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BLUE GATE CROSSING (2002) dir. Yee Chih-yen

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— Blue Gate Crossing (2002)

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"3 years, 5 years later, later.... much later.... what kind of grown-ups will we be? Like the PE teacher? Like my mom? I can't see myself, even with my eyes closed, but I can see you."

Blue Gate Crossing / 蓝色大门 (2002), dir. Yee Chih-yen.

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藍色大門 | BLUE GATE CROSSING (2002) dir. Yee Chih-yen Meng Kerou is a 17-year-old tomboyish high school student who, like other girls of her age, she is trying to find both herself and her sexuality. One day, her best friend, Lin Yuezhen, tells Kerou that she likes Zhang Shihao, the star of the swimming team's, and asks Kerou to help her confess her feelings. Kerou can't resist Yuezhen's pleading and goes along to help her express her friend's love to Shihao, but when Yuezhen runs away in shyness, Shihao mistakenly believes that Kerou is the one who is expressing her own feelings for him. (link in title)

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Minji in NewJeans’s music video Bubble Gum X Blue Gate Crossing (2002) dir. Yee Chih-yen

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Blue Gate Crossing (蓝色大门), dir Yee Chih-yen (易智言). 2003.

Taiwanese filmmaker Yee Chih-yen follows up his debut Lonely Hearts Club with the romantic drama Lanse Da Men (Blue Gate Crossing). Best friends Meng Ke-rou (Guey Lun-mei) and Lin Yueh-chen (Liang Shu-hui) are 17-year-old high school girls. When Yueh-chen admits she likes the boy swimming champ Chang Shih-hao (Chen Bo-lin), she talks Ke-rou into talking to him for her. But Shih-hao ends up liking Ke-rou instead, and the rest of the film develops their sweet friendship and adolescent romance. The only problem is that Ke-rou thinks she might be a lesbian because she's in love with her best friend Yueh-chen.

The film has been well-received critically. Dennis Lim, in a review for the Village Voice, observed the film's "meticulous framing and haunting use of repeated motifs" reflects the influence of Taiwanese New Wave directors Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang. The Portland Mercury described the film as "a modern-day Chinese lesbo twist on the old Cyrano story" that "treads new territory in the teen coming of age drama realm," praising Yee's "haiku-like directorial lyricism."

Gentle and reflective, Blue Gate Crossing ultimately doesn't make a terribly strong impact, but it does impress with its well-composed visual style and sensitive handling of bittersweet emotion.

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I discovered your blog today so sorry if you already answered this question but since you work(ed) in the entertainment industry and you’re quite aware of hats happening in there, do you know if there’s many lgbt couples? Because honestly, I always wonder if all the ships or fan service that idols/actors provide us lead to an actual relationship. Not talking about bjyx, I know they’re real. But like in the kpop industry for example, or the China acting industry? There are rumors about certain ones but I’m still not sure if I believe it since we never know if it’s pure fan service or something else. Also, your blog is really interesting and your answers are so honest and complete! Thank you for your work!

Hi Anon, thanks for the compliments on my blog. I’m glad you like it.

To answer your question, there is only one openly gay couple in Kpop who I can think of: Seung-ho and B.Nish from D.I.P. 

Here is a partial list of openly out LGBTQ+ celebrities in Asia. 

HONG KONG

Leslie Cheung  Denise Ho Chet Lam Gigi Chao Lin Xi Susanna Kwan Anthony Wong Stanley Kwan Roman Tam  Yam Kim-fai  TAIWAN Kevin Tsai Tsou Tzung Han  Enno Cheng Aaron Yan Hush  Yee Chih-yen   Tsai Ming-liang  SOUTH KOREA Holland MRSHLL (Marshall Bang) Som Hye-In Hyeong Seong Seung-ho (D.I.P) B. Nish (D.I.P) Hyeong Seong (D.I.P) Maman (Coming out resulted in her losing her contract with her agency) Harisu   LADY  Choi Hanbit  Hansol  I don’t have any lists from China or Japan, as there aren’t really many major celebrities who are out and proud that I know of. 

If you were wondering if there are more LGBTQ couples who are secretly hiding their relationships in the world of Asian entertainment - the accurate answer is “most probably.” (Aaron Yan actually was outed back in 2018 by an ex-boyfriend, so he was closeted for some time.) 

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4CC Men’s Predictions and Notes

This is an incredibly unpredictable field, and there are a lot of people here who might normally not be here because they’d rather be recuperating for Worlds, but it’s the Olympic test event, so they want to get the feel for the rink.  It’s going to be intense!  There are some younger skaters here that I’m in some ways more excited for than the top of the top who will likely be amazing unless they bomb dramatically, which will probably still be interesting.  Hopefully this is an event full of good clean skates!

If you have any questions about my favorites or my predictions (or what I was doing with my math), feel free to let me know!

Predictions and math under the cut for length:

NAME------------------COUNTRY--SP--FS--TOTAL--POSSIBLE--(PLACE) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yuzuru Hanyu------------------JPN--110.95--219.48--330.43--330.43--(1) Patrick Chan--------------------CAN---99.76--203.99--295.27--303.75--(6) Boyang Jin----------------------CHN---98.45--191.38--289.83--289.83--(4) Denis Ten------------------------KAZ---97.61--191.85--289.46--289.46--(5) Shoma Uno----------------------JPN---98.59--195.89--285.07--294.48--(3) Nathan Chen--------------------USA---92.85--197.55--282.85--290.40--(2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Han Yan--------------------------CHN---90.14--181.98--271.55--272.12--(7) Jason Brown---------------------USA---86.48--182.63--268.38--269.11--(9) Keiji Tanaka----------------------JPN---89.05--167.95--252.09--257.00--(8) Kevin Reynolds------------------CAN--85.16--172.21--250.55--257.37--(10) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nam Nguyen---------------------CAN--79.62--164.86--242.59--244.48--(11) Misha Ge--------------------------UZB--82.25--158.36--238.05--240.61--(12) Grant Hochstein------------------USA--75.79--162.44--237.25--238.23--(13) Brendan Kerry--------------------AUS--76.36--148.47--222.40--224.83--(15) Michael Christian Martinez----PHI--74.45--148.12--220.36--222.57--(16) Jinseo Kim------------------------KOR--74.43--153.41--220.22--227.84--(14) Julian Zhi Jie Yee----------------MAS--72.59--139.68--212.27--212.27--(17) June Hyoung Lee----------------KOR--70.05--135.93--203.92--205.98--(18) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chih-I Tsao------------------------TPE--63.42--123.19--178.46--186.61--(19) Sihyeong Lee---------------------KOR--61.13--119.17--174.28--180.30--(20) Andrew Dodds--------------------AUS--61.98--100.18--161.47--162.16--(22) Leslie Man Cheuk Ip-----------HKG--54.81--114.62--161.18--169.43--(21) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harrison Jon-Yen Wong-------HKG--47.46--100.13--147.59--147.59--(24) Mark Webster----------------------AUS--53.41---95.84--145.94--149.25--(23) Kai Xiang Chew--------------------MAS--46.53---90.94--137.47--137.47--(25) Harry Hau Yin Lee-----------------HKG--51.10---83.00--134.10--134.10--(27) Micah Tang--------------------------TPE--44.74---89.70--131.14--134.44--(26)

Predicted Podium:                                  Dream Podium: 1) Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN)                            1) Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) 2) Nathan Chen (USA)                             2) Shoma Uno (JPN) 3) Shoma Uno (JPN)                                3) Denis Ten (KAZ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Boyang Jin (CHN)                                4) Nathan Chen (USA) 5) Denis Ten (KAZ)                                  5) Boyang Jin (CHN) 6) Patrick Chan (CAN)                             6) Han Yan (CHN)

Notes: So, some of these predictions might look a little bit weird, but they’re based on a combination of Nationals, consistency, recent results, and how skaters have done facing off against each other in the past.  For example, last time Denis was here, was the best competition of his life.  Patrick has been all over the place this season, and Nathan just killed it at Nationals.  Who knows how things will pan out… Only the actual event can tell us, but these are my predictions based on how this season has gone so far.

Younger and Lower Ranked Skaters:  There are a few skaters that I’m really looking forward to who are a little further down the pecking order.  Julian (MAS) is going to be here, and he’s been having a pretty good first full senior season so far.  He’s going to be in the hunt for personal bests, and he’s already looking at the Olympics next year, probably more than Worlds this year.  Also from SE Asia, we’ve got Martinez (PHI) who hasn’t been at a ton of high profile competitions recently.  His spins, especially his biellmann are always worth watching, and I’m looking forward to seeing his programs.  Jinseo, June Hyoung, and Sihyeong (KOR) are going to be skating for a home crowd, and I hope that that helps them reach new personal bests, but more than anything, I really hope that they can be proud of their performances on home ice.  Keiji (JPN) has been having a break out season for him, crashing through old personal bests and not popping nearly as many jumps, and I’m super proud of him.  I hope he skates a skate that he can be proud of as well.  Misha (UZB) is always an amazing performer, and I can’t wait to see how he’s doing on the ice now that he’s back from whatever took him off the GP.

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“𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐”

Dir. Yee Chih-yen, 2002

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The Thomas and Uber Cup 2018  also known as the 2018 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup will be the 30th edition of the Thomas Cup and the 27th edition of the Uber Cup, This event is a Team event contested by the men and women’s national teams of the member associations     Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament will be hosted by Bangkok, Thailand at IMPACT Arena

This will be the first time that Thailand will be hosting this prestigious tournament from 20 to 27th may 2018, where Denmark and china will be defending Men’s championship and Women’s championship crown respectively.

  Thomas and Uber cup finals 2018 draws:

  Thomas and Uber cup 2018 Schedule:

  Thomas and Uber cup 2018 team level details:

Thomas cup: 

Algeria: Abderrahim Bouksani, Balahoune Majed Yacine, Belarbi Mohamed Abderrahime, Hamek Adel, Khaldi Samy, Larbaoui Sifeddine, Mammeri Koceila, Meddah Adel, Medel Youcef Sabri, Ouchefoun Mohamed Abdelaziz

Australia: Chau Matthew, Gobinathan Ashwant, Joe Anthony, Leung Simon Wing Hang, Schueler Jacob, Serasinghe Sawan, Tam Raymond, Teoh Kai Chen, Vuong Eric, Yan Peter

Canada: Dostie-Guindon Paul-Antoine, Ho-Shue Jason Anthony, Lai Jonathan Bing Tsan, Li Antonio, Lindeman Ty Alexander, Yakura Nyl, Yang Brian, Yao Duncan

China: Chen Long, Li Junhui, Lin Dan, Liu Cheng, Liu Yuchen, Qiao Bin, Shi Yuqi, Wang Yilyu, Zhang Nan, Zheng Siwei

Chinese Taipei: Chen Hung Ling, Chou Tien Chen, Hsu Jen Hao, Lee Jhe-Huei, Lee Yang, Lu Ching Yao, Wang Chi-Lin, Wang Tzu Wei, Yang Chih Chieh, Yang Po Han

Denmark: Antonsen Anders, Astrup Kim, Axelsen Viktor, Boe Mathias, Christiansen Mathias, Conrad-Petersen Mads, Jorgensen Jan O, Kolding Mads Pieler, Rasmussen Anders Skaarup, Vittinghus Hans-Kristian Solberg

France: Corvee Jordan, Corvee Lucas, Gicquel Thom, Kersaudy Bastian, Labar Ronan, Leverdez Brice, Maio Julien, Merkle Arnaud, Popov Toma Junior, Rossi Leo

Germany: Jansen Jones Ralfy, Kaesbauer Peter, Lamsfuss Mark, Roovers Alexander, Roth Fabian, Schaefer Kai, Schaenzler Lars, Seidel Marvin Emil, Zurwonne Josche, Zwiebler Marc

Hong Kong: Ho Wai Lun, Hu Yun, Lee Cheuk Yiu, Lee Chun Hei Reginald, Mak Hee Chun, Ng Ka Long Angus, Or Chin Chung, Tang Chun Man, Wong Wing Ki Vincent, Yeung Shing Choi

Indonesia: Ahsan Mohammad, Alfian Fajar, Ardianto Muhammad Rian, Christie Jonatan, Gideon Marcus Fernaldi, Ginting Anthony Sinisuka, Kholik Firman Abdul, Mustofa Ihsan Maulana, Setiawan Hendra, Sukamuljo Kevin Sanjaya

India: Attri Manu, George Arun, M.R. Arjun, Prannoy H. S., Reddy B. Sumeeth, Sai Praneeth B., Sen Lakshya, Shlok Ramchandran, Shukla Sanyam, Verma Sameer

Japan: Endo Hiroyuki, Inoue Takuto, Kamura Takeshi, Kaneko Yuki, Momota Kento, Nishimoto Kenta, Sakai Kazumasa, Sonoda Keigo, Tsuneyama Kanta, Watanabe Yuta

Korea: Choi Solgyu, Chung Eui Seok, Ha Young Woong, Heo Kwang Hee, Jeon Hyeok Jin, Kang Min Hyuk, Kim Dukyoung, Kim Won Ho, Seo Seung Jae, Son Wan Ho

Malaysia: Arif Mohamad Arif Ab Latif, Chia Aaron, Goh V Shem, Lee Chong Wei, Lee Zii Jia, Leong Jun Hao, Soh Wooi Yik, Tan Wee Kiong, Teo Ee Yi, Zulkarnain Iskandar

Russia: Alimov Rodion, Dremin Evgenij, Grachev Denis, Gulomzoda Shokhzod, Ivanov Vladimir, Karpov Georgii, Lemeshko Nikita, Malkov Vladimir, Sirant Sergey, Sozonov Ivan

Thailand: Avihingsanon Suppanyu, Isriyanet Tinn, Kedren Kittinupong, Namdash Kittisak, Phetpradab Khosit, Phuangphuapet Nipitphon, Puavaranukroh Dechapol, Thongnuam Pannawit, Viriyangkura Tanupat, Wangcharoen Kantaphon

Uber Cups: 

Australia: Chen Hsuan-Yu Wendy, Fung Zecily, Khoo Lee Yen, Lim Lauren, Ma Louisa, Mapasa Setyana, Slee Ann-Louise, Somerville Gronya, Tam Jennifer, Veeran Renuga

Canada: Beaulieu Anne-Julie, Choi Catherine, Honderich Rachel, Li Michelle, Pakenham Stephanie, Tam Brittney, Tong Michelle, Tsai Kristen, Wu Josephine

China: Chen Qingchen, Chen Yufei, Gao Fangjie, He Bingjiao, Huang Dongping, Huang Yaqiong, Jia Yifan, Li Xuerui, Tang Jinhua, Yu Zheng

Chinese Taipei: Chen Hsiao Huan, Chiang Mei Hui, Hsu Ya Ching, Hu Ling Fang, Kuo Yu Wen, Lin Wan Ching, Lin Ying Chun, Pai Yu Po, Tai Tzu Ying, Wu Ti Jung

Denmark: Blichfeldt Mia, Bøje Alexandra, Christophersen Line, Finne-Ipsen Julie, Fruergaard Maiken, Kjaersfeldt Line Højmark, Rohde Natalia Koch, Søby Rikke, Thygesen Sara

France: Batomene Marie, Delrue Delphine, Desmons Ainoa, Heriau Vimala, Hoyaux Yaelle, Lambert Margot, Lefel Emilie, Normand Katia, Palermo Lea, Tran Anne

Germany: Deprez Fabienne, Efler Linda, Goliszewski Johanna, Heim Luise, Herttrich Isabel, Kaepplein Lara, Konon Olga, Li Yvonne, Nelte Carla, Wilson Miranda

Hong Kong: Cheung Ngan Yi, Cheung Ying Mei, Ng Tsz Yau, Ng Wing Yung, Poon Lok Yan, Wu Yi Ting, Yeung Nga Ting, Yeung Sum Yee, Yip Pui Yin, Yuen Sin Ying

Indonesia: Ayustine Dinar Dyah, Fitriani Fitriani, Haris Della Destiara, Hartawan Ruselli, Istarani Ni Ketut Mahadewi, Maheswari Nitya Krishinda, Polii Greysia, Pradipta Rizki Amelia, Rahayu Apriyani, Tunjung Gregoria Mariska

India: Bhale Vaishnavi, Ghorpade Sanyogita, Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy, Jakkampudi Meghana, Kudaravalli Sri Krishna Priya, Nehwal Saina, Prabhudesai Anura, S Ram Poorvisha, Sawant Prajakta

Japan: Fukushima Yuki, Hirota Sayaka, Matsutomo Misaki, Okuhara Nozomi, Sato Sayaka, Takahashi Ayaka, Takahashi Sayaka, Tanaka Shiho, Yamaguchi Akane, Yonemoto Koharu

Korea: An Se Young, Baek Ha Na, Kim Hye Rin, Kim So Yeong, Kong Hee Yong, Lee Jang Mi, Lee Se Yeon, Lee Yu Rim, Shin Seung Chan, Sung Ji Hyun

Malaysia: Cheah Soniia, Chow Mei Kuan, Goh Jin Wei, Goh Yea Ching, Hoo Vivian, Kisona Selvaduray, Lee Meng Yean, Lee Ying Ying, Soong Fie Cho, Tee Jing Yi

Mauritius: Allet Aurelie Marie Elisa, Dookhee Kobita, Foo Kune Kate, Leug For Sang Jemimah, Mungrah Ganesha

Russia: Bolotova Ekaterina, Chervyakova Anastasia, Davletova Alina, Evgenova Ksenia, Komendrovskaja Elena, Kosetskaya Evgeniya, Morozova Olga, Perminova Natalia, Pustinskaia Anastasiia, Vislova Nina

Thailand: Chaladchalam Chayanit, Chochuwong Pornpawee, Intanon Ratchanok, Jindapol Nitchaon, Kititharakul Jongkolphan, Muenwong Phataimas, Ongbamrungphan Busanan, Prajongjai Rawinda, Supajirakul Puttita, Taerattanachai Sapsiree

  Live streaming of Thomas and Uber cup 2018:

In India:

Star Sports 2 and Star Sports HD 2 is official Broadcaster of the Thomas and Uber Cup 2018 in India. While Hotstar.com will provide the Live Streaming online through the Internet

Outside India:

If you are outside India then watch BWF youtube channel for the Thomas and Uber Cup 2018 Live Telecast, Streaming.

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Winners of the 5th Anilao Underwater Shootout Finally Revealed

Out of Town Blog Winners of the 5th Anilao Underwater Shootout Finally Revealed

Anilao Underwater Shootout 2018 Winners

The photo entries to the 5th Anilao Underwater Shootout showcased the beauty of Anilao and its seas, the home of some of the rarest marine species in the world.

Winners of 2017 Anilao Underwater Shootout photo via FB Page

This Underwater Photography Contest was made in partnership with the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) and was co-organized by Philippine Airlines (PAL).

Dubbed as the “World Cup of Photo Competitions,” the 5th Anilao Underwater Shootout brought together 173 of the best divers and underwater photographers from all over Asia, Europe, and North America to show the world Anilao’s immensely rich biodiversity and also to promote the area as a world class diving destination.

The Awarding Night and Closing Ceremony at the Camp Netanya was attended by DOT Secretary Wanda Corazon Tulfo-Teo, who delivered the keynote address, as well as DOT Undersecretary Benito Bengzon Jr. who officially opened the festivities of the night.

Blackwater Category Winner Open Class – Wu Yung Sen

Open Class Cephalopods Category

Open Class Cephalopods Category First Place Lilian Ko of Singapore

Open Class Cephalopods Category Second Place Wen Chih Yen of Taiwan

Open Class Cephalopods Category Peichi Chiang of Taiwan

Open Class: Macro/Supermacro Category

Open Class: Macro/Supermacro Category First Place Wu Yung Sen from Taiwan

Open Class: Macro/Supermacro Category Second Place Hongchao Yao from China

Open Class: Macro/Supermacro Category Third Place Navapan Janjarasskul from Thailand

For the Open Class: Macro/Supermacro Category, Wu Yung Sen from Taiwan bagged the first place with his stunning photograph of a glowing crustacean. Hongchao Yao from China was in the second place followed by Navapan Janjarasskul of Thailand in the third spot.

Open Class: Marine Behavior Category

Open Class: Marine Behavior Category First Place Cem Gazivekili from Turkey

Open Class: Marine Behavior Category Second Place Seungchul Yang from South Korea

Open Class: Marine Behavior Category Third Place Wen Chih Yen from Taiwan

For the Open Class: Marine Behavior Category, Turkey’s Cem Gazivekili took home the first place for his photo of a wide-eyed fish looking into the camera. Seungchul Yang from South Korea is in the second place and Taiwan’s Wen Chih Yen in the third spot.

Open Class Nudibranch category

Open Class Nudibranch category First Place Cem Gazivekili from Turkey

Open Class Nudibranch category Second Place Songda Cai of China

Open Class Nudibranch category Third Place Hakan Basar from Turkey

Gazivekili also bagged the first place for the Nudibranch category with his symmetrical close-up shot of a nudibranch. The next two spots were taken by Songda Cai of China for the second place and Turkey’s Hakan Basar as the third.

Open Class Fish Portrait Category

Open Class Fish Portrait Category First Place Wen Chih Yen of Taiwan

Open Class Fish Portrait Category Second Place Wayne Jones from Australia

Open Class Fish Portrait Category Third Place Dennis Corpuz from the Philippines

In the Fish Portrait Category, Taiwan’s Wen Chih Yen got the first place for his photo of a fish with a unique caudal fin. Austria’s Wayne Jones and the Philippine’s Dennis Corpuz won the second and third places respectively.

Compact Class: Macro/Supermacro category

Compact Class: Macro/Supermacro category First Place PJ Aristorenas

Compact Class: Macro/Supermacro category 2nd Place Penn De Los Santos

Compact Class: Macro/Supermacro category 3rd Place Ma. Nerissa Fajardo

Competitors from the Philippines all won the Compact Class: Macro/Supermacro category. PJ Aristorenas came in first followed by Penn De Los Santos and Ma. Nerissa Fajardo for the second and third places.

Compact Class Marine Behavior category

Marine Behavior category category First Place PJ Aristorenas

Marine Behavior category 2nd Place Penn De Los Santos

Marine Behavior category 3nd Place Virginie Barfuss-Gofart

PJ Aristorenas also bagged the first place for the Marine Behavior category with his photograph of a crustacean perched on top of a fish. The Philippines’ Penn De Los Santos took the third place followed by Virginie Barfuss-Gofart from France.

Compact-Nudibranch Category

Compact-Nudibranch Category first place Ronald Dalawampu

Compact-Nudibranch Category 2nd place East Pardillo

Compact-Nudibranch Category 3rd place Jonathan Christopher Veridiano

For the Compact-Nudibranch Category, the first place went to the Philippine’s Ronald Dalawampu for his stunning close-up shot of a blue and orange nudibranch. East Pardillo and Jonathan Christopher Veridiano, both from the Philippines, grabbed the second and third spot.

Compact Class Fish Portrait Category

Fish Portrait Category First Place Jorge Ida

Fish Portrait Category 2nd Place Nancy Berg

Fish Portrait Category 3rd Place PJ Aristorenas

For the Fish Portrait Category, Jorge Ida from the Philippines won the first place. The two other winners were United States’ Nancy Berg and PJ Aristorenas from the Philippines for the third.

Compact-Cephalopod Category

Compact-Cephalopod category First Place Ian Amboy

Compact-Cephalopod category 2nd Place PJ Aristorenas

Compact-Cephalopod category 3rd Place Eric Yee

The first place for the Compact-Cephalopod category went Ian Amboy of the Philippines followed by fellow Filipinos PJ Aristorenas for the second spot and Eric Yee for the third place.

Anilao Underwater Photography Contest Beginners Category Winner – Ryan Berg from the United States

Special Awards

Special prizes were also given to Ryan Berg from the United States in the Special Beginners category and Yung Sen Wu from Taiwan for the Blackwater/Bonfire category.

DOT-PAL Underwater Photographer of the Year

DOT-PAL Photographer of the Year awards were given to Lilian Koh of Singapore for her Open-Cephalopod photo and to PJ Aristorenas of the Philippines for his Compact-Macro shot.

Open Class DOT PAL Photographer of the Year Lilian Koh

Compact-Macro DOT Photographer of the year PJ Aristorenas

“As the event grows and evolves, so does our goal in recognizing and highlighting the importance of Anilao as a dive destination with a unique and critical ecosystem,” said Tourism Undersecretary Benito Bengzon Jr. during the awarding ceremonies at Camp Netanya in Mabini, Batangas.

Foreign and local media posed with the judges at the 5th Anilao Underwater Shootout

The panel of judges for this year had some of the most respected names in the underwater photography such as veteran National Geographic photographer David Doubilet, aquatic biologist and photojournalist Jennifer Hayes, Palme D’ winning photographer Scott “Gutsy” Tucson, Germany’s Tobias Friedrich; Singapore’s William Tan, and Cebu-based Japanese marine researcher Yoshi Hirata.

The 5th Anilao Underwater Shootout (official website) was made possible in partnership with ScubaLamp Underwater Photography Equipment (SUPE) and Nauticam, and sponsorship from Aiyanar Beach and Dive Resort, Azure Dive Resort (hotel info), Balicasag Island Dive Resort, Buceo Anilao Beach and Dive Resort, Camp Netanya Resort and Spa (hotel info), Fun In Taiwan (FIT), Pier Uno Resort and Dive Center, Pacifica Dive, RGBlue, and Weefine.

See Also:

Diving more fun in the Philippines: 10 Best Diving Sites in the Country

Dive Philippines: Divers find ‘deep joy’ in Anilao

Winners of the 5th Anilao Underwater Shootout Finally Revealed Melo Villareal