There are 3 reasons that made Cat and Lawrence’s pre-wedding shoot at the Blue Mansion in Penang so special. Firsty, Cat & I go a longgggggggg way back. We go back to the tine of primary school… to the time when we were once sworn enemies ( we were 9) … and to the times we went on cycling adventures everyday (we explored our neighborhood) without fail! Yes, Cat & I go a longggggggggg way back and I’m glad she’s one of my oldest friends to date!

I’ve never shot at the Blue Mansion (aka Cheong Fatt Tze) before and was super excited about that! I’ve always admired what a wonderful job Szuf’s parents (Szuf is another primary school friend of ours. Yes, Penang is small!) did with conserving and refurbishing the heritage treasure. And of course, having been “cacat” for 5 weeks and not being able to shoot since the incident, I was stoked to finally be behind the lens again! (and I did it successfully with one hand!)

The perks of being a professional photographer is that your job brings you to so many interesting places like the Blue Mansion. I sometimes wished I was a Penang wedding photographer.  The little nooks and crannies of Penang are just so incredibly quaint and so beautiful! Needless to say, we had so much fun making them do twirls around the place  and the best part of the day – we ended with a BIG BANG! (of Sister’s char koay teow afterwards!)

Congrats to Cat & Lawrence on their upcoming wedding! Am totally looking forward to Cat’s Hens Night! (Did I mention she’s a WILD one? WILD with a capital W-I-L-D!)

A special shoutout to my bad-ass girlfriend, Hsuan who assisted us as the 3rd shooter that day!

We headed to E&O Hotel for a little bit after that, where Cat & Lawrence will be having their reception next year!