First roll with a Pentax LX with FC-1 viewfinder. The camera is well-built, easy to use, and portable. Unfortunately this unit suffers from the sticky mirror problem as well as mis-aligned mirror, leading to several OOF shots.
Here are some images from the first roll (BW ASA400). Horace doing some repair work on a Rolleicord TLR.
Charlie’s birthday at Dosa Hut.
Watching the Soul, our church softball team. Coach Ian and Adrian prepare to get on the field.
Triumphant return after hitting a home run!
The very loud cheering section (ie Kathy).
Some action shots, a bit tough with the sticky mirror.
Quick briefing in between innings.
Doing a cheer/dance for the other team!
A thunderstorm was overhead so they called the game early. Notice the lightening in the background.
Hanging out and eating lamb curry at Justin’s house.
Mom was in HK so Dad had to cook. He went to Costco and stocked up on a lot of prepared food.
Sunday worship.
Snapshots from church. Celebrating Pastor Eric’s birthday. :)
As some of you might know, I am currently traveling in China till early July. This is a postdated entry, hopefully I can write about my experience in China next week. Till then!
Toward the end of 4B, knowing the school is undergoing many changes, many of the student teams and labs would soon be moved to the new E5 building. I really wanted to capture the different parts of university life of 2009. There was something lacking with digital camera, too much focus on aspects such as sharpness, color, and noise of the photo and miss the true objectives.
Perhaps it is the suspense with using film. In the end I decided to use the Yashica Mat-124G for the job. Fully Manual. Click.
John from the Student Machine Shop. Thanks for putting up with all our last minute projects.
Don Fraser at the Kick-off Sports Bar. I still remember the 0/10 he gave me for the C++ assignment. :)
Professor Huissoon during class prof hour.
Aaron, doing what he does best, nothing.
Paul proudly showing off his opinion regarding PDEng in the exit survey.
The lovely mural in POETS.
Andrew posing beside the Formula SAE frame he designed.
The Clean Snowmobile team. We were really scared the night they tried to start it beside the Robotics Lab.
Ben and his sexy ride trying to seduce ARGO team members…
DC Library. I distinctly remember thinking “I should be studying right now…”
Someone drew out the escape path out of MC. The key is not to look at the room numbers.
I guess it is quite fitting to be posting these photos now that we have graduated and got the paper! Hopefully these photos bring back some good memories or provide a glimpse into the 5 years that we spent in University of Waterloo.
The Old Whitby Psychiatric Hospital was constructed in 1917 and closed down in 1996. It was a forerunner in mental hospitals with its interconnected buildings and home-like buildings for the patients. Supposedly it is full of wandering spirits from all the strange conditions and suicides. Yikes.
Horace and I arrived at the site but unfortunately most of the buildings have been torn down to be redeveloped into residential homes. We managed to sneak into the two remaining ‘cottages’ for a quick look.
Which is safer, the area where the ceiling is still intact or had fallen down?
The exterior of Building No.12. The basement was completely flooded.
The interior of one building was completely coated with a white coat, perhaps to keep the walls from decaying?
Here are some images of the main complex taken in 2005:
We are back, safe and sound! Here are some of the places we visited in the second half of the trip. We were very lucky to have nice weather for the duration that we were in Newfoundland, once we hit the road to head home it started to rain again.
St.John’s Harbor viewed from Signal Hill.
The city of St.John’s.
Watching the sunrise from Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America. The clouds formations were amazing!
Chasing after icebergs. Often involve driving onto random gravel roads to get as close to the shore as possible. We were surprised the GPS has those road in the database.
One of our last hikes in Newfoundland. Taking in the view before driving to the ferry pier.
After the overnight ferry we arrived in Cape Breton National Park. The drive along the Cabot Trail was amazing.
We were blocked by a mother with two baby moose traveling on the same road. We followed them slowly up and down several little hills before they dashed into the woods and disappeared.
The Coastal drive as seen from the top of the Skyline Trail.
After Cape Breton we started our journey home and arrived in Montreal on the 27th. We spent a day touring around the city, eating smoked meat sandwiches, and finally fulfilled our Dooly’s night out.
