I’ve been so, so busy the past week that my sleeping hours have gone haywire. Been working till 5 am, 6 am, 7 am and sleeping till noon. Yes, you can call me Batman.

Have been busy editing pics and doing layouts for the weddings that I shot in December and I’ve also been meeting up with soon-to-be married couples as well as working with a few corporate clients on misc projects.

And you know what, I’m happy

Though I’m bloody tired at times, I’m happy. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? Hah!

Anyway, I decided to take a break last Saturday and guess what I did?

I went out taking pictures. Heheehehe…

Young Brian and I decided to go to the KL Bird Park as we’ve never been there before. Entry for locals was RM15 and for foreigner’s it was RM35.

Thanks to Brian looking like a lost Korean,the counter lady asked for our IC to verify that we’re locals.Tiu -_-

It’s been yonks since I last went to a park like this. Had thought that I would be bored with it.

Throughout the 2.5 hours we spent there, I was pleasantly surprised to realise that I was enjoying myself - checking out the birds, taking macro pics of the insects, walking around the park harassing the peacocks that were roaming free, accidently stepping on poo (what kinda bird’s shit is that big?!?).

When I saw this particular bird, I said outloud “Awwww, shoooo cuteeeee!”.

The thing is, I didn’t realise there was a couple behind me at that point in time.

Not surprisingly, they backed out slowly away from me and continued their walk around the park. Ok…..

A couple of minutes later, I walked over to the eagles enclosure. I think they had just been fed cause most of them were just sitting around with a glazed “I’m stuffed” expression on their faces.

I tried to catch their attention by making noises and even went to the extent of going, “ca-caw, ca-caw!” out loud.

In hindsight, I must’ve looked like a crazed woman to the passersby.

For fellow photographers, all the pictures in this blog post were shot with the 100mm, f2.8 macro lens. I’ve only used that lens a couple of times, briefly shooting wedding rings during my past few wedding shoots.

This was the first time that I had the opportunity to really use the lens and I must say, I’m reconsidering my initial decision of selling it off

I’m used to shooting people - the interaction, the feedback, the camaraderie I get from those kinda shoots liven things up for me.

It was a nice respite to shoot inanimate objects. One thing though - I couldn’t help but talk to them when I was shooting them. And when I say ‘them’ I mean the flowers and leaves :p

Old habits die hard yo.

Damn. I still can’t believe that I enjoyed shooting flowers. Eeeyerrrr. So girlie :p

Ok, ok. Enough of birds and flowers. Gotta get back to work now.

I’ve known Niney since I was 15 (that’s more than 10 year ago! gasp!) and we basically grew up together in good ol’ KK.

When I first found out that Niney and Carliff Rizal were getting married, I was ecstatic! Then when Niney asked me to be her wedding photographer in KK, I was over the moon!

It’s always a great experience to shoot a wedding, but to shoot the wedding of someone that you grew up with? Now that’s icing on top of the cake

Carliff Rizal and Niney make an awesome couple.

Not only do they bring out the best in each other, their shared love for good food and jokes will definitely be a stronghold for a long lasting relationship in the years to come.

Here’s wishing you lovebirds many years of bliss, love and laughter ahead.

Thank you again for having me on your special day. I was moved to tears during the tea ceremony and also your speeches. Nice arrr make me wanna cry?? Luckily I was manly enough to keep them in :p

And Niney, best oh dapat balik KK eat your Mum’s cooking and also my Mum’s home cooking! Yummy! Carliff, kena start belajar cakap macam orang Sabah, bah! Hehe…see you during your KL reception!

Bear Hugs.

Ye Gads! Look at the date of my first post! Time sure flies when you’re having fun eh?

It’s been five months since my last day at adidas Malaysia and life has been absolutely crazy (in a good way of course ;p).

So many things have happened in the past few months that if I were to detail everything down it would take me aaaa-ges. I’ve had the opportunity to not only shoot multi-cultural weddings but I’ve also been shooting portraiture sessions for families and couples as well as covering events for a few local companies.

(What comes next is gonna sound really, really corny but it’s what I feel so I’m just gonna write it out. Scoff if you will ;p)

The support and encouragement I’ve received from those around me has been abso-lutely unbelievable! I still feel like pinching myself whenever I am appointed as the wedding photographer of a couple’s special day.

“Me? Partake in one of the most important days of your life? With pleasure!”

To the individuals, couples, families and corporate clients who have engaged my services (hmmm…services sounds kinda wrong ;p) in 2007, thank you for believing in me.

And to my friends (both online and real life! LOL!), thank you for being there throughout my journey and motivating me along the way. Woot!

I still feel kinda surreal that some people do like my work. Like “whoa!”. Haha!

I am extremely blessed to be doing what I love doing and to have people believe in me. Thank you for sharing my dreams with me.

Here’s to an awesome 2008 ahead. May you prosper, remain healthy, be loved and have your dreams be reality in the years to come.

P/S - And yes, one of my plans for 2008 would be to blog a tad bit more regularly ;p