STYLO Fashion Grand Prix KL 2011

STYLO Fashion Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur 2011 took place throughout the capital city 

over 8 solid days from April 3 to 10th, 2011.

This year's festival themed 'Fashion Theatre' were held in 3 different location, one of which a 

post World War II building, the Chin Woo Stadium in the heart of KL.

The STYLO International President and CEO, Dato' Nancy Yeoh, 

'STYLO is a kaleidoscope of fashion entertainment, and it will be a celebration for 

all in ensuring that the same F1 enthusiasts are kept equally engaged by 

the breakthrough of high fashion. This festival is our stamp of an iconic lifestyle experience.'

It was a weekly festival roundup of events for the 'be seen' or to be seen, with supermodels, fashionistas, socialites and F1 drivers gracing the red carpet of the ball of the year.

The Chin Woo Stadium, a post World War II building located the older part of KL was transformed into 'The Scarlet Theatre'. This glamorous venue hosted several galas, and one of them was the Ministry of Tourism's Glass Slipper Gala on 6th April 2011.

In conjunction with the Malaysia International Shoe Festival 2011, the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia, Dato' Sri Ng Yen Yen together with STYLO International Dato' Nancy Yeoh and 

Datuk Jimmy Choo presented the Glass Slipper Gala.

It was an enchanting evening of magical fashion show themed around the story of 

Cinderella and her famed 'Glass Slipper.'

 There were glamorous parade of fashion show from our talented local designers; 

showcasing their bold and inspiring ideas with shoes as part of the creations.

 One word describe the line up for the evening - Stunning!!

MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL SHOE FESTIVAL 2011

The 2nd Malaysia International Shoe Festival 2011 was officially launched by YB Dato' Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen, the Minister of Tourism Malaysia and Mr Tony Ting, President of Malaysian Footwear Manufacturers Association together with Tourism Ambassador Professor Dato' Dr Jimmy Choo.

Themed 'Walking in Unity - 1 Malaysia', the festival created a valuable platform to promote over 50 famous shoe brands and manufacturers in Malaysia.

This world-class event will be held in 2012 from 29 March to 1st April at Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Magical Musicals at Sunway Lagoon

It is a magical musical show indeed as the talented cast from the West End Productions 
delighted its audience at the Sunway Lagoon Amphitheater on Friday night!

The day has been rather exhaustively hot and the thought of a musical show is simply too enticing to miss.  
As I strolled casually towards the ‘Elephant Walk’ entrance; it was a sight to behold 
as I stood to enjoy the beauty of the Lagoon in this dark night. 
Thus, I missed the grand and fiery opening but nevertheless I enjoyed the show immensely. 

Reflections at Sunway Lagoon

Sunway Lagoon Amphitheater

The stage is a huge Broadway set-up of Times Square and the Apollo Theater 
which were mesmerizing indeed. 

The Dream Girls

 The Dream Girls made their appearance in all its grand camaraderie 
which immediately brings you back in time.  
As the story of love, friendship and glory unfolds in every stage of song and dance performances. 

The Love Proposal

 It is definitely an amazing performance as the singers vowed the audience with songs from 
DreamGirls, Queens, Abba and performed theme songs
from movies like Mamma Mia, Mulan, Glee and many more.

Mamma Mia Performances

It is truly an entertaining night for me as I thoroughly enjoyed the show; 

of course this sentiment was shared by all the audiences in the theater.  

Many were seen swaying to the music and joined in a sing-a-long at the finale.

 The show is still on till 17 July 2011, so catch it at the Sunway Lagoon.

Sunway Lagoon Amphitheater

The Apollo Theater

The West End Dancers

Life is like Photography

Life is like Photography...........

         We use negatives to develop  !

There's Something Good in Every Day!

A picture is worth a thousand words......

F E E L by Jeffry Lim, Visual Storyteller

A massive one man photography exhibition of the year, FEEL, will stay as one of the great milestone in the Malaysian photography industry. Hosted at the Bangsar Shopping Complex, the exhibition area covers over 4000 sq feet and on display are over 100 photographs of Jeffry’s collection over 15 years.

It is a great pleasure for me to have known this extra-ordinary photographer, Jeffry Lim. Our path crossed more than 10 years ago, and it’s a very humble beginning. 

Seeing him grow from his humble beginning, Jeffry is gifted with a great potential in his work. His photographs were so captivating even in the early years, capturing the essence of the people that he photographs.

Sadly, I had missed the opening of his exhibition and am feeling terribly miserable about missing this part of history with him.

Today, finally I had a chance to personally visit his exhibition and am truly astounded with the huge display of his 15-years of photography work.

Stunning is the word to describe this exhibition, I could see the amount of his ‘blood and sweat’ culminating into this exhibition.

Each photograph exudes not only the work of an artist

but captured the significance of each moment.

'Maroc' Exclusive Exhibition by Jeffry Lim
Jeffry Lim is showcasing his personal collections of artistic photographs on Morocco’s arts, culture and selected unique destinations at The Gallery, Kuala Lumpur from 11th -24th July 2011. Photos are printed on imported large format ‘Lyve Canvas’ for fine art use, which meets the Archival Standards set forth by Fine Art Trade Guild. They come in limited copies
Date | Monday 11th - 24th July 2011 
Venue | The Gallery @ Starhill, MUSE Floor, Starhill Gallery, Jalan Bukit Bintang, KL

Jeffry Lim, the Visual Storyteller

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Inner Mongolia in Autumn

A mere mention of Mongolia reminds me of the great conqueror of the country, Genghis Khan. It’s an exotic and mesmerizing country to visit and instantly I agreed to venture out with my photography friends, the Kelab Shashin Photography members.

Our journeys through Inner Mongolia are rather adventurous as we will arrive just before sun set at some remote village somewhere every night. Though we do have a guide, we were never sure where we will end up for the night until we arrive.

Its autumn, so the temperature can dip to freezing cold during the night or even in the day as weather can be unpredictable, so keeping warm with winter wear is a must.

Day 1 Erguna in Autumn

Our journey begins from Hailar-er, as we pass through beautiful grassland that stretches on as far as eye can see. Empty vast grassland with hay stacks ready to be collected before the winter arrives. A place that’s so peaceful as horses, cows and sheep grazes on unperturbed in this beautiful pasture, totally obscure of our intruding lenses.

As mysteriously as they appear the Bactrian camels of Mongolia were quickly lead away by the owner. The camels were extremely handsome creatures as it strode towards us, towering over all the horses around them.

Soon we had to say goodbyes, as the cowboy started to herd his flocks away and the horses obediently strode homeward bound..

By noon, we had a rather quaint experience at a ‘diner’ frequent by locals and truckers. We were served a meal of lamb ribs which were delicious, or maybe we were hungry..

"The merit of an action lies in
finishing it to the end."

Genghis Khan

'The Mongolians lived along the east bank of the Erguna River in central Inner Mongolia for great many years. It's only in the seventh century that they began to migrate to greener grassland in the west. By the twelfth century, they settled along the upper region of Onon River, Kerulen River and Tola River which are located at the east of the Kente Mountain.

They have a great tribal leader, Temujin, a powerful man that comman great loyalty from his army. He conquered and set up the Mongol empire and took the title of Genghis Khan. Throughout 1211 to 1215, Genghis Khan expanded his territory to Central Asia and Southern part of Russia.

His successor, the great Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis Khan) became the fifth supreme Khan and founder of the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368). Kublai destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty in 1279 and made China as the capital of his massive empire. In 1368, the Yuan Dynasty collapsed and the Mongols suffered from great conflict for many years.

"The strength of a wall is neither
greater nor less than the courage of
the men who defend it."

Genghis Khan