The Year of the Tiger roared into Mississauga on Saturday evening to the loud drums and cymbals of a lion dance at the Fo Guang Shan Temple in Meadowvale.
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If you want to leap forward, do not look behind. Once you jump, there is no turning back.
Settling down for the evening, I can finally find some quiet time and share my thoughts. Well, the thoughts that I deem shareable anyhow. This week has been all about photography. Getting published in the Toronto Star has definitely added fuel to my already raging passion for photojournalism.
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Night photography at Port Credit.
Photography, combining content and aesthetics, convey a message that allows your intellect to fathom the gravity of situations such as the earthquake in Haiti. With Taiwan and Chile also hit by earthquakes, one wonders if the Mayan calendar ending in 2012 is more than a mere coincidence.
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Using a Shamwow as a bath towel.
As a part of my travel plans, I am considering using a shamwow as a bath towel as it is a lot less bulky to pack than a regular bath towel.
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Roberto Luongo, the starting goalie for Team Canada men's hockey through most of the tournament, holds up his gold medal as Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in an exciting overtime game at the Vancover 2010 Olympics. The victory won Canada a record 14 gold medals. The most for any nation in the history of the Winter Olympics.
Congratulations to all of Canada’s athletes for the most successful Olympics in Canadian history.
Our athletes were called upon to Own The Podium and that they did. Winning the most gold medals of any country at a Winter Olympics, Canada finished with 14 gold medals, and 26 overall.
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My heart goes out to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami
It is quite interesting that an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 in Japan is followed by an 8.3 magnitude earthquake in Chile a few hours after. Is it possible that one earthquake triggered the other?
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Indian dance performance at a school today. I love photographing dance.
The Olympics
That was quite the hockey game, couldn’t be more exciting. Actually, it would’ve been super exciting if it was say .. Slovakia vs USA or Russia or any other country than Canada. But to be that close in a Slovakia vs Canada game, that went way past “exciting” and more into the “cardiac arrest” territory.
10 gold medals for Canada! Gold and Bronze.
Me in my Team Canada hockey jersey
While there are 15 winter sports events, most of them with male and female events, Canada, and perhaps the world, looks forward to the one game on Sunday the Men’s Hockey gold medal game.
It is easy to miss the fact, already touted by many media outlets, that Canadian women have won 13.5 out of the 17 medals to date.
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Twitter to Buzz (A)
Most people currently have the options to connect their Buzz feed to Flickr, Picasa, Twitter, Google Reader, Google Chat status or Youtube.
However, as there is no log in to any APIs needed for Twitter, I believe you can eventually Buzz anything with an RSS feed.
Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services cold water rescue practice
A chilly Monday morning saw members of the Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services practice their cold water rescue techniques in Port Credit.
Drew Brees holds his son Baylen Brees as he celebrates his Super Bowl XLIV win
If you can’t be at the super bowl making pictures, then make pictures from your home. It was a touching moment as Drew Brees carried his son, sharing a once in a lifetime moment with little Brees.