Greetings from Beijing

art2d2 · 11th May 2009

Hi guys and gals, I finally settled down in Beijing. Been super busy for the past 2 weeks with apartment hunting and going to work. Didn't really have anytime to shoot anything yet, except for my new apartment here. http://art2d2.clubsnap.org/gallery/bjapartment

Take care everyone, enjoy the outing this coming weekend. Cheers.

fengwei · 11th May 2009

Hey Arthurd, glad to hear from you again. Hope you enjoy your stay in Beijing

LancerEX · 11th May 2009

Originally Posted by art2d2

Hi guys and gals, I finally settled down in Beijing. Been super busy for the past 2 weeks with apartment hunting and going to work. Didn't really have anytime to shoot anything yet, except for my new apartment here. http://art2d2.clubsnap.org/gallery/bjapartment

Take care everyone, enjoy the outing this coming weekend. Cheers.

Hi Arthur, good to hear from you.

Nice apartment!

Enjoy your new 'world' experience. Blog your journey, ok?

felixcat8888 · 11th May 2009

Hi Arthur,

Nice to hear from you. Glad that you have adjusted to Beijing. Remember to blog your stay there.

seefei · 11th May 2009

Nice view from the window. I am sure Beijing and its surrounding will offer ample opportunity to shoot. So, when will we organise a tour to Beijing?

LancerEX · 11th May 2009

Originally Posted by seefei

Nice view from the window. I am sure Beijing and its surrounding will offer ample opportunity to shoot. So, when will we organise a tour to Beijing?

haha, i second Seefei's suggestion.

darrrrrrrrrr · 11th May 2009

hi arthur, good to see that you've settled in nicely. the apartment looks quite cosy, almost like a singapore condo! you should remove those paintings and put up some big prints of your photos

flowerpot · 11th May 2009

wah... nice place...

fliplock · 11th May 2009

lol. happen to plan to go beijing next yr! :P

matchkk · 11th May 2009

Hi Arthur,

Glad to know that you have settled down in Beijing. Let's catch up if I get a chance to go to BJ.

//Match

istDeS · 11th May 2009

Arthur, good to hear from you again.

night86mare · 11th May 2009

nice pad!

have fun in beijing

P3ntx · 11th May 2009

Arthur,

What a nice place! there should be nice Pentax stuff there!

Gengh · 11th May 2009

Nice place! Having a park right outside is always good, not concrete all over. And maybe it's a good hunting ground for macros.

creampuff · 11th May 2009

Hi Arthur, hope you're settling in well. Nice apartment.!

art2d2 · 11th May 2009

Thanks everyone. Yeah its a nice place to stay. Only complain is the pollution as well as the traffic. I went to the Bird's Nest stadium during the weekend, will post some photos later. Probably after this week I will start going around those popular camera shops to check out for good deals. So far I seen new camera gears are quite expensive here. I check China online prices from www.rayi.cn , one of the more popular online store. http://www.rayi.cn/viewCatalog.do?id=328

From there the prices for K20D body is RMB 4799 (exchange rate is 4.6) so its around SGD1043 for body. K-M kit is around SGD717.

Prices for lenses are quite high http://www.rayi.cn/viewCatalog.do?id=48. So will be patiently waiting for the price for the K7.

hjbyeo · 11th May 2009

Originally Posted by art2d2

Thanks everyone. Yeah its a nice place to stay. Only complain is the pollution as well as the traffic. I went to the Bird's Nest stadium doing the weekend, will post some photos later. Probably after this week I will start going around those popular camera shops to check out for good deals. So far I seen new camera gears are quite expensive here. I check China online prices from www.rayi.cn , one of the more popular online store. http://www.rayi.cn/viewCatalog.do?id=328

From there the prices for K20D body is RMB 4799 (exchange rate is 4.6) so its around SGD1043 for body. K-M kit is around SGD717.

Prices for lenses are quite high http://www.rayi.cn/viewCatalog.do?id=48. So will be patiently waiting for the price for the K7.

Good to hear from you! Apartment looks really comfortable. Post more pixs!

airconvent · 12th May 2009

Hi Arthur,
I must have missed some thread on this..you immigrated there or working there?
Your flat pictures look like a condo scene from Singapore and not like what we see in the Chinese films!

Anyway, congrats on your moving in ...now we have "pentax consultant" deployed in China..

Do post more shots...maybe you will be the first to showcase the K7 pics!

otc · 12th May 2009

Arthur, tot you are going back to kota kinabalu. Settling in beijing for good? Job assigment ? Anyway all the best......

otc

SpendorK · 15th May 2009

Hi Arthur,

Can't get the Singapore Aviva Open pass from you anymore

Hope you will love Beijing, take good care of yourself.

11th May 2009	#1
art2d2 Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Beijing, Shuangjing Posts: 1,165	Greetings from Beijing Hi guys and gals, I finally settled down in Beijing. Been super busy for the past 2 weeks with apartment hunting and going to work. Didn't really have anytime to shoot anything yet, except for my new apartment here. http://art2d2.clubsnap.org/gallery/bjapartment Take care everyone, enjoy the outing this coming weekend. Cheers. __________________ Pentaxian for life ! My Webby K20D, DA 21,40,70, 55-300

11th May 2009	#2
fengwei Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bukit Gombak Posts: 9,105	Re: Greetings from Beijing Hey Arthurd, glad to hear from you again. Hope you enjoy your stay in Beijing

11th May 2009	#4
felixcat8888 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Delta Posts: 3,675	Re: Greetings from Beijing Hi Arthur, Nice to hear from you. Glad that you have adjusted to Beijing. Remember to blog your stay there. __________________ Ricoh XR-P,Chinon CP-7m,Pentax Z-1SE/MZ-S/K20D+16-50mm F2.8+FA43mm F1.9 Limited,Metz 58 AF-1P

11th May 2009	#5
seefei Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Coast Posts: 640	Re: Greetings from Beijing Nice view from the window. I am sure Beijing and its surrounding will offer ample opportunity to shoot. So, when will we organise a tour to Beijing? __________________ shoot to remember. flickr

11th May 2009	#7
darrrrrrrrrr Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,589	Re: Greetings from Beijing hi arthur, good to see that you've settled in nicely. the apartment looks quite cosy, almost like a singapore condo! you should remove those paintings and put up some big prints of your photos __________________ PENTAX\|BE INTERESTING http://darrenleow.zenfolio.com

11th May 2009	#8
flowerpot Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Both East n West Posts: 2,242	Re: Greetings from Beijing wah... nice place... __________________ ~Towards Sublime Gallery~

11th May 2009	#9
fliplock Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 67	Re: Greetings from Beijing lol. happen to plan to go beijing next yr! :P __________________ "The photographic image ... is a message without a code." -Roland Barthes, French thinker

11th May 2009	#10
matchkk Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 86	Re: Greetings from Beijing Hi Arthur, Glad to know that you have settled down in Beijing. Let's catch up if I get a chance to go to BJ. //Match __________________ K20D: DA21,DA12-24,DA17-70,DA*50-135 FA43, FA24-90, http://matchkk.blogspot.com

11th May 2009	#11
istDeS Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: "River end" Posts: 2,921	Re: Greetings from Beijing Arthur, good to hear from you again.

11th May 2009	#12
night86mare Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: in your mind Posts: 19,393	Re: Greetings from Beijing nice pad! have fun in beijing __________________ Gallery \| Dreamscapes 09 Pentaxian 伪君子之所以更可憎

11th May 2009	#13
P3ntx Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: West Coast Road Posts: 643	Re: Greetings from Beijing Arthur, What a nice place! there should be nice Pentax stuff there!

11th May 2009	#14
Gengh Contributor Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,166	Re: Greetings from Beijing Nice place! Having a park right outside is always good, not concrete all over. And maybe it's a good hunting ground for macros.

11th May 2009	#15
creampuff Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: East side Posts: 3,370	Re: Greetings from Beijing Hi Arthur, hope you're settling in well. Nice apartment.! __________________ http://ideastoprint.blogspot.com/

11th May 2009	#16
art2d2 Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Beijing, Shuangjing Posts: 1,165	Re: Greetings from Beijing Thanks everyone. Yeah its a nice place to stay. Only complain is the pollution as well as the traffic. I went to the Bird's Nest stadium during the weekend, will post some photos later. Probably after this week I will start going around those popular camera shops to check out for good deals. So far I seen new camera gears are quite expensive here. I check China online prices from www.rayi.cn , one of the more popular online store. http://www.rayi.cn/viewCatalog.do?id=328 From there the prices for K20D body is RMB 4799 (exchange rate is 4.6) so its around SGD1043 for body. K-M kit is around SGD717. Prices for lenses are quite high http://www.rayi.cn/viewCatalog.do?id=48. So will be patiently waiting for the price for the K7. __________________ Pentaxian for life ! My Webby K20D, DA 21,40,70, 55-300 Last edited by art2d2; 11th May 2009 at 09:49 PM.

12th May 2009	#18
airconvent Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,115	Re: Greetings from Beijing Hi Arthur, I must have missed some thread on this..you immigrated there or working there? Your flat pictures look like a condo scene from Singapore and not like what we see in the Chinese films! Anyway, congrats on your moving in ...now we have "pentax consultant" deployed in China.. Do post more shots...maybe you will be the first to showcase the K7 pics! __________________ Pentax:Kx,K1000,18250,DA21,40,70, FA50f1.4+f1.7,AF360,Sigma600f8, Fuji F200EXR

12th May 2009	#19
otc Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 581	Re: Greetings from Beijing Arthur, tot you are going back to kota kinabalu. Settling in beijing for good? Job assigment ? Anyway all the best...... otc

15th May 2009	#20
SpendorK Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 222	Re: Greetings from Beijing Hi Arthur, Can't get the Singapore Aviva Open pass from you anymore Hope you will love Beijing, take good care of yourself.