Salsa Cruise Cruise Asia : Day # 1
It’s December everyone!
Needless to say, and like everybody else, it’s my favorite month of the year. Christmas, holidays, weather gets cooler, bonus, and of course, annual leave.
Except for me who used up probably my 2009, 2010 and 2011 annual leave for the past few months travelling like a nomad. I’ve been away so long that I kinda forgot how blogger events were like. Whatever Nike Run la, All American Rejects concert la, Fashion parties la, movie screenings la etc. Suma sudah hilang.
When I was back a few weeks ago @reneetay said ‘I spend more time in a plane than I do on my bed’. She’s right, except that it wasn’t just a plane that I spent my time in….it was a cruise ship instead, the Legend of the Seas.
Salsa Cruise Asia was too awesome to be described in just words.
So let’s see some pics ok?
Eh, sorry supposed to be bus picture. Ah, here. The bus! 
A whole solid 6 hours from 1U bus station to Singapore.
I was the first photographer to move with the crew down to the hotel, and being labelled as the ‘Official Photographer’ (one of) for Salsa Cruise Asia, memang kembang sikit lah.
It didn’t take long for few of the international artists to notice me with the big-ass camera, and within 10 seconds, I was given a chance to do what I loved the most:
CAM HO!
Score one with sexy Lidia Mcmahon of Australia!
Lidia and Ulysses were definitely one of the favorites among the cruise goers. Accommodating, great dancers with always a smile on their faces. Awesome people. The coolest thing about Ulysses is that he’s a 6’4” Electrical Engineer, with a body that almost made me drool. Almost.
The Ritz-Carlton is a 6-star hotel with classy rooms and classy service to match.
The only trouble was that I’ve been staying in 2 to 3 stars hotels too often while I’m travelling that I have no idea how to compare 4 or 5 or 6 star hotels. You can tell me this is a 10 star hotel and I WILL believe you. Me village boy haha. I just know that I like the bathroom a lot.
If you have enough alcohol in your blood and have the balls to bathe in this bath tub, there is the option of leaving the blinds wide open to display your ding-dongs for the passers-by below to check out. I’ve checked, and it IS possible to see from outside.
Maybe this special feature is what makes a 6-star hotel, a 6-star hotel. I don’t know.
Crew Makan time at Bao Jin Tian at Marina Square! This restaurant’s got a Bao in its name, but I didn’t see many Baos around. Mostly Hong Kong styled dishes.
The first night was just crew and artists. Guests were to arrive only on the second day for the performance in the grand ballroom. The best part about being the photographer is that you get to do what you like doing best : Shoot. And it don’t even feel like work at all yo! Best!
The crew themselves were a young (young by my definition is below 35 years) and energetic (energetic by my definition means sleeping just 3 hours a day) bunch of people. Really good to work with. I think being Mr Hensem Photographer helped to improve communication across as well xD
DJ Steiner, Angela, Tamie, Audrey, Vanessa, Shu Shan, Pauline and Jason. Awesome people. You can see here who’s the person older than 30. Buahahhaa.
This is Tim, one of Salsa Cruise’s directors, posing with Jordan and Tatiana, who:
…Specializing in West Coast Swing, Jordan Frisbee & Tatiana Mollmann have been a successful partnership for five years. They are the 2000, 2001, & 2004 US Open Champions, 2-Time NASDE Champions, Grand National Champions, and have won every Classic event in 2004 & 2005. At 2004 UCWDC World’s event they were given the Star Award for the Couple with the Most Impact on Swing. – http://www.sunnysidedancecamp.org/en/node/21
Damn good dancers. Inspiring!
Here’s a preview of what happened the next day…
And tomorrow Psychkin and I will be going for my first blogger event in MONTHS:
Oh it’s been a while. Can’t wait to reconnect with everyone else! I’ll be a noob blogger again…LOL!
Also I wana give my very very very x 1000 best congratulations to Andrew and @EveYeo who had their wedding dinner last night at Sunway Hotel Ballroom.
And guess what? Love grew for this couple during salsa classes. Not bad eh?
P.S you both have to start your night engines. Fast. Haha.
Cheers!
EVo
woohoooo u posted adi!
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euveng Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 11:33 am
yeahh bro. when’s ur post gona come out! i haven’t seen many of ur photos yet wei ^^
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LikeDislikeFinally you update your blog! I wanna see more photos of the dancers! =)
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euveng Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 11:34 am
BBBBBBBB !!! coming coming soon…just got a few more posts to clear up
did u know u were mentioned in the zombieland show? heh!
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LikeDislikeWhoa… MIA man you. What salsa cruise was this la? You went away for like 8 years right? hahah, no la.. just didnt see you around.
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euveng Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Dude! oh..this was d trip that made me change my mind about dancing…to start dancing hehe. going 4 classes now lor. will b seeing u next week at alamanda
ur blog is cool!
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LikeDislikehey you are finally back!!! i’ve been short hair ever since u MIA lor :p
awww u reeeeeeeeealli went on to the cruise…? reeeeali…? *envy maximus*
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euveng Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Uh huh! went on board as photographer…left the ship as a wannabe salsa dancer hehe. quite shiok leh ^o^ do u salsa? any dance besides fengtao one?
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LikeDislikeawww thank you!! how was all your trips anyway?? hahaha sure find one day yum cha then
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euveng Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
The trips were good, the best one was the cruise. super stuff..now i’ve joined salsa haha. been going out for blogger events lately?
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LikeDislikeWaah. A lot of leng chai-s wor, specifically the Jordon dude. Don’t be so perasan EVo, I’m not talking about you. =P Btw, welcome back to the world of nonsense aka your blog! =)
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euveng Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
And I’m lovin it! world of nonsense haha! so when u coming out to join our events? never met u b4 one…
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Trecia Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I’ll try my best. My mom wants to ground me until I finished SPM next year. Die lor. I met you b4 mah you don’t know me only. Hehe.
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LikeDislikeyalo…d sun there very strong….alot of UV…
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euveng Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Ok cool so come out yumcha then camho with ur red face. hahahaaaaaa
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LikeDislikewoolaalalla~ salsa rocks*
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LikeDislikeI couldn’t agree more ^^ wish I could join u both 2night la
next time I’ll be there! Let me know how d party goes a’ight? 
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LikeDislikewow salsa..! fun?
nah..dint attend any of those lately
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LikeDislikecant wait for ur upcoming pending post. should be niceee with all the funny descriptions.
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LikeDislikeWah I like you story! So interesting and I see you are keeping a lot of the good pictures eh! Good pics must share ok
When is Day 2 publishing? Can’t wait to read them, I love it, it brings back great memories and the fun time we all had on the cruise. I’m so looking forward to my next cruise 
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