Karaoke Ichiban ne!

This is what we love to do here.

That **** Yeah Bar

In Yokosuka. I'm going to start making people take photo with that sign.


Lauren and me.

Fattah.

Crazy Tokyo

I finally decided to start documenting life in Japan starting from the 2008 new year's celebration in Shibuya. Unedited. And holy cow I had a blast!!

Kids Series

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Working with the Youth Center gave me the greatest opportunity to learn how to get along and work with school-aged kids. So far, they're the easiest for me to photograph with their hyper-active and spontaneous characters. I guess being a child myself is pretty rewarding as a talent to capture the sweetest moments of a child's prime years.

Email me if you'd like to have the most affordable rates to have your child photographed.

My Detachable Arm

I would be happy if arm dislocation was painless. Unfortunately, life's not planning to go easy on anyone including me. Two nights ago, I attempted to breakdance again. It went okay until my arm decided to give in when I swung my arm for a pretty dance move I was infusing to my little dance choreography. I went speechless and being too much in pain, I screamed in silence as I walked out of the room with my arm hanging loose out of its socket quietly. And then, it unexpectedly sprung back into the socket but ouh lord and holy cow! Have a teensy mercy on me. I almost threw up with that pain. I felt my arm bone abruptly rubbed against my shoulder bone. Thank goodness for tiny Jeanna who did all she could to make sure my arm's back in its place. Say. Arm sling for two weeks I bet. I went to Emergency Room yesterday in the morning before work to get the sling and told them I'll swing by again to have it looked at.

Now, not so thrilling anymore to have perfectly loose arm for 10 years and I blame basketball. Somehow I think the sports community should consider the ball regulations for 12 year olds and below. Say, make them lighter. And also sue the high school teacher, Madam Aishah, for not being responsible enough to look into the matter when I had it dislocated for the first time during my counselors' training camp. How could she have looked at me blankly when she saw it happen. Weird "seed-planting and kite-cutting, home economics" woman. To clarify the quoted phrase, she was always talking about the metaphor which has got something to do with nurturing and planting seeds and how she'd cut out students she lost her hope in like how one would cut the strings of the kites. And she taught me home economics. I just find her way too robotic and systematic to be a human with her way of teaching and the constant need to influence students in her beliefs and disciplines.

When I become a teacher one day, I'd be the coolest. :D

Models in Japan Needed

How are you guys doing? Hope life's treating you well. Right now I'm coming up with new personal projects and I'd need female models. I'll photograph you and you get to keep the good photos of yours after photo enhancing. If you have the X-factor or know how to pose well, you're definitely the one I'm looking for. You can either come up with the style and concept or just go with mine. Your photos will be put up in my future company's portfolio and also my personal portfolio for now. You'll be credited and have your photos linked to your personal model portfolio or your myspace/facebook/multiply. So hit me and I'll get back to you within 24 hours.


Here are some of my work. Enjoy.


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Photo [Pet]

Raphael at 8 months, sitting on the iron board after grooming, with his "mating" toys.

Fay Hokulani

Fay is an amazing long time friend from Singapore. Not only does she has the talents for modeling, but she is an absolute real-life graphic design artist who has been an inspiration to me all these years. I've seen her grown from a tiny bud to a full bloom lily. To interact with this young, hip and sweet little starsky, you can log on to her myspace and chat with her in a live chatroom on her profile.

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Prettiest of Ally

Staying put in Japan

Visa processing is very tedious. A lot of complication to it and there's a huge delay in having my passport and visa mailed back to me. So I decided to work temporarily and volunteer wherever I can. And in the meantime, I'll spend time with new friends I made and go for more karaoke session. Kampai!