Don’t look back in anger

I’ve never thought that I like taking photograph this much until I owned my first iPhone which was iPhone4. I used it a lot for photographing everything I wanted to snap. Due to the fact that its storage was only 16 GB so I had to move my photos to my notebook for clearing up phone’s space. I arranged folders according to months that I took photos. I still keep photos in monthly even though I’ve already bought  iPhone 5s with larger storage after using iPhone 4 for 3 years.

I’ve chosen 12 pictures from those folders to represent 12 months in 2013. They were not the best but  they reminded me of the moments when I looked at them. I don’t think I’m good at photography or anything. I just love to capture or create some moments for photography.

So I start a revolution from my bed
‘Coz you said the brains I had went to my head
Step outside the summertime’s in bloom
Stand up beside the fireplace, take that look from off your face
You ain’t ever gonna burn my heart out

– Oasis: Don’t look back in Anger –

Grandma and her home

Behind the shot

– Picture: iPhone 5s native camera

– Filter: VSCOcam

– Credit: TYPOPic

– Resize: EverClipper

Phoneography Challenge, the Phone as Your Lens: Portraiture

Zero 7

I once loved to listen songs by this band ‘Zero 7‘ whose genre has been described as downtempo or ambient music. They have released 4 albums so far which I owned three of them. I really loved the first two albums which were ‘Simple Things’ and ‘When It Falls’. I loved that their music could take me to fly to the sky, swim in the ocean, or float away in the universe. Their lyrics also made me ponder about.

Who am I
To make a judgement of
Your life
I’m only
Passing by
Passing by

– Passing By (When It Falls – 2004) –

The song that made me fall for them was ‘Destiny’ which its music video was so beautiful as well as the song.

When I’m weak, I draw strength from you
And when you’re lost, I know how to change your mood
And when I’m down, you breathe life over me
Even though we’re miles apart, we are each other’s destiny

I’ll fly, I’ll fly home
I’ll fly home and I’ll fly home

– Destiny (Simple Things – 2001) –

Even though I said that I liked the first two albums, but the third album was alright for my own taste as they seemed to use more acoustic sounds than the former two albums.

Cleaning up the things she left behind
Are you on to find some peace of mind
Are you aware of the mess you left behind

Scared to think away the cheer
Looking back in a mirror
It all becomes clear
The views are not the same
I see sun, you see rain

Cleaning up the mess you left behind

– Left Behind (The Garden – 2006)

After those three albums, I haven’t followed them until now that I found their official Facebook and I hoped that they will release their new album soon.

I’m looking forward to listening to their new songs.

This is an entry for ZZZ-Challenge by Frizztext.

Above the sun, Under the tree

I found this reflection when I visited my grandma on 21st Dec. The sun seemed to shine from underneath water while the trees put their shades to interact with the sunlight. This one was among other photos I tried to capture.

My Best Photo of the Week (MBPOTW) Challenge – WEEK 18 (18-25 Dec)

The boys

Everybody I’m back. I want to say…
As long as you love me, please Quit playing game with my heart.
Because I’ll never break your heart.
Baby, We’ve got it going on.
As I told you, you’ve got All I have to give.
I always give you The call as you said that “I want it that way“.
You Show me the meaning of being lonely when you went away.
I can Get down on my knee If you stay as you are The one for me.
Can you see the Shape of my heart?
I can love you More than that because you are Larger than life.

One of gifts that I’ve bought for myself this new year.

Take me back to time of the Boys.

Travel theme: Winter

Travel in Winter is hardly my favorite one as I’m living in a tropical country where we rarely face the coldness. So it was quite hard for me to find photos for the response to the current travel theme from Where’s my backpack? However, I think this set of photos might be able to be an entry of this week’s current theme.

I was unexpectedly touched by the sense of Winter when I went to Nikko during my trip to Japan in March 2013 as there were places where snow was left for us to see.

Nikko | Japan | Mar-2013

Nikko | Japan | Mar-2013

Nikko | Japan | Mar-2013

My main target in Nikko was to see the three monkeys with my own eyes.

Nikko | Japan | Mar-2013

Nikko | Japan | Mar-2013

Nikko | Japan | Mar-2013

Nikko | Japan | Mar-2013

Nikko | Japan | Mar-2013

Nikko | Japan | Mar-2013

The coldness could be faded away by this bowl of hot egg-noodles. So yummy.

Weekly Photo Challenge: One

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on your troubles will be out of sight