Eye Candy For The Weekend

1) Helper by day, photographer by night. Xyza Cruz Bacani’s black-and-white photography caught the attention of the New York Times recently…

This my favorite,…

”When you see the light, you need to press the shutter… Or else it’s gone.” Her story, on Hong Wrong, here.

And yes, she’s a domestic helper – of an aged Chinese-Aussie woman, I think it said. A former nursing student, she joined her mother in HK 9 years ago and they’re both helpers here today. She’s paid overtime, which she spends on camera equipment.

(I’m guessing as an “in-demand” smart and capable helper she is just never taking a job with a bigger family, little kids or annoying dogs or etc… The best helper we ever had quit the moment Rockstar was born; we had a second one destroy many, many things to get herself fired when she realized I was pregnant with the Miss. A friend tells me we’re lucky she didn’t destroy the flat screen tv, which happened to her… Not discounting the mistreated ones of course; mistreatment shouldn’t happen to anyone…)

SO, I’m guessing this photographer-helper is very in-demand. She can pick and choose, including the home she gets to live in while she’s working on the photography career, other job specifics (whether she has to take care of kids or pets or old folk or too-big home)… And still command a good premium.

SO, don’t disrespect helpers in HK. More than meets the eye 😀

For which I like this pic – this is like helper’s phone on Sunday in CWB – but captured in this frame dis is art.

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2) 2014 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, Part II. Seriously. Can you think of a more snore-some and un-characteristic title for this:

Uh… yawn?

Zzzzz. Literally.

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3) Serious Eye Candy. But why it’s here is because of the simplicity yet effectiveness of the idea: Journalist has her face photoshopped in 25 different countries to illustrate different beauty ideals. Now there’s a cool constructive use for photoshop.

“Before” Pic

And my favorite “after” from Bulgaria

(Cos it looks to be about the closest resemblance, aside from smoother skin and blue-er eyes… And seriously what is up with some of them in the link, she looked better before some of the photoshopping… Which goes to show the huge margin of error you need to allow in this story – in places like “USA” itself you will probably get wayyyy different results depending who and where within the States you sent that thing too… And of course there are “good” and “bad” photoshopping skills of every nationality…)

4) Serious, Serious Eye Candy. The Pugs of Westeros! Inspired. You know Game of Thrones has reached new heights when the pug people start getting excited (remember the batman pug craze?).

Swoon.

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5) More swoon-some serious – ah you get the idea. 25 Cutest Animal Parenting Pictures

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6) 18 Books That Changed My Life. (Well, the author’s life.) First two I’m hoping to search out:

“The Power of Full Engagement” by Jim Loehr

• It’s not about how much time you have in your day but how you allocate your energy.
• You need to allocate time for yourself to recharge.
• Spend time with people that give you more energy.

“Your Brain at Work” by David Rock

• Different ways to organize and prioritize your day to maximize productivity.

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7) The Girls have our skit this week, loosely titled Climb Every Mountain for a livelier spin on Mother Abess’ (Peggy Wood’s) rendition, because I’ve still got residual Sound of Music fever.

Spot the Dog. This is an actual game Kings and I used to play, one of us puts JD on Sit/Down-Stay and the other one tries to find her 

JD: Someday, little human, you shall climb mountains like me…”

Things that make ya go “hmmm…”

Miss: What if I want to move them, not climb them? 

Thought for the week…

Good weekend, dears…