An occasional ramble about my photographic journeys and such.
Here’s wishing the Planet Earth, Happy New Year 2012! May 2012 brings more happiness and joy to her children and less anger from mother nature herself!
Revellers gathering at KLCC Twin Towers for the 2012 countdown were treated to a spectacular water fountains' dance and light show.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 52,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 19 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Sometimes a photographer's greatest moment is not what he could capture on film, but a little compassion that could only be captured by the heart.
Travel photography is sometimes random, exciting, fun and for the most part hard work. Yet many of us traverse the world and explore the many unbeaten paths for that elusive “the best” photograph that we could capture in our lifetime. And then we would hang up our camera and live our life happily ever after. Precisely just like a fairy tale!
Fancy for a front row view of a sexy and hot Burlesque Performance right here in Kuala Lumpur? Then, make sure you are on the invitation list for the next X Secret Party - the biggest and hottest year-end party in Malaysia!
X Pop Group: Girl Panic Performance by X Top Models: Season I - Wow.... if they could sing and dance like that, maybe they should form an all-girl pop group to maybe export our singing talents to Korea in the very near future!
Kuala Lumpur, 16th December 2011.
When I first received the invitation via facebook, I was truly intrigued by the photo of yellow carpet going straight through a cut-out slit of a high security fencing to what looked like a creepy “X-file” complexes. There’s even a No Trespassing Warning on the fence with a very clear message: Violators will be shot; Survivors will be shot again! LOL! I presumed all the guests will be shot to death by straight shots of Martini, Vodka, Tequila or Brandy. If you are not dead yet, they would probably drown you in beer and maybe if you are very lucky, in a giant bowl of fine Champagne! Talk about happy ending – pun intended! They might even throw in a Burlesque girl just for kicks…..
1 Utama Christmas Theme for 2011: Splashing over the big blue
‘Tis the season to go shopping! What better way to go shopping than to visit out local shopping malls and be thrilled and entertained by the many decorations and fun activities put up by the management of these malls. I have always been curious by the theme selected by these malls, especially during the Christmas season. As usual, they have never failed to impress me year after year, with their creativity, intelligence and budget.
This year, the 2 shopping malls that impressed me the most are 1 Utama and Pavilion KL. Countless hours have been put into their planning and execution that one can spent hours just to admire their themed decorations and to snap some pictures with your kids.
As for me, this year at least, I am attempting to document all these beautiful decorations with my circular fisheye lens. Technically, a circular fisheye lens could capture 180˚ view of a scene with a very decent depth of field. In most cases, I stepped up the f-stop to get an acceptable DOF.
Katerina in Roxy's sexy 2-piece swimsuit.
Quiksilver has over the years evolved to becoming one of the leading names around the world in designing trendy surfing apparels for the casual and young. Roxy, an all-women brand is synonymous with colorful, young and vibrant surf fashion and in the heart of every collection is the swimwear series.
During the M-IFW 2011, Roxy introduced the Spring Summer 2012 collections and a very Special Swimwear Collection for Roxy. These collections are not in stores yet and M-IFW serves as a platform for the fashion lovers a privileged viewing of these exclusive releases.
I am a regular buyer of Quicksilver’s tees, so I was quite happy to view some of the new designs that will be launched next year. Rest assured, they have some very nifty design coming to a store near you soon. Happy Shopping!
Man Chien's masterpiece for Who's Next Designer Search Competition
The Kronenbourg 1664 Who’s Next Designer Search competition has unearthed yet another unpolished gem among the many great new designers cranked out by the many fashion colleges from Malaysia. The winner of the MOST PROMISING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR went to Man Chien. Her design speaks volume of her creativity, her meticulous attention to details and her flair for thematic fashion. I seriously think she is more than capable in designing an entire collection for a movie set if she so chooses. Congratulations Man Chien! You deserved to win the RM10,000 and a free trip to Who’s Next Fashion Trade Fair in Paris.
The beautiful Lee Sinje taking a bow after the presentation of her City Romance Collection.
I love cacac philosophy for City Romance collection. You will be inspired after reading the philosophy behind her design.
The philosophy of cacac City Romance is about rejoicing life! Designed for the modern urban woman, whose fast paced life id often crowded with challenges – cacac City Romance is chic, elegant and edgy. Through cacac City Romance we share out joy and love for fashion with a creativity that promises to inspire your own imagination and revel in your individuality and style.
This evening STYLO presented for the first time in Malaysia, Lorenzo Peh’s fashion collection from the London and Mumbai circuit entitled ‘The 7 Deadly Sins: Recycling is the new Black’, his critically acclaimed creation made of 150kg of recycled wastes. For the theme above, no prize for guessing which sin it fits into.... and it certainly isn't Wonder Woman, Wonder Bread or even Wonder Bra!
Kuala Lumpur, 1st December 2011
It was cars, caviar and couture when luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz hosted a glittering Finale of its Customer Dining Event for 2011 in celebration of 125 years in automotive excellence and innovation. It also announced its international collaboration with STYLO International as Presenter of its “World Fashion Series”.
Allure Couture with Mouawad
What can I say? It’s a marriage made in heaven for Allure Couture and Mouawad! The enticement of Allure Couture’s wedding gowns and the seductiveness of Mouawad’s fine jeweleries really made this a union of temptation, especially for the sophisticated ladies out there looking for something different on their wedding day. Look no further if you are in the market for a beautiful wedding dress and complimentary jeweleries for the biggest day in your life. A picture, as they say, speaks a thousand words. Scroll down for more photos of their wedding collection.
The need for internet access has become one of the most basic requirements for urban living. Email access via mobile phones and blackberry devices has become the norm instead of exception. Facebook and Twitters popularity has only added to this mad rush for 24×7 internet access. Now with the crazy success of iPad from Apple, [...]
The stacked collection of skeletons, the bare steel bed frames against the hollow marbled-floor rooms and the eerie silence of the ghastly stained walls really provided everyone that visits the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum a glimpse of the atrocity committed by Pol Pot, the leader of the former “Democratic Kampuchea” from 1975 to 1979. This [...]
A replica of painted mural inside Mogao Caves. Going through some of the mural paintings were like going back in time and they do tell the story or stories of historical proportion that is so precious and priceless today. This replica was painted by one of the famous painter that is based at the Mogao [...]
