| Hanoi Havoc |
[May. 10th, 2008|02:43 pm] |
Greetings from a dodgy looking bar in Hanoi City!
Amazingly, a lot of bars here have wifi and don't charge you tourist prices. I'm sitting here with a 450ml bottle of Bia Ha Noi (literally Hanoi Beer) and a plate of fried seafood noodles. That's about 50,000 dong equivalent to USD$3.50 or about RM10.
Food's great over here, with really really cheap street food like USD$1 for a bowl of Pho Bo... well basically all street food is about USD$1. Unless you plan to splurge at a street food place and when that happens... well let's say you make a lot of friends.
But anyways, if anybody decides to go to Vietnam, make sure you immediately have some spare Vietnamese Dong at hand beside the universal USD coz they WILL rip you off the moment you take out a ten dollar bill or even see the glimpse of your 50 dollar bill hidden in your wallet. Let me tell you the story of my arrival here.
I got off the bus with the rest of the winners of Apostrophe Gallery's Short Short Film competition and we were bombarded by people wanting to sells us knock-off zippos and other random merchandise. I got mobbed by a bunch of small Vietnamese old ladies carrying pineapples and got forced, and I mean FORCED into buying pineapples for USD$5 because I didn't have any VND. Jesus. I hate pineapples and now, I hate them even more, thinking about them make me feel real pain.
However, Vietnam is really a beautiful chaotic place and to be honest, it's not hard to fall in love with this country. The colours of their cuisine are just amazing. The people try their best to be friendly despite not being the language barrier. I am now an expert at sign language. Heh. This is the longest post I've had in a long time no?
I'm still dazed about my entire experience though, it's terribly surreal and who would've though that I'd win an award before I graduated? Looks like I've still got some indie spirit in me. After this trip, I'm supposed to start work as a Production Manager for a new TV series that is coming out in October and that's gonna be a bomb. Leaving my place of internship has been the best thing ever. Not only do I not have to waste time at Zesqa Media, I've got more freedom as a Freelancer.
Life is Good.
PS: When I get back, be prepared for some cheap duty free booze! |
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| Woooooo! |
[May. 3rd, 2008|03:04 am] |
My entry for Apostrophe Gallery has been selected as one of the finalists iactuallywonbuti'mnotsupposedtosaythattilltuesdaybutheyiliketostrokemyego
Anyways, you can view it at Apostrophe Gallery under Short, Short Film Finalists.
The title of my short film is "Cari Makan". I helped out with two other short films who share the same fate as me (points at strikethrough). They are: "Lauk" and "Singgit"
I is happy and Dai makes his debut as a Ah Beng Callman. :P |
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| Help! I need teh online gamez. |
[Apr. 26th, 2008|11:28 am] |
Yeah, one of my uber-rare posts and I need help with something. :P
Anyways, I'm using Maxis Broadband, on a ZTE Modem, and I need help setting it up to my Xbox 360, I don't have a router and I was wondering if it's possible to hook it up directly rather than using a PC -> Xbox 360 setup. I'm using an iMac that's why...
Hilfe. |
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| Me ≠ Director/Actor |
[Dec. 30th, 2007|12:20 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | My Very Windy Room | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  working | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Fiery Furnaces - Japanese Sleepers | ] |
Yeah, after a month of planning, I finally started shooting my latest short film / webisode called, "Inner Ghosts". Well, it's looking alright I suppose, but being the crazy director I am, I'm planning to reshoot this as I find that being a director/actor is tough work when you have a really small crew. Nevertheless, I'm still going to finish up whatever scenes we've done so far to see how the overall flow of the story. Those interested in doing still photography for me please drop a comment ya as my current still photographer. Lina is heading back to UITM on the 28th and shooting will resume on the 2nd of January.
Anyways, here's a simple teaser poster for you guys, trailer to follow suit in the following week.
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| On Vox: Tungsten Lights. |
[Aug. 14th, 2007|09:08 pm] |
Yeap, this is my office, not the place I freelance at but really MY office, Zesqa Media. Anything that relates to media, we handle it, from video to audio, from photography to web design, we do it all. Hell, colour...
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| Morning Meme. |
[Jun. 21st, 2007|05:59 am] |
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| |  tired | ] |
Get to know yourself better
Your view on yourself:
Other people find you very interesting, but you are really hiding your true self. Your friends love you because you are a good listener. They'll probably still love you if you learn to be yourself with them.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
The seriousness of your love:
Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.
Your views on education
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.
The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.
How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.
What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.
Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve. |
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| On Vox: The Story of An Editing Owl. |
[Jun. 1st, 2007|11:52 pm] |
So here's what's up with me, simple updates while I'm capturing footage before I start editing. The air-conditioning is chilling me to the goddamned bones, the only reason I can't make it any warmer is due to these two gigantic...
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| On Vox: Great Success. |
[Apr. 29th, 2007|04:49 am] |
Who says 4chan is just about the /b/tards? The photography section has a few gems hidden in it and now I've finally understood how to make High Dynamic Range images. I'm still a basic user and from the few HDR...
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| On Vox: Quick Survey. |
[Apr. 25th, 2007|01:29 am] |
Long time no blog and this entry doesn't really count as a blog entry anyways. Anyways, cutting to the chase, here's my question for those who stumble upon this post."What makes Malaysia, Malaysia?"Yes, any ridiculous answer is still an answer...
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| On Vox: Radient Brains. |
[Jan. 15th, 2007|02:36 am] |
Sit down and relax. It's another day in front of the computer for good ol' Amir and his amazing brain. Scripting is now at 66% with the actual script turning out rather good if you omit the fact that it's... » Read more on Vox |
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| On Vox: Scripting Goodness |
[Jan. 8th, 2007|05:15 am] |
That was the last time I remembered what being on a holiday was like. The only time I actually managed to squeeze some time alone with my lover. Alas, I actually ended up getting bugged with phonecalls about work. I... » Read more on Vox |
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| Holey Moley |
[Nov. 21st, 2006|03:00 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  surprised | ] |
I think I just won an advertising award. Not sure if it's gold, silver or bronze but I won... or at least I think I did seeing that Atifi said that my college admins are looking for me. Well, just wish me luck on the 24th of Nov.
Now to loan a decent looking suit. |
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| Best. Birthday. Ever. |
[Nov. 19th, 2006|11:46 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  cynical | ] |
Indeed it was. In reverse of course. Lina, I think your curse got passed on to me. :D |
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| Me - 1, Sleep - 0 |
[Nov. 12th, 2006|03:13 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | accomplished | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire | ] |
Didn't feel like sleeping and thus, I came up with a simple logo design for my paintball team.
( Behold! ) |
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| PSA PSA PSA |
[Aug. 23rd, 2006|07:31 am] |
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| | Erik Satie - Gymnopedie | ] |
Well, I've done all my PSAs and if there's one thing I'd like to bitch about is the fact that a 30 second ad is a real bitch to edit but a breeze to film. Well, I'm not going to go into the boring details but I'll just give a short sypnosis.
Abstinence
Basically it's about a very horny couple that finally cave in. I'm bittersweet about this because if I could've dragged it on to 40 seconds or so, I'd say it would've been more impactful so meh...
Abstinence (PSA)
Please
Not really my idea, it was a favour I did for a classmate but the filming and editing was all done by me, so I'd say I own 95% of this PSA. Took us less than an hour to film and only 30 minutes to edit so I'm very happy with this.
Please (PSA) |
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