Happy New Year 2011

Happy New Year everybody!!!

It’s incredible how time passes so fast. I can still remember clearly what I wrote for my 2010 new year post exactly 1 year ago.

2010 has been a year with ups and downs for me. But at least I have fulfilled my wish by travelling to 2 foreign countries — Hong Kong and Cambodia.

Now let’s summarise my 2010 in 4 quarters.

First quarter

Things were good during the first quarter. I was very much into landscape photography.

Padi field — Harvested padi field at Sekinchan.

KLCC Lightning — Lighting strikes somewhere around KLCC.

Purple sunset — Beautiful sunset with blue and purple sky.

Roof lanterns 2 — Lanterns on the highest tower.

Balloons on the ground — The 2nd Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2010.

Then I had the most wonderful birthday celebration with my closest friends at Hard Rock Cafe.

Group photo — Celebrated my 27th birthday with a bunch of best friends.

And I also went for white water rafting for the first time. It was really fun.

On the raft — White water rafting at Kampar River.

Second quarter

Things started to change during the second quarter. I started to be less passionate about life until a certain point I realised that my life was a total mess.

But I wasn’t feeling sad or down or anything. Yeah, I wasn’t feeling anything. Nothing will excite me during that time. Until one day I threw myself off my bed and tried to cleanup my mess.

Luckily things got better and that’s when I ran my 3rd 10km marathon.

Me and my medal — Standard Charted KL Marathon 2010.

Third quarter

Things started to get better during the third quarter.

I started to take pictures again after I bought a new lens and speedlight.

Nikon SB-900 and Tokina 11-16mm — My new Nikon SB-900 Speedlight and Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 DX.

Teddy bear — My first indoor photography with a teddy bear.

Orange Kitchen — My first interior shooting.

Oatmeal-closeup — Another indoor photography shooting still object.

And I went to Hong Kong for the first time! It was such a wonderful time!

Hong Kong Central Sunset Cityscape 2 — I visited Hong Kong for the first time.

And not forgetting to mention I won a brand new iPhone 4 from Maxis! See, things were getting better and better near the end of 2010.

Fourth quarter

When it came to the last quarter of the year, things got pretty busy. I was so busy until I didn’t have much time to blog.

First, I ran my fourth 10km marathon at Nike City 10K 2010.

Me, Sophea and Ted. — Nike City 10K 2010.

Then I visited Cambodia for the first time. It was such a memorable and meaningful trip.

And one last thing which was one of the reasons I didn’t blog much and that’s my pet project StageKL.

I had the concept since early 2010 but not until the end of the year I decided it was time to make it a reality.