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!!

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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.

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.

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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~

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.

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

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.

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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.

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!

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.