VRC'ers @ GGBC...

[kwun]

Peter and gang arrived safe. after waking up at 4am for a 7am flight, they arrived at SFO. their first destination was to go check out GGBC. afterwards, they went sightseeing in Stanford University and then went for their 1st session in GGBC in the evening. battling lack of sleep we played like old men in slow motion. but all was good as we managed to play 2.5 hours non-stop.

tomorrow they are heading down to Santa Cruz to do some footwork training at the beach...

here are a couple of shots i took...

[LazyBuddy]

battling lack of sleep we played like old men in slow motion. but all was good as we managed to play 2.5 hours non-stop.


Hahahahhah... Now, the VRCers got a taste of what me and frendies used to suffer through. :D

Only 2.5 hrs??? :eek: Kwun, your guys are too nice to them. Put up a 7 hrs marathon for them... :p

[wood_22_chuck]

Hey!!! TTT went as well. Nice :D

More pics request please.

-dave

[DarthHowie]

great pics kwun. need more!!

[kwun]

Hahahahhah... Now, the VRCers got a taste of what me and frendies used to suffer through. :D

Only 2.5 hrs??? :eek: Kwun, your guys are too nice to them. Put up a 7 hrs marathon for them... :p

lacking some man-power here... they have a army of torturers over there, while here it is only me!

besides, we played till the gym closes. already the best that i could do!

[cappy75]

Glad to see that the gang arrived there alright:)! I believe the torture session is just beginning for them:D.

[LazyBuddy]

Hey!!! TTT went as well. Nice :D

More pics request please.

-dave

Yeah, all these "young" guys have nothing better to do, don't they? :D Man, I need my vacation... :crying:

[LazyBuddy]

lacking some man-power here... they have a army of torturers over there, while here it is only me!



Lack of man power??? If master Kwun sent out a message, I am sure the Bay area gangs going to pack the gym in no time. :p

[LazyBuddy]

This is the 1st time I have a clear look at GGBC's facility. Overall it looked nice, but light right above the court??? Why not just on the side? Isn't that bother some? :rolleyes:

[kwun]

they prefer to go sightseeing instead of playing everyday... tsk.. tsk.. tsk.. ;)

[LazyBuddy]

they prefer to go sightseeing instead of playing everyday... tsk.. tsk.. tsk.. ;)

Put some enforcement. Even they cramped to the ground, screaming and crying, drag and pull them onto the court. :D :p At least, they did that to me when I was in VRC. :D


j/k... :p

[kwun]

This is the 1st time I have a clear look at GGBC's facility. Overall it looked nice, but light right above the court??? Why not just on the side? Isn't that bother some? :rolleyes:

it does take some getting used to.

here are some wide angle ones showing the whole gym...

[Viper2005]

Sorry I couldn't make it on Monday. Was kinda busy.

Is anyone going to GGBC tonite? Pete, kwun?
Tuesday nite is suppose to be a crowded night and lots of good games to play and to watch. I'll be there.

[kwun]

Sorry I couldn't make it on Monday. Was kinda busy.

Is anyone going to GGBC tonite? Pete, kwun?
Tuesday nite is suppose to be a crowded night and lots of good games to play and to watch. I'll be there.

can't make it tonight. have an airport pick up in SJC.

[Cheung]

they prefer to go sightseeing instead of playing everyday... tsk.. tsk.. tsk.. ;)
Now I am very surprised at that considering what I went through when visiting SF.

Those pics look much better than from your D70.

[kwun]

Those pics look much better than from your D70.

i am still trying to fine tune the exposure. i think it can be lowered 1/2 stop or so.

the gym is really dark, as a result, most of the shots are around 1/120s resulting in a fair amount of motion blur. unfortunately, i am already down to f/1.6 and ISO1600 on some of the shots. i am not sure what else can be done if at all. the D200 can go up to ISO3200 but noise looks horrible up there. maybe interesting to experiment though.

[Cheung]

use RAW, shoot at 1/250th, then compensate +! in photoshop?

[Pete LSD]

You have to understand that I was accompanied by two die-hard SF tourists. They wanted to get the last penny out of sightseeing instead of badding :rolleyes:.

Here is a photo of us at Winchester Mystery House with Mr. Mystery in the background. The second photo shows the tour guide explaining the wine making process.


Now I am very surprised at that considering what I went through when visiting SF.

Those pics look much better than from your D70.

[Pete LSD]

Paul finished his last match with partner ;).

[Winex West Can]

Pete,
You and Viper2005 need to wipe down the faces before picture taking. Too shiny and I needed my shades :D :D :D

[LazyBuddy]

Here is a photo of us at Winchester Mystery House with Mr. Mystery in the background.



Lol...

From the shiny zip, it's not too hard for me to figure out who's who: be it Mr. Mystery, Mr. ???, or Mr. CD-Rom... :D

[kwun]

this was taken during the lunch/dinner after the final.

[LazyBuddy]

this was taken during the lunch/dinner after the final.

Dinner after badminton? Such a sweet memory to me. :D Where were Mr. Mystery and TTT? :eek:

[Pete LSD]

They were somewhere downtown ;).


Dinner after badminton? Such a sweet memory to me. :D Where were Mr. Mystery and TTT? :eek:

[LazyBuddy]

They were somewhere downtown ;).

What are they doing there, when everyone was eating and chatting??? :eek: Can't believe there's anything better to do than having dinner... :p

[kwun]

Dinner after badminton? Such a sweet memory to me. :D

also notice the presense of Viper2005 and Lili Zhou (highest internationally ranked US WS player) on the far left, also some of the VRC members are wearing the same "uniform", in fact, a GGBC t-shirt. other presense are my fellow photographer, Weng and his wife.

and the food was good. :)

[ants]

Nice pic kwun. :) Good thing the table was empty when the picture was taken.. if not we would be probably drooling over the food we see on the table.

[Pete LSD]

Ahhh, that you get to ask them yourself ;).


What are they doing there, when everyone was eating and chatting??? :eek: Can't believe there's anything better to do than having dinner... :p

[ctjcad]

Pete,
You and Viper2005 need to wipe down the faces before picture taking. Too shiny and I needed my shades :D :D :D
err, that was not Pete...that was Viper2005 and his XD partner, Mr. Setiadi...:rolleyes:

[ctjcad]

also notice the presense of Viper2005 and Lili Zhou (highest internationally ranked US WS player) on the far left, also some of the VRC members are wearing the same "uniform", in fact, a GGBC t-shirt. other presense are my fellow photographer, Weng and his wife.

and the food was good. :)
Kwun, nice pic...hmm, noticed the nice GGBC t-shirts they got there, as wore by the VRC members. If you hadn't mentioned they were VRC members, i would have thought they were part of GGBC..hehe:p;)

[Winex West Can]

err, that was not Pete...that was Viper2005 and his XD partner, Mr. Setiadi...:rolleyes:

:o :o Yikes! That's what happened when you are looking at the Pete LSD handle while typing a reply. :o :o

[Pete LSD]

It must be the LSD ;).


:o :o Yikes! That's what happened when you are looking at the Pete LSD handle while typing a reply. :o :o

[LazyBuddy]

also notice the presense of Viper2005 and Lili Zhou (highest internationally ranked US WS player) on the far left, also some of the VRC members are wearing the same "uniform", in fact, a GGBC t-shirt. other presense are my fellow photographer, Weng and his wife.

and the food was good. :)

No doubt the food is good, especially after a whole day of hard working. Nice to see more VRC faces. Hey, the shirt indeed looks nice! ;)

[Pete LSD]

We will be out cold :D.


No doubt the food is good, especially after a whole day of hard working. Nice to see more VRC faces. Hey, the shirt indeed looks nice! ;)

[frendies]

Ah... seems like the gang had a great time :D
More pics?