*..GetCharlar..*

So for the past few weeks, on and off...xq met her brother's new friends and we've been recording vo, conceptualizing, filming and editing his business pitch videos...

Yes, amidst my crazy crunch time at school...I almost died trying to squeeze "free" time in to accommodate all of these..

and today the efforts paid off! =)


IT IS OVER!!!

My only regret is....I missed the pizza treat from the professors after school yesterday cos I had to rush off to complete the video for today's deadline...it was 12am just now...And I didn't eat all day cos had been working on it the whole day... Almost died of a heart attack at close to 12am because there was an error with the video exporting, bro wanted to add things into the video, rendering was crazy cos my macbook is ultimate slow poke, everything that could go wrong- went wrong...we submitted the entry form at 2359 hrs and realized the upload link didnt work... 0000hrs the submission closed, our hearts stopped!

AND ALAS! at 0003hrs, the site reopened and they announced an extension of 24 hrs for the deadline! What are the odds! So we made the amendments and it's all good and ready.

Hope my brother wins so that I can have more money, huat ah! Hahahaha....don't like doing free jobs yo! Esp not if it's heart attack-inducing and causes me to get x875346243 pek chek with my oldddd macbook that annoys the hell out of me each time I do video edits with it..

But it was fun though, this whole process. I experimented alot and learned alot...the people were nice =)  I realized that my drawing isn't as bad as I'd imagined. They only provided me with the VO script and some random ideas, so alot of DIY involved. Shot with my niceeee digicam Canon IXUS 130IS yo!! I'm loving it more by the day =)  And I learnt some new things on FCP in the process too.  It was overall a good choice to be involved in this, despite all the angst encountered.

Video #1: Bob & Charlar



Video #2: GetCharlar - Pop-up Space



Happy much! IT IS DONE!! =)

and I think my hands are quite telegenic! wahaha just kidding!!

now...back to the sad reality of life! Re-hi my script and essays!  *emo*

On a lighter note, graduation is in exactly a week! 22nd May, Sunday.  Yesterday was kinda the last day of school, of official classes. Still feeling a little blue somehow. Am gonna miss all the nice friends and times we shared, attacking deadlines and rejoicing at intervals as we overthrow each deadline.

More about the sad partings of life next time. Back to work.

Oh it's my 3rd love's birthday today. HAPPY BDAY MY LOVE! aka carolyn!

*..Monday isn't blue today, Sunday was..*

I was absolutely sleepless last night (Sunday), with every tiny bit of information, detail, pre-empting of today's shoot floating in every corner of my mind. Like things were so blurry, details were but ideal details, people weren't answering my calls and smses, and the shoot had to happen by hook or by crook today.

Cross-cultural documentary has the craziest and most unrealistic deadlines of all Chapman modules. With the US exchange students here for 21 days, including weekends. We got to know them on 6th January (Thursday) and a group portrait documentary was due on 10th January (Monday) already. Hence, we worked through the weekend.

On Wednesday, the treatment, synopsis and other paperwork were due for our 2nd documentary on the 7 deadly sins. Ours was by default Sloth, since the other groups didn't choose this topic. The scariest thing was, by Tuesday afternoon, we still didn't have a topic at all.

And then it all began on Tuesday, we were at Coffee Bean Holland Village and Sulaiman mentioned the magic word "Chinese Opera" after 30 min of brainstorming. We googled, found the Chinese Opera Institute, I called them up, the guy was superbly and unbelievably helpful, we went down to his office for a chat within 30 mins of the call, chatted for an hour or two, he opened our perspective on the topic and suggested possible subjects, went to Chinatown to discuss our treatment till 9pm. It was the most efficient 6 hours of my life (3-9pm).

Lots of things in between, like the subject agreed to be interviewed by is always uncontactable and busy, it was the 1st time we met him on the interview set today. How scary is that? We based our treatment and came up with an ideal angle based on what the Chinese Opera Institute guy told us, which thankfully was every bit factual. But I was worried sick yesterday that he would pangseh us at the last moment.

And thankful for the Telok Ayer Canto Clan for assisting us in getting location permit to film backstage of the Opera performance on Saturday. For big-hearted people willing to assist students in their requests, for Panda who took time out despite his busy schedule to help out with that shoot cos 3 out of 5 group members were in Malacca over the weekend.

On a sidenote, I guess my chinese has upped many levels in the past few days, today especially. I typed an extremely long sms in chinese to him cos he's from Beijing and doesn't understand English. Took me 20 minutes of my life with the Sony Ericsson HP. Last night, I had a long phone conversation with him, trying to decipher his heavily accented Mandarin. Today, Kaydash and I had a chat with him on set, and little chats here and there, and the interview was done by Kaydash thankfully! Whilst I topped up some questions at the end. And throughout, I was listening attentively to whatever the interviewee was saying, taking notes which impressed myself after I read them over again. HAHAHA! Translation at its best. After listening, speaking and writing so much Chinese in the past 2 days, I feel like I'm getting back in touch with my Cheena self again. xq is a Higher Chinese girl yo!

One more round of Cheena Chinese session tomorrow for Day 2 of shoot, and we're all done with production. And there comes the dreaded editing. I guess we'll be bunking in alot with the US students at Kismis alot, in the next 8 days. The edit is due 26th January. Hmm a week of editing. On top of classes every morning from 10am-1pm which would have already drained us out.

Today, was a wildest dream come true. Everything just fell in too perfectly, we really have to be thankful. For panda helping us at the studio technical rehearsal, for Uncle Jack helping us out at checking out equipment at Cage (no thanks to Uncle Johnny for not approving any basic accessories), for Gina who lent us her group's 2 red heads, for Chapman Eric's assistance in getting us the letter of verification and a room to lock our equipment, for the Chinese Opera Institute for their undying passion in helping us in everything we request for, for Mr Lee's eloquence and passion in the art form, for Mr Wang, the musician's enthusiasm and pride in his music, for Tianyu's feedback and presence, for a cohesive team of workers.

There's so much to be thankful for, especially with uncertainty that clouded us last night. It's exciting, this journey. The power of documentary- it touches lives, it has touched me so deeply today, I kinda feel so cultured already.

Tmr brings another hopeful day, can't wait to get into editing though! except the fact that the interview is in Chinese and only xq & kaydash can understand it. 2 US students & 1 Malay. Hmm, translating is such a bitch sometimes, it gets my mind way tired (especially with the Beijing accent). Otherwise, this is going to be a good combined effort.

An example of translation, typed a pretty long email with the interview content in broad strokes.

JIAYOU EVERYONE!

And to other groups, especially ginacute, cc, JY and mary, JIAYOUUUUU OUR FREEDOM IS NEAR! 8 more days! AND I MISS YOU GUYS! I wish we had more time to spend with everyone, instead of just spending all of our time with our respective groupmates.

I'm so tired now, I wish I didn't have to wake up at 730am tmr. LE SIGH. Yet on the other hand, tomorrow morning is yet another inciting incident for a new beginning!

*..A Short Film Shot & Edited on IPHONE 4..*

Wowwww deeply impressed by what I just saw.  Thought I'd share it with you guys.

Directed by Michael Koerbel. Shot and edited all in 48 hours.  Using merely the Iphone 4.


"Apple of My Eye" - an iPhone 4 film - UPDATE: Behind the scenes footage included from Michael Koerbel on Vimeo.

How could you possibly shoot such high quality footages with a PHONE?! impressive sensitivity to light and colours. Exported as HD output. I was thinking the whole night, about the dolly/tracking shots, pans all so smooth and pretty...like do they actually have a camera mount and proper lighting set up? 

And my questions were answered by this video!



"Apple of My Eye" - an iPhone 4 film - UPDATE: Behind the scenes footage included from Michael Koerbel on Vimeo.

Now, they've proven the claim that IPHONE 4 can produce broadcast quality videos. Woohoo, new age filmmaking unveiled. Really cool stuff, hope I can do something like that with my new iphone next time. 

Imagine editing an entire film using touch screen iphone. Erm, think can die. Poor editor, she didn't sleep for 24 hours just to edit that.

Heh heh, now slave will be tempted to upgrade his iphone when I get mine! WOOHOO!!! I CAN'T WAIT!

*..Store-Bought Love Screening #2..*

xq's FSV thesis film project is gonna be screened tomorrow. Yes, I know this is late notice, cos school's been crazy and haven't had time to type this out. Haha I only found out about it on Monday anyway, after JJ called me to ask. We've been in our own world and out of touch with the outside world from Location Filmmaking shoots the past couple of weeks.



Venue: Singapore Art Museum (Auditorium)
Date: 16th April 2010 (Friday)
Time: 7-8.40pm
Film: "Store-Bought Love"
TRT: 22 minutes


xiaobai, fionna, mole, yitong, emily yeo and martin wu has caught it the 1st screening @ GV Grand on 10th Feb 2010. The rest of you, must support xq ah! =)

Hope I can go after Dead Over Heels shoot tmr, shall leave a little earlier for travelling time!

Check out the following website for Singapore International Film Festival Shorts screenings on Friday and Sunday. Free Admission!

Support other FSV films as well =) CLICK HERE FOR SCREENING LIST

- My Sister's Secret (directed by TOUFYY)
- Love Song (directed by uncle calvin, starring joanne-marie my laopopo!)
- An Urn Full of Ash
- Director's Cut (Directed by Yinghao, starring Jack Neo's scandal haha)
- 5 rivers of Morigan

Hmm strange, how come no "Scot Free" in the screening list.

Here's what KEWEI, our female lead, posted on
Support other FSV films as well =) HER BLOG =) And xq finally burned 122453487 DVDs for the cast, shall mail them out tmr. Been too busy and hadn't had time to pass them the latest edit.

Today's a day to clear to-do lists. Not in the best of mood though. Sigh.

*..gummy bears..*

I dreamt that I was overseas somewhere, some supermarket.
And saw this really gigantic pack of gummy bears.
I was delighted and bought it immediately for you.
And then I was rudely awoken by my hp's ring.

HAHAHAHA RANDOM but it's been hoggin my mind for the last 30mins don't know why.

anyway dear all!!! In case you were wondering (like peiwen), I'M STILL ALIVE! just had a very busy week last week, prepping for shoot and having the worst shoot of my life. SO glad it's over, but the problems are not gonna stop just there. There' still post-production.

Been feeling lousy, cos as I look back, I realize there's so many things that could have been avoided, so many things that I could have stopped, so many things that I could handle in a better way. So many things that could make the shoot better, so many people whom I owe favours to, so many people whom I appreciate with all my heart. So many people whom I feel bad towards. And a part of me blames myself for all the bad things that happened on set.

Some of the top-picks:
- heavy rain on 1st day of shoot
- delayed time waiting for the 130pm train to do the crane shot
- crazy amount of money spent
- bad welfare
- elastic timing of the neverending shoot
- p2 card transfer saga
- chasing daylight
- batteries
- unacceptable content of footages
- police officers and inspector chasing us out of Tanglin Halt location
- angst and devastation

Just so many. Time for some self-reflection. Perhaps, this isn't what I'm cut out to do. It makes me doubt myself so much. And it isn't a nice feeling.

*..some people are just...digging their own graves..*

It's amazing how some people never fail to make a fool of themselves, out of self-righteousness, conceit, an excess of time aka too free, or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) as uncle calvin said..

Just saw a long thread of comments from Kelvin Sng's "THE GANG" fan page, and that someone really really is...too much, but what's new? This isn't the first time and won't be the last we'll see of such.

Back story...he did the same thing on my fb wall and "CHALET THE MOVIE" photo comments as well...

I was the uploader of the photo albums, but I didn't tag anyone there. Tagging was done by other people. Who, obviously, no one liked him too much on set cos of his _____ (too many adjectives to select from) on set. Hence, people tagged bogus tags out of fun. Here's one of the many.


And this *%^$&^ guy assumed immediately that I was the one who tagged him as that, and hence, DEFAMED him. The big star. Ohhhhh.. scary shit...

Hence, he sparked off a series of comments like 20 over comments on my photo thread. Screenshot it but I can't find it in the com now, probably in one of my hard disks. Anyhows, after I deleted the photo comments cos Chandler advised us to ignore him, it seemed that he hadn't had enough fun.

He sent me an email: "Why delete? don't delete. Leave it as evidence. Anyway I've already printed them out, so you can't run away."

Yahhhh and why do I even need to do so?

Then he typed this on my wall. Whoa threatening one it was.


Blocked and deleted me, and had the courtesy to private message me telling me that "Hey you've been blocked by me." Oh that's after copy and pasting the above message (in my screenshot) all over.

If you'd ask me who's the most boliao person I've ever known, it must be him and no one else.

And he's done it again, this time on a greater scale. Which means more people in the media industry are gonna see for themselves and GOOD LUCK TO HIM. Seriously, who in the right mind types things like that? And still be so full of themselves?

Apparently he used a bogus fb account.


I must say GOOD ENGLISH THOUGH. BIG WORDS ALL. nonetheless, his fake identity got exposed by Kelvin Sng.


Seriously, if you had to stoop to using a fake alias, at least be smart enough to type in a different manner, or at the very least, a different sequence of words and sentence structure. Look how you gave yourself away blatantly.

And thanks for making CHALET in a kinda bad light in your lame attempt. Chandler is innocent for goodness sake, why are you even dragging his film into the picture?

And to top things off, he even returned to the page to "defend" himself, or rather, put himself in greater negative attention.


Hmmm really, it takes alot to understand such people, doesn't it? The last thing the industry needs, is an artiste/ method actor/ model / whatever, like you.

It's not that I want to bitch about you or what, but I just got reminded of what took place. And boy does it boil my blood so much.

*..Kidnapper, A Kelvin Tong Film..*

Have been seeing "Kidnapper" the movie's film poster at the billboards of bus stops of late.


Had the sudden crave to google it and found the trailer. Wow, pretty amazed by the trailer. Despite being on set throughout the filming, and peeking at the monitor from behind Kelvin Tong's back most of the time, the trailer looks kinda refreshing. Editing does magic, really.

Stipulated for release in March 2010. Heh can't wait for it! =) Like how I was excited about "Blood Ties" by Oak 3 Films. Only this is of greater excitement, as there's some sense of attachment to this film. After all, it took up practically my entire July. Round the clock. And the 1st feature shoot I experienced in full, my 1st time up close and personal with an A list TV star, a scintillating experience etched in my mind. Which reminds me, I still have 925629 photos in my hard disk from the Behind The Scenes..HAHA can't upload till the movie is up, so they lie forgotten in my cupboard. They made us sign something. -_-


Hmmm can't wait for March! OH SHIT. Hope the premiere doesn't clash with HK trip, else I'll feel so siannnnn. PLS PLS PLS! hahaha!!!

Okay back to Hero's Journey readings for tmr's class. I haven't read any the past 2 weeks properly. Bits here and there, so now I have to sufferrr the consequences...

*..Poor little brown dog..*

Just got home and was all ready to crash into the bed.
At least that was what I'd anticipated on the way home.

But just a moment ago, saw a pitiful-looking dog loitering around at the garden below my house. It was light brown with a wet look, probably didn't dry too well from the rain. I kinda followed behind it, wondering if it's a stray or a lost pet. Concluded it could be the latter from its actions and expression.

It walked hesitantly in a straight route for about 100 metres, then pranced up and down the walkway, sniffling the ground along the sides. Then it walked to and fro, looking dumbfounded. Finally the dog stopped and stoned at one spot, its head wandering around at varying directions, as if trying to recall the route home.

Sigh if only there were something I could do to help the dog find its way home. Feel quite sad for her now, hope she returns home safely to her master! It's super cold out there today.

JIAYOU GOU GOU!!!! =)

Soooo sleeepy now, got to wake up a few hours later though. IKEA with mama low and slave later! I love IKEA, especially the wings!!! the last time we went there on august 10th, the wings were SOLD OUT -_- What's IKEA without its wings...cheyyyy!

Anyways! was an interesting day today. Had a nice time drifting in and out of sleep, returning sleep debts all the way till 6pm. Intercut with effective msn conversations with friends I haven't spoken to in a looong while properly. Like charlyn, mimi yeo, joanne-marie and "xq".

Then, met slave @ farrer park after work and we had a mad rush going back to his home for dinner, packing shoot's stuff and going for yg's shoot. Slave had to help 2nd bro out as they were short-handed and xq tagged along cos long time nv go shoot. HAHAHA was pretty enjoyable cos I spent half the time laughing at the casts and dialogues. Seems an interesting show after "18g of Love". JIAYOUUUUU!!!

Ended at 1plus am. Slave went home for a nap, but I couldn't fall asleep the whole time (kudos to the effective afternoon naps). Went JB about 415am and we were back in sg by 530am. Hadn't been in there for several years. Pump petrol and wash cars (xiao huang and bahbu, belonging to slave's big bro and slave respectively). Bahbu is sparkling clean now!! After spending a hideous 2 weeks at the car workshop and looking superbly dusty. Just got Bahbu back last night, ALAS. Looking good and engine going strong!! Be good to master, Bahbu! =)

Just reached home at 7am, and okay, I just spent time wasted typing this. I NEED TO SLEEPPPP, like now.

Today's a good day. Today's friday by the way, cos I haven't slept so it's not yet saturday. Today I did 3 things (catch up with friends, shoot, go jb) that I haven't done and had been wanting to do for the longest time.

*..I miss shoots..*

Hmmm it occurred to me just now over dinner that it's been 1 year since the last shoot which I had control over aka own shoot (not for work or helping others). IBP aka "Store-Bought Love" began principal photography on 19th November 2008. Nostalgic all. 19th, 24th, 25th November, 4-5th dec. How time flew by and how things have changed.

Chapman doesn't have any shoots at all, maybe not now. Ohh there's gonna be Location Production next sem, so alas, SHOOT! =) We used to spend practically all our weekends filming back in FSV, so kinda missing those days with the absence of such. Written assignments seem more unbearable than filming.

In xq's nostalgic state, just looked through some old chat logs with slave. Our 1st chat 25th January 2009. HAHAHA hilarious now that I read back old entries. And it all began with this shoot we helped our lecturer (Chandler) with from Jan-April 2009.


Some of the things I grabbed from fb!I took those stills, so don't have me in it.

Backview of Mr Gaffer. Aww 1 of my fav pics!


this one's special too, like the light! and check out auntie qammie, MELVIN KITTY and slave's expression. hahaha!!! perfect moment.


Melvin kitty passing slave (trying to be spiderman there) some gaffer tape.


A biantai triumphing upon catching a prawn @ Japanese Garden.


Biantai on roof of Aloha Bungalow #16.


our 1st photo together....AWWWWWWWW...hahahaha!!we ironically hadn't spoken much at that time.


Oh well, who would have thought things would turn out this way today? =)

Hmm sidetrack abit. I kinda miss that pair of shoes I'm wearing in the pic! I'll buy it when I ever see it again! HAHA!!!

Reminiscing at such a weird hour. Sigh I miss those days. Carefreeeeee, when life was all about Chalet shoot and Oak 3. Worked not for the sake of money, and no school assignments to care about. A stage of life I never would come across again.

Tsk should really get sleeping. Goodnight world!

*..Amazing storyboards..*

Just saw some fascinatingly beautiful storyboards on a facebook album. OH MY LORDDDDD. check these out! So pretty colouring, drawing etc. Wonder how long it took this artist to draw each one. Wah I could earn big bucks as a storyboard artist if I had such a talent in me. Heh, but xq can't draw humans for nuts.





By Dan Goh. Wahhhh I like the Changi Prison one...

*..Sept 10th, hurry come..*

Wow just saw this posting by the stills photographer aka anthony about BLOOD TIES. Can't wait for it to be out in theatres!! the official website's fully done and it's very well done indeed. Check it out!

BLOOD TIES OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Here's the latest mtv upload. English MV.

"Close To You", by Joanna Dong.


hmm sounds like some song I've heard before...but it's veryyyyy nice.... =)

So now it's just 2 weeks to Sept 10th.
I have slave who promised to watch this HORROR SHOW with me.
I have other friends who wanna go.
I could probably see konghui aka oak3 dao yan there cos he's a cast.
I could see mama dennis pok there. =)
I JUST NEED GALA PREMIERE TICS FROM MAMA POK!

...that's just about all I'm lacking now -_-
which happens to be the most crucial one by the way.


Oh just dawned on me that 10th Sept is a special day too. WAHAHAHA how time flies.

*..Best Off Day in the World..*

Helloo world!

Been awhile since the last photo post.

Counting down to the next off day which is on Monday! It's been the longest stretch of working week and wearing xq out. Got my "retribution" when I woke up this morning with muscle aches, cos xq was laughing at slave last night for getting muscle aches from Chalet pick-up shoot on Tuesday night.

Not complaining about long working schedules cos it's really an eye-opener everyday, and a part of me doesn't want this experience to end. Much less the time spent with cast and crew. *sob*

My routine everyday has been like that for the last few weeks.

*Morning wake up 8am play farm town/msn with slave & alexandria!
*Set off for shoot
*Past midnight, back from shoot
*Check emails, laze around online and doze off whilst chatting to friends.
*New day begins!

Saw a hectic week coming so on my last off day, double ensured it'd be well-spent and it ended up nicer than expected! Well, with nice, comes a nice price tag too..*cough* It's okay, not everyday splurge like that right? HAHA...at least I don't splurge on TOYS like.... (you know who u are!!!)

11th July 2009 (Sunday) was the off day. And the shoot on 10th July (Sat) ended at 7plus am on Sunday morning. xq went home to sleep 2 hours and woke up to a fun day interweaved with sleepy and quiet moments when the world just spun round her due to the lack of sleep.

Met early so we could maximize the day. Watched my 2nd 3D animation with slave, "Ice Age 3" at Grand Cathay.


Been hearing good feedback from everyone about it, so just had to watch it for myself! Wasn't a disappointment at all, really nice! Funny nice and "awww" nice. Loved the baby animals like the baby mammoth & dinosaurs. The annoying squirrels, the plot, everything nice! =)

Then dabao-ed lunch and sat by the fountain outside PS to eat. Was supposed to meet charmaine at suntec, so we headed there at 2-ish pm. Played Pool @ Marina Square. Tsk the weekend rate of $13 per hour.


haha been so long since I last played! Think it could be a year! And I kept missing, so slave was teaching its master how to play properly. But I still lost terribly. =(

Then someone made sinful buys (AGAIN!!!) at Toy R Us and claimed that it's my fault...BAD SON!!! no more toys for you the rest of 2009.

Met charmaine after her church and she passed xq a sweet little present! An owl chain which reminded her of xq's owl. Haha photo next time! Then 3 of us went to Haagan daz @ Esplanade to spend xq's voucher.

Then we had dinner while waitin for slave's friend aka Ice, to join us for ktv. Or rather, I joined them. HAHA crasher xq! Kbox @ Suntec has all-year round promotion of nil cover charge. Just have to pay for the drinks and it's about $16 bucks for 7pm-3am. Shiok!!! Pity we went on a Sunday night and we all had work early the next morning. Next time must go on a Friday or Saturday. Money's worth!! =)

Been so long since the last super shiok KTV. Can't remember when but it was with PL gang! There were wj, peiwen, neoshimin and xq. I think more than a year ago. After that only went twice, with slave in early march and chandler's farewell ktv in april or may.

Cam whoring time!! =) Ice & xq were comfortably ignoring slave and leaving him in his own singing world. xq in slave's geeky specs!


I was struggling to keep my eyes wide open for this picture because his lenses were really powerful, plus my contact lenses, it was overpowering...

cheapo us smuggled snacks from carrefour! xq bought slave's favourite Snakes gummies. Which is also my mum's favourite by the way. YUAN LAI....You're my mama too!


a DEAD singing pig. Don't be fooled by its greedy appearance, IT can sing very well, that's why need 2 mics! Awwww, praised you!


an "everybody-is-happy" photo of xq, ice and ACP (act cute pig) in the centre. HAHA post your unglam pic! scared you ah!


To end off, another ugly photo. TELL ME, what kind of expression is that?!?!?! hahaha!!!


we sang till 1120pm and set off for home, all ready for our Monday Blues the next day. *emo*

Sounds like alot of damage done to xq's wallet. Not to mention the foodie trips that I've yet to blog about. Next up, PEPPER CRABS AT KALLANG AIRPORT FOOD CENTRE END OF JULY...WHICH IS COMING!!!! Yummy!!! Love yummy food trips! =) More therapeutic than buying bags and shoes, erm maybe equally nice.

pity there isn't gonna be a proper chill-weekend for xq. 12 hour shoots on both days. =( For once, there isn't gonna be Monday blues next week, cos it's when my "weekend" begin!

*..rudeness at its worst..*

Just got home from shoot which over-ran. Feeling mentally and physically drained already, but as expected something had to ruin my mood.

But xq has become quite selective in her emotions these days, I don't know if it's become a good or bad thing. Both I guess, depending on how you see things.

Reallyyyyyy annoying! &%%%^$%$%^#$%#%@@%#$@%$@&%$&^!!!!!! Why do rude people even exist in this world? Sarcasm doesn't get you things your way, for that matter. The situation is clear for all to see, I see no point in wasting energy which could be better spent elsewhere.

So say what you want now, all you want for all I care. Karma, it's true. They will all come back to you one day. Life is a cycle, everything goes in circles.

I will be bothered over this for 15 more minutes, then I'll be over and done with. &*%&^$^&$%^$&%^~!!!!!!

*..Saturday goes like this..*

Helloo world!

Shall leave home in 15 mins' time for Business Park near teban gardens soon..for shoot! Then at A & E department of Alexandra Hospital till 6am. Feeling quite excited actually. Think I'll get post-production blues after this ends.

Before I leave, let me whine about my following week's schedule. Still feeling quite Zzz about the constricted free time. Or rather, what free time?

sat (11/7): 630pm-6am
sun (12/7): Off day! (1 amongst 12 days of 12 hrs shoot)
mon (13/7): 10am-1030pm
tue(14/7):1130am-12am

wed (15/7): 11am-12am
thur (16/7: 1pm-130am
fri (17/7): 1130am-12am
sat (18/7) 830am-9pm
sun (19/7): 630am-6pm

Shoot wraps on gina's birthday! =) her 21st!

and chapman matriculation package forms are due on 17th July! So after discussing with uncle (who claims he's as free as a bird now till sch starts), we'll pay school fees and hand in the forms on thursday morning. Hope I can wake up.

Can't wait for off day tmr!! if they plan a last minute shoot day tmr I will just faint on the spot!

Eat slave for breakfast breakfast with slave, Ice Age 3D, Haagan Daz (I eat, you watch me eat), find charmaine to get mysterious item from her (haha I still dont know what!), and the rest see how.

Goodbye gtg! This weekend's beginning to sound niceee! And I had my fair share of rest already. Happy weekend dear all!

*..rain rain go away..*

Helloo world.

Oh my lord. Dizzy and breaking out in cold sweat despite the thunderstorm outside. xq is dying. Going for shoot in 10 mins! The rain's so heavy, hope it stops else we can't shoot today la...

Geylang scenes followed by punggol jetty till 1am. I love filming at punggol! =) makes me feel so near, yet so far from home. Hope the rain stops and I can see pretty sunset again, like dx's shoot the other time. Pretty sky colours.

I'm so bored at home, I'm actually looking forward to later's shoot. It's actually nice to have my schedules packed.

It's friday today too. TGIF. but not much of a difference to me, cos filming continues throughout the weekend. Oh maybe a break on sunday =) But half will be spent sleeping cos sat wraps 6am.

Hmm this week passed by majorly quick. Still so many things I have yet to do.

came across this youtube link on facebook, weimin posted it. A marriage proposal at disneyland. Awwww, so surreal huh. Very disney musical like.



goodbyeeee I'm off! Hope I won't faint.

*..so tired, I need a long sleep..*

Helloo world.

Been overwhelmed with fatigue. Interrupted sleep and early wakings. My bed time's brought forward too. 12 days of shoot done, 11 more to go. It's the midpoint.

Have some important things due tmr but haven't had time to do them. Shall wake up 5am to complete them! HOPEFULLY.

and there's an annoying gap in tmr's shoot. From early afternoon to evening. Waste of timeeee.

mind not working. Just looking forward to tuesday. The only day this week that I have no shoot.

Tuesday is fun! Packed it to the brim! And it's zhu tou's off day too, heng!

Early morning:Go chapman office submit registration package with uncle sw
Late morning: NUS for weijing aka apple girl's convocation! WOOHOO!
Afternoon: Drag slave for shopping (no toys for you! HOW OLD ALREADY!)
Night: Kuishin-bo dinner buffet with yummy crabs, lobsters, sashimi....arghhhh...if only I can have them now...

Tuesday hurry come. Okay goodnight, gtg sleeeep. Goodbye weekend, that was a quick weekend.

*..home sweeeeet home..*

Home is the sweetest when u're deprived the opportunity of slacking whole day at home. Been packed with the feature shoot, there's no time to do anything at all. Oh my lorddd, tired. Hang in there xq! 20 more days to go!!

Really hiong! early mornings and late nights. Under the sun, standing etc. Turning from whitie to blackie haha! But it's really fun and an eye-opener. Thank god for the really nice people too. Met alot of nice people =)

Young and old. Cast and crew.

Today's the 1st time I get to actually relax fully for 2 hours. Because there is a break in the shoot. Nvm 2 hours is enough, hugging birdie and playing games and chatting online. Now I know why slave likes to lie on Bubu already! I tried that just now unknowningly. laid my face on birdie's and I dozed off immediately! =)

Got to go 2nd location now. Will wrap 12am today. Then it's another 9am-8pm day at JURONG tmr. I really hate jurong alot...and the west... Cause of sleep deprivation!

Okay byebye! Hope everyone had a nice weekend! =) Good luck to mole who's starting job as Miss Song tmr. Wad a perverse teacher!

Till later!

*..So much for TGIF..*

Hmm feeling so disappointed all of a sudden.
The dashing of a hopefully exciting weekend.

WJ! now I can totally understand how you felt in Arafura about the road trip. But yours was to a greater extent.

For once, there's nothing much to look forward to this weekend.
How saddening.

All because of work. PUI.
And to top it all off, I have to pangseh my wife aka peiwen tomorrow. We had a fun-packed day lined up for tomorrow, but I can't go anymore.

Woohoo, shooting location at weird ulu grassland at Jurong. Call time 6am. 1st train won't get me there in time, there's only one way--cab. Gothere.sg estimates cab fare to be $43.20. Set off at 515am, there's gonna be heavy surcharge. So means my transport fare would outwin my miserly salary for the day. 6am-6pm by the way. We reckon we can't claim cab fares to shoot, only if shoots end after midnight.

heh pardon me, feeling super sian now, especially having spent one whole day burning discs which keep spoiling, and editing stuff. Thinking that the weekend's gonna be well-spent with work and fun, only to be proven otherwise before it even started.

In summary, " =( ".

*..i could scream now..*

Haha I was in a super good mood today..

until a moment ago.

Was burning dvd playables for brother's gf stuff. The video I edited. From 1145pm it was rendering, writing etc etc...145am was about to be done...AND IT HAD AN ERROR MSG AFTER MAKING XQ WAIT 2 HRS!!!! started from scratch again, and crossing all toes and fingers that it's gonna turn out fine this time round.

Gee, 6 dvds to burn in total.

I'm so sleepy I could sleep now. Goodnight. Shall blog more tmr or something. Always feel especially tired whenever I stop work for a few days aka out of job, and the 1st few days of the new job will be x936582582353-ly tiring. Even if I'm not doing very much.

Grr, please let the burning of dvds go well. Rendering and burning or anything that requires me to wait for hours for its result will annoy the hell out of me when they die on me at the end of the few hours of wait.

I shall sleep while waitin for it to burn. Thinking of adopting my slave's lifestyle of waking up 730am every morning for work! Erm, on days that I have no work that is.

Early bird catches the worm! goodnight world! It's a long day tmr, to settle unfinished tasks. Cos there's shoot practically everyday for the next 20 days *sob*

BYEBYE FREEDOM!!!

and say hello to a chao ta xq! muahaha, the terrible sun! is gonna turn me into charcoal..today's 2 hrs already made me a shade darker..Free tanning only!

*..Start of something new..*

Helloo world!

Just struck me that this blog has been devoid of photos..and in recent days, entries..Haha too many things happening, don't know where to begin! And been busy the past weeks too..

free-er now, but still tonnes of things on to-do list...shall get started tmr...

from 2nd-8th June, there was dx's short film shoot aka "Voiceless Screaming"...here's some sneak preview of the photos he's uploaded on facebook...more with mary ling aka marilyn...and even more in my camera, but xq's lazy to upload them to my computer.. I have like 2.5 months of photos stuck in my SD cards due to plain laziness...

Day 5, 8th June @ makan place aka food court at ngee ann poly.


wahaha jiayun took this for me..damn act!!! act DOP! (Director of Photography)


xq and her darling chin who's the real dop...in my favourite pose with her....chin....HAHA! think i have a whole huge collection of such pictures over the 3 years..


as usual, camera crew never fails to cameo in every shoot...


xq and lead actress Laura Kee. She's auditioned for alot of my projects but 1st time we actually casted her. =) Really like her infectious laughter! and she happens to be my bro's junior back in Raffles JC..cool revelation...


heh, xq loves to take pics of her shoes and hands... but this one was initiated by TOUFY, im innocent!


steve, our actor, was posing with the magazine cover..and suggested i tried out the shot too..


Day #3 of shoot @ Punggol Jetty. Cool huh, dinner by the rocks, onlooking the sunset.. =)


heh heh, photo credit mary ling! really nice, cos it's my 1st time there in the day despite moving to punggol in May 2002.


darling chin took this pic, cos she said it's her 1st time sitting in a car driven by me..HAHA!!!


1st time seeing the lallang fields behind sandy beach too..In the night, all's too dark to realize the field's actually just behind me... I wanna go Punggol Jetty for photography trip soon!!


really so in love with the sponsored Canon 5D Mark II...OH MY LORDDDDDDD with L Lens some more... =( Not very expensive la hor..$7000 with lenses only.... can take HD videos too... I WANT TO HAVE A 5D IN MY POSSESSION! the shallow depth that is shallow like mad...and the brilliant colours... the shiok aperture and ISO... 1st time I can take nicely exposed photos in extreme low light..


my dream camera! Hahaha, but sometimes..we all know how to differentiate a FAT HOPE from reality!!!

*bubble bursts*

It's a once in a lifetime thing, that xq get to use such a camera... Albeit a short 1 week, but nonetheless cherished memories of the yummy dslr...*act drama*

Hmmm time to find something new to look forward to. Finding new things to do.. Life's getting abit off focus once again...New jobs, hurry come xq's way! =) Feels good each time I close a chapter of life, and move on in search of something new and unexpected..

and dx's enlisting in a few hrs' time..Good luck! =)