2nd album

'nuff said, my blog is definitely jet lag.
I went shooting at punggol the other time with Masdalifah (model) and Beckie (make up artist), with the help of my dad too.
Pictures up on facebook! :>

:l

Dyed my hair black.

FB addict

Why is it that every time I try to blog, my damn fingers will switch the site to Facebook.
It's almost automatic to check my FB profile every now and then,
even when no one is gonna post on my wall.

& That scares me.

Make-up & hair

Beckie Lia (make-up artist for RUSTICA photoshoot) did a really great job!
I'm really impressed by how she did Poojaa's make-up and hair.
It's so stunning!

Contact her: delightful_beckie@hotmail.com
if you want your make-up/hair done for prom or other events :)




I did a photo shoot with model Poojaa Darshan over the weekends.
The preview pictures are up on fb, so check it out if you want :)

I'll be posting up more big ass pictures when i'm done editing.

CIAO!

Today,

The need to sleep is stronger than the consequences of not waking up.

Alicia

Was browsing through my photos and Alicia just made my day lol.
Our first day having a stay-over at The Loft (student hostel).
Among all, the curtain fascinate us the most.

At least now I know it's not about chionging-our assignments during the times at The Loft...
We had fun the first day too! :>






GOODNIGHT!

Cold hard truth

Processing the images from the shoot = crazy but a good sense of satisfaction.
I realize there's a lot of nice (but repetitive) pictures from the shoot.
It's hard to make a decision because even when some images looks good, it's repetitive/no strong point to the theme etc.
So I end up not using them. Feels kind of wasted.

Anyhow, I'm not done with all the photos yet!
But I've updated a few on the fb album.


The cold hard truth i learn today is...
We don't really get what we want in the future.

I probably don't end up as a photographer or film maker as a career.
& that makes me sad.

Anyhow, stay tune for my Halloween post this week! :>

Featuring Jade Fox

On Saturday, I organized a photo shoot featuring Jade Fox.
It started to rain cats and dogs after the photo shoot.
& then the unluckiest thing happened to me.
oh well thank god it's over!

Now I'm just upset that school is starting tomorrow :(
School starts at 9 tomorrow
(that is super early for someone who wakes up at 12 in the afternoon)

Thanks Jade for being so brave during the Photo shoot!
She's younger than me btw. Can't tell because I look sooo small.



I did the Make up and styling for Jade too.
I was pretty optimistic doing her make-up even though I didn't take any lessons.

Well here's a shot of lovely Jade that you can see the make-up I did on her.
It's a pity I don't own any fake eye lashes else the look would be perfect.

The rest of the preview pictures are up on my facebook album.



Thanks everyone who helped out!
My sis, my dad, and Jade.

t.g.i.f

Celebrating Halloween tomorrow with friends and my sisters over Night Safari.
Wanted to have fun dressing up but I bet it'll turn out into an awkward MRT ride.
Imagine 3 evil witches riding the same train as you...
Yeah, I know right.

I'm not really a make-up artist but I'll try.
& someday I will turn a duck into a swan. lol




Anyhow, I'm not doing this out of nothing!
I have a photo shoot tml.

I'm the photographer, stylist, make-up artist, digital imaging...
Well you name it I have it.

Sketch Shop

Today I decided to learn some photoshop skill over breakfast.
Used the picture from the previous shoot with Kevin CHY
& I think the sketch effect turned out pretty pleasing to the eye.

Captivating

One of the best I've seen so far.

NEED to upgrade

Dammmnnnn I need to upgrade my Macbook.

#$@!%#$^$%!$%#@!$@%$!@%@#%$#%@ x 100
This is me cursing in alien language,
You're not missing out on anything.

My com is so delicate it can't handle a 1 min clip rendering in After fx.
NOT ENOUGH DISC SPACE wtheck

Deleted every single thing that is redundant in my com but still couldn't render a 1 min clip.
Seriously? a 1 minute clip? Couldn't even handle that?
bloody-un-believable.

Not only did I wait (forever) to render a 1 min clip,
I accidentally deleted my movie collection (yes, ALL.THE.MOVIE), my pictures, my scripts, my work, and also some application (including Msn).

All for a 1 min clip.

Filming Dawn (2)

Dawn is already somewhat done...
But I still cannot/and WILL NOT show you all until I'm happy with it!

I really want everything to be nice and up-to-market-standard.

I'm sorry Ingride for dragging this thing so long.
I'll try my best to finish editing in one joss-stick time if I can.

Till then, enjoy bits and pieces of our filming process!
It's an awesome experience working with y'all.




Thanks again to everyone who took part in this :>

Why I love my Dad.

Thanks Dad for being so kind to me this holiday.

Thanks for helping out in that lil film project of mine, fetching me from a tired day of work, being my consultant when I meet difficulties, loaning your ez-link card, buying things for me on e-bay, etc.

So this post is dedicated to you.
(of course, you still don't read my blog because you don't trust the site and is afraid of virus which I told you many times does not exist.)

Love you Papa :D











HAHA.

BYE! :>

Feels like

dying with swollen eyes and lack of energy because of poor time management and so many stuff going on but whatever it is money$ is coming, better days arriving and definitely tougher days right in front of me

Dawn- spoiler

Ok I know i'm supposed to like do a post about my recent 'filming adventure' during the holidays.
But I thought it'll be better to keep the pictures unexposed until the whole thing is done.
Don't wanna spoil the whole thing :D

Some pretty nice shots I manage to take that day while we're filming the 'romantic scenes' for John & Jade.




There's more but you'll have to wait.

Sorry!
p.s// any couple wanna go on a photo shoot with me?

Don't judge (you just did.)

Today, I finally realize that everyone judge the book by it's cover.

We look at people or things and automatically judge them...
putting them under categories and groups we THINK they are.

Can't really blame the world since we've been judgmental since we're created.
Never just human, but man or woman.

I wish I'm deep and smart and non-judgmental, but I'm shallow too.
Especially when it comes to 'classifying' people on Facebook, I'm best at it.
I choose my friends.
& I bet everyone else does too.

It's ironic how we hate people who judge us but we ourselves judge others!

It's like unavoidable since everyone is different.

Like how we classify different species;
Reptiles, Mammals, Birds, Insects...etc

We also classify people;
Tall, Short, Fat, Skinny, Beautiful, Hunk, Nerd, Poser, Rich, Poor..etc

But to all those who judge the book by it's cover,
(like pretending to know what the person is about, which ended up wrong)

& for those who say "I fell in love at first sight".
You are superficial.

And that's that. :)

- (almost) END OF FILMING -

Today we finally completed filming Dawn.
(well pretty much. still left with one scene though)

It has been an amazing experience for me this holiday.
Tough, almost impossible at first thought, but we made it possible.

I really want to spill my heart out thanking everyone who's part of the production.

We've come from directing a music video, to directing a short film.
So many things to achieve in so little time.

& lately I've been so pissed with myself.
For not being good enough.

Being the Director...is not an easy task
I need to be decisive, flexible, planned, good at delivering ideas/instruction, listen to my member's opinion, etc etc.

So much to say but i'm only left with 3% battery.


Anyhow, Thank you John for your time today!
& I'm sorry you have to cancel your stuff last min...



More pic up tomorrow.

To the infinity and beyond

Everyone knows the famous "To the infinity and beyond!" line from the movie Toy story.

For me, this is it.
This is my To-the-infinity-and-beyond!



ok quite lame.

I've always been interested in photo manipulation.
I love pictures that shows the impossible.

So here...

Is my To-the-infinity-and-beyond.



I love the mysterious underwater scene.
Beautiful, yet dangerous.

Watching Talent Show

I enjoy watching talent shows like American idol, X-factor, Britain got talent, etc.
(Especially Britain got talent)

It's just nice watching ordinary people shine on stage,
because it makes me feel like I just witnessed a miracle?

All that spell-binding performances, standing ovation, suspense from judges, supportive parents backstage, their usual "This is the moment" statement, millions of viewer altogether makes it feel so important that you just can't miss it.

Which brings me to the real point of this post.

Yes, Simon Cowell (the judge and producer of all these talent show) is truly brilliant.
A smart, very smart businessman who came up with these popular TV talent show that made him a millionaire.

I'm sure you all know who he is.



If you know who he is, it means he succeeded in his life lol.
How often do a producer of the show get so famous?

Whether you notice or not, it's a clever move how he always engage himself with the show.
Making him the 'label'/face of the talent show.

Being nasty, straight forward, all that jazz.
Well, basically being an odd-ball among all the judges.

The talents are real, but entertainment business is just...complex.
You don't see all the talented people (who could sing and dance) get a record label.
Or see them having a chance to spread their love like bieber fever.
(but they do get valuable experience and attention so that's good enough haha)

& even if you get a record label, the war is not over.
The battle just begun.

Okay this post is officially gonna sound like my mom sharing those "ren shen dao li" (lesson in life).
I'm gonna stop before I start vomiting all the theories and stuff I'm thinking about,
but hey at least i post a pic or two :)

p.s// I wanted to post about how I spend my day watching X-factor and Britain got talent on Youtube today (besides getting mad while editing the poster because Pshop takes soooo long to render). Yeah, so i'm not that bo liao or free to write a post dedicated to Simon Cowell for this topic. It's just my thoughts and feelings about it.


CIAO!

An eye for an eye, literally.

I've absolutely no idea why the lids of my eyes are so dried up that it started peeling?
It sounds gross, and yes it's very gross.

At first I thought it's some eye shit thingy when I woke up UNTIL
I wash my face and realize the skin of my eye lid peel/become red.

*Quick flash back on what I did that could possibly cause this*
NOTHING.
I don't apply eye cream or eye shadow so it can't be the case of sensitiveness.

Smack on some concealer and eye shadow to cover up and off I go.



Btw, I went out with moo for some shopping today.
Finally. Shopping. After so long!

Just when I'm in shopping queen mood, Moo (who's beside me all the time) is on money-appreciation-day mood.
Maisie: "no..don't buy", "really? you sure you want to buy?", "Bugis confirm cheaper than this", "this is expensive", "save money belle", "confirm won't regret?", "*gives that look* hmmm".

& I have to thank her for painting my nail today.
She's such a patient and nice girl.
Even when I just have to sit down and wait for my nails to be done, I can't take it.
I don't feel comfortable sitting still for long, I need to walk around.

Shopping was rather fruitful.
I got a bag, top, necklace, and two make-up stuff.

And yeah,

AN EYE FOR AN EYE, LITERALLY...




Ciao xoxo.

Random thoughts

I know that recently there have been a lot of bad updates from my blog.
(or shall I say no updates at all)
& obviously a drop in readers.

I personally don't blog to be popular in the net or 'get noticed',
but it seems that people are interested in my personal life.

& it has always been that way.
So I'm not sad when my blog reader stats drop but rather...
I kinda lose the momentum to update everyday.

Keeping the habit when part of it is gone is difficult.

I'm not saying "hey, pls show some support & read my blog every day"
Rather, I want to say THANK YOU all who are still reading this space.

My guess is YY and Moo being the regular readers of my blog.
So this is a vid...

BY READERS, FOR READERS
(cheezzyy tag line but i like it)



Haha, I actually found this random vid in my com.
It's taken in my room during one of the random hang out.
& as expected, this blog post is by random too.

Good night! :>

Current favorite

On hiatus, for awhile anyway

Blog Treats

Hi people,

Most of the time I get questions about how I edit my photos and today I decide to share some cool tricks I've learned so far.

I use Adobe Photoshop CS4 to edit my photos!
(If i'm feeling lazy, I use picasa)

You can download a free trial of photoshop or just buy a pirated disc from Malaysia lol.
You can also get a free download of Picasa from google :)

I always trial and error when it comes to editing photos.
Feel free to spam all the effects in photoshop and explore different possibilities!
It's always fun to re-create something new :)

Color tone for photos = extremely important
Here's an example;



Want to achieve this effect?

Go to:

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/how-to-give-your-photos-a-cool-retro-analog-effect

Do note that...

Everyone will achieve different effect of the photos they edit, because we each have different aesthetic view point of the color tone :>

If you're editing an album of pictures, it's important to maintain the consistency of color tone.

Have fun! :)

On the other side

Pretty bored with holidays...
Not as productive as I thought it would be.

Now I'm waiting impatiently to retrieve the make-up kit I bought online!
Can't wait to attempt on high-fashion photography, hehe.

Some random shoot I did with Amanda that turned out well.
(have yet finish editing all the pictures. I'm sucha lazy bum)



I don't update my blog as frequent as before because I want to blog with pictures.
it doesn't help when all my pictures are in high quality...
and I always get the exceed bandwidth problem that pisses me off!

Anyway, all my pictures are up on Facebook.
:>

I guess this is pretty much a reflection post lol

I felt different from last year.

I'm no longer obsessed with what I want a year back...
Because I know that a year later, all this doesn't matter anymore.

Your surrounding changes, and so does people...unknowingly

Haiti was there last year but now it's probably a living hell now.
I fill up Swimming and Shopping under hobbies last year, but now Photography and Videography is my life.

I blog a story of my day last year but now I only do summary and highlights.
I use to take photo of myself in high-angle but I now I take people in high-fashion (well not yet, but very soon).

Mcspicy use to be my favorite but now I'm on anti-mac campaign.
I lost some friends and gained new ones.
Some real and some superficial.

My walls are white but now it's pink.
I want to earn more money.
I want to get out of Singapore.

I start to plan for my future though it's still on Gaussian blur mode..
I get emotional about my past.

As much as I hate to admit, I've changed a lot too.
Appearance aside, my thinking took off a 360 degree change.

Whether people around me realize or not, I'm striving hard in what I'm pursuing.
And I feel happy in what I'm doing.
Especially when I accomplished something I never thought I can last year.
I'll not hesitate to take whatever opportunity I have.

I get really offended when people speak without thinking.
Who judge me on their first impression (which according to many, a bimbo) and treat me like one.
They don't deserve my respect.
In fact, I despise this people who look down on my ability.


One day, I'll prove it all to you.


As for now, I just have one serious habit I need to change.
I need to be punctual in all events, because that's what professionals do.

Kawaii

My experience at Japan's Summer Festival was great!
Took quite some time to edit the photos, will upload them when I'm free :)

I love this kid;



Stay Tune

Ruins

Last weekend we went for some location scouting for the MV.
Covered 70% of the abandoned place.

Shall blog about it more when I come back.
I'm off to work! :>

Geologist may be the coolest job ever.
You get paid for your adventures.

Meet Max

He loves attention and playing hard to get.
Haha, so adorable :>

Eclipse review

I just finished Eclipse.
(I downloaded online, hate the moving shoulders lol)

I think the film suck.
Sorry and no offense to Robert P. or Kristen S. or Taylor L. or their fans.
Yeah, actually most importantly their fans.

The whole film is like a child's show and tell session.
Why? It looks like someone telling the story in sequence bit by bit.
More or less like a summary/book review that comes with motion imagery.
There's no connection between the audience and...
I just don't feel what's going on.

Like when it's suppose to be romantic...I'll be like "ooo that's in the book"
When it's suppose to be in suspense... "ooo that's in the book"
When it's suppose to be at the climax or conflict... "ooo that's in the book"
Throughout the movie my face is --> o.o

Basically you get what I mean.

I mean seriously?
Couldn't they produce something better with such a high revenue film of 24.2 mil.

I mean a good film should make you feel the excitement, the fear and the suspense make you go "ohmygod what's gonna happen!" even though you know the ending or even "ahh is he gonna die?!" when you know he wouldn't. It should make you go "awww" during the romantic moments not "ehhh..o..kay" and also not make you feel like fast-fowarding so that the movie would just end already.

That's all.

p.s// I'm still a Stephenie Meyer fan. I just felt disappointing that the film was successful because of ... well, teenage vampire/werewolf fan instead of the right reason. & such high revenue film should at least present something better for us right! Look at the "werewolf" man (looks like a giant husky)!

OREO

Work today is like pretty normal/as usual.
I lova lova love the orea biscuit in ice cream flavor that I just bought at a JL sale.
Super dope!
*Munch on and smile with black oreo teeth* Ilikeit.

Work become less entertaining without Jeff.
No one there to say "relax, everything is under control" or "Ira-sha-e-ma-seh" in a high pitch tone.
I hope he's doing well as a sailor now.
It's such a cool job right? Imagine Pirates Of The Carribean...With Jeff in it.

& I love observing babies.
So adorable! I would admire them from far like a sicko and wink at them.
I did that to a baby once and she cried.
lol, story of my life.

Today a few people commented about me not being Chinese- again.
When I speak Chinese to these people and see shock across their face I knew it from the very minute they thought I'm Malay.

Really I do?

I have one customer insisting on me not being Chinese.
"Are you chinese? uh, so which nationality are you? You're Singaporean? Oh, are you a mixed blood or something?"

One day I am going to try "No i'm not Chinese, I'm actually mix American"
(Hahaha I wish)

Then they will go "bo ko ling lah!" (impossible)

That will shut them up :D

Lens flare

M$NEY

This evening was spent walking around town with R and eating ice cream.




It's true what they say - You shouldn't look at things that will invite you to buy.
After walking around town my mind literally made a list of buys.
But before I get my goodies I need to wait for my pay (coming every 2 weeks) & I'm so paranoid UK size 6 will be gone :(

Blazer from Topshop & Heels from Jeffrey Campbell (actually there's more wants...but)
I lala love the blazer! It's like an armor of aura when you wear it;




Anyway, after town we went to my work place at suntec to have ramen!

Not long after we hear fireworks booming at the background so I rushed out with my camera to take a few pictures.

Look at YY, he even ran out with his bowl of noodles LOL.
It was damn epic.






I didn't manage to witness the whole fireworks display because I had to go to the toilet.
So while I'm gone I asked YY to help me snap a few pictures.

Guess what?
I didn't know he have a fetish for butt cracks...



Haha, I feel bad for whoever that child is.

I went to catch Air Bender at night with R and YY.
Except for the visual effects, the movie was so crappy and boring.
:(