collections II

Continuing from part 1 as I didn't want to make the post too long in one posting. My readers might get bored.

Pictured below is a set of miniature coca cola set that my wife got from the 'World Of Coca Cola' when she was at Las Vegas a few years back.

Nothing much can be said here as you can see all I have taken the picture at a closeup so you can read the label of the bottle.

Lonsdale Quayside

On our way home from my driving lesson we decided to stop by the tourist attraction spot at North Vancouver, Lonsdale Quayside Market to have our lunch. Food there was good but a little bit pricey.

In the market place food court.

I step out of the food court and started taking shots step by step till I can see downtown Vancouver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tug Boat like those you will see on the Belait River or Kuala Baram but this unit is newer and more powerful (I think).

 

There was some plant that was flowering near by, but I do not know the name of the species.

This is the typical Saturday Afternoon. Not too much people that day as it was really windy.

Books That I Am Currently Reading

Few weeks ago I procured two books that I really think will help me understand my camera more. Self help is the best form of teaching you get other that a one to one session with an instructor. It keeps you motivated as well when you have your camera in one hand and the book you're reading on the other and you come across a function where you didn't know your equipment was capable of.

Being a total amateur like myself, this book is a must for those who want to get the most out of your equipment while you really don't have much experience is photography.

Canon Powershot G10/G11 - From Snapshots to Great Shots and Nikon D90 for Dummies.

I haven't got the Nikon D90 yet but I know for sure that it will be the camera that I will be getting in 3 months time. So I decided to get it. And as for the Canon's G10/G11 book, I found this book really useful and really think that Canon should have included this book as part of their user manual.

Dandelion Clock II

This is a failed attempt to capture the dandelion seed dispersal. My wife helped me by holding the dandelion and blowing on it while I position my camera on the plant.

I actually wanted my image to look like this:

But it turned out like this instead.

I guess its either my skills just wasn't as good as I though it would be or I am just asking too much from my Canon G11. What do you people think? Do you think the G11 is fast enough to capture the image I have in mind? Let me know your thoughts.

Dandelion Clock

Today my wife and I was taking Rae out for a walk and I so happen to see some dandelion on the sidewalk. I do not recall ever seeing any dandelion when I was in Brunei. After some research on Wikipedia, I found out that it only grows in temperate regions. I remember when I was a kid, I would sometimes see cartoon or TV character playing with dandelion by blowing on them. I didn't pluck one to blow on it because I didn't want to spoil it.

Here are some closeup that took me about 10 minutes to take as I was trying out several positions and angles to get the best shots.

Hope you enjoyed this short picture post.

Happy Mother's Day

This year my wife will be celebrating her first Mother's Day and also the first time my mom back in Brunei will be celebrating hers without me. So...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! to my Mom, my Wife all to Moms all over the world.

Here's something I found from Google.

Have a good one.

Coke Collections I

I just love all things Coke. Especially Coke's classic bottle and the old style poster. I do not have any of Coke's old style poster so I will just look for one on the net and post it here. But all the other bottles, cans and metal bottles are all from my collections.

The Classic Two Colour Full Wrap ACL Label Glass Bottle.

Regular Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Limited Edition Torch Run Aluminium Can.

Coke Zero Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Limited Edition Torch Run Aluminium Can.

Limited Edition Gold Can to congratulate the Canadian Men's Hockey Team for Winning Gold.

Here are some vintage and not so old Coke graphic arts and ad that I found on the net.

And the most famous of all, The Coke Pin Up Girl.

Still & Reflections.

One fine day. I found some abandoned screws.



Then I took some macro shots of some plants that was growing on top of the concrete divider. And create the 'Cream Cheese Bokeh' effect. For those of you who don't know what bokeh is, click here.



Reflections.

Indonesian Fried Chicken.

I tried making Indonesian fried chicken and the result was awesome. I surprised even myself at the taste.

Here is the recipe for those of you who would like to try it out.

2 piece chicken thigh.
2 piece chicken drumstick.
2 table spoon turmeric powder.
2 table spoon coriander powder.
2 tea spoon garlic powder.
1 tea spoon cumin powder.
Some salt to taste.

Mix all the ingredient together and marinade for at least 4 hours. I marinaded mine for 24 hours.

Before frying, add the chicken into a pan on medium high heat. Add some water just enough to cook and shimmer the chicken in it. (not too much water or the taste will run). When chicken is about

Heat just enough oil to cover at least half of the chicken. When oil reaches optimum temperature place chicken in with the skin side down first. Fry for 5 minutes then turn to the other side and fry for 3-4 minutes.
Enjoy.

Next time I will show you people how to make the fried chicken that looks and taste better than KFC.

Colour Popping Effect.

Garden On Mayfair.

During the 2010 Olympic Games.

The Olympic Flame at Downtown Vancouver.


The calm after the storm at YVR.


At the Holland Heineken House at Richmond.



Downtown at about 1am in the morning during the last day of the games.