Blog: Tuesday, Jun 9

Hey guys,  Just got back from Brunei on a bit of extra shooting for Sony Style Season 3, it was pretty cool actually.... cool part was that one of my producers took it upon himself  to become the unofficial documentary photographer for the shoot... so be ready people... because I have too many pics to choose from, and I'm going to bombard you with them!We were staying in the RIDICULOUSLY 6-star Empire Hotel, which was certainly not too shabby to say the least... It's marble everything... gold everywhere... 1/4 million dollar vases and such.I had a swanky room, with quite possibly the most comfortable bed I have every slept in... I was swimming in duvets and pillows - bliss.The piece-de-resistance though by FAR was the PRESIDENTIAL SUITE... Check THIS out:-That's right people... that's GOLD... in the CARPET..... IN THE CARPET!!!it's yours for a cool $35,000 a night.... CHA-CHINGAs you can see - I made myself RIGHT at homeIt's also got a kick-ass golf course that I had a chance to grab a little time on, not as much time as I would have liked... but who knows - one day I might try and go backin fact I may have to take the film crew with me every time a play golf as it seemed to improve my game no end... So that really is me making par and sinking a 12 footer. nice.Brunei is a pretty cool place... we spent the day heading up to Ulu ulu Temburong national park..it's a mission to get there, you start off taking a speed boat from the water villageand then jump onto a bus which takes you to the riveralthough it only takes about an hour to get up river... we spent just over 4 hours shooting on the way up... it was pretty spectacular - but bloody hot. I came so close to just stripping off and getting in the waterbut it was all worth it... because after a 500 metre climb and scaling a 50 metre scaffold I was above the trees and taking some great shots..though I'm terrified of heights.... it was worth it.Other than that we shot all sorts of things, in all sorts of places. We got our own private plane to shoot on courtesy of Royal BruneiWe went back and shot all around the Water village which is really cool... and for once thank GOD they actually let me wear shorts and a t-shirt - as I usually spend most of my time sweating off the pounds in all sorts of stylish gear in the blazing sun. though don't worry.... they still torture me regularly:-so just bear in mind - all those times I'm looking cool as a cucumber and having a great time.... I'm dying a little inside and sweating buckets!We had some ridiculous close calls with borders and time constraints, but we pulled it all off... the final one being an all out run to the coast to record a final link as the sun set:-And I was still left with the time to enjoy the hotel a wee-bit too:-Other than that, I have a few candid shots that show you a bit more of the behind the scenes stuff we do:-me throwing lines into my head...What's really going on behind the cameraus all camping at the airport looking at the pics from the tripAnyhoo guys... I hope you like this other sneaky peaky into my world