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unexpected twist

I was listening to the radio the other day and the DJ said, “every cloud has a silver lining”. Apparently he hasn’t seen a storm cloud before, I thought. I lost my ATM card just before the Bali trip and I was still angry with how the bank handled the issue. But there’s not much point sulking. Today I was at a CD shop and saw BoA’s latest CD and decide to buy it (since I can’t find Wonder Girls). While I was making payment, I realized I was short of the minimum amount needed to pay by credit card (since my ATM card is not activated yet). So I decided to find another CD to make up the numbers.

This is what I found. Utada Hikaru’s latest offering. I have been a big fan of hers since the day I saw her “Wait and See” MV in the cinemas. Her voice has so much soul in it. I don’t even need to understand what she was singing (in japanese). Favourites include Final Distance, Can you keep a secret, Wait and See, First Love. Now this is my current favourite:D

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posted by wansheng on June 7th 2009 in personal, videos, voices





Not the most updated, but yeah, we’re on mags again:)

I was really happy when I was told that the wedding I took was featured in Herworld Brides earlier last year. To cap a fantastic year, I got it again afew more times in 2008. Happy as I was, I didn’t blog about it. Although I’m not a big fan of magazines, I did buy them for keepsake (afterall, it feels good to see your works appearing on magazines). Just hours before I left for Bali, Lilian dropped me an email reminding me that their wedding was featured in the March-May issue. I guess it’s a little too late to buy them. Thankfully, she sent me the scans:D

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posted by wansheng on June 5th 2009 in @news, images, voices, weddings





Bali 2009 . the experience

This is my fourth time to Bali. The first being 2 months after the 2nd bombing. The impression I have of Bali is still the same, friendly people, beautiful sunsets and amazing artists. This is my first time diving in Bali. Although it wasn’t all that fantastic compared to my Manado trip, but the manta experience more than make up for the general disappointment. The rest of the trip was spent lazing around. For once, photography took the backseat.

During the early drive to Sanur where we took our boat ride to Manta point, I witness some of the most breathtaking scenes I’ve seen for a long time. Beautiful pre-dawn padi field setting with a fogged veiled Mount Agung as the backdrop. I watched in awe as my camera lay in the heavily padded bag. I thought, let’s for once, enjoy the scene. And I knew, that day was going to be special.

 


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posted by wansheng on June 4th 2009 in bali, Diving, images, personal, scuba diving, slideshows, travel / landscapes, underwater photography, voices





Some bali snippets

The trip started on a rather bad note, with me losing my ATM card at the airport. After checking in, I tried to buy travel insurance on an AXS machine, which subsequently swallowed my ATM card and hung. While asking for help at the information desk, it decided to un-hang itself and spat my card out. When I returned to the machine, I realized I’m in deep shit when I saw people using the machine. I have to call up the bank to cancel the card with only S$40 in my wallet. As I thought the worst was over, I was dealt with another blow when I tried to do a currency exchange with my credit card. Apparently, that’s considered a cash advance and I’ll be charged on daily interest, which the kind lady at the counter told me it’s not worth it. I tried calling the bank to ask if there’s anything they can do, which they said no. This is what I call “shit happens” and no one’s responsible. Anyway, after a few quick phone calls, I managed to get some help from friends whom I’ll be meeting a couple days later.

That’s not the end to all my troubles (not going to bore you guys with it). But I see as a new experience, so now I know. Oh, and upon checking into the hotel in Kuta, I found this very interesting item on my desk. How thoughtful… unfortunately, I’m not into balloon sculptures:P

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posted by wansheng on June 3rd 2009 in bali, images, travel / landscapes, voices





Terry and Laurel

After a long break, it’s time to get back to work again. I figured I better get the wedding images up before I post my holiday images. Anxious couples won’t be too excited on pictures of mantas if they haven’t seen theirs yet:D

The entire wedding event was held in Chijmes, which was great since we cut down on all the traveling. The couple did a tango entry for their luncheon and it was pretty good, considering they only took up lessons like the week before. And if you think Terry and Laurel are very last minute, here’s the best part, they booked their ticket to Greece 5pm that day (after the wedding) and flew off at 1am. I just love people who travel like that:D

Since it was Mother’s day, they presented bouquets of flowers to their mums. It was funny because Terry joked that his dad never gave flowers to his mum before and he beat his dad to it. It’s always nice to receive flowers. At least I think it is. To all mamas out there, Happy Mother’s Day (oh oh… it came a little late… but you get the idea).

 


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posted by wansheng on June 1st 2009 in images, portraits, slideshows, voices, weddings





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