Boarding gate at Subang Airport. It was still dark outside!

Here's the beautiful sunrise that greeted me when I touched down Penang airport

My client brought me for breakfast and this was what I ate. "Char Kueh Kak"

Working hard...

Then my photo session started for the whole day, with little breaks in between while baby napped. And the photo session ended with this photo.

Little Ryleigh with Daddy L & Mommy J

And as for my Project 365 for today, here’s a photo of my NEW Shootsac in action for the first time! I’m lurving it BIG TIME!

My NEW Shootsac and I

Location: Ze toilet in Subang Airport.

When: While waiting for my flight to Penang.

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"Ang-Pow Time"

Location: Kuala Lumpur

When: During Mark & Azwin’s wedding day

Note: This photo reminds me that Chinese New Year is just round the corner and it’s a Chinese tradition for married couples to give out “ang-pows” to children & those young singles. Hmmm… need to sort out budget for this year!

Now talking about budget, here’s another funny comic strip from What The Duck.

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"Woody Work"

Location: Sukawati, BALI.

When: During our recent family + diving trip.

Note: Plenty of wood works for sale and a local lady was sand-papering this one piece.

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There were many colorful light decorations all around the temple.

Lanterns everywhere too!

More lanterns...

Aren't they pretty?

Colorful candles were used for prayer offerings.

Lots of incenses for prayers too!

There were many little "statues" and "artifacts" being displayed around the temple

Not too sure what caused such an intense reaction on this little boy's face.

 That is all for now. Here’s a slideshow I’ve done up with the photos from this rendezvous.

Dong Zen Temple

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• I had another blogger’s BLOCK!
• I was thinking too much to be able to write
• I was busy editing another wedding series
• I had my mum visiting again (been enjoying the pamperings!)
• I was lazy (ooopppsss!)

HOWEVER…

I’ve managed to kick myself in the butt (not literary, of cos!)  and get on with updating this blog for your viewing pleasures tonight. Actually… I’ve just arrived back to hometown Kuching few hours ago. Going to spend this Christmas holiday with my family for a change this year. Most recent years, I was not home for Christmas.

This will be the second year without daddy around and being home sure makes me long for his presence with us again. I hope being back this time will make mum happy too as she’s been doing the travelling to KL to be with me ever since I got preggie. It should be a nice change for once for us to be back home to be with her instead.

Here’s wishing you readers (friends, passer-bys, anyone???) a Joyous Christmas with your loved ones and may you be surrounded constantly by love & happiness!

P/S: Photos taken below was from last year. Due to the re-organisation of our home for the new baby, we’ve decided not to put up the tree this year.

PP/S: I’ve recently completed another slideshow of one of my work & will be blogging about it once I return from Kuching. So stay tuned!!!

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Photo (c) Jenny Sun

 Welcome to my photography blog!

I am a Malaysian female photographer based in Kuala Lumpur/Selangor that loves any kind of photography listing from nature to skyscrapers, weddings & events, and especially portraitures for pregnant families, newborn babies, couples & families.

I am also an avid scuba diver which enables me to capture amazing underwater images from all around the world.

This blog follows both my professional life (as well as) some of my personal life, featuring “MOMENTS” from the maternity & newborn sessions, weddings & beautiful people I managed to capture with my lens, the places I travel and the friends and family members that mean so much to me.

It also contains random information source for my current and potential clients as I’ll (from time to time) provide some useful links of wedding tips & what-nots for your ”surfing” pleasures. I hope this blog will also be a source of inspiration and education for other photographers.

This site is a little more informal and I just want to give everyone a sense of who I am, and what I am all about.

Do feel absolutely free to leave comments or post questions. You can also contact me further at enquiry@astherlau.com for other booking enquiries.

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The store is an open-air hut with ‘tables’ or platforms. We had to sit on these platforms. Yes… we’ve to take off our shoes before climbing up that platform.

Darling among the platforms

Then came the food. Oooohhh… they looked so simple yet WE LOVE IT! Fish satay… and plain soup local-style. Ate with rice and some green vegetables. Yummy! Ohhh… they’ve got local sambal too! They tasted some sort Chinese yet different. But very tasty indeed!

Here are some photos taken in the Tulamben resort we were staying. All photos here were taken with my new Canon 30D.

This is a view from our verandah in Tulamben resortFront view of our verandah

Front view of our verandah

Swimming pool facing the seaside at Tulamben

Another pool view

Our verandah view with darling Francis lazing around

Pool view at nightRestaurant view at night, Tulamben resort

Restaurant front view at night, Tulamben resort

Verandah view at night

We later moved to a romantic villa called Peruna Saba Villa in Gianyar for the remaining 2 nights stay. We did nothing there but relax & swim at our private pool & sleep. The scenery there was breath-taking with vast padi field & the sound of nature at the background.

It’s been 4 days since I’m back to civilisation. My dearest friends back in Layang-Layang were asking me how have I been since I left them. So, how am I really??? Hmmm… let’s see…

I left KL in a poor state of mind. The incident back in February was so fresh in my mind & I wasn’t very sure I’m ready to work in Layang-Layang at all. However, I am very lucky to have true friends who encouraged me & constantly have faith on me. I finally picked up my courage & packed my bags, got on the plane to KK then Layang-Layang.

1. I had countless close encounters with the hammerhead sharks here. Be it single or in school, they never fail to take my breath away.
2. Not forgetting the sperm whales. There were 3 of them, however, we managed to snorkel with only 2. Nevertheless, it was “A Chance-in-a-Lifetime” for me!
3. The school of mobula devilrays are more adventurous this year. I had the luck to dive with many many many at most dive sites.
4. I had the luck of seeing my first pair of WILD ORCAS @ Killer Whales too. A male & female swimming on the surface of water while I was on the dive boat. Too bad weather was stormy and there were other boats around which might have made the pair nervous. Although the ‘early birds’ managed to get really close to the pair, & 2 divers were so lucky enough to snorkel with them too.
5. My closest encounter with a manta this season. Also, had countless of sighting of this wonderful creature. I’m not sure if there are many different individuals, but I managed to identify 2 individuals which came to our reef very often. Or maybe these 2 are the residents of Layang-Layang?
6. I had a 3-seconds glimpse of my FIRST WHALE SHARK. Thanks to one of my fellow diver who were more excited than I was & zoomed towards the gentle giant before anyone realised what happened. Maybe next time… Sigh…
7. I created history in Layang-Layang by being the first to record the finding of pigmy seahorses. Eversince my first find, we’ve found several others to a total of 12 pigmy seahorses at several dive sites to date. I wish to find another species however time did not permit. I pray I’ll get another chance next year!
8. I will never forget my encounter with a massive shark which I think was a Tiger Shark at The Point this year. After going through many books & discussion with my fellow colleagues, I’ve decided this mystery shark might be the rare Tiger Shark which was sighted twice for the past 10 years.

During my stay on the island, I constantly miss home & everyone dear to me. I thought I’d be really happy when the day comes for me to leave and return home. However, when it did happen, I surprised myself by being really sad & melancholy. I felt as if my heart was broken for leaving this wonderful place which I can call my home too. Also leaving my precious & dear friends whom shared both the good and hard times with me. I’ll never forget their sincere hearts that fought together alongside with me in the name of “taking care of the safety of our divers & to ensure fun to all”. We kept each other company & no one was left feeling lonely or alienated. This is the BIGGEST FAMILY I ever had!

Maybe one day we will be together again. I’m leaving that to God. In the meantime, I have to be strong to live on from where I am now. All I pray is that God will show me a path that leads on to a wonderful life ahead. Hence the end of a summary of my sweet moments in Layang-Layang.

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