So what have I been up to?

Have been very busy lately. Travelling a lot. From one shopping mall to another. LOL. Yes. You heard me right. I said I have been very busy hopping and shopping from mall to mall. Like everything is free liddat. All because of wedding dinner!

Not mine though. But my cousinSsss'. I have at least one wedding dinner to attend per month from now until May 2009. Can you imagine how much $$$ that I'll have to spend on the gowns and shoes alone? Not to mention the numerous red saman that I'll need to pay up in the months ahead.

Why cannot 'recycle' wearing the gowns again one meh? You asked.

You see, my clan is damn lansi, sohai, and the most environmentally unfriendly one. We don't like to re-wear our gowns in wedding dinner/tea ceremony, especially one that involves the same bunch of people, i.e., relatives, and family members, because none of us wants to be seen and/or to be labeled as the kiamsap relative who cannot afford to buy new clothes for the occasion. Geddit?

So you say I busy or not lah this last couple of weeks doing shopping and all for everyone from my own mom to my aunt (bride's mom). Sigh. This is what you called semi-wealthy + kiasu punya orang's 烦恼! Really headache. Summore the price of the gown cannot be too pricey nor can it be too cheap, i.e., buy from Jusco one. Or else will kena gossip left and right until face also turn green. So 9 mah fan liddat can die!!!

What to do? Chinese people all love and want "FACE" big-big first. Their spouses, children, and parents can come secondary. It has been like that since Day 1. You can have no money, but you cannot have 'no face'.

Anywaaaaay, Ah Tak from le-moments.com was hired as the official photographer at my cousin's wedding in Kampar. That dude took some seriously good shots for the event. It was so good that my uncle from NZ commented as follows,

"After watching all his pics I would say that the quality of his work was very good. His photos remind me of a very well known photo journalist from Taiwan named Chang Chien-Chi. Chang published a book called Double Happiness a sort of photo essay on Weddings.

Judging from his (Joey's wedding photograph's pics) - he's got the passion and a natural talent for it. He truly captures "the moment" whereas for most of us we only document the event. We all have a lot to learn from him. Yes, he's beyond my expectation."

This fussy artsy-fartsy uncle of mine, who is a graduate from the Fine Art faculty at the University of Auckland, had hardly ever praised anyone in his life. I think Ah Tak was his first. So you can imagine how well did Ah Tak really performed... kena praised until only heaven got liddat.

Okay lah, enough of crapping liao. All talk and no pictures make my blog boring. I should save my saliva, keep my mouth shut, and let you guys enjoy the pictures taken by Ah Tak, which speak a million more words than me. A true case of saliva (pictures) more than tea (words). You have been warned. ENJOY!!!

That's all folks. Hope you enjoy it! :)