Bored










It's 4:05pm here in Vietnam and I'm just sitting in my uncle's internet cafe. So far I've ate snake, rat (yes rat!), pork, pig skin, clam, oysters, jumbo shrimp, pho, hu tieu, com chien, and everything you can imagine except dog meat. I still have 2.5 more weeks to go and at this rate I think I'm going to end up gaining 10 lbs.... great.

Trip has kinda been a drag because of my mom. Going with her, my siblings and I can't really go out to enjoy the nite life in Saigon which sucks because that's what makes saigon fun. It's ok though, we just visit relatives and drop off money/gifts to them. We have so many relatives it's kinda crazy.

Even though I'm in VN I still have to go to church =/ (no offense to you god).

Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon















So I'm currently at my Uncle's internet cafe below his house and it is hooooot. My mom, sister, and brother arrived here monday nite at around 10pm and had left Houston at 6am. The flight here wasn't so bad. It was a pain carrying 8 luggages to Intercontinental Airport. Yes, 8 because we're allowed 2 luggages per passenger...

The first flight was to San Francisco, CA. Their airport was nice and cleaaan... so I took a dump there as well as my brother. The freakin airport didn't feed us so we bought some deli sandwiches and ate while we waited for our next flight.

Our next flight was to Hong Kong. It was the longest 14-15 hrs in my life... We went through like 5 movies and 2 meals. Btw, I hate airline food now. If you have a choice between beef or chicken, take the chicken! I still finished my damn food because it's a sin according to my mom and our religion lol. We finally arrive in HKG and I must say, their airport is waaaaay nicer than any of the other ones I've been to. There were probably 20 different restaurants and 50 different vendors/stores in one floor. Prices were about the same bc of duty free. When we got to our gate I knew we were heading to Ho Chi Minh, VN just from the look of the people lol. By this time I looked and smelled just like them. No offense to anyone out there....

I forgot to mention I took a dump there too =)

We board the plane and it is a 2 hrs flight to VN. Even though the new airport was supposed to open on the 18th we still got to go through it. I think I was one of the first few to take a dump there too bwahaha. I basically took a dump at all the airports -_-

More pics and updates to come later. I will be in VN for about 2.5 weeks and Thailand for 4 days.

Planet Zero Meet!



















BBQ Meet!


I got the chance to shoot with my 70-200 f2.8L lens again on sunday at Thanh's BBQ car meet. The food, cars, and people were great. It was pretty cool meeting some old faces and meeting new ones also. I gotta thank Thanh for hosting it and BuddazWizdom, Ormand, and Viet for being the chefs. Props on the BBQ you guys put effort into. I can't forget Los for bringing the TV out even though the Texans lost.

The meet was so awesome that I have nothing to complain about except for the rain. It rained for 30 minutes or so, but it brought everyone under the pavilion. Thats pretty much what the Houston scene should be about. Meeting new people and sharing your experiences whether it be about mechanics, computers, stereos, or even photography.

I also gotta thank Huy for being my second shooter. Without him I would probably be banned from flickr for uploading so many pictures haha.

Urban Trash The Dress


One of the best experiences I've had in a long time....

Trash the Dress started off as a post wedding photoshoot for women whom still have their wedding dresses. The first Houston TTD event started on the beach with 20+ TPF members and 10+ models. It was a chance for photographers to add pictures to their portfolio and to give out business cards to further their connections.

TTD was then changed to an Urban setting to change the tradition. There were over 60+ photographers along with 20+ models. The event was so big Chron.com has written an article on it. They even came out today and interviewed the person in charge, which was really cool.

I got to meet some cool new people like Jeff and Christie. I basically hung out with them all day and occasionally shot. Jeff has been in the photography business for more than 8 yrs. Unlike me, he knows how to comfort his models and show them how to pose without making them feel uncomfortable. I wonder if I can get that good someday....

Christie was one of the models today with a vietnamese dress or ao dai. I thought that was very traditional and that it wouldn't fit into the urban setting of downtown as much. I did get some shots of her but as picky as I am only a few came out like how I wanted it to. She was so pretty, cool, and down to earth I wanted to get her number haha. But knowing that she's 26 with a career I would think she doesn't have time nor date someone younger still in school. It's okay... sometimes I think I'm meant to be alone. =/

Here are the rest of the pictures I've taken: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dphan/sets/72157603352976583/show/


Video by the Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/07/templates/listpop.html?bcpid=823433113&bctid=1320139290
 
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