Funny times

Location: Vale, Niseko

Wearing: Ksubi top, Doc Martens

地点：二世古Vale

穿着：Ksubi上衣，Doc Martens

 

Rumaging through my email and found a series of photo shoots of when I helped a friend out with some press photos.  He wanted a 'lifestyle and modern' shot of the new hotel we were in.  And this is a photo of me being 'lifestyle-ish and modern'?  It was a good photo session with lots of creative input and experimenting with light.  Very enjoyable and relaxed compared to half of the other ones I have had in Hong Kong.

检查我的电邮，我找到一系列我之前帮朋友出版照片的拍摄。他想在这家新旅馆里拍一张“生活化和现代化”的照片。而这张照片是有点“生活化和现代化”的我？拍摄的过程很好，有很多创新的意念和不同灯光的试验。跟在香港的很多次拍摄比较，这是非常让人享受和松弛的。

Best thing probably was my 'make-up and hair'.  He had nothing to do with the photos and was standing in.  All of a sudden, "Valerie, don't move.  Your hair."

My buddy and I were laughing so hard when we looked through the photos. 

Fun times, I need more of those.

最好的大概是我的“化妆和发型”。其实他跟照片不相干，只是当替身演员而已。突然，他说：“Valerie，不要动。你的头发。”看照片的时候我和我的朋友都笑开了。

我需要更多玩乐的时间。

My love affair with Japan

Sapporo: A flashback to somewhere familar

It's a known fact that I have been away from Seattle for quite a long time and it's been making me homesick.  Yet, when I embarked on this food-tasting journey to Japan, I never expected it to bring me to the familarities and comforts of being home.  The temperature was chilly and the people were friendly.  What I noticed was that it didn't matter that I didn't speak Japanese, it was possible to communicate with smilies. :) How lovely.

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Otaru stopover: Steam Train ride

From Sapporo to Niseko (Final destination), we needed to take a journey by train.  At the platform, I heard the shrill of a train horn and turned around to be blanketed by a cloud of steam.  It was beautiful to see the train pulling into the platform. Loved it.

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Lovin' Niseko

It's this tiny ski resort town, Simon has told me about it before.  Loads of my celebrity friends go there so I thought it was this expensive unaffordable ski resort with 5-star hotels, everything I desperately want to avoid.  When I arrived, it was a quaint little town with everything cultural written on it.  It reminded me of home... the four clear distinction of seasons, the friendly people (super cute little kid!) , somewhat chilly weather and soothing scenery.  Being there for the food tasting tour, (haha!) we were present for the Annual Niseko Food Tasting event where 20 hotels participated in preparing food with premium Japanese produce. 

Best thing, I witnessed the change in seasons in Niseko.  Staying at Freedom Inn, this tiny conceirge hotel fitted with a fireplace and limited rooms, it had such a "home-away-from-home" feeling to it.  This brick building, served as a perfect backdrop against the breathe-taking Niseko scenery.  One day, it was autumn and the next morning, the floor was blanketed in fluffy snow.  The snow is amazing. I couldn't stop playing with it.  The trip was excellent, made some new friends! lovely people!

I love Niseko.

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Beauty in Fallen Leaves

So... after that lovely trip to Niseko, went back out to Sapporo to get back to Hong Kong, it was a long trip... I am still really tired. But to go from a snowy place to a colorful city filled with the brown hues of leaves, it was such a wonderful feeling...

Japan was an awesome trip.  Love Niseko, will go back for snowboarding!

Who's going?