Colonial Buildings Need Care and Love

I like the idea that Park Café having tried to renovate the below colonial building, bringing it back to the public. There are plenty more of them that extremely in need of some sort of love and care. Some of them are dying in a couple of year. The more I observed the city, the more abandoned colonial buildings I have found.

Tourists are not allured by the newly-built modern architectures, but something historical and cultural. If the government truly wants to get more tourists to the capital, they should pay more attention on this heritage attraction.

By the way, can anyone tell me why most of the buildings, including school buildings, in Cambodia are painted in yellow?

New Park Café outlet facing Calmette Hospital on Monivong Bld.

Outdoor space in front of the main building of Park Café

Here is another old building that is not far from the Park Café

Ecole Professionelle. It probably will be disappeared someday soon, thank to the development.

On the Way from School

“When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls!” Ted Grant

I wish I have known how to process a better B&W version.

Trip to Japan ‘09

Thought a bit late, here are some photos from my two-week trip to Japan in July 2009.

Have no idea what it is called in English or Japanese. It is normally found at temple or shire where wishing boards are hung. This is Katuso-ji famous for the red wish Daruma doll (dharma doll) in Mino city, Osaka Prefecture.

The Tower of the Sun（太陽の塔）is an artwork created by Japanese artist Tarō Okamoto. It was known as the symbol of Expo ‘70 and currently is preserved and located in the Expo Commemoration Park in Suita, Osaka, Japan. The tower has three faces on its front and back. (Source: Wikipedia)

Guardian deity of children or Ojizo-sama (お地蔵さま), one of the most loved of all Japanese divinities. In Chōhō-ji temple（頂法寺） in Kyoto city.

Maple tree in summer. Its leaves turn yellow and red in autumn. I have missed autumn for seven years now. Wondering if I will ever have chance to capture its beauty again when they turn red and yellow.

A Store selling Japanese traditional snacks in Kyoto.

Stucked by Rain

I was stuck by the rain and got bored after waiting it to stop for about ten minutes. And you know what I did. Maybe some people even thought I am a weird guy as I kept releasing my shutter toward the shells below, uhm…. like a few scores of time.

That is one of the best splash I could get….

The Bees are everywhere now.

The Boy and the Snake

You probably have known the story of the boy and the snake in Setbo, Sa-ang district of Kandal Province. Google it, if you have never heard about that. :d

Last Saturday Magnus, a flickr acquaintance, invited me to go with him to take photos of the boy and the snake. He saw their photos on flickr and decided to fly here from Sweden to capture them by himself, though I am sure that it is not his sole purpose of coming here. Here are two photos of them.

An Evening at Tramkok, Takeo

The Lost Symbol

Cant wait to have it in my hands. Photo Courtesy of danbrown.com