So I thought what a great way to grow up quickly and be like the adults! End up for all the remaining Winter Solstice festival, I never fail to stuff my face with the glutinous rice balls which came in various fillings such as peanut, black sesame, red bean etc. Come to think of it, I was so darn naive to believe! And guess what, I scooped the number of glutinous rice balls into my ball accordingly to the age I wanted to be. Then I asked them does it mean that if I am 10 years old and I eat 10 this year, I’ll be 20 years old? But what happens if next year I’m already 20, means I cannot eat anymore else I’ll become 30 years old? No. Apparently there’s a COUNTER RESET for every year. *Faints*
 

Now that we have all grown up to be young adults already, I wish I can vomit out all the glutinous rice balls I ate and turn back the time. Things are happening real fast, and moments kept whizzing by like the wind. Too fast for me to catch, too quickly disappeared. I only hope every single adult who happens to be reading this will really slow down their pace, listen to their own heartbeat and breathing. Don’t waste your life by doing nothing at all or being too busy. Indeed moderation is the key to life.
 

Anyway, on 5 August 2010, Raymond attended the award ceremony for the ASEAN Young Photographers’ Award 2010. He was the award recipient representing Singapore and he had to dress in the national dress or formal attire. With Time as the limit factor, we were not able to source for an appropriate national dress for Raymond, and being bugged with truckloads of work to do, we could only fly down to Zara at Vivocity to do a super last minute shopping on the day itself with Chris Woon being the fashion consultant. I’m kinda used to calling him Lao Woon though. Muwahahahaha!
 

So for those who haven’t seen Raymond in formal, here’s a few pictures taken along the corridoor of our studio at Central.

Lao Woon helped a lot with the selection of outfits, which inner shirt to match with the coat, what color for the tie goes best with the overall look etc! Next time if any guys need to go shopping can ask Lao Woon along! He’s pretty fashionable and very straight to the point, nice will tell you nice, not nice will tell you not nice.
 

That’s Raymond with his award.
 

And lastly, a solo picture on its own.
 

Now that the event is over, the entire outfit goes right into the wardrobe to grow mushrooms. I was telling him the next time he’ll be wearing it would probably be our ROM, or Actual Day wedding already. HAHAHAHA! =p
 

Speaking of wedding, here’s some images from Andrew Gabriel & Sylvia’s actual day wedding taken during their banquet day. The first half of the wedding was the Church ceremony done at Church of St Mary of the Angels, which we have uploaded some of the images to our Facebook Page. Feel free to click over to our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/RaymondPhangPhotography and have a look!
 

The dinner banquet was held at The Regent hotel Singapore.
 

Preview of the ballroom and decor.
 

Here’s Sylvia at the pre-dinner reception.
 

The couple had sword bearers for their first march in, and the second march in was something special.
 

Sylvia had her make up and hair done by Jean Aw.
 

SO STYLO MILO!! Holding a videocam on one hand and a camera on the other, but recording and snapping together at the same time! O_O”!!
 

Almost all the guests were seated, couple ready to march in soon.
 

I’ve always enjoyed looking through images with sword bearers present during the wedding. No particular reason, but I thought the guys looked really smart in their uniform! Kekeke!
 

Some of the guys will make things “difficult” for you, they’ll cross their swords and either make the couple kiss each other, or make the groom carry the bride all the way to the stage.
 

I love beautiful wedding cakes!
 

While the guests were happily mingling away, the couple were up at their suite getting ready for the second march in.
 

One of my favourite images!
 
 

AND THIS ONE TOO!
 

And this as well! I love the series probably because personally for me, the feel is there. The subtle and abstract forms.. something like you don’t have to explain much or show everything, so it allows even greater room for people to exercise their creativity and interpretation!
 

The couple rode in for their second march in, and this particular image got us a first place in the 2010 Q1 Wedding Photojournalist Association contest for the ceremony category.
 

It’s not an easy feat for the couple to ride in, because the flooring of the ballroom was really slippery even with the red carpet! But very glad that everything went well smoothly for them!
 

Next comes the couple’s first dance.
 

Off to mingling and farewell.
 

One of my favourite image too! Hahahahaha!!
 

Ending the night back at the hotel room re-watching the express photo montage we did for them.
 

Andrew and Sylvia invited us and the brothers+sisters who helped out at the wedding to their new place last month and we had a feast of yummy food! They had a cement screed flooring done up for their kitchen, and their place look really cosy with the long wooden table + benches. Very raw feeling, both Raymond and I love the idea to bits! Hehehe! We’ll see you guys again soon when Satin is abit more settled down and we’ll let Satin, Bailey and Rusti have a ball of a time k!! Hehehehe~

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On a side note, ever since we shifted to SOHO 1 @ Central a year ago, we haven’t share any images of our studio yet. Here’s one taken without the lights on. It’s actually a loft with a ceiling height of about 4.5m to 4.75m, which is more than enough for us to build a mezzanine floor to make it a duplex. A little complicating, so we will probably consolidate a few images to share for the next entry especially when there’s a frequent “breakout” of fireworks these few days due to the Youth Olympic Games.
 

Susu might also be sharing some of her awesome cat images which were selected for exhibition!! I’ll go bug her on Monday to blog! Muwahahahaha! Good night!
 

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Recently we’ve gotten news of quite a few couple of ours who’re expecting with a baby! Yesterday was Cassie’s birthday, and we got news that they’re expecting Little Kok Meng, due in November! So happy for them!!! And also we just received news from Sam and Michelle that their son was born on 27 July 2010!! So awesome! Can’t wait to visit them in Sydney! Also a biiiig congratulations to Laurie and Agnes + Edwin and Chew Ling who just gave birth last month! Not forgetting Terence and Jann + Herman & Janet who is due in August too!! Wah, so excited for all of them taking the next step of their new journey!! May all our couples pop more little boy boy and little girl girl, and be very much more in love than before!
 

That aside, here’s some images taken from Paul and Marilyn’s wedding this year in April. They had Singapore’s best wedding planner (awarded by Singapore Tatler) - The Wedding Entourage plan their wedding with a Disney Princess theme for the evening banquet session. I think they did a wonderful job with the coordinating, looking into every single detail of the wedding down to the timing schedules and the customs! Heard from Marilyn that The Wedding Entourage only takes on a certain number of wedding assignments to ensure that they give the best of their time and attention to plan for the couple’s wedding. Very exclusive and committed indeed! I also learnt from Raymond that the planners offer sincere and honest advices to couples (especially Caroline), so I’m very sure couples will definitely feel the assurance.
 

Paul and Marilyn engaged a second photographer – Kaya Ow – for the more formal shots, and also had Yang from Substance Films for Video. Their banquet was held at Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel, with a beautifully and massively decorated ballroom (flowers and decor by Boenga). I can’t put in words how much effort was made for the preparation to make this wedding a successful and memorable one for the couple, but one thing for sure, Paul and Marilyn enjoyed themselves thoroughly on their wedding day!
 

I shall cut it short for now, so… enjoy the images taken by Raymond Phang!

Sweet little jewel crown for the Prince and his merrymen.
 

That’s Caroline and Yang in the background.
 

The beautiful princess!
 

Customised cupcakes – Disney princess themed!
 

Personally I like how the natural lights coming from the window falls on her skin and highlight the details subtlely.
 

One of my personal favourite.
 

 

Prince Charming accepting his first challenge!
 

I can’t point a finger, but this is one of the image I pretty much like as well. Prince Charming is squatting down, picking up the items needed for the gatecrashing games.
 

I like this one! Prince Charming had to make a pumpkin carriage using the available materials! Cos for the disney princess themed wedding, Paul is Prince Charming and Marilyn is Princess Cinderella!
 

TA-DAH!!
 

One of Raymond Phang’s signature shot - motion car shots on actual day wedding.
 
 

Love the little boy’s expression! BMW doors must be solid heavy, so takes a lot of strength to open. Muwahahahaha!
 

Spot the missing thing……. Where’s the princess’ legs??
 

One of RPP’s favourite!! This image says “Move it men! Before the sisters realise that I have given them an empty ang pow!”
 

Another of my personal favourite – I love the expressive look of one of the sisters standing on the left hand side of the image – love the way she’s looking at the newly wed couple.
 

Trouble and Junior!
 

Part of the wedding favor – A super duper big rock from Boenga! Hari was kind enough to send one over to our studio, and Raymond gave it to me as a “surprise”!
 

Centrepiece for the VIP table.
 

So pretty!!
 

The magic gate.
 

Stage
 

Princess Cinderella in her blue gown!
 

Entrance of the Princes and Princesses! There were Princess Belle & Prince Adam from Beauty and the Beast, Princess Snow White & Prince from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Princess Jasmine & Prince Aladdin from Aladdin, Princess Ariel & Prince Eric from The little Mermaid, Princess Aurora & Prince Phillip from The Sleeping Beauty!
 

And finally, Princess Cinderella and Prince Charming!!
 

For the second march-in, they had Tinkerbell dance in with her magic wand!
 

Time for some little Q&A games after the champagne popping!
 

Victorian Man: “Heh heh heh heh, easy one!!”
 

Modern Man: *scribbles 500 word essay*
 

Prince Charming: “Shit… tricky tricky question!! Don’t know whether to write yes or no… must find a diplomatic answer otherwise tonight have to kneel on durian shell… maybe I write: For me to know, for you to find out! *sniggers*”
 

Ladies have to participate too!
 

Wonder why is Marilyn looking pretty serious here~
 

Victorian Man wrote a good answer!!
 

Prince Charming’s answer was the most awesome one!
 

Farewell receiving line.
 

Princess Cinderella: “Heh heh heh heh, let’s see whether he will fulfill all he has written on the Love contract during the gatecrashing”
 

Prince Charming: “Humph, wait till she see the surprise I got for her. She will surely fall madly and deeply in love with me all over again.”
 

*Prince Charming flashes a super duper big bling bling*
 

Princess Cinderella: “HEAY????*
 

*Prince Charming super satisfied with the surprise gift and thought his princess confirm chop+guarantee love it*
 

*Princess Cinderella pulls a long face and thought to herself: “Sigh… if only it’s a REAL one… after the clock strikes 12 midnight, this super big bling bling will turn into a rubberband popcorn”. *
 

The Flying Dutchman.
 

Lastly, a portrait of the couple against the beautiful backdrop and stage decor.
 

Congratulation to the two once again, and hopefully pop a little Paul or little Marilyn out soon! Hehehehe!

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That aside, we have a new addition to the Raymond Phang Photography family!! Her name is Satin, Bailey’s real younger sister!! Really sweet and docile girl with a gentle temperament! She doesn’t bark, you can carry her and place her in any position you want, and she won’t move! So we’re now known as BRASS – Bailey, Raymond, Angeline, Sulin and Satin!

Do let us know if you’d like to pop by for a visit ya? Cheers!!
 

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Because my dad loves fishing and has his bunch of fishing kakis, they often visit places like Labrador Park, the kelong in Sibu, and also Sisters Island. Like all fishing enthusiasts, he has his collection of jigs and reels and rods and hook and what nots, and one of his favourite food is fish. If you’re looking for a fishing kaki, feel free to approach my dad cos Saturdays and Public Holidays are his self declared fishing day!
 

As for Raymond and myself, we got addicted to fishing when we went to Brisbane and tried their normal river fishing. That was when I caught my first fish and in my excitement, I broke the line and let the fish swam away laughing at me cos I’m a stupid idiot for reeling back the lines too quickly. Next, we tried deep sea fishing where the waters were really deep and choppy!! I experienced my first motion sickness mid way out at sea, but luckily I did not puke. Just very, very dizzy. I guess that’s when Raymond got addicted to fishing when he caught his first giant fish too!
 

The official first fish I caught after the one which managed to escape. Too small, gotta release back. Protect the environment!

Raymond’s try at the Yabbies pumping?

Raymond’s Brother-in-Law’s fight with the enormous stingray!

Raymond’s first catch @ deep sea fishing!

Raymond’s dad first catch @ deep sea fishing!

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Susu’s dad is a pro when it comes to fishing, and sometimes Susu will tag along to disturb her dad. He has all the equipment for catching any kind of fishies, so for the trip, Susu brought along some of her dad’s equipment to use. The most interesting one I call it the flashing bulb. It’s actually a jig to catch squids, but it blings and flashes non stop (er… to attract the squid??).
 

The 3 mums have never tried their hands at fishing before, and they wanted to tag along and experience the Kelong “life”. As for the rest of the “kids”, well, they just wana have fun!
 

L-R in clockwise: My dad in grey with waist pouch,  my mum, In**’s sister, In**, raymond’s mum, Raymond, Terence, Susu, In**’s mum.

Susu’s expression looks like the black and white freaky monster in the Scream movie. I like the expression on Raymond’s mummy’s (first lady from the right with finger pointing) face. Must be nagging at him to stop eating so much meat or stop drinking cold water in the morning or something else! :p
 

Here’s the group of 11-1 people having breakfast after clearing the immigration and customs. We actually booked a small bus (maximum seating capacity of 12) to bring us all the way to the ferry terminal. Everyone had to gather at the bus stop infront of Ten Mile Junction in the super duper early morning at about 4am or 5am (I can’t remember the exact time) to board the bus. The driver who was a malay lady drove like F1 racer!! The ride was bumpy with some mean and steep corners, but she drove the bus like she was driving on a normal straight road. Power!! Susu and I were joking about having to shift our body weight at the corners in case the bus overturns, which really felt like it was going to happen any minute!

Raymond gone mad.

Right after breakfast, we went across the street and bought some snacks + drinks and continued with our journey to the ferry terminal.

Finally reached the terminal, paid the “toll” for the ferry and board the little “boat” to our Kelong!

All pictures taken with my dummy camera, which is officially kidnapped by my mum.

I wonder what are they thinking……………..

Finally arrived!!!!!! A few of us are good swimmers, some of us can’t swim. We had to thread on this narrow path of the boat to the front, climb up the bamboo stilts and then climb further up the steep steps to the kelong! The boat was a little rocky especially with so many people standing on the same side. End up In**’s sister fell into the sea!!!!!!! She cannot swim, but luckily for her, she was calm and agile enough to grab hold of the sides of the boat, and the Kelong Man pulled her up quickly!! PHEW!! Thank goodness nothing bad happened to her!

Checking out our bunk. It’s an open bunk concept, 2 person to share one bed. The beds are clean and not as bad as I pictured it to be cos my dad asked us to bring unwanted pillow case to cover cos some of the people fish overnight without bathing, and they “bed hop” from bed to bed.

That’s my mum!

While the mothers are slowly taking their own sweet time to unload their stuffs, choosing their beds and snapping pictures, we rushed out to check the water and find our spots to fish!!

This kelong (Ah Yew kelong/Ah You kelong) is actually located the most far out in the Sibu sea, unlike the others like Ah Fatt Kelong, Hot Boys kelong etc, and they have recently expanded the area. I should have snapped a good picture of the entire place including the toilet for everyone to see, but sorry, too excited to fish! Hehehehehehe!

Luckily my mum went around snapping, but she didn’t snap the toilet. The toilet is interesting cos it has a hole and all your pees and poos actually goes right into the sea! Sometimes you can see pieces of poo floating past right infront of your eyes when you’re fishing. Pretty amusing to us, but to the regulars, I guess they’re already used to it.

Look at the fishes in the water!!

Because I always see my dad wearing long sleeves whenever he goes fishing, I decided to wear a long seeve top too! That’s my first catch of the day using the equipment my dad brought for me!! 3 little fishes all up, using the special “feather” hook, without any bait.

This is what we focus on catching in the night…

Meals are included for your stay – breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper! All people on the kelong eat their meals together at the same fixed time, and it’s an interesting sight to see how they clean up after all the meals! The leftovers are thrown into the sea and you’ll see schools and schools of fishes swimming in to fight for the food!!!!

L-R clockwise: Susu with food in her mouth, In**, In**’s mum, In**’s sister, naked Terence, naked Raymond, Raymond’s mum

Plain water is provided, but not canned or packet drinks. You can either bring your own, or buy from them. The boys taking off their clothes cos it was seriously too hot and sunny!!

Susu and In** sneaking basket to put their catch.

Look what Susu caught!!!

A boxy looking puffer fish!

Raymond trying to unhook the poor fella, and poking to see if it’s soft or hard since it’s boxy. When we finally released it back to the sea by a light kick by someone *coughs*, the fishy looked like it couldn’t swim anymore!!! It just kept on floating and drifting and floating…

Raymond’s dad doing up the bait. The sun was seriously super duper burning scorching bright and hot! The 3 ladies chose to remain indoors (in fact they spent 90% of their time indoors!!) while we chose to be stupid, let the sun burn us like mad, hoping to catch some fish.

Our catch so far…

All these fishes were to be used as baits to catch the bigger fish.

But most of them became hard cos they were dried up by the sun.

Next up, In** caught a cute little puffer fish!!!

It looked like a ball of balloon, and I felt like pressing it to see whether it’ll spit lots of water out or not, but I didn’t.

We always leave the guys to unhook the fishies we caught – just to make the guys appear a little bit more MAN and useful. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :p

Look what Susu caught!! I call it the Shoe Sole Fish!!!

It’s damn long, sucky, and the head of it looks like the soles of a shoe!! Susu caught two of this, and we highly suspect it’s the same one since the second one came almost after she released the first one!

When it’s time for the sun to retire, the ladies come out to play…

My dad

So my mum went around snapping pictures!

It was time for dinner, and most of us were still excited cos we held high hopes that we’d be able to catch big fishes! So we gobbled up our dinner fast and furiously. When we were ready to leave, Raymond’s mum asked him to drink an extra bowl of Green bean soup. The soup was pretty burning hot, so he had to wait for it to cool down a while before drinking. Who knows during this period of time, a giant fish was also gobbling his bait!!! I think the giant fish must have felt a sharp pain so it swam all the way in (some fishes swims in, some out), far far in, and Raymond’s rod was pulled all the way down into the sea!!!!!!
 
Some of the guys witnessed the action and informed the Kelong Man. He had to use a super duper ultra long pole with giant hook to quickly fish up Raymond’s rod before it sinks too deep into the sea! We were told about it right after we finished our dinner and Raymond’s second bowl of green bean soup! DARN!!
 

And then…….. it’s time for SQUIDS!!! The Squids are highly dangerous creatures because when you catch them up to land, they’ll squirt their black ink far and high, and squirt until they empty their entire tank of reserves!! My white shirt has got tiny specks of the black ink from people standing pretty far from me!

Susu the Milk Pan from her super heavy sun burn!!

The Kelong will be super duper dark, almost 100% dark if not for the lights! You can’t even see what’s infront of you, and if not for the barrier, you can easily walk right into the sea at night and nobody can save you… super dangerous for those with sleep walking habits.

Now she looks like a ninja!

I actually framed Susu within Raymond’s arms and legs and body. Hahaha! I stopped fishing by the night cos I actually fished till my hand swell and it was pretty painful. Some people choose to leave their rod around and wait, but I held it in my hands almost 95% of the time. And maybe cos old already, all the stupid injuries and stuffs so the joints and muscles inflammed pretty easily. =_=”

Then I took a picture of the stars! I had no tripod, people were walking around, and this is what I go at the longest exposure and highest ISO on the dummy camera on complete darkness with a bit of light source from the Kelong. Blurry and noisy, but I kinda like it.

The folks showered, but the kids didn’t!! HEHEHEHEHE! So we had 2 days worth of fishy smell on us, all sticky and dirty! When I finally showered back at home, the water was dirty grey in color! Hahahahahahaha!!

L-R clockwise: Terence, Raymond, Raymond’s dad, Raymond’s mum, my mum, my head, susu’s head.

The lunch before we depart~

Journey back was a breeze. Nobody fell into the sea this time round, bus ride doesnt seem to be so bumpy anymore. We stopped by this place to buy all the local produce, and if you can see in this picture, In**’s tan marks were so visible, and Susu was caught SNACKING on don’t know what!!

Raymond brought his camera along, end up shot 1 or 2 image of his mum when we arrive at the kelong, and then the camera retired for the 2 days. =_=”

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It was a good trip, and a pity it wasn’t the right season when we went cos the fishes were all still in their puberty stage! Luckily we didn’t ask friends along, else they’d have been really disappointed like some of us were. My dad went again in July, and the fishes he caught were big ones! The tiny fishes we caught to be used as baits were big enough to be cooked and eaten, with lots of meat!! Now we’ll know what to expect and prepare for our next Kelong trip, and friends are more than welcome to join us!! Will let you guys know if we’re planning for another one!

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On a side note, my mum took a picture of this when the lens fogged up during her Batam trip the last weekend. I kinda like how the image turned out. Haha! I ought to hunt for a camera to replace the one which my mum has officially kidnapped soon! More on the next update! Cheers!
 

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

BRAS – Baileys, Raymond, Angeline and Susu!!
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We decided to take a short break from our work and editing in our studio, so we thought why not let’s take a picture together. Here’s just one of the image from the series which I’ll share with you guys on a seperate entry another time. Raymond acting like Superman gone wrong (where’s the inside out underwear??), I’m feeling all angsty for no reason (menopause maybe??), Baileys guarding his post (the toilet bowl), Susu all drunk and stoning (see the bottle of Baileys in her hand!).
 

The new blog has flexible width to maximise the viewing size of images unlike the old one which was maxed out at 500 pixels. I hope it doesnt take too long for the images to load, but the increment in image size means you can view the details more clearly now! Weeeeeee!! If you’d like to contact us, our details can be found at the tabs above in blue, and in future if there’s any latest news or updates, we’ll add in a new tab right there.

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Next on, as I was browsing through Raymond Phang Photography’s Facebook Page, I chanced upon this Youtube Video. The title of the video “Elderly couple of 62 years plays piano” caught my attention. I rarely click on the videos posted by friends on Facebook because I thought it’ll take time loading, and I’ll have to spend time watching, which I could have used the waiting + watching time for work. But this one felt pretty worth the time waiting and watching, so I decided to check it out.
 

Here’s the video description – “An elderly couple walked into the Mayo clinic for a check up and spotted a piano. They have been married for 62 years, and he will be 90 this year. Check out this impromptu performance. We are only as old as we feel, it’s all attitude. Enjoy! They certainly do”

I thought it’s a super sweet video clip!! So sweet of the couple to play the piano together, and play it so well at this age! So sweet of them to be such a good sport for an impromptu performance! So sweet that the couple still feel for each other after 62 long years of marriage! So much zest and energy coming from them, to me it just felt like they’re only in their 20s or their courtship period!! In fact I felt so ashamed that even though I am not married and have not even walk through half the journey of a century, I already feel all old and tired and sickly!! Urgh!!
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I do envy them a lot and feel really happy for them. Even though it’s 62 long years of marriage, they’re still so much in love with each other and the number of years being married to each other is really just a number. I would like to dedicate this video to all couples out there looking for their one true love, getting married, or already married, and I wish you love. :)

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As promised, here’s something from a wedding shoot to share. Currently we have quite a few backlogs of images from weddings this year to share on the blog, so it’ll take quite a while before we go to the very recent works! Hehehe. The following are from Yikai and Fei Ling’s collection of ROM images to share. The couple engaged our service for both their ROM and Actual Day this year in January and May respectively. Their ROM was held at 1TwentySix at East Coast Parkway, Playground @ Big Splash. Pretty nice place for chill-out, with both indoor and outdoor area accommodating up to about a maximum of 250 guests. It’s a little bit more romantic in the evening when you get to enjoy the nice cooling sea breeze, but for the nature lover, you’ll get to enjoy the view of the the lush greenery.
 

Couples looking to source for venue for their solemnisation or wedding parties can visit the 1 Twenty Six website and contact them for further details.
 

And because my previous entries were all so long winded and wordy, I shall attempt to keep it short and sweet this time! Enjoy!!

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Phew! I’ll share with you guys the images taken on their actual day wedding in May on a seperate entry. Their actual day wedding was planned by The Wedding Entourage with an Alice in Wonderland theme, amazingly decorated ballroom and a special item for their march in, so do check back for regular updates yea? Cheers!!
 

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

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The nose has a left and a right side; we use both to inhale and exhale.

Actually they are different; you would be able to feel the difference.

The right side represents the sun, left side represents the moon.

During a headache, try to close your right nose and use your left nose to breathe.

In about 5 mins, your headache will be gone.

If you feel tired, just reverse, close your left nose and breathe through your right nose.

After a while, you will feel your mind is refreshed.

Right side belongs to ‘hot’, so it gets heated up easily, left side belongs to ‘cold’.

Most females breathe with their left noses, so they get “cooled off” faster.

Most of the guys breathe with their right noses, they get worked up.

Do you notice the moment we wake up, which side breathes faster? Left or right?

If left is faster, you will feel tired. So, close your left nose and use your right nose for breathing, you will get refreshed quickly.

This can be taught to kids, but it is more effective when practiced by adults.

My friend used to have bad headaches and was always visiting the doctor.

There was this period when he suffered headache literally every night, unable to study.

He took painkillers, did not work, he decided to try out the breathing therapy here:

Closed his right nose and breathed through his left nose.

In less than a week, his headaches were gone!

He continued the exercise for one month.

This alternative natural therapy without medication is something that one has to experience. So, why not give it a try?

Have an awesome weekend! Cheers! (:

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

For a snippet of their Actual Day wedding (morning highlights), click http://www.raymondphang.com/blog/2008/snippets-from-guan-lim-jeslins-actual-day

Their gatecrashing games was also one of the most memorable where Guan Lim had to lick off whipped cream from one of the brother’s toes. Muwahahahahaha!! Totally gross, but I like the idea! So I included it in my list of gatecrashing ideas entry. To the dearest evil kind hearted and innocent sisters or brides to be who are desperately seeking help and cracking their heads off thinking of games to play for Gatecrashing, click http://www.raymondphang.com/blog/2010/gatecrashing-ideas-inspiration-tips-tricks

Hehehehehehe. ;p

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Okie back to the Taiwan trip, it’s my first time in Taiwan, and Guan + Jes were kind enough to bring us around! They were so pro and familiar with the streets and lanes and alleys, so whatever you do, just follow closely behind them you’ll be on the right track! We went to soooo many places from Taipei （台北） to Tai Chung （台中）to most of the major night markets such as shi lin ye shi （士林夜市），shi da ye shi（師大夜市），rao he ye shi（饒河夜市）, the famous shopping belt (wu fen pu/五分铺)， 西门町 and IT Geek’s paradise guang hua shang chang (光华商场), my most favourite place jiu fen (九份)!!

Fuwah! I like jiu fen precisely because it is an old town. I tend to like things associated with old… but maybe not in few years down the road when I officially gain the title of Auntie-ship. :p

Some pictures taken with my dummy camera, some with Raymond’s camera. But because he had no time to look through and do the editing, I had to do everything this time round, so enjoy the pictures!

First time flying with Eva Air

Goofing around before we check in..

At Changi Airport – Terminal 1

Guan Lim and Jeslin waiting for boarding

The meal served… I finished the fruit, the bun and brownie cake!

Main course – Chicken with rice and broccoli.

Poor Raymond didn’t manage to eat anything because he was more interested in sleeping. He’s actually been working on a batch of editing, and finally completed about 1-2 hours before our flight time! So end up we had to once again, rush and drive a little faster than usual to reach the airport in time.

So nice of them to put a little sticker right infront of Raymond’s seat so that when he wakes up he’ll see this.

Landed, cleared customs, took a Taxi and since we are all youths, we checked in to YMCA Taipei! MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

The room was pretty big, with a bathroom in the living room, a huge balcony, 2 rooms, and 1 ensuite bathroom as well!

After we dumped all our bags and stuffs, we went trottering around the city.

First stop, one of the must visit stall for the couple whenever they visit Taipei!

This stall sells a huge variety of food poked through little skewers. You’ll have to pick the ones you like and place them in the red basket, the chef will then prepare them for you, by boiling them in a special pot of gravy sauce.

While the boys were busy queuing outside for the food, I snapped a picture of my bargain buy! A dual slot adapter for my micro SD adapter, and also 2 pieces of Sandisk 16gb micro SD card! I cannot remember the price, but it was a good buy so we grabbed them! It’s supposed to be placed in my PSP, but my PSP is currently rotting in one deep dark depressing corner… no time to play!

Here comes the foodie!! It’s actually two super huge plates of food consisting of yummy noodles, fishcake, mushrooms, egg, cabbages, chilli sauce, beancurd skins, luncheon meat, and the weird weird black looking thing which they conspired to cheat me into eating! We’ll talk about the conspiracy later, but more on the food now. Wah this plate of messy looking thing is actually power packed with lots of flavour!! Sooooo rich in flavour, the gravy is not oily and not sticky, the cabbage is soooooooooo sweet that it’ll make you suspect whether they’ve actually planted the cabbage in a plot of Sugar Land! The noodle looks like any ordinary instant noodle, but with the sauce, it really tastes heavenly! *drools*
 

This black piece of thing, is actually PIG’S BLOOD!!! They bluff me and say it’s glutinous rice… I didn’t quite like the texture, but ate it anyway… have to give face mah!!!

The two culprits!!!

Finished dinner, we went for walk walk, snacking along the way with fruits and ice cream!

The little tiny shops along the alley sells pretty unique clothings and accesories for ladies! We went into this shop while the guys were Q-ing for icecream/yogurt, there were tons and tons of beautiful hairbands, keychains etc! I saw a few that I like, but they were pretty pricey, so I see only. Then I saw another keychain which I super duper love! A wooden keychain with a picture of this cute little cartoon character. Didn’t get it in the end too cos of the price. Well I guess maybe because it’s a pretty popular spot with non stop crowd and very high flow of human traffic, so the rental must be pretty expensive too.

Next we went to a litte pub to chill out! It’s really little… very crampy at the upper level, the steps were super duper steep too!

Not forgetting the place was a little warm, even Jeslin had to bun up her hair~
 

We ordered some beer and while waiting, Guan was happily snapping away.

Reviewing the images~

One of the beer we ordered was super horrendous, smells like the chinese medicinal ointment, and tasted like cough syrup.I cannot remember what flavour the beer was, but in any case, they left the entire bottle pretty much untouched after that one fateful sip.

At ximending!! A place for the hip youngsters!

Outside the toilet within the compound of MacDonald’s.

One of the stalls selling cheap clothings! It’s really depressing shopping in Taipei if your figure is a little bit big. Raymond gave up finding shoes because he couldnt even fit into the biggest available size they have in Taipei. When he was browsing through some jeans, the shopkeeper came over and told us don’t bother to try because no matter how Raymond try to squeeze, he will never fit into the jeans. SO UPSET AND DEMORALISING!!!

But think of the bright side, at the very least the shopkeepers are honest! They won’t lie to you and tell you things like “Go ahead and buy it! This looks good on you, confirm can fit, don’t need to try!”

Raising my eyebrows~

The sharp shooter!

SO VULGAR!

It’s actually part of the banner hanging across the shop. Hahahaha!! It’s an exaggerated and vulgar way of saying it’s damn good to eat.

Hehehehehe… We also took some shots of Guan in various poses, but cannot share here! :p

Muacks muacks!

In the middle of the street, no cars! We strolled and shopped all the way till late night!

Some portrait of Jeslin against the graffiti wall.
 

I actually had diahrrea the entire night and couldn’t sleep well. Up till next morning, stomach still wasn’t feeling too well, so I had to stay in the room while they went down for brekkies first. So Jes made me this super bitter yucky chinese drink with damn potent powder supposed to stop diahrrea. I drank it all up and felt a little better, so we went out altogether. I wondered how come the air was so dusty and everything looked pretty blurry to us. End up my parents texted me that there’s news of Sand/Dust storm reported in Taipei.

Lunch at the Din Tai Fung in Taipei!

Resting aching feet at one of the drinks stall in Wu Fen Pu.

It’s a super messy place for first timer, and confirm you’ll miss out on one of the lanes, but Guan and Jes was so experienced!

Yeah, this is a motion blurred picture, but I like it.

Trying out more food!

Trying out steaks!

Wooooo, yum yum!!

The snacks they have are all sooooo delicious!! My favourite has to be the giant crispy chicken cutlet/chop, and also the hu jiao bing （胡椒饼）! Wah can never forget the smell and aroma… the ka-zi ka-zi sound when you bite into the pipping hot piece of crispy chicken. Sooooo crispy and the marination of spices makes everything tastes nice! The meat is not very tough, and definitely not very dry! Oh my hu jiao bing… Jes and I had to queue for quite some time to purchase 5 of the buns… crispy on the outside, soft and sooooooo chewy on the inside! I’m fascinated with the texture of the dough! How can something taste so Q!! The fillings inside the bun was pretty generous too, and you might want to be careful when you take a bite, because the soup/gravy/oil will pe-zi out unexpectedly! 

Which reminds me that it was also my first time trying chou dou fu (臭豆腐) too!!! Raymond forced me to take a bite and I was extremely reluctant to because the smell was too pungeant I could puke instantly if I take another whiff!! End up that one single bite I took confirmed my dislike for the smelly beancurd. Super duper smelly and I cannot understand why people like to eat something that is so smelly!!! What’s worse is the taste will linger in your mouth like forever even after you’ve brushed your teeth, scraped your tongue and also the insides of your cheek for the Nth time!! Horrible horrible!!

Raymond loves the shooting games. He had to use the air gun to hit all the ballons on the spinning wheel to win a prize.

Next up, Guan’s turn. He had to shoot the plastic holder and make sure it tears and drop onto the net in order to win the amount of money taped to the plastic holder. Bullets were cork pellet, not easy to aim and shoot!!

Then I bought a Harajuku Lovers perfume! I bought one in Aussie few years back and both the one in Aussie + Taipei is cheaper than Singapore! Also bought a few cans of giant beer!! Cannot remember how many litre was this!! One person cannot even finish, and we bought a can back for Raymond’s dad.

Reach back at the hotel, my stomach aches again. So I tried to negotiate business with the toilet bowl. Who knows this time it’s CONSTIPATION… Jes’ medicine was super duper potent indeed!!! O_O”

Took a first class train to Tai Chung! The train station and system was a little messy with a few different typs of train available.

But I was impressed with the first class cabin! The leg room is soooooooooooooo freaking spacious, seats were all clean and comfortable, there’s a train cabin master assigned to the first class cabin, free flow of peanuts/drinks. You can even bring your own food/drinks on board, and you won’t get a fine! Another amazing thing, you can actually turn the seats around to face the people behind you. Of course you do that only when you have your friends/family sitting behind, else it might be very awkward for the stranger having to face you for the whole journey.

Paul the Octopus when he was young? Hahahaha! I still think it looks disgusting!

The place where we had a good treat to authentic local coffee!
 

Crampy face

A different train on the way to jiu fen, but equally impressive too!! Very clean and spacious!

My favourite placeeeeee!!

The coupe deciding what to order. 95% of our journey was spent on eating. =_=”

The lu rou fan (卤肉饭) is something you must try in Taiwan! They usually come in a small tiny bowl, with a scoop of brown gravy and fatty meat on top. Very, very sinful, but very, very yummy!! Another rice you must try would be the you fan （油饭）. It literally means oily rice from a direct chinese translation. I love it like crazy. Although the name says it’s oily rice, it’s actually not oily at all! It doesnt have ingredients like prawns or carrots or ikan bilis insde, it’s just a normal looking plain brown colored rice. Nothing that will catch your eyes. But once you try it….. WAH!! You wonder how come something that looks so plain can taste sooooo nice!! I really wonder how they cook all the dishes… and I wonder why we cannot find such flavours locally in Singapore. I am also very amazed by the fact that so much sinful food, so much eatings to do, and the people still managed to stay so slim! Everyone of them!! *Jealous*

Choosing sour plums. So many varieties to choose from!

” Hmm… this basket want to bully me, wait till I chu my power! Touch me one more time and I….”

” Shit, I’m on camera… this idiotic botak human spoil my plan…..”

A nice group photo of us at this quaint little tea house. Very nice and serene atmosphere, and you’ll really feel like composing some chinese poems and sipping chinese tea at the same time. Too bad I had a glass of fruit juice, cos the grumpy me just felt like having some juices. :p

Final take!!

Wah i super duper love this photo if not for the cropped off lantern. I could have cloned it off, but it’ll look too empty there for my liking, so I left it as it is!

Another of my super love photo!

We went into this little shop call Lavender Cottage or something, and they sell very cute stuffs, all plants and Lavender related! Jes and I ended up spending a lot of time in that shop, buying quite a number of stuffs. Because I’m a person who likes music, and I’m also attracted to all things with music (probably explained why I picked the Music Harajuku Lovers in the first place), so when I saw they had acrylic photo frames where you can pull the tab and music will go off, I fell in loveeeeeee… What’s also special is that they music pieces are all unique and a few are composed by their in house pianist/composer! NICE!!

They also had a choo choo train set, nice lavender pillows for babies, and lots of other stuffs! I think I’ll go back there again if I ever visit Jiu fen the next time.

I love the old town flavour

MUWAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, Music stuff again! My pair of music flippers bought from jiu fen! Cheap cheap!!

That’s also where I got my caps! Mr Spongebob actually saw me through quite a number of pre-wedding shoots. Hehehe.

Back to more shopping since it was the last day.

I like this picture because I find the shapes pretty interesting.

At the airport, having our brekkies and ready to fly back home.

I like the warm and cold contrast.
 

A little overblown, but I like it anyway. Looks good enough to eat. Hahaha!

Okie dokie, that’s all for a personal entry! I’ll probably try to update a mix of work and personal related stuff from time to time so that you guys can have a better idea on who we are outside Photography as well. Hehehe. Good night everybody!!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Currently we have tons and tons of wedding backlogs to edit and share, so do be patient with us while we find the time to update constantly ya? We’ll also have images from Raymond’s editorial shoot in Silk Road (where he met with some misfortune during his birthday), some images of our long overdue Kelong trip as SAR, maternity shots (yes, maternity), more amazing pre-wedding images (confirm never seen before, once in 16 years and never again), and more images of recent actual day weddings! We just did one for Kenny and Sherry’s AD on 3 July 2010 (super popular date!), one of the group shot taken for the groom and the brothers is really nice! To the brothers, the sacrifices your shoes made were all very much worth it!

At present, Raymond is enslaved to the nation for his Reservist and running his ass off to make sure he pass that darn IPPT. We’ll see him when he’s back by the weekend for the actual day wedding shoot of Sam and Shen Hwee.

 
Raymond has also won himself a First Place for the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) 2010 Q’1 contest for the Ceremony category. It’s our first time participating in the WPJA contest, and we’re very humbled by the achievement. We’ll share the winning image on a seperate entry with the rest of the couple’s wedding images. Lots of images which we personally like, and definitely lots of emotions happening during the wedding as well.

Another piece of good news to share, Raymond has been selected to represent Singapore for the ASEAN Young Photographers’ Award 2010 which will take place in Singapore in August this year. I’m sure he must be really excited to meet the other representing photographers from their respective countries. It’s a very good opportunity for him to interact and exchange ideas with photographers from abroad, and I hope it will change his perspective be it towards photography or even Life.

We’re super excited for the plans we have for next year as well, and we’ll share with all couples once we have the details finalised! The SAR has even made a pledge to make sacrifices for it just to see it come true! Emily and Colin has been really supportive, and we’d want couples to take advantage of the opportunity too! So do stay tuned for more updates ya?

That aside, couples have feedback to me that my SMS-es are like emails, and my emails are like story books! I’m so sorry to be this long winded again, blame it on the lack of writings and updates!

Seriously, I would also like to share with everyone another piece of news update. One of the couple whose wedding we shot this year has been featured on the front cover of the current issue (July 10 – December 10) of Blissful Brides magazine. Their wedding is also featured in the Real Weddings section from Page 340 to Page 343. Do grab a copy of the magazine at all major newstand and vote for your favourite cover ya? You’ll stand a chance to win an Elegante Diamond necklace worth $3058 from Goldheart Jewellery. Voting form can be found on Page 48 of the Blissful Brides magazine, and contest ends 30 November 2010. Good luck to all who have voted, and enjoy the images taken during Qi Wei and Hsiao Hui’s actual day and pre-wedding! It’ll be a looooong post with lots of images. Loading of images will take abit of time, so do be patient ya? Hehe. Cheers!

Front cover of Blissful Brides Magazine

Real Wedding feature
 

Contest Form on Page 48

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Hsiao Hui getting ready

Merrymen and groom’s arrival… groom seemed a little nervous…

Kena tekan by the sisters during gatecrashing, begging for mercyyyyy~

That’s Eileen, one of the bride whose wedding we shot on 6 June 2009 last year!
To view the blog entry on their wedding, visit http://www.raymondphang.com/blog/2009/ho-wei-eileen-6-june-2009

Evil sister dangles the key to the padlock infront of the helpless Qi Wei… So… it’s key, or money?

* Qi Wei ponders*

“Bo bian, have to eat grass for the next few months already…”

The sisters opening up the red packet with delight!

“HAR!! Only 10 bucks ah!”

The last resort, if still cannot clear stage, have to go sell backside already….

Wah headache, how come my wifey’s girl friends so scary! Heng they accept my last ang pow!

HA-HA! See if you dare to bully me or not!
 

There’s something I like about this image and I cannot explain why…
Maybe it’s the atmosphere, or the way everyone is focusing on the couple who is offering prayers with all sincerity…

Must be the soup not nice to drink right…

Actually amongst the many brides we’ve photographed, Hsiao Hui is one of the few brides who has the most expressions!

I think the bowl of something must be pretty hard to swallow down the throat… =x

I love red umbrellas! If i have the time, I might update a post on all the red umbrella shots we have done. You’ll then see the different expressions from the brides, and it’s really interesting!

Personally I haven’t visited their place, but when I first saw this image I thought their wardrobe looked amazing! It looked like there’s an attached bathroom right beyond the wardrobe!

Eileen in the wind~

Tea ceremony! I never used to appreciate tea ceremonies, and I thought they were one of  the most boring part of a wedding, next to table to table shots and group photos. But recently somehow I had a change of perspective. I came to value human relationship more, and trying to appreciate the much elder folks. There’s a few images from Kangwei & Shuqin’s tea ceremony which I’ve listed as my favourites. Might seemed like some extremely normal shots, but nowadays I tend to look beyond the surface of the photos and realised that the ties or meaning behind it is worth much more than anything else in the world. I’ll update an entry of their actual day wedding (18 July 2010) once the images are ready.

Tricky tricky part! Unpin the wrong one and you might destroy the hairstyle! Maybe the sisters ought to collect bribery from the groom for completing this task for them.

I seriously wonder what’s the piece of paper they’re looking at. Love the expression and the whole feeling/tension!

Instead of the usual traditional Kwa or cheongsam, Hsiao Hui wore a gorgeous traditional peranakan outfit!

Intricate details, and it’s not easy when the shoes are handmade and every beads have to be sewn on individually. Takes alot of patience and skills!

One of the must haves for weddings! When else do you get a chance to hug the groom like this, take the opportunity to poke his waist and squeeze his butt!

Now’s the eggies eating time!

Start of the evening session with Ho Wei and Eileen goofing around..

Who’s the Karaoke King!!

A picture of the mum and daughter getting ready! We call Hsiao Hui’s mummy as  星妈 (celebrity’s mum). Hehehe! Don’t you think Hsiao Hui has the looks of a celebrity? When I first saw her, I thought she looked like Zhang Zi Yi! But of course Hsiao Hui is the super friendly, warm and outgoing version.

Hsiao Hui’s gown with a super long train! Gown from Bridal Veil by Michelle Hui Min.

They had time for some quick photo opportunities around Raffles Hotel where they had their banquet.

Love the tone and lighting for this one.

Hsiao Hui had her hair and make up for the evening done by Cleo Chang.

Putting on the shoes~

This picture reminds me of the day when my uncle got married. I was only a primary school kid’s age at that time, and my parents decided that my brother and I will sleep over at my uncle’s place together with my granny. I couldn’t sleep well, probably too excited and didn’t know what to expect. So I had my granny to tell us stories of her life, and probably what marriage is about. The next thing I know, my uncle’s alarm clock went off, he immediately dashed out of his room, washed up and got ready. He was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo nervous, until he actually forgot how to put on socks!! Hahahahaha!! I can never forget the scene, and I’ve decided to use that against him if he ever teases me on my wedding day.

“Na, you hold it like this and you push it like that ok?”

“OKIE!”

“Grrrrrr… Vrrrrr…..”

“Nonono, hold it like this, and then push it like that…”

“Heh heh heh, seems to work now!”

“Woooooaaah, suddenly fly out like that!”

Kids on a high…

I must say Hsiao Hui’s Kwa is also one of the most beautiful one I’ve seen. The cutting fits her perfectly and look at the colours + details!

“Our Huihui is a very good daughter, filial and prettttyyy… so lucky to marry a good husband…”

SIAMI HUI HUI??? Where’s my Zhang Ziyi???

Muwahahahahaha! I’m a little in the cranky mood today, thus the weird captions for the images. Luckily I postponed my driving lesson. Else I would have given my instructor a heart attack since yesterday I almost made him choke on his sweet when I swirve the car to almost mount the pedestrian walkway at the slip road. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE! Rainy days make it easier to drift… oops! I drive golf buggy can mount kerb, drive car can swirve elsewhere, so please don’t invite me to a go-kart race cos I will confirm flip and toss the car in mid air and do the mid air car explosion stunt. I don’t mind Daytona invites though.

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Now for a few selection of the pre-wedding images at Raffles Hotel, with hair and make up by Cleo Chang as well.

That’s all for today’s super lengthy update! I hope you’ll take a looong loooooong time to finish reading so that I’ll have more time before I update on the next entry! Hehehe. Cheers!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

Throughout the first half of the photoshoot, Raymond was the one driving the buggy from point to point, while Susu and I sat and grumbled at not being able to hold the wheel. It seems fun to drive a golf buggy, especially after we experienced how Raymond manoeuvered the vehicle over steep slopes and “canals”. We thought we were going to crash and die whenever he did all those supposedly dangerous stunts which to Raymond was common.

Finally my chance to drive the golf buggy came when he needed clearance for one of his angle. So while everyone was fussing over the bride and groom, I was tasked to move the buggy to the other side! YES!!! I do not have a driving license, but I thought it’s like driving a bumper car! The instructions were pretty simple and easy to comprehend, and I happily drove the buggy with success!! FUWAH! What a feeeeeeeeling!! It was damn fun!!! I got addicted to it, and so I waited and eyed at every opportunity to drive the golf buggy again.

Done with first half of the photoshoot, and we wouldn’t have done it without the help from Mia and Clarabelle – very nice friends of Kangwei & Shuqin who helped toss the veil, hold the speedlite, provide tissues etc!

So Raymond drove the golf buggy back to the pick up and return point. On the way back, I wanted to take over the wheel and he let me!! So I was sitting in the middle while the wheel was on the left, I totally enjoyed myself driving the golf buggy!! I drove like a pro, until we met with a vehicle parked at the left side of the road. I had to avoid it so I drove closer to the right. Looking at the pathetic battery left, plus I didn’t want the three of us to be stranded in the middle of nowhere, I stepped on the accelerator with all my might! Especially so when I saw that we were approaching an uphill slope! Jialat I thought…. the golf buggy sure don’t have enough horse power to take us up… Who knows, if it rolls backward I will surely be laughed at by Raymond. My bimbo moment strucked, and I figured by stepping the accelerator pedal fully, it might help a teeeeeeeny weeeeeeny bit. 

Fuwah, indeed the golf buggy seemed to respond better. Ai seh, I thought I was a heroine!! Muwahahahahaha! But I didn’t anticipate that there’ll be a downhill turning slope right after, so I happily mounted a kerb! Maybe cos I played too much Daytona, watched too much Need for Speed or Initial-D and the likes, I swirl/swirve (don’t know how to spell) and thought maybe by doing that the golf buggy will drift and move to the right track! Fuwah! I always thought those drifting scenes in the movies are really cool! But I forgot I’m a no license driver, and I’m not driving a vehicle built for F-1 races. Tsk…..

Seconds before the Mayhem… Look at my expression!! Something doesn’t seemed right…………… MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Right after Raymond took this self snap picture of us three in the moving golf buggy, I mounted the kerb and Raymond flew out of the buggy, turned and did a few rounds of summersault with his hands holding the camera high up in the air!!!! Fuwah my goodness, it was like a “jump car” scene out of the movies!! I saw it happening right before my eyes! So i jammed break and ran to Raymond. He was laying on the ground motionless… Luckily it was all superficial injuries and the pole didn’t poke him and pierce through his body. Phew!!! He thought I’d be crying like the Nigeria falls, but who knows my first reaction was a giggly “sorry sorry”… HAHAHAHAHA!!

I picked him up, and he limped his way back to the buggy. Luckily the camera was perfectly good too! All thanks to his professional dedication for passion  - he saved and protected the camera instead of his body/head.
 

I forgot what happened after… forgot who drove the buggy back. But anyway, here’s his battle scars! If he didn’t fly out of the buggy, the whole vehicle would have overturned, crushing his ribs and the three of us could have just died like that… freak accident!

Pretty badly injured, and he had a suuuuuper big piece of bruise on his waist area. I would love to drive the golf buggy again if given another chance!! Hehehehehehe… =p

 
Anyway, here’s a few images from the day’s shoot to share!!

We spent the entire day for the shoot from morning to night, and even when it rained during the night, Kangwei and Shuqin was really cooperative with us!! Must also thank the couple for being so patient and trusting even though they could have fallen sick, they had to rush off for an important birthday dinner right after, risk their makeup getting all smudged, risk falling off the building etc etc etc.

More to come, and we’re also really excited to share a recent series we did for Eddie and Aileen!! Something never seen before… hehehe… Till then, cheers!!

Lot of ♥,

- Angeline

Heard from Raymond that one unique point of Christian Louboutin’s shoes is the signature shiny red lacquered soles! You must be wondering why there’s like at least two images of this pair of shoes. Actually it’s a surprise gift Bowen got for Nadia from Paris!

Taking the time during make up to memorise the wedding vows. Scaaaary! Makes me feel like it’s exam timeeeeee~

Shaun Lee the make up artist & hairstylist for the day.

Here’s Bowen with a bouquet of big red roses in hand, looking all bright and cheery!

Gatecrashing is fun! For couples who find gatecrashing meaningless, maybe you can try looking at it from another point of view. I’m sure the gatecrashing segment will be one of the most memorable part of your wedding day. Perhaps you find it meaningless for the groom and merrymen to suffer while being forced to lick cucumbers and eat wasabi + tobasco filled bread. I do agree to a certain extent that it’s pretty pointless, but it’s all in the name of fun! Life would be so dull and mundane if everything is to go according to plan and perfection, if everything is to be judged by face value.

If you’d like it to be meaningful, maybe you can think of meaningful gatecrashing games like getting the groom to chain a necklace using the available materials your sisters have for them etc. At least you get to keep the necklace at the end of the day even though most probably you wouldn’t be wearing it. It’s something your beloved hubby make for you (probably that’ll be the only piece of jewellery he’ll ever make for you too! You know… Guyyyyyss). It’ll be something which I guarantee you’ll cherish, and something for you and your hubby to look back and laugh together when you both grow old.

The auspicious red thunder granny undies for good luck! Huat ah!

Bowen holding a piece of mini polaroid. Guess what’s in the picture!

Yoga poses!

Very happy for the couple that they have spontaneous friends who are willing to play along!

More yoga poses

The gorgeous sisters!

Poor brother, had to sacrifice and stretch with all his might to mimic the pose shown on the mini polaroid.

Finally!!

Solemnisation at Oosh.

Here’s Sumei marching in together with the flowergirl. Actually it’s quite a small world because Nadia actually knows Anamika (one of the couple whom we photographed for their solemnisation and banquet last year)! I only found out about it until I saw Sumei appearin in one of Nadia’s past photographs when I was doing the childhood montage!

Daddy handing over his daughter to Bowen. That’s their Justice of Peace – Mrs Chia Swee Tin.

After exchanging the vows and “mini handcuff”…

You may now kiss the bride!

Then they changed into the Cheongsam, head back home for Tea Ceremony.

Hope you guys enjoyed this series! Will try to update an entry on their evening banquet once we’re done with the edit! Cheers!

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

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Nonetheless here are some of Ryan’s works which I’d like to share with you guys, all of them are taken from his website at www.ryanschembri.com;

I would really really love to share all of their wedding images here, but there’s simply too many of them! So visit Ryan Schembri’s Website and Martin Schembri’s Website for more breathtaking images!

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I also tried but couldn’t embed a video which I would like to share. It’s actually a video of the happenings during the few days Raymond and I spent in Sydney last year for the Martin & Ryan Sydney workshop. Of course Jessica was there as well modelling for us in her beautiful actual wedding gown(she was really sweet & professional!!), teaching us on the workflow and post processing techniques. It was really really intensive, so I would advise you to have enough sleep each day so that you can focus better during the workshop. I’m serious!!

Follow the URL to watch the Video on the Sydney workshop on Youtube!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXcfl3w7Xi8

I’ll probably share a few images taken from the Sydney trip for the next entry.

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Anyway, can’t wait to meet the talented Trio real soon!!! And dear readers, please say hi to us if you see us there at the workshop too!! Cheers! =D

Lots of ♥,

- Angeline

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