23 November 2014

The clothing stores have three recurring themes in Japan and Hong Kong: Atractive store front people to lure the customers in; dark stairway to lead the customers up and they then make there way down via the shop floors; moody dark lighting to provoke that nightclub “hip” feeling. In Hong Kong the marketing seemed to work judging from the number of “Hollister” bags leaving the store.

The Japanese store was amazing with the number of floors for shopping and the beautiful people inside. All that was missing was the alcohol!

1.    27 March 2013    Ginza    Nikon D3s    iso200    24mm    f2.8    1/4sec    Nikon 24-70mm f2.8

2.    28 March 2013    Ginza    Nikon D3s    iso6400    38mm    f2.8    1/45sec    Nikon 24-70mm f2.8

3.    4 April 2013    Hong Kong, Causeway Bay    Nikon D3s    iso 6400    24mm    f2.8    1/30sec    Nikon 14-24mm f2.8

4.   4 April 2013    Hong Kong, Causeway Bay    Nikon D3s    iso6400    18mm    f3.3    1/30sec    Nikon 14-24mm f2.8

5.    4 April 2013    Hong Kong, Causeway Bay    Nikon D3s    iso6400    14mm    f3.3    1/30sec    Nikon 14-24mm f2.8  

27 October 2014

The Capital Performing Arts Orchestra (known as CPA) and the Confucius Institute (Victoria University) performed a combined concert on September 9th 2014 at  “The Pines” Houghton Bay Wellington.

It was a great night out and I enjoyed listening to a variety of very talented musicians.

A well known person busking on the streets of Wellington is Mr Huang playing the Erhu.

Here is a link to a  National Radio docomentary about him:   

      http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/voices/20140804

Here is a link to photos of the concert which I discovered when I googled CPA to discover what the abbreviations meant !     http://www.wellingtoncpa.org.nz/cpa_photos_concert_september_2014.htm