Heya all!

Last weekend, I fell in love even more…..in dance.

It gives me great pleasure to tell you about Mad2Max 2010, the annual intercollege Hiphop competition that happened last Saturday at KL Dancer’s Association.

Organized by Help University College, Mad2Max was one of the most highly anticipated events that involved 11 insanely very hyper teams who could not sit still for 5 minutes!

The day started with a series of workshops and performances that ranged from Hiphop (Poppin, Lockin, Bboy etc), Fusion Belly Dance, Capoeira, Salsa among others.

I mean, the day session went great..really great..had there not been other dance events, going on at the same time >.< The R16 South East Asia Finals & Hip Hop Concert nicely sliced off some of the spectators..oh well. Like what they say, the show must go on!

Also very supportive of the event were sponsors like Digi, F&N, Celebrity Fitness, along with partners like Crocs.

One of my Salsa sifu, Tim Low emcee’d the event..and man, is he one helluva smooth talker. Any crowd of any size, he hits it high every time.

But next time, maybe somebody should remind him to lose the specs and put on some funky contact lenses..funky clothes..you know lah for hiphop, the required number of colors on a single body is at least 200 mah.

Belly dancers and I <3

The turnup for the competition was pretty awesome.

Jarrel, MeiQ, myself playing with @Bboyrice’s fisheye, amongst other spectators who were thronging the area for some mad Hiphop action.

At this point, my camera ran out of juice..yes I forgot to charge battery the night before..I fail. It was OK though, since the official photogs were Feeq and Suresh…I was a shiok sendiri photographer that night only. huhu.

Mad2Max had a fantastic lineup of judges that night.

Marcus Tucker                                    Raymond Tan         

Fellest Yan                                             Alex Lim       

And my personal favorite, Cecilia Yong.

Bubbly, great looks and legs to match, and completely passionate about dance, I’ve never met a popular person who’s as sincere and down to earth…

…or as camho as she is. Hehe.

The judges’ scoresheets would decide the winner of the 11 teams, of whom at least 6 of them put up a rock solid show. But some of the other 5 teams in fact, actually, quite sucked. I sat through their performance wondering when it would end..seriously.

As far as I observed that night, judges make their call based on technique, variety, specialization and originality.

So if you do one of the following, you know that you’re screwed :

1. Try too hard to be funny.
2. Try to pull off 15 different styles in a routine.
3. Try to pull off only 1 single style in a routine.
4. Copy an MTV, or worse, copy it badly.

While the team points were being calculated, we were treated to a superb performance by CC and Alfred to Bryan Adams and Barbara Streisand’s ‘Finally Found Someone’.

And then we were treated to a special performance by each of the judges…these dudes really can pop! Bravo!

And we were also treated to a surprise performance…that when it started, nothing else in the world mattered to me. Or to any guy who was there..

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POLE DANCE!

Take your time to scroll down…cos it’s worth it..

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Whoever said that poles were made for flags, sports, goal posts must have not had the privilege of this stimulating experience. …

…Poles are for dancing, obviously. What else can it be used for right?

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I don’t know her name man. I forgot to ask…  too…distracted…haha..

And I feel bad, because for the life of me, I also can’t remember any of the team names from that night. Uggh.

So, here is team…erm…1st Runner Up!

And team…2nd Runner-Up!

And the winner of the Mad2Max 2010 competition went to…Team. erm…Champion!

Seems like the Adam Lambert mojo does help earn some points too… hmm.

Kudos to the committee who were involved in this smashing event! Also to Psychkin, who constantly drove herself and me up the wall to make sure that everything went according to plan.

I bet you can’t wait to organize Next Year’s Mad2Max again baby. Muahahaha

Cheers!
EVo

What’s up y’all!

Betcha had a great weekend! I sure did

Feeling kinda lazy to blog as per se, but definitely there’s time for an update. Very briefly…

Shot taken at Debenham’s launch at Lot 10 during the Fashion Show catwalk. Decided to pan the shot so only the model’s face would be in focus.

Panning at 1/25s, ISO 200, F 5.6 at 85mm, AI Servo focus, Zero touchup.

What’s special about this next shot then?

Nothing. Just that I like the angle shooting from a higher elevation. Can see more ‘things’ hehe….

Hope your week ahead goes aweshome!

Cheers!
EVo