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Completely russelled over

 

Ever seen someone so funny that you can’t crack jokes after that? I just met one yesterday. In fact, two. Russell and his opening act, Angelo. It was way too funny. Best part is, this show contains all brand new materials.

 

Sitting in the front row, yes, it’s an experience, but I think it can get rather stressful especially when his eyes scans towards your area. He looked straight into my eyes and said, “white guy, what’s you name?” For a moment, I was totally stunned, so stunned I can’t even remember the color of my skin. He was actually pointing to the white guy seated behind me. A sigh of relief… man, if I’m white, he’d be neon white!

 

All in all, two thumbs up for the great show!! Love it to bits.

 

After that, we headed for some durians at 717. For the guys who called me this morning, this explains why the voice sounded a little sexier.

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posted by wansheng on November 4th 2008 in events, humour, personal, voices





Race day

 

No BBQ tonight. I was lying on the sofa, watching the race with the 2 uninterested dogs (they can’t understand what’s so fascinating about cars going round the circuit… like some people) :P . Ordered a couple meal from KFC for myself and drank 1 litre of orange juice.

 

Even though the rain I was hoping didn’t come, we still see drama after drama. Funniest one being “Massa’s tail”. Classic example of how technology fails when it matters most. Some engineer’s ass gonna hurt real bad after this.

 

I was quite surprised to see PM Lee presenting the trophy. While he’s always at the edge of the podium, I was hoping that Alonso or Hamilton will spray the champagne at him. Didn’t happen… damn… otherwise it’ll be a great photo opportunity for the photographers. And +1 for drama:D

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posted by wansheng on September 29th 2008 in events, personal, sports, voices





F1 experience (the free kind)

 

It’s the first ever night race in sunny Singapore. I’ve heard alot about the sounds those machines make, so I decided to hear it for myself. Some people say it’s louder than our army range, some say it makes your heart beat faster… the office workers said it’s damn irritating. When I first hear it after alighting from the cab at Chijmes, I thought it wasn’t too bad (till I got to stand 10 meters away from it at MS).

 

The crowd in town was amazing. Imagine, the crowd of 4 PC shows combined. Everywhere, I see people, on the sidewalks, slopes, bridges, stairways of hotels, rooftops, fences… etc. My friend told me about spidermans all over the place. “Did you see this ang moh woman in skirt climbing up the fence?” Erm… nope… but I hope she doesn’t cause any car crash.

 

It was a very nice experience, not just to see/HEAR the powerful machines zoom past, but to soak up the atmosphere and all the happenings. It’s actually quite entertaining to see the lady next to you trying to catch the car zooming past on the camera… I know I’m not exactly kind because I laugh everytime she misses (which meant I laughed throughout). And the whole bunch of people who are trying to take pictures/videos of the race at one particular section (see below). I guess they didn’t know the qualifying was televised on Star Sports.

 

 

I hope there will be drama tonight. The more drama, the better it is. I’m praying for rain for the last 15 laps. The heavier, the better.

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posted by wansheng on September 28th 2008 in events, personal, sports, voices





Bevlyn Khoo – Lonely Afternoon

 

Hsin Yeow from  A little dream told me that Bevlyn will be performing at the Esplanade today for the launch of her new EP, Lonely Afternoon. Although I’m feeling a little sick, but I know that this is one event I shouldn’t miss. True enough, I wasn’t disappointed. I have heard Bevlyn sing on a number of occasions during weddings, but this is different. The setting, the ambience and a quieter surrounding made the entire experience alot better.

 

She belted out all the songs from the EP in two sets. Lovely, very lovely. I particularly like “Anymore”, whom she said she wrote it for a friend. I guess, like photographers, writers often write through their life experiences as photographers see the world with a certain level of emotional attachment. While she sang, my heart wandered. Thank you for this truly wonderful experience. You can get a copy of her EP at Gramophone music stores. I got myself 2 autographed copies… she wrote “To: Super Photographer”. Well, that’s definitely something special:) All the best to you Bevlyn!:D

 

 

(taken off her website)

 

 

While I was there, I met familiar faces from the A little dream team, like Hsin Yeow, Matthew, Ein Ein and a couple of very young and talented musicians (who formed up the 3 piece band) whom I’ve never worked with, but would definitely look forward to in the future. You guys rock!!:D Oh, I met Eadwine too. Goodness, you grown taller:) And nice to know that you bought two copies too:P

 

So what do I do on a lonely afternoon? I think about the people and places that left footprints in my heart.

 

[tags]A little dream, Bevlyn Khoo, Lonely Afternoon, Esplanade[/tags]

 

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posted by wansheng on January 24th 2008 in events, voices





Another happy beginning!:)

 

Ron, the shutterbug and his long time girlfriend, Serene just tied the knot, or as the paster say, solemnized today. I was honoured to be invited to his small and intimate solemnization at One (degree) 15 at Sentosa Cove. Man, that place is beautiful. The whole place was nicely decorated with a very relaxed atmosphere, not cluttered, plenty use of space. Somehow, that reminds me about his photography:)

 

With me was Ead and Heng (who was… erm LATE!! yes!! you ARE LATE!!:P hehehe). There I met fellow LJ-er Daniel aka Silver-CRV and his wife Judy as well. Eh, they didn’t bring baby Edgar! Ron and Serene were dressed very casually, Ron especially in berms. And believe it or not, we took GROUP photos!! woohoo!!:) It was really funny as most of us probably would frown when asked to take group photos during assignments, but there we were… smiling at the camera. But of course, it’s all with our own cameras. Mine was the state of the art two-point-one-mega-pixel SONY ERICSSON W850i mobile phone:) Heng brought is newly acquired G9 while Ead got his under utilized GX100. But we found ourselves shooting in video mode instead.

 

During the ceremony, after they kissed, the photographer (Ron’s friend) signalled to Ron to do it once more. As he reached out, the pastor stopped him and said, “only first one is free”. That’s damn funny.

 

Overall, it’s a great party, I love it. Small and cosy. Food was great, champagne was fab! And the cupcakes… woohoo!!:) K guys, I know I took a fair bit, but what to do… I just wish I could lick the colourful toppings off those little cupcakes. Yum yum.

 

To the lovebirds, Congrats and enjoy your holidays! Catch up with you guys real soon!:)

 

 

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posted by wansheng on October 20th 2007 in events, voices, weddings





graffiti, travel guide: Singapore

 

Today I finally met Sio Hui, the person who put together the travel guide “graffiti“. Few months back, I received an email from Sio Hui asking for contributions to this travel guide by “people who live in the country (basically, we eat, sleep, etc here)”. That was when she saw a posting on my blog on Thaipusam, which I sorta participated (without any piercings of course!) when invited by my friend, Indren. So after a few rounds of drafts and grammer corrections, I finally submitted my piece.

 

The book was published some time in August and there was a graffiti party at the launch, which I had to miss due to a wedding shoot. I bet they had fun there, ah well, nevermind. So finally, we met up today and got my complimentary copies. Sweet!:) I can’t seriously write, let alone having it published. So I must say, I’m really happy!:) Ok ok, back to the book, it’s a pretty neat guide, for travelers or locals who wants a little piece of Singapore, from Singaporean’s personal experiences.

 

[tags]Thaipusam, graffiti, travel guide, Singapore[/tags]

 

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posted by wansheng on October 19th 2007 in events, voices





A Wedding

 

Just a couple of days back, I attended a wedding, yes, as a guest. Can’t remember when was the last time I attended one. The feeling seem so strange. The moment I walked into the hotel, I knew I lost it… everything seemed to be on autopilot mode:P

 

1) I asked for parking tickets at the reception

2) I asked, “what’s the room number? where’s the bride?”

3) I asked to go to the bridal suite… yes I did.

4) I took a drink and stood near to the couple, waiting for the next piece of action.

5) I forgot about the ang pows (well, eventually I remembered:P)

6) I walked into the ballroom, checking the setup and complained that the lighting’s too dark!

7) I almost went to the photographer and told him “during the march in, I’ll take the left, you take the right…” (and the only camera with me was my mobile phone)

8) I attempted to follow the couple up for change of evening gown.

9) After the 2nd dish, I stopped eating.

10) I stayed till the last guest left…

 

Anyway, during the wedding dinner, I found this waiter who’s serving our table really funny. It all started when my friend asked for a glass of red wine.

 

friend: Can I have a glass of wine?

waiter: yes, would you like red or white?

friend: red please.

me: you have white wine? I’d like a glass please.

*left the table and came back with a glass of red wine*

waiter: I’m sorry sir, we only have red wine.

me: *bewildered* ok, it’s alrite. (then why the hell did he ask if we wanted red or white?)

Anyway, that’s not all. Gradually, the table was filled with other guests. So they decided to ask for a round of drinks as well… the same waiter came…

guest: Can we have 5 beers and 5 wines?

waiter: would you like red or white wine?

guest: red thank you.

*waiter left…*

So we shared what happened earlier and everyone had a good laugh, so we decided to test him again. When he came back with the drinks…

guest: *pointing at me* Can you get him a glass of white wine?

waiter: Sorry, we don’t serve white wine…

 

I was thinking… what the hell, you don’t like me is it?!?

 

 

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posted by wansheng on September 25th 2007 in events, randoms, uncategorized, voices, weddings





A good Sunday

 

This morning started rather uneventfully, with the lightning from the thunderstorm screwing up the cable points of the house, leaving me disconnected with the (cyber)world. Luckily Starhub fixed it before I got home, else the night will be so unbearable.

 

Met up with some clients before heading down to Bedok Reservoir for the HSBC Wakeboard Championships. Instead of meeting clients, Dennis and Anne at Coffeebeans, we decided to do it under the hot sun at Bedok Reservoir. Quite an interesting way to meet clients I thought. Imagine world class wakeboarders doing their stuff while you ask “where are you getting your gowns from?” I must say, you guys rock:) And I hope you got some nice photos of the wakeboard action and… erm birds:P

 

As the action was going on, I saw Theng Wei and Suping appearing just a couple of meters away from me!!! Earlier on, I was still wondering if they will be there. Singapore is not too big I know, but still, it’s not everyday that you meet your previous wedding couples. And I just found out Theng Wei gets weekdays off now… he he he… time to hit the swamps!!:P woohoo!!:)

 

Later in the evening, I caught up with my cousin who brought me some green tea from Japan. Sweet:) Just realized I haven’t seen her for 2 years already? Overall, it was a great day away from KMM (Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor).

 

As for the wakeboard event, I have to say, the ratio between photographers (with HUGE cameras) to wakeboarders must be like 2:1. I know there’s a photography competition, but where did these guys come from?! It’s too freaking amazing… For a moment, I thought the photography competition was the main event.

 

 

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posted by wansheng on September 23rd 2007 in events, randoms, voices, wakeboarding





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