It had been long that I didn’t pick up my camera and take pictures. On the saturday of July 8th, I brought my camera, Nikon FM2, and went to the Battery Park City, NY. Took …

因為 Joan 借了家姐一支慢煮棍後，我便向 DD 訂購厚牛排，輾轉買了最厚的斧頭扒。慢煮時間設為 54 度及 4 小時，煎香兩面後可以上枱。

這年的荷花開得特別燦爛。往年到雲泉影荷花都是失望而回，原因是小弟最遠的一支鏡頭是 85mm，稍遠一點的荷花都顯得力不從心，加上一直不太適應這支 Sonnar 85/2。自此回歸老師傅年代用目測距離，今年的荷花相終於發揮得到這支老鏡的威力。

周日下午，又去大尾篤 late lunch，食完專程去中大鏡湖影相，但點知無水。

這次安排了去日本，反正國外許多地方都未完全開放，對上一次日本遊已是 2019 年。這次京阪之旅沒有特別行程，唯獨是信用咭有海外餐飲回贈，順道預約了一家米其林一星的壽司店。

滿月盆菜留影。  

天氣轉涼，又去谷埔食野同買蜜糖。

我們去了魚尾獅、Garden by the Bay、Night Safari 等名勝，全部遊人稀少，不用排隊，任影唔嬲，也算是一種奇遇。

Pictures was shot around late January 2001 when Alan was in the New York. All pictures were taken by him with his Minox camera.