Charby’s Shoot

Yiming, originally uploaded by Lobinhoot.

Yes, its been (quite) awhile since I blog. Oh well, I was busy with work and more work. Haha… I just went for Charby’s shoot this morning at Sentosa. Its was tiring, but it was worth the trip. With 4:1 ratio of photographers to model, definitely worth it. Check the pics out!!

I’m currently watching the Newcastle-Everton game on cable. Its just passed the hour mark and both teams are tied at 1-1, with the Magpies having a free-kick at the edge of the Everton penalty box. Newcastle scored a debatable goal, with the striker clearly being off-side. Wonder what the Assistant Referee was thinking? But Tim Cahill equalised for Everton just before half-time with a superd trademark header. I’m still rooting for the Blues to beat the Black & Whites!

Okie, kinda tired. Wrong, understatement. Freaking tired. But I’m gonna just lay on the bed and finished the Everton game before sleeping. Long day tmr…

Yummy!!!

Hokkien Mee, originally uploaded by Lobinhoot.

I tot I’ll never get to find the “love” of my life again… Hang on… I’m referring to my favourite Hokkien Mee from the stall at Whampoa Drive Market. And guessed what? I was coming back from some errands and decided to go to the market to get some food. As I walked the aisle of the temporary food centre & market, I was greeted with a warm and familiar smile. “Aunite!!”, I exclaimed and almost extended my arms to hug her hubby, the chef who frys the Hokkien Mee ever since I was a 4 year-old boy. I’m so regular at the stall I don’t even need to place my order. Auntie and uncle will nod their head and jus asked if I wanted chilli for my meal. Such is the warmth you get for being loyal customers.

And so, here I am, happily savouring my Hokkien Mee once I got home. I decided to whisk out my camera and snap away as I finished my meal in less than 30 mins (Check out my flickr and follow my Hokkien Mee trail). *Ahhhh~~~* Shiok! Okie, time to head for my notes and prepare for my little exam tomorrow.

Outdoor Model Shoot

Peggy, originally uploaded by Lobinhoot.

What a sunday?! Don’t get me wrong, I’m trying to say, WOW! WAT A SUNDAY!! =D See the difference with a smiley to the end of your statement? We should all learn to add those smileys to our SMSes and Emails more often. =) It just brings out the different “tones” of your intended messages to your other party.

Okie, back to sunday. Went for my second outdoor model’s shoot in a couple of months. Met a few familiar faces from previous shootouts and more importantly, meeting a PRO in PhoaKM(CS nick). He’s really a PRO (to me and some, at least). Never underestimate what a guy with the skills and knowledge of phtography can do. He whips up magical shots when most of us can only dream of shooting. Actually, it also bore down to experience. But for a guy who only uses digital SLR for 2 years, AMAZING.

So, we met the gang at about 3:30pm on sunday at Sentosa. Usually, the sun, sand and sea will be greeting us. But what really happened was the storm, the thunder and lightning that “warmly” welcomed us on sunday. Perseverance does pay off. We wasted no time and started our shoot in a little hut just below the bus stop at Rasa Sentosa. After a couple of snaps, the owner of the hut (which sells a bottle of 500ml Coke for $S$2.70) decided we were having too much fun in his premises and chased us away. The PRO then suggested to go to the Ferry Terminal area and so we went. It turn out to be much better, though there the glaring eyes of the public. But our models were all professionals. Well done, girls!

The shoot went on till about 8:30pm. A first for many of the photographers to be shooting till this late (lucky I had my flash with me). Can’t wait for Peggy(New Face 2006 finalist) to organise her next shoot. =D

Everton 3-0 Loserpool

Let’s face it! The blue half of merseyside was playing much, much better football than the red half on Saturday. Perhaps Liverpool’s boss, Rafael Benitaz will be complaining that they were not used to playing during lunch time. Or even, blame it on his selection, which was totally out of the blue! Hmm… Blue? Yeah! For a long, long time Everton has been in the red shadows of Liverpool and for once, the game on saturday silenced them. I was glad Benitaz played Pepe Reina instead of Jerzy Dudek. What a bloody clown Reina turn out to be?! Or perhaps thats what he does best – clowning around in his 6-yard box area. The third goal by Andy Johnson was a gift from Reina. Thank you very much, says Johnson. To think Reina’s a top-class goalkeeper. Hahahah!!

I was reading the stats on evertonfc.com before the 204th merseyside derby and all of the statistics was in favour of Liverpool. Check this out. Everton only won once in their past 14 encounters against Liverpool. Having Andy Johnson in a blue shirt paid off, as he scored the winning goal for his previous club, Crystal Palace, back in 2004, against Liverpool. Johnson scored 2 goals on Saturday. Tim Cahill made history by being the first player to score against Liverpool in 3 consecutive seasons, in 102 years. The last time a Everton player did it was Alex “Sandy” Young between 1901/2 to 1903/4.

Everton has not scored 3 goals against Liverpool since August 1966, when the Toffees won 3-1. That’s a long 40 years! This was by far one of the best performance by Everton in a long time. Actually, I thought I’ve seen the best of Everton when we beat Spurs, with 10 men, a fortnight ago. But to win a derby game is more sweet than gulping condensed milk by itself (I’d gladly gulp it down). As Tim Cahill puts it before the derby, “We wanna have bragging rights”!!! Well, to be above Liverpool in the league table 2 seasons ago was good. But to beat them by 3 clear goals in a merseyside derby, its GREAT feeling! I’m definitely gonna relived this match over and over again. Time to put my DVD Recorder to good use.

C’mon Everton!!!

Kids Central “Live”

Kids Central “Live”, originally uploaded by Lobinhoot.

I was covering the Kids Central event last week. It was interesting to see the children getting all hyped during the show. Quite similiar to how, we adults enjoy a good concert, say by Coldplay. “Yellow…..” Ok ok… Better dun get carried away now. Parents were towing their kids along for the kiddy show, but actually half the audience were adults (parents actually). Still, I think both the adults and kids were enjoying the night. We got to see Teens Titans, Justice League – Girl Power and Batman!! And before the show, some got to see the Looney Tunes at the outdoor carnival. Well, before this night I will never know Robin (from Batman’s fame) switched to become a Teen Titan. Well, we ought to become a kid (again) sometime in our life, as we grow old…. Ok, let’s not go there… =)

RSAF Open House 2006 – 2 & 3 Sep

RSAF Open House 2006, originally uploaded by Lobinhoot.

It was a hectic week ending for me. On friday, there was the RSAF Day at Tengah Air Base in the morning. Then afternoon was a madhouse rush to PLAB for the RSAF Open House. And I was down at PLAB on saturday for the Minister’s Opening ceremony on 2 Sep, Saturday. But life will be rather slow and dull without the occasional rush. But we’ve also to curb that very “Rush Factor” if we were to do things safely. No point getting hurt and being unsafe just to rush things through.

I think the RSAF Open House was a success! Every time I turn my shoulder on Saturday, I could see someone. It was packed. And it was nice to see lots of familiar faces at the ground too. Lots of hand-shaking and greetings. Hope I get to shoot more facinating pictures in the near future.

Its back to work tomorrow, once again….