Wedding of Ben & Cecilia

Congrats to both Ben & Cecilia whom had tied the knot on 3-2-1 Go! It was such a happy occusion! Knew Ben for about 5-6yrs ago when we always hang around for Dinner&Movir marathon either in Rosewood or James' house. We used to do roller blading on Sundays at East Coast Park. He is also the one who always bring me out for nice food in HK as and when I go there for business trip.

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Wedding of Calvin & Yiki

As some of us got to know him by the nick 'Sillygoose' since his Passat dayz in Vagsg. Known Calvin for many years back and we used to hang out at the kopi & prata outlets during our 'cheong' days. His lovely wife, Yiki, used to be a SQ gal but now, she is a happy tai tai!

Here are some pictures which I helped them to take during their wedding banquet at Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel.

Congrats to Mr & Mrs Sillygoose!

Wedding of Delong & Bee Kim

Congrats to both Delong & BeeKim for their wedding day on 28 Feb 2009. I had known Delong since my day1 voluntary work in Silra Home. Bee Kim joined Joygathering after a year or 2 later. That was how they got to know each other in the home. During the event, we covered tea ceremonies at both homes, and St Teresa Church, as well as their Church wedding.

Result Announced

My "Hello Singapore, Lets Chingay" picture has been standing strong for the past few days. Listed #1 all the way throughout until that evening before closing date, it slided to #2, letting "People with Confetti" standing #1 throughout.
Aiai & myself called all our family members, relatives & friends to vote and getting all our friends to mobilise their friends on line to cast a vote as well but miracle didnt happen. Mid night striked, and my picture stood still at #2.
A little bit of disappointment as I wanted so much to win the first prize. This is my first time taking part in the official national photo competition and I wanted this so much so that it will be a good recognition for my photography career.
Nevertheless, here are the people that I really want to thank from my bottom of my heart:

My beloved Aiai - she has been so supportive from the start till the end. If not because of Aiai, this award will never come near.
- She came up with the idea of going to Chingay since we have never been one.
- She was waving all the times to the performancers so that I will have the eye-to-eye contact for my photos.
- She also suggested to send a few pictures to Xin.sg for the photo competition when she first heard it over the Channel 8 news.
- She helped me to QC and selected 10 pics for submittion. Out of the 10 pics, 8 of them for selected by the sponsors for public voting.
- She had been sms/email/facebook/msn to all her families, relatives & friends to support my pictures and lastly,
- she grap her notebook down to our lobby and search for free wifi to do last minute voting.
Aiai, tho it was only a kiss and a thank you to you last night but all you have done, touches my heart and deep in my soul. Thank you & I love you.

I also want to thank my Ow Pa who also had helped me so much by mobilising his JB & KL clans. After his calls, my picture did went up to #1, but stayed for awhile and it slided to #2. Nevertheless, Ow Pa, thank you thank you thank you for the final boost.
Of coz, Ow Di & Ow Mei whom had been helping me by msn & calling their friends to keep clicking on the vote buttom on my picture. Thanks di & mei.

My dear Su-Yee from KL. Thanks sis. My sis & bro in laws! Thank you all.
And my dear Daddy, whom had clicked over 100 times on the picture. Wow...

Lastly, to all my friends out there, you know who you are.... regardings my buddies, VAGSG/VAGMY friends, SGR gals, Facebook/MSN friends, colleagues, etc... BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL !!!!!

Here are some funny statements which I wanna shared with you during this voting season:

Chris: I voted for people with confetti and wonderland. nice.
Linus: voted! and revoted and revoted... total 10 votes from me... haha! all the best... need a convoy to sunway pyramid??
Meow Meow: Lelong mann!
Meow Meow, again: nearly click wrong place...
Eddie: Next time tell me earlier. I will show you the "online voting strategy"
Eddie, again: bro, just go to a few Internet Cafe - get the dudes and dudettes to click for ya!
Jan: i bribe my little bro: "i loan u my pc, u just keep on clicking the vote button every minute" =P
Choon Hong: Ha .. have not look into the source code. Maybe can cheat .. do a endless HTTP Post ... ;)
Ow Pa: 我已经出动所有新山和吉隆坡的总动员 !!!!

This episode I learnt alot about kinship & friendship! How everyone has been out there supporting me. Its really priceless! Cant get #1, No worries! Try harder next time!

Chingay Photo Competition

As you all know I was at the Chingay night shooting some pictures and just out of fun, I submitted 10 pictures to the Xin.sg for the photo contest. 8 out of 10 pictures got selected by the sponsors for voting. I was so happy when I saw my pictures in the voting page.

On 18 Feb, my Chingay picture is already standing No1 against all other 180 pictures and many others of my pictures are also ranking top 10 right now.

Please continue to vote for me, cast some votes on my pictures. The closing date is coming Tues, 24 Feb. Hopefully, I can get into the top 3 and walk away a return ticket to KL! ;-)

Vote the pictures here : http://www.xin.sg/photo2009/list_photo.html

与神共游

This is proberly the most happening festival I even attended - 游神 in Johor Bahru. It happens every 21st day of the Lunar New Year and Ow Di invited me to go with him, for the very first time. The event started 7pm and last till 2am. According to the morning papers, more than 300,000 Chinese took part in the event, either came to witness this grand event, if not, to participate in the festival.



Together with 古龙, Ow Di, Aiai & me, we walked from the 古庙 to City Square which was about 8km and with my 3.5kg of equipment and a pair of slippers, its really no joke. When we reached City Square, saw Ow Pa leading the City Square clan and keep shouting "世界第一 " to the performers! What a night!

Here are some pictures of the festival, Enjoy.

For the very first time, its my first time holding a M16... oppsss.. I meant, a shortgun and firing at objects! Yep, thanks to Eddie, who organized this Trap outing for us. About 10 of us (including some Eddie's frens whom we had not met). Shooting was fun but kinda expensive game. 1 round costed me $65. But its worth trying for the first time.

Ouch! Did I even mention I got 'blue-black' on my right shoulder muscle after the game? ;-)

Wedding of Hong Guan & Vanessa

Congratulations to Hong Guan & Vanessa. It has been a pleasure working together with you guys and thank you for letting me to share this special moment with you.

Have a blessed wedding and wish you Happy ever after!

Zaino DIY Workshop

Yep! I did it again! Giving lessons to forum members on how to DIY their cars using Zaino products - the easy and professional way! 16 members attended my lessons and they all walked away with the product knowledge plus the essential ways on Zaino DIY.

Club July & My Aiai little bday party

I had this honour to shoot this lovely Bistro called Club July, located at the back of Bishan Sports Complex. The lady boss, Freda, needs some pictures for their upcoming website and these pictures will be used. Thanks to Aaron meow meow for recommending us to this cozy corner where its a nice place to chill out with some friends for cold beer, fresh cakes, a game of pool or even karaoke! They specialised in western and local food and hey, they do Zi Chai too and please insist on their beef stirred with young ginger & onions. Thats my favourite!





Here are some cute pics took that evening when we had little celebration for Aiai. Yep, its early but it was also a surprise one for her.

Zaino DIY Workshop

Oh Ya, its here again! I will be conducting free workshop this coming Sunday - 8 Feb 2009 for those who are keen to learn how to do a good & proper job on DIY his own car.
The workshop will cover all the Zaino basic and essential products to DIY your car, mainly the Z-AIO, Z2-Pro, Z5-Pro (with ZFX), Z6, Z8 and of coz, the latest product Z-CS from ZainoBros.

It will be a 3hr of interactive session, watching me doing the full 3 system coating process on a demo car and also you and other attendees can ask me any questions regards to Zaino or auto detailing related questions and I will try my very best to answer all the questions. If not, you know you can always email me at kar@soon.com

So, why not spend this fruitful moment with me and my fellow team at Karspa Pte Ltd, 115 Enuos Ave 3 this coming Sunday at 9am. Breakfast buffet & light refreshment will also be provided at the workshop. We looking forward to see you there.

To register, please email to info@karspa.com.sg
stating your name and contact number.

Best regards,
Karspa Team

Chingay gay!

For the very first time, me and Aiai, caught the act of Chingay parade. With a few good friends, we managed to squeeze ourselves through the human packs and stood right infront of the road barriers. 3hrs of action pack from the more than 4000 performers & 13 floats, this year say to be the best of its kind! Among all, my favourite was the China No1 Fire Dragon which lots of fire sparks was used during the show. *Respect*

My back was hell painful after the event which all those standing and bending forward to take close up pictures (thanks to my non-zoomable prime lens).

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Questions about Wedding Photography

This was the first time I was called to meet up with the clients to review my work and portfolio in person. Past deals, it has been just phone calls, emails or just a causal meet up and usually the clients will sign up for my package. But this one is a little special. Not only they requested to meet me in person, but also my partner, Videographer. They wanted to see our past work and also got to know us better in person.

So, during the meet up, they browsed through my work and then they asked me some questions which I think its really good as they know exactally what they want for their AD photographers. I reckon those are good questions and thus I put them here as FAQ in case if I got asked again, I can simply point them to this link here. ;-)



The couple: what make you different from the rest of the AD photographer.
Me: Photography is an Art and its rather subjective. Its also what you are paying me for.

The couple: do I get thousands of pictures by the end of the day?
Me: my series do tell a story but I do not promise I will be able to deliver thousands of pictures by the end of the event. Quality pictures yes, but not quantity.

The couple: dont you give further discount?
Me: My rates might not be the best out in the market but my rates are certainly prices within market rates. I am confidenced to price my package for quality & trust.

The couple: do you speak Hokkien? My old folks at home only speak Hokkien and some Teochew.
Me: I am a Hokkien and I work as a volunteer in Silra Home. To handle old folks during my work is just a part of the parcel of my service. To be comfortable with me with you (the clients) and the rest of your guests are my priority.

The couple: do you advice the procedures on the tea ceremony?
Me: I will always advice the procedures specially on the tea ceremonies to the newly wedded couples but if the elderly have their own preference, we will leave it to them to take charge.

The couple: why do you think your 2 photographer backup system is better than 1?
Me: With Karsoon Photography, you only pay 1 photographer for the price of 2 photographers. By saying that, me and my partner work hand in hand to cover THE moment as much as we can so to complete the day of your dream. With 2 photographers, we also ensure we can assign ourselves in 2 different locations such as bride and groom's house, hotel room and receipt/front desk area, etc. With just only 1 photographer, you can only pray he doesnt get sick or nothing happens to him. 2 is always better than 1.

Email me if you have any queries and I will be most happy to answer them.

Just when you need these pictures

and good old friend Anthony sent me these and asked

"Bro, is this your next ride?"

When you know you are aging...

Gracefully, i meant.

I have my Audi roadmap all pathed.

Me, this 2009 is 38. I will get my S5 in 2010.

2010 - 2015 - S5

2016 - 2020 - A7 Cabriolet

But how does A7 sedan looks like?

Imagine the pictures below with 2 dr and no roof ... Audi A7 Cabriolet.

Silra Home - CNY 2009 Celebration

Red red red !!! You see red everywhere during our Chinese new year celebration at Silra Home this year. Yeah, we were putting our new Joygathering crew polo on the day to spice up this joyful event. This year, we prepared 8 plates of Yushen, lots of games (oh, I love the God of Fortune costums competition), food, performances and of coz, Lion dance. We had a good turnout for this year. Thanks to all the volunteers/performers/Lion dance group/caterier who had put their time and effort for this event.

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Xmas Gathering @ Rosewood

Buddies celebrating Xmas at Rosewood. Dinner, lots of deserts (log cakes & icecream), movie and followed by our favourite board game - Pictionary.

Wishing everyone - Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year !

Hello Pak Hing

It has been a long time since Pak Hing last visited us in Singapore. So, since he is here in Singapore this weekend, we die die got to set up a dinner gathering for him and his family! His 'SPECIAL' kid was here with us too. Simply love the kid.

Dinner at Jumbo Seafood - Riverkey Point

Audi A6 Launch

Yet another exciting launch by Premium Auto - The new facelift Audi A6. Venue at Oosh, Dempsey Road.

Wedding of WeiMeng & Caroline

Congratulations to WeiMeng & Caroline. Some say they are the Vagsg version of Christopher Lee and Fann Wong. ;-)