Suara Kami PC 17 September 2011

Part of the privileges of new full time job is having the chance to meet with or come close to superstars and today is one such day.

In conjunction with Malaysia Day yesterday, Astro helped organised Suara Kami, a youth concert and carnival day at Stadium Merdeka. I was privileged to be at the press meet this morning with the artists performing at the concert tonight. Security was tight so only managed to take these and there were a whole bunch of media photographers - really gung-ho ones.

Seems like a really busy weekend this is. Had to turn down a baby shower, an open house and another get-together for this concert. Can't wait to watch the concert tonight!

Chinmayi & Naresh Iyer from India. Naresh seems really excited to be here and it's a first time for both of them.

 

Nelly from US

 

Rania - the K-Pop girl band. They didn't speak a word of English except for one who's a Siamese and they were really obliging and lovely. 

 

The local artists performing tonight are: Pop Shuvit (right), Yuna (second from left), Faizal Tahir (far left) Altimet, Hujan (opening act and it's actually raining now), Pyschounit, Rabbit Mac and Soul Krazy.

*Photos have been resized to low res.

Client Testimonials

It's great to hear testimonials and thank yous from clients verbally and today is a sweet one as this client still love her photos from 4 years ago. I'm so thankful for God's gift and am blessed to have grateful clients.

This is what she said:

An Event

I recently did a job for a Japanese company's dinner in celebration of a launch and the hotel rooms were really amazing. It was at the Legend International Water Homes in Port Dickson and the rooms on stilts had a private pool and mini pantry and a glass to look at the water below. Here are some pictures to share.

(Above right) The private pool in the room. (Below) The rooms on stilts.

The beautiful sunset that day. 

Some of the yummy-licious platters for the night.

Bali Beach Fun June 2010

I feel fortunate to be working with AMP and having a paid vacation overseas every other year. This is my second time to Bali on company expenses and the experience was unforgettable - the good and the bad. We were there for 4 days, 3 nights and though the dizzy journeys from the airport to the hotel or from the hotel to Kuta (for entertainment & food) or Ubud (for shopping) or even all the way to the volcano slopes were horrible, I still had my share of fun nonetheless at the company annual dinner and walking by the beach and of course, taking random shots of the sceneries. 


From the windows of the plane to the bus: 

The awesome Nikko Hotel Bali room which is about RM800 per night: 

The 'chun' view from my room balcony:

Lotus flowers by the lobby:

Some blocks of the hotel: 

The pool from the observation deck on the 15th floor: 

(right) Lamps on the lobby ceiling: 

Peddlers were everywhere and I must warn you to totally ignore them as they are pretty cunning and dishonest. I pity the children but I guess in a poor country, everybody needs to earn a living. 

One of the partially active volcanoes that took us 2.5 hours to reach the viewing slope: 

A closer look at the hotel pool. It had a really fascinating slide too on the far left which is not in this pix: 

The infamous Wiwaha Chapel where many weddings happen. It's beautiful but really small:

Condensation effect on my lens. Kinda like it. 

Here's the famous Luwak Coffee which is said to be made from the stool of a 'musang' that only eats the best coffee in the world. It sold at RM120 per pack of 200gm. Below is the competitor brand which is much cheaper. 

Overall, the trip was good minus the con I got myself into at the international airport, Ngurah Rai, in Bali where one of the duty free shop cheated me of RM150 with my purchase as she quoted the price in USD but billed me in Rupiah and my currency conversion failed me. 

A word of advice, be really careful with your money and the locals there. Expensive lessons may be in store.

For more photos, check out my FB album:  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=228167&id=564300085&saved#!/album.php?aid=228167&id=564300085