Edmund Yeo

I came back from Sri Lanka a few days ago, since then it's back to work for me. The two week break I've taken due to my trips in Nagoya and Sri Lanka have left me with piles of projects to juggle with (treatments to write, music videos to edit, documentaries to finish up) Nevertheless, like most good film festival trips, I find myself creatively rejuvenated. It happens when you got to watch a lot of different films, experience different cultures, surround yourself with filmmakers, and discover new parts of the world. It's great. So, back to the Jaffna International Cinema Festival, the screening venues of the festival were in a multiplex, the public library, and the University of Jaffna.

My cousin's wedding and tea ceremony. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Old magnificent tree near Kadurugoda Temple (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Waiting for sunset (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

The Old Man and the Sea (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

View from the top of the historical Isurumuniya Temple in Anuradhapura. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Somewhere in Sri Lanka. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

The Jetavanaramaya, built around 300AD, is the largest stupa in the world. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Hanging out at Iranawila beach (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Ancient stupas of Kadurugoda Temple, supposedly the tombs of monks who once lived here centuries ago (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Lord Buddha outside Naga Viharaya, the only temple in Jaffna town (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Looking at the Jaffna Fort from afar. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Jaffna Clock Tower. Built in 1875. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

After I returned from Japan, I immediately flew off to Sri Lanka the next morning. My film RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS had been invited to the Best Debut Film competition section of the inaugural Jaffna International Cinema Festival. Naturally, I was excited. Jaffna is at the northern part of Sri Lanka, so when I arrived at the capital city of Colombo, it was necessary to take a 7-hour train ride to Jaffna. But before that, I was able to rest for a night at the YWCA International Guesthouse. Arrived at the YWCA International Guest House Colombo. Building's been around for 200 years! Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Thursday, September 17, 2015 The building has existed for more than two hundred years, and it was converted into a guest house almost a hundred years ago. It's cool that you write your guest registration on a thick book. My time in Colombo was quite short, I managed to visit the famed Gangaramaya temple. But only for a short while. Buddhist statues in Gangarama

Buddhist statues in Gangaramaya Temple (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Arrived at the YWCA International Guest House Colombo. Building's been around for 200 years! (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Goodbye Nagoya and Japan. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

This is the Nagoya City Art Museum (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Sun setting over the Flower Clock (Okazaki Park) (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Elderly couple walking down Kinka Mountain (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

As you can see from my latest barrage of photos, I've been wandering in Japan again. At places I've never been to, Nagoya, Gifu and Okazaki. I saw a lot of wonderful things, beautiful things, preserved from the past, relics of proud history. Yesterday I went to Okazaki, an idyllic little city with its own proud history. It is the site of the great Okazaki Castle (birthplace of the famous Tokugawa Ieyasu) and the 1300 year old Takisanji Temple. Before I went to these two famous places, I visited the very unique World Children's Art Museum in Okazaki . Outside the World Children's Art Museum in Okazaki Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Sunday, September 13, 2015 The museum had gathered the works of many world-famous artists when they were children, or in their teens. Aside from that, it was also displaying the (admittedly impressive) artwork of children from nearby schools. Yesterday was also the very last day of their special exhibition of optical illusion-related ar

Observing the cosplayers on the bridge (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

These stone lanterns at Takisan were donated by the famed Tokugawa family (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Old man cycling past the river in Okazaki (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Takisan Toshogu Shrine is one of the top 3 Toshogu Shrines in Japan (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Faraway train passing by in Okazaki (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Cosplayers taking photos on a bridge (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Okazaki Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Panorama photos of Gifu, Nagoya and Nagoya Castle. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Viewing boats preparing for the 1300-year-old tradition Ukai (cormorant fishing) (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

View from the top of Gifu Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Climbing up to Gifu Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Gifu Daibutsu (Big Buddha), one of the major 3 Big Buddha statues in Japan (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Entering Gifu Park (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nagoya TV Tower, the oldest TV tower in Japan (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nagoya City Science Museum (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Peaceful statues (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Little girl cycles past Godzilla and the Nagoya Golden Dolphin (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

An exhibition of local dolls and toys (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Woman cycling past Gojo Bridge on a lovely afternoon (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Women in kimono taking photo of Nagoya Castle samurai greeter (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Kato Kiyomasa, the samurai who supervised the Nagoya Castle stone walls construction (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Scenery from the top of Nagoya Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nagoya Castle and its old cornerstones (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Nagoya Castle (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Two days ago Joey held her birthday mini-concert where she showcased her singing, dancing and drumming skills! But it's actually her birthday today! Happy birthday, Joey! She's heading off to UK for her studies this month. Hope the Oscar Wilde book will help you! (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Joey shows her dancing skills at her birthday mini concert with Ruby