My kids refuse to visit art museums with me these days and think it's extremely boring. Oh well, bringing them to art museums while they were babies wasn't successful in converting them to art lovers subconsciously.
However, like most guys my son has a curiosity in gadgets, including cameras. (DSLR is "standard equipment" for HK guys) And he has always been interested in animals. So, I used wildlife photography from the catalog of Silicon Valley Open Studio as a bait for him to go visit with me last weekend. (In fact, the event has a lucky draw contest that anyone could enter to win free art and kids love to win, anything!) To make this even more fun, I had him responsible for navigating to various studios showing photography using the maps and indexes in the catalog.
It was a success! We enjoyed the works for photographer Joan Sparks very much. She had photo of hummingbirds, falcons, butterflies, bears and so on. We got some good tips from her regarding wildlife photography. And my son ended up browsing some non-photography works (mostly painting) as well. Any exposure is better than none.
Monday, May 05, 2014
Sunday, May 04, 2014
Sports highlights: Champions League, English Premier League
It has been a very eventful two weeks in the world of soccer. Tons of drama even before the World Cup started to dominate the headlines.
There were 2 legs of semi-finals of UEFA Champions League. Not much happened until the 2nd legs: Bayern Munich was trashed by Real Madrid much like what they did to Barca last season. Chelsea took a slim 1-0 lead but quickly conceded the all-important away goal to Atletico Madrid, and then some more to seal their fate. This will be an all-Madrid final with a potential double or treble winner. (Atletico is at the head of the La Liga table now while Real has won the Copa Del Rey already)
And the English Premier League featured another exciting end-of-season fight for the championship. When Liverpool played Chelsea, the latter was still in the hunt for both CL and EPL. Some said Chelsea should cut Liverpool some slack for their own good. Well, Jose Mourinho had already pull most eligible first-team players out to get rest for the match against Atletico. No wonder I didn't know half of the starters. Still, Chelsea was able to strike first when the Liverpool captain slipped and Liverpool could no longer control its own fate after this loss, i.e., if Liverpool and Man City all win the rest of the games, the latter would claim the championship on goal differential.
Well, the road to championship for Man City was not without obstacle though. They still needed to beat the fifth-place Everton who has been "trending upward" lately. And Everton indeed scored first but eventually the City came back. Well, either Man City or Liverpool winning the championship wouldn't make me happy but it's good that it won't be decided until the final day of the season.
Last and least was a match unrelated to the championship: Manchester United vs Sunderland, which was the 2nd match that Man U was managed by their former player and legend Ryan Giggs. Well, it's their first home loss to Sunderland since 1968. And it saved Sunderland from relegation. Enuff said.
There were 2 legs of semi-finals of UEFA Champions League. Not much happened until the 2nd legs: Bayern Munich was trashed by Real Madrid much like what they did to Barca last season. Chelsea took a slim 1-0 lead but quickly conceded the all-important away goal to Atletico Madrid, and then some more to seal their fate. This will be an all-Madrid final with a potential double or treble winner. (Atletico is at the head of the La Liga table now while Real has won the Copa Del Rey already)
And the English Premier League featured another exciting end-of-season fight for the championship. When Liverpool played Chelsea, the latter was still in the hunt for both CL and EPL. Some said Chelsea should cut Liverpool some slack for their own good. Well, Jose Mourinho had already pull most eligible first-team players out to get rest for the match against Atletico. No wonder I didn't know half of the starters. Still, Chelsea was able to strike first when the Liverpool captain slipped and Liverpool could no longer control its own fate after this loss, i.e., if Liverpool and Man City all win the rest of the games, the latter would claim the championship on goal differential.
Well, the road to championship for Man City was not without obstacle though. They still needed to beat the fifth-place Everton who has been "trending upward" lately. And Everton indeed scored first but eventually the City came back. Well, either Man City or Liverpool winning the championship wouldn't make me happy but it's good that it won't be decided until the final day of the season.
Last and least was a match unrelated to the championship: Manchester United vs Sunderland, which was the 2nd match that Man U was managed by their former player and legend Ryan Giggs. Well, it's their first home loss to Sunderland since 1968. And it saved Sunderland from relegation. Enuff said.
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