22nd August, Wednesday. Today we have our annual big event here: GPTR (Great Place to Run)! Again, I signed up for the 5K run like last year. However, due to having cold and not yet fully recover, I can’t really participate in the run. 🙁 So, instead of doing the run, I basically just go there for a walk and take some photos.

八月二十二日，星期三。今天是我们公司一年一度的大型活动：五公里和十公里的跑步比赛！和去年去年一样，我今年也参加了这项的活动，只可惜我这几天不小心病了，伤风还没完全康复，所以就没有去跟大队一起跑。今年我就只有乖乖的在那里走走和拍拍照。

17th of August, Friday. Tonight after having dinner with my boss from Penang, I decided to go Trillium Lake for another try of night photography. 🙂 Since my last visit, I always wanted to do more night photography, especially with milky way. So, without thinking twice, I packed my stuff and headed there straight away!

八月十七日，星期五。今晚和老板吃完晚餐后，就匆忙收拾好装备，启程前往延龄湖去了。自从上次拍星空的经验以后，就一直很想再尝试，尤其是拍银河系！所以，今天这么美好的天气，当然就没想那么多，直接去了。现在这里是夏天，所以就算是半夜十二点了，也还不会很冷。今晚的天空也非常清澈，漫天的星星，真的很美。我本来还以为只有我一个人会这么疯狂在这里拍摄，但是几分钟后就看到有一辆车驶进来，另一个男的也同样在这里拍摄夜空。看来夏天到了，拍夜空的人也特别多，哈哈。和他搭讪了过后才知道原来有很多地方可以拍摄夜空，而他也只是逗留了半个小时左右就去了另一个地方。看来下次我也应该要去其他地方试一试了。;)

16th August, 2012. Thursday. I’ve been here in Oregon for a year and 9 months. But these whole week is a remarkable one. Why? Because just today, our temperature hits 97Fahrenheit (around 36 celsius)!

13th of July, Friday. After last week’s experience on shooting stars, tonight I decided to go somewhere far away from city: Trillium Lake. 🙂 It’s almost a 2hour drive from my house, but since the weather is so nice, I should be able to get some good shots there.

七月十三日，星期五。自從上次在家附近拍過星空以後，我就決定要到這延齡湖試一試了。這地方離城市蠻遠的，今晚的天氣不錯，應該可以有不錯的收穫吧。

6th of July, Friday. Feeling fresh even though it’s late night. In fact I was planning for a midnight stars shooting around Hillsboro. I never did this before. But just wanted to give it a try. This is what I got after standing for an hour in the midnight at some ‘unknown’ location around Old Cornelius Pass Road in Hillsboro. 🙂