I can now safely say I’m done with my MBA and have something to put on my wall to prove it! Having attended the graduation ceremony last Saturday, I feel relieved. Looking back at the 3.5 years spent doing my MBA part time and juggling work at the same time, I feel somewhat proud of this accomplishment. The feeling of going up on stage to receive my certificate was gratifying and I was touched to have my family fly in from Penang, Indonesia and S’pore to celebrate it with me! Having to juggle work, group projects, assignments and exams was no easy task and was in itself, a feat on its own. Photos to come soon!!

The world just can’t get any smaller! Two months back, I crashed a wedding after party and just as I arrived at Marriott ballroom, a couple jumps straight at me and enthusiastically says “Hi!”. Being the blur person that I am, I stared curiously, panicked for a moment and thought to myself, “Oh shit… who are they? Who are they? Quickly go through your contact list… where have I seen them before? They look so familiar but WHO ARE THEY?” Finally, when they mentioned their names, it jogged my memory! Victor & Niz! And within seconds, our photographer-client relationship turned into one of friends by 2 degrees of separation! I ended up partying with Victor that night and two months later, he’s looking fresh and here we are!

I have just three words to describe this couple: YOUNG, HIP & HAPPENING! Of course, I kinda already knew they were the non-traditional, young & cool couple when they refused to take any conventional photos and requested for rustic shots in abandoned lots. Yesterday’s shoot confirmed it! These two are just adorable together! Other than the fact that both of them can equally outdo each other in posing, they surprised Jason & I when they burst into some funky dance moves wayyyyyyy early in the morning! We had soooooooooo much fun photographing the cute couple and here are some of my favorite shots!

Experiencing fall in Malaysia…

I’m not really sure how this got started but it made for great photos!

We asked Victor to tickle Niz and hardly got a reaction out of the two… soon we found out she’s not ticklish!

We got the reaction we wanted when roles were reversed! Check out Victor’s expression!!!

It’s been a short short week and my weekend technically starts right now! To start off, Monday was Federal Territory Day which made it a excuse for not working except popping into the studio for a couple of hours for Baby Noah’s portrait shoot ( but as always, shooting them was so much fun the time flew by so quickly!). Yesterday, Steve and I attended Joe McNally’s Lighting Workshop (will blog about it real soon!), organized by the internationally renowned wedding photography Louis Pang of Wedshooter.tv. Surprisingly enough, even after 5 years of being in the wedding industry, our paths have not crossed till today. I was stoked to finally meet Louis early this morning and was pleasantly surprised to find him to be of an extremely warm and bubbly character!

I’m off to S’pore tomorrow for a night and will be back on Friday with parents. They will be in town to celebrate my graduation on Saturday! Finally! After three and a half years of doing my MBA part time, (I took it easy with 1-2 classes each semester coz trust me, if you’ve ever tried juggling work and school, you’ll know it’s not easy!) I’m finally done! And although I didn’t receive the distinction I was hoping for, I’ll totally settle for a merit and not having to sit for another exam again! WoooooHooooOOoooooo!!!

This is baby Noah, first born for the lovely couple, Karen & Barry. Karen, Barry and FIFOTO go back a long way. Tracing back to our very first pre-wedding shoot in Melaka, almost 3 years back, to their latest pregnancy shoot at the studio 3 months ago, they now have a new addition to the family, Noah! One of the sweetest and easiest baby to photograph, Noah almost never cries and when he doesn’t, he stops within a minute, and just as instantaneously as turning off the water pipeworks! His eyes are mesmerizingly beady and apart from his overflow of pee on my black velvet, he is awfully cute!! (Too bad I missed that money shot!)

Here are just a few of my favorite shots!

Meet baby Noah and his Monkey friend

The happy family!

You see where baby Noah gets his head shape from?

This was taken right before baby Noah pee-peed on daddy!

We are talking about a vibrant young women who stops at nothing to get what she wants! She is someone so determined and persistent she successfully convinced the management at KLPac to allow us to do her pre-wedding shots there. (and even after being turned down a few times, her perseverance proved to be worth the while!)

She is another bride who is a diligent planner and pays close attention to detail… And with the help of super wedding planner Shen-Yi, needless to say, the wedding day and reception turned out perfect! Aik Han, on the other hand is one of the most chilled out and laid back grooms! He’s easy going and goes with the flow!

The tea ceremony session was indeed an interesting one to shoot. The boys arrived looking suave in their white RayBan sunnies and Black suites and the girls (plus a few boys on Yun Lee’s side) looked cute in their little white dresses and angelic halos. Among other things (such as licking salt off each others’ necks), the girls made the boys dance to their (the boys’!!) favorite tune, “Nobody” by the Wondergirls, a song which stuck in my head and I became completely addicted to after that!!

The dinner reception was held at the Dorsett, Subang. The aisle was beautifully lined with flower pews and the highlight for the evening was when Joe Flizzow, one of Aik Han’s groomsmen for the day, got on stage and dedicated a song to the lovely couple!

Yun Lee looked stunning in this lacy satin cheongsam beaded with Swarovski crystals by Divine Couture.

FRIDAY!!! I reminisce the number of times Bruce randomly shouted it while we were at Pangkor… ahhhh… it’s been a week since our Pangkor trip and all of us who went already miss each other and wanting another beach holiday! So, it’s Friday and I’m totally looking forward to this weekend, not because there’s anything special planned (well, actually, the inaugural class of FIFOTO 101 are all going on a field trip Sunday evening, so that’s pretty exciting!!), but because it’ll finally be a weekend of NO plans and just pure chillin’ and going with the flow!! (Apart from having to wake up at 6am on Sunday for a location shoot in Cyberjaya, which to me, is, as they say in Cantonese, “SAP SAP SUI”, compared to a full on wedding shoot!)

For those of you who missed this the last time round, we are having our second FIFOTO 101 class! It will take place every Sunday in March and I can assure you, it’s gonna be a classroom of fun-filled learning and exciting challenges!! Seats are limited and we have a few more slots left so email me if you’re interested!

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