Diana Liu @ No Black Tie

24th September

I first heard her songs on One FM.. A Malaysian girl with an amazing voice singing jazz infused songs which is something rare i think.. Later I heard some songs from her album "最美好的" and absolutely loved it, especially the song titled "鱼".

So when I heard that she was going to perform at No Black Tie, I made my way down to KL after work. Backed by a 3 piece band, her live vocal was superb. It was a great show indeed.

Sa Ding Ding: Live in KLCC

11th September

In conjunction with the Popular Book Fair held in KLCC, Universal Music brought in Sa Ding Ding for a one-off live performance. I was fortunate enough to be a part of the official crew to cover her performance.


Born in Inner Mongolia, Sa Ding Ding's music is an unique mix of Buddhism chant, Tibetan music and Sanskrit language fused with thumping electronica beats.


Her vocal performance was impressive although I have to admit that most of the time, I can't really make out the words. Maybe it's the Sanskrit....


On stage, her performance was energetic; dancing from one end of the stage to the other..


Coupled with her colorful costume, it was really a visual feast...




After the end of the performance, there was a open dialog session with the fans where she talked about her experience in making music, especially the hardship when making alternative music that goes again the popular and commercially acceptable genre.


If you have never heard her songs, I strongly recommend you give it a try!!

A girl, a car and the empty basement

5th September

This is something that a group of us had tried to put together for some time. Our very own "Hypertune" type shots.. So finally, we gather all the main players and went to an empty basement parking lot..

The Car: Toyota Celica owned by Wingz


The Girl: Kiiwii See




With a mixture of Sony and Nikon system, it took us sometime to get all flash unit working together, but all in all, it was a fun session..






At the end of the session, we ask Wingz to go around in circles so that we can take some of these. Thanks Wingz!!

Random shots

29th August

Some random shots of sports car on display at NZX. The place was practically a ghost town so we had time to strobe around without interference..

This Evo and the RX7 in the background obviously got it's design cues from Tokyo Drift..




A nicely done old school M3..

Walking the streets

22nd August

Street shooting has always been one of my biggest weakness. Finding something interesting out of the everyday scene. Things that I see, places I walked by; all these could have been a great subject but most of the times it passes me by..

Well on this particular day, a group of friends went around downtown KL and I joined in.

Some shots from the day's walk..

Happy times..

People's cry..

Ray of faith..

The Reluctant Saint

11th Aug

Had the opportunity to tag along with RL to cover a theater performance at KL Pac. I have shoot concerts and live shows but soon discovers that theater is another ballgame altogether.


Some background on the performance: The Redemptorists are celebrating 75 years of their presence in Malaysia and Singapore. In conjunction with the celebrations is the production of the musical - The Reluctant Saint. It was first performed 13 years ago as part of the 300 year celebration for Saint Alphonsus Liguori and very well received.

The cast before showtime..


The musical is based on the life of Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, the founder of the Redemptorists Congregation. Born into a noble family in Naples, Alphonsus' life as a young hotshot lawyer takes a turn when he answers God's call to serve.






It is a story that tugs your heartstrings and a musical that entertains. Performing in the musical is a talented cast made up of young and old members backed by crew members who have come together from different backgrounds to tell this story.








The musical is also being performed in order to raise funds for the Redemptorists Congregation in Haiti. The Congregation there suffered tremendous loss and destruction of their buildings in the major earthquake in January this year.




All donations from the performance will go to the Haiti Disaster Relief Effort for the Redemptorist Mission.

Time to Attack

25th July

Zero To Hundred, a popular Malaysian auto forum held their second Time To Attack track session at Sepang. A friend was doing some coverage for Team Revo and I tag along for some fun.


The event was held in a time attack format, where cars were divided into sub-categories and allocated track time to set their fastest laps.










The brand new Lotus Evora was there to join in the fun..


Didn't spend too much time at track side this time around. I guess after Super GT, it's kinda hard to get excited over road cars. Anyway, back at the pit, I tried shooting other stuffs instead..




Also tried out some slow shutter shots and new editing style..






Of all the cars participating, I was particularly interested with the Audi R8. The engine note was sweet music.. I didn't get any shots of it on tack, bad timing I guess, so the next best thing was to take some shoots of it in the pit..










For the event itself, the results are as below..

Supercars
Abu Bakar – Lamborghini Gallardo – 2:34:314
Jason Wong – Nissan GTR R35 – 2:34.957
Mohd Azmil – Porsche 997 Carrera 2S – 2:37.875

GT Cars
Shedden Ed – Porsche Cayman S – 2:36.501
Adam Muza – BMW M3 CSL – 2:36:568
Nick Tan – BMW M3 – 2:46.118

Race Cars/Time Attack Machines
Ee Yoong Chern – Nissan Silvia S13 – 2:31.813
Reuben Wong – Proton Satria Neo Clubsport – 2:43.618
Yani Madewnus – Honda Prelude BA5- 2:52.282

Turbo 4WD
Gerald Tan – Mitsubishi Evo 9 – 2:32.279
Jon Teo – Mitsubishi Evo 6 – 2:32.664
Kelvin Teo – Mitubishi Evo X – 2:32.736

Naturally Aspirated – Front-Engine Front-Wheel-Drive (FF)
Colin Chow – Honda Civic Type R FD2R – 2:36.991
Ari 7474 Team 2:40′s – Honda Civic Type R FD2R – 2:38.567
Ng Tiam Lai – Honda Civic Type R FD2R – 2:39.127

Ee Yoong Chern recorded the fastest overall time in his Nissan Silvia S13 for the 2nd round of the Time to Attack challenge.