THE REVENGE OF AMY & TONY

Goodness! Its Sunday and I am casually browsing the Internet and touching up my blog on The Hubback Brothers. @THSH's History Project which I am sure most of you won't find interesting. Well, for a person like me who likes Documentaries (I am a fan of National Geographic, Discovery, History Channel and loads more), the story of the Hubback' s has been very interesting, some filled with more intrigue and mystery than what you can find in works of fiction or Detective Academy Q! (The last one Japanese Anime lar .....)

Anyone remember Amy & Tony? Anyone remember my ramblings about a very 'sweet voice ' calling me when I was about to throw in the towel sometime ago? No? So sad .... anyway, today I received an email from Amy, saying that she just got married last week and is so tired. She even suggested that we, @THSH, should start a fund with support from the local community for the restoration and preservation of the Hotel. Well, in actual fact, I was planning of doing something similar in order to raise funds for our community project, so let put some final pieces together before I ask you Guys and Gals out there for your opinions. Thanks so much to Amy for her support and believing in us @THSH!

She was so sweet to share some of her pictures with me, and I am so touched! In turn, I have decided to share some Amy & Tony's pictures with all of you, despite not getting their consent ... err .... hope they don't kill me or worse still, sue me in court until I become a bankrupt and live out my years as their personal kuli!

"I'm getting married in the morning
Ding dong! The bells are gonna chime
Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper
But get me to the church on time"

"This is no time for a chat
Haven't your lips longed for my touch
Don't say how much, show me, show me
Don't talk of love lasting through time
Make me no undying vow
Show me now"

"I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more
I could have spread my wings
And done a thousand things
I've never done before
I'll never know
What made it so exciting
Why all at once my heart took flight
I only know when he
Began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced danced all night"

"Just to know somehow you are near
The overpowering feeling
That any second you may suddenly appear
People stop and stare
They don't bother me
For there's no where else on earth
That I would rather be
Let the time go by
I won't care if
I can be here on the street where you live"

Can you tell where these song verses came from? Come on... the 1st and 3rd verse are dead giveaways ..... anyone? Let me give you a clue. This is from the Broadway version of Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. This Broadway version has a happy ending (of sorts lar). Guess lar ... come on ... Ganbatte!!! Add Oil!!!

To Amy & Tony, our heartiest congratulations from @THSH, and we wish you every happiness, prosperity and luck in whatever you guys do! Let's keep in touch ok? Take care!

Reminiscing - 'A Romantic Interlude'

In case you guys and gals didn't get it correct, the above verses were taken from the lyrics of songs from the Broadway Musical (and later a film) "My Fairlady". The Broadway version starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, but for the film version Julie was replaced by Audrey Hepburn even though its still Julie Andrews voice you hear when she sings. Julie Andrews turned down the film to do Marry Poppins with Dick Van Dyke, and later got a academy award for her portrayal as Marry Poppins. So there!

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!!!

AMY & TONY

The trouble with doing photos of pre-wedding couples for free is that you can't expect their photos on the spot or 'straight out of the camera'. So I had to sit patiently in my small little corner and try not to think how the photo shoot went. After joining the Hotel since a few months ago, I had wanted very much to promote THSH as I thought it would make for a lovely, charming place for photos. Feverishly and without much after thought (impulsive ain't I?), I proceeded to post on Facebook, Photokaki and even Malaysian Brides (which incidentally I got banned for not following the forum rules even though I was not offering a paid service ... ar well). This kept me busy much of the day as it was something quite new to the forums. I got loaded with lots of questions but ... no couples (sad, sad, sad .....).

Lo and behold, just as I was about to throw in the towel, one fine morning in my half daze, I received a call .... a very sweet female voice asking me if we were offering our venue for a pre-wedding shoot ... my heart pounded and my spirits soared ... and the rest as they say, is history. Thanks to Amy & Tony, they were my first contact with the actual couple (not photographer) and had their shoots @THSH. Dated 7 May 2008 ..... Now as always, on with the pics;

'We'll weather the storm together'

'Feeling like flying'

'Both Gracious - The Old and New'

'A Romantic Interlude'

'Silhouette'

A personal thank you to Amy & Tony, a very nice and bubbly couple, for making my day as I started off with this project. I am surprised that they had used a Singapore based photographer (?) called Bridal Concepts. I wish you all the best and congratulations on your upcoming wedding!