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Lucky is the home with a plant that blooms on New Year’s Day
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The chinese tradition has it that a household should have a live blooming plants to symbolize rebirth and new growth. Flowers are believed to be symbolic of wealth and high positions in one’s career. In a more elaborate settings, plum blossoms just starting to bloom are arranged with bamboo and pine sprigs, the grouping symbolizing friends, reliability and perseverance; the bamboo is known for its compatibility, its utility and its flexible stems for furniture and other articles; the evergreen pine evokes longevity and steadiness.
The Chinese firmly believe that without flowers, there would be no formation of any fruits. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to have flowers and floral decorations. They are the emblems of reawakening of nature, they are also intimately connected with superstition and with the wish for happiness during the ensuing year.
Plum Blossoms, originally uploaded by: KnOizKi
Guess why I took these macro-shots photos? It symbolizes that I am pleased with my new Nikon Coolpix P5100 toy. I played around with it just now and “wow” look at those cool shots.
This means, I am getting ready to take more photos this New Year and the days to come. I am thinking of an upgrade for a pro flickr account so that I can upload more photos. And once again to become the more ’serious photographer’ in the future, don’t you think?
Boasting 12-megapixels, the P5100 offers a 2.5-inch LCD display — modest by today’s standards — as well as an optical viewfinder, a feature that is often omitted in digital compacts these days. This is a plus for saving battery and viewing your subjects in harsh sunlight when the LCD can become washed out. Optical image stabilisation is one of three options for reducing blur, along with Anti-Shake and High Sensitivity modes which can be found on the mode dial. The P5100 also boasts a maximum light sensitivity of ISO 3,200, but only when shooting at 5-megapixels or lower. -more reviews via cnet.com.au
wow nice toy!
i love the shots, napaka-dramatic! kung hei fat choi! 
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Meeya, ang galing ko na diba? Pwede na?
What a lovely pictures and what a nice camera. Hmmn, order din kaya ako nito :). Ang galing kasi ng kuha eh, super linaw. Happy Chinese New Year!!!
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Ate Beng, it took me hours to decide between the Canon or the Nikon. I insisted on my brother to decide instead. I am not good at electronics & gadget choices but this one is quite stunning. Kaya ayan, gumastos ulet, but I think the very essence of being “luxurious” (like you, into LV or Gucci’s) is that we should not feel guilty after we buy them, diba?
Looks like a good point and shoot camera you got there.
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Range, yup as simple as that. The shop said that I can also buy lens if I want to extra gadgetize this camera. The deal was not bad, it includes a mini tripod, a case and SD card. The big bulky Canon is too complicated for me, the one you mentioned in your blog I think.
These are beautiful shots. I’ve wanted a new camera, and have been thinking about taking some classes. I’m sooo jealous of you; I don’t see how you can afford so many cool toys.
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Hahaha Ginger, I am not giving you the impression that I am rich. I saved for a year to buy this gagdet, cuz the Olympus digi I got last time was ‘harassed” by my sister. Well now it’s the New Year, I hope I can get Lai See pockets until next week to cover all the costs I spent for the camera. So don’t be jealous, let’s go out and ‘harass’ the married people for the Lai See, haahaha.
Wow! Beautiful pictures!
You’ve got a good camera. Mine sucks!
Happy New Year, K!
Diane, glad you like it. I am not really into “perfectness” (well I do in some point) but photographs without added “dramatic feature” in it don’t get much impression even if you’re just using a cam-phone. It’s like storytelling, the better you know your story before you shoot, the better prepared you’ll be to find visuals that serve that story, what works, what doesn’t - it’s what the most powerful and effective of photography… I think.
Hi thanks for advertising my blog here. Dropped my card in you entrecard.
Lorie, anytime. Thanks for the visit. Hit me again if you like, yeah?
nice captures K! upgrade kana ng pro sa flickr
pa-link na rin ng mga photos mo in the future hehehe. walang panama pala yung digicam ko, yay, 6 megapix lang.
nice captures K! upgrade kana ng pro sa flickr. at pa-link na rin sa mga photos mo in the future, if ever hehehe. walang panaman ang digicam kong 6 megapix
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Dimaks, your recent shots are actually extra-super-cool. I like the way you capture nature like the snow. I think you’re a good photographer, you should take more photos, 6mega or 12mega doesn’t give much differene in there, innit? How much kaya ang pro-flickr account fees? How about the zoomr account?
Kung Hei Fat Choy or Gong Xi Fa Cai
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INTHESITY, oh you also celebrate Chinese New Year in your country? KUNG HEI FAT CHOI, means good health, more money, and more money to come… hahaha.
as i know of, flickr charges 24.95USD for 1 year pro account. can’t find how much zooomr does
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Dimaks, that expensive? It sucks that all of my old photos are nowhere to find in flickr. I am worried tho if I’d take these photography seriously, I need a permanent storage site online (free) that can hold every photos I can upload. Do you think it’s the same with the zooomr account?
Hey K!!! May I ask your permission…
I’m gonna make your pics my wallpaper ha!
Tenks u!
Diane, oh you want them? Go ahead, free of charge unless you keep on recording your music hahaha. You’re welcome.
hmm hmm am plotting an asian holiday…. kaya yan money wallet mo mag hintay yan i treat na lang kita….. maybe another mug kaya.
anyway the shots are great wow macro…. am looking for macro lens for my eos… almost $500. pobre ako sa gadgets ko
lovely colours… never seen plum blossoms before…
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Sha, diba yours is an ultra cool camera? I don’t know if I can spend that much for a lens, $500? Ang mahal pala. Plum blossoms is the “chinese new year’s flower” It blooms on the New Year obviously. Dami kong “thank you” cards na papadalhan pala.
Wonderful photos, K. That pink flower is just lovely.
Ow, with my “black thumb” I am not able to grow flowering plant, even those that are low-maintenance, hehe.
Teacher, this plant doesn’t need watering, actually babad mo lang sa tubig, then few days before the Chinese New Year, bubuka na sila. How about cactus plant? Diba no need watering na yun? Hahaha.
Hirap nga lang mag upload ng photos sa flickr. Pwede na, diba?
Some people do, but I have a friend who has a lot of clientes in China, he sent me this. In Madrid there use tu be a parade, but now they make a festival in the Madrid Arena and is like 9000 people there. I don’t know why this week end I’m always out of town, maybe next year.
I’m going to Malaga to visit some frinds….
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Inthesity, you’re a busy person, you travel to every continents, that’s what I don’t have. Lucky you.
Hello K!
I’m a flower person. I love flowers but I don’t know all the names of the flowers.
We don’t have flowers at home too except an orchid which actually has two flowers right now that I always look at every morning when I get up. 
As much as I wanted to have plants and flowers, I can’t, as I always forget to water them. Hahaha… E di nalanta.
Sayang naman.
Anyway, have a nice week! Happy Chines New Year din pala!
Sofie, if only I have a terraza, backyard or a big house, I know how to do some gardening and grow plants. In HK, there’s no room for this.
Congratulations on your new toy! Those are cool photos. How much did you pay for it? Did you buy it online or from a shop?
Jaypee, I bought it at the shop nearby, around US$385. Expensive ba? I honestly don’t shoppe online, safe ba yun?
Hi K! Where did you get the karaoke mp3 of “Only reminds me of you”? Could u send me a copy, pretty please???
Pls let me know! I love that song eh.
Diane, I left a link in your blog for the site. They have a lot of Pinoy songs to choose from. Balitaan mo ako sa new recording mo, k? Enjoy!
Zooomr accounts are free for bloggers. I don’t know if they still offer them though. It was like that a while ago when I joined. I got a free for life account with Zooomr.
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Range, thank you, I made an account there and I have used it once, stored a few photos but most likely, I’ll stick with flickr. So I’m still considering if I’d buy the pro-account. Do you think uploading photos direct to my blog is advisable? I know it’s pretty easy to do but I don’t know how much space the blog can handle images/photos?
very nice…
We also use that subject in still life when we do chinese painting.
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