After getting back from my trip to the US, I've been on a junk boat trip--courtesy of a church friend who got to use her law firm's boat--and the bersih rally here in HK. I waited and waited for someone else to organize it then I got tired of waiting and did it myself. We had over 70 people for the event, and I was inspired by the people who took the time to come out for it. The HK police were wonderfully courteous and obliging despite the fact that we did not have a permit. You need one in HK if there are more than 30 people but because we didn't expect 30 people to come, we didn't apply for one. Hopefully, we can keep the momentum going and get people to vote in the next elections!
I'm still always tired and not sure why.
On another note, I bought a lomo camera through Groupon for HKD99, and here it is after I assembled it! This is a Recesky TLR, a Gakkenflex clone. It arrived the day before the Bersih rally so I ordered mine in yellow. It took me about two hours to assemble the camera because I spent close to an hour figuring out how to fix the second spring on the shutter. I felt really dumb when I finally figured it out because it was so easy but hey, at least I didn't break anything! Also, I have 2 screws leftover.....but luckily, everything seems to have fit together so I'm hanging on to the screws just in case I have to take the camera apart and put it back together again.
I've just sent my first roll of film to be developed and I won't get it back until this evening, so fingers crossed the pictures came out!!!! This is going to be a fun new hobby, I hope.
Update
Most of the pics turned out underexposed. Sigh. Googled for solutions and at least one other person had the same person--best to take pics outside during the day, otherwise it just doesn't get enough light. This week is rainy and cloudy so will wait for sunny times to try again.
That's a cool-looking camera! That sucks you can only use it in the sunshine.
ReplyDeleteI've also been very tired all week. Here's to both of us getting some energy!