Plum grove (梅林) experience

From 2 to 12 May 2009 is when plum grove (梅林) of Hiraoka Park (平岡公園) of Sapporo, Hokkaido, opens for visitors. I went for shooting...
It's so out of my expectation that besides the many beautiful flowers which satisfy my sense of sight, the air at the park is scented with plum aroma, thus the whole shooting experience is very relaxing... well, I've experience shooting flowers like lavender, sunflower, cherry, lotus... but to be able to smell it while shooting is a very 1st experience. Simply wonderful... I can't find words to describe...
(I should have bring a poet with me next time)

I don't think the white one (below) is plum too, but that didn't concerns me; As long as it makes good photography subject, it' fine. There are people who went for picnic, while these (below) are teachers and children of child care center or the same sort went exploring the park... They run, they climb, they roll, and chasing their teacher went marry go round the plum tree :)
Why teachers and parents in Malaysia love to have children lock inside the house and class room? Is it trying to protect the children out of love? or is it the easiest way to do? or they too would love to do the best but just don't know how?
One must not miss at the park is what follows...
Yes, the limited edition plum flavor soft cream. Not only soft cream is sale at the park, there are also foods like hot dog, chicken, etc... As I went at early morning, so had my breakfast there with chicken stick and hot dog, then followed by a plum flavor soft cream.
I left the park at noon, and by the time walking out of the plum grove, I can still taste the flavor of plum soft cream, at my lips...

Snowscape of Hokkaido University (2008/2009)

Winter 2008-2009 is my very 1st winter experience...
Except for snowboarding that I'd traveled to the nearby snow mountain, I didn't go any where in particular due to the cold weather.
However, I did walked around the campus for shooting, not more than 5 times though for the 5-month-long winter of Hokkaido.

This is School of Engineering, the place where I spent 10 to 12 hrs a day.

This is a museum of Hokkaido University, you'll see skeleton of dinosaur inside, no kidding! This is the shot that I love most. It looks like as if it's a 3-D rendering model - so clean and sharp...



Underneath the giant snow man's head is kanji (Chinese character) means 'PASSED'. It must have something to do with exams :) A large agriculture field covered with snow, the place where I did my sunflower shooting.

A many bikes covered with snow, the owners now walking?
If there is no pollution on earth, these ice cons are eatable. It isn't Japan if without costume.
These are kindergarten kids playing in the campus - they sit on the cardboard and sliding down the slope. I guess the most happy one are kids in winter :)
Though I wished to take more shot, but so regretfully that this is the only one I made before their teacher said to me "yametemoraimasenka!"
In case you don't understand the whole sentence, jsut see the beginning: 'ya me te...'
Sounds familiar now? Yes, it's what you see the actress is saying "yamete yamete" in Japanese film ;)

Finally, this is a paiter making snowscape with his brushes...

While I made mine with digital imaging :)