Seems like there are some that enjoy the snow more than others (aka the rest of us who have to shovel everyday!)
Here he comes!

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Seems like there are some that enjoy the snow more than others (aka the rest of us who have to shovel everyday!)

Here he comes!

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He flies just as well!

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This is a mosaic of the 626 photos that I had posted last year on my photoblog in the image of the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria where I took a small trip to during the summer. Click for the original size!
My New Year’s resolution for the photoblog is to spend more time editing and [...]

This is a mosaic of the 626 photos that I had posted last year on my photoblog in the image of the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria where I took a small trip to during the summer. Click for the original size!

My New Year’s resolution for the photoblog is to spend more time editing and posting photos whenever I can (I was too occupied with other stuff last year that I didn’t get to edit much photos towards the end of last year). Hope I can do it!

Happy New Year everyone!

Happy New Year with a review of 2008!

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Everywhere you go! So far it looks like we’ll have a white Christmas, though quite a bit more snow than anyone expected!
Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, 聖誕節快樂 to all my blog readers and your families! Hope you have a safe, warm, and wonderful holiday season wherever you are! :-)
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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Everywhere you go! So far it looks like we’ll have a white Christmas, though quite a bit more snow than anyone expected!

Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, 聖誕節快樂 to all my blog readers and your families! Hope you have a safe, warm, and wonderful holiday season wherever you are! :-)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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Just another snowy day in Vancouver

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I guess these are considered my present to myself this Christmas, haha.
I’ve been looking for speakers to replace my original ones that were just generic ones and sounds pretty muffled, and one that fits the bill since I use it mainly for music and movies. Originally I was looking at a 5.1 setup in my [...]

I guess these are considered my present to myself this Christmas, haha.

I’ve been looking for speakers to replace my original ones that were just generic ones and sounds pretty muffled, and one that fits the bill since I use it mainly for music and movies. Originally I was looking at a 5.1 setup in my room, but after finding out that in order to use them with my laptop I would need to buy an extra PCI Express card, I quickly gave up on that. Then I looked at some 2.1 speakers, but some reviews weren’t as good for them.

Last week Futureshop had a sale on the Creative GigaWorks T20 for $64.99 with an original price of $129.99. Many reviews online spoke highly of these speakers even though they were only 2.0 with no subwoofer. I found that Best Buy had these selling at $127.99, and that they were sold out in all of the Vancouver or Richmond locations, the only one that carried it was in Burnaby (Price Match!). The next day I headed over to the Best Buy in Burnaby and successfully bought these for $65 including tax with price matching!

I have to say these are pretty good with good bass and low distortion at when turned up high :-)

The traditional box shot!

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Closeup of controls

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Left and right side-by-side

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Small bass opening at top

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It was quite a cold day. After staying indoors the entire morning and deciding with Alex whether or not to head out or not, I decided I couldn’t waste the entire day rotting at home! Usually after a snowy day I usually head out to the nearest neighbouring park, Queen Elizabeth, but it was pretty [...]

It was quite a cold day. After staying indoors the entire morning and deciding with Alex whether or not to head out or not, I decided I couldn’t waste the entire day rotting at home! Usually after a snowy day I usually head out to the nearest neighbouring park, Queen Elizabeth, but it was pretty much the same scene. After lunch, me and my dad decides the camera comes out, and Jericho, here we come! As we got nearer, the sun shone through the clouds and lit up the mountain slopes, perfect timing I must say!

The day after Vancouver’s first snow of the season, the mountains to the north were covered in a white blank of snow. Spectacular!

I took lots of photos so didn’t really post-process so here are most of the photos (click read more)!

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New development areas of West Vancouver

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More of West Vancouver

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Cute snowman already built!

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Casual jogger

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One of the northern peaks

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All the tress outlined!

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Stanley Park with snowy mountain backdrop

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Click this one for a bigger panoramic version

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Quite a lot of snow

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There’s the snowman again

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Downtown core blanketed with snow as well (tallest building is the Shangri-La)

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Stopped at a red light

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It might be the first snow to fall in Vancouver, but it certainly caught everyone off-guard! Vancouverites are generally not well prepared… and the city hasn’t had time to salt or snowplow the roads…
Weather warning calls for 5-10cm of snow, we might be getting more of it by tomorrow!
Granville street was a zoo, buses parked [...]

It might be the first snow to fall in Vancouver, but it certainly caught everyone off-guard! Vancouverites are generally not well prepared… and the city hasn’t had time to salt or snowplow the roads…

Weather warning calls for 5-10cm of snow, we might be getting more of it by tomorrow!

Granville street was a zoo, buses parked on the side, cars (mainly rear wheel drives) battling uphill, but in the middle of all this, people still stepped out of their cars to help each other push others’ cars. Took us nearly an hour to go what would usually take us 10 minutes by car. Thank goodness Frank had snow tires on :-)

Wherever you’re heading, be safe! (or stay home!)

So this was first of many cars on the way that piled up traffic…

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Mini Cooper driving past

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It may be faster to walk than in traffic!

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Snow-covered streets

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Through the eyes of the xt, I see myself in your eyes.
Can you say my blog title totally fits the blogging theme today? :-)


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Through the eyes of the xt, I see myself in your eyes.

Can you say my blog title totally fits the blogging theme today? :-)

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A trip full of memories.

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A trip full of memories.

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Too bad it will be anything but this for the next little while! :-(

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Too bad it will be anything but this for the next little while! :-(

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What to choose, what to choose

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View discretion is advised for the second photo!
(Taken at LE’s Mini-studio event over the weekend)
Praying for forgiveness

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Butcher

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View discretion is advised for the second photo!

(Taken at LE’s Mini-studio event over the weekend)

Praying for forgiveness

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Butcher

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Everyone has something that makes them happy.
For me, I love to take photographs. I feel the world is at peace when I snap the shutter :-)
I guess you can call me… trigger happy? :-D

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Everyone has something that makes them happy.

For me, I love to take photographs. I feel the world is at peace when I snap the shutter :-)

I guess you can call me… trigger happy? :-D

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Kicking off the LE I Love Blog 5 event (after MIA for a long time on the photoblog last month…) is a photo from last week - last sunny day on campus!
Leaves are still perfect

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Kicking off the LE I Love Blog 5 event (after MIA for a long time on the photoblog last month…) is a photo from last week - last sunny day on campus!

Leaves are still perfect

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Wow, it’s been a long time since I last posted! I’ve been so busy with school for the past month or so (and it’s not over yet!) and I can’t even remember the last time that I actually had a photo outing… I hope to somewhat catch up my photo editing over the break.
Anyways, first [...]

Wow, it’s been a long time since I last posted! I’ve been so busy with school for the past month or so (and it’s not over yet!) and I can’t even remember the last time that I actually had a photo outing… I hope to somewhat catch up my photo editing over the break.

Anyways, first time at Aberdeen Guu and the infamous Pumpkin Croquet, except I’ve never see it decorated like this at any other Guu locations :-)

Ooo… so that’s why this post is called GuuO! ;-)

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