Remember the event announcement which I blogged about [here] ? I made my way there immediately after a loooong tiring day out in the hot sun, shooting away. Was looking forward to just wrap up my day with an ice-cold beer and some techno boomz! So there I was at the M.C Asia Music Factory “The Beginning” event at KL Live @ Life Center. It was an after party following the educational workshop on making DJ-ing a professional career, the revolution of digital music, evolution of music labels and music production.
Crystal and I went courtesy of Mypartners Communication who extended us the invites
I didn’t expect to see her there, and neither did she. We bumped into each other at the photowall and went “HEYYYYYYY!!!” haha. Love your poncho-like top, gurl 🙂 Also, I brought some friends in under my guestlist to enjoy the turntablism for the evening too.
So let’s take a look at who they are
BWAHAHAHAAH Joshua and Aaron’s expressions How can you not love ’em?
Brought Bok, Jun and yes, thats the same Joshua as the earlier photo Here we are upstairs at the VIP area to grab our drinks Eventually went downstairs because it’s much more fun there 🙂
and Rachel & Wilson too! Check out the amount of Tuborgs on our table LOL
and Inariprawnello Ken
I managed to catch local DJ Affiq and Funko Munky spinning when I arrived. As it was still way too early into the night, the crowd was dissapointing. People only started pilling in gradually towards midnight.
This Swedish DJ and electronic music producer spun his magic fingers at the decks from 10pm for an hour plus
He played well and it got some of us to the dance floor letting our hair down! Sadly, I was wearing booties that very night so wasn’t mobile enough to join the doods shuffling 🙁 Hah! I remember old buddy Rachel and I used to kick off our high heels and just shuffle and jump on the dance floor whenever we clubbed together
Next up was DJ Preach all the way from Canada! His beats were faster and incorporated some r&b rhythms
By 11.30pm lotsa people were there raving about right in front already. I was amazed at the amount of diverse people in this club. There were African-Americans, Brits, Australians, Pinnoys and of course Malaysians too.
Got tired from dancing and sat down with Alex, Ken and Jacque at the table 🙂
Couldn’t stay till the very end as I had an early day tomorrow morning, So I MISSED DJ MARCEL WOODS! /sob I was actually anticipating him all night though. But lets just hope the shufflers and poppers dancing right under the DJ console enjoyed themselves for me! Woots
Took a final piccie at the photowall before I left!
Thanks to Alex who shot this which made me look apparently very tall and thin (one of those rare pics which doesn’t make you look fat!)
Oh and just yesterday out shopping with Erin, I spotted something which looked really adorable. Silly things! Lady Gaga hairbows are all the rage for lazy peeps or peeps who ain’t got that long a crowning glory!
Lady Gaga wannabes, she’s sucha freak ya just gotta love her.
But I ain’t blonde, HOW? 🙁
MWAH! I wonder if I will ever be a psychotic enough to emulate her look one day 🙂
ROARRRRRRR 🙂 I just LOVE how body art perpetuates in all areas!
Gone are the days where body art only restricts us to draw Buncho or Acrylic paints on our faces during a circus carnival. Tattoos might’ve been something to frown upon by the elders back in the days but oh no, not anymore – not in this era.
You see many urbanites sporting artsy-fartsy tatts and yes, even grizzly looking ones on almost all areas of the body namely the arms, calves, shoulder blades, back, belly, ears, neck, wrist and the list goes on. But have you actually seen one :
ON SOMEONE’S SCALP?
Now you will. BECAUSE IMMA SHOW YOU THAT IT’S POSSIBLE.
Courtesy of Xavier Mah, PR Manager of A Cut Above, I was extended an invitation to attend Malaysia’s Largest Hair Tattoo Competition Finals 2009 held in Zouk KL. Being an avid fan of tattoos, body art and body mods myself, I was looking forward to it all week! 🙂
Thanks dude! 🙂
So yeah, we made our way to the VIP area of Zouk’s mainroom and waited for the event to begin. It kickstarted with 2 emcees which looked as thought they came out from the netherworld, complete with dreadlocks, doning black from top to toe and with kohl liners too.
We were kinda the only few peeps who weren’t wearing black
In fact, this event had THE MOST amount of guests wearing black that I have ever saw. Ya know in Malaysia, hair stylists or people in this in hair industry always seem to have a thing for black. Everyone looked like groupies of My Chemical Romance! 🙂
Mr. Don Seale of Wahl Far East gave his speach on why Wahl products should only be used for fine and precise hair tattooing
The emcees then introduced a special guest and one of the judges for this Hair Tattoo Competition up the stage. Mac is a world reknowned hair tattooist all the way from Japan!
I reckon that “Mac” could be a short name from his looooooong Japanese name 🙂
Charity is always such a beautiful thing. To give and donate to others with a kind heart gives a sense of a fulfilling wonder back to you. This whole event was actually a joint collaboration between Hair For You For Me (H4ufme) Malaysia and Lions Club of Bukit Tengku, supported by their main sponsor Wahl.
All the proceeds of this charitable event goes to 5 designated beneficiaries Disabled Homes, Deaf Homes, Childrens’ Homes and Kidney Failure Patients. Count me in whenever there’s charity involved! 🙂
Here’s Mac demonstrating a Phoenix + Dragon hair tattoo
It was soon time for the finalists to come up on stage to showcase their fine works of tattoo art. The stage was very oddly shaped so I couldn’t get to shoot ALL of the contestants but here’s a few though. Let’s take a look at some of them!
I have my personal favorites, what’s yours?
This one was a fusion! Reggae colors and dreadlocks on top
The flaming skull totally reminded me of Hot Wheels!
Bloody cool Hellboy designs Not to mention, the hair tattooist was really cute too with hair ala dragonball character
THE NEXT ONE TOTALLY WOWED ME
My personal favorite 🙂 Look closer, you’ll see facial features, complete with eyelashes and mascara
AND SINCE it’s my favorite, here’s another angle of them 🙂
Blingblings on the sideburns yo!
More! Spot Spiderman All of them vying to win the overall tital
When all the contestants finished doing their thang on stage with a few intervals of mysterious dance shows of dancers clad fully in a black translucent netting by A Cut Above, it was time for THE WALK of fame.
She was the only female model being hair tattooed!
My booties were beginning to kill me. So I finally sat down after a few hours standing. When each and every finalist and their models were done with the catwalks,it was time to reveal the winner!
But while waiting, how can I not camwhore with the peeps around me ey?
Mac the (cute) Hair Tatoo Artist from Japan and I
And of course Xavier and Erin who were sitting beside me 🙂
OKAY NOW LEMME ANNOUNCE THE TOP 3!
Winner
R5. Steve Chong Wai Fatt + His striking hellboy creation
1st Runner Up
R2. Heacky Cheach Yeu Hoe + His multi-coloured skull creation
2nd Runner Up
R6. Peter Pang Yong Chang + His life facial features creation
(He also bagged Most Talented Artist Award!)
Which was your fave anyhow? Mine is still THE FACE! 🙂 So abstract and Aquarius-like
Wheeeeee! Finally have the time to sit down and blog. Can’t believe I was in the car for 70% of my entire day today. Delivering CDs of event photos to a few clients and so on. Oh and it doesn’t help that I got lost in Cheras! Argh.
Anyway FML cases aside, Imma share with you my 2nd day of my travel escapade to Sabah! 1st day – [here]
Before I continue, I would like to acknowledge my sponsors Mayflower Holidays and Discovery Travel River Lodge. Without them, I wouldn’t have been thrown out to venture the unknown and this trip wouldn’t be made possible!
The day began with my waking up early in the morning – I’m so not a morning person!
My guest and good friend Jacque and I quickly got up and headed towards the main lobby of the lodge to have our breakfast. Yummy! It was prepared ala American breakfast set.
We set out for our morning river cruise, to spot the early birds and other wildlife on the speedboat again with our lifeguard Gary Solacito. This time round, we took the Teneggang Creek detour
And managed to see a Great Egret and the Oriental Pied Hornbill! They were flying really swiftly and looked really regal perched up high above. Sorry, it was incredibly faaaaaarrrr and impossible to catch them in a solitary position so this is (unfortunately) the only picture of the latter yeah.
So much for bird spotting! Hee.
Anyway, we kept seeing so many birds and some of them were really huge! Whoa I wonder what they feed on in the wild. Hmm… that’s not all. Here’s some really beautiful flower buds and full-bloomed flowers :
before
after!
The cruise along Teneggang Creek took some time and we finally arrived at another detour to the Ox-Bow Lake. Check out the “entrance” to it!
Looks like 2 pillars guarding or marking the territory
And here we are!
As we kept going deeper and deeper into the depths of the lake, we stopped by something that really is a wonder in the wild. It’s really pretty, no? The lake was almost crystal clear and freezing cold! Yeah I dipped my finger inside for the fun of it 🙂
Such a scenic view!
We continued cruising the creek and lake for more flora and fauna. Hmm truthfully, I never regretted setting off so early in the morning. Should we have not, we wouldn’t have managed to see certain animals which are only active in the morning as well as the fresh morning dew on the lush greeneries.
Couldn’t resist shooting the lil spider!
Such beauty should be shared! 🙂
As we c ontinued the cruise, Gary Solacito suggested that we go jungle trekking in the mangrove. I was initially very interested but alas, he mentioned that our shoes weren’t suitable to withstand the insanely thick mud and if we did go ahead, we would have to leave Sabah with one pair of shoes less.
AND I WASN’T GONNA SACRIFICE MY PAIR OF CROCS! Hee.
To make up for it, Gary and our speedboat captain then stopped by the river bank and dropped us off at a slightly-less-muddy ground to check out some insects and other creepy-crawlies.
Yes, creepy-crawlie Exhibit A.
I tell you, I reckon I’ve woken up the entire Borneo rainforest with my loud shrieks of revolt when I volunteered to place that wriggling leech on my hand.
God knows how hard I had to hold a straight face It was literally inching its way all over my arm! Dammit hahaha 🙂
Then again – an experience well endured. First was the giant roaches now the leeches! What next? LOL. Anyhoozers, after a few hours out in the early morning, we decided to head back to the lodge as it was beginning to get very sunny.
Teenaged boys catching fish for a living Man you should see their well sculpted bodies at such a young age! Totally beats our overweight Michellin young kids here in the city
Here’s one very interesting catch I spotted! It’s a silverish looking prawn with extremely pink eyes! No need for coloured contact lenses yo. But ermm.. it looks really angry in the picture.
Like, GTFO kinda angry. Okay prawn, I shall leave you in your crummy old cage in peace.
Ahhhh home as last! When our speedboat arrived at the makeshift jetty to our lodge, we jumped off, thanked Gary & the captain and made a dash to our rooms for a much needed rest – and more sun block lotion!
Doesn’t our cabin look really cosy here? It is just as comfy inside too 🙂
Okay, I gotta admit. I didn’t exactly get much sleep. Like, who on earth can still sleep after being out for almost 5 hours exploring the wilderness in the morning sun? Totally gets your adreanalin going bonkers already!
So I took more pichas for you! Wheeee This is the lovely view from our cabin balcony
After we slapped on some mozzie repellant (thanks Jacque dearie!) and sunblock, it was time for lunch already. Wonder what Chef M made for us today?
Simple yet mad-tasty! Technically, if you’re hungry EVERYTHING tastes amazing. Human are psychotic like that 🙂
After lunch, I spent some time with the adorable tabby cats around the cabin. Both of them were extremely tame! I wonder if they have names but I’m just gonna call them Mufasa and Aura.
Don’t ask me why I named them so, because if I named them Mickey and Minnie you would ask the same thing 😛
Meet MY PETS for the day!
I was madly in love with these beautiful yet tame felines. Jacque can totally vouch for that. I was practically sprawled all over the wooden flooring just to play,romp and take pictures with them.
Now, it’s quite obvious why I’d get a black cat tattoo-ed on my shoulder blade ey? I adore cats. And even that is an understatement.
But they don’t adore me as much. Se e? They fell asleep in my arms. 🙁
But too bad, I don’t need reciprocal love from cats! Muahahahaha so here’s more of these meows. Just because I love them so.
I bet right now mom will already be puking her gall out She hates cates LOL
One day mom, just one day Imma have 9 cats and you’re still gonna have to live with me! ^_____^ I know you love meeeee. Kakakaka
Next on our itinerary was mountain biking! Dammit, I don’t even remember the last time I rode a bike. Oh wait scratch that, I think I was chased by stray dogs the last time I did. Gahh.
THIS TIME AROUND I WAS CHASED BY A CHILD
Ohmy so terrified Im shaking in my shoes. -_-
Okay mebbe kids ain’t so bad after all. Provided they don’t wail or whine nor crap in their pants and make a huge scene after that. They are actually adorable – and fast learners! *cough*
I TAUGHT THEM THIS! WOOTS ROCK ON KIDDOS m/
We then went exploring past the main trunk road and riding all the way towards another village altogether. Needless to say, I almost fell off the bike countless times so yeah.
Spotted a colony!
But it was a long endurance mountain bike ride as certain parts of the roads have a very steep inclination so lets work out those thigh muscles yo! We rode past farms, plantations, deers (yes I swear I spotted one walking aimlessly by the roadside), cemeteries, wooden houses, brick houses, construction sites, schools and eventually pulled over by the river.
Hand crafted toys are such fun too! In your face, Toys R’ Us
With the locals
I was very fascinated by the likes of the children diving in one by one into the river, completely fearless of the murky waters deep down below and the existance of crocodiles or so I’ve heard.
No this is not a picture of me robbing the child of his candy
Did I mention that the logs and planks laid to float were extremely mossy and slippery? Better watch your step lest you fall straight into the river!
This was the last picha taken before I slipped right into the river! Arghh I was muddy all the way home 🙁
Back at the cabin, we took our showers and chit-chatted. I soon set out to lie in the middle of the grassy riverbanks admist the glowing rays of the evening sunset. Who could miss that? I certainly never would.
Evening sunlight is love
Yup, I began frolicking in the grass enjoying the breezy atmosphere of Borneo. Never had sucha relaxing evening in the city. This is just mad awesome here in Sukau Village
For a second there, I think I fell asleep right in the middle of the grassy field. I suppose if we did that here in the city, it would be far too dangerous. Soon, the sun began to set and I did some photography by the makeshift jetty with a very hunky young English gentleman which Jaque and I thought was reeeeeeeeelly cute!
Yes, the picturesque scene of the evening No pichas of the dude! 😛
Dinner buffer was served and the batch of tourists from the United Kingdom joined us for the meal. We made friends and I got to know that they were on a 3 week trip around Malaysia. Pretty cool 🙂 Makes me think of my bff there in UK! Miss her much.
M then cleared up the tables after dinner just before I took a picture 🙂
Somehow, Jacque was yearning to go fishing all afternoon. I never really took the interest… until, nightfall. *cough cough*
I wonder why. HAHA!
Stay tuned for Episode 3 the finale! Hope you’ve enjoyed Sabah today with meeee
OMG sorry! I’ve been really really busy, gosh. Was out the entire day yesterday and today. In fact, I just came home from Visiber’s ‘Bible of Numbers’ Grand Launch and Gala Dinner. Traffic was merciless after the event. Argh! Can’t do much for today too but I promise you swell updates soon! Yes, 2nd episode about my adventures being thrown into the wilderness of Sabah rainforests and river cruising too.
Day #2 coming up next! Here’s [Day #1’s entry] if you haven’t already saw it 🙂 Yes I spent an entire day with giant cockroaches and bat poo in a cave.
Kthxbai. I’ve got 500+ photos to filter and touch up now to submit to Martell V.S.O.P tomorrow! Won’t be getting much sleep tonight I reckon 🙁 Anyhoozers, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy so I cracked up some stuff!Got really tiredof skimming through the entire batch of photographs that
I decided to take a break and create some LOLcats fun. So you’ve seen 2 of my 1st set already. More to fun to come soon! (yes at the expense of those poor felines which I shot :P)
Hope ya like it! xoxo
Oh randomly, after asking on Twitter for some opinions on a GO or NO GO this afternoon, I decided succumb to majority and bought a really adorable retro black & red hairband bow.
Just got back from an extremely short trip to Penang for an appointment with Hard Rock Hotel’s Communication Manager Elisa Saw, over lunch. I had a Salmon Steak and Chocolate Ice Blended – which were my top faves in Hard Rock Cafe!
Can’t believe she only had Wild Mushroom Soup and a bowl of French Fries, like seriously babe, that’s all? Coolios. She kept yammering about needing to go on a diet, well the only person that needs dieting is certainly not her! It’s me LOL 🙂
Thanks for the awesome meal yo! Cheers
Anyway, remember the BRANDs Generasi Hebat launch I attended with Jaclyn and Cheesie [here]? Well the video is finally out for us to see!
After seeing the vibrant, fresh and talented ambassadors in the flesh, I was more keen than ever to watch the entire MTV video of it! Once again ,they are Hafiz, Aril, Akim, Black and Choo Hou Ren who were performing on stage during that launch!
Happy to share it with you guys 🙂
It’s in Malay and Mandarin – love how it all jives so well together.Oh and, I simply adore Hou Ren’s popping, locking and dropping moves! Smooth criminal yo, especially with his Mandarin rap verses. Totally owns! 🙂
Heyyy did you also notice that the dudes in the video has something in common? No it’s not their gender duh, it’s THE GREEN TIE which I blogged about [here] !
So you know what to do if you’ve read my blogpost on The Green Tie. You’re just a Green Tie competition away from a trip to Hong Kong Disneyland.For more info and to check out their Facebook App, clickety click [here]
Anyway folks, I’m back in KayElle already and I’m ready to rumble Heading to a shoot for Martell for tonight. BRB! 🙂
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