tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44591903013020946942024-03-12T19:54:00.302-07:00Wond3rful-LiFeXeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-23525269523568246012015-06-28T08:27:00.000-07:002015-06-28T09:10:23.541-07:00ReviveIt's been a while.<br />
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Since the previous post till today, I guess the number of times that I wanted to make a new post on this blog is....numerous.<br />
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The content of those possible new posts would all have a common undertone, which is...sighhh<br />
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and i would probably want to end those posts with...life goes on. gotta go.<br />
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I did not write those posts.<br />
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I've decided to swallow those shit.<br />
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So why do i post today?<br />
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For i got revived!<br />
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...partially<br />
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still Yay!<br />
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(Date marked)<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjh4aRtGqJs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjh4aRtGqJs</a><br />
<br />XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-14567294530729069112014-03-01T11:16:00.001-08:002014-03-01T22:49:33.321-08:00REAL<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Post...Gotta post something special, cos there's a 3 in the post number, didn't
forget the blog-play, haha</span></div>
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go.<br />
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Today is my first weekend experience from my first ever full-time job. That's
something special to me. I will come back to this point again. To start off,
let's talk a little bit about the past. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">In 2013, I've
made one random post, my first post, and a "I-should-slap-my-face-for-doing-this"
post, my second post. Both posts cover nothing about my life in 2013, though
they reflect much to me in hindsight and so for blog-sake, I shall explain why
by uncovering what had happened in 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">For the first 5
months, and plus the last few months of 2012, I was fully engaged myself in
writing my first feature-length screenplay for my Final Year Project. It was my
last and most important module in the degree course. It was what I called it,
"Fulfill Your Passion" Project as I started out doing it, and
eventually calling it "(Just) Finish Your Project" Project when the
deadline was coming on 8th May 2013, being the ultimate/2nd deadline, in which
I must hand in the printed copies or else I will fail the module right away.
For those who doesn't know what to do for their FYP, it's "Find Your
Passion" time~ One way or another, it pretty much is gonna be
Fun/Frustrating, Yawning/Yelling, Perplexing/Purifying. For me, I had gone
through all of these and I love every single moment of my FYP.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">The passionate
ones, including me, will see the project as an important event that one should
go all out, to present their knowledge and passion about Cinema, to tell a
personal story, to spread some ideas in film or written form, to record something
dear to themselves in documentary form, or to simply create a work that would
become a memorable gift for themselves as a film student, provided they have
given all out. The word, 'Final' in the term FYP, means a lot to us here. It
would mean that we might never get a chance to do this again when we step into
the working world, and this is truly our last attempt/moment to be part of
something we really like, in the role of a creator, or rather auteur in this
context. Going all out we must. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Before I talk
about my writing experience, I want to share that I had plans to shoot my own
20-30 minutes film for my FYP as most film students would prefer to do, but I
ended up choosing to write instead. For sure I would like to write and direct
(and of course, fund) my very own narrative film, seeing my story idea coming
to life, through moving images, sound, editing, interesting dialogues etc. If
the end result was good, you can safely say that you are some of the luckiest
person on earth to have gone through such journey and getting such reward at
the end. If the result was bad, it is still a good attempt and we should make better
film next time, cheers. However, I still did not do it even though I know it is worth the try no matter what. Reason being I just
could not see myself being able to piece up the parts needed to make the film
before I had to lock in my final decision for my FYP to the school, on whether
I will be making a film or documentary, or writing a screenplay or novel. I
just do not want to make a half-ass film, which is going to be a great waste of my
effort and resource if I did not prepare well, such as finding the right casts,
locations and crew etc. Not mentioning, a great waste of my crew's time and
effort if I did not prepare well and wanting to start shooting it for I
"had to". Every second of a poorly-made film with half-ass prep work
is painful to watch, at least for me. This definitely is the point of view of the Production manager or Producer for a film project, and I did not let the Director role to dictate my judgement at an early stage. Anyway, the film idea of mine would involve 2
main characters (lots of screen time), and around 8 side characters (little screen time). I kind of like the story, but
there was a scene which I find it relatively difficult to realize, and I was
not at all confident and comfortable with the whole thing, so I just convinced
myself that I should forgo this film idea and try something else, something I
can manage, but I just could not. The only other thing that was running in my
head and heart during that time was what was going to be the story idea for my
first ever screenplay. It would be a sci-fi story in a pretty epic scale. I
know I was setting myself up for another deep shit hole, but this time, knowing
that I will be the only one suffering the consequences from its failure, I
gladly went on to write with nothing to worry about. Also, I wanted to try
writing this story because there was something far more intriguing that I had
found/felt in this largely undeveloped story world of mine, pulling me in
instantly the moment I began to engage it at the early stage. (Extra note: From
this evaluation stage for my FYP, it was clear to me that I am extremely
uptight before I go on shooting a film. I want to be sure that I have the right
people, sets and everything...up to 80 or 90% in control in the pre-pro stage.
And I see people's time and intention to help as something highly precious in
which I couldn't tolerate if the quality of the film is bad because my
story/script or film direction was not well thought out in the first place. The
funny thing about film making is that you can never prepare enough for a film,
and when you start shooting it, things will take shape...in a various different
way. You are never ready when you are a part of this living world call film and
you have to constantly react to it, experiment, refine, re-examine,
retry...with time, budget, resources and constraints constantly fighting for
your attention as well. With this said, the way to approach film making is to
really do it and keep doing it...with better thinking, planning and
reaction-action the next time round as experience adds up. To start off making
your film with ease, you must be either 50% insane or 50% stupid The insane
ones can see the lacking parts or upcoming problems, but still film it anyway
because they live in/for film. The stupid ones can start off with ease because
they cannot see the problems. People like me who place high importance in
clarity and control for a film project will most likely end up getting little
done at the end. We can say that it can help us to avoid investing in a wrong
film, but failure is highly encouraged in filming. Only to realize it more as I
study film. Failing is exactly how it works. You are just making things up
right from the start, and then you are trying to make things look right
throughout the process. Nothing is right in filming, from the beginning to the
end. And isn't this the best? Now, about the worst of filming, the horrifying
lighting, the crappy sound recording, the lousy acting, the noobish
directing...whatever the problems, you have got yourself a record of the actual
time and space of that moment of actors' life, and occasionally your life and
crew members' life in your video camera. That in itself is something priceless
and worth keeping. Rare footage from the past are certainly far more precious
than the footage of the modern days, but every record is unique, and that's the
endless reward that filming can provide you with. Every playback is going to
put a smile or crazy laughter on your face. The only bad things that can
happened, are again, the inability to make the film/fiction that you want it to
be, and the spent money. No need to talk much about the money part, you will
understand. And so, I will go on filming, and much insanity is needed.)</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">On my writing
experience for my FYP, I would like to talk about "The Spark" that
sparked off a new rush of imagination and curiosity that would subsequently
spurred me to make the huge decision to writing an ambitious sci-fi story, in which
I must mention, is highly unlikely to be fully realized into a film, due to its
scale, and therefore I am probably writing just to please myself. I wanted to
write it simply because I want to follow my heart, and let it go wild for the
final time perhaps, while at the same time, unleashing all my knowledge, life
experience and effort to make sure that it is at least a readable piece when it
is done. In this sense, I am 50% insane when approaching to write this
screenplay. The school system (forcing us early to decide on the type of FYP to
make) and deadline also played a vital role to keep me focused, be on my toes,
working non-stop and squeezing every single creative/life juice that I have in
me. "The Spark" is actually a tiny scribble that I have made on a rough A4 paper
filled with many other scribbling. In that few drawing lines, I have found
myself a simple set-shot or mood-board to would give birth to a story world of
its own, and so I believe. For days, that image just kept reappearing in my
head, and my brain seemed to voluntarily help me linked up my interests,
concerns, thoughts and ideas to fill up this world. Soon enough, a rough story outline
was formed. It all happened effortlessly and following after, I made the switch
to writing it as a screenplay for my FYP.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Basically, it took
me a couple of months of running the story in my head, including planning the
story structures and scene layout, before I start to write the first scene at
early 2013. I do have a few other assignments to finish and have to help out my
friends’ FYP during the process. Other than that, I put all my time to writing
it and barely finished the first draft on 08 May 2013. As part of the
requirements, I have written a reflection note which is of 8 pages long, and it
documented most of my thoughts and feelings about the writing experience. I will
not be sharing the details, too dense!...in this post as I want to cover other
areas as well, but here’s a line (not the last) from my last paragraph of the note,
“</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;">Lastly, I would like to sum up that
this screenwriting experience has been especially inspiring, gut-wrenching,
self-revealing and rewarding for me.” Note that I am still working on it,
slowed down much, because there was no deadline for 2<sup>nd</sup> draft maybe.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">What’s next after submitting the
work? Holiday! Freedom! Pure Joy!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;">Linking up: The random thoughts from first post of 2013 ended up finding its way into my screenplay, giving me perspective, crystallizing some important themes for the story. Like film, you cannot prepare enough for a screenplay, you will have to write it, and things will always take shape in ways you can never expect them to be. I was thankful for that random post, and that post now rightfully summed up the first half of my 2013. The next half of my 2013 would reflect in my 2nd random post in 2013. It's all wow, and woohoo. Let's take a look.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">From July to September, I returned
to Singapore for 2 months, staying at my sister’s boyfriend’s place. Utterly
grateful to my sis and her boyfriend for letting me stay for so long, and we
sure had some great time together, awesome. The trip is all about catching up
with my sis, my friends, Singapore and the food there, haha. Had a truly great
time doing so, and I wish I could have stayed longer, but the fact that I
should be getting a job and start working right away so as to truly establish
my adult life, (I do not regard myself as an adult when I was still schooling
as I still take pocket money from my parents) about being a professional worker,
earning salary, manages my own life etc…I realized that there was simply no
time to waste anymore. Previously I even (insanely) planned to spend the next
half a year or more to just draw the things I want to draw, something I really
want to fully focus on, had to be postponed indefinitely. Shame on myself for
not growing up.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Once I was back in
Hong Kong, I went full force developing my portfolio as a concept artist/ illustrator.
It took me a while to finish it and start applying for jobs in both Singapore
and Hong Kong. Here comes reality. I had never research or think about what
kind of job I can get in these places. I know I will want to work on something
that requires me to draw and design, and I have been working on this during my
free time, but I have never prepare for it in a professional manner. I have no
idea why I have overlooked this. Perhaps I thought these days are still far
away from me when I was in school. Wanting to give my all for my FYP certainly
took away lots of my attention, but I still should spare some time to think
about my life about University studies. Surely, I was in a comfortable spot,
with my parents still living around me, and having nothing to worry about,
except for getting better as an individual. Still, I fell short…way short in
this real world…way way way short in the entertainment industry which requires
2 to 3 years of relevant working experience for low paying, long hours entry
level job. I thought I could fulfill their requirements as I applied for the
jobs, namely as 2d graphic artist, but most of the time, I did not get their reply
and the several times I went for my interviews, I did not make it to the second
round. My lack of working experience and software skills had put me somewhat a
useless person who only has one skill, drawing, and not really of high standard
too.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Reality hits hard,
for reality has always been around.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I have been living
in a fantasy world, the switch of lens, or seeing the world in a different
angle, where money, marketing, profits, target customers, promotions etc. are
what truly matters, I pretty much have nothing to offer. Being jobless since
the day I start applying for one is yet another unique and even fruitful
experience for me. For all I know, I somehow always see negative stuff
happening in my life as something good for my personal growth; there is a
lesson to learn somewhere. The lesson got larger as days gone by, I felt like a
useless person. Went to jobsdb website every day to look out for job openings,
and applied them even though I do not wish to work for them. I do not wish to
contribute to something that has no intention to make the society a better
place. My knowledge about the righteous way of living does not make sense in this
real world in so many ways that I helplessly worried about how I am going to
live in this world. And I have not step into it yet, just in the middle of
nowhere, in the midst of a very cold winter, feeling terrible, thinking
pessimistically. I was super unproductive when I should be churning out artworks
of high level, in top speed, fully focused every day. I could not. I had no
idea how time passed by, quickly when I did not want it to be, and slowly when
it was all awful. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Fast forward. On 24
February 2014, I finally landed my first full-time job as a 2D Game Artist for
a start-up company developing a mobile game. I got to mainly use Photoshop for
this job, I got to help design the assets for the game, the travelling part is
alright, the co-workers are cool…I like my job, and more importantly, I am
entirely grateful for this work opportunity. I have finally fit in, and see
myself functioning in this real world without too much friction. The time for
me to feel sorry for myself was over. Now I am fully focused during my job,
wanting to make the game work, so that the company can grow, so that I can grow,
while hoping that our game is not causing much harm to the people in any ways
so that I can sleep well at night, so that I can work hard again the next day. I have yet to see how this work loop will work for me, but I am pretty sure I am fully into the next phase of my life, building up some real parts of me. Whatever will be, will be.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One fine day, when
I am strong enough I will resume my half-a-year to a full-year “Draw My Passion”
Project. I will escape into my own world again and produce things that I believe
will make myself happy or benefit mankind. My 50% insane theory has to kick in
again, or hell with it, I am talking about 100% insane right here, lol. Cool,
it’s getting real late for me, few more minutes to 3am as I am writing now, cannot
think properly already. This is how I have spent my first day of my weekend
after 5 working days. I wanted to blog after my FYP, but I was too tired to
type anymore, and so I waited till I return from Singapore, but I was busy with
portfolio stuff. And then came the jobless phase. Finally reached to this point
where I think I can breathe properly and post something blog-worthy…and I want
to do it in one shot. Was looping this music piece while typing this post, the
play counter recorded 190 plus times played, took me some time to type this
post man. Nice piece btw. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztFNFji1cbk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztFNFji1cbk</a><br />
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Earlier on today, I watched Dallas Buyers Club online. Totally enjoyed the movie,
charmed by the acting of the lead actor and the supporting actor, and I liked the
story, the character relationship, the execution and the editing. The whole
thing flows well and I particularly like the last shot and a few scenes of
show. It was a good movie and I should have watched it in the Cinema. Sorry
guys for not supporting. A highly recommended film.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yup, gonna watch
some interviews and read some reviews about the show tomorrow. I will also
start to draw my own stuff, hone my skills and escape from the real world for a
little more while.<br />
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Qn: What’s special about this 163<sup>rd</sup> post?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;"> In short,
just remember that you are both nothing and something.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;">How so?</span></div>
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When we are nothing, it means that we are ultimately all the same, hence
without differences, there is nothingness, and this brings us to the see the ‘face’
of Nature. When we are something, it is about the details of Nature, hence the
flowers, the wind, the feelings, the thoughts. The details provide the differences,
the sum of everything points to nothingness, and this is the contradicting
environment that we can only exist in.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;">Story
exists in the detailed end of the universe, it is about character, event, time
and space, and not surprisingly, nothingness lies at the other end of this
universe. Story is both something and nothing, which means that story is as
human as we are, and they can reflect on us, reveal more details or eventually
bring us to nothingness, where an ultimate story means nothing, the deepest or
the furthest of humanity means nothing and there is absolutely nothing wrong or
right about it. Let the story rests at any point in this universe, let the
human be more than human, it is all right, and it is all fine. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;">xelex03 </span></div>
XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-68847214908508849872012-12-31T01:58:00.000-08:002012-12-31T01:58:02.792-08:00It's the end of the....year!!!wow. this is the 4th post of 2012. so the average is down to a post every 3 months. not good, but not too bad huh.<br />
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guess what, i needa read back my posts to recall roughly what i've done this year. i guess being too busy can be a bad thing...u can't absorb the nutrients properly. maybe i just didn't put in the effort to remember the things...not mentioning the nutrients. maybe my memory power is naturally weak....especially with numbers...i can't rmb shit abt numbers.<br /><br />anw, for the last few months, i've been schooling. and i've completed two short films in my Directing course. one is group work. one is individual. It's been a mixture of joy and frustrations. but i always like all ranges of emotions displayed while working together, it's a very human thing. so whenever i look back on things, they are all good. the outcome for both films were...acceptable. definitely not good, but not too bad either, haha. the filmmaking experience is still very very new for me...and i can see much much more room for improvement for me...and those room are very fill-able in my opinion. it all comes to putting in more time, care and effort to your craft, and u'll see things getting better. and sometimes, external things will push it to far greater heights. a kind of reward that only the passionate and hardworking can get. i've witnessed these miracles (and tragedies) upon many of my sch mates here, as it's really abt 'what you reap, is what you sow'. the logic is simple, but not many ppl are able to get it. i also always see people concluding on their ability to create things based on their recent works they've made. if it's not good now, then i'm not good at it. i wonder if one is really so farsighted, that they can tell how well they will do in the long run based on their few attempts on the field...or they are just depressed abt the failures, and everything just look bad from that point onwards. hmm, in the end, it's always ppl who are willing to stick to it...at all cost...to get what they want. not that they are farsighted, not are they happy with their works, but its the tedious process of trying get nearer to the goal that have provided them the unique human experience...and then the "lucky" opportunities. apart from the never-say-die attitude and i-love-what-i-do kind of passion, i've observed that there's another key ingredient for things to work out...it's that...nothing-else-matters/nothing-to-lose/no-other-way-out situations that those ppl are in...whether they want it or not. this kind of situation gives them the focus..to keep on doing on that one particular thing...not that they are enjoying much of it or excel in it, it's that they have to do it...like a survival thing. it can be a depressing situation to be it, but it is a wonderful place to start, for the ppl to shine through eventually. if u have so many things else to do, to enjoy, to try, to maintain...u will be spread thin, u are bound to put in lesser effort and time into your craft than those who are in those no-other-way-out situations...striving to achieve the same goal as you. soon, u'll realise that your work will always fell short of your expectations (duh), and more importantly, fell short when compared to others. the message to rmb here is that you don't want to say that you are no better than the other person if you have put in less time and effort on the same thing that you both are working on. btw, there's always someone more hardworking than you, and brighter or more gifted than you. and they are in that "desperate" situations somehow...which spells...a lot of time, effort, concern, concentration put in that subject. YET..ppl still feel bad easily upon (minor) failures which they have not put their whole mind, heart and body into. and they constantly compare themselves with the Greats. this is a joke. and it's happening all the time. I was a part of this joke as well. it's inevitable. lol! i mean, i also compare myself to the greats while putting like 1% of effort and passion of theirs into the subject. now that i've wake up my ideas, i think it's abt time for me to always tell my friends...whoever working/studying in the field of arts...there's a long wayyyyy to go. never feel bad of your work. there's no point to it. it's abt breaking out...of your comfort zone, your bad habit, bad belief, bad taste, bad vision, bad behaviour, bad attitude etc etc. at the end of the day, u may most likely still be many miles or light years away from those masters...who gave their mind, heart, body, soul, god send talent...into just one subject...with much desperation and blessing/curse. with the internet that brings us wikipedia and youtube...we'll soon realise that's the way things work for ages...blessing in disguise...good in bad, bad in good, yin yang, bla bla bla. many things in life can be quite formula-tic...or calculated. it's both good and bad as usual.<br /><br />and now, i've come to a point that...i know that i'm not ready to push myself to that nothing-else-matters situations...i'm still leading a pretty good life...as a commoner...with a little bit of desperation at times. i'm surrounded with great tools for good artworks...be it film, photography or drawings...i'm blessed with a wonderful family and friends in my life. it's a living paradise...if i have to compare with the unfortunates...so as to make myself feel better (what a loser, haha).<br />
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<br />notice that, i've just compared myself with the people not as good as me. and there are also plenty of them? what can this say? it's about how we frame our life. how we want it to be. we are always in between the mass...people better than us...people worse than us. we are always judging, comparing, calculating, reassuring, re-framing our lives...we deal with things differently, according to their bla bla bla. we have different ways to measure diff things. it's the right thing to do at times, and it's where we make grave mistakes too. different ways to frame your life..without changing the state of your life...can derive to different conclusions about your life, or your progress in life. how to be right everytime? how to make the best out of every situations everytime? it's not enough to list out key ingredients to success...cause ppl can always 'see' things differently. however, i do wish to point out that Attitude comes out to be one of the final few key words that can really point out the root to many problems clearly to us.<br /><br />
Attitude is not as simple as we understood it to be. It's not just about good attitude or bad attitude. the part we usually don't think about is...how to develop the right attitude? how to get there? what is needed to be done? you see, we are too comfortable with the idea that action is the most important thing...after idea...as they are concrete things...a piece of work...and action, a deed. There is an energy that flow through this action...and the most important one, is the attitude of doing that thing, the energy of that attitude. we thought that the production part is where action happens...thinking and imagining are not really actions...less about attitude. but then, for a attitude to become good, strong, positive attitude...lots of work has to be done. it's built upon your everyday belief, practise, behavior, activity etc. it's intangible...but it matters the most in the end. we all have an attitude towards ourselves, our life, our work etc...and it governs how we see, interpret and conclude on things...or simply, how we frame things. attitude needs to be slowly build and craft upon...you cant' adjust/decide yourself to adopt a good attitude now...and then a bad attitude next. it doesn't break down this way. it is the sum of all your actions. every second counts. every next action carries the 'total sum of all your attitude on all things you've worked on'...it evolves as you work on. and if you want to have good discipline, strong will and passion...then u better developed a good attitude to the things you do...including brushing your teeth if you know what i am saying here.<br />
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therefore, i'm saying that...the best work of a person...is directly related to the person's (best) (overall) attitude. and usually when u see that the work is really good, u'll see that the creator has a strong attitude in the way he/she live his/her life. i can't say it's a good attitude...as i can't define what is good for an attitude...but strong or firm it definitely is. when we try to find out what how the person can achieve or make those great things...we want to hear them explain how they see and believe in things, more than how it is physically done. it's the strong attitude that we are attracted to. it's the strong attitude that delivers. and we can see it 'glowing' when the person speaks, look at others, smile, explains, describe, act, breath etc etc. it's all there. it's a craft...which is built consciously or unconsciously. and if u want to consciously develop a strong attitude...then you must ask for wisdom, it's a mind and soul job. in the end, there are plenty of 'mental actions' needed before a good move can be made in life. try not to depend on luck. it can be worked out. every second, you are given the opportunity to develop it...or to dampened it.<br />
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Cheers to strong attitude in life!<br />
<br />Wish everyone happy 2013!!! :D<br />
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<br />XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-77148270647015783712012-07-17T09:15:00.001-07:002012-07-17T09:20:00.569-07:00Moonlight Sonata<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4Tr0otuiQuU" width="420"></iframe><br />
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always like the first part of Moonlight Sonata. well, it is the most famous part that everyone is familiar with and fond of. it was at youtube that i got to listen to the full version, which consists of 3 parts or in professional term, 3 movements. i'm at awe the first time i listened to it. i wish to describe how i think and feel about the music, or how has the music made me think and feel. but i don't wish affect anyone's first experience with it. then of course, maybe many of u guys have already heard of it, and i'm the "late" person, haha. anyway, enjoy the music. and thanks youtube again.<br />
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and oh, there was a stretch where i was really busy with work, and hence i really...completely forgot to blog! and so, i didn't update for april and may. as for june, i was really busy with enjoying my holidays...so i skipped blogging, to save time :P but hey, i won't stop blogging. this shit will go on. it must. hahaha! and once in a blue moon, i'll go back and read my earlier posts. i was pretty impressed that i can still agree with my younger self when "he" is trying to talk "sense". and for sure, i would laugh at my own jokes. and at times, i would have to put in some effort to connect to my younger self's frequency...he's pretty random indeed.<br />
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now, i wonder how i will see the current me from this post in the future. i wonder if i can tell myself what i thought and felt about the Moonlight Sonata, when i didn't actually write it down here, haha. aiya, it's nothing much actually. just some thoughts like..."this is the best piano music EVER"...like those u always see in the youtube site, where the fans will comment in this way for the video that they like. best EVER~~. <br /><br />yea, there is no such thing as best ever. even for Moonlight Sonata.<br />
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cool. good night.XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-70742217158408485422012-03-25T22:47:00.000-07:002012-07-17T08:07:51.906-07:00March Onwow, i missed the posting 'deadline' for the month of February! If I recall correctly, i was busy having fun. Had my Chinese New Year Celebration in Shen Zhen, and the 春晚show was very entertaining to watch. the 相声 were all hilarious and meaningful to watch. the stage was very high tech! formed up with many many many large cubes of around 2 meters in length...and this large platform is incredibly flexible as these cubes can move up and down to various height...to form different kinds of stage for each performance. and each side of the cube, except for the bottom one, is a full screen...that will help make up the mise-en-scene for the stage. very effective and nice to watch!<br />
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and now, March is going to be over soon! oh my...time flies! i hope this is doing me good. as of 03 March, i've officially became 24 years old. oh my...time flies! i hope this is doing me good XD. <br />
Big thanks to the people who wished me happy birthday. really appreciate it! thanks for the love and support. as i occasionally miss the timing on wishing you guy's a happy birthday, i hereby wish everyone love and peace! keep moving forward! cheers!<br />
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Currently, i am busy helping out my senior to finish her Final Year Project. It is compulsory for the second year student (me) to help out the final year student on their fyp, which will be a short film of around 30 mins long. As much as, my senior is planning for a simple film production...things just naturally gets more complicated as we try to get it done...hence, the intended period for filming has been extended. each extra day of work can be very demoralising and costly. but this is really part of the game if you want to do film. YES, i am getting pretty paranoid, and have been thinking much for my own fyp which will occur somewhere around this time next year. Similarly, i aim for very simple set up, in terms of location, story structure, number of actors etc...so that i can manage them well. but as a story guy, i aim to get the story develop/evolve into its best form...and that's where things get out of hand. I am having this idea which i want to work on further, but as i didn't limit how my story flows...more and more characters start to jump in into the story, same for locations. as much as i am enjoying this 'crazy ride' in my mind, i fear that i have overdevelop it to something i love but can't be done. houleeshit. i have a hunch that i will have to ruthlessly cut down the story or simplify it...which i think will lose lots of energy to the work. damn.<br />
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other memorable events during march, the great master, Moebius, has passed away. I totally love his works and they are absolutely inspiring for me. Rest in Peace.<br />
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and the election for Chief Executive for Hong Kong is over. Leung won. but most people in Hong Kong were angry with result, saying that it is not what the people want. The people of Hong Kong wants a re-election as they believe that this is a 'small-circle election' where the public have very little say in the event. People are saying Hong Kong is dying. but then again, which country is doing really well nowadays? very very few i guess. we are all struggling. but i hope that we don't get too negative to the negative things that WILL happen. one might think that there is another way to this problem, but most of the time, things just have to happen the wrong way. still, i'm glad to see that people of hong kong are very clear of what is doing good or bad for their city, and they will stand up and defend the good things (freedom, justice etc) when necessary. However, i have this feeling that everyone is feeling very low here....maybe they are right that the city is really dying...but i think the frustrations and anger should be transmitted to some other channels which will do Hong Kong well, instead of doing self-mocking and stuff. Hong Kong people have great passion. we all can feel it. Make good use of it, and Hong Kong will never die.<br />
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Okay, that's all. i'm late for class, haha!<br />
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<br />XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-66400593079167386572012-01-28T03:05:00.000-08:002012-07-17T08:08:18.990-07:00More Mojo Needed<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Okay let’s talk about 2011…it is pretty good overall. I did a proper filming
project with my schoolmates for Cinematography class. It took around 5 or 6
days to finish the shoot. The whole team has around 13 people. And I’m in the
lighting group, to help out with the lighting of course, haha. The whole filming
thing is pretty rewarding for me as I got to experience something I have never
try before but have always wanted to try. I must say that we are just a bunch
of students trying to create a 15 minutes plus film…getting things done the way
we want to and the way we can best get things done…hence I didn’t quite get the
“professional” experience in filming yet. But then again, apart from the
difference in equipments (those A-class filming equipments) and other areas like
professional actors, higher budget bla bla bla…I have to say this project has
really allow me to understand a lot more about filming….(the-making-part I must
emphasised)…and it is really pretty damn life-draining….and pretty damn time
and money costly. But I always enjoy to be a part of a group of people doing
something wholeheartedly…with might and passion…(haha!)…and I got this
wonderful atmosphere again while doing this project. (Yea, reminds me of the
good old days when I was playing for my sec sch basketball team and doing final
year project with my poly mates.) The final output of this film project was
pretty good…though I think the story can be much better. Well, it’s very
difficult for us to do what we know that can make the film better when we don’t
have lots of money and connection and stuff…so we always find the most
effective way to tell the story…which is just another way of saying simplifying
the parts or the whole thing to something more manageable…which leads to
lowering the output’s quality. Well, such problem and approach to overcome the
problem happens everywhere…just that the “form” is different. Right?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I still love films, more than ever. But I’m really not seeing myself
enjoying every bits of the filming process…unlike when I’m drawing. I really
like moving images edited nicely together to create drama, along with great
sound effect and music etc…but it just takes too many things to do it…(there
are much to elaborate on this, but I’m fast forwarding to the key point) ... when
I realized that drawing can create drama too, and it only requires me alone to
achieve it… I really begin to see what I should really be crazy about over the
next few years.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Well, this is me…talking again. Hope that this is not a meaningless
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<span lang="EN-US">Oh oh, btw, I can never be a vegetarian as I’m just not disciplined enough.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Really quite disappointed with myself. As for now, I will only eat
chicken, follow by pork and seafood. I will limit myself not eat beef and
mutton…but will still eat if there is no other option and I’m freaking hungry
etc. My stupid logic is that it’s okay to kill chickens, pigs and fishes, but
it’s cruel to kill cows and sheep. No-sense. Oh yea, whenever there is some
vegetarian food around, it will still be my top priority….provided it is not
too expensive, lol. damn, it’s hard to live in this world isn’t it?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Okay, that’s all for now :)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings;"></span><span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
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<br /></div>XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-52157206994320726582011-12-31T02:59:00.000-08:002012-07-17T08:08:34.180-07:00goodbye 2011<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XELYs2j_PsM/Tv7rQj_YqLI/AAAAAAAABYs/Wntg3tyzC4s/s1600/HeavenOrHell.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692245648814418098" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XELYs2j_PsM/Tv7rQj_YqLI/AAAAAAAABYs/Wntg3tyzC4s/s320/HeavenOrHell.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 151px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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oh well. i didn't make good use of my time. i wanted to rest and slack, more than i wanted to blog. and now i can only post my last painting for 2011 here to make it a 'proper' post for December...<br />
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2012 will be a fantastic year. i just know it.XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-29984423657246383492011-11-29T22:13:00.000-08:002011-11-29T22:31:21.584-08:00beezyok, my gastric pain is pretty much gone. it has been around for 2 weeks plus, and i did not go to see a doctor...which can be quite dangerous. as in, my stomach would bleed, rot or even explode if i don't attend to it anytime sooner. alright, i'm kidding. lucky for me, before i drag my body to see the doctor...mom gave me some banana to eat and Yakult to drink. WOW. they are super effective! lol, after several banana and yakult session, my gastric pain problem is almost completely gone! i dislike seeing doctor and i enjoy eating banana and drinking yakult...and now, they can actually solve my gastric problem, hooray!! thank you banana and yakult (either one of you, or both of you saved me) And of cos, thank you mom for the timely rescue.<br /><br />next, lots of work to do. will talk about it after i finish my semester.<br /><br />maybe this is some bullshit...but i can feel my ultimate super turbo fantastic Xelex Power is coming back!<br /><br />or maybe i'm just happy that the gastric pain is gone :DXeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-26224182999809561452011-10-29T20:38:00.000-07:002011-10-29T21:38:02.051-07:00Gastric Pain<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 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font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">it's back.<br /><br />there was a period of time where i had experience CONSTANT gastric pain for a few days. it's fucking bad. i totally couldn't concentrate on anything, but to roll on the bed, to get myself to sleep, only then the pain can go away. Eventually, i went to see the chinese doctor and had two servings of medicine before things got better. The doctor said that everyone would experience bad gastric pain at least once in their life, and once they overcome it, they may not be having it ever again.<br /><br />well, it's back. for me. it's not as bad as the previous time. i can still blog about it now, lol. but yea, gastric pain is "brain-stopper" in my point of view. as in, my brain stops working when gastric pain "takes over". This may increase my stress level when there are work waiting to be done, and that means more gastric pain. sibei sian. this feeling sucks. for i am neither sick nor healthy, i can still work...but not efficiently. guess i need to see the doctor again.<br /><br />haha, reminds me about Daryl and his gastric pain moments. now i can understand how fucked up this is. and it's not helping when we are cracking lame jokes to make everyone laugh...cos laughing does not go with gastric pain well. lol!<br /><br />for now, more warm water and more rest bah.</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Anyday without gastric pain is a happy day. Hahhaa!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">One more month and I’m somewhat done with my year 2 semester A. lol.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">I know I’m doing things and learning things. But it’s like a dream. It feels like an illusion sometimes. this is probably because I feel that I have not work hard enough and have not really absorb all the new information. I still suck at learning new software, can never catch up with the lecturer’s lightning speed demonstration. Even when I can follow her pace, I would still forget what I’ve learn when I don’t touch the software for around 5 days. So every week’s new lesson is something new, and yea, i’ve forgot about what’s been taught…and I’ll forget about what will be taught soon. All is left, are the visual memories of me clicking the mouse, staring at the computer (wondering how to do it or what went wrong). It is just an experience with a new software…and that’s about it. No more information about the software. When I operate software or a machine, I don’t really use real memories, cos I didn’t retain them somehow, I use my muscle memories instead. How pathetic.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> The most interesting thing for this semester is the (Chinese) scriptwriting class. It’s really fun to write your own story. To construct everything from scratch, and then see your characters coming to life…being able to follow them…and let the story unfold or retold in it’s own way. But the process for this to happen requires a lot of thinking, research and soul searching. The story I’m working on is far from done. The submitted version will not be the final version. Note that I am only required to write a 30 page script for the submission, which is not the full script. I wish I can finish the full script with the final story asap, if not it’ll be another ‘illusion’, lol.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">And oh, I finally watched “L’Illusionniste” by Slyvain Chomet. Fantastic work. Will watch it a few times more to admire the wonderful animation in it. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Okay, back to ‘entertaining’ my gastric pain.</span></p>XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-73961354771797108862011-09-04T09:19:00.000-07:002011-09-30T23:40:21.909-07:00For Earthlings<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:relyonvml/> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>2</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> 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watching both videos, immediately I am sure that I will never support the Pets, Clothing, Research and Entertainment Industries that allow animal abuse to happen. As for Food industries, I will find my way to become a vegetarian or even vegan in the future. This change in my eating habits will be pretty challenging, but I will try my best to make it work. Hong Kong is really a meat-eating society…why do I say so? It’s extremely difficult to have a meal similar to “Mixed-vegetables rice” or </span><span style="font-family: SimSun;" lang="ZH-CN">杂菜饭</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> that can be easily found in Singapore. At least 95% of the food sold in food stores in Hong Kong must include meat as the “main dish”. Therefore, it is really quite inconvenient for me to</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="" lang="EN-US">convert into a vegetarian. Anyway, the conversion is taking place for me already and I have reduced by at least 40% of my usual meat consumption during this month. Thanks to the food center near my school area that sells vegetarian food (with ‘fake’ meat and fillet), which I have been eating for lunch during my school days recently.<br /><br />For now, my practice is not to eat meat whenever I can. Until I have found out where I can buy vegetarian products etc, I will slowly proceed to eat meat only once or twice a week. Hopefully, I can find my way to fully refrain myself from eating meat in the future. Well, I’m doing this for the sake of the animals which I strongly believe they do not deserve this kind of treatment. 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font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">It’s time for some more reflections as to what we should really care about and do about in our lifetime. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">There are many other documentaries available online (on youtube) that inform the truth or rather uncover the ugly side of us.<br /><br />In the age of the Internet, there is (almost) no one stopping us to find out the truth and take actions but ourselves and our faulty belief system.<br /><br />Lastly, I wish to express my thanks to the people who have made the documentary and </span><span style="" lang="EN-US">Gary Yourofsky</span><span style="" lang="EN-US"> for his wonderful speech.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(153 posts btw)<br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"> <br /> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></p> <span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></span>XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-48543731670404548202011-08-30T09:40:00.001-07:002011-08-30T10:06:40.406-07:00nothingnesslol, i've took the time to edit my prev post, but in vain.
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<br />why edit? i've rushed to finish it and then blog it just before i head to shenzhen. once i came back to hk and review my writings, i can see tons of careless typo and grammar errors.
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<br />the blog post was related to 'nothingness'.
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<br />being particularly interested in the topic that i've chosen to discuss, i wrote some pretty long stuff about it. and just now, i've managed to 'polish' it to help me deliver my ideas across better. however, when i clicked the 'pusblish post' button, it brings me to an error page. my updated blog post has vapourised to nothingess.
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<br />lol.
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<br />awesome.
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<br />not going to edit it again. will not keep the prev error-ful post either.
<br />and this shall be my post for August.
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<br />:)
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<br />hmm...
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<br />:(
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<br />alright, goodnight.
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</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Alrite…first of all, my holiday has been great so far. Before my trip to Singapore, I went to Macau with Daniel and his girlfriend, Sherraine for a 3 days 2 nights trip…and thanks to them, I got to stay in 2 diff hotels each night…the first one is Galaxy Macau and the other one is Hard Rock Hotel. I have to say that Galaxy Macau looks like some Paladin or Aladdin Palace…it’s grand, elegant and grand and beautiful and grand, lol... (note that it is a new hotel, hence everything looks more polished and stuff)…I personally like it’s exterior and interior design very much. If I’m not wrong, it’s a five star hotel, and their hotel rooms really reflected that standard well, haha. As for Hard Rock Hotel, it’s more of HARD and ROCK as you can see. So ya, it’s a very different environment compared to Galaxy Macau, both are unique and I like both of them :)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Hmm, I'll briefly summarise what I have done in my Macau trip…Visited various Hotels, visited various casinos (ard 7)…(spent a hell lot of time there, and I gambled a little..lost some money only, phew, haha. Anw, I was more into watching Daniel play some Dice game and Roulette most of the time, lol), ate Portuguese Egg-tarts (excellent stuff), ate few other nice food there too, watched an approx. 15 mins “Dragon Dance Show” (not sure about the name) screened in a dome in Hard Rock Hotel, pretty cool experience…Visited the memorial site of Macau…and then went to a museum nearby. and oh, there’s a man-made beach in Galaxy Macau, love the 'fake' waves there!…And then more gambling…more gambling…lol. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Hmm, I think that’s generally what (the tourist-side of) Macau is about. It’s about…beautiful buildings used to house only casinos, various high-end shops and restaurants for you to gamble and shop and eat till you ‘die’. I’m trying to say that…I really like those mega structures…but not those shitty things that you are ‘forced’ to do inside. Btw, there is no arcade in any of the Hotels. Why? Because you will only be spending little money in a quite a long amount of time there, and this is not what they want. They prefer to limit your entertainment choices…and encourage u to try your freaking luck in the casinos. Very wise…and evil. tsk tsk tsk...<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Imagine, if gambling in casino is a waste of time and money, and time is money…just how much money have you lost in the end?…Not mentioning about sleeping late and breathing in second-hand smoke all the time. just how wasted can this be?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">What is casino? Cash-In-No.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">And so, two days after my Macau trip, I was on my way to Singapore.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">My 10 days in Singapore were among my (very few) best days I have had so far since the day I’ve left Singapore.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">yup, it was a wonderful trip. It was wonderful because I got to meet my friends in Singapore, simple as that. Hanging out with my friends in Singapore is something I frequently do when I’m free back then, but now, it is sort of an annual event for me.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Haiiiiizzz….</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">And of course, I have to thank my cousin, Chris Bro, for letting me stay at his place. We had interesting talks together and he reassured me that I’m gambling with my future when I told him about my “future plan”. To be exact about my plan, I don’t have an exact plan. Shit. …How I wish what I’ve plan for my future will work out the way I’ve plan it to be. man, it’s either the future is ever unpredictable or I’m a lousy planner. In any case, there is just hell too much uncertainty in my life. All I can do now is to be prepared for everything…lol…sounds good in theory…but impossible to achieve in action. But hey, this is really what we should all be doing now…to be prepared for everything…all the changing and the non-changing…ups and downs…gains and loss. It’s all about the mind, heart and body. and just nice, Chris Bro sees a person in term of these 3 areas as well. He said that I have the heart to become the artist I want to be. but I seriously lack the business sense for things to work out right for me.(my mind ain't good enough)<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">“You’re dreaming,” he said. “Hell yeah,” I answered with my heart.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">So now I know what I’ve been lacking/ should upgrade on…it’s about time to understand the world from the business view point. I’ll try to. But allow me to complain first… I fucking hate the bu$ine$$ world. Over and over again, it destroys the values in Art, Nature and Humanity. I’ll briefly understand it, just to give a little shit about this gigantic, obsessive, hideous monster….my all-time arch enemy in all 13<sup> </sup>dimensions of the universe. I’ll not fight you…cause if I do, you’ll win the game again. I’ll understand you and then have my ways to ignore you while still getting the job done.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Okay, in other words…I’m trying not to be a slave working for money.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Anyway, it’s great to see my friends again…knowing that everybody are moving forward and things are going pretty well for most people, except for some. Yea, my brothers have “fallen”…in the game of love. It’s pretty frustrating to know about such news. There’s not much I can say about this, so stay strong guys. and to everyone, just keep rolling man!!!<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">oh, I wish to point out that it’s always your friends, your dream…and if you’re lucky, your family and your soul mate that will lift you up every time you’re down. They matter. They are what make your life a life. Cherish them. I’m really too too too fortunate to know that I have already made lifetime friends, have a dream worthy to fight for, and have a wonderful family (and relatives) with me. I’m extremely thankful for all this. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">All that my parents wanted me to be is to be a healthy and upright person. That’s all. They’ve never pushed me to do anything, i'm grateful for that, still I'm going to follow their footsteps and be part of the art world. It’s heartening to know that my parents are happy with who I am now and what I’m doing now…except that they are ‘angry’ with me for not taking my breakfast seriously, not drinking enough water and not exercising regularly …haha!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Talk about exercising, I’ve just went to shoot some hoops today! That’s my fourth time exercising this year. Cool huh. well, i’m glad that I’m still quite accurate with my mid-range set-shooting. But I can’t shoot jump shots well now…I blame it on the heavy and slippery basketball, lol!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">So what’s going on with me now? I’m basically skipping around the following fields…watch movies, watch youtube videos, watch TED.com, pencil sketch, digital doodle, developing projects that can never be completed, read online manga, watch anime and trying out Chinese painting (insanely difficult but can be fun too). and playing basketball of cos. Hmm, I’m just allowing my heart to tell me what to do next. I’m pretty efficient this way, haha. Cos in this way, I’m working with my mind, heart and body nicely ‘aligned’ together. The risk/problem is that, my heart tends to lead me to all directions.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">So be it. All in.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Wingdings;"><span style=""></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-US"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-13306412291374342652011-06-19T08:46:00.001-07:002011-06-19T09:46:24.756-07:00Junehey Time...please pass by slowly when i'm having my holidays. I seriously can't cope with your speed. and once again, i have planned to fail...as i didn't plan my holiday properly, not mentioning executing them. i'm just going with the flow for now...trying to relax...try to allow things to happen naturally...but whenever i look back, as much as i have feel/know that i have gain something valuable along this journey...i would still think that i have not make good use of my time.<br /><br />hmm, maybe i really need to learn how to (truly) relax, haha.<br /><br />anyway, it's not a big deal. The big deal for this holiday is that i'm going to Singapore on 24th June! YAYYYYY!!! and my wish for this trip is..........................for Time to pass away slowly. Let me enjoy my time to the fullest. every second should feel like an eternity. ok, that's scary.lol!<br /><br /><br />oh btw, here's a video that i've watched today. super touching. this video has once again proved that we have great command over the life that we want to lead. in this case, a (hopeless) gangster can turn over a new leaf and become such a hopeful and respectable person...living a life filled with true love, joy and peace. and this video has also proved that mother's love for his child is boundless. and in this vid, the kid's mother not only has unconditional love and faith in his child, she is very wise too. I'm so happy for her that she can pull his son back on track again. (and even better, reestablished the broken family.)<br />well, some people..(like his other gangster friends)...might not have the luck to come into contact with such great people like the kid's mother or some great teachers. but the knowledge/wisdom that will lead to the right path is forever there. And that is to genuinely love, care and respect other people. (and of course there are other important details to know if one wants to walk on the right path of life.) Well, the book (弟子规) is an old teaching material for the children back in the past...This is one of the book that can guide people onto the right path. i have briefly gone through it before...and have yet to discover the gem in it. but i will. (i guess the internet have access to the writings).<br />NOTE! get your tissue ready before watching this vid.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7CaGnbefN6Q" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe><br />i still have so much to learn. there are so many invisble great things are out there. waiting for me to discover them :)<br /><br />and i've finally read "Little Prince"! downloaded an pdf version of it online...(for free, lol)...and yeap, it's an interesting read!<br /><br />well, i'm heading to Macau tmr...for two days plus. my instinct tells me that i should pay a visit to that place. I'm not going there to just...play play play....have fun, have fun, have fun. I'm just trying to understand myself better.<br /><br />okay, i need to relax.<br /><br />hahaahah. shall stop typing already. i should be sleeping now, but my heart tells me to blog...NOW. and i did. okay...my brain is telling me to sleep....NOW. and i'm going to :)<br /><br />i need to relax.<br /><br />:OXeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-30601089342632821742011-05-21T10:24:00.000-07:002011-05-21T10:47:09.539-07:00Happy Birthday Ray Ray!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rl4caeIPTtM/Tdf5_1OqNHI/AAAAAAAABYg/yFbG9PsH6rg/s1600/rayray_210511.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rl4caeIPTtM/Tdf5_1OqNHI/AAAAAAAABYg/yFbG9PsH6rg/s320/rayray_210511.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609226735928882290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fantastic! Ray Ray has been around me for 2 years already!<br /><br />yeap, 21st May is Ray Ray's birthday. It's an extra pleasure for me to know that 21st May 2011 was rumoured as the end of day or Judgement Day or Doomsday...<br /><br />as we know by now....(22nd May 2011 already)....yesterday was not the end of the world.<br /><br />Well...i have this little observation. It is highly possible that our almighty Ray Ray has decided to let mankind live for a while longer. He is giving us one more chance to prove our worth....<br /><br />LOL. okay. what a story huh.<br /><br />anyway, i've finished all my assignments already! and my first free time drawing shall be dedicated to Ray Ray of cos. unfortunately, i can only finish it now..which is a few hours after 21st May 2011. hope he doesn't mind me sending this belated birthday card. (of cos, he won't :P )<br /><br /><br />alright, good day!XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-54996486701909882622011-04-27T08:08:00.000-07:002011-04-27T20:45:44.181-07:00thin airAlright, April is going to be over soon...and today is the day which i have both some energy and time to blog something here :)<br /><br />well, i have too many things going on in my head recently. It's pretty crazy. indeed. ...anyway, i am going to finish my second semester pretty soon...with just a one more assignments and a test to do. no more schooling already...so i'm pretty much in holiday or happy mood now, haha<br /><br />let's see what else i can talk about.<br /><br />okay, I wish to informally announce that I will probably be coming back to Singapore somewhere near the end of June period! (preferably from 24th June to 3rd July) I have not book the air ticket yet, will do so asap! The trip will be 10 days long, and I will most likely be staying at my cousin's place. I believe during the 10 days, if i can plan it nicely, i would be able to meet most of the people whom i wish to meet. but to think again, things may not go so smoothly...and i may miss meeting several of you guys! that would be so shitty!! D:<br /><br />basically, I would like to meet these 4 major group of people<br />1) primary sch frens<br />2) secondary sch frens<br />3) polytechnic frens<br />4) army frens<br />oh wait, these are all the people i know in Singapore :/<br />hahaaha! and there are some smaller group of people whom i'll probably meet separately...<br /><br />...and after calculations, there are practically 7 different meet ups in 10 days for me and if you take away the arrival day and the departure day, i will only have 8 days to do all this. Not impossible, but not too easy either...as everybody's time table are different...so let's just hope for the best :)<br />(also note that i should be back at my cousin's place b4 midnight...so there goes my night time.)<br /><br />hmm...if i have still have 'my' beloved Pearl Bank Apartment in Singapore...i will DEFINITELY stay in SG for about a month or so. oh well, nobody likes to hear about the 'what if'. but yea, you've heard me. haha~<br /><br />what else? hmm oh ya, i've heard about the General Election event in Singapore. Very ashamed to say that i have very little idea what is really going on there. never had a clear understanding about political and economic issues. needa wake up my ideas. all i can do now is to wish the event will go on as peacefully and ideally as possible..with everyone coming to a common understanding in the end...and move on together!<br /><br />haizz, i actually tried to give some "valuable" personal opinions on this issue...but i only ended up typing quite a lot of unconstructive comment and ideas. shall delete them...keep quiet...read more and understand more.<br /><br />still, my itchy mouth makes me want to say this...that a lot of great things were done through the 'trial and error' method. I don't mind people going for THE change...no matter it is a good change or a bad change at the end of the day, because the people of Singapore will gain invaluable experience from it. Of course, this is a HUGE decision to make, as it involves the entire nation. i see this 'competition' a good event for Singapore in a long run. Even if PAP won again this time, i feel that it will do quite some (positive) adjustments for the nation soon after.<br /><br />that's how i see it. or guess it. haha.<br /><br />kk, shall cut the talking here.<br /><br />all the best everyone :)XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-70213286230866326392011-03-11T19:06:00.000-08:002011-03-14T09:04:46.636-07:00What do you want?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:relyonvml/> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>2</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> 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class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Earth is "sick" because we are "sick".</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Not many people, including me of cos, have a complete and accurate understanding about the relationship between us (human beings) and </span><span style="" lang="EN-US">our</span><span lang="EN-US"> environment (Earth). but i wish to contribute some of my understanding and opinions about this relationship. Do inform me if any of the information provided here is wrong or questionable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">so here we go....<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">-We should live with Nature and not against it-<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(this statement is derived from<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">天人合一</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span><span>which has similar meanings and agendas.)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">this way of living life has been introduced to us a long long time ago. It's time to really proceed with this "system" of living. not really to save earth... it is to save ourselves.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> We are </span><span style="" lang="EN-US">so fortunate to be capable of learning, sharing and creating…we can use these powerful brains that we have to get what we desire to get…through manipulating the environment etc. We are the only specie on earth today that enjoys this kind of “privilege” or "power".<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">It is Nature that has imparted us with this unique power in one way or another. (maybe by some "accidents" or the evolution theory.)<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">No other living thing has done as much (negative) physical impact to earth than us. Look at what we have done to Earth within the past few centuries…all these drastic (negative) changes had happened in a very short period of time if compared to Earth’s “age”. We can “achieve” this because of the gift that Nature has given to us, only that we have been using this gift IN A COMPLETELY WRONG WAY.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">We created the modern Monetary/Financial system to help us run our human world. And while trying to maintain this system, we are enslaved to it and are seriously “hurt” by it. This system is about profit vs loss…it’s all about money... winning and losing. Money has no value to Earth. And we are fighting against each other, do harm to Earth and other living organisms because we want more power and more money….(what else should we be concern about ?)<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Maybe we can’t be blamed? because we human beings are flawed creation...and so, how can we come up with a perfect system to guide all of us to a perfect world where everyone is happy, while we know that nothing is perfect or can be perfect? So should we continue to stick with this (monetary) system as we know that any other alternate system that we would create to replace this one will have similar or other equally troublesome problems as well? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">I ask myself this question:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">How “Natural” or how “Human” is this (monetary) system?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">To me, it is against Nature’s well-being. It is against human’s well being.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">The stronger the system, the less human we are. (should elaborate on this point)<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">But we are still supporting this system.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Can I say that we are victims of this system (to be stuck in it). we would all vote for a change (for the better) if we were asked right?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">...hmm...maybe we should have a change. maybe we should stick with this system....(when can we come to a conclusion to this issue?)<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">We have been “programmed” by our fellow governors, teachers, society, entertainment industry etc to understand and serve this system. We are now “so aware” that we must "understand" and serve this system as efficiently as possible, if not we will not be able to prosper or SURVIVE? Just how “strong” we can be if we abandon this system?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">We might have considered about all these issues before, but most of our efforts are gone to waste if our eventual reaction/decision is something like this…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">"…Let's go with the FLOW (as everyone else seems to be dealing with it fairly well). Just ignore this BIG picture (it is too big a picture for a person, especially the commoner, to think and act differently and change anything of such a scale). Just mind what you’re doing, what you’re supposed to do and what you want to do. We are just a tiny speck of dust in the universe, what truly matters anyway? (this is our wise take on life)"</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">…and then we’ll fit right back into system. Never wanting this system to become "weak" again as it will further make our life less meaningful or worthy to live on.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">To me, this decision is equivalent to selling your soul and humanity for the well-being of the system. And the most ironic thing about this is that we are selling our souls and humanity to something that we have created out of our mind, and not because of external threats such as the natural disasters or alien invasions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">In the process of maintaining this system, we have done a lot of inhuman acts. most of which we are not aware of...(i hope so)....and some which we are aware of! this is sick. very sick.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> (i have tried to avoid "messing around with the system" and try to improve the quality of everyone's (problematic) life on other levels through other platforms. but now, i am pretty sure that what i truly wish for all mankind to have (peace, health and happiness) can never be attained if we continue to entertain this ridiculous world system about gaining personal profits.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">i don't think the rich and the famous are truly happy. so what's the point of the system if the people at the top are not truly happy, and the people at the bottom are not truly happy? and moreover, we are causing a hell lot of troubles to our "creators", Earth.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Nature has never attempt to make profit out of something. It has not demonstrates to us anything about gaining extra profit or winning, but about sharing and balancing. We are Earth’s product. We live on Earth. Just how dangerous it is if we are living our lives against Nature’s way of life? We may be able to find out soon. Till then, everything is too late. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">We are really sick nowadays, far worse than people of the past. This system makes us sick and inhuman. </span><span lang="EN-US">The </span><span style="" lang="EN-US">amount of </span><span lang="EN-US">"</span><span style="" lang="EN-US">harms</span><span lang="EN-US">" that we have inflicted upon ourselves or have allowed to be inflicted on us </span><span style="" lang="EN-US">will soon exceed our very</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="" lang="EN-US">own </span><span lang="EN-US">limit...</span><span style="" lang="EN-US">we are breaking down.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">and Earth will balance out our negative thoughts and behaviours by unleashing series of natural disasters upon mankind. I believe this is at least 80% true. Nature is not revenging, it does not harbour any personal intention or interest in anything. Nature is just reflecting our deeds and counter-balancing everything that comes and goes along. And when we are putting up absolute outrageous behaviours? The Nature will answer us with outrageous behaviours. Take that. and hey...can we afford to take it? Human is nothing compared to the "power" that Nature possesses.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then why still do the (inhuman) things that we are doing now? I beg for an answer. I don't think that those "governors/controllers" way up there do not understand the weigh of this matter...but why are we still doing it?</p><p class="MsoNormal">are we really all brain-washed? is it too late to change for the better?</p><p class="MsoNormal">In fact, we are at the best position to change for the better now because of the technology that we possess now. .. we just have to use them for the right purpose.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">By the way, here are some videos that we should share with everyone we know:<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tAvzsjcBtx8" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Please also read through the information/description about the above video.</p><p class="MsoNormal">do you still want to be angry with yourself and the world now? haha, i'm still quite angry with myself and the world now. will control...will control....<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L3sX7SROd74" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, there is no english subtitles for this video. I'll briefly explain here...this part of the film used a few of China's historical events to explain that there is a close connection between Mankind and Nature, and a peaceful relationship should be maintained at all time so as to live a peaceful life on Earth. Those people during ancient times would carry out "worshiping" events annually to show their recognition of Nature's important role in their lives and commitment towards maintaining a peaceful relationship with Nature. and Nature does react and answer to human's calling when a healthy bond is established or reestablished.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">have we lost this (vital) connection already?<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">(btw, I recommend everyone (who understands chinese) to watch this documentary/interview starting from episode 1, part 1. it may take quite a long time to finish them all, but it's definitely worth your time. Master JingKong is a great great great teacher!)</p><p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal">...Okay, i shall sum things up.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Our every movements affect our surroundings. Nature's every movements affect us. not just our (physical) actions can affect the things around us, our thoughts and feelings can physically affect them as well ...even if we did not act them out.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Hence, we should maintain a positive attitude towards life, others and everything else. (this could reduce the possibility of any further "natural" disaster perhaps?) So, we should be responsible for how we feel, think and act. on a more precise matter, in response to the video about Water can react to our writings and speech, we should be responsible for the words that we speak, the words that we type and write. try to GENERATE LOVE AND HOPE. yes, we can.</p><p class="MsoNormal">this is the simplest and the most effective solution. we'll feel better...we'll become better...and Earth may become more stable too.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">All the little things that we do will have a GLOBAL EFFECT. 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reestablish the link between us and Nature. We should live our lives according to how the Nature lives or operates, that is to share (care) and maintain balance (sustainability). And i think within a short period of time, we will "regain our humanity back" and then we can truly enjoy the wonders that Nature has provide us with.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Strangely and sadly, such simple act seems to be the hardest thing to do too.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Follow your empathetic heart. Think like a normal human being who regards Earth as home and the Nature as the source of life and happiness. And most importantly, act like one.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">After all, this global issue/tragedy will not be stopped simply by our emotional thoughts and feelings. Appropriate actions have to be taken, if not the (monetary) system or "The Invisible Pet Monster" that we have created, raised and supported till now to "take care" of us will only serve to devour us all in the end.</p><p class="MsoNormal">We should support a system that supports the well being of mankind and Nature (and this will be discussed next time.)</p><p class="MsoNormal">but before this can happen, please stay strong and positive. keep generating love and hope. and act decisively when needed.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I appologize if you feel that this post is a mess, i'll elaborate my points when i have time. for now, just try to grasp the few main ideas that i'm trying to get across. thanks!<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-52254429702142409872011-02-27T00:12:00.000-08:002011-02-27T01:10:54.100-08:00februauruuray~ok, i'm blogging for the sake of blogging today.<br />it's a little bit about blogging consistently...at least once a month. then i will feel better when i look at my Grand History section. dunno why. hahaa<br /><br />school work is piling up lately. lots of group works. lots to learn and do. i'm cool with that :)<br /><br />Hong Kong is finally getting warmer...i do enjoy the cold weather here...but i will not be able to stand it if such weather goes on for too long....cos it makes me feel lazy...or inactive...which means that i am more reluctant to exercise during this days. yeah....blame it on the (nice) weather. lol.<br />the basketball in my house is for decoration purpose nowadays.<br /><br />but i am still faithfully following the NBA :P<br />just recently, Boston Celtics has traded Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson away for two quicker players. The management side of the team believes that these two new players can help them to compete better when playing against Orlando Magic and Miami Heat (strong and quick teams). I really not sure if this move is smart one or not. but i very sure that i will miss Kendrick and Nate alot...i want Boston Celtics to win the title this year....with Kendrick & Nate in it :(<br />and yea, congratulations to Ray Allen for becoming the player who makes the most 3 pointers in NBA history. go Ray! and i enjoy seeing your mum cheering for you at the courtside all the time!<br /><br />hmm wat else? I guess i'll finish my 2nd semester somewhere around early May. I hope i can visit Singapore for around 5-7 days after that?! the mini problem now is that i don't really have a place to stay. see if i can stay at my cousin's house (he settled down in Singapore after i left, haha, never got a chance to see him for such a long time! and his wife! and their daughter!) ok. i'll try to find out. if there's no room for me to stay...i'll shall reach out to my friends in singapore! hee hee~<br /><br />have to say this...I miss all my friends in singapore! my life in singapore is FANTASTIC because of you guys. i'm really blessed to be able to say that i had an amazing 15 plus years in singapore. now, i have to look forward of cos...but i will always look back to life in the past and smile...and to remember that i was once a happy kid! the growing up part...which is now...(yes, i'm still at the growing up part)...is pretty damn hard. and it's kinda more difficult when i'm sort of restarting my life here in HK. ...it's always hard during the beginning....and when you get to be more familiar with what's going on around you, you'll start to enjoy everything about it. hope this understanding can help me go through the time when i feel (kinda) lost here. i'll take it slow and easy :)<br /><br />i won't be typing the above paragraph if singapore is just 3km away from hong kong. LOL.<br /><br />something's gotta give. always the case.<br /><br />but i'll balance it out! >_<<br /><br />wow, before i enter to my zone...which nobody will understand what i'm saying...i shall stop here.<br /><br />and before i go, i shall share with you guys this wonderful piece of animation made in 1968.<br />awesooooommmee!!! 500stars. respect. worship. love it.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o1PQK4e4gz0" frameborder="0"></iframe>XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-15293927643997014202011-01-27T06:01:00.000-08:002011-01-30T18:17:25.355-08:002011!!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:relyonvml/> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> 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I know it's a mindset thing</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">y</span><span lang="EN-GB">...</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">cos</span><span lang="EN-GB"> when i'm so looking forward to this year </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">and have this hunch that it will be pretty good </span><span lang="EN-GB">(not sure for wat reason)...and this year really seems to be much better than 2010. yeah, it's </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">only</span><span lang="EN-GB"> one month for 2011</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">…at least it’s a good start haha</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">(it's all in the mind. it's all in the mind.</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">it's all in the mind)</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">well, first of all...i'm very happy with timetable for Sem B, and i'm even more happy to know that the elective courses i've picked </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">are</span><span lang="EN-GB"> great</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> courses with great lecturers</span><span lang="EN-GB">...shall brief through all of the courses when i'm done with Sem B! I shall enjoy this wonderful ride first, yea!<br /><br />hmm anyway, i've been visiting shenzhen for several weekends already as I'm seeing this Chinese doctor, who will now take care of my health problems</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> from now on</span><span lang="EN-GB">, lol. </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">yea</span><span lang="EN-GB">, he is now prescribing me with chinese medicine...that will help to RE-BALANCE THE CORRUPTED FLOW OF 'YING AND YANG' IN MY FREAKING BODY. yes, my body has 'crashed' several times upon my return to HK, and i'm really in bad shape those days. Feeling restless, can't concentrate well, no appetite, slow in movement, lousy mood etc. Having enough rest, drinking enough water, eating enough food is not helping my case i realised. So during the holiday after Sem A, i've decided to go to ShenZhen and seek help from the doctors there</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> (for I believe they are more ‘pro’ than the chinese doctors in HK)</span><span lang="EN-GB">…and i'm </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">extremely fortunate </span><span lang="EN-GB">to </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">be able to </span><span lang="EN-GB">meet Doctor Gu, who has already helped me to gain much of my health back during the process! but there still a lot of 'recovery' to be done lahhhhhhh.... :P<br /><br />HEALTH is so important (we all know that). but i've neglected it for such a long time...<br /><br />I've been thinking whether I should head back to specialise in Animation (again) or should I follow my actual plan to specialise in Cinematic Arts (related to filming)... BUT after weighing </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">all the pros and cons</span><span lang="EN-GB">, with relation to my Degree study,</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> school, lecturers, interest…etc….</span><span lang="EN-GB"> I've decided to stick to my initial plan! For i still believe that it's essential for me to experience filming </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">(for I love this medium too!) </span><span lang="EN-GB">even if I</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> can pretty much see myself </span><span lang="EN-GB">not going to work in this field in the future. (but who knows</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">!</span><span lang="EN-GB">) </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">for now, I have more interest to work in an animation or a comic industry..hopefully I can land a proper job at these areas…and have a good start for my freaking career, lol! YES, I’m freaking worried about my freaking future.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">I guess that why my health is getting poorer recently…I worried too much. (but who doesn’t!)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">ok! time's up. gotta head to school soon!</span></p>btw, sometime i really want to quit sch and just stay in my hse to paint and draw all day long, for the next five years....<br /><br />just saying...hahaha!XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-20753010534457668532010-12-26T03:31:00.000-08:002010-12-29T09:21:58.390-08:00101010101010101010101010101wow. 2010.<br /><br />the big transitional year for me.<br /><br />overall, it's quite a weird ride for me. i can't say this year is normal, hell or heaven. it's a very weird mix of everything.<br /><br />haha, mus be too much ups and downs and spin around this year. still having motion sickness i guess. so i can't decide if this is a good or bad year for me. maybe more of a negative thing bah...cos i dun feel very positive while trying to feel 2010 as a whole. but then......er....still...then...so....erm...<br /><br />my health is really bad this year. got skinnier/lighter/more invisible after a stomach flu!<br /><br />yea. 2010 is pretty much done. I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR RIGHT NOW! perhaps I just want some new energy to flow into me, to feel fresh again :)<br /><br />dun know why...I have this feeling that 2011 is going to be great! hope that i'm right!<br /><br />oh ya, i've finally bought a new bag to replaced the really old one, lol! yay, so happy!<br /><br />anyway, 2010 has provided me with several important (personal) lessons...will keep them in mind.<br /><br />okay, i'll be heading to ShenZhen and stay for a few days...will do my countdown to the new year there with my parents, haha!<br /><br />so i shall wish everyone a great year ahead here!! :DXeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-6519815151231252112010-12-13T19:09:00.000-08:002010-12-13T20:03:15.958-08:00Hi there<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> 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font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">yay,143 posts! jus nice i've saw some interesting new blogskins on the blog site, so i decided to conveniently change my blogskin to celebrate for this entry, haha!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Almost been living in HK for close to 5 months, and it's quite a monotonous one haha, for i was basically very committed to my study. Shall briefly summarise.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">As my University life truly kick start after September 21, the last time I’ve blogged, I was kind of M.I.A (not active in facebook, msn and blog) until I’m done with the semester. Why? I need to concentrate. And this is Mission Impossible: Infinity.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">This semester has involved with many new topics/subjects for me to study, and I’m glad that this was happening as I want to learn new things. Okay, I shall run through the subjects that I’ve taken so far…Informally of cos…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-US">Core Modules</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">+Creative Writing in Chinese</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>What? Writing creatively in chinese, duh. And then? I am extremely slow in reading long chinese text, be it traditional chinese (for HK) or simplified chinese (don’t think I can improve much on this. Shit.) Still writes with pencil, lol. If I write in pen, I think I can do so much cancelling and stuff until u can’t see what I’m writing. I can’t express myself properly (dunno why). I realized that my chinese suck big time. seriously. Fortunately, the part-time lecturer (full time writer) is great at teaching this subject, learnt a lot from her.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">+Photography</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>What? It’s an intro course. Gotta try the dark room to produce my very own black and white photo. So? Got to learn about decisive moments, portraits, landscapes, visual poem and other photography related study material. Great exposure for a beginner like me. I’m glad I’ve gone through this module :P</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">+Sound Basics and Design<span style=""><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>I suck at this module. But this could be the best thing to happen on me if only I can follow the lecturer and learn more about Cubase software and those theories and information about sound and design. In a nutshell, I love sound and music, but I just suck at it. Damn sad.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-US">Requirement</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">+English</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>What? I’ve passed the test that I’ve mentioned last time. and so I’m supposed to take a more advance course. Well, this course was very basic too, but it’s so freaking important to me, for I’ve not ‘laid any foundation’ for English since primary sch, lol. Learn about different type of writings. So? English improved! But still stuck at beginner level lah.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><u><span style="" lang="EN-US">Electives</span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">+Lifestyle Diversity and Choices</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>Yeap. I chose this course. I think it is quite cool. And indeed, it’s really cool, haha! Every week the lecturer would cover a new topic…about diversity and life choices. He made us question about the norms and standards and stuff. Useful for me :)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">+Rational Thinking and Creative Ideas</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>Yeap. I chose this course cos I think I need to learn more about rational thinking….and creative ideas. And indeed, I did learn abit more about these topics, but i firmly know that the course can be a much better one, as the lecturer was solely reading off the powerpoint slides 90% of the time.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;">Even though I've spend most of my time in study, i don't think i faring well in terms of grades, but that's not my concern, as long as i can maintain a gpa of around 3 and i can learn great/new things which is what is happening now. so everything is going pretty well :D<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Alrite, this is the best I can share about my studies so far. Can’t go into the details, because I should stop writing anymore sch related stuff, haha. Have been spending too much time on these (seemingly easy) subjects. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Cool, I was born with a rare gift, Anti-mental-focus ability, a kind of natural-body-reflex behavior that helps me to defocus on the thing that I want to focus on. (In other words, I get distracted easily.) With this inborn ability to be able to easily think about something else while doing something, is really something really troublesome when time just slipped away like that. Every sec counts. I don’t dare to count…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Another way to put it. My brain can multi task pretty well. It can think about 5 things in 1 second. Send signals to instruct my body to execute the 5 thoughts/tasks in the next second….which my body cannot react normally to. What’s next? Whole body hang for 1min 30seconds. Restart brain, restart body. Work normally, one thing at a time. 2 min 46.3 sec later. My brain starts to multi task again. Nice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">This is really really… </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Okay, cut the crap. Actually, I just want to apologise to my friends for being unresponsive in the internet platform. Please understand my strange condition, haha. I can't afford to assign one more task to my brain for now. will fix this prob!<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Anyway, I love my home here in HK. The location of this house is EPIC GREAT. It’s near my sch, near train station, near basketball court, near several food stores, near the market and it is near the art center where my parents teach chinese painting there.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>Hmmm, I did not play basketball or exercise for a few months already. It’s been awhile since I last weigh myself, if I’m lucky, I should be around the same feather light weight as before. Great. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>NBA. Boston Celtics!!! Beautiful ballgame. Miami Heat! Yucks. Rockets! Dissapointing and Sad for Yao. Mavericks! Interesting. Lakers! Pau Gasless. Spurs! Classic. OKC! OKCool. Not really concern about other teams, haha.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Starcraft 2?<span style=""> </span>Hell…Maybe next time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Movies watched online? The Social Network. It’s not easy for me to be interested in a ‘lawsuits and dialogues’ oriented film, I’m glad I enjoyed this one. Finally…I’ve watched Inglourious Basterds. Quite refreshing. That Germany Colonel guy’s acting is great, no wonder he won so many award for that role. Credits to the director for crafting such an interesting character. Nice show!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Vids I’ve watched on Youtube. Tons. These things are the nutrients for my brain to multi task (in a wrong way) and thus causing my body to malfunction, lol. I don’t think I’m addicted to youtube. I’m addicted to the informations I can get from there. The amount of treasures and shit flowing into this platform is crazy! While I’m a treasure hunter, I’ve successfully retrieved many great stuff from it, but during the process, I’ve ocassionally fell into the dark side and watched stuff like spoofs, collegehumor, lame world records, pets, baby laughing, all those vids with ‘most’, ‘epic’, ‘-est’… there goes my time. my precious time. my eyes. my precious eye(sight). my health. my precious health. my life. my precious life. Still, youtube rocks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">On a side note, over dosage of (good) information can be quite devastating too. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">On a side note, as time can be my biggest enemy, it can be my best friend too. (still trying)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">On a side note, my ability to sidetrack so naturally can be a good thing too. (HA. HA. HA.)<br /><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Alright, tats about it. I believe this is a good entry, haha! I would talk more about HK when I get to know it better. Trust me, I’m still very new to this place :)<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt;"><span style="" lang="EN-US">Hope everyone is living life with great energy!! Go Go Go! </span></p>XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-36876857901661523992010-09-21T09:19:00.000-07:002010-09-21T09:48:25.675-07:00slowHmm, life is okay so far, sometimes i would feel damn low though. this school is pretty confusing. or maybe i'm stoooopeed...(swallowed hard)...i...i...i...haiz...<br /><br />anw, I'm super unproductive and rusty nowadays. *&^*%^$&&* super angry with myself *^&^$%^#%. I don't understand why i just can't concentrate on my work. i find it hard to read long passages. and i took super long to do english and chinese essay writings&^&^&$%@#@($& I find it very hard to express myself when writing. (*&^*%*^%789 there are so many simple chinese words that i've forgotten how to write, and have to look up online dictionary all the time. and i only know these little amount of vocab...hence i hav difficulty doing descriptive writing. haiz....i'll take it slow bah....*%%$%#$%^$#@<br /><br />oh ya, this is the ONLY finished work i hav done since the day i've came back to HK. and i forgot to thank this guy, Teo Min, for helping me to install Photoshop into my computer (so that i can add colour to this ink work)... Thanks man! btw, Teo Min is the first person from SG to drop by in HK and meet up with me so far!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jucnkBd74F8/TIYcFbnEy6I/AAAAAAAABYA/yp4EhT39msU/s1600/OtherWorld3_small.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jucnkBd74F8/TIYcFbnEy6I/AAAAAAAABYA/yp4EhT39msU/s320/OtherWorld3_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514125673398324130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />i wish to draw more...but i'm too slow with my school work...in the end, no time. wth. shit.<br />i'll be very busy...cos the assignments' deadlines are nearing, and then new assignments with three times the difficulty are coming, bla bla bla....<br /><br />oh oh...i've watched Satoshi Kon's Millenium Actress...i give it 7.5/10...and Feng Xiaogang's Aftershock....i give it 9/10. (luckily i watched Aftershock at home, for i can't stop crying lol) ...brilliant works! must watch!XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-27738529653796908282010-09-09T21:52:00.000-07:002010-09-09T23:03:42.307-07:00whyi've just watched finished 'Tokyo Godfathers' online. Have always been wanting to watching this anime film created by Satoshi Kon, and until recently I almost got to borrow the DVD from CityU's library, only to realise that it was being borrowed by somebody else. In the end, i couldn't wait anymore and decided to stream it online and watch it while i hav the time this morning.<br /><br />I jus feel that I hav to watch this film somehow...and i know that i will like it...simply because i enjoyed his other works very much (Paprika and Perfect Blue) ...his works are very realistic and yet very imaginative or at least entertaining to me. He create films through his own unique vision, and everyone mus really work with him closely in order to realise the work. He is just like another Hayao Miyazaki...just that Satoshi Kon has his own approach to filmmaking...they were both amazing ppl.<br /><br />how i wish i can be like them. it's a difficult path to follow...or lead...but this is really what i want to do. to write my own scripts, and make these ideas into films with a group of ppl. it's a wonderful process. I look up to these giants in this entertainment industry...hoping to draw strengths and inspirations from them and their works, and then continue to realise my own dream or goal.<br /><br />As the show 'Tokyo Godfathers' ended, i have once again, found new strengths to carry on with my life. It's a pretty simple story...but the storytelling and the interesting characters have made this films very entertaining to watch. and as usual, i would go online and read the reviews, as well as trying to find out more abt the show or any latest news about director Satoshi Kon.<br /><br />... Quoting from the Wikipedia......"On May 2010, Kon was diagnosed with terminal<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> pancreatic cancer. Given half a year to live, Kon chose to spend the remainder of his life in his home. Before his death, Kon uploaded a final message onto his blog. Kon died on August 24, 2010 at the age of 46."<br /><br />i'm totally devastated right now. As his fans or people who appreciate his works, we all know that he was now at his prime of his career, which means that we are all expecting more great works from him! and his most recent project would be 'The Dream Machine'...his fifth film...but unfortunately, the cancer took away his life before he could finish the film.<br /><br />I feel that Satoshi Kon is creating films of his own genre...i really don't want to accept this cruel truth... whyyy?<br /><br />Life is so unpredictable indeed. i can't type anymore for the moment.<br /><br />here's the link to read Satoshi Kon's last words.<br /><a href="http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words?page=1">http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words?page=1</a><br /><br />Farewell, Satoshi-sensei.XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459190301302094694.post-5396772991118880292010-08-28T07:43:00.000-07:002010-08-29T09:49:56.079-07:00On your mark, get set, go!i've been living in HK for more than a month! i'm still quite unfamiliar with this part of the world actually.<br /><br />it's not easy to set up a house. not mentioning setting up a family and running it well. (lol at my english)<br /><br />anw, the hse is finally ready today. yea, it's Operational Ready Date (ORD) is 28 August 2010 haahahah! i had a 1 month Basic-Renovation-Training with it...and the end result is pretty satisfying. the house will only get better and better..as opposed to my deteriorating fitness, lol!<br /><br />and so i've been spending quite some time 'fixing' my timetable. the reason i can blog now is because i've managed to get a particular elective module that would give me a better timetable overall. If not, i'll hav lessons from 9.30am till 3.30pm straight on friday!! i won't go into the details, but basically the students of Hong Kong cityU hav to register quite a number of modules by themselves everytime before the semester starts, on a first-come-first-serve basis.<br /><br />on a side note, the university is really near my hse as i just need to walk for 15-20mins to get there. the walk from my home to school is a quiet and a pleasant one...i love that walk. this also means that i can jolly well choose a 3hour lesson and place it on any day on my timetable and not to worry that i will be wasting a lot of travel time and energy if i'm just going to school to have a 3 hour lesson on tat day...becos i only need 40mins travel time in total...and i love that walk. haha! yup, most students need to spend a lot of travel time and transportation fee to go to school, and so they prefer to cramp their timetable...and hope to free up one or two days..and relax at home. not bad either :)<br /><br />alrite i hav talked enough about how flexible i can be about my timetable haha, and tats all i can share for now. for school is starting this coming monday...whereby ther will be a very formal Orientation week organised by the school lecturers and lots of tasks hav to be done....(in order to earn e-money that u will need to use in sch in the near future)...so i can't screw it up...and so i'll be busy!<br /><br />and so, till next time! i'll update more about my school life in Hong Kong!<br /><br />my fellow friends who blog...do blog more about your life and everything else! share!!! :D<br /><br />and yup...i guess i've missed quite a few outings with you guys in Singapore already! miss those time being together. but yea, we are all in the transitional period...getting ready to step into the society and be capable enough to contribute to it. it's time to hav a little less fun but more hard work put in. For the stronger we get, the more people we can help!! at least this is what i think :)<br /><br />so yup, we'll meet again. and i shall get ready for my 'run'...all the best to me. all the best to you.XeleXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183536290110084681noreply@blogger.com0