We're going to the zoo, zoo zoo!

It's been a little while since I last brought the 50mm out for an adventure and it came in handy this time round! Most of the shots here by taken with it. (: Attempt to dress up like a zookeeper got me the attention of the monkeys during feeding time. Not cool. I was scared out of my wits when it scuttled over towards me and my cousin had to fend for me. As with every exploration trips, I love the fact that I ingest new information and opened my eyes to many amazing creations. Apparently, otters are not as docile as I thought they were. It's pretty scary seeing them devour the fishes with their mouths full of blood. Yike.

I know I'm a little late but...whoa. Time flies. It's already July and by next month I'd be legally 21. It's not something I'm anticipating at all. This year was more of a roller coaster ride for me than ever before and I'm glad things are picking/ picked up since June with the change of a new house and a number of photography jobs coming in. I'm really beyond grateful to all who helped me and believed in me all these while and pulled me through the dark moments. Thank you God for all the good that has been placed in my life. I am truly contented.

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Wild Hearts p2

Vivianne is the first friend I made when I stepped foot into university. The girl who sat at the other corner of the class and the only girl I had identified a possibility of being friends with after surveying the entire class of people. She felt the same way as I did, and the next moment, our lecturer made us sit together.

So, what brought us together?  Barely two hours of sitting side by side, we were brewing tea with our tumblers to keep us awake and baring our hearts out to each other and I couldn't stop tearing in class. I was broken hearted and she had a sad story to tell. Perhaps misery loves company.

It's been a year and we don't get to see each other often, but there's just a tiny dream that keeps us together all the time. We want to fall head over heels in love again. We long to be fearless. We long to believe in love wholeheartedly again.

This is dedicated to the girl who doesn't see the beauty I see in her, who loved with all her heart and who deserves to be happy. How can anyone this beautiful be so broken at the same time?

I hope you keep smiling, love. <3

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Wild Hearts

A tiny part 1 preview of a personal shoot with my dearest friend Vivianne. V took an interest in photography lately and I wanted to do a little something for her to take her mind off unhappy stuffs and we wanted to have a little collaboration fun together so we headed out for a shoot (:

While we thought we'd have to shelve our plans due to the horribly bad weather, we took a smoke break at a back alley and I took these (I guess you could call it partially-candid) shots. I think she looks smoking hot here! (pun intended)

Lucky for us, the sky cleared up and the shoot went well as intended. I'll put up the second part in a few days!


ps/ I will most probably be doing the giveaway of the magazines but please give me some time to sort through them as I really have a lot to juggle on my hands right now. Thank you! (:

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Globe Trekker

For a start, I have to say this Phuket trip was a whole new experience for me for the most obvious reason that we travelled in a big group of 14 and it was fun on a whole new level for me (no doubt big group brings about inconvenience and time management screw ups).

Sad to say, I have no good photos to showcase here because I was too busy having fun and most circumstances do not permit a proper chance for me to whip out my DSLR but these are a few of my favorite shots/ important documentaries of the entire trip that I feel obliged to put up because they are lovely memories that will always be embedded in the heart.




Our hotel: Andakira Hotel which is pretty lovely for the price we paid albeit there were some unfavorable incidents and happenings but we shall not go into that. I love the huge room and the hotel pool (:

Crazy sleazy night life there paaaacked with caucasians. In which on our 4d3n trip, I spent the 2nd night getting crazy high dancing away and the last night getting pissed drunk within half an hour cause I was dog tired and I couldn't take it anymore.

Ben and Ken on our speedboat ride out for island hopping on the 2nd day! We went to Phi Phi Island, Maya Bay, Halong Bay etc. It's impossible for me to reiterate the joy and exhilaration on a speed boat ride. I love anything associated with speed and the feeling of the wind grazing my cheeks. I got a total of about 8 bruises from the bumpy ride because I refuse to sit still and insisted on being at the front of the boat (extremely bumpy area).







Snorkeling was a huge disappointment in my opinion... I cannot safely say I've had the best experience before but Tioman's coral reefs/fishes/water pwns all of these islands that we went to and the fact that it's manifested with tourists did not help the experience.



The boys getting down to making Ben a Lady Boy.

Check out the tits and cock.





Look at this adorable little baby! And that's D feeding him a biscuit (: Look at how he reaches out to grab the biscuit.

I had no idea monkeys had pouches in their mouths but this fella was saving his biscuit by stuffing it to the side.

And we met the craziest monkey ever that enjoys beer probably more than any of us do. Our friend just had to open 2 cans for him and it was fucking funny. I have a series of these photos but I won't be putting them up here.

Perfect sky, perfect weather while on the ride back to Patong beach.

The night market which was sooooo good and I stuffed myself silly with the local food. (Y)

Here are some pictures from the underwater camera:



D and I (:

Ben (:







Jamie dear and I (: I'm glad how this trip brought us closer.

We rented bikes as a mode of transport for 2 days and I loveeeee bike rides although it freaks me out at the same time.



My virgin experience:
#1 Getting a fake tattoo which I'm hella thankful it's only temporary (for approx 2 weeks according to the lady) because she fucked it up real bad. It's meant to be " In God We Trust" and not " InGod We Trust". This was still pretty fresh with ink smears around the tatt. After I washed off the excess ink, there is a hole in the cross.... I do not dare to bear my back in Singapore now till it comes off.

#2 Travelling in a big group and clubbing

#3 Riding a bike for a first time in my life. By that I mean being the rider. I failed terribly since I was never blessed with a good sense of balance it's probably a feat I could ride for approximately 4 seconds without falling and screaming for help because it was so heavy and I couldn't lift it up at all.

#4 Getting UP CLOSE with monkeys and watching them drink beer

#5 Parasailing and Banana Boat! (: We did Jet Ski too, and it's my second time.

#6 Going into a Thai Temple


A pity I didn't get to:
#1 Watch Tiger Show ( or Ping Pong Show). I swear it's on my first to-do-list in Phuket ): There were lots of offer but we went to club instead.

#2 Do ATV and White Water Rafting

#3 Ride a bike for REAL

#4 Watch Thai boxing

#5 Rent a car and drive down to Surin/ Kata/ Karon beach which are extremely lovely beaches that are less touristy.

The pictures here do not do justice to the fun and activities to the trip. We did so much more that weren't documented. The amount of jap food/ seafood I had was insane // massage twice on consecutive days // did quite a bit of shopping // and not to mention some illegal stuffs we did...

Apologies for the lousy photos and wordy post, I'll be back with more photos! Till then, my time goes to projects and upcoming shoots (:

xx

Happy Days Will Make A Comeback

Hi all! I'm back from my Phuket trip and I've been having so much fun, it's really taxing. I think I need a good rest back here instead. I know I have been photographing my Love, Chloe perfume too much but it's one of my favourite scent ever and I'm obsessed with the Chloe range ever since I started using 4years back and I'm adding the new Chloe to the family with my return! (; I splurge a little too much on my perfume collection.

This is our daily ritual, our Joy. Your daily rituals determine your degree of happiness and fulfillment. Bask in all the good things, be thankful for all of it and more good things will come your way.

Ridding myself of holiday mood. Bring on the work mode!

Happy days are here to stay.

xx