Joint Tribute to Mother’s Day by Wu Chun and Mr Baker’s Bakeshop

On Friday 11th I had a long-planned photo shoot of Mr Baker’s Bakeshop business that would take me from the showroom all the way back to the heartbeat of the bakery. On this day, Cyril joined me on this very early road trip from Seria to Batu Besurat in Gadong where Mr Baker’s Bakery is located. It had to be early for a number of reasons: to capture the essence of their very busy kitchen before shop opens for business and to avoid the traffic jam along Tungku link road that would inevitably delay the shoot. Mr Baker is a well established name in the healthier eating community with cafe outlets at Jerudong Park Medical Centre, a newly opened cafe at the Airport Mall including, in case you didn’t know, Fitness Zone at Serusop — the healthy goodness of Mr Baker’s breads (choice of Rye, Low GI, Sovitol, etc) can now be found right up the stairs.

Wu Chun explaining about the Fitness Zone and Mr Baker’s joint promo to newly head shaven Rano (not pictured).

Fitness Zone chose Mr. Baker’s Bakeshop because they are the healthier choice and due to their strict policy of no added preservatives, dough improver and as much as possible, no added stabilizer / emulsifier is used. For instance, you may notice that the sponge used in our cakes is less spongy but firm in texture and most of our cakes are less sweet.

According to Eric, the founder of Mr Baker’s Bakeshop, “In conjunction with the upcoming Mother’s Day celebration, we are having a 15% discount on our top selling cakes, Fresh Fruit Vanilla, and on top of it, we are also giving complimentary gift voucher worth $140 to the first 50 customers which entitles holder for one-week free entry to the #1 Health Club courtesy of Fitness Zone.” In addition, Wu Chun added, “We are thankful to Mr Baker’s Bakeshop for allowing FZ Members to have the privilege of having their cakes made to order and have them delivered to Fitness Zone free of charge.”

Eric Pui, founder of Mr Baker’s Bakeshop speaking to Sin Chew and United Daily News journalists about the mutually beneficial partnership with Fitness Zone.

Mr. Baker’s Bakeshop is also baking their record-breaking biggest fruit cake ever baked specially for Fitness Zone’s Mother’s day activity which is to be held on 12th May Saturday at their Serusop Branch. This coming weekend, there is also a ‘Surprise’ Mother’s Day promotion and Fitness Zone will also do an open house for all families to enjoy their state of the art facilities plus free gifts as well! Start living healthy and start SAVING MONEY by becoming a member of Fitness Zone today!

Size matters! Wu Chun unboxing Mr Baker’s biggest fruit cake ever baked specially for Fitness Zone’s Mother’s day activity including an FZ open house for all families to enjoy their state of the art facilities plus free gifts as well!

Mr Baker’s best selling fresh fruit vanilla cake specially upsized for this Fitness Zone Mother’s Day promo. Why is this best selling? Stay tuned for behind-the-scenes photo documentary of how the cake is assembled.

The best selling fresh fruit cake looks and tastes ever bit as good from afar and up close (remember, if you find the cake a tad too creamy, you can order one with less cream).

Wu Chun says, “Good health not only add years to life but also add life to years! Quality of life is so important to people nowadays and this month, we are giving very good promotion for all mothers which we believe it’s one of the proudest ‘Gift of Love’ that a mother can own on mother’s day!” Photo courtesy of Fitness Zone

Founder of Mr Baker’s Bakeshop, Eric Pui, poses with Wu Chun holding their bakery’s largest and most popular Fresh Fruit cake for a press photo. Just how big is the cake? According to Eric it’s about 15″ in diameter.

The massive cake makes it inside a drinks fridge at Fitness Zone and staff checks for clearance before closing the door. I understand the cake didn’t stay inside very long — frankly I would be surprised if it did. :)

How time flies! Catching up with Chun for a quick photo op after 5 years since our paths last crossed at the launch of Fitness Zone Kiulap in 2007. In case you missed that launch, click on this photo to check out the massive media event.

Tweet from a fan of Wu Chun who initiated a comment my Facebook Page.

WU CHUN ON COVER OF GQ TAIWAN

I have a love-hate relationship with bookstores in Taiwan. I love that they exude a kind of conducive ambiance I cannot describe in words. At the same time, I hate how their 99% of their books are in Chinese! In spite of the 10°C cold, wet and windy weather, I came home with close to 3,000 images from the EOS 5DII and Powershot G11 combined. So happens this is my 400th post and while I told Joe McNally that photos from his KL workshop would fill this spot but  in the spirit of the Brunei National Day celebration I thought it’s highly appropriate to celebrate his accomplishments. Kudos to Wu Chun, our international ambassador, for being the first Bruneian to grace the cover of  GQ magazine and for continuing to put Brunei on the map. Well done, Chun!

Thanks to Amy Leung for contributing this video link which features an interview with Wu Chun on location of the GQ Taiwan cover shoot.

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BUTTERFLY LOVERS. WU CHUN BIG SCREEN DEBUT.

Moving from art to artiste, a big thank you to BAIDURI BANK for the exclusive treat along with a Prestige entrance ticket-cum-bookmark to remember the event by. In spite of heavy rain reminiscent of the heart wrenching scene in the film, having also driven from Seria to join the capacity crowd, we escaped the rain for a night of anticipation. An online contact in Singapore who attended the Singapore premier of BUTTERFLY LOVERS 梁祝 recently expressed her disappointment of not having lead actress Charlene Choi there.

Flowers and congratulatory messages—a scene reminiscent of Wu Chun’s Grand Opening of Fitness Zone!

The theater’s overhead display sets the scene for what’s to come as Baiduri Prestige guests young and elderly with complimentary bags of popcorn and drinks are ushered into each cinema.

I thought these introductory screen shots would help readers who aren’t fans of either celebrity understand the film’s genre. I was skeptical at first not knowing what to make of the film as I had neither researched nor heard much about it. Those who have seen it, feel free to post your critique or comments. I’ll reserve mine for another day! The film comes in two versions: mandarin and cantonese and Brunei audience gets the latter. Butterfly Lovers is a HK$20 million film based on a Chinese love story whose main characters Liang Shanbo, Zhu Yintai and Ma Wencai (played by actor Hu Ge) get into a messy love triangle.

© Butterfly Lovers

© Butterfly Lovers

“SMARTER” is an acronym of Society for the Management of Autism Related issues in Training Education and Resources and SMARTER Brunei, formed on September 9th 2001, is a member of World Autism Organisation.

Capacity crowd gathers at the entrance of Cineplex after watching Butterfly Lovers as the emcee periodically teases them about the imminent arrival of the celebs and their entourage of fans and media folks. As I am not a regular movie buff, I’d venture a guess that this crowd overwhelms even a blockbuster movie evening. Yes or No, you tell me.

Representing Baiduri Bank, Mr Ti Eng Hui, Deputy General Manager welcomed the HK celebrity with a bouquet of flowers …

… while Alvina Chung, Manager of Baiduri Prestige and Yayasan Branch welcomed our home grown celebrity to the delight of Charlene.

I thought this photo was rather interesting to include here. Clearly there’s some kind of point-a-thon going on where emcee is seen pointing to either the floor or crowd while Wu Chun gestures to a fan maybe and someone behind Charlene holding a compact camera is saying something else.

In a split second, Wu Chun and Charlene exchanges a glance while Brunei Tourism Director SHEIKH JAMALUDDIN and SMARTER President MALAI HJ ABDULLAH shake hands in appreciation of the generous donation of B$10,000.

Wu Chun works the crowd while Charlene looks in. Boyish charming good looks, he makes the whole business of being an international artiste seem to easy but we know that isn’t the case if it weren’t for his dedication and commitment to always do the best you can and exceeding expectations when you can!

Charlene hanging on to an autographed poster while Emcee Mei Ting makes an offer to the first person in the audience who answered the question correctly. Note the interesting silhouette resembling that of someone pointing a gun. Butterfly Lovers is not an action movie and there are certainly no guns in an era where swords and bow and arrows.

Wu Chun rolls up a poster to the delight of a very lucky and ecstatic winner (female participant in pink top).

Proud owners of a poster autographed by Wu Chun and Charlene

It’s not everyday that you have major celebrities make a public appearance in Brunei and the overwhelming turnout time and again says volumes. Having experienced first hand the sensational Grand Opening of Fitness Zone Kiulap Branch last year, this event while not nearly as big managed to pull it off rather well in comparison.

“Know where’s Jan Shim?” Correct guesses win nothing. I suggest you use your time wisely. About 4 years ago, I began using the Lightsphere II diffuser at weddings and major event shoots and used to always get strange looks from onlookers. I used to have to come up with spur of the moment answer when I would get asked what it is. The LS-II has evolved quite a bit but I continue to use and believe in its effectiveness to create softlight (can also produce harsh  light in the wrong hands), and I just call it my ‘rice bowl’ literally and metaphorically speaking! So there I was captured by ranoadidas.com with visible beads of sweat running down my face!

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