smokey drunk naked sand throwers

in the middle of the night

Total opposite of how we are 9-6 everyday. I can't imagine how bankers take the whole office scene. Give me a camera and 2 actors and I'll gladly come up with a short right now.
*FYI, I am sitting in the office for most of the week.

Which reminds me. I have been toying with 2 ideas recently:
One about love, and the other about a love for women. I can't decide which is more interesting. No, actually I do know. Maybe when I have the chance, I'll get started on "Bird Watching with Ah Wong"

A public poll while I still have your attention!

Are you so desensitized that you are looking for the next shocking, provocative, challenging-all-that-you-believe-in thing to give yourself a little excitement? Yes, I could mean anything right now.

meet the bitch

The Tan's bitch - Pretty the Poodle - is very, very cute.

So I had to take some pictures of Joyce's new do. First thing on my mind was "oh my god, under my umbrella betoi"... But it's a nice change considering that I have to put her through torture each time I have my random hair style changes at the whim of the chick that cuts my hair.

On to more important things.

Before I forget, if you're sick and tired of the shit on radio, please do yourself a favor and go listen to the The Raveonettes.

Ok, on to the important thing.

I think my self imposed "interestingness meter" is really kicking my blog in the nuts. Nothing seems to get published nowadays. It's getting worst that I was at Urbanscapes last week with my camera and did not take a single picture. I met tons of people there though. Yes, I'm looking at you and you and you and you (and he saw me there).

I think I'm bored. Maybe a change of pace would help. Disappearing off, starting all over, new people, new surroundings, new things to wake up excited for in the morning. There's just too much politics going on and I'm not even talking about anwar or mahathir here.

So I'm working on something new, a pet project. It might work, might not. We'll see if that does anything to stir this cesspool of a creativity.

like souls, heaven bound

Torpedoing out of control.

I like the whole idea of slowly, being lifted up to heaven. It brings a nice end to one's life doesn't it? After all the tossing and turning here, it's peace at the end.

The coupe de grâce of falling action

I've been enamored with the sky recently. You feel like you're almost able to see God. Like a fish looking up from the river to see those eyes falling back at it. The tiniest connection between 2 separate beings for a moment and then broken by nature.

I like eating fish tho'. I heard they're good for you.

international women's week at ucsi [updatex2]

I've been up to my eyes wading through the last 2 weeks. It's crazy and it'll be crazy till the end of the month. But, I managed to chill with a couple of celebs yesterday after shooting the opening ceremony for International Women's Week at my college. Props to Nick and team for a great week ahead. Recognize anyone?

[update] photos of the catwalk session from the opening ceremony featuring our very own students

[updatex2] this photo came out in RAGE last week (11/4) I think for an article by Jessie (the girl behind me)

colors in black and white

In conjunction with Chinese New Year, I present to you a set on a very famous temple here in KL - The Tian Hou Temple.

The temple itself is a spectacle, with bright colors layered on top of one another, all screaming for attention, and yet, all harmoniously put together.

I loved the colors, but most pictures of the temple so far have been focused exactly on that. This is my effort to present Tian Hou Temple to you, in all of its grandeur and beauty.

presenting, the oral stage in thirty minutes

On 27th January, I had the privilege to see Prakash and the The Oral Stage present at the KLPac Open Day. The group had to pose according to scenes that were written by the public. Each scene would last for a few minutes and the public was allowed to take photos with them. Think of it as "Scenes from a hat" from Whose Line? but with a twist.

If you want to see what kind of funny poses they came up with, not to mention some sexy ones from Prakash, click on the picture above for the full set on Flickr.

this bus didn't crash

MYC's Battle of the Bands Asia 2007 was a huge success not only for the organizers, with the event being one the biggest battle of the bands in Malaysia, but also for my friends, the winning band, Bus Company!!! It was a life changing night for these guys. Congratulations Sam and Shaun, be strong with God and keep moving forward!


Liang hosted the event (as usual, this guy is one hell of an emcee)
Go listen to HITZ or buy his CD.


Best performance of the night. It's not easy to be the first, but these guys pulled it off. The Fridays rocked, and thank goodness their sarongs didn't come off.


It was a celebrity fest. Hannah Tan, Christien & Lavin, Kenny Sia (to some he is the Malaysian blogger, so that's a celebrity right there). Just before the winning band was announced, we were treated with a rendition of We Are The World. This was the 100th song that night I think. It was crazy, the amount of bands and artists that performed.



Don't get me started on when Denise took center stage to give away 3rd prize. She is drop dead gorgeous. Seeing her prancing around on MTV is nothing when you finally get to see her live. She was as charismatic and bubbly as I imagined her to be. My favourite VJ of all time.



Rock on guys! Keep living the dream, and don't let your fans down! Sam call me for the photos! Good night people!

The complete "MYC Battle of the Bands Asia 2007" photoset on my flickr

flowers & formality

Seriously delicious set
Click it even if you hate flowers

The Making Of: iPhone TVC and The Killers Music Video

As promised, I want to share with all of you some behind the scenes photos of the making of the iPhone TV commercial and The Killers music video me and my team did for Video Production 1.

It was a hectic 3 weeks from conception to production to post production, but it was all worth it at the end of the day. We are very proud of our work. I would like to thank God for his immense help in this as well. From the weather to getting the talents, it all fell in place.

Please click on the album link below to see all of the photos.

Making Of: Smile Like You Mean It Music Video

Joyce's 21st Birthday [LONG POST]

6 Hours Before Party

We spent the better half of the day together, having lunch, shopping and doing various body enhancements (read: hair cut). She still didn't know what we were planning and what she would be getting for her birthday. At one point I said, "All I can give to you for your birthday this year is my love. How? You don't mind right??" 

Had zza for lunch, Italliannies 1U

Hair at Plaza Damaz, our usual spot

Amanda's boyfriend had a cute pup at the salon and I had my camera with me

One last shot before leaving, experimental always

The Party

We managed to find this place, Bora Asmara, for our dinner (thanks Prakash). It was a beautiful place. Service was also top notch. 

All the beautiful people that came

Joyce got her first gift almost immediately when we arrived.

Jackie and Joyce


From back: Susie, Angela, Melissa, Kimberly and Sze May

Joyce and Susie

Joyce and Angela

Joyce and Melissa

Kimberly and Joyce

Joyce sandwiched between Sze May and Jonathan a.k.a crazee causa

Joyce and Ian (too bad for the absent locks)

Joyce and Kok Leong


Prakash and Joyce (purposely close eyes somemore la)

Joyce and Lam

Joyce and Joshua

The Surprise

The night was not yet over. In the middle of all the chaos that was happening (thanks to another birthday happening right beside us), I gave her the surprise I have been keeping a secret for so long, an iPhone.

I slipped away with her phone with the excuse of making a call and swapped her sim card out. In 5 minutes, after making sure it was 'callable', I went back out and put both into her bag. Thank god Prakash remembered to distract her for me as I did it.

The thing was, she immediately felt the difference in weight (I think it's a girl thing) and opened her bag before I could make the call to surprise her. My call managed to go through just a moment after she took it out. Surprise surprise!

Everyone was speechless (I still don't know if it's the good one or the bad one), and she was quite blur until the reality kicked in - an iPod Touch doesn't ring...

The After Party

It was off to The Apartment for the after party, and we ended the night with more drinks and food. 

Thanks everyone for coming and giving her a wonderful birthday to remember

This is the full album with all the pictures from that day. Check it out. 

Joyce's 21st Birthday