Who am I?

Lately, I have had to fill in some forms where I had to state my profession and what industry do I work in. I still find it a bit peculiar to state "homemaker" as my profession and "home" as the industry I work in even though I have stayed home for 7 months. I guess a little part of me still long for the work life I had. I figure I will get used to those terms soon, after all, I have worked for 10 years before making this huge step to stay home. I do enjoy and cherish every minute I have at home, and I will always put my family and kids first (no offense to other working moms).

My belly is growing and I feel that I am out of room. I have been nesting for a while and the nesting feeling is growing ever stronger as there are only 6.5 weeks left until our 2nd baby joins us. This baby is even more active than Ian was in my womb. I can't wait to meet her.

Here are some pictures taken one afternoon. When he sees the camera, he either runs away, covers his face or make some silly faces when I ask him to smile for me.

How mischievous

I like this one

Acting cute

Silly face for the camera

Who is the mother?

Ian makes me laugh a lot with what he says. He mimics our daily speech and is picking up my broken chinese. He sounds like a small size adult when he talks. Lately, he has been giving me orders such as "Don't mix the colors of my play-doh haa", "Becareful haa", etc...

He has a bible with a little lock on it. Last night, he wanted me to read that book to him and he noticed that the book was not locked. He kept asking who did that. I told him perhaps I forgot to lock it after reading it to him last time. He said this to me assertively..."You must remember to lock it next time, ok? If you forget again next time, I will be mad at you." I laughed so hard inside and thought...now, who is the mother? :)

Here are some recent pictures of Ian...

Ian munching on a corn with Ernie

Like his smile

Love those toes that look like peanuts

My favourite place to take Ian's pics with good lighting...our bathroom

He does splits pretty well

媽媽和我 (Mama and me!)

Final series of shots using Vivitar Series 1 105mm on Contaxt Softar I. The first picture was modified using Picasa's soft focus and the last was actually taken using my only autofocus lens, the trusty Canon 50mm f2.5 macro. If you want to get an inexpensive macro/portrait (85mm on a 1.6x view factor camera such as my good old Canon 350D!), this baby is it! This lens is so sharp you can count the number of the eye lashes on the original picture!

Note: all pictures in these three series were reduced from the original size down to 800x600 pixels and compressed. Some details may be lost.

Fun time at the Park

Series II using the same configuration of Vivitar Series 1 105 mm Macro f2.5, Haoda Adapter on Canon 350D and Contax Softar I filter. Shot mostly at f3.5 to 4.0. I really like the soft effect on the portraits, and the nice, homogeneous bokeh. Without the soft filter, the lens will be a little too sharp (well, will work for some other portraiture work though)...

Squirrel in the Park

I have recently rediscovered one of the lenses in my collection, the classic Vivitar Series 1 105mm Macro f2.5. This lens has a cult status now, and had great followers during its production. It is a great macro and portrait lens, and still have avid fans till now (me included!).

I am having fun with this lens mounted on my 350D via a Haoda adapter, and for this series and the following two series, and I was using my Contax Softar I filter.

Picture of squirrel taken at a park close to our home while we brought little Ian out to the playground. The curious little creature was muching on some pine seeds, and oblivious of the person with the large lens :)

The first picture was edited using Picasa's soft focus, and the second one was slightly modified using simple Picasa tools as well.