Here are some of the lovely people I work with. We said farewell to one of our fav editors Luke last Friday, where else but at the pub? This is possibly the only team picture in existence. Now that Luke’s gone, no one calls me ‘dude’ anymore..
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Spent the weekend vegging with lots of game time. You know the kind: old t-shirt, sweatpants, big bowl of chips and a family-sized bottle of Coke. Now that work involves gaming (it had to happen someday.. sigh) it’s a great excuse to crack out the ol’ console and have a bash.. although in this case it’s other people’s consoles. I still haven’t gotten a TV although I have looked at a couple. It’s hard to decide on one when the difference between a 24″ and 42″ is a couple of hundred bucks I’m too stingy to fork out for.
I’m currently working with a company (and have been since August) that puts out a number of gaming magazines and that is probably Sydney’s equivalent of Catcha in terms of numbers and operation.. minus the cool street mag. The funny coincidence (this is old news to some, but I haven’t blogged about it yet) was that my ex-colleague from Sydney, who came to work with us in Catcha a few years ago, is back in Sydney and in the same company that I am now – small world or what?
The office is near the beach, which is great in summer, but also means that the buses I take home are often packed, sweaty but with a nice vibe. In the mornings it is different; I miss the rush-hour crowd by 30 minutes and the journey is often uneventful. I have a regular coffee place, and the man who makes my coffee practices his Cantonese on me while we exchange bits of news from home. It is funny how a common language abroad places you in a box with other people whom you might not necessarily share with back home. I love my coffee guy though. And people assume all Malaysians will instantly be my new best friends, which is fairly amusing but six months has dulled its amusement value somewhat.
Side-tracking, to answer some questions a few friends have asked..
Bars and clubs here are so diverse that I’ve barely been to the same place twice. There are probably more bars and clubs in my suburb (Darlinghurst) than in KL CBD, and although there will always be the bar or club du jour (read: expensive, elite) there are enough places for everything you’re after.. be it music, drinks, dress code or crowd.. and plenty more to discover if you have a little time on the weekends.
Fun shoot! Am tired. PP is a great place to take pictures. Had a crazy time trying to inflate bunny balloons (which popped) and phallic elephant balloons (which, unfortunately, didn’t) while negotiating rain in dress best left for sunny days.
White walls. Random furniture. And oh, the chairs. Structural, colourful mess!
Choen and his Hasselblad. I like peacocks when they’re not real birds.
Kat and I messing with the props. I don’t really know what they are but they are crazy.
We shot a ridiculously expensive Juicy dress ($21k!?) that didn’t come with wheels. And another so broad the model couldn’t fit in the door.
Taisu in one of the crazy Venetian masks Kat collects. Love love love. Reminded me of one of the old Pure White parties we had before.
Came home with some balloons. Inhaled the helium to see if I sounded like Mickey. I did. I’ve always wanted to do that.
Next stop Singapore. Still haven’t packed and stuff.
Did a shoot today.
We hung around the studio while waiting for some of them to finish filming.
I dig Bobo’s fuzzy hair alot.
Too bad we weren’t told Joey was tied to adidas.
We were going to put him in some Nikes.
Jen’s “Egypt” shoes. She says they are deteriorating like the pyramids so she’s gone and bought another one.
Jen. I love that red. I love red, period.
We put Marion in these wonderful red shoes.
The press were all over Nicholas. Nice guy, bit quiet. He has such a gorgeous face.
Then it was bad traffic ’til 7pm.
Despite protests from my inner geek wanting to stay home and umm, make potions or something.. I made it out two Friday nights in a row. Of course it helped that the last Friday was a JUICE event (in collabo with Topshop/Topman presenting their SS07 collection) and as we know it, JUICE events are always a blast. It didn’t disappoint. The crowd at 9pm was horrendous. In a good way, of course, because more people equals happy clients. I barely managed to get myself in, thanks to Jon I wasn’t stuck outside for 40mins in the queue. I’m one of those horrible people who never RSVP, not even to my own events LOL.
It was really fun, especially with the fabulous ‘Catcha Girls and friends’ around.. any occasion is a reason to party. That should be our motto, man.
