This was definitely one of the most educational shoots I’ve ever had. It started out with the press event where the prestigious history of the German watchmakers was presented along with a whole array of watches going up to 1.8 mil ringgit a pop! Plenty of ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ ensued as the signature piece for this year’s collection was unveiled. It was at this point that my HTC HD2 felt slightly inadequate in telling time…

A short break after the press conference and then it was off to Lafite for the Masters Dinner, a token of appreciation from Sincere to their long-standing customers. A butler was hired to stand in with the guests for pictures whilst a trio on strings accompanied the 6 course dinner. Towards the end, the watches were presented to all the guests to inspect and admire upon their own wrists. There could not have been a single person there that did not appreciate the little pieces of luxury the moment the clasp was fastened. As it turned out, even the sous chef came by to admire the watches and happened to be the proud owner of an antique A Lange and Sohne which had been in his family for 5 generations. Time to start saving for a new watch me thinks…

Babies seems to be the in-thing these days. Go out to the malls on the weekends and count the amount of families with a baby in a stroller. A lot out there I tell you! Guess who’s going to join that group soon?

Anyways, covered a Cukur Jambul for Izan a few weekend’s ago. Drove up the road and stopped at the house and thought it looked familiar. Izan was actually Iziana’s sister, one of our Fifoto couple!

But today was Jake Harris’s day. It was his Cukur Jambul day, a Malay tradition where family members and friends cut bits of his hair.

Thing was, baby Jake was crying a little during the ceremony but when he was brought around to meet the guests (who were also at the same time, reciting prayers) he fell completely asleep. I suppose the rhythm of the prayers soothes him to sleep.

Was really great getting to experience this unique Malay tradition. Some of my favourite shots below.

It is turning out to be a busy and exciting month for me, not only photography wise, but also generally. My apartment ‘modification’ works was completed a couple of days ago, and just a few hours ago, I was just accepting delivery of my furniture, couch, electrical stuff and all the other itsy bitsy bits. But the biggest delivery will happen in a couple of weeks! Exciting times ahead! Stay tuned to THAT ‘delivery’!!

So before all this exciting times, and the crazy World Cup fever that made everyone have sleepless nights and loss of money (due to disappointing results or a ‘worldwide conspiracy’), I shot a rave. Been a while since I last covered a rave, or a dance event. It was a Freedom night and the highlight was ‘Above & Beyond’. The name was not familiar to me but apparently they are quite good or maybe really good.

The night started out quite slow, maybe it was early, maybe some were watching the world cup match, but by the time Above & Beyond came on, the whole of KL Live was packed and the crowd was already pumped up and ready to partay! And as expected, the crowd went crazy when Above & Beyond came on.

So their tunes were somewhat familiar to me but judging from the response from the crowd, they were just damn good!

I love raves!

Sitting comfortably at my office desk with bam bam on my lap and one hand in a cast, and as I think of what to write about, with a million things going through my head all at once, and as I narrate this word by word, HsienMing is typing it out. (Hi HsienMing here, its the first time I am doing something like this where somebody is sitting beside me and narrating about this blogpost it feels definitely weird!) Oh yes! It feels weird for me too but in a good way! I have always thought it was cool if someone could read my mind and convert my thoughts to text. I am half way there!

The Piaget 20th anniversary was celebrated at The Sultan Lounge, Mandarin Oriental last Tuesday. The party, as with any parties thrown by Amri was lavish, chic and bubbly! Piaget jewelery and watches were showcased together with pieces from local artist Nini and designer Khoon Hooi who contributed to 20th celebration. Jason and I were stationed at 2 separate photo walls and captured the glamorous socialites as they entered and partied the night away.  Atilia, the famous jazz singer who was one of the Raymond Weil Noemia girls, jazzed up the party with a few catchy tunes. Famous local celebs like Sheila Majid and Danielle Graham  also made an appearance.

Congratulations, Piaget on 20 years of glitter!