YOU GO FUN .....

Today I received an email from Joyce, http://www.yougofun.com. In fact this is the first time a crew from a Chinese based website came to see us!!! Oh dear ... anyway, here is their links on our humble hotel .... and a quote from Dylan, their presenter!!! Please pardon my POOR CANTONESE.... cause I don't speak much Chinese!! ARGH!! Embarrassing only!!

And here is an excerpt of Dylan's comments in Chinese! (You will need Chinese Text installed to be able to view it correctly)

通常规划出国旅游的行程里，我们都会不由自主的填上一些当地的名胜古迹，
那你对自己国家的历史和古迹，又知道多少呢？
我坦白，我不了解，我惭愧。
原来，不用坐飞机，在自己的领土上你也一样可以找到感动。

我记得小时候，这个地方我一年最少来3次，
因为前往新加坡的列车，是从这里出发的。
目前部分月台已转化为运输列车专用道的吉隆坡火车站，
原来再多1年，就要100岁了。

国家保护级的古迹，自然处处可见历史的痕迹。
那一眼望穿的拉轴电梯，百年来辛劳卖命，于是每处尘封的缝隙，
我们都听见岁月的呐喊，浓烈的念旧情怀涌上心头，
难怪不少连续剧、电视广告，甚至新婚沙龙都指定在这里取景。

站前旅馆历经岁月的风霜，设备环境自然无法媲美繁华的5星级饭店，
不过我在想，每年大量来自全球各地的背包旅客都会选择汇聚馆内求见历史，
单单这种不收费的文化交流与冲击，又岂是5星级饭店所能及的呢？
行动支持推广国内古迹计划，刻不容缓。

Thank you Dylan and the entire crew of YOUGOFUN and please do support them for they have really some great topics and ideas!!!

Also please support our + BRIDES : QUEST FOR INNER BEAUTY PROJECT!!! Its an extremely rare opportunity!!!

PLUS BRIDES - QUEST FOR INNER BEAUTY

ABOUT THE SIX PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PART IN THIS CHALLENGE;

JON LOW

Jon Low loves photography. His portfolio consist works from wedding celebrations by various ethnic races in Malaysia. This includes Malay, Chinese, Christian, Indian, Sikh Weddings and more. Jon is currently loving wedding portraiture, where he challenges himself in creating dramatic, timeless wedding fine art pieces.

Jon Low is the main preson behind Ideal Wedding Studios who are dedicated to listen,plan and execute your needs for wedding portraiture, actual wedding day and would love to be part of your wedding celebrations. For more information, please visit http://www.idealwedding.net

ANNA-RINA

A fast-rising wedding and portrait photographer, bubbly Anna-Rina has made her presence felt in the local scene with her intimate wedding photography as well as projects with local publications such as Cleo and Men's Health.

Anna-Rina has also appeared in a 3R/Dove TV feature about women working in male-dominated industries, won the 2008 Cleo Young Achiever's Award for 2008 and was also a featured speaker in the 2nd National Youth Entrepreneur Convention in January 2009.

Ever the optimist, Anna-Rina dedicates time and energy into making those close to her happy. That is clearly
reflected in the photographs that she takes, as she immortalizes the best moments of our lives in beautiful photographs with an unconventional twist.Her recent projects can be seen on her blog site at http://www.anna-rina.com

JOSHUA K.

Joshua K is a wedding and portrait photographer. He founded Inlight Photos in 2007. Joshua is well-known for his passion in creative photography and is also well-admired for his positive approach to life and for his friendly personality.

Joshua especially loves capturing people with the intention to encapsulate every distinctive emotion and memories of his subjects. Contemporary, creative, innovative, natural and dynamic are dominantly Joshua's photography style. For more information, please visit http://www.inlightphotos.com

ZACH CHIN

Zach Chin is a wedding photographer who believes that the relationship between a couple and a photographer is not solely based on a piece of a black and white contract. Instead, it is a far more meaningful one where he is passionate on sharing his expertise and creativity to capture photos of your wedding that are engaging, personal and simply breath-taking.

As he understands the significance of this wonderful occasion, he will do whatever it takes to ensure you are able to relive the beautiful moments of your wedding experience over and over again. From a simple gesture of adjusting your wedding gown to securing the best location for that perfect shot, you can certainly rely on his unrivaled commitment to deliver you the memories you have always dreamt of.

Zach Chin can be aptly described as a visual artist who appreciates that every couple is unique and is always keen to hear your stories. Stories of how you first laid eyes on each other to how you finally realized that he or she was the one you would grow old together. By sharing your personal anecdotes, he believes that this will help him understand your distinctive personalities and allow him to translate them into photos that you will cherish and leave a lasting impression. For more information, please visit http://www.zachchin.com

KENNETH TAN

Great photos are not taken with eyes, but with imagination and passion; this is the simple belief of Kenneth Tan, founder, Fabulous Chapter Photography bases on.

Kenneth loves to see things in a different angle while capturing moments and details unobtrusively; natural is the key and alertness is essential. For an important date that marks a new chapter in a lifetime, he believes in recording the essence and true emotions of the day that brings you right back into the wedding.

Fabulous Chapter is a team that offers photography services for your solemnization ceremony, wedding day and personalized modern wedding portrait. For more information, please visit http://www.fabulouschapter.com

ADAM ONG

Adam Ong is known for his outstanding visuals in his works focusing mainly on pre wedding. Starting out as a bridal photographer with numerous established bridal houses in Malaysia, Adam quickly rose the ranks to become a Creative Director of photography with his last posting. He then decided to come out on his own in order to broaden his horizons and fully explore the extent of his creativity. He has amassed an impressive portfolio in a short time and is now dabbling to refine his art via artistic tools.

Much of Adam's work is based on his interactions with his clients, giving them control over the entire outcome of the photography, while Adam works within their confines to bring out the best in them. Highly sought after by couples around the world, Adam is now fast becoming one of the most notable young photographers in the region. For more information, please visit http://www.adamongphotography.com


This is an opportunity not to be missed as we have assembled 6 young and talented photographers for this project .... if you would like to know more, please click HERE;

FABRIQUE

Tiger Lily in an alternate world

Weddings, weddings, weddings ...... I have seen so many Pre Wedding photography here until I am pretty confident that I can tell you what is all about ...... but unbeknown to many, we too have had a lot of model shoots as The Heritage Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. I mean, why does pre wedding photos have to be typically traditional? Well, I know the answer to that question as well as my wife also wants to take our pre wedding pictures focusing more on the traditional gown ...... but, but, can there be an alternative to just the traditional white/ivory wedding gown?

Here I give you FABRIQUE, by Calvin Cheong, who came to The Heritage Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, when we first started out on our Photography Project. Calvin and his buddies just walked in at a time when we didn't even have application forms .... fuyoh, that was a long time ago, if you ask me .... Unfortunately, I was a little *blur* *blur* about "who was who" and "what was what" at that time. In fact, as a hotelier, I normally do not meet such magnanimous and gregarious people from other industries. I am thankful to be working here as I have met so many different people from all walks of life .... its like a breath of fresh air for me. Anyway, I give you photos from FABRIQUE .....

I really like this set of photos.... it's just so refreshing and nice .... something different from the usual Pre Wedding that we are so accustomed to .... In actual fact, if you like the pictures, Calvin Cheong will be featured in FEMALE MAGAZINE's upcoming BRIDAL issue, slated for June 2009! Watch out for it! For more information on FABRIQUE, please click here. Oh yeah, FABRIQUE has a very interesting website too!!!

STEVEN & EMILY

You know, I am actually fond of this guy .... why so? Well, if you follow my blog, you will know that I normally have some exchanges with one of the photographers who used to come here pretty often from a Bridal House. I am fond of him because I have seen his works grow .... and grow he did, and I do hope his new venture will only serve to make him better ..... I really like his style of photography (I like many others too! But not telling!!!). Who is this guy I am talking about? Well, he is a nice, bubbly chap, but as I don't speak much Chinese, at times I kinda feel it hard to communicate with him ... but we always end up playing with each other, exchanging friendly banters ..... Guys and Gals, please welcome into the foray of freelance wedding photographers, Mr. ADAM ONG.

What I am going to post here is a tribute to knowing Adam and these will be one of the last batch of photos at The Heritage Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, I guess, as Adam is now travelling to many other places, taking all types of pictures. As such, despite my extremely busy schedule, I will take the time to write one of weird haikus, once again, in tribute to Adam as I have seen his work evolve ... and what a beautiful thing that was .....

DARK
(a haiku-ish prose by The Hotel Station Master)

A seed, planted,
Without love, without care,
Dark and dank,
I huddle in search of warmth.

Appear, from the earth,

With painted colours, so vibrant,
I alone, withstand,
The trials and tribulations of nature.

The wind blows,

And you came, without care,
To ridicule and badger me,
My heart cries in the dark.

With your slightest touch,

I realize how wrong was I,
The warmth of your hand,
Brings hope to my world.

It's dark and warm, odd,

For in darkness I find my solace,
In your voice and tone,
Share with me your everything.

I feel your every move,

I take in your every breath,
I softly outline your every detail,
Nourished to flourish.

I spread my wings,

My heartbeat flutters,
Your warmth in the dark,
Is like no other in this world.

Fly! Fly! Flying,

It's dark but I see,
The different shades of black,
Crescendo after crescendo.

How I long to be,

It's warm and so cosy,
You bring life back to me,
in my darkness, you and me.

The couple Steven and Emily from what I gather is from the United Kingdom and The Team from The Heritage Station Hotel offers you our heartiest congratulations on your wedding. Adam has said that this his shots this time around were of a "concept shoot" in nature, but it just looks so good! Anyway, once again, CONGRATULATIONS to both Steven, Emily and Adam, for a great set of pictures!!! If you would like to see Adam's other works, please click here.

THE GRIM REAPER COMETH!

Hurm ... ok ok .. let's keep it short and simple. I am going on a witch hunt for photographers who owe me pictures!!! So beware your hair!!! (I forgot which cartoon that famous pharse came from ... hee hee). I am now sorting through my OUTLOOK and CD's to see who owe's me pictures!!! So to all you couples and photographers out there (more likely the PG's) .... you may get a strange knock on your PC or Laptop .... beware for the GRIM REAPER COMETH TO YOUR COMPUTER!!!

And don't tell me to download pictures from your blog or website!! If you do, please have a closer look into LUCY'S EYE........

And now, the mists will cover the world as the Grim Reaper begins his slow swagger to your computers near you ..... GWA HA HA HA!!! (Evil Sinister Cold Laughter)

THE SMALL FRY .... WITH A BIG DREAM.

Greetings Guys and Gals,

Its been sometime again ..... well, I can tell you we have more and more things brewing for you Guys and Gals in 2009!!! Oh no ... we are now going to go FULL FORCE on some of our projects .. so all you Guys and Gals in the region.... watch out for some of our "weird & unique" events happening really soon! This is going to be one of my shortest posts!! Ha ha ha!

Take care!

PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND

There are a lot of things I understand. There are also a lot of things I don't understand. So I hope someone can help me understand the nature of things in this world. Let me list down one thing that I don't understand;

You know, to organize this event with all our partners giving it all; Pretty In White sponsoring gowns, Mr. John W. Ishii giving his time to teach amidst his busy schedule, FotoKrazy.com helping us with all logistics for the Penang and Ipoh Trip, Malaysia Brides.com for supporting us with official forum space, Tommy and I putting everything together in the background, I still cannot understand. Normally an event like this, one would, and should, charge at least a few hundred ringgit, but NO, we do it for RM25.00. We put in our own money, time and energy. We spell out our terms and conditions CLEARLY. And yet, and YET, AND YET, why do some people treat us like we are just, oh, "another RM25.00 function, it's nothing lar". Like Scrooge said in - A Christmas Carol; "Bah! Humbug!". Well then, I would like to see anyone get into a photographic workshop with one of the "Renowned Malaysian Photographers" and see if you can enroll yourself for a RM25.00 Workshop. Bah! Humbug! Again, people are so discourteous. I still cannot understand. No call, no sms, no email .... NO NOTHING AGAIN!!! AARRGGHH!!!

The Return Of The Laughing Man ..... Again!
Why are people so discourteous?

Please someone explain to me why we should bother continuing with our prewedding community project when we give it our all and yet some people treat us like this .... *sigh*......

CALLING CALLING!!!!

Hello? Anyone there? Its been sometime since I updated this blog, but as you can see, I have been so busy with changing servers and fiddling with CSS, HTML, XML, JS, FLASH, etc ... and I am no web page designer.... Ha ha ha ... ar well, I learnt something along the way, which I doubt would be of any use to me as a Hotelier .... ha ha ha.... anyway, we have redirected our blog to http://blog.prewedding.info and 70% of the site is done (Graphically that is). Now comes the hard part about META, SITE-MAPS, ROBOTS and other nitty gritty .... Also my feeds are giving me issues as well ... *sigh* ... more reading for me to do ..... ha ha ha .... That's what you get when you change Name Servers ... I should have just pointed the A Records .... (found that out a little too late!). I also would love to work with an integrated suite of software as opposed to my current standalone...... but I still need to understand how tables and frames work! If you have a comment on the new website, please do drop me a comment!

Ok. This is not about my web page ramblings ... this is now officially to announce;

WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS REGISTRATION!!
THE ROAD TRIP UP NORTH BEGINS, OFFICIALLY!!!

The Heritage Station Hotel Kuala Lumpur with it's Partners, Organisers and Sponsors, has selected 6'real' couples for this community based event .... now we are on the hunt for 15 + 15 'hobbyist' photographers to complete the circle! Read on for more information!

Our couples have been selected .... Are you going to be a part of
the next group of photographers?

" This is a semi-structured workshop where our speaker will share some tips and techniques on photography with actual 'hands on' on-site location shoots of our selected couples. The sites will be (weather permitting) Penang (on 29th November 2008) and Ipoh (on 30th November 2008). Mr. John W. Ishii will also be on hand to give advice on how to shoot at the specified locations, giving you the opportunity to interact with him "

Terms & Conditions;

1. Space is limited to 15 photographers per City (Penang - 15 Photographers & Ipoh - 15 Photographers)
2. Date of event - Penang (29 November 2008, Saturday) & Ipoh (30 November 2008, Sunday).
   
3. There will be a different set of challenges (Penang event starts from 2.00 pm / Ipoh event starts from 8.00 am) as please be prepared for anything! We REALLY MEAN IT!
4. All registrants must be ‘hobbyist’ photographers. This event is not open for 'professional' photographers.
5. Minimum requirement – must own your own DSLR (any make and model).
6. All entries will be vetted by our board of moderators and we will confirm your seating by 15 November 2008.
7. A minimum subscription of RM25.00 Nett per person is applicable for food and drinks that will help cover everyone. Payment must be made on the day of the event. As this is a community based project, once your seating is confirmed, if, for whatever reason you cannot attend, please contact us immediately.
   
8. Please do not make any attempt to contact our organizers and partners regarding your registration as we will only confirm seating by 15 November 2008.
9. By registering, you will give rights to The Heritage Station Hotel KL and its partners of this event to utilize your photos for Non Commercial Purposes only. Please note that The Heritage Station Hotel KL and its partners of this event will not own the copyright nor the IP of the photos taken. By registering, you will also agree to abide by all rules and regulations set forth by The Heritage Station Hotel KL and its partners of this event.
10. The Heritage Station Hotel Kuala Lumpur and its partners, collectively, reserve the rights to make any amendments and/or cancellations without prior notice. Any decisions made will be final.

Kindly send all entries via email with the following particulars listed below;

• Name : (No nicknames or screen names please!)
• NRIC :
• Mobile Number :
• Email Address :
• Gender : Male/Female
• Indicate : Penang or Ipoh (Please do not indicate both cities.)
  
• Tell us a little bit about yourself and why you like photography.
  

Please send all entries to : photographers@prewedding.info

A BIG ROUND OF THANK YOU'S TO :

Our Speaker :

Mr. John W. Ishii - http://johnwishii.blogspot.com

Bridal Gowns Proudly Sponsored by :

Pretty In White - http://www.prettyinwhite.com.my

Our Official Wedding Portal & Official Wedding Forum:

Malaysia Brides - http://www.malaysiabrides.com

Our Official Northern Network Partners:

FotoKrazy - http://www.fotokrazy.com

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE UPDATES!

SIMON & RACHEL

I'm in 'La La Land' after taking cough syrup this morning on an empty stomach. Been sick, frustrated and demotivated cause small hotels like us always don't measure up to the guests expectations. What's wrong with @THSH? I know that the building is old and needs an uplift, but its tough running this place with all the legalities, manpower constraints and financial restrictions. Many people assume that it's a walk in the park ... well let me tell you, its not, and it 's no stroll by the beach either way .... Problem is, there is rumours in the hotelier circles that big corporations are eyeing us for a takeover (since years ago, but I'm only 6 months old here!) ... I feel it's sad cause then @THSH will most probably become a boutique luxury hotel and I will have to say 'Bye Bye' to all you beautiful brides and grooms out there....... so much for believing that @THSH should remain as a community-ish model of sorts with events on the side ....

And then came Adam. Adam again? Yup, just plain ol' Adam! Not the Adam you are thinking about I bet, but Adam Ong ... the most consistent photographer from Touch that comes to my place for a photo shoot. The one who gave me a wrong blog address the last time. You remember him? Bet not. Well, to be honest, I have been poisoning Adam to try and take new angles and poses for Pre Wedding Photos here @THSH, cause if you can remember, I said that most of the shoots by Bridal Houses in Malaysia are very similar, due to time and budget constraints. What I really like about Adam is that he is always very bubbly and loves to exchange a few banters with me.... Appreciate that. So, whats the result? Be the judge of that yourself!

ME & YOU (A duet/dialogue)
Another 'haiku-ish' free form by Hotel Station Master

leaning on the wall
eyes wander towards yonder
frustrations inside

leaning on the wall
hearts a flutter with doubt
where can you be, dear

lift your spirits,love
for I am here, awaiting

go, tunnel of life

lift your spirits, love
for I await you, wanting
forever with you

I cannot fathom
why you'll want me, forever

for confused am I

I cannot fathom
why you'll stay with me, forever
doubts blur my heart

have courage my love
a pillar for you, to lean
throughout confusion

have courage my love
a beacon of light, I give
to clear your doubts

man are blind, my dear
committing and providing
material wealth

man are blind, my dear
they give up easily, for gain
forgetting themselves

look to the stars, love
neither commitments matter
but your guidance, seek

look to the stars, love
neither wealth or gain I seek
but the warmth of love

shelter me now, dear

as I embrace you, together

your strength in silence

shelter me now, dear
I was foolish, doubting you
longing your comfort

through the Storm, love

you and me, together, us

our love now stronger

through the storm, love
undying flame of passion
ignites a new beginning

Me & You

-end-

First and foremost, @THSH would like to Congratulate Simon and Rachel on their nuptials. May you be blessed with loads of health, wealth and prosperity! I must have met them in passing but always too busy 'arguing' with Adam .... ha ha ha. Ar well. Anyway, eh, Adam, how come you make your series like 'sepia' like that ar? Want to capture the rustic feel is it? Later people complain @THSH look like haunted house again. (Argh!). Also, this haiku-ish poem was written in my 'La La Land' mood .. so apologies if it looks weird, must be like writing a poem when you are on LSD, CRACK or DOPE in general ..... ar well. If you would like to view more works from Adam Ong, please view here. (Adam, can you change your play list on your blog? Or no time is it?)

FRUSTRATIONS & EXCITEMENT!

You know, ever since I opened my doors @THSH for pre wedding, wedding and model photography for free just asking for a copy of the photos and rights to post it on this blog with credit given back to the couple/model and the photographer, I have been getting a lot of response. Thank you to all.

When I meet the photographers, they actually are very nice and agree to almost anything I ask, all for free, but I am getting frustrated. WHY? Well, its very simple. I have to chase and chase and chase them for the photos, and you might even add, some are from reputable places and names. VERY, VERY, DISAPPOINTED. I think I have shown enough kindness and respect to all of them who have come here. Ar well ... maybe I should just CLOSE my doors to ALL then ... then I would not have such disappointments .... hurm, food for thought.

Where the h*ll are my photos that were promised to me???

Now on to the EXCITING NEWS!!! The Team from the original Pre Wedding Community project is now PLANNING A FULL SCALE ROAD TRIP!

We will be heading to the northern region at 2 Places ..... PENANG & IPOH to launch our community projects .... so now we are on the Hunt for 3 + 3 = 6 Couples, who are interested to participate in our event. If all goes well, we will be looking for 15 + 15 = 30 Hobbyist photographers, for PENANG AND IPOH!

We will give preference, to couples from the Northern Region for this project because we are going north!!! How are we going to pull it off? Ha ha ha ... you'll have to wait and see .... so please send us all your interest soon!!!

Pre-requisites for our upcoming event can be found here : [link]

From our first event :

• Photographers : [link]
• Couples : [link]
• Event Completion Pics : [link]
• Other Pics : [link1], [link2]

I will be away for a business trip from 18 -24 August 2008, so please excuse me if I do not reply your mails .... Please help us make this a successful event too!!!

EVERYONE IS AT HOME ... EXCEPT ME

My wife is enjoying her alternate Saturday off .... I am still in the office and its 1.17 pm as I am writing this blog..... just came back from Pretty In White with the couples gowns ... now waiting for a friend from another hotel to lend me their LCD Projector for tomorrow, had to literally beg people to lend me stuff .... *sigh*. So much for being a No frills, Budget Hotel ... ha ha ha .... what did I get myself into again????

My small office and equipment that
is used to run events @THSH/blog.
Simple and truely, simple. In the background,
you can see the wedding gowns from
Pretty In White!

My gastric has been acting up the whole week as I guess, I am too anxious about this event. But really, I am really looking forward to this ... in my years as a Hotelier, I have not really handled such an event ... I have handled loads of wedding functions, but a photographic pre wedding session I have not, so I am really curious. I am even more curious at how all the photos will turn out. I hope our 15 participants do not let us down ... ha ha ha ... let me give you a little subtle pressuring guys and gals .... Oh, did I mention that Mr. John W. Ishii will be taking some photos of the couples???? No???? Ha ha ha .... well you can drool all you want, brides to be!

PHOTOGRAPHERS CONFIRMED!

(Sound of old typewriter in the background, Mission Impossible style ....)

Date : 4 August 2008, Monday.
Time : Late in the evening.
Venue : Dark, Musty Alley with a street light flashing overhead.

I look over my shoulder, making sure no one suspicious is lurking around. Keeping in the shadows with my trench coat collar overturned, I light up one more time (my nasty habit lar ... do not follow!). Hastily, I bang in the secret codes onto the laptop that was left for me by a complete stranger in a pre-marked garbage dump. "Hello Lloyd," the computer greeted me. "Here is your mission, should you decide to accept it..." Accept it? Aren't I already doing this? "This is your list of persons that have been confirmed by the secret board for your elimination .... As always, should you or any of your partners and sponsors be caught, the secret board will disavow any knowledge of your event. Save it to your thumb drive as this laptop will self destruct in 5 seconds ..." You asking me to blow up my personal ol' faithful notebook? Never!!! Precious ... (drool drool), my pppprreeccciiiooousss ..... (more drool)

Ok ok ... so it never happened that way ... after the confirmed list was emailed to me, I just picked up my mobile and dialed some numbers .... *rrrring, rrrring* (do mobile phones ring these days?? ahem!). Anyhow this is how most of my conversations went .....

"Alo?"
"Can I please speak to Mr. XYZ?"
"Yes? This is he"
"Mr. XYZ, This is Lloyd calling from the Heritage Station Hotel, Kuala Lumpur ..."
"Who?"
"The Heritage Station Hotel Kuala Lumpur????" (getting a little edgy there)
"Yes, what's it regarding?"
"I believe you enrolled for our community photography project for this coming Sunday with Mr. John W. Ishii??? Pre wedding photo shooting???"
"I did??? Can you tell me more about it?"

And I would have expected the 'future participants' to be 'a little more' excited about it .... I have a good mind to just cross out your names from the confirmed list! *Evil laughter with loads of sneering, leering, and hand rubbing!* Ok, now let me formally introduce our confirmed photographer listing, Couples 1, 2 & 3, please meet your photographers. Board of moderators, now you can put a face to a name. World, please meet our selected 15 photographers for our upcoming community event on 10 August 2008.

Mosaic of our Photographers.... Nice don't you think?
(Damned hard to get pics. Full 15 + 1 Japanese Anime Character!)

Erm ... its really hard to ask photographers for a self portrait, in my opinion, I did think it would be easier to ask amateur photographers for their self portrait but then again, I was wrong! Oh dear ..... I was greeted with "oOOoohs" and "aaAAhhsss" when I told them that I would require a self portrait of themselves even though I said they could be as creative as possible .... erm, it didn't quite turn out they way I expected it to be ... actually, this whole event didn't quite turn out the way I thought it would, according to my original plan! You can ask my partner in crime, Tommy (right Tommy?). We actually wanted something simpler to start with .... ha ha ha .. so much for that. Perhaps I will get itchy enough to run a poll of sorts asking "Do photographers hate taking images of themselves?". Hurm .... Food for thought ....

Anyway, on behalf of The Heritage Station Hotel Kuala Lumpur (@THSH in case you have forgotten) and our partners, congratulations to our photographers for being selected for this first community event. I am sincerely hoping that this won't be our last cause it's really tiring doing all this organizing and putting stuff together .... ha ha ha ... We will look forward to seeing you in person on 10 August 2008, BRIGHT AND EARLY!