Thunderbirds are GO!!!

3rd October



Despite the hangover from Friday night thanks to too much Hennessy, I woke up early and made my way to TUDM Subang for the Thunderbirds..

Apparently, lots of other Malaysian had the same idea...
After 30mins of traffic gridlock and a long detour, finally made it to the base..

Once inside the base, I can see the huge crowd already gathered. On the left side of the base, was this magnificent beauty...the Sukhoi Su-30MKM..


On the other end was the USAF Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcon "Thunderbirds"..


And the huge transporter plane, the C17..


Close-up on the F-16...
A bit of a trivia: note the up-side down "5" marking on the plane. This indicates that this plane handles all the upside-down stunts during the show...


Immediately after take off, the Thunderbirds are already performing their the signature Diamond formation..




There are 6 planes in the squad but 2 will break off after take off and do a sneak pass, catching the crowd by surprise..




The first 4 planes will be in tight formation maneuvers such as formation loops and rolls or transitions from one formation to another....








Thunderbirds 5 and 6 meanwhile will perform solo maneuver such as fast passes, slow passes, fast rolls, slow rolls, and very tight turns.




The signature move by the solos are the 2 mirror formation: calypso pass and belly-to-belly..




The 2 solos will then join the main group in formation..








Another signature maneuver: The "bomb burst"..


The show comes to an end. Safe landing and return to base..

Artistry: Global Art of Mixing

2nd October



The final Artistry event for 2009 was held at Quattro, Avenue K. Although the venue was smaller than the previous one in Bukit Kiara, this time it's more special for me coz I'm here as an Official Photographer. Yeah baby....


As always, Artistry is about mixing together beautiful people, great music, amazing party and of course, Hennessy...






As the Official Photographer, I get to take unlimited pictures of the beautiful girls; all in the name of work...














Our host for the evening...


The main highlights for Artistry are the artiste that performed during each event. Before the show started, the crowd had already gathered in front of the stage. I only managed to squeeze in at the right side of the stage, getting all sideways shots of the performers..

Up first is Hsiao Hung Jen. He may be a newcomer from Taiwan but he is quite impressive; having worked with some big names in Taiwan such as F.I.R.'s guitarist/keyboardist Ian Chen and pop prince Jay Chou.






Next was Paul Freeman. Another unknown for me but after watching him played live, I believed the story that the legendary Clive Davis signed him on the strength of his demo EP and a transcendent live audition. This guy has so much energy on stage..






"I want my money back.... I want my money back...." the adorable Lenka..






Main act for the night: Boys Like Girls


Despite some technical problems with the mike and the sound system, the boys braved on and put on one heck of a show..


Bryan having a drink midway through the set.. the crowd was so worked up one of them asked for his glass after he was done...


Midway during the last song "Great Escape", Martin made his way up to the DJ deck and proceeded to do a crowd surf..

PS: Heard 1 unlucky photographer had his flash hotshoe broken when Martin landed on it...

Track Day

27th Sept

Another track day event at Sepang.

As usual, shoot some superbikes during the morning session while training for the up-coming MotoGP.







In the afternoon, the sun was blazing hot so decided to hang around the pit area instead.

Moon Shine

26th Sept

Had a casual potrait session with the lovely Ms. Ainura Moon Shine at the Sony Style in The Curve, Mutiara Damansara.

Together with a few other Alpha users, it was a fun afternoon indeed...