[Drawing] Flying Horse Above Sky

I drew this for no particular reason. Some scenes just flashed into my mind. And I don't know why I came to color the horse pink and make it fly in sky...

[Drawing] Such Is Life

I drew this pic at the end of last year and colored it a couple of days ago. The red coffee mug was broken. Too many courses in this semester make me work my head off. Thus I have little time reading, watching film, drawing and going out of school for photoing.

Such is life. Always full of reluctance.

[Photos] First Love With Film

I bought this camera made in 1988 last year and finaly developed the first roll of film last night. During that time I met different problems that stopped me shooting. Like my camera broke down once and I had to wait for a long time to get someone fix it. But ultimately I made it.

24 photos was successfully scanned into the computer. I'm still happy even if almost half of them are either overexposed or underexposed...I select 6 photos that look good.

This is the view I was looking out of the window of my room when I lived in Zhengzhou. I thought it would be overexposed but turned out well.

The road down my window. Thousands of students lived there temporarily to attend art exams or study many subjects.

My friend Vivian Ko. She almost become my model.

My Mom.

The view ouside my room.

The basketball court under the balcony of my dorm.

I plan to learn how to develop the film on my own. I know it was hard...but really interesting.

[Drawing] Hope Of Pessimists

We cannot live without hope even though we're pessimists.

Finally I Made It

Some firewoks even bursted on my window.

Finally I can balance my camera by putting a little chair on the windowsill and laying the camera on it. Looks great.

[Photo] Sparkles Above The City

During the Chinese New Year people kept setting fireworks. I live in 10th floor in an apartment so I can aways watch them flying up into the sky and blooming over the city then disappearing. It's too bad that I left my tripod at school. So even watching the exciting fireworks just right in front of my window I can't take a good picture for failing to make the camera stable. Then I tried to put the camera on the windowsill and shoot. Still, not good enough. What a pity.

I thought the night when I shot those fireworks was a little funny. That night there were not so many fireworks constantly. People just set them once in a while. I can't keep waiting the lighting fireworks with the open window and freezing wind blowing my face. So I did something else and once I heard 'bang' I rushed to the windowsill right away and shot. But still, I failed over and over. Then I was sort of pissed...

After taking some photos I stopped trying. Finally I just watched sparkles in my seat. That feels good as well. This is enjoy, not attempting to gain something from the view.

[Photo] Grab Any Chance To College

I've been iving in Zhengzhou for almost 11 days. More than 15 people live in this apartment besides me. Most of them are students attending art exams and 2 of them, including me are learning English.

Some students tell me that they have to stay here for more days because they still have 3 or 4 tests to attend. Which means they have to live here far away from their home with their friends all by themselves. The more tests they attend, the more chances they'll seize. All they want is grabbing any oppotunity to go to college.

Everyday they get up at 6 Am and spend 6 or more hours taking that kind of drawing exams that not only acquire inspiration and perspiration but a lot of strenth. At the same time, their lives are quite simple and hard. The foods they eat are quite cheap. Most of the time they just take some Chinese cakes (a kind of large, thick and flat bread). These foods are pretty cheap, cost like 1 or 2 Yuan. And I think it's why such foods are so popular among students except for the good taste.

All this university (or college) entrance examination thing shocked me and make me very uncomfortable again. It reminds me of the desperate high school life. The whole sick machine will just ruin us, all the people.

The kid, Fang, in red in the photos above is my landlord's son. The boy in blue near him is his cousin. Their computer's in my room cause I live in Fang's room. These kids do all what they can do to play net game. And I feel bad about it...