So it has been a few days into the year 2008. Many things in my life have changed, yet still more changes need to be done. But I’m happy for the what has happened over the year.
The biggest event of the year for me was definitely the arrival of our lovely baby daughter in April. When I first saw her, I was amazed at how beautiful and perfect she was and I kinda wondered how someone like me could produce an angel like her. Me & wife were so scared …

It’s the last week of 2007… and there are more holidays than any other time of the year. This year I started a new job, and I got a daughter… a much better year than the previous ones. Here’s to another year full of joy, happiness, love, money, and life…

Several swans swimming in Lucerne, Switzerland. Pic taken during an European holiday in 2003.

aren’t mommy & daddy tired of pointing that heavy camera at me?
No, dear… we won’t get tired… we’ll keep on taking pictures of you until you’re old enough to scream ‘Get that camera out of my face!!!’

Me and my wife finally got what we had wanted to buy for the past 2+ years… an SLR camera! We bought a Nikon D40 kit last weekend… OK, so it’s not even a midrange offering (in fact, it’s the lowest range SLR) but it’s a step up from our previous camera, a Fuji FinePix S620Z prosumer digicam.

The camera has been instrumental in cultivating my interest in photography. It’s got full manual controls (aperture, shutter, ISO settings, zoom, etc) and it has helped me a lot in learning all the …