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Sun and haze over the sea to Lamma Island, Hong Kong.

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:18:23 +0800

Sun and haze over the sea to Lamma Island, Hong Kong.

Last night’s view of the #ICC from the #Kowloon...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:00:58 +0800

Last night’s view of the #ICC from the #Kowloon Waterfront, #hongkong on Flickr.

Your Story of Life in High Rises

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:41:00 +0800

I submitted a few photos and a story to the NYTimes opinion pages on a piece they called, “Your Story of Life in High Rises”. They were seeking photos, even of the Instagram quality, that reflect life and culture in the kind of urban setting we live in. Here’s the story that I submitted:

“How many people do you think we’re looking at?” I fingered through the six photos of our view. We lay across the mattress with hand-propped heads, looking past the device into the light addled night of our neighbourhood.

We peer across at the windows of the neighbouring building. Half of them are lit, a quarter of those with the fluorescence of paradox, and the rest more modestly. “Forty stories times two units per floor times two or three inhabitants - more if you count the dogs - and we have, maybe, a hundred-and-sixty living in a building? I don’t know. If I had to guess, we are probably viewing at least forty thousand people from here.”

The seals on our windows are tight. When opened, the city pours in: a hundred-thousand air conditioners, cooking vents, the public buses and red taxis, and the polite coo of Hong Kong citizenry. We keep them shut because we miss the silence and open-space of Canada, but mostly it is a luxury, a moment away from Hong Kong’s bustle.

#Tokyo is a little wet tonight.

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:24:33 +0800

#Tokyo is a little wet tonight.

are you a teacher?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:58:46 +0800

Yes, I am. Are you?

The second tallest #pagoda in #Japan, Goju no To (五重塔), built...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:44:21 +0800

The second tallest #pagoda in #Japan, Goju no To (五重塔), built 730AD #Nara Prefecture

Pretty #pink #blossoms around the Imperial Palace today in...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:04:56 +0800

Pretty #pink #blossoms around the Imperial Palace today in #Tokyo

IFC Tower 2 on Flickr.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:00:34 +0800

IFC Tower 2 on Flickr.

#hongkong variations of colour #webstagram #instagram...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:35:11 +0800

#hongkong variations of colour #webstagram #instagram #photography

"I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, This is..."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:00:34 +0800

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, This is what it is to be happy.”

- Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (via aspenandvine)