The Lock Up

...Continued from previous post of "Dream Cats"

17 Oct 2009- After an hour with cats, we met up with Satoshi-san, Eileen's colleague, and proceeded to a theme restaurant, The Lock Up.

Homepage of restaurant (Japanese)




We were ushered to our "prison cell".


You see a floating head?! Don't worry, she is just a waitress wearing black.


Drinks came in Test Tubes, and sometimes with erm...eye balls


Suddenly there was a black out! But Satoshi-san stayed calm.


I tried to step out of my cell to find out what was going on, but the prison warrant (with a pistol in her hand) asked me to go back.


This is our cell, spacious and comfy.
* Pic was taken during the black out.. 15s shutter speed with slow sync flash, and this explains the effect.

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Dream Cats

What happens if you have a dream full of cats? Do you see these?


















17 Oct 2009 - Eileen (and her friends) came to Japan AGAIN! for holidays. She saw my pics on Cat Cafe and was very interested in it, so I agreed to bring them to one at Shinjuku. http://cafecalico.com/shinjuku/right.html

After we had enough of cats, we proceeded to dinner at a theme restaurant. Stay tuned for the photos...


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TOSHIBA Recruitment Talk 2009

11-16 October 2009. Finally went back Singapore after 1 year. But this time is for work, TOSHIBA Recruitment Talk 2009. A total of about 320 students attended the talks, Day 1 at NTU and Day 2 at NUS. It's been a long time since I have spoken in front of such a big group of people, and the feeling was GREAT! Thank you all for coming. I've always loved presenting/performing in front of crowds, the more the merrier..haha

The official work trip was actually only 11-14 Oct, but I took leave and extended my stay in Singapore for another 2 days, to catch up with my best friends in Singapore.


My team leader, Asou-san, wanted me to take a photo of Merlion.





My favorite place in Singapore, the Esplanade (aka Durian).



Dear Patt agreed to be my model for the day. But we spent so much time chatting that I got only 2 shots of her. The theme for the photoshoot was erm...student?!

Patt, send me the photos taken with your hp cam.

Met up with Huiyi after that. She looked damn tired after spending a whole day scolding her kids. I originally planned to shoot the night scenery at Boat Quay, but in the end we spent like 4 hours dining and chatting at Kenny Rogers.
This is the photo we took using her new Hello Kitty(omg!!) Polaroid camera.

Also met up with Nick and gang(Vance, Tienchien and Nasri), but somehow...the idea of taking photos with guys never come across my mind, haha.

Tokyo Game Show 2009

26 Sept 2009: Time for the biggest annual game event in the world!






Most of the visitors were there for the games.

But there were also many people who went there mainly for photography.

Cosplay









Photographers queued up orderly to photograph the cosplayers.

But when the cosplayers were tired and were going to take a break, they would ask us to crowd around for a mass final photoshoot. At this time, it was pure chaos and to get a good shot, I was like fighting a war.





The showgirls and models were also highlights of the event.

Showgirls/Models


















There was also a promotion of the new 「龍が如く4」, where you get to play a yakuza role at Shinjuku District, Tokyo. SEGA invited some models, including the adult actress Rio, for this promotion. More about the game at Wiki








Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) is one of the most popular characters in the anime world now. Who is she? She is part of Vocaloid, a digital voice synthesizer developed by Yamaha. Just key in melody and lyrics into the software and Miku sings for you!! For more, check out wiki or simply look up on youtube.. here's a sample

It was a long day. Ansley and I reached there at 10:30am and I stayed all the way till 5:00pm (Ansley left first). There were so many photographers that I had to battle to take good shots of the prettier ones. In the end...I am pretty satisfied with the pics, so I can say that my hard work paid off well.

(Warning to all!) Transcend SD cards are cheap but spoil damn easily!! Luckily my 8G Class 6 Transcend broke down just before my shooting spree at Tokyo Game Show. If it had gone down after all the battles, I would be swearing and cursing all gods and deities in heaven and hell. An advice : Do not buy Transcend!!


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More photos at My Flickr