During my recent foray into El Dorado territory I captured many interesting scenes which I’ve been posting during the last few days. All my pictures have concentrated on the festivities of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Chinese culture is fascinating in search of a better word. Their use of the color red to decorate their [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Warm and Friendly Smiles at an Open Market in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Chinese Lunar New Year, Festivities, Good Attitudes, Lifestyles, Panama, People, Tourism, Warm Smiles on February 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A Chinese Fashion Show
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Chinese Lunar New Year, Clothes, El Dorado Shopping Mall, Entertainment, Exhibitions, Fashion Shows, Panama, Tourism, Young Women on February 28, 2012 | 5 Comments »
While combing the premises of El Dorado Shopping Mall during the festivities of the Lunar New Year, I found a surprising event. Several attractive Chinese young women were modeling western clothes. I thought it would be a fashion show about traditional Chinese clothes. This proves that Marshall McLuhan was right all along. We are indeed [...]
Chinese Dragons Showing Up in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Chinese Lunar New Year, Chinese Zodiac, Cultural Events, Culture, Dragons, Ethnic Groups, Festivities, Mythic Creatures, Open Markets, Panama, Tourism on February 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Even though Panama is not closely related with dragons, as the Chinese community grows, these mythical creatures are finding their way into open markets in this small country in Central America. Chinese Dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore. In Chinese art, dragons are typically portrayed as long, scaled, serpentine creatures with four [...]
Red
Posted in Photography, tagged Celebrations, Culture, Dragons, Festivities, Lanterns, Panama, Photographs, Photography, Prosperity, Red Color, Tourism, Traditions on February 26, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The red color has a deep meaning in the Chinese culture. Red is the predominant color used in New Year celebrations. Red is the emblem of joy, and this color also symbolizes virtue, truth and sincerity. On the Chinese opera stage, a painted red face usually denotes a sacred or loyal personage and sometimes a [...]
White Loneliness
Posted in Photography, tagged Chinese Lunar New Year, Events, Festivities, Loneliness, Panama, Recreation, Tourism, White Chairs on February 25, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Rows of solitary white chairs waiting for a warm body to provide company. Then and only then, loneliness will be defeated.
Chinese Coca Cola Mania During Lunar New Year
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Celebrations, Children, Chinese Culture, Coca Cola, Competition, Festivities, Lunar New Year, Panama City, Tourism, Traditions on February 24, 2012 | 4 Comments »
The Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is known as Spring Festival. It marks the end of the winter season, analogous to the Western Carnival. Because the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, the Chinese New Year is often referred to as the Lunar New Year. Chinese New [...]
Explorer of Light: Klara Yoon
Posted in Photography, tagged Art, Berlin, Black and White Photographs, Explorers of Light, Klara Yoon, Photographs, Photography, Street Photography, Vivian Maier on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Life is like a good black and white photograph, there’s black, there’s white, and lots of shades in between.”—Karl Heiner As I dig deeper and deeper into the magical world of photography, I begin to detect refreshing and inspiring discoveries. One of them is the stunning work of Klara Yoon who authors a photo blog [...]
New Payment System For MetroBus Service in Panama
Posted in News, tagged Technology, Panama, Tourism, Panama City, Mass Transportation Systems, Buses, MetroBus, Prepaid Cards on February 22, 2012 | 8 Comments »
In an effort to continue upgrading its mass transportation system, the Panama government announced a new payment method for bus services in Panama City. Effective February 15, 2012, all bus passengers must purchase a MetroBus card in order to board their buses. The cost of a MetroBus prepaid card is $2.00 each. After acquiring the [...]
Jello Light
Posted in Photography, tagged Dinner, Dry Season, Experience, Jello, Light, Panama, Photographs, Photography, Shadows on February 21, 2012 | 7 Comments »
It was a sticky, humid and torrid day. The sun was a sizzling ball of fire darting hot rays of light towards mother ship Earth. We are in the middle of a very dry and scorching season. The day was Saturday, February 18, 2012 and the hour was 6:30 p.m. (-5 GMT). I was quietly [...]
Escalating To A DSLR Camera
Posted in Photography, tagged Blogging, Cannon EOS Rebel T2i, DSLR Cameras, Entertainment, Hobbies, Lingua Franca, Photography on February 20, 2012 | 11 Comments »
On December 23, 2008 I wrote these words in Lingua Franca: “On December 16th, I unpacked my birthday present which I gave myself. It was a brand new Canon PowerShot A720 IS. I spent a great deal of time on the Internet before I decided this was the camera I wanted according to my restricted [...]
