Canon 5D Mark II with Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM test shots

My new camera Canon 5D MARK II with Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM and EF 17-40mm f/4L just arrived yesterday and so I did a few test shots with Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM. There are a lot of review on the web so I wouldn't bother to do any review about this lens. If you have any question at all, feel free to ask and I will try my best to answer your question.

Anyway, below are the few tested shots that I took today.









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Some Photos from Brisbane

Just sharing a few photos that I took when I went to Brisbane December last year~





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Easter Sunday Lunch

Went to Primo in Marion today for Easter Sunday lunch~ I had the Primo Parmy which is Parmigiana on top of the Spaghetti Bolognese. And my friend had a Primo Mixed Grill~ The foods weren't that fantastic actually, but was ok~





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Yum Cha in Bintulu 在民都鲁吃点心

Yum Cha at Bintulu Farley new cafe, the foods are quite average which wasn't very impressive thou~ Anyway, at least there is a new place for yum cha in Bintulu~








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Malaysia Trip 2012 - In Kota Kinabalu (Sabah) II

When we went to KK, we went to my friend (One of my best friend)- Teck Hsiu Paul Hii restaurant for lunch, he owned a Hoho Bento at Megalong mall. It was quite a long drive, but certainly worth it! Because I haven't seen him for 2 years and the foods are fantastic!! must go there if you are in KK!! 2 thumbs up!
— with Teck Hsiu Paul Hii.






My sister and Zoe at Starbucks for coffee after dinner~

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Malaysia Trip 2012 - In Kota Kinabalu (Sabah)

During the trip, my sister's family as well as me and Joe + my brother, we went to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah for 4 days 3 nights. It was lovely the first two days, but then I got a cold on third day~ what a shame~~ Anyway, We had a lovely seafoods and visited the wonderful Manukan Island, we did snorkeling too; however, seems like the fish not many as it was~




View from the airplane and Zoe always naughty~


When we arrived Shangri La Hotel, we went to had lunch at nearby Malay cafe,and I ordered a Lemon Chicken Rice~ Taste not bad!




The next day, we went to Manukan island early in the morning.







Lunch at the restaurant in Manukan Island, I ordered a Manukan Fried Rice, the price was really expensive there, it cost RM 22. No choice, as there is the only restaurant there.


And this is the Sabah famous vege, I am not sure how to call it in English, but perhaps you just say Sabah Vege will do. In Chinese, it called 沙巴粟仔菜。


Then we went to have seafoods at night at one of the most popular seafood restaurant in KK, Welcome seafood restaurant, 大茄来海鲜～ and It was one of the best meal we had in KK. And the price was reasonable, as they wouldn't charge you more because you are a traveler. So quite safe to have dinner there if you ever visit KK and looking for nice seafoods~


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Malaysia Trip 2012 - Chinese New Year's Eve Feast

We had a reasonable size of family to celebrate Chinese New Year at my house in Bintulu. The moment that I enjoyed the most during Chinese New Year always the new year's eve. The atmosphere of reunion is very warm and touchy. And of course, the foods are always amazing!!


Mixed Foods (Combination of different variety of foods)


Chinese Sausages (Bought this very early in the morning of new year's eve like 2am in the morning)


Salted Egg Prawns



Sugar Vinegar Pork


Chieves with Baby Corn

These are only some of the foods, there are at least another 6 dishes~

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Malaysia Trip 2012 - Around My House

Went back to Malaysia and my hometown Bintulu for a month. I didn't take much photos over there as I was lazy and busy catching up with family and friends, plus I got a bad flu and cold twice during the holiday. Anyway, the holiday was lovely as I haven't see my family and friends for almost a year. I do missed them a lot!

These two photos were taken in my house at Bintulu. My father grew the rambutan himself and the Bougainvillea is in my house garden.

There are more photos on the way.

To be continue......





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Morning Breakfast

Always love this kind of relaxing photos, so decided to make one myself - Morning breakfast, croissant and coffee with newspaper~~







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Easter Sunday Lunch

Went up to the Adelaide Hills today for lunch at Algate Pump Hotel, as several months ago I was dine in there and found out there are beautiful maple tree at the outdoor dinning area~ so I thought would be nice to have lunch there at the outdoor during autumn when the trees turned yellow or red. However, the timing was wrong, those maple trees still in green and probably I have to go back there again in another couple of weeks. Nevertheless, we still had our lunch there~


Roast Beef




Potato Gnocchi
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Rich Beef Ragu / Beef Stew

This is my first try and turned out really really well!! I am sooo proud with myself! The taste is so good with very strong red wine taste.

The Parsley and Beans are both from my own garden, organic and healthy!





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Happy Mid Autumn Festival 中秋节快乐

"The Mid-Autumn Festival (Simplified Chinese: 中秋节; Traditional Chinese: 中秋節; pinyin: zhōngqiūjié), also known as the Moon Festival, is a popular Chinese celebration of abundance and togetherness, dating back over 3,000 years to China's Zhou Dynasty. In Malaysia and Singapore, it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival, similar in name to a different festival which falls on the fifteenth day of the Chinese New Year).

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar (usually around mid- or late-September in the Gregorian calendar).The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties.

Traditionally, on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes and pomeloes together.

Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or regional customs, such as:

Eating moon cakes outside under the moon
*Putting pomelo rinds on one's head
*Carrying brightly lit lanterns
*Burning incense in reverence to *deities including Chang'e
*Planting Mid-Autumn trees
*Lighting lanterns on towers
*Fire Dragon Dances "

From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival

By the way, this photo almost straight from the camera~~ should be my 1st photo with the least processing~only added the Chinese Characters and increase very little bit darkness~ hope you like it!!

P/S:
To All My friends~~~ no matter what nationality you are... this lantern photograph is specially dedicate for you!!!

Happy Mid Autumn Festival my friends!!!!!

中秋節快樂!!!
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McCreanor Family Mother's Day Party

Just finished organized these photo from few weeks ago taken on Mother's Day for McCreanor family.

It is a bit late though (quite late!!), but I have been busy doing some other stuff so delay this a bit. Anyway, these memorable photos would never gone,so it doesn't matter late or not... I hope you enjoy viewing them.














































































This photo of Rosie & I was taken by Joe~（I should be at least in one photo, to show that I was there too!!)

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