the free HD upgrade promo is over.

we’re sad that Carrie has left meoworks. however, let’s extend a warm welcome to our new videographer/editor, Sophia.

flo

Free HD upgrade for all signature packages.
(subjected to the availability of our editors)

so yes, meoworks had 2 weddings back-to-back, on 22nd & 23rd of may. and our favorite videographer flo had happily fallen sick a few days before. might i first say that for someone with a running fever, a nose that wouldn’t stop leaking AND a head that was throbbing from overdose of panadol (seriously flo, nobody takes THAT much panadol), flo could still shoot as per normal. very impressive. (ya, trying to lap on praises cos i’ve been in her bad books lately, i’m thinking it’s the fever/cold thus she’s cranky. worth a shot anyway)



so on 22nd of may, we shot for Justin & Denise, with Tristan from Tri-angles and the girls from Spellbound Weddings Beautiful simple wedding at a Lutheran church & dinner at Marina Bay Sands - one of the hardest-to-find places, seriously. Yes yes, note to all other videographers/photographers, the AV booth has issues, thus turning our express highlights video into a stop-motion multiple-pauses i don’t know what you call it. Apart from that one problem, everything else was awesome. Great decor, sweet couple & flo-who-keeps-blowing-her-nose. None of Justin’s friends know him as Justin, (they call him Boon Pin) so I overheard “i was driving the wedding planner and she kept saying justin justin, then i asked who’s justin? they said he’s the groom!” and they proceeded to mock and laugh at poor Boon Pin who blushed and ignored them. -laughs. yes Boon Pin is extremely shy.



so we went back for our 4-hour sleep before getting up on sunday 23rd may for Weiliang & Fengyi’s wedding. When we first met them, they told us “refer to us as weiliang and fengyi okay? cos that’s what our friends know us as, nobody knows who is william & grace.” i don’t know what’s up with the couples and their names this weekend…. so anyway, it was a crazy crazy day. rushed home after gatecrashing to take a short nap + edit, then went to goodwood park hotel (our fav hotel because the AV people never mess anything up and the banquet manager is wonderful) to shoot their ROM ceremony before including it into the express highlights to be played later. got everything out by 915pm and was completely exhausted but wide-awake. it was worth it because we got to see their entourage dance in to black eyed peas’ “i’ve got a feeling” and we got to hear weiliang sing on stage to fengyi. she cried, obviously, and it was possibly the best moment of the night. p/s i cried too but nobody saw cos i was busy hiding away from 6 different cameras, yes, they had William Chua , Livestudios and Flo + Sophia (in case anyone is wondering, sophia is caleb’s cousin and yes she has started shooting too).



so yes, we love couples who make us cry. because this is why lack-of-sleep-arms-aching-brain-dying (me), mad-rushing-can’t-think-straight-but-can-shoot-even-when-sick (flo) is so worth it. so how was your weekend?



love,
incoherent carrie
p/s: sorry for the ranting.

find us at northstar@AMK,
ang mo kio ave 5
#09-11




flo-who-is-now-off-to-meet-her-1st-client@northstar

last wk was spent creating a short film like corporate video on volunteerism in spore. it’s titled ‘heartstrung’ but i prefer to call it ‘ah kong ah ma’ video. we borrowed chris lim’s canon 5dmk2 and had a great time with it. (simply love the bokeh though i’ve probs keeping the cam steady while adjusting the zoom/focus. bah!) final cut of the video is out but i dont think we’ll be putting it online. (darn!)so, we’ll have to make do with photos, if gwen, our producer, does remember to send them over.



-flo

in case anyone is wondering, the 2 meoworks cats are still very much alive (although i AM coughing madly and flo seems to be shrinking slightly, but nobody asked, did they?) and we have been spending our time clearing backlog (me) and going on photoshoots (flo). yes, our lives are still functioning…



well, as 2010 draws quickly into may, we’ll be shifting to new premises. yes, we no longer will enjoy the beautiful space at 32A Bali Lane and will now instead be setting up camp at Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 with bryan & jean. do look for us when the space has been done up.



in all other news, do feel free to ask us out (we have mobile phones that CAN receive calls & text messages but if you must be tech-savvy, we are constantly in our email-boxes too). and if anyone must know, flo has been spending a lot of time & money catching toys on those UFO machines so she’s kind of an expert now, and i’ll be picking up the er hu so at least, we can say, one of us can play an instrument.



til the next time, here’s carrie your very lazy blog-updating person. cheers.

here’s meoworks’ cats, flo & carrie, wishing everyone a happy last day of 2009! may 2010 be a great year for everyone.



so how’s everyone spending their last day of the year? flo’s out running errands - stocking up on more dvds for next yr, etc. and i am going to finish up a few more edits.



see you all next year!

Dear friends,



We’re very happy that Meoworks is now 2 yrs old (as of 24th Dec 09) and we’d like to wish all our couples, friends & future friends a very meowy christmas too!



So we celebrated our 2nd birthday at 32A Bali Lane, the office we share with photographers from Wedding Photographers Guild with our friends and more. Sorry no pictures because we were busy playing xbox.



in all good news, we’ve decided to extend a special gift to all couples who wish us “happy 2nd birthday Meoworks” when we meet. teehee.



so, meowy christmas everyone, and have a jolly good 2010!
p/s: you can add us on facebook you know, since flo & i spend more time there than here.
carrie@meoworks.com.sg
flo@meoworks.com.sg



cheers!
carrie (who is now in charge of posting on this blog, for good, i think)

so yes, as flo has proclaimed in her post earlier, due to the massive amounts of weddings on the 6th of Dec 09, we had already arranged for both flo & lestin to shoot. then sufen & daniel’s wedding came along (very last minute, might i add!) and i finally decided to step out of my editing comfort zone to shoot a meoworks’ associate wedding. (very brave of me so feel free to award me with christmas presents, thanks)



very simple and fun wedding. sufen was quiet most of the time so there was no over-the-top expressions or exaggerated actions. all her bridesmaids were family, so everything was kept close-knitted. gatecrashing was fun, nothing too cheesy - which i appreciate a lot - thank you very much. managed to fly home with a pounding headache and edited their express highlights.



the headache never went away. zzzz.



of course i enjoy editing the most but being at a wedding shoot was very exciting - the adrenaline rush from doing an express highlights doubles up.
so more to come, i hope!



p/s: yes, during phototaking, all the family members at sufen’s were taking turns to shout “xi gua tian bu tian?” (which means, “is the watermelon sweet?”) in a bid to get everyone to smile. after a while, the photographer caught on and started using it too. muahahaha.



so that’s my 6th of Dec, how was yours like?



from-a-carrie-who-is-finally-not-a-shoot-virgin

Yes, we’ll be scratching & purring our first 2 weeks of November away in Vietnam - mainly Hanoi, Halong Bay & Hoi An. From the 1st to 12th of Nov, we’ll be going on holiday (because we’ve worked soooooo hard and need a break) and will be contactable only via email. So if anyone misses us, you may contact us at flo@meoworks.com.sg (cos i’m very sure flo will fight to check her mail first) or carrie@meoworks.com.sg



ciao!

is it just me or does everyone feel the same too?



ever since dinah and roland’s AD last sat, i’ve been downing 3557562l of water. (okok, im bs-ing. it’s abt 3l of pure water everyday.) it’s more than my usual intake of liquids but things ain’t improving.



not only do i have to tahan the niapniap feeling on my tongue, i’ve to wake up with a nosebleed today.



-mutters.
flo
ps: i’m tagging this under ‘whinings’

Hello to the people who have missed us



A few great photos to share (apparently the couples must have liked these shots too cos they chose them as DVD covers:



Felicia & Ian
Photos by Kelvin Koh - www.lightedpixels.com




Jingli & Christopher
Photos by Joho - www.expressivelyjoho.com




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So in case you guys have forgotten, we’re going to Australia on sat (18th Apr) and will be back in SG on Mon (4th May). We’re contactable by email (preferably).



p/s: we’ve both not packed our luggages nor equipment.



see you when we’re back!



from carrie & flo

For all those who have been missing the 2 cats, you may catch us at HERWORLD BRIDES FABULOUS WEDDINGS over the weekend at Suntec City Convention Center Level 3. We’ll be crashing Chris Woon’s booth (because we’re shameless lidat.)







-Flo

Yep, you’ve read it right! We’re going to Gold Coast / Brisbane (Australia) from end Apr to early May!



Wanna guess why?



Okay i’ll tell you (cos i’m nice)…
we’ll be doing a pre-wedding video for Louanna and Dennis with Chris Woon from MoretoPurple. We’re really excited because we’ve met Louanna a week ago and she’s really fun. She says she’s really ‘chin chai’ (which means anything-also-can) but if you could see her meticulously written email about what we’re gonna eat, do, see… you will be just as excited as we are! It’ll be a casual outdoor shoot all around the Gold Coast… imagine private beaches, seaworld, and bumpy 4WD!



and then we’ll be traveling to Brisbane for Helen & Andrew’s actual day Greek wedding. Whee!



So anyone who’s interested in joining us… ie do a photoshoot of your own, do email flo@meoworks.com.sg (cos she’s the cat in charge of planning for this trip) for package details etc. Trust me, it’ll be really fun! (and it’s not gonna cost you THAT much la…)



From excited carrie.

Website under reconstruction.

For more information on videos (can’t seem to get them to play for now) n packages, please email me at flo@meoworks.com.sg

Sorry for the inconvenience caused

So Judy’s my friend from the JC days (school seems like an entire lifetime away.) and she held a concert last Sunday to try to raise funds for her competition in LA.

Here’s a 4 min video of her in action; both in the studio and on stage. Enjoy!

Lastly, if you’ve any comments (or donations), do drop her a line at ilovejudee@meoworks.com.sg (created only cause I’ve forgotten her email add)

(videos removed due to bandwidth constraints. please contact carrie@meoworks.com.sg to watch the videos)

Calvin 13 Oct 84

-laughs.
that was what my dad emailed us this morning.

-grin.

judy sure looks gd here.

do support her at timbre, on 15th june.

c u guys there then.
ps: judy’s my ex-vjc mate. and she’s holding this fund-raising concert so that she may have enough to fly to LA for a compeition

ps: it has to be cara dillon’s version.

bcoz i love the orchestra so.

pss: it is an irish folksong.

Black is the color of my true love’s hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She has the sweetest smile the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands

I am sosososo in love with this song.

I love my love, and well she knows
I love the ground whereon she goes
I wish the day soon would come
When she and I will be as one

I’ve always strongly believed that all songs r waiting for the right person/couple to come along.

I remembered when Joho gave me the song ‘Lovely’, I stored the song away n bidded my time for the right couple.

When I shot for Tom and Angie’s ROM, I knew they were the ones.
So now, who’s gonna claim the song - ‘black is the colour of my true love’s hair?’

(don’t give me corny replies like ‘all your brides have black hair!’)

-grin.

after 9 days, my dad has finally been discharged from SGH.

he had a serious case of clogged arteries.

but thankfully it wasn’t serious enough to warrant a heart bypass op.
–

n so now back to the real life.
(but b4 that, do let me apologise for the recent spate of locked entries as the videos which are at their draft stage are meant for the couples only. just in case they don’t want a certain footage to be ‘out in public’ ma.)

at the present,

we’ve a grand total of 17 edits outstanding. (-breathes)

1) ruey n renz - dv tapes being sent to aussie
2) denise n joseph - waiting for couple to OK final draft
3) raja n caihong - waiting for couple to OK final draft
4) tom n angie - waiting for couple to view 1st draft
5) chamaine n kelvin - waiting for couple to send dv tapes to us so that we may start editing
6) maggie n bob - waiting for couple to send mp3s.
7) christie n melvin - waiting for couple to send dv tapes to us so that we may start editing cynthia n stephen - in the midst of editing
9) kenneth n yeok theng - waiting for couple to OK final draft
10) regina n james - waiting for couple to arrange for time to collect DVDs
11) dennis n linda - waiting for couple to OK final draft
12) kenneth n shannon - waiting for couple to arrange for time to collect DVDs
13) georgina n jian how - waiting for couple to OK final draft
14) mervyn n vivian - have yet to start editing (sorry mer n viv)
15) rachel n stephen - in the midst of editing
16) fennel n kevin - waiting for couple to choose the songs they would like for their MTV
17) joyce n kevin - waiting for couple to choose the songs they would like for their MTV

(have i left any couples out?)

guess u should have picked up by now; editing = waiting

on average -

1 wk for couple to select song
1 wk for us to edit
1 wk for couple to approve edit
1 wk for us to do the corrections
1 wk for couple to approve final edit
1 wk for couple to choose picture for DVD cover/label
1 wk for us to master video out onto DVD
1 wk for couple to arrange for time to collect DVDs from us

n u wonder y the contract states that DVDs will only be ready for collection 2 months after Actual Day.
(when we only take a wk to complete the actual editing)

dear-whoever’s-in-charge-of-the-world,

my poor macbook has been seriously overworked.

in fact, right now, it’s

1) rendering maggie and bob’s documentary
2) converting georgina and chien how’s AD MTV into FLV format
3) burning clara and derek’s ROM MTV into DVD
4) playing a series of chi songs so that i may pick a suitable one for maggie and bob’s tea ceremony
5) ftping with cyberduck so that i may upload fennel and kevin’s express highlights onto my webby
6) msning with eileen

my not-so-new macbook’s badly abused so i’ll greatly appreciate a new imac.

in fact a macpro will be great.
a 8 core macpro with 16gb will be most ideal.

cheers,
flo

–

i had never expected a macbook with only 1.5gb RAM to be so powerful.
it’s practically built like a workhorse.

respect.

–

so friends, remember, when i do sell my current macbook,
plsplsplspls, do not buy it from me,
even though it has extended app for it.

yoyoyo!

happy new yr, one and all.

(sorry for the belated post as I had been overwhelmed with work.)

but now that the busiest time is over, I may now breathe and attempt to have some resemblance of life back.

will update more later.