Vivy Yusof Won the Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Flavour Election Campaign!

by Daniel Chiam

Vivy Yusof who won the Baskin Robbins ice cream campaign. Photo courtesy of Jess 

BURP! Excuse me. Ice cream overloaded. I was at the The Square, Publika for the finale of Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Flavour Election Promotion Campaign. As you all know by now, Vivi Yusof (proudduck.com) with her Pralines n' Cream flavour ice cream has won the campaign by you votes and you can find Vivi's flavour ice cream in the Baskin Robbins' menu for a year (till 23rd November 2013) and also free upsize with any Double Junior Scoop on weekdays from 10am - 3pm for a whole year starting Monday!!! Congratulation to Vivi =)

I won!!!!! Yayyy the whole of Malaysia will get a Free Upsize at Baskin Robbins in the whole of 2013. Thanks instagr.am/p/SX_l1yR6ur/
— Vivy Yusof (@vivyyusof) November 23, 2012

It was down to 5 bloggers with 5 flavours, 5 promises and only one winner. The other bloggers who were also campaigning are Hanis Zalikha with her World Class Chocolate and free toppings when you purchase double scoops ice cream, Kinky Blue Fairy with her Jamoca Almond Fudge and mini waffle sundae @ RM9.90+, KY Speaks and his Very Berry Strawberry and 31% off waffle berry sundaes, Sixth Seal with his Cookies n' Cream and buy 1 blast, 50% off the 2nd blast. Which is your vote?

Mynn from Red FM and Liang performing.

I managed to tried all of the ice cream flavours cause Baskin Robbins was kind enough to gave a free flow of ice cream to everyone who attended the finale that night. I do have to admit that I favor the taste of Pralines n' Cream, its really delicious! Can't really remember when was the last time I was so stuffed with that many awesome ice creams.

Anuar and Fareed eating like mad!

Talking about stuffed yourself with ice cream, there were also ice creams eating competition to determine who can finished up the most ice creams in the given time or finishes the amount of ice creams provided before the given time.

Our friend Fareed and Atika won the competition in two separate round and both are walking away with Baskin Robbins vouchers to be use for a year! Its a lot of vouchers! They were kind enough to gave us some of it, wooohooo! Thanks again guys!

Atika, Fareed, Anuar and me. Photo courtesy of Anuar.

It was really fun to meet some of the familiar blogger friends during the event. I kept seeing them queuing for ice creams, haha. All fun and ice creams - it really doesn't get better than this to kick-start the awesome weekend!

Group photo! Photo courtesy of Jess.

Baskin Robbins Malaysia Official Facebook Page.

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Behind The Lens with Gregory Cheong

by Daniel Chiam

Yesterday I have the privilege to attend the 8th edition of Behind The Lens (BTL) at Ecoba Restaurant & Bar at Damansara Perdana. It was my first time attending it and its an event inspired by the similar concept of Inside The Actors Studio, where for BTL, it is a series of live interview with professional photographers and their award winning images. BTL is independently produced and hosted by Peter Tan, whose works is very well known in the industry as well. 

That night, instead of photography, we have the privilege to learn something new from the perspective of a videographer and also their works. The guest speaker for the night is non other than Gregory Cheong the creative director of Gregs Video Sdn. Bhd. Ever since I did my very first wedding video, I always have the desire to want to learn more about videography than just learning from my own observation. What better chance do I have but to listen and digest from one of the best in the industry. 

Yours truly and Gregs. Photo by Tian Chad.

I know very few about the man himself, but Gregs and his team did a lot of Indian weddings and apparently has been going all over Asia for their work. Gregs also showcases some of his production to all of us that night, and I was in awe with all of his wedding videos. It was beautifully done and definitely are love stories worth watching. 

To produce wedding videos from different cultural background, a lot of homework and research had to be done before hand, in order not to missed out on any important moment. Of course the demand and wants of the customers had to be taken into consideration also. Preparation is crucial.

The old age problem of photographer being in a videographer's frame and vice versa was also being brought up. Gregs suggested that both just had to communicate before the event started, tho sometimes it may work but often it just doesn't worked out as planned. So the best solution is, you just needed to be great in taking videos and be very good in editing it afterwards. 

Everyone who attended that night.

I've learnt a lot from Gregs and was just too many to share it out here. It was indeed a resourceful night and a night that filled with laughter too. A few giveaway from the sponsors was also being given out through lucky draw that night. I wanted the tripod so bad but my name was never being called, haha. Perhaps I'll have better chance in the next meeting. Yes, the next Thursday meeting will be on December 6 and it will be featuring Zung ThePhotoz. You can checkout the Facebook event created HERE.

Zung with yours truly. Photo by Tian Chad

I'm starting to like this BTL event, and all thanks to Tian Chad (TC) for bringing me along with him. It's really an eye opening event and it helps to boils up my interest in photography and videography as well. Hopefully TC will be able to be TBL's guest speaker one day and hopefully I will too, haha. There is still so much to learn and for now, I'm just enjoying that process of learning.

Me and the awesome Tian Chad.

On an additional notes, Gregs had officially launched Gregs Academy that night and is open to anyone who is interested in learning the arts of videography with him personally and also his team. You will be able to be apart of the team for 3 month to learn, to study and also to participate in their actual wedding shoot as your field work. The fee is roughly around RM7000+ for 3 month of life changing and experience filled  course with one of the most awesome production team in Malaysia. For more details do checkout the links provided below:

Gregs Official Website | Facebook Page | Twitter | Youtube | Vimeo

BTL Official Facebook Page | Twitter | Youtube

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[Movie Review] Rise of the Guardians (2012)

by Daniel Chiam 

Fun to watch ★★ ★★ ☆☆☆☆☆☆ 4/10

Jack Frost (Chris Pine) was recruited as the member of the Guardians along side Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Sandman to fight against Pitch (Jude Law); the Boogeyman, who begins his plan to engulf the world in darkness. Jack agrees to help the Guardians despite being reluctant at first in order to seek the memory of his past life.

A very unique combination of heroes I must say. You have the Russian-mob-like-Santa, an Aussie Bunny and a Sandman that look like Teller from Penn & Teller, fan girls fairy and Jack who? Story line was very much predictable. Nothing is too heavy to digest and its pretty much for young children to enjoy.

I guess Rise of the Guardians is one of those light entertainment by DreamWorks. Not much of a build up to the story line and it carries very little emotional attachment to the story and to the characters. The great thing about it is that it's colorful and it has all the characters that kids were brought up listening to some of their stories.

Overall, the movie is very enjoyable to watch, especially for young children who really believes in Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, The Sandman, Boogeyman and Jack who? It really is a light movie to watch and to pass the time with some laughter. Other than that, it really is nothing much for us to remember about. At least for us adult I guess, but assuredly kids will love it!

*Do not leave the cinema when the credits start rolling. Wait for another short scene after that.

Thank you United International Pictures and Nuffnang for the invites!

View the Trailer | Official Website

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[Movie Review] Pitch Perfect (2012)

by Daniel Chiam

Entertainingly fun to watch ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 7/10

Beca (Anna Kendrick) who just enrolled to Barden College decided to joined the all-girl a capella group - Bellas after being asked by her dad to try and experience the college life. The Bellas has been struggling all this while to be the champion with their never changing performances, and with the new recruit into their team, things still pretty much stays the same under the leadership of Aubrey (Anna Camp) - Bellas' senior. 

Everyone was expecting another Glee rip off with a predictable story line from Pitch Perfect and I say, you all are getting what you've asked for but only better and with a bigger bang! Turns out the movie was awesomely entertaining with great humor and of course great tunes.

Rebel Wilson who plays Fat Amy is really a comedic star on a rise. There's a lot of LOL moment during her appearance in the movie and it was completely fun to watch. It's really hard to fun a dull moment in the movie and please do not expect an impromptu musical session to sing about what's going on at the moment, no, because this is not Glee.

The songs selection was great as most of it was not yet overly used in film/series of such genre. It was anything but that-same-song-again-with-different-cover-version. The music arrangement was creatively done and really gets the audience grooving to it. I love the riff off scene.

Aside from Anna Kendrick, Alexis Knapp is really a hottie in the movie and oh my gosh isn't she tall! I didn't know she can sing (or she didn't?). She's always appear in movie as the pretty face, same goes for this one but at least she has more attitude and character to show off.

Overall the movie was all fun and entertaining to watch. I really had a great time laughing in the cinema and I love the soundtrack for the movie. I would watch it again with no second thought. The best musical comedy film in 2012 so far.

Thank you ChurpChurp and United International Pictures for the invitation.

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[Movie Review] Soar Into The Sun (2012)

by Daniel Chiam

I wish can soar even higher ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ 4/10

Soar Into The Sun, also known as Return to Base (R2B) is a remake of the movie Red Scarf (1964). The Korean action film starring Rain (Jung Ji-Hoon) and Shin Se-Kyung as the main leads, tells the story of fighter jet pilots in the mist of facing crisis that might compromise the safety of their nation.

The movie was overall fun and entertaining to watch. Typical Korean funny moments and romance. Sadly the  plots didn't manage to soar high enough to really wow the audience with its action scenes or a remarkable story line. The movie in general was just moderate only.

I believe Rain still has the charm to lure all his fans to the cinema and watch the movie. Specially when this is Rain's last movie before he join the military service for at least 2 years! Not bad for a farewell gift to the fans.

Anyway, judging from the screenshot that I saw in their official Facebook page, I assume that there were a few scenes being deleted in the movie, no thanks to Malaysia censorship. Here are some scenes that wasn't shown in the cinema:

Tho Soar Into The Sun wasn't the best actions film made by the Korean, but with eye-candy like Rain and Shin Se-Kyung in the movie, you can't hardly wish the movie to end sooner but only for it to be better. The supporting cast was also impressive but yet I felt that they were undermined by the lack of build up for their characters.

Rain

Shin Se-Kyung

Thank you ChurpChurp and United International Pictures for the invitation.

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