1. Boy playing a game ↑
(i think he should start collecting those papers before the time runs out)
2. Boy preparing for the game setup ↑
(He can’t wait for the game to start =p)
3. Girl ↑
4. Girl ↑
(One ought to spin the handle to raise the flag as fast as possible. Winner is one whose flag reaches the top first)
5. Friends ↑
(Shenny shot this)
6. Friends ↑
(Credit: Shenny)
More photos at www.flickr.com/jaydensia
// 1. Overview of the match
//2. Anderson in action
// 3. Eugene’s fly
// 4. Lit
// 5. Anderson
// 6. Eugene
// 7. Chia Wei
// 8. My favourite picture of the set.
// 9. B&W version.
On overall, I’m quite satisfied with the ‘panning’ effect. (moving subject in focus, creating a motion blur in the background). UBD Cup 2009 for Basketball is coming soon on the 26th February 2009. Check out UBD BBall Club’s blog for updates. Like the ‘panning’ effect’ done on camera? =]
// The match between FOS and IM in determining who is the champion in this ’round-robin-styled’ inter – faculty basketball tournament.
// // FOS (Faculty of Science) emerged as the champion after the exciting duel with IM (Institute of Medicine) in the last match. FBEPS 1 (Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies, Team 1) is placed second and IM third.
In Woman’s category, SHBIE (Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Insitute of Education) is crowned as the champion, with FOS and IM being the 1st and 2nd runner up respectively. (No pic). For more information regarding the scores or pictures of the players in action during tournament, please visit http://ubdbballclub.wordpress.com. Below here are some of the ‘on match’ pictures between FOS and IM which I personally think its good. (with slight adjustment and cropping)
// Jun trying to block Chun Ping.
// Micheal and Chun Leong rebounding.
// Group Photo, I’m (front, far left) sitting with the guest of honour, Head of the Student Council of UBD 07/08, Hj Fathi Foad bin Dato Seri Setia Hj Abu Bakar, Saiful, MPP of UBD and Sei Kee, the President of UBD’s Basketball club. (from left to right)
// 3 of my pictures are posted up in today’s Borneo Bulletin. (25th October 2008) I’m happy to see them but the photos are not credited to me. kek dao.
For more ‘on match’ photo, please click HERE
For more ‘off match’ photo, please click HERE.
Thank you all for reading and this is all. Stay tune for more. =]
Friends and I worked volunterality as a usher at RTB today to assist Xin Xiu Wen Lai Singing Competition (Brunei’s RTB Chinese Singing Competition) Round 2, 2008. The 6 of us arrived as early as 11am to get briefted on our job scope and position.
//(from left) Me, Carmen, Queenie, Shenny, Bii and Whai.
Meekiong and ahwhai are assigned to collect and stick stickers on the guest as a ‘pass’. Carmen, queenie, Shenny and I are the ushers. Our tasks is to lead guest to thier seats and simply enjoy the show. The singers will be arriving at 1pm so we got a lot of free time to spare. I did my usual runaround for some shoots.
//The Studio before the arrival of guest.
//This is the view from the stage. Contestants will be facing the seats filled with judges and audiences (plus the crew too) with increased heartbeat here.
Speeches from the 2 RTB DJ marks the official start of Round 2 of the singing competition.
//Samba dance from Le Swan Studio is the ‘appetizer’ before the main show.
After the soft samba dance from the 4 soft guys, the 2 DJ gave the cue by introducing the top 20 singers. Semi finalist presented their song one by one to the judges and audience with confident and energy. Results of the singers are calculated on the spot and announced on the day itself. Another Hiphop dance is presented by Le Swan Studio, allowing some time for the calculation of the contestants’ score.
Hip hop dance from Le Swan, Saiful and Shikin is inside.
//who is that girl looking at the camera with the ’shh’ pose?
And finally, the Top 8 winners are . . .
//No. 8 – 唐福明
//No. 7 – 温仁豪
//No. 6 – 刘玉忆
//No. 5 – 邱净凯
//No. 4 - 沈家豪 (pic from e-huawang.com)
//No. 3 – 周添玲
//No 2 – 沈秀群
//No 1 – 孔雪妍
Big Congratulations to them! No.1 being the singer with the highest score accumulated. Hopefully, I’ll be able to do an update on the Final Round of this singing competition. I would not write a detailed comment on their singing because I’m not ‘in this field’ and I don’t sing good too. However, it was good to hear some classic song like ‘Zheng Yang’ by “Penny” and others. I almost forgot on the existence of this song and it’s one of my favourite. Thanks for reading.
Related Link:
Round 1 of the Singing Competition 2008
SATA (Something about the author) – Did anyone realised that No. 4 and No. 7 is missing? When they announce the winners, I jot down thier Contestant Number on my mobile phone, like. No.8 – 3, No.7 – 5 and so on. When I get back home and was about to blog, I forgot that top Semi Finalist were given a new set of numbers! Luckily that my sister took some snapshot of the contestants and it helps me in identifying them. No. 4 and No.7 is the one that she did not shot because I took the camera away from her for something else. I’ll update No.4 and No.7 ASAP. It is either 林仁春, 陈一帆, 温仁豪, 沈家豪 or 刘慧珊.
Pictures straight from Camera without editing, took using Sony w80 by Me and my sis, Winnie Sia.
//On Air
RTB’s 2nd Xing Xiu Wen Lai Mandarin Singing Competition round 1 is held yesterday on 8th June 2008 at RTB Studio, Brunei Darussalam. It starts as early as 1pm where contestants need to arrive early to take attendance and be briefed on the procedure.
Although it is a “Competition”, the format of it isn’t like “Xin Guang Da Dao” or “Jue Dui Superstar” in other countries where contestants stands in the stage, sing and get judged. Compliments and Critiques are given directly on the spot. Format this year in RTB is of no stage and every contestant’s recording will be done in a small studio. Judges will be judging their song at a later date by hearing from the voice recorded. The quality of the song matters most and other miscellaneous factor such as ‘clothing’ and ‘on stage performance’ is not taken into account in Round 1. If i’m not wrong, Carmen Tao will be one of the judges as well as other certified judges.
//The recording studio looked like this.
2nd RTB’s singing competition doesn’t not allow contestants to sing with a hand held mic but with a “hanging mic” instead.
Contestant X : “I’m not so used to sing like this.”
Crew Y : “Hold the overhanging mic with your hand and sing lo.”
Here’s the procedure, pick your number out of random and ones with Number 1 will be the first to sing, followed by 2, 3, 4… until the last. The one singing are allowed around 1 minute of testing their voice, volume, key and distance of them from the mic. Once the one minute is over, real recording will start and the ‘On Air’ will be light up. When it is “On Air”, no one is allowed to enter or leave the Studio A until the recording finishes to prevent recording unnecessary sound. Once the contestant finishes his song, his karaoke disc will be given back to him and the next contestant repeats the process, 1 minute of testing etc …
//Contetants singing with the overhanging mic in front of her
To be frank, i was awaken by my sister yesterday because she woke up earlier than me to practise her singing =P She said that its stated in the press that no audience is allowed. I confirmed with several friends and they said the same too. We, the supporters choose to hang out at CheeseBox as alternative outing until my sister and carmen messaged
“yo man.. u guys not coming to support?” – Carmen
“Ui.. Haha. If u wana come. Can come. Bring ic only. Shenny they al here =p” – My sis
After receiving it, all of us rush with haste to RTB Studio in Bandar. Although it is not open for all audience, a small amount is allowed, like..
//majority are contestants and some supporters.
//Contestants too, Jon Tee with his “I LOVEEEE YOU” (ai hen jian dan by David Tao). p/s = got ppl keep singing your song to remind you of the day? hehe
This is very different from last year’s 1st RTB Singing Competition where all the contestants are performing on stage in a hall that can accommodate roughly 300-500 people (estimated, someone confirm it please?). Your performance is open to all and your capability in singing is judged directly by hundreds of people, friends or family with free entrance as audience. This year, your audience will be around 10 to 15 people at most only so this helps for those who are afraid of performance with crowds.
On the day itself, i didn’t take the effort to memorise the names of the singer and their songs of the ones I like or the ones which are nice. From my vague memory, i remembered that there’s a girl who sing ’sa gua’ nicely, the singer of ‘cha jian er guo’ sang it nicely too. Someone sang ‘bu neng shuo de mi mi’ by Jay. The last contestant sang his song like Jacky Cheung. The tutor from Micronet sang his song nicely! The guy who sang “Bu Dong” from MD have a unique voice.
First RTB Singing Competition’s Magazine for grab!
This magazine below is complimentary and free for grab for whoever is there. It is a compilation of all the 1st RTB Singing Competition held in 2007. It consist of Congratulatory pages, Sponsors page, Foreword messages, Schedules, Panelist, Organising committee, thier Official Site introduction, News archieve, Photo gallery and..
//all the 62 (*ahem*) 61 Contestants page and..
//Final Round Best Photos pages, my friend Mr. PK (bottom left) is there.
“Ark.. Ke Yi Qiao Ta Shen Yi Dian Ma?” – said PK and he’s being shot at the “Ma” moment. Lol
(Ark.. Can turn up the volume a little?)
I love the overall colour of the magazine in purple colour and the magazine in printed in a good material. It was raining that day and we used the magazine to cover our head while running to our car in the parking area. shh Too bad my face did not appear in the front cover. (hidden meaning)
According to Jasmine,
11th June – Judgment day..
12th June – Singer and their song will be posted online at http://www.e-huawang.com
15th June to 4th July – Announcing each Top 20 contestants daily.
Anyway, this ends my post.
Something about the Author – There’s nothing funny happening in the studio except I found out that “L.Sing” is older than me, according to “Brain Age Check” in her Nintendo DS Lite. However, even though I appear younger than her in the game, the calculated age is much older than what I am now. LoL. Angelina is having the same age as me in “Brain Age Check”. Friends and Family like HuaLik and gang, LanSing, Carmen, Shenny, Winnie, Jasmine, Angelina, Jon Tee, LinXuan are joining this time. Good Luck to all of them. (did I miss anyone? let me know)
Do participate in many events when opportunity arises, especially when you are young. At least we’re able to tell stories of the moment experienced when we grow up. HSBC’s Tri Extreme II here i come.
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