A trip to Perth, a wake-boarding session with these two, and seeing that "chemistry" between these two love birds was enough to spark the need to photograph them with their common love...
WAKE-BOARDING!
I always hear people tell me..."it's so difficult to find someone else whom you love, that does the same thing as you, like same hobby, same ambition... you're so lucky..."
BUT looks like it isn't sooo rare since I found these two! In total I picked out 51 shots, but here's a few that are my favorite...
Kevin...being a responsible worker... like everyone else in Singapore...
OK STOP! if i post anymore...I might as well post EVERYTHING! Thanks you two for being such great sports!
Of course at the end of it all... it's never a Click! photography shoot wit...hout the usual...Group shot...Enjoy!
So it's Day 7 of my notice count down. I have another 17 days left to count (including weekends and those blessed public holidays and half day cause its the eve of public holidays). I should have more days to count, but i'm offsetting the rest of my notice with the remaining leave that I have! WOOT!
Oh and did I mention, my boss, and senior (the two fuckers in my life) are on leave! Starting yesterday, they will be on leave till next year and only returning 4 January. which leaves me ONLY 5 days to put up with them! Awesome Pawsome...
Its amazing how time flies by so quickly, before I know it... i'll be jobless...kinda... and introducing myself for the time being as a Freelance photographer...
I like the ring of that. really.. nothing prestigous like..."Adverting and Promotions Executive". But hey... everyone's an executive nowadays, so...so what... Here, the only thing I have to add to my portfolio is my company's name, the duration that I was here for, and what my role entails. As a photographer I've got more! 1) L'Oreal product launch x 2 2) Heineken product shoot 3) Rendezvous Hospitality corporate shoot 4) Volkswagen - Scirocco Launch 5) Volkswagen - Zoukout 2009 6) 1 wedding (1 more in January) 7) 2 ROMs (1 more in January) 8) Graduations
I've still got a little bit of Xmas shopping to do...=( But I like that as I get older, there's no need to buy for SOOOoooOOooo many people... haha! just the pple who matter will do...
Mummy, Daddy, Christopher, his family, Steph, Godpa & Godma and Cherry aka Samsui... that's about it...
So Daddy & Chris down... Omg... that leaves me with like... ALOT MORE! DIE! hahaha!
So after having gone wake-boarding with Chery and Kevin in Perth, I couldn't help but think of how fun it would be to shoot these two.
So I set a date on Friday to get the shoot done, and I had a few shots in mind. To be very honest, this was my first shoot that I did majority of the shooting.
Here's a preview of 1 of the shots I envisioned... That I was very determined to try to get and arrange the lights, no matter how difficult I thought it would be, I'm glad I got it...
The pics are still in the process of DI/Post processing, so these two are not complete yet... but here they are... =) I must say, I'm very very happy with how they're slowly turning out...
Ok, so I wanted to lay all my buys across my room floor and then post them up... BUT! I'm a little lazy today... so i'll do them after they go through the wash...=)
BUT! in the mean time! I decided to grab an image of 1 of my buys from the net to share... hehehe...
A TREAT FOR MY FEET is what it was... Walked the famous Harbour Town on the 1st day in Perth... Thinking all hope was lost, and that I would end up not buying anything... Low and behold! a huge sign at the Nike store..."40% off STW!"AND BOY WERE THEY SERIOUS ABOUT THE 40%! NOTHING in the store was untouched by the wonderous "LESS 40%".
I picked these babies up... sigh... What love it was when I saw these shoes... of course... Chris liked them too.. and the best part... They was only 1 pair left in my size..everything else was a 9 and above!
Nike Air Jordan Retro 8
I saw 2 price tags... a $100 plus tag, which had a bright red $60 tag stuck over it...
So after trying them, i was a little apprehensive to get them...
Then... the super nice sales dude came up to me and said... "Wow... you should REALLY get those... they're an awesome awesome buy and their gorgeous!"
At 1st I thought to myself "you're just talking sales talk man"
Then he continued... "Get them today! you must, they're a real steal... Just last month they were like.. $100 over bucks... then last week we slashed the price to $60 bucks... so today.. if you buy them, they're like... $24!!! You should so so get it!"
O...M... Fucking... G man!!! $24!!!
I was sold! Chris looked at me and I looked at me with my mouth open... "I'm so getting it!"
Nutters man... What a steal! Happiness Happiness Happy jolly-ness man... I still can't belive I got them for only $24... hehehehe...
The two count downs that's keeping me really busy, excited, on the edge of my seat, jump for joy and nervous...
4 days to Perth
Well, so far, the weekend's been awesome and simple... Spent it with the 2 most important men in my life...=) Christopher, and dear Daddy... 1) I FINALLY cleaned my super moss covered, water evaporating fish tank, I'm surprised all my fishes still survived. 2)Bought new fish to add to my really clean again tank. 3)Bought a second battery for my 5D MkII. 4) Bought another Billingham! WOOT! bigger and in green... Awesome Pawsome! This is like the Prada of camera bags man...=) Hole in my wallet, but I'm happy... This is going to be my travelling partner in Perth... 5) click! photography had a little practice in our studio on what kinda lighting we wanna go for for our corporate job coming up.
Also! The Grunge girls are back together again for a performance and competition... shiok...
And to top it off, we've got ourselves a new member..Evelyn! AND AND! We've all finally got high cuts! Welcome to the family Cass! can't wait to get back to dancing... I've been so deprived because of work... really so deprived... I can't wait to have more time for dance and for posting entries on click! photography's blog... That blog is in such a sad state now...
Its strange that it feels so different handling a "normal" project now...
I can't seem to get used to the "non-hassle" & "non-panicky" parts...
Its been at least 6 months since i experienced this kind of calm where I am.
Feels good i guess... but the past 6 months has "trained" me to worry that I have something that I might have left undone. So now, with this calm floating around me, I keep thinking "This isn't real, there IS something that I have to do..."
Strange...
On a better note!
My leave got approved and I'll be jetting off on 27 midnight to Perth oh PERTH for Aaron's wedding...
Can't wait... All the cousins, relatives, the family and the boy friend's gonna all be together at the same place, on the same holiday in the same country!
Awesome Pawsome yo!
Was thinking of what to wear to the wedding... Might wear the dress that Chris's mum gave me...=) Its a really sweet umpire cut dress from her younger days... Its gorgeous!
BUT! I think i can't fit into it already!! hahaha! since the last time she gave it to me, I've been "working" on building a ring of fats aroudn my waist... You know the sort that gives you layers and lines on your tummy when you sit down...Yeah...they're showing... My jobs making me fat... Another reason to leave...LOL!!! I'm so full of nonsense...
I have 2 weeks to shed this "Ring of Wonder"!
I don't need to eat less, I need to excercise!
Another reason for me to leave work on time!!
Here's a little something that has been circulating the office email...hehehe...
The ultimate video that won me a "lip sync" award at my UB graduation bash... After you watch this, you'll never look at me the same...
ENJOY!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
The weekend's here again! YAY!
The past week has been really sweet and short for me...
Work Monday, MC Tuesday, Work Wednesday, Leave Thursday, Work Friday...WEEKEND!
And its gonna be a long weekend for me...=) *Big Grin*... I'm taking leave on Monday again! Woot...
I need this break...from the madness at the office...
Its kinda, in a teeny tiny way sad that I have very little drive in what I do in this job now... I guess the lack of appreciation and the adding of negative feedback and shit talking only makes it that way...
It's ok, i only need to hang it out for about another...hmmm.... few more months... =)
On a good note... The start of Saturday has been a good one... 1) Body clock woke me up at 8.30am. 2) Carpenter Chris and I helped mummy fix up her new IKEA cupboard.
and later... 3) Chris and I are going to his friend's place for hang-out session...(time to socialize)
Now... I'm gonna head to clear my cupboard cause come Monday, I'll have a new wardrobe! YAY! The carpenters are currently working on the wardrobe in my parents room (the sound of the nail gun scares the shit out of mum, chris and I), then my bedroom cupboard, and then my OTHER bedroom cupboards... (In case you're wondering y have 2, let me refresh your memory. Remember we converted my bedroom into a studio? so I've moved into the room next door. my clothes are still in my old room though...)
So anyway... I can't wait to clear out my clothes... I have a ton of clothes that i don't wear anymore, so they're gonna go into a garage sale ($$$Moooollaah$$$), AND some are going to my cousin in Perth...
Which means...MORE ROOM FOR MORE CLOTHES!!!
Oh yeah... and here's a picture of the new addition into the Tan family... so darn cute... This was taken almost a month ago!Last weekend I went by and took more pics, haven't uploaded them onto the comp yet... soon! maybe tomorrow...
So finally, the big ass project I've been handling is finally over.
Of course, the boss will eventually take all the credit...
What i find becomes what she found... What I did will be come what she did... BUT! what mistake happens, or what other don't like... becomes... what I did...
But i reached a point where i just shut it out... Now is just to sit and wait... till December... Steph... hang in there with me...=) We'll make it...
So yesterday, after every guest had their fun, and my feet was sore, pain and full of numbness from running up 3 floors, and down 2 floors to go back to the 2nd floor and then to the atrium and then back in again... and most of the time, at the bossiness of "the second wanna fucking be boss".
"You should go stand by boss in the store, see if she needs help"
So I go, i ask if she's enjoying herself, she snubs me off and says "yeah, yeah, yeah", gives me the hand flick and turns away... I ask if she needs anything, she ignores me... So I stand by her, ignored, and not introduced to the people she's P, fucking R-ing with despite my obvious presence beside her for a good 5 mins... i walk off... finally...
Only to walk out, and then get bossed at AGAIN... and so the list of bossiness continues...
Few minutes later, she sees me and scolds me for not having me and my other colleagues to stand by her to handle the media cause there are too many for her to handle... great... ignore me for being by you... HAhaha... crazy nut!
we HAD to go for "celebratory" drinks... To be honest, my thoughts of "celebratory" was not to have to spend it with them... if it was just with Steph and Lincoln, THEN would it be celebratory!
I thought that it being all over, would make me feel happy again... but even now, as I watch what time i have left of Saturday tick its way by... I still have the same feeling of "i don't wanna go back to work on Monday" feeling. It's strange though. But as the event slowly came to a close, and i stood at the registration table, watching our guests slowly get lesser and lesser I did tell myself..."good job val... you managed to pull this off..." but at the same time, i just wanted to squat down behind the table and sob a little...
I can't explain the feeling, but I guess i was kinda sad that i did not really seem to feel THAT proud of myself for what I had done... This project drained so much of life out of me... I just would have rather turned back time, have my life from May - October back, than to stand there and force myself to feel like i achieved something. strange huh???
The 1 thing I enjoyed though...was having people come up to me and telling me I did a good job rather than going to *ahem* "her" to say those words. Its good to see that others probably recognized that I was the 1 who did this... I hope......
BTW...i Love this video... =) hahaha! anyways, side note... the beginning of the video, how the guy feels... is how i feel every morning to work... LOL! I know i'm not alone on this!
Ok so... recently i joined a competition with my friends and we got into the Semifinals which were held in Genting. Though we didn't get into the Finals (i mean we're not great, but we're working on it), i was very happy i got the chance to actually participate in a competition.
Trust me, it took me alot of effort, blood sweat and tears to be able to go cause of fucking work and the terror that commands it all.
So here's our performance. =) to my Grunge girls - Steph, Cass, Deb and V... Thanks for making it a great experience! and the long journey from Audition days in July/August to the Quarters and then the Semis in September...
I've come to realize that i've become someone else i never dreamt i'd become. I feel like i've become like one of those "bitchy" girls in school, who always talks smack abt others behind their back, and calling them nasty names. The amount of bitching i've done in the past 3-4 mths...would be the amount of smack i ever talked about anyone in my 4 yrs of secondary sch, and 3 yrs of poly combined. I kid you not. I'm serious. Lately, i bitch every 30mins to an hr.
For that, i just clocked in another hr of "bitch-ness" to that every growing number today. This time, it was cause i got thrown under the bus in front of my friends... behind my back... Yeah sure, being thrown under the bus happens when you say something to someone and they say it like how it is to the person you don't want knowing that something.
Well... mine's a little different. I got thrown under the bus... WITH MY WORDS TWISTED... Twisted majorly that it distorts its originality and pure "innocence" in every way.
I need more soul searching... I always say, Karma's a bitch, tts why they get sick very often and easily, and get twitchy anxiety and shit. because you deserve it.
I need to stop this bitching, cause very soon, Karma might turn round and claim its next victim...ME... Cause if it does, then it makes me no different from their already miserable lives.
I must always remember. I've got friends and family who love me and want me to be happy. I've got things i like to do during weekends and after work. I've ACTUALLY got people to talk to who will listen to me...
The name card's been designed, the basic equipment is set, website we've got pple to help with, most importantly, we've had great subjects to add to our portfolio.
Every Saturday's been "shoot" day for Chris and I. Wake up at 9. set up. Subject aka frens come in at arnd 10.30am - 11.30 am. Shoot 2hrs. TAHDAH! Its been great to see the results. So far its been this way for a month or so. But we only got into it more when we bought those "babies". =)
Elinchrom RX600
We've taken... 1) Me... (started out with 1 580EX and 1 580EXII only) 2) Cousin's little kids Mabel and Gabriel (Also with the above flashes) 3) Me... (THIS TIME WITH THOSE ELINCHROMs...WOOT) 4) Steph & her dog Shiro 5) Felicia (A Uni friend of ours)
Here are SOME of the pictures (out of the many others) starting from the first... =) 1) Botanical Gardens, Home studio shots 2) Gabriel and Mabel 3) Elinchrom Welcoming "Party" 4) Stephanie & Shiro 5) Felicia
THANKS FOR VIEWING! SEE YOU SOON! "Wanna take peektueerrees must let me know HOH!"
