Sunday, October 9, 2016

Gotta Catch Them All

It was early August. the worldwide phenomenon of a mobile game known as Pokémon Go has just been released in the Philippines. The Pokémon franchise has proven to be immensely influential. This comes as no surprise that a lot of people anticipated and clamored for the game. Back in the old days video games meant people staying indoors. Mobile gaming change that. And for the first time, at a global scale, people stepped out of their houses and went outdoors- because a game tells them to- I find that kind of amazing.

A Couple That Hunts Together

I had a chance to catch a glimpse of this one night, and here are the sights from that time.

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Monochrome Terminal

"Monochrome" and "Terminal" paints a different picture that comes to mind to IT folks. It reminds us of green/gray text on black computer screens from days of old. It's also rather similar to Photography. Before pictures came in color, a lot were in monochrome (black and white commonly, but it also came in sepia, among others). The difference is, though, monochrome persisted.

Departures


Monochrome has always been a fascination of mine. In this age of overwhelming bleeding edge technology where newer technologies lead to more vibrant colors, I tend to step back every now and then to regress to basic black and white, and all of the two hundred fifty-four shades in between that my camera can muster. Though I imagine it'll be much fewer shades than that due to the mixing I do for contrast.

I had the chance to play with it when we traveled to Hong Kong. I had the time and luxury to experiment so I rendered some images in monochrome. More of the tones and textures here...

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

The Colors Of Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport is a marvel of engineering. It is among the most amazing man-made structures I've seen both in scale and in elegance. The whole airport is practically a small city in scale and I pretty much tired myself out exploring just the passenger accessible areas in Terminal 1 departure. 

Airport Gallery

More sights of this monumental marvel in here...

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Going Home - Taxi Ride To the Airport

Time surely is fleeting when you're having fun. While not everyone may agree considering that we didn't exactly go to the usual tourist attractions, I still think it was awesome that we got to see a piece of Hong Kong. Just like that it was time to go home. We checked out at the hotel and grabbed a ride to the airport.

Incoming Guests

Short but sweet, here are some sights we saw along the way...

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Strolling To Harbour City - Through The Subway

Second day in Hong Kong. Yesterday we had a long hot day, and today was no different. What is different though, is we know better now. Today we had the whole day to ourselves.
Ready For The Hot Day

We're off to a long stroll today. Lots of sights to see, coffee to drink, food to eat, pictures to take... Did I mention food?

Back To Regular Feeds: IFTTT- If This, Then That

The past few nights have been undesirable. Feedburner wasn't properly working. We should be back to our regular feeds now though. A quick account below on what fixed this little mess.



Confused Wondering Learner: IFTTT- If This, Then That
:   Recently I had to tear down my feeds. For some reason Feedburner went haywire, and it's not the first time. I eventually had to give...

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Flame Out On Feedburner

Feedburner loses its flame.
After some repeated issues and spontaneous breaks in functionality for the blog, I've decided to let go of Feedburner and switch to something else. A few Google searches showed that +SpecificFeeds.com appears to be a favorite among free solutions so I decided to try it out. Folks following me through Feedburner may want to update your RSS links to the direct URL: 

 http://www.lostwanderingdrifter.com/feeds/posts/default

This switch does not impact you if you're following via Facebook. You may notice some change in the verbiage though.

Adieu, Feedburner. I will not miss your spontaneous breakdowns and the hours I spent troubleshooting your antics.


UPDATE: I didn't like SpecificFeeds either. I found out however, that IFTTT works like a charm.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Afternoon Hong Kong Tour 2 - Lights In The Sky

This is a continuation of our tour that started here.

After a few turns on the Observation Wheel, we hopped on a bus to be showed around places in Hong Kong.

Local Birds

Just being in Hong Kong give a look and feel of being in the Asian Movies. It's as every bit awesome as it was in the films.

A portion of this story was updated as it happened on Instagram, but a lot of the sights can also be found here. Captions can be found on the Flickr page if you're interested to read them. Just click on the image and you'll be redirected there.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Afternoon Hong Kong Tour 1 - Fresh Off The Boat

This is a continuation of the previous entry.

Hong Kong is amazing. After lunch and shopping, we had a chance to take some rest. At four in the afternoon we got ready and went on to an adventure I'd not forget- An afternoon tour of Hong Kong. 

Pick Your Poison

With Hong Kong being a vast place though, we picked the least stressful tour. We didn't want to spend the afternoon running a marathon playing catch up with time and the tour guide.

A portion of this story was updated as it happened on Instagram, but a lot of the sights can also be found here. Captions can be found on the Flickr page if you're interested to read them. Just click on the image and you'll be redirected there.