banana leaf with photographic beetle boy

Went out for drinks with Matt the other day. Of course he had to bring his new wife out, and by wife I mean his black, big, shiny, Nikon D300. His dream camera that he slugged to save for. Finally he got it after 2 years. It's not easy bein' a photographer baby.

By the way, if you're in my area (or can travel to my area), this is the mamak that I'll choose. It's not 100% great. But comparing to the flying roaches of  Spicy Kitchen to the dirty-utensils-but-amazing-teh-o-ais-limau Barkath or even the suicidal waiters of Old Kanna, I think this place is the best.

Playing with the Nikon D300, it felt very nice in the hands compare to my 400D. Bigger = Better grip. But the most noticeable thing about it has got to be the live view screen. With this feature in almost all DSLRs in that range, blindshots will be a thing of a past! Something which I do quite often especially during events. The only thing that keeps me away from Nikons are the controls. Canons somehow just feel more natural to me. But that's strictly subjective.

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.

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

Christien, Lavin and Me In The Same Room

This is really really late, but I'm on TV! Not really teevee, but my college's web tv if that's anything. Cash got me in to this a few months back and I've done 3 segments so far. It's great experience to have, but if you're like me - not forming sentences correctly all the time and have short term memory - then being a tv host can be quite daunting.

I know, I know, "Just let us know the url already dammit!" Fly on over to www.ucsi.edu.my and click on the tiny WebTV icon on the top left of the page. And in a moment of so you would be able to see my babbling on screen.

I think the coolest thing about this is that some people recognized me from the web tv. Not a big deal I know, but it's nice.

Oh ya, and of course the fact that I interviewed Christien and Lavin, and they are just the nicest people you'll meet from celebrity land. I was all kayu and kekok around them (which I regret) but I did manage to take some shots with them. This was during their press conference at UCSI.


With a very happy and pregnent Daphne Iking


I first saw Lavin, actually her face on her shop at 1U just underneath my old workplace, Macasia and I went, "Oh my God, is she Malaysian??" Well, it just goes to show that we do have amazingly beautiful people here in this country.


I was so reluctant to take this picture. Come on, no normal looking guy can stand with Christien and still look decent. And yes, I admit that he is very good looking.

Don't any of you dare make fun of him or his immensely attractive wife. He and Lavin are so nice, they have made me believe once again that celebrities are perfect, wonderful, beautiful people.

Friends Around College

Marci


Suet Yen


Jody "Odie"

There's something about meeting people. I never could've guessed that I would be able to kick it off so well with them, but I did. And I can't be more grateful for the friendship.

I mean, the first time I met Jody, I was just sitting with Petrick, having lunch or something, and she just came and made herself comfortable. Started talking (don't angry Odie!) non stop, and she suddenly asked if I was "the Chay". Honestly? I was very happy of course. Thanks to the endless advertising from Petrick. Now she's a good friend.

Marci on the other hand, she always had this icy look about her (I can say that now because we're friends) but I had this really good impression on her. She had this super cool hair, something like locks, but also looked like tree roots, damn cool. Oh why did you straighten your hair? Anyway, would you believe me that she's only 18?

Suet Yen... I think the first time I really had a conversation with her was with Chingy and we were talking about some really messed up topics... oh man, I can't imagine it now...

Shots taken by Prakash the moment I showed him my new lens.