wanderlust, wonderment and words

Having friends and family visiting meant it gave us a chance to play tourist over the last month or so. One of our trips brought us all the way to Tai-O, a fishing village near Lantau Island. 

This quiet little village doesn’t wake up till after 12noon and makes for a nice walk before all the tourists start streaming in and crowding the small little streets. You can have the famous gai-dan-zai (egg pancake), which is made using the traditional iron cast pan and charcoal, plus lots of other (apparently) famous eats around there. We spent the better half of the morning walking and just chilling before heading back.

I am loving all the old iron and metal doors and windows they still have here in Hong Kong, they do have cobbled stoned streets (maybe not cobbled, just uneven) and really charming old school eateries and shops. It’s a bit of an asian Italy if you ask me. Definitely alot more to explore around here. 

Yihui and Victor are possibly the youngest couple I’ve shot for. These two have been together for a while now and are getting married. I love the chemistry that these two have, even so early in the morning.

Love, sometimes, should be as simple, as being young and carefree is.

I want a love that will still be there on Monday, ready to stay in bed as long as life will allow. I want a love that knows the Funday never has to end, that Sunday can last for the rest of your life.

Taken from Thought Catalog: I Want a Sunday Funday Kind of Love

This shoot was a while back now, but couldn’t resist putting up more shots of this super fun loving couple! We had a small-ish space to work with, but made do, the energy in the room was great, Sophie the pug joined in the shenanigans too and kept wanting to be included. 

There’ll (really) never be another dull moment. 

Hello.

I know it’s been a while. But here is what I’ve been up to.

Hong Kong is such a charming place. I never knew why people love coming here, but I might have a slight idea now. It has only been about a week, but so far, this city reminds me of an Asian version of Italy - and I’m quite enjoying it so far. 

So, I’ll be updating again once we’ve settled down.

Till then, you can find me on Instagram @tngying where I’m posting everyday, go there for daily updates!

Laters alligators.

This is Sophie.

She is super cute. And she is bad ass. 

I miss this place. The times where people would come over, cook dinner together, grab drinks, sit around on the rooftop freezing our butts off. Even the times when I sat with Kara, after dinner, listening to music, chilling out and reading a book on the couch with a hot chocolate on those cold wintry nights. Love the silence, the peace around this space. 

Dreaming of the wine country, jumping off jetties, riding waves, walking through hills, driving on highways. 

California, I’m coming back for you soon. 

Dear favourite-est psych, 

You’re in a faraway land, and we’re all missing you heaps, but doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate your birthday!

Thanks for being there always, for all the caffeine we have inhaled on Saturdays, all the brunches/lunches/dinners/desserts we have had - it’s been awesome and still is (even through Whatsapp). I hope we’ll be the same place someday soon to have our usual Saturday sit downs and story-telling (we are missing all your stories.) Most of all, thanks for being our friend. 

Have a coffee on us, or have 5. We’ll be seeing you soon hopefully! 

Happy birthday and plenty of love from the sunny island.

x