{"id":14,"date":"2008-02-15T03:59:04","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T11:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chorpie.net\/?p=14"},"modified":"2008-02-18T17:38:42","modified_gmt":"2008-02-19T01:38:42","slug":"happy-valentimes-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chorpie.net\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY VALENTIMES DAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So we wake up in Kota Kinabalu at 8am on February 14th&#8230; its hot outside as its been the entire time&#8230;\u00a0 we get to the airport at 10am.\u00a0 Flight leaves at 11:45am, we get to Taipei after 3 hours.\u00a0 1 hour layover, and a 14.5 hour flight we land in Los Angeles.\u00a0 The connecting plane is late.\u00a0 We wait in LAX at our gate for 2.5 hours and then a 2 hour plane flight to San Jose gets us to where our car is parked (courtesy of the wonderful in-laws picking us up).\u00a0 So after 23 hours on airplanes and in airports, its 10pm on&#8230; February 14th.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Highlights of the trip:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justin and Joey are MARRIED!<\/li>\n<li>We know Justin<\/li>\n<li>We met Joey<\/li>\n<li>AWESOME food, the entire trip<\/li>\n<li>Proboscis Monkey sightseeing from a speedboat (and fireflies later that night)<\/li>\n<li>Driving without having to pay attention to rules, regulations, street signs (they are all crazy over there)<\/li>\n<li>Hanging out with Justin&#8217;s family (Bonnie, Darin, Victor)<\/li>\n<li>$3 watches<\/li>\n<li>$5 Gucci wallets<\/li>\n<li>Lugging way too much camera gear for what I was shooting&#8230; maybe not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now Jen and I are headed on a Mexico cruise, courtesy of my employer!\u00a0 3 day cruise to Ensenada will be very fun.\u00a0 More pictures, I&#8217;ll post when i&#8217;m back.\u00a0 Yet we can&#8217;t sleep and its 4AM.\u00a0 YAY!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I crammed into my camera backpack, and poor Jen had to carry my 10 lb. laptop.\u00a0 I&#8217;m lucky she loves me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" align=\"middle\" width=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chorpie.net\/images\/backpack-1.jpg\" alt=\"LowerPro Trekker AW camera backpack\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LowePro Rover AW II<\/li>\n<li>Bogen 3021BN tripod with Kirk BH-1 ball head<\/li>\n<li>Canon EOS-30D with BG-E2N battery grip and RRS L-plate<\/li>\n<li>Canon EF 17-40mm f\/4L USM<\/li>\n<li>Canon EF 70-200mm f\/4L IS USM<\/li>\n<li>Sigma 16-35mm f\/2.8-4 EX<\/li>\n<li>Canon EF 28-135 f\/3.5-5.6 IS USM<\/li>\n<li>Canon EF 50mm f\/1.4 USM<\/li>\n<li>2 extra BG-511A batteries<\/li>\n<li>case for my glasses<\/li>\n<li>4 extra AA batteries<\/li>\n<li>2 extra CR2 batteries<\/li>\n<li>(1) 4GB and (1) 2GB extra CF cards<\/li>\n<li>a bulb blower<\/li>\n<li>pack of tissues<\/li>\n<li>RRS flash bracket<\/li>\n<li>Canon 550 EX flash with sto-fen diffuser<\/li>\n<li>Nikon SB-28 flash<\/li>\n<li>2 PC cords<\/li>\n<li>universal power adapter<\/li>\n<li>watch<\/li>\n<li>(4) ball bungee cords<\/li>\n<li>mini notebook<\/li>\n<li>(2) pens<\/li>\n<li>flashlight<\/li>\n<li>Canon TC-30N remote timer and shutter release<\/li>\n<li>SanDisk card reader<\/li>\n<li>Maha AA battery charger<\/li>\n<li>Canon battery charger<\/li>\n<li>GI Cactus remote trigger\/receivers<\/li>\n<li>flash foot<\/li>\n<li>TTL flash cord<\/li>\n<li>sunglasses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A bit overkill, eh?\u00a0 I really need to learn to pack better.\u00a0 AND less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So we wake up in Kota Kinabalu at 8am on February 14th&#8230; 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