Congratulations to June & Kelvin - 7 June 2008

June & Kelvin have been together for a good 10 years, no wait - 11 years!! They've been together since forever that everyone's excited they're finally tying the knot :) When we had our lil' reunion during Chinese New Year early this year we were already talking about it - June is getting married in June!!

They're both staying in the States now but being true Penangites at heart their wedding reception was held in Penang so that family and friends were there to share their happiest moment together :)

I headed back to Penang on Friday afternoon. Early morning the next day Ho Ming picked me up to June's place. We got a bit lost getting there.. but good thing we spotted a bridal car passing by which we suspected to be the groom's. Then about 7 -8 cars tailed behind and stopped at the middle of the road.. saw Jordan getting out of one of the cars and even caught a glimpse of Kelvin - immediately we knew we were heading the right direction ;)

Ho Ming and I were practically racing with the groom and his heng-tais as they announced their arrival with the loud continuous honking upon reaching June's place. It was kinda hilarious come to think of it.

The ji-muis were all prepared with some lil' games for Kelvin and his heng-tais before fetching the bride. Nothing too difficult - all in the name of fun :P















Who says we're evil? Even the groom is having fun!!
















Kelvin even got his lollipop!! :P :P
















The gross part - passing the tiny piece of star-shaped card from mouth to mouth. Uh-oh don't do it!! Well Jordan couldn't resist :P :P
















Strictly 18-SX rated!!
















Public display of affection - NOT on your wedding day, Kelvin!!















...Me and Li Ling (Kelvin's sis) watching from inside - totally amused!
***Taken by Ke Wynn the wedding photographer, who did an excellent job for their wedding :)
















Kelvin being a good sport as usual :) Mission (Part 1, that is :P) accomplished ;)


Finally made their way up..









































The ji-muis.. "Gulp down to the last drop!!"
















Awwww so sweet!




A pic with the ji-muis :)

























JUST MARRIED! Taken at Khoo Kongsi for their outdoor wedding shots















I love this pic - though not very professionally captured.. sorry it's taken with my HP point-n-shoot.




















From left - Jordan, Woei Lih and Tat Sin.. all of whom I've not met in ages!! They've not changed much over the past decade haha..


I love the bouquet!




























Purely self-entertaining :P :P
















Me and Jordan
















From left: Ho Ming, me, Ween, June, Sharm, Suv
















Chilling out after a hot day out.. this was taken in E & O (Eastern & Oriental) Hotel where the wedding dinner was held.. very classy hotel still with its classic interior intact.. love it!





























At the reception















Nice one for the album :)
















The SGGS table :)
















With the Chung Ling bunch..
From left: Ivan + girlfriend, Tat Sin, Vincent, Ween, me, Wooi Lim, Suv, Jordan





















Me & Woei Lih















To Kelvin & June.. cheers! :)
















June with the Georgian babes :)















Final shot for the night...


We went over for drinks at The Garage just opposite E & O but did not stay long.. just a lil' chilling out session before heading home.

It was a LOT of fun throughout the day - really great seeing this happy couple tying the knot! Was a good reunion for us too.. glad seeing ol' high school friends again and also the scouts bunch from Chung Ling we knew from the JOTA (Jamboree On The Air) camp way back in 1997. I guess the guiding and scouting spirit live on hence the sporting nature in us.. it really has liven up the happy occasion right from the morning :) Happy to see so many familiar faces again :)

To June & Kelvin: Was great catching up while you guys were in KL. Here's to wishing the both of you a journey of everlasting love and happiness together!! Hope to see you guys soon :) *hugs*

...somewhere over the rainbow...

How often is your mood spoilt by the heavy traffic jam? For me, it's TOO OFTEN. Getting stuck in the notorious KL jam is an absolute torture and can literally make me feel my blood boiling - esp when I'm already running late for work (coupled with the disturbing thought of the piles of files sitting on my desk), or when all I want to do is to get home after a long stressful day at work.

But somehow on rare occasions, something beautiful just comes along.. when you least expect that your mood can totally change for the better.

It's this pretty rainbow that caught my attention and I instantly found myself smiling. I don't know if others saw it too, but it was just too pretty not to notice. I fished out my phone from my handbag and snap a few shots with it.. and the entire journey home has just been made pleasant :)

















It's amazing how these little things around you can change your day for the better. All you need to do is to take a lil' time off to notice, and to take pleasure in.
Guess that's what they mean by "the best things in life are free" :) :) :) And in this case, it certainly was!

Girly Nite @ Sheraton-Imperial

Just before Ween headed back to Penang, we decided to catch up for one last time. I did not manage to join Ween and Evonne for dinner as was stuck in the jam getting back from F1, but later caught up with them and spent some time at Ween's hotel just lazing around.

Ween was so sweet she made a cake for me :) Awwwww... it's such a pretty cake and a very very yummy one as well! So glad the 3 of us managed to catch up again just before Ween left :)

Pretty in Pink ;)


















Me, Ween, Evonne

Ween: Was so glad to catch up.. esp watching Ah Long Pte Ltd haha.. a good laugh and a good company ;)
Evonne: We should hang out more often since we're both in KL! ;)

*** It's a whole lot sweeter when your friends make you a birthday cake / cupcakes.. and they mean so much more than getting any expensive cakes out there. Sweet to the bones!! Thanks lots to Ween, Julia & Tania :)

Formula One - Sepang International Circuit

Panning shots have never really been an interest to me - I've always felt that it's a "guy thing" - but this first experience at the F1 really got me excited.

I received a phone call from a friend from the photography forum just a few days before F1, offering me free ticket as someone could not make it last minute so was giving up his/her ticket. It was quite a tough decision to make coz it's my birthday weekend and I simply cannot go on Saturday as I was going to have dinner with friends and all the rush can foreseeably ruin the night. I decided somehow just to go on Sunday.. i.e. my birthday itself.

Turned out to be an unexpected yet fantastic "birthday gift" from a certain unknown someone :) I wish I could thank this person personally but don't actually know who he/she is. Well so I joined the mytikas group from Singapore (Olympus DSLR users). I was a bit skeptical about this at first coz I didn't know any of them! But decided what the heck - impromptus are fun!

I woke up very early (again despite the late night out) and sped to Subang to meet up with the group at their hotel (thanks to Blu who arranged the meet-up). Left for Sepang together with them after a good session of breakfast at the mamak :) They simply loved our iced milo kao!

It was a very fun experience though quite a challenge at first - to get the tyre-spinning effect and the blurred background yet not sacrificing the sharpness of the subject. My first attempts with the 40-150mm were not very good... then someone from the group offered me the 50-200mm SWD *grins* Woohoooo.. it was a different "feel" altogether!!

Me with the mytikas shooters from Singapore ;)









































Then another offered me the 50-500mm Sigma.. ooo it was not easy to take panning shots with this due to its weight and I was not using a tripod.. but still it was amazing!













Me with the 50-500mm Sigma (otherwise known as BIGMA.. which is so aptly named) Btw, this thing is H-E-A-V-Y!!

...And all equipped with the powerful 50-500mm, I could zoom from afar and took candid shots of others which turned out to be quite.. haha.. interesting :P














Some Japanese kids


This boy started young with DSLR..






Ferrari supporters!

Was a wonderful experience shooting with the mytikas bunch - they're simply generous with their lenses and offered very good tips :) My shots were definitely nothing to shout about, but the experience that came with it was more than anything I can ask for :)

I was exhausted from the heavy load of lenses and the afternoon heat, coupled with the minimal hours of sleep. The jam getting out of Sepang F1 circuit was horrible, but hehe I wasn't driving.. and I dozed off :P