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The perceived innocence of 19 year olds,
gypsy kings playing on the radio, the silence
is broken, by the grasp of heavy breathing,
there are no more barriers, that one can see,
however a wall inbetween, the clothes of
the conscious mind... cloaks the beauty
hides the beast... when will once ever realise
in the search of the ultimate high... it is all completely
n solely rests in the mind... the mind of the innocence
and the reality of the perceived notion... such beauty in life
always in love... always in love... always in love...

Stuffs

The fleeting thoughts of randomness...
walking in the captive consciousness,
am I always on some substance?
or is it just part of my perfect existence,
of perception randomness,
i write for sanity, i shoot because i am crazy
obsession contraction involvement perception perfection

Always keep it in one direction...

Remember the days of Rock & Roll....
of spiffs & flim noir... the lights of a
bygone era... i am in love again... the
doors... the deadheads... led zepplin &
more... jim morrison & palema courson...

the rolling stones... leonard cohen and 

the miracle.... the future is murder.... 

guns and roses... slash and his snakes... 

The poet, the bard, and his muse...

ARRGGHHHH... I need my fix... i am so fucked...
where are the spiffs

sleeplessness

tossing and turning,
I lay awake looking at my life gone by,
there is something that is always in common,
and I did not like what that was.
Is there change a coming?
Or is it just nonchalant narcissistic
crazed mind beeps registering?
What I make out of it, tonight I will not know.
Where I go with it, thats a even bigger show....

Mind beeps....blips....

Professionalism

pro⋅fes⋅sion⋅al⋅ism

–noun

1.	professional character, spirit, or methods.

2.	the standing, practice, or methods of a professional, as distinguished from an amateur.

Walkaround

Dovile

Simply sublime...

Veils & Laces

A series of my personal work,
check back for updates often...




A subtle glance,
the soft embrace,
the shy smile from a forgotten place...

Realisation?

View from above, perspective from below...


Looking at the photos I have shot,
from years ago till now,
I realize a little how much
as a photographer I have evolved,
developed and matured...
Even more so as a person...

This was a thought . . .
Born with talent? Or practice makes perfect?
I would say that practice brings out the talent,
many people believe that some of us are just born with it,
the rest of us just cant get it, I agree... being born with it,
helps the process, being obsessed about it becomes talent.

Just take a look at Michael Jordan...

What is you lifelong obsession?

Paradigm

In the paradigm of time,
our perception sometimes gives us
the illusion that somethings are slower
that it should, sometimes they are faster
than it should be,

What we may not realise is that its moving
in perfection, in perfect timing to what the
universe is and will be, our dreams, goals,
wants and requests are not as important
as or not as unimportant as the leaves
growing on the trees, the breeze rustling
through the leaves and the sun rising from the east,

Everything is moving in perfection,
moment by moment, even our distraught
that what we want is not as important as
the sprout of a new seedling is part
of a greater reality. UKay Cheung

Morning breakfast with chilis and dark soup

Things that transpire... inspire...
provoke and demand a reaction to a situation
to a person to a thing to a circumstance
we love the life of another
and yet do we let it be just aspire
or do we make the action that leads to the reaction
of discovery the life of another layer of our own reality

let thy thoughts run free... but always... always in one direction

:) UKay Cheung

Shanghai in my eyes

83hrs of endless memories

Pictures of balloons and mid night reverie... small bears, big hair and the sexy body guard... flamingos, hedgehogs and bambi...mango sago and steamy showers amidst peals of shocked sultry laughter...rock star hair, missing sunglasses, kate winslet and murdered babies...wet hair, night strolls, pajamas and early morning ice cream...more mangoes than you can ever eat...the lack of sleep happily... I LOVE MY LIFE! : )

Where are the photos

People has commented my blog has more writing than pictures... my pictures...
Well... my pictures are online in many places, there is

www.ukayphotography.com

www.pbase.com/ukay

Its also on facebook

www.facebook.com/ukayphotography

So... that is where my pictures are.
Currently updating ukayphotography...
its super dated. some work needs to be done about that...

This space here is for my inspirations,
aspirations and basically how and what I think,
with a myriad of different things thrown in when i get distracted. (always)

I have many sporadic thoughts happening all the time. and to focus them in
one direction is one thing that i have to constantly do.

Photos will be posted here also... sometimes... its sporadic.

Perfection

Are you the perfect one for me?
Or do you fulfill a certain part of me perfectly?

I never believed in perfection, nothing ever is closely examined
although it may seem so at a moment in time.

Greatness is always achievable, never perfection.

I rather have a great life than a perfect one.

Is integrity an issue with you?

My dedication

You inspire and intrigue me,
more so that I can believe
Like a breath of fresh air
amidst the cloak of artistic heaviness,
the seed of inspired action leads to
the spirited release of pent up creation.
Virtuosic visual indulgence,
the sing song dance of the artiste,
the paint and the canvas,
myriad of ideas emotions and passion that makes magic happen... Creation. - UKay Cheung

Comptemplative.

Photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... it has very little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

Some inspirations from a close friend

hmmmmm

Woke up with a strange feeling in my head...

... lightness... the kind i have not felt the longest time...

... slightly scared, yet excited, yet hesitant, yet enthused diabolical curve ball of faith

the time has come.

: )

Incredible lightness of being : )

Lack?

Lack is a perception of something that you wish you have that you do not... yet?

Lack is a feeling of loss that you should have something but you did not... 2nd chances?

Lack is a want that is not yet fulfilled... when?

Is lack real or is it something that you mind tells you to believe...really ?

On long bus rides, I love to just let the mind ponder... but I do know I miss you... too?

Inspiration comes from a contrast of changing emotions
that invokes uncertainty... brings about adversity
and that is what inspirations is about.

Contrast of emotions made real becomes art. - UKay Cheung

Integrity

“I will not serve that in which I no longer believe,

whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland,

or my church . . . And I am not afraid to make a mistake,

even a great mistake, a lifelong mistake, and perhaps as long as eternity too.”

- Stephen Dedolus

When things change

Dont we get days or periods when everything seems to me in upheaval?

When everything we knew we are so sure about becomes questions...

Questions we all hope we have the answer to... and yet again... know nothing about?


What do we do when moments like these come?

What flies?

What needs to be done?

How can we do something that is sure?

Is anything ever sure?

the only constant, the ONLY thing we can be sure about is Change.

Change is the only constant in life... so how can we keep up?

What needs to be done?

Who do we need to become?

A Humble Note

The best inspiration is the kind that awakens
the soul and makes us reach for more,
that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace
to our minds and that’s what you’ve given me.
And that's what i hope to give to you always.

Celebrate the enigma called life

Thought of the week!

Inspiration lies not in getting inspired,

but being empowered from within. -UKay Cheung

A Piece of My Heart.

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.

Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but it was full of scars. It had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.

The people stared -- how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine. Mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."

"Yes," said the old man, "yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared."

"Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges -- giving love, is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"

The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his.

To have a life and not to have loved, is not to have lived at all. UKay

What happens on days off

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Random nites out

















New Mac table

Gotta be closer

Look all around,
if there even a sound of what is real
what is reality, but what our mind thinks Real
Is there ever a moment that all that is real is fake?
Or is there a moment that everything that is fake is real?

Hiatus from real reality and come into a world of fantasy
Fantasy is real, as real as you want it to be. Dreams are real,
as real as the daily things we see.

Obsessing obsessing obsessing... F.A.B Harlequin of Fashion. - UKay Cheung

Some inspirations

Sporadic Thoughts going in one direction :)

Thought of the week!

Initiate positive change in your life regularly

and chance and luck will favor you.

...

Crazed and dazed the rabbit runs from the hunter
there is nothing that is in the way all clear
rabbit races forward propelled by the unseen force
and energy of the desire to stay alive Such is life
met new friends and remembered old ones that used to
be a integral part of my life
everything is about energy and energy is life
strong emotions are strong energy
strong desires are strong energy
strong fear are strong energy
what am i but a raving ranting maniac
that only cares bout how the energy flows
and creates what is call this life
a perfect reflection of what goes on in my mind
forlorn gazes lost in translation
sadness that never goes away
secret lives that never are secret any longer
dual personalities who love each other
the cravings of a big heart to change things for the better
the uncanny ability to observe and know the wrong answers
sometimes just the way the world brings things that are
the best of me that world can offer
photography is but another form of expression
how much of my hidden work can the world handle
narcissistic beauty eyes of the beholder
another breakthru beauty of another realm comes
and blesses the followers with good karma
life is such, live strong

thank you eh

I AM INSPIRED. - UKay Cheung

Something To Think About

If we could shrink the earth's population

If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be:

57 Asians

21 Europeans

14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south

8 would be Africans

52 would be female

48 would be male

70 would be non-white
30 would be white

70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian

89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual

6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.

80 would live in substandard housing

70 would be unable to read

50 would suffer from malnutrition

(ONE)1 would be near death;

(ONE)1 would be near birth;

(ONE)1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education;

(ONE)1 (yes, only 1) would own a computer.

When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.

And, therefore . . .

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
As you read this and are reminded how life is in the rest of the world, remember just how blessed you really are!

Inspiration Lessons

There are better ways of looking at things. There are better ways of
thinking and doing things. The better way of looking at things is to
always reframe things in a way that is empowering to you. For every
success that you see, there is always someone who has achieved more of
it in a shorter time and in an easier way. Always choose the better
way of things. If you want the best, go straight for the highest
level, the core and the essence. When you do that, your mind,
beingness and actions will be the best.

There are different levels of wisdom. A lower level of wisdom is as
foolishness compared to a higher level of wisdom. A wise man is as a
foolish man when compared with an even wiser man. Seek to learn from
the WISEST!

Time in the physical universe is imaginary because you are not
traveling in a single timeline towards a single temporal future
version of the universe. There are multiple time streams ahead where
the physical universe can travel towards. All these time streams exist
in superposition in connection with our physical present. In the
etheric realm we can observe many versions of space but only one
version of time. In the physical world we can observe many versions of
the future but only one version of space…

It is the point of choice that creates probable future universes. A
choice is an alternative. The moment the condition of choice occurs,
the time stream is split into two or more separate time streams. Each
probable future universe communicates with our physical present
through emotion. The stronger a probable future is, the stronger we
feel the pull towards choosing it. This can be good if it is the
future we want. But in cases where it isn't so, we need to use will
power to choose a different probable future…

When we deliberately think upon a desired probable future, we put in
energy and thereby making it stronger. Soon, the pull towards it
becomes the strongest, and by law of attraction our present physical
universe would be pulled in its direction. That is why to be a
conscious creator of our reality is to create deliberately. It is not
enough to choose positive thoughts and feelings. We must also choose
them in the face of conflicting signs and contradictory circumstances.
Such is the power of willful intentions…

The secret of wealth is consciousness of wealth. In order to
experience abundance, you have to be abundant. Abundance is your true
nature, and when you think, act and live according to it, you will
manifest abundance. The rich in mentality get richer while the poor in
mentality get poorer. The accumulation of material wealth begins with
wealth consciousness. Pursuing spiritual development before working on
wealth creation is the key to attaining both inner and outer riches.
The outer is reflection of inner…

The secret of health is consciousness of health. Disease is a lack of
ease psychologically and physically. Conflicting thoughts and feelings
in your consciousness is what causes this state of distress. When you
notice yourself becoming sick, watch for conflicting thoughts that
have arisen within your consciousness and resolve them. Either push
them all one way or the other, or find a way to hold them in a
harmonious way. External remedies only cure symptoms but dealing with
consciousness cures at root…

The secret of secrets is the consciousness of secrets. All the truths
about life are not secrets, but they are hidden from us due to our
ignorance. By thinking about the discovery of truths as a search for
the secrets, we motivate our subconscious mind to go on a treasure
hunt. The greatest treasure in this world is wisdom, and life is to be
played as a treasure hunting game. Treasures are meant to be
appreciated and so when you think of truths as secrets, your
appreciative mindset will draw them all to you…

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This is Funny!!

This guy is just amazing and funny...
i did not know that people can do this on the keyboard...
Does anyone know how long he took to learn this? :)