Monday 28 December 2009

Christmas

Christmas came and gone. I'm back to my desk after an 11 day break, showing signs of post holiday syndrome, but is entirely happy and satisfied with how I end this year.

Friends asked me where I went during this break? I said no where, just bumming.

Well that is not exactly true. Firstly, I went to Ipoh for an one day eating trip. Then, I visited the cinema no less than six times, met up with the theater gang in FullHouse, familiarised myself with the HD TV in my living room (Dark Knight is awesome in HD), and went to Noel's new place for a Christmas-cum-secondary school reunion house party.

Ah, and also the FH-Paprika Christmas party where everyone got their ass kicked in pool (billiard) by Anjali. She is good.

But of course, Jess and I also celebrated our first Christmas Eve together. We went to Michelangelo for drinks and appetizers, then Wendy's for burgers.

Why?

Because the kitchen crew in Michelangelo was unable to serve our order after nearly two hours. Normally heads will roll for this sort of service, yet, it was Christmas Eve, so we just paid for what we had and left to watch Chipmunks 2.

Dontchu just love Christmas?

Tuesday 15 December 2009

Closing the book

Can you believe this? 2009 just zoomed past us, and here we are, 10 more days before Christmas. It feels like yesterday when the then triplet (now quadruplet) told each other "2009 is all about Efficient Dynamics", don't you think?

There were a handful of joyous occasions, and a few sad ones. If I am to sum it all up, I will remember 2009 as the year when I became MINI Master (I got a cert for this okay), promoted to SAE, went to Taipei, traveled with MAS to Sandakan, done drive events in Kuching + K.Terengganu, BMW Shorties 2009, and the new HD-Ready TV in my living room rocks.

Of course, I also found you. The one with many nicknames- talk back machine, DDSD, and now Rudolph. Here's to another year of sweet and exciting journey.

2009 is also the year we decided to walk out from a six years (or is it seven?) client-agency relationship. To the account that made me who I am today, I bid you farewell. Although I will miss you dearly, I'm also certain that this separation will do us good.

So it is official, no more BMW Quadruplets. Meet the Astro Boys.

Monday 30 November 2009

SABRE

You know what is cool? Nominated for Asia Pacific SABRE Awards is.

See the link here. BMW Shorties in South East Asia category.

Congratulations to the network for 19 nominations. Proud to be FH-ers~

Sunday 15 November 2009

Twinkies & Twiggies

有没有醒来之后就想吃的?我今早为了一盘简单的云吞面等了一个小时。卖面的大婶还一边煮面,一边和老公吵架。结果我的云吞面,很油腻。

昨天看了一部相当幽默的丧尸片,Zombieland。Little Miss Sunshine里的小女主角,Abigail Breslin在丧尸片里长大了好多。除此之外,此片还真的很脑残。

美国人的Twinkies和本地的Twiggies是一样的东西吗?





周末能不烦工作是很幸福的事。

Thursday 5 November 2009

Ownership

THE event is next week. It will be my last. Sigh. But as they say, if the decision makes you feel relieved, then it is the right one.

Ok, something entirely different, since I was having this conversation, here's a good tip to enjoy your work- ownership.

I know. It is quite common sense, but not many of us remember that greater level of involvement brings greater level of job satisfaction. Especially for those who manages downward, if you want to make people who work for you happy, you must involve them, give them more ownership and eventually let go.

I must say I'm very lucky and am very grateful. So if I become an authoritarian in exchange for efficiency, please, point me back here. Thanks.

Wednesday 28 October 2009

Myvi anyone?

NAP 2010 announced:

Gradual introduction of Vehicle End of Life Policy. For starters vehicles above 15 yrs will have to undergo mandatory inspection during renewal of road tax.


That means I have less than a year to get a new car. This is not good.

Sunday 25 October 2009

No More Bumming Sunday.

Yes. No more because work is piling up, I spent my entire Sunday working from home.

Despite that, I randomly rang up Siang Wei in Taipei and asked him if he would like to go pee. Our conversation over the phone was broken down to four parts because the phone line was so bad. Yet, it is good to know that we still greet each other the same twisted way.

But it wasn't just work no play. The night before Jess and I went to Akon's Beach Concert thanks to Joyce! Had some fun in the rock zone, even though my legs went numb after.

Nearing the end of the concert, a tree fell down and injured a few concert goers, one got her hand scratched, while the other was escorted out with her face covered in her own hands. O.O

On Friday night, we went to watch 500 Days of Summer. I liked it. My favourite part goes like this ( or at least how I remember it):

Boy: "You didn't want to get married. I don't understand, what happened?"
Girl: "I just know it"
Boy: "What is IT?"
Girl: "Things that I'm unsured of when I was with you".

Ouch. Anyway, the male lead reminded me of Tze.

Oh, good news.
* I'm promoted =)

Tuesday 6 October 2009

Meet the Beckers

Don't you just love poking fun at your rivals? Brand owners stereotyping as told by Audi.





Wednesday 2 September 2009

Return of the Procrastinator

I know... I procrastinated, so to make it up, I have here, an awesome video to show you.

Caution: Contains nudity.



It reminded me KDU College PJ Room 103.

To show you that I've actually TRIED to write something during my long hiatus, here are some bits and pieces...

***

My brother is in Hertfordshire, UK now.

The gang celebrated Alarm, Leonard and Jnic's birthday, it was a night of average seafood and drinking, and now we know that Absolut Pearl is nicer than Mango. Teeheehee. Teddy and HueiYih were with us too.

- written last week

***

The weather has been gloomy these past few days, reminded me the time when I used to love rainy days. Actually, I still do. I have a tiny luxury attached to my room- a balcony with two ply blinds made of wood. I insisted to not have any grills attached to my windows, a daring and some what stupid move if you consider where I live. But I have faith. I know someone up there is pleased to know that I love the sky.

- written about a month ago.

Thursday 20 August 2009

Toilet

Kel told us about this weird guy who stood in front of the urinal for a long time, as long as the time Kel took to finish his business, wash his hands, and walk out from there. Even then, this guy wasn't done yet.

Worst part was, he moaned and talked to the wall...

Working with three other companies on the same floor has its shortcomings. One of the worst, is definitely sharing rest room. I've heard so many complaints for the ladies'. But it has never occured to me that the men's can be as problematic, until...

1. Someone smoked in the cubicle while I was in the one next to it.
2. Someone made mini snowman using the tissues.

I do not want to stereotype people, but the irresponsible behaviour just screams the culprits' profile out loud. They ride a motorbike, carry a leather sling bag, smoke, wear fake Ray-ban, torn polo shirts, and bad jeans.

If I can make a video about this and submit it to 15Malaysia. Yeah, I will be spammed to death and banned from entering Kampung Baru.

Great, they just made me a racists.

Monday 17 August 2009

Ah Thye

...made me proud. LOL. Click on image to find out why.



Visit www.15malaysia.com to view his work- Potong Saga.

In my opinion, an even funnier "The Making of..."

Saturday 15 August 2009

Another Year of Shorties

...is done.

I'm relieved really. This year, we did what we should toward the night, efficient and dynamic as a team (woah!). Oh yeah, when Ku 'Curi Tulang' during the Gala Night, we know we are doing a good job. LOL.

Late dinner made me gained so much weight recently. Sigh...


Fat boy wanna get slim

Awesome support from the office.


Phewiit~

Quote- "Murder on the dance floor" LOL. Thank you all~

However our job is far from finish. Profiling this year's winners, public screening, and sustaining the Shorties website come next. Pheww...

And yes, finally I got a picture with Sarimah Ibrahim, my idol. I look a bit, ehem, bad, but who cares right? I'm not the point here. Ha ha. Thanks Joyce for making this happened.


Shy~

I will blog more later, am pumped up for basketball now.

Sunday 2 August 2009

理论和牌子的Cross Over

在死党那看到的LV广告。



我和名牌的缘分,还差得远呢。

不平等的收入,货币值间的落差,再加上入口税,消费代价根本就是翻了两翻。

所以说,我们亚洲人还真是富有。

自我实现(Self realisation)是不需要花钱的。

可惜的是,自我实现在马斯洛需求层次理论(Maslow's Hierachy of Need)里竟然排在最后。

人类啊,必须先通过生理、安全、社交、尊重等层次,才会了解人生最重要的还是自我实现。

为自己在芸芸众生中定位。

LV知道拥有它的消费者,大半已经达到受人尊重的层次,所以便提醒你去旅行吧,去寻找自己吧,去了解人生的意义吧。

这是LV为自己和它的消费者的品牌定位。一人之下,万人之上。(欠卡债、租包包的那群不算)

到了,只剩一层。上楼时别忘了携带您的宝贝LV。

Friday 31 July 2009

3 in 1

My work is my life, I said something like that right? Gee... the clip below is scarily funny, and to some extend, real. While I laugh to it, it also makes me wonder, what went wrong and how?



About a month ago, we launched the new BMW Z4 in Malaysia. It is a wonderful car, gorgeous inside and out. I have no experience driving it (duh...) so I can't tell you how awesome its performance is. However, Mr. Clarkson did.



Finally, a picture to brighten up your day. I promise I will blog more after Shorties ended!



Happy birthday. Tap tap nose.

Tuesday 7 July 2009

Speak Easy

June whizzed by like kilobytes dashing through the copper line. The whole month was a massive blur of exciting and fast moving events.

You have my apology if you are one of the few who check in here often.

Among the most memorable items on my list is the Speak Easy, or Pecha Kucha session organized by MPRA, where I spoke about Lomography. I prepared power point slides and talking points for myself, aren’t you proud of me, LOL!

Thought I can handle public speaking pretty well, wrong! Thank goodness there were decent photos to distract them from my horrendous attempt to explain what is LOMO.

Speaking of which, I have some interesting photos to show here. Take a look and let me know what you think. They are quite exclusive and can’t be found else where, not even my Facebook. Well, at least not for the moment :)









Morale seems to be at all time low, but good company will keep me going. Don’t worry about it!

Saturday 13 June 2009

平衡游戏

亲近 vs 距离
表达 vs 收藏
冲动 vs 冷静
追求 vs 不动
承诺 vs 谎言
谅解 vs 介意
感情 vs 事业

爱 vs 不爱

游戏期限:一个星期或一辈子。
两条不能说的规则。
好玩吗?一年后告诉你。

Thursday 4 June 2009

FH Glossary - updated 040609

UPDATED FHKL glossary for internal communication.

Still applicable:

Dodgy = weird/ suspicious looking / dangerous
CLM = career limiting move
CEM = career ending move
SUNDI = shut up and do it
SUNBO - shut up and bend over
KY = to be used during SUNBO
WIP = work in progress
COB = die die must do and send out today
FYI = for your information
FYA = for your action
ASAP = smoke
Helms Deep = makan place during end of each month, sometimes mid of month
SMG = small medium girls / sub machine guns

Updated:

Seed!!! (yell out loud from a ROOM) = i'm in trouble

New:

CAM = career advancing move
LEM = life ending move
Actuarrrry = actually
tush tush = feng tao song
nom nom nom = eat
Fren fren / kawan = vitamin N
taichi = pushing work to others
lu mao mati ka = lu mao mati ka
J&J = Joyce and Jida
LA dude = Jon
High D = Joyce
High I = Kel
High S = Jida
High C = Irene
R2D2 = Seet
Sukuk = GP
Party girl = Zoe
Party girl V2 = Jess
Iris = cantik
Gin rummy = ku
bangsar boy = nico
desert = cyberjaya
claims = headache and Kel yours is two months late

Hmm, there might be more but I can't recall now. Help?

Sunday 31 May 2009

My Pet Project



***

Remember the movie "Clover Field"? The best part of the whole show was that it extended beyond the one hour plus show time. The production team went as far as creating myspace accounts for the characters and through virtual interaction, they enriched the storyline with off-screen mini stories and artificial character history.

Earlier today, I shared a teaser made for "The Negative Effect" documentary. The video now sits in Facebook and faces shown in the scene were tagged. Unknowingly, a web of mini stories were spun. You just need to check out the names tagged, and you will have access to individual 'LOMO' stories, and something more, their life.

Could this be the future of story telling? A new form of art? Where viewers have the freedom to decide how much details they want. You tell me.

死要抢镜

乐魔。

是一种很危险的玩意。不久前,就有人告诉我说:“FishEye只是开头,很快你就会接着买Instax, 买Holga, 买Diana, 买下买下,恭喜你已经中毒太深了。”

惨了,我现在是 Stage Two。

为什么乐魔会让人这么着迷?

有些人说乐魔的摄影美学是缺陷美。我对这句话的诠释-

因为记忆会褪色。
因为想太多是一种病。
因为乐魔的意外走色,不对焦,出格,曝光是人性。
因为接受,甚至欣赏不完美是通往世界和平的道路。(好啦,这句有点夸)

综合以上所有,乐魔与人生太相像了。

我的诠释正确吗?不知道叻。

我只知道在最基本的环境和条件下,成功捕抓瞬间、即兴的真实画面让人很上瘾。直觉啊。

好,看看这预告片, featuring Alarm叻。后面有个AMOR晃来晃去是我啦(死要抢镜)。

Monday 25 May 2009

Behind the Scene

BMW Shorties 2008 winner, Nazim Behind the Scene interview with Gua.com.my

Click here.

Thursday 21 May 2009

BMW Shorties 2009 is launched!

The most anticipated event of the year (for me at least) is finally launched last Thursday on May 14, 2009!

Woo hoo~



Scene One: Seet's life a goner, take one, and... ACTION!!

***

I just came back from a presentation in MMU Cyberjaya. The university's Faculty of Creative Multimedia organised an Industry Preview for its final year students, and boy, allow me to say "Where have you guys been all these while?!"

The quality of work, the creativity, the story... they were so profesionally done!

Mr. Harold, the faculty dean said, "You guys have shown high quality works, which I'm not surprised."

Well said Mr. Harold. I sat through twenty short animations, and I was smiling from ear to ear.



After the Industry Preview ended, we went to the front and presented BMW Shorties. It was followed by a short Q&A, and just to recap:

1. What's the procedure for participation?
- Download the entry form in our website, make your short film, and submit them to the address stated in the form before 30 June 2009.

2. Who holds the rights of the film made using BMW Shorties grant?
- BMW Malaysia holds the rights to it. Having said that, BMW sells cars, not films. Holding the rights gives us the freedom to publicise it in the best way we can. Our past winners went as far as Rotterdam and Oberhausen Film Festival.

3. What about films that are owned by institutions such as university, will there be any conflict?
- We encourage original entries. Thus, all participants must only submit film which they own the right to, or given the consent by relevant parties. This includes visuals and soundtracks too.



Story tellers, now that the stage is set, it is time for you to take it over.

Good luck.

Wednesday 13 May 2009

Feel The Joy

Apart from the fact that I went to Kuching drive event completely over-dressed (mental note to self: drive = smart casual, no matter how the old clippings say otherwise), I quite enjoyed my time there. Really, it was a fun sight to see churches in kampung.

I became buddy with a cab driver during my first hour there, his name is Mr. Lim. He has two daughters and has been driving taxi for the past 14 years. He told me to try Kolo Mee, so I did. It was ok. Not as shockingly good when I first tried Indo Mee at mamak stall with Telur Mata.

Unfortunately I didn't have the chance to try Sarawak Laksa (was planned for next day morning but ran out of time, why? I overslept). My host brought me to eat Rojak Ayam, and it was ok too.

I have a photo album here.

***

Tomorrow is the launch of BMW Shorties 2009!!! We are crazily excited. Photocopy machine is making lots of noise now, drum..drum..drum.. That's Jess printing the news releases, but it sounds like call to war drum to me. Our new friend came to enlist himself for national service, he will officially report to duty on 1st June 09, Monday.

After that, I'm off to Kota Kinabalu for the second part of East Malaysia media drive.

Epic feel the joy man~

Sunday 3 May 2009

Event-overload

I think May is going to be event-overload for me.

1. The BMW Shorties Facebook Page is up and running. Yes, you heard it right, THE event is back this year, I'm super excited~
2. AB events are confirmed, so I will be going to East Malaysia real soon. Twice.
3. Another event code name 'DT' is confirmed too.

Aww man, the long weekend is just too short.

Sunday 26 April 2009

周末结束了

刚刚追完一部十二集的日本动画。
动画是改篇自1984年的著名电子冒险游戏。

主角们很讨喜,就像身边的朋友。
系列完结时,心里有股空空洞洞的感触,
很像离别。

你会吗?

P/S: 天气转热,大家要多喝水

Friday 24 April 2009

Teoh

Since our friend put it in FB first, I'm going to race her to announce this in blogspot.

Teoh Seet Heng is the only Teoh in the entire Fleishman-Hillard network of more than 2,000 employees worldwide.

YES! Done. A moment of I'm proud to be a Malaysian Chinese.

***

Since we are on the topic, my surname 张 is pronounced as Zhang in Mandarin. It is a very common surname among Chinese, and is the 24th surname on 百家姓 (Book of Family Names), after 何 (He) 吕(Lv) 施 (Shi), and is followed by 孔 (Kong), 曹 (Cao), 严 (Yan), 华 (Hua).

If you must know, the number one surname on the list is 赵(Zhao), that is because the book was compiled during the Song Dynasty and the emperor then was 赵匡胤 (Zhao Kuang Yin), so obviously he got the first place. Politics... Zzzz.

So anyway, forget about the Zhao guy, my surname is pronounced differently in different parts of China, by different ethnics, using different dialects. The southeners such as TeoChew and Hokkien Chinese pronounce it as Teo, like Deo with a T. And they call my dad Lao Teo (Old Teoh), until I succeed it. One day, hopefully not so soon :P

When my ancestors came to Malaysia, they speak nothing except TeoChew or Hokkien, not even Mandarin. So the foreign ID officers back then will just have to guesstimate the spelling.

And that is how variations such as Teoh, Teo, Teow come about. It also became a way for Malaysian Chinese to identify which part of China he or she comes from. Like since I'm a Teoh, that makes me a TeoChew from TeoChew Province, east of GuangDong Region. Famous Teohs in Malaysia includes Adrianna Teoh, Lina Teoh and Seet Teoh.

So if you ask how many Zhang is in FH network, the answer is seven. One in Malaysia (me), two in Singapore and four in Beijing. Having said that, I wouldn't know if they are the same Zhang as me (张),or they could be 章 which is an entirely different word, but pronounced similarly.

But there is only one Teoh, and that is me!

Wow I certainly went a big circle to tell you that. LOL.

Edited: Just found out that the two 张 in Singapore are 'Teo', my 'Teoh" remains unique! Ha ha。 ha.

Wednesday 22 April 2009

The Great Escapade: My Fun Travel with MAS!



When stress and dirty shoes were piling up, three friends planned to escape from routine. The idea was simple; go to somewhere near but not too near, at least inaccessible by colleagues, and preferably out of the country.



One of them needs retail therapy, one wished for comfort, while the other thinks erected polo shirt collars is so yesterday.

So they scratched their head and convened.



A: I think we should take a flight, instead of bus. Saw that accident in papers today?
B: Yeah, you are right.
C: Totally.
A: Okay, check out this "Kids Fly Free" package, it says we purchase two tickets, and get one free for the little one.
B: Who is the little one?
C: I want Choki-choki.
A: See.
B: But “retard-ness” doesn’t count, age does!
A: How old are you kid?
C: The same as you punk.
B: Ok, get serious, "80% Discount" package looks good, it says 80% off domestic and ASEAN destination.
C: O.o
A: Cool~ more money to shop!
B: And massage!
C: And food!
A, B, C: YEAY!
B: How about "Economy Plus", enjoy business class privileges and comfort with an Economy Class ticket?
A: We should get that for return.
C: I second that!
B: Good idea, A, you mind to hunt down the tickets?
A: Cool.
C: So where are we going?



Where ever that place was, I’m sure they had a good time. Well, above all I remember what C said after the trip- Man! That was great. This truly is the time to travel!

Wednesday 15 April 2009

I am an overgrown geek



What else, the FHKL tech boys are overgrown geek.
Poor Emilio, he just discovered that he is a closet gay.

Saturday 11 April 2009

贱坯与痞子

今天让我说说工作吧。

近日多与名人接触,各式各样,有的是大明星,走在街上会有人追着要签名那种;有的则是稍有名气,人家会认得却不会想要签名;还有的,是自以为是的贱坯。

好啦,你大概猜到我想说什么了吧?是的,我想说的就是“贱坯,如果不是因为工作关系,我才懒得理你!”

真正的大明星知道一切只是工作,他们或许不会特别热情或客气,但也不会自以为是的摆架子,拖时间。Yes or No,瞬间结束,大快人心。被他们爽快地说No,只会让我反省是不是案子不够好,噱头不够引人注目。 他们的No,是我不断努力的动力。

小明星知道自己需要支持提升人气。彼此相敬如宾,工作愉快之余,甚至成为好朋友。他们还会给足120%的表现。看着他们迈向大明星的过程,我常会觉得自己的工作有意思。

贱坯呢?算了,下午6点以后,我一点也不想见到你们。

×××

上个礼拜,有人问我:“干你这一行,会不会分不清楚自己何时在工作,何时在真诚地交朋友?”

其他人我不知道,我自己很简单。

我本性不善交际,社交与我沾不上边。卸下工作身份,第一次与陌生人见面我会害羞(呕),尤其是对着同年或年长者。偶尔会动作小小地说冷笑话,扮鬼扮马。所以啊,如果你在怀疑我是不是把你当工作案子,就想想你对我的第一印象,还有熟悉了以后是什么感觉。

如果你说根本就货不对版!陌生时是君子,熟悉时是痞子。

恭喜,你不是我的assignment。本人就是有那么一点雾里看花的美(呕呕呕)。

Having said that,我不担保会准。(PR人喜欢说having said that,因为喜欢留后路)

Monday 6 April 2009

MINI X LOMO

The films for MINI Lomography shoot done in Putrajaya is finally out! Yeay~

...

Ok, I lied, I got them about a week ago and procrastinated until now to post it up. So may I humbly present to you five of my favourite shots!



For this shoot, I used Konica Chrome Slides, courtesy of Alarm (Practical birthday gifts! Awesome~).



To be honest, I think the colour is great, but really difficult to use. As you can see, the result is grainy even though it was a bright sunny day.



Gasp, Fisheye 2 is so damn cool. It made me broke, it makes me happy :)



If you drive a MINI, you can park anywhere.



Or you can park decently, and show the car behind he needs to retake his parking test.

Aiya, I mean his or her driving test, I shouldn't be a sexist.

There are some more pictures here.

Alarm posted his work in Lomography Asia forum and was selected as the Lomohome of the Week. WAH~

I don't think he will mind. This is the winning pix:

Sunday 5 April 2009

可乐

错误示范:

这几天,网络生病了。(就是很慢的意思)

虽然没舍重要事,但我还是很郁闷。(想说没得上网,很无聊)

把味觉托付给黑色的有汽甜酱, (很无聊,所以喝可乐)

享受胀气打嗝的起承转合。(喝了可乐,然后打嗝)

今晚,我只是抿着鼻涕的小男孩。(喝可乐让我快乐得像小孩子一样)


p/s: 写完了觉得整段很no point,请大家多多包涵。

Friday 3 April 2009

The Fisheye View of Sandakan

In my line of work, one is blessed with opportunity to visit places where under any normal circumstances wouldn’t have the chance to. But what is normal anyway? Visiting Sandakan might be ‘out of place’ for me, but for scores of others, it could be part of their annual, monthly or even weekly ‘balik kampung’ ritual.

Anyway, I was on a trip to Sandakan with Kenny Sia and Gareth (Shaolin Tiger) last weekend for the launch of MAS Kuala Lumpur-Sandakan direct flight. We visited the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and spent a day on the Kinabatangan River bank.


Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre




River folk in Kinabatangan River.

So during the trip, I brought along my new FishEye2. This funky looking thing was my birthday gift bought a week ago, by guess who, myself. Retail therapy (Thanks Geeps) is effective and inevitable since I worked on top of the most popular mall in Malaysia. For those unfamiliar with lomocam, this baby runs on film.



Armed with a roll of ISO 400 film, I happily embraced the number one lomography philosophy- don’t think just shoot. It wasn’t easy, transitioning from SLR (yes without the D) to this toy like snap-shot device. I can’t zoom, can’t do focusing, even the shutter sounded surreal to me. Everything needs to be guesstimated- lighting, distance, framing... I have no choice but to just. let. go.

The result?



Fisheye guide book says, this is the way gold fish and lomographers see and live life.

To which Kelvin Lim said: “Does that mean you live with five seconds memory?”

I agree with both. Whole-heartedly.


P/S: Yay, MAS posted it in their blog!

Wednesday 25 March 2009

My Five Days MINI Birthday Celebration

Last Friday, 20 March was my birthday. Celebration-wise, nothing special really, spent the night with Alarm, Timo and Pris eating steamboat in Klang and Thye joined us for mamak later.

But March is a magical month. For work purpose, I was given a red with white top MINI Cooper for the weekend. The task was to lomograph the MINI in Putrajaya on Saturday, in conjunction with Malaysia first Hot Air Balloon Competition.

So obviously on Friday night, we went steamboat with the MINI. Ha ha.

For the task and to reward myself, on Saturday before the shoot in Putrajaya, I bought the Fisheye 2 Chrome edition in Mooks, the Gardens :D

The shoot in Putrajaya will be covered in another post. There was too much to tell.

At night, I went to the Negative Effect Promo Video Screening at NZX.



Watch it in HQ! Or visit the Facebook page, somehow it loads faster there.

The instant cam shown during the first minute was exactly the Lo-Fi one I used in Taipei, you can even spot me ‘begging’ for it in the video. LOL. I have a total of 2 seconds screen time without dialogue.

On Sunday, met up with a few lomographers in IKEA again and did a few more shoots in Shah Alam with the MINI. At night, Nico, Fuzz, Zoe and I hung out at Changkat Bukit Bintang to celebrate Zoe and my birthday.

The waitress gave us massage voucher worth RM200! Yippee~

My birthday wish? Learn how to enjoy my work, and plan it to be enjoyable. LOL.

On Monday, I returned the car to Cyberjaya and while on my way back to office, my Proton Saga's tyre was ripped off, literally. I have no idea how it happened, and how I survived it without crashing or skidding my car. As I stepped down from the car, a MEX's patrol truck pulled over and changed the tyre for me. Some luck I had.

The story didn’t end on Monday after I returned the car. More precious MINI experience ahead and that will be blogged separately too~

Saturday 7 March 2009

学画画

最近的周末都过得很宅,不外是看书看戏看电视。尤其是DVD,一个周末可以窝在床上看5片,然后晚上再去泡电影院。书也消化得很快。台湾买回来的九把刀,爱玉冰送的Black Swan Green,自己买的Beedle The Bard。

就只是部落格写得不够勤快。哈哈。别怪我啦,难道要我写今天九把刀读到第几页这种这么低能的题材吗?

九把刀和Black Swan Green无独有偶,题材皆环绕着成长时的故事。经常会挑起我小时候的记忆。

我七岁那年,记得有一天妈妈天还没亮就叫我起身。妈妈说要送我去学画画。哇,学画画,我要当画家了,好兴奋哦!忘了是搭巴士还是爸爸载,总之我背着书包,拿着画纸出现在教师办公室。

七岁时我才刚上一年级。下午班。一大早八点不到出现在教师办公室是很奇怪的事。因为那天根本就没有画画班(这是长大以后才发现的,画画班是星期六的课外活动)。

怎么办?总不能让我独个儿在校园闲晃。我才七岁也!

我被带到了一间很小很小的课室。课室很暗,只有从窗外照射进来的阳光。一名女老师给了我一张图让我跟着画。苯苯的我很听话地照做。我很努力地画。画啊画啊画啊。

我的小脑袋在想:“怎么只有我一个?这一定是特别画画班!哇,老师一定觉得我很厉害!”

老师看我那么乖,不会乱跑乱叫,就去给其他同学上课了。她后来成为我五年级时的英文老师,可惜没问他认不认得我。

我很笨地从八点画到十二点。间中老师会来看看我。我会很兴奋地让她看我的杰作。十二点时,下午班的同学陆续来上学,我被带到食堂去归队,结束疯狂的四小时画画。

那天上课时我还向隔壁的炫耀我今早上特别画画班呢!

后来一段很长的时间我都不明白那天到底是怎么一回事。因为之后的画画班有很多人,我也持续学到三年级。

而且现在想起来,那间很小很小的课室好像是贩卖部。

Friday 13 February 2009

09 新年,我在台北

今天翘班啰!

在家翻开一叠叠中学时期的照片。那时候的我们没有数码相机。照相都是一个人先拍着,冲洗好以后每张逐一贴上号码,然后再传到各人的手里写下自己要的,付费,等待。 最后再仔细用纸条绑好,写上名字,才带回学校派发。

通常都是女生负责。

恕我不能公开这些照片,因为中学时期的我是丑到一个程度。真是好奇怪,其他人怎么会那么漂亮,可爱,帅气,我却。。。

言归正传,有了数码相机,我们先是,

“Burn一个CD给我”或“E-mail给我”

慢慢变成 ,

“Copy进我的Thumbdrive”

时下则是,

“Facebook记得Tag我”

我是个很奇怪的人。我喜欢新景象,新科技,新口味。新年去台北的时候,祥威,青青,雪儿就见识到我“什么都要试却只吃一半”的陋习。但我也很念旧,我会独个儿去Berkeley久家附近的mamak档坐下来吃很简单的一餐。尤其是以前A1补习以后,会逼祥威陪我走路去打包一个roti telur,一包teh ais和一块炸鸡胸那间。我无敌喜欢那一间。

这种看似复杂,其实很简单的人格让我喜欢照片握在手里的感觉,也喜欢放上Facebook。

这次的旅游依然是采用我最爱的相底去捕捉台北的律动。以下选出了我最满意的几张。哦,在这之前,我blog header大大一张是西门町6号出口,祥威说它算是台北路标之一所以我才放上去的,哈~


九份


警察专用的绵羊


台北的捷运很赞!


早晨,西门町没人。


真的一个人都没有。




台北市,新光三越附近。


士林


又是6号出口。


台北市。


台北101前的街道,那天很冷。


台北车站。


西门町,晚上。


九份老屋。


西门町,下午。


自由广场。




他在等人,我在照相。我们一起晃了1个小时。

除了双眼,我也尝试用嗅觉和味觉去记录这个城市。至今还印象深刻的就是奶茶。我很喜欢台北的奶茶,浓浓的奶香和不太一样的锡兰红茶~



街边小食如一口香肠,炸花枝(花枝=墨鱼),炸软壳蟹都很不错。一般来说都是咸咸甜甜的鲜味及酥酥的口感。咦?怎么变成food blogger了?哈哈。卤肉饭是台湾的民食,吃一口能让你感觉到什么是简单却五味杂呈,是一种很华人味道的食物。

台北还有很多中西合璧的美食如蛋饼,汉堡,三文治,美式咖啡,甜甜圈,以及道地的如阿给(类似酿豆腐包裹着的冬粉),鸭血糕,蠔仔面线,蠔仔煎和臭臭锅。喜欢不则见仁见智啦。



下一站,香港?东京?

More photos:
1. Kodak EBX cross process
2. Fuji Acros Black & White
3. Lo-fi disposable
4. Kodak & Fuji 200