Blizzard '08

Thanks to the blizzard, our flight was cancelled this morning. I'm quite disappointed because my mind is totally not here anymore. It kind of spoiled my excitement about going.. my body ached partly because of digging out our drive way yesterday and partly because .. mentally I think.. I'm feeling that I'm in the airplane for a very long hours and I'm feeling that ache.

Last night when I got notice that our flight got cancelled, I called United and Singapore Airline right away, and they kept throwing me back and forth to each other to be responsible to rebook us. Anyway, it was interesting that SQ rep asked us if we could somehow find a way to get to Chicago, because the flight there should go on schedule. Drive, you mean drive?! Anyway, we already booked sunday departure and we hope everything will go as planned.

So, today we gave Hongjun some lessons in taking pictures. He's been very interested about taking pictures lately and he's getting really good... his biggest issue is to support the weight of the camera.

First lesson, to know how to chimp, see how serious he's taking this lesson

Second lesson, looking through the viewfinder

Lesson three, composition & angle

He's a good chimper

Out of office :) :) :)

We are going to be out of the office from March 8th through April 9th. We're visiting our family in S. Korea and Indonesia. We can't even describe how excited we are since we haven't been back for a while.

If you're interested to inquire information about wedding or portraits or would like to reserve your date, please send us email at erlina@erlina.com

We'll try to check our email once a day or every couple of days depending on where we are at that time (since we'll visit a couple of different places including Bali, yei!!) o.. I'm excited.. and we may not always have internet access, but we'll try to get back to you with information and answer your question as soon as we can. You can definitely reserve your date with us during our time off.. just check with us first to make sure that your date is still available and we will get back to you with information on how to reserve the date.

We also have a project that we plan on doing during this trip, so please check back in April after we return. We may even post something while we're there.

It won't be interesting without posting any photo, so these are some images:

Bali, Indonesia, from Lonely Planet

Pusan, S. Korea, from tour2korea.com

02.11.08

Second round..
Hongjun didn't want to eat dinner so we gave him timeout. We thought we should not keep him on his chair this time. So, he got his timeout at the usual spot. Few minutes later.. he fell asleep.. again..

02.10.08

Hongjun has been very challenging during meal time these days. Sometimes he eats some, sometimes he eats nothing, sometimes he eats a lot. It doesn't matter what we give him, we really think it depends on his mood.

So, since last night, we thought we would try to be more firm with him by not letting him leave the dining table until he finishes his meal. Last night, he just cried and cried and still didn't want to eat. That boy is stubborn. So, we waited and hope that he will finally eat but that never happened. He was starting to fall asleep so I offered him other options so he would eat something. He chose bread with nutella. ok.. good.. at least he ate something.

Today for lunch we prepared his favorite fried rice. He loves this fried rice. When he's in the mood, he can eat a big bowl of it. But today was not the day. He didn't want to try it at all, I also offered him soup.. which he didn't try either. Until we finished eating, and washing the dishes, he was still sitting on his seat. A few minutes later, we saw him resting his head on the table.



We thought, he must be tired and being really stubborn. After we finished cleaning the dishes we go around and check on him and he's sleeping!!!



ok he won.. again..
He always knows how to be comfortable while being disciplined. Same with timeout, he would just sit at his spot and just chill there. We really need to figure out how to make him eat more regularly. Any suggestion?

feb 08 - workshop

I've been really bad in updating blog. Since our wedding season will start in April, we've been enjoying this break.. a lot..

I just returned from Jeff and Julia Woods workshop in Illinois. They have an awesome studio and I've learned a lot and can't wait to apply some of the new things I learned to my business.

I'm so glad to did this trip with Lisa from Red Gallery. I had so much fun, it really wouldn't be nearly as fun without her and I learned a lot about Lisa :) ha..
I met amazing photographers and really enjoyed hanging out with them a lot!! My jaw was so tired from laughing. Hope to stay in touch with everybody!!

Mark, John Michael & Nan

Lisa

Mark & Larry

The girls with Julia and her three daughters