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My new script concept (might not be the final title)



Today, I met my friend after work and talked a lot of things about life, dreams, health, and lifestyle and so on. He told me a lot of things that how he went through all the stages of success and failure. I am glad that someone likes him who is not really close with me and share a lot of up and down with me. I started to like to talk to someone that I don’t really know more about them because everyone of them have their stories behind to share and you never know you can find something very interested to put on my new script. That’s how I get motivation to work to move on.

Yes, today topic is my new script again. Recently, I am still brain storming my new script, I find it hard to write and struggle a lot at the middle of the script. This time the script is different because this is far away that I had ever experience before and it is far away of my age can understand. Well, I am not saying the storyline is good, it is really different from my personality and background that I can really understand. Lately, I have been talked about my script with my friends and try to understand what their comment about my new script. I did a lot of observation of others people and do some mind game with them. For example, what if a person putted into this situation what would he or she could do. There’s always had an alternate answer for me, and that’s how I could analyze and have my own conclusion.

Well, nothing much here, I feel like writing a post to release my stress from work and my script because I am stuck with my script again and I don’t even started to write a single scene yet but I do some infographic, background, characterizing, structuring, scenes liking and plotting. I hope I can finish my story structure soon and I can start writing and finish by this year. About 4 months to complete the script, I hope I can do it.

Anyway, I should have more rest from now on because I can’t think of any better ideas to continue my script these few days. I need to rest now. See you when I see you again :)

Random Thought: Confused

I believe writing a deep sense of thought, you should have a miserable, depressing, pessimist and negative thought of mood to write.

In our life, things keep changing years to years. When you are get used to it to your daily or routine lifestyle, you wish everything will stay the same for years? for 5 years? for 10 years? or forever? However, things won’t happen what you had expected, and this is what you called life. Excited huh? Well, do you think something won’t change if some incidents happen to you? In fact, we are changing a lot in these recent years. We made mistake in the past and learn smart in the future. We tend to protect ourselves, not too easily to believe in what people had promise to you. This theory can be applied in most of the way in our life, such as in business world, in working environment, in friendship and even in relationship.

I believe when you are competing something, loser team will always gain more than what the winner team has gain. Loser team, learn how to improve, learn how to defeat them next time and learn how to accept or how to handle facing failure in life. Lau Ching-Wan, a HK actor always said failure is always around us, the mean while success, which is always not easy to reach. In other way of saying, you want to success on something, the first thing you have to get used to it how to facing failure.

Well, in real life how many people can handle so much failures in life? In order to protect yourself, never expecting on something happen and you will have no disappointment. Anyway, is that the right attitude for us to use it for our life? Although you know how to handle or facing the failure of the result, would it be success is not far away from us? Not exactly. It’s only mean that you are feeling numb of failure.

One Last Dance

My Intro Crap

Well, if you are not getting used to it with my crap you can skip this paragraph. I used to talk crap in my introduction. Recently, I was checking my Number of Hit daily, what surprise me is, I never expect there are 23.1 for Average Daily Hits Since Start. That’s why, I put the visit side bar to check how many people actually visit my blog. Well I don’t know it’s accurate or not but this is kind of more accurate than the Number of Hit. Its show yesterday I got 22 visitors. I always think, all these while whoever visits my blog it’s someone that I know. Well, if someone that I don’t know who are you, I would like to say hi to all of you.

K, back to the topic, “One Last Dance” is one of my favorite movie and my best movie of the Singapore Production in 2009. I watched this movie accidentally in Astro Celestial Channel. I am a fan of Francis Ng, “One Last Dance” is probably the best performance of Francis Ng ever. As you hardly see Francis Ng has a serious and outstanding character in his portfolio excluding “Infernal Affair 2”. Well, I agree with the HK entertainment news, that they always say Francis Ng is one of the best HK actors ever.

“One Last Dance” is one of the Singapore Production directed by Max Makowski. Max Makowski is Brazilian-born director and ever directed several Hollywood movies. His upcoming movie is “Voltron”, one of the famous animate in 70’s in Japan and will be release somewhere on June 2010. Click here is the portfolio of Max Makowski. Using US$ 2 million budget making the movie of “One Last Dance” is worth that what they are paying, at least they cast one of the best HK actors Francis Ng. Although the box-office are not doing well in Singapore which is $S 459, 000 gross but they entry several competition, there are;

• Official Selection – 2006 Sundance Film Festival – World Competition
• Cannes World Cinema Showcase. First Asian Country to be selected

According to the Studio Mediacorp Raintree, the Writer and Director of the movie Max Makowski said, “This is truly a great honor. I hope it will help turn more attention towards Singapore films. This has been a real blossoming year for the Singapore film industry. I am happy that One Last Dance is now contributing to this growth.”

What surprise me a lot in this “One Last Dance” movie?

The shooting and the editing are done in Singapore but the whole movie is speaking in Cantonese. Well, the result is good enough, I like their acting, and of course I am not only talking about Francis Ng is good in acting, I mean the rest of the actors and actresses did well in their part. The camera style is amazing and the editing style makes me stick on the chair until the end of the movie. You won’t understand if you don’t finish the movie and the story keep make you to think, what’s next? The story tells piece by piece, that’s why the poster slogan written “Every Piece Tells A Different Story”. As what I understand the style of editing, they try to tell you there are two different way of direction to tell the story, FABULOUS. Some of the scenes there are so artistic, God I wish I had that sense of art.

Joseph Quek is the first time acted in the movie as a role of “Ko”, one of the close friend of Francis Ng as “T”. His performance is good, I like the part when “T” uses his gun pointing at him and asking for explanation. Ko (Joseph Quek) when he explains the reason why, the acting is fantastic, no overacting at that scene. Well for the newcomer his acting skill is good enough, well maybe his scenes involve a lot of Francis Ng that push him beyond his limit.

Well, I am not going to tell you what’s the story about nor any review here because this is how you remind mystery of the movie. It’s a nice movie that you seldom see those Asian directors would do this type of action movie. I guess it’s kinda hard to find the DVD, because it’s not a famous movie throughout Asian but it’s a quality movie that we should appreciate. I always have a thought, that commercial success movie it’s what people like but people don’t actually appreciate or respect much. However if there’s a movie like “One Last Stand”, which is not doing well in the box-office but their work would be more appreciate and respect by the audiences who like the film. I would like to say it’s hard to make a commercial film with unique style to make audiences to accept the movie. Maybe not in Asian countries but US has a large wide audiences, which they would accept the unique style of movie and they would appreciate more than Asian people.


"One Last Dance" Trailer


ORIGINAL TITLE One Last Dance
YEAR 2006
RUNNING TIME 76 min.
COUNTRY [Singapore]
DIRECTOR Max Makowski
SCREENWRITER Max Makowski
COMPOSER John Swihart
CINEMATOGRAPHER Max Makowski, Yiu-Fai Lai, Charlie Lam, Nick Loh
CAST Francis Ng, Harvey Keitel, Lung Ti, Vivian Hsu, Joseph Quek
STUDIO/PRODUCER Mediacorp Raintree Pictures / Media Development Authority of Singapore / The Film Bund / Ming Productions
GENRE Action


"One Last Dance" Theme Song is nice, click here and here


Sources of Link
One Last Dance related Article
Wikipedia of Singapore film
Studio Mediacorp Raintree produce One Last Dance
Lovehkfilm.com Review
Beyond Asia Philia Review of "One Last Dance"
Anut Shell Review of "One Last Dance"
Detail from Studio Mediacorp Raintree of "One Last Dance"


Sources of Link
Max Makowski related Article
here, here, here, here and here

Random Thought: Fairy Tale versus Reality

When you watching a romance love story movie, everything seems like sweet, perfect match, good timing and so on. However, when it’s comes to real life, things doesn’t happen that perfect.

For Example, in the movie the guy confess his love to the girl and at that time the girl is really fall in love with him, good timing. In real life, the guy confesses to the girl it’s because he is desperate looking for a partner, in other way of saying this, who ever girls approach him, he would give it a try. If the girl accepts the guy doesn’t mean the girl fall in love with the guy, or maybe they are being single for quite sometime or maybe the guy is rich. Many factors could happen to make a girl to consider a guy as her boyfriend. It’s not really like a romance love story movie that we normally watch. In our teens life’s I believe we learn a lot of things from the drama TV series or movie that we watched. Whatever the story goes, we would partly believe it’s true and partly hoping that it’s gonna be happen in our real life because movie always has a very nice screenplay to touch audiences heart and really hoping he or she is one of them.

Well, I always have a love story to tell and wanted to write it into script, but I never did in the past. Don’t know if I will do it in future or not? Let’s mention a bit of the story here, I just wanted to reflect some of my perception of love between the Fairy Tale and Reality. The story is about a girl who is materialistic and has a rich boyfriend but she had never being truly loved by or loved her boyfriend at all. However, the girl finally meets someone that she is truly felt that, she is being loved or she has loved someone but the guy is just a normal in wealth. Between Love and Wealthy, she has struggle a lot for herself and started to understand how the things work together. I guess this is quite normal topic that in our real life has always discussed with. Well, I would like to say it’s an egg and chicken argument, but I believe most of the girls would prefer wealthy. No offense and I never blame a girl who has chooses her wealthy than her happiness.

Edison Chen: Talk of The Month (March)

I like Edison Chen in the movie of “Initial D”, he acted well in the movie. I guess somehow and someday I will do a review of “Initial D” movie and share my opinion post here.


Talking about Edison Chen, I think everyone knows what happen to him last year. I am not going to stand to neither side of Edison Chen nor the victims of the celebrities’ ladies that involve in the nude photos. I just want to analyses or share some of my thought that we should learn something from this incident and share some of the news that maybe you people doesn’t know about it yet.


Back to a year 2008, January 27th, the first nude photos of Edison Chen and Gillian Chung had exposure to the public. The incident shock the Chinese speaking world and it did affect the celebrities who involved in the nude photos. Edison Chen has a new movie called “Sniper” was going to release at theaters on May 2008, unfortunately the movie haven’t show after a year the incident has broke out. Edison Chen is the main role in the movie of “Sniper” that why without him the movie has no storyline at all. I guess the director and producers are very headache how to re-edit the movie and repackaging the product before release into the market because China government would not like to see Edison Chen on their big screen. If the film “Sniper” can’t release on China, that’s meant the movie it has the possibility making a lost profit and this haven’t include in other Asia territories as well. Who want to see Edison Chen on screen as well? A handsome guy who looks cool with the sniper and probably seeing him on screen an hour long without thinking what he did with the nude photos? I am not saying I blame Edison Chen, I am just saying something that majority people who would think of and possibility would happened if the movie of “Sniper” release right now.

The movie “Jump” also being affected by Edison Chen as well, directed by Stephen Fung and written and produces by Stephen Chow. “Jump” supposedly release on theaters somewhere on May or June 2008. Again it was on hold until today, the film hasn’t release yet. Heard that Edison Chen hadn’t completed his scenes but he had completely cut off all of his scenes in the movie and replace by someone. Stephen Fung has to re-shoot the scenes that all involved Edison Chen even thought he insisted Edison Chen to stay in the movie. Stephen Chow held a meeting to discuss about Edison Chen whether he should stay in the movie or not, at the end, still profit come to the first place and sorry to Edison Chen again. Edison Chen has a small role in the movie of “The Dark Knight”, I would like to say, IF the incident didn’t broke out, Edison Chen would possibly has another step toward to Hollywood of his career. Anyway, at the end “The Dark Knight” has cut out Edison Chen from around 2 minutes scenes into maybe 5 to 10 seconds scenes. Even the big budget movie like Hollywood “The Dark Knight” didn’t want to risk their film profit into the maximum profit, so what do you expect to those HK film industry want to risk their investment as well? It’s a human nature when come to profit, business and money; I wouldn’t want my movie being bully as well.

On March 6th, 2009 Cecilia Cheung broke her silence after a year the nude photos incident had happened. She accepted an interview from TV on iCable on February 27th, 2009 and broadcasted on March 6th, 2009 because of Edison Chen appeared to the public and he was on the TV again on February 23rd, 2009. He talked something about the nude photos incident after he had completely giving statement to cooperate to the nude photos incident on Canada court.

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Ok, something that I want to share with you guys that I have learns something from this incident. After the nude photos incident had broke out Edison Chen, Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan and Cecilia Cheung had the largest drop of their careers. Their movies had been cut off, the billboard and the advertisement had been pull down and the endless jobs had been cancelled. It’s the biggest lost for all of them who involved in the nude photos. However, Edison Chen still survive without his showbiz career, he invested in fashion and multimedia company and made himself as CEO of CLOT in February 2007.

At this point, always remember to yourself when you have extra money, do not use all your extra money to buy expensive stuff that you really can’t afford. Investment is a good idea for us to earn more extra money rather than you just earn a basic salary. Look at Edison Chen, he destroyed his career and those who involved in nude photos careers and he’s still earning money by his CLOT Fashion Cloth Company and his multimedia company. Gillian Chung said during the interview of “Be my Guest” at TVB and broadcasted on Match 5th, 2009, she had no paid for her salary since the nude photos had broke out. That’s why I am saying this, Edison Chen is a smart guy, and he understand, in order to spend more money, you have to earn extra more money to spend instead of just spend all your income and depended your income on your current job. This is what I have learn, imagine, if one day I have been terminated by the company I have no income to pay for my current loan and daily expenses. What a risk for all of us right? I am always looking a way to end my employee’s life because I always think being an employee’s life you will never know when you will have terminated by the company.

Edison Chen has other option to earn money besides being an artist, however Gillian Chung is not that lucky as she is. According to the interview Gillian Chung even said, if she quit the showbiz career she has no other option to earn money. What a pity right? Anyway, I don’t think so, there’s something behind. According to lovehkfilm.com even mentions it, because of Cecilia Chung broke the silence and talked about the nude photos incident and received positive review to the public, whereas Gillian Chung’s manager took the idea and do the same thing like Cecilia Cheung had done. It doesn’t work on Gillian Chung, people still commented that she is still being fake of all. Well for me, I don’t think I have been touched by the two actresses being interview, because they are ACTRESSES, you never know they are acing or not and the reason behind. For my personal view of Gillian Chung, it’s not because she has no other option to earn money besides being an artist. It’s someone control her willingness not to leave the showbiz career, Imagine if you invest a million dollars on a person and suddenly break off your business and you haven’t make enough profit on it, so why should you just stop like that. The entertainment industry is darker than us to imagine, you can’t talk whatever you like and a lot of things you are order to do so without your willingness. What to do, this is how the celebrities earn money being fake all the times. Never raise your kids to an artist, invest them to have a degree certificate. Believe me, being a celebrity means you have no freedom at all. It’s not worth it, unless you think its worth.



I think I had done this poster around March 2008


Something About The Owner
Hopefully this post has fulfilled Yaya request, but I don’t think she will read all of them it’s too long for her to read. Will Nick read it all of them? Probably not, Nick is waiting my “Dragonball Evolution: Review” post. I haven’t start writing that yet hopefully I can be more professional to make comment on the “Dragonball Evolution: Review” post instead of just scolding the movie right?




Related Stories
Lovehkfilm.com
here, here, here, here, here, here and here

“Transformer 2: Revenge of the Fallen”

Hi guys, got an exciting news to share with you all. Transformers 2 are going to release on 29th June 2009 and you can watch the trailer here.


The first “Transformer 2: Revenge of the Fallen” trailer



The second “Transformer 2: Revenge of the Fallen” trailer


Devastator in Transformer movie (no idea it's look exactly the same in the movie)



Transformers Classics toy line


Let me talk about something here, I remembered I ever told my friend's Lawrence, if it happen to be “Transformer 2: Revenge of the Fallen”, I believe there will be a robot emerges to become more bigger and powerful robot. Yes, it's include in the "Transformer 2" movie, there’s an emerge robots called Devastator, a robot from Decepticons. Devastator had appeared in the first film of the Transformer, according to the wikipedia Devastator was mistakenly name in the first film, he was a tank but in the second film Devastator is emerge of 6 Decepticons robots to become 100 to 120 feet tall robot, it’s the four time larger than other robot. Sound cool right.


Scorponok in Transformer movie



Scorponok in the Japanese animate of “Transformers: Super-God Masterforce“



Scorponok in the Japanese animate of “Transformers: Super-God Masterforce“

Scorponok is my favorite robot among in Decepticons and I ever told Lawrence hopefully it will talk more about "Scorponok" on the second film. In the first film of the "Transfomer" Scorponok appear twice in the movie. The first time he was with the Blackout whereas Decepticons had attack the US base in Qatar. The second time he was appeared at the desert in Qatar and finally he escaped. This is not end of the story of Scorponok, he could be more in Japanese animate and he is the one of the strongest robots in Decepticons according to the Japanese animate of “Transformers: Super-God Masterforce“ that I had watched. Yes, “Transformer 2” has offered my favorite "Decepticons" robots Scorponok in the movie. They are going deeper on the topic of Transformer Mythology and Decepticons story.

According to wikipedia, Michael Bay, the director want to please the fans to making it more darker and put more humors in the storyline to balance the plot. I always admire Hollywood script; they really can do their personal style and combine with the commercial style to make it the largest profitable in worldwide, which is in Asia, they are still learning how to marketing a film.






Six-changer or Sixknight in the Japanese animate of “Transformers: Super-God Masterforce“

That I was thinking Six-changer is an interested to include in the film that I would also think if the “Transformer 2” has offer this character. Too bad, it’s didn’t include in the second film but surprisingly according today (20th February 2009) wikipedia of “Transformer 2” Michael Bay, his co-writer said if there will be the third film of “Transformer” they will include the Triplet changer. Wow, that’s what I had already think about it, too bad I am not employ for the transformer script, if I did the script, sure won’t let you guys disappointed. Anyway, the six-changer which they called Sixknight which he can be transforms in six objects such as; Drill Tank, Jet, Puma, Assault Gun, Sea Skimmer and robots I guess. However, six-changer only appear on the Japanese animate of “Transformers: Super-God Masterforce“ which is not that popular robots in the Transformer series, that’s why people tend to forget the six-changer but hopefully Michael Bay bring the triplet-changer into the third film of “Transformer”, believe me it’s going to look cool and rock in the movie. Michael Bay please bring siknight instead of Triplet changer

For more information about Devastation click here
For more information about Scorponok click here
For more information about Sixknight click here


Where did I get those information?

Emmm, my favorite trustful source wikipedia, lol and some of it from the fans of transformer 2 at facebook, they ever commented on it.

Sources links
Most of photos taken by these two website
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen/104465745135

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen



Read an interview about Michael Bay click here, how he did for the transformer movie. I really hope James Wong director, who directed Drangonball movie learn something from Michael Bay. Michael Bay ever do a research for what fans want in Transformer in the movie and listen to fans on internet. James Wong should put more Dragonball characters into his movie or at least show super saiyen, fans won't buy a ticket into the cinema to watch something is not expected.


Lastly join “Transformer 2: Revenge of the Fallen” fans in facebook click here

Dragonball Z The Movie Post #3

Guys, this is not "Dragonball Z" the movie coming up on March. Guess what, this is an artwork that I designed for fun. Of course some of the artwork I had accidentally finds it from internet.






Ok, those images shows how I edited Siung photos into Super Seiya in Dragonball Z. Let me do some intro about Siung. Siung is one of the crew of “Chloe” whenever we are free, he will post something or modeling which Nick and Jayden will snapshot his photos. I guess he is quite hot in Nick’s blog and Jayden's blog. This time is mine turn to make him hot into my blog however, when I posted “Miang, Gong Xi Fa Cai” picture for my last post, he got the good response. I guess Miang, you are happy for that, right. So let see whether Siung will get the good response or not?






Back to the topic, I said I have accidentally finds these images from internet. Surprisingly, these 3 images are not from the up coming movie of "Dragonball Z" which directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow. I guess this is just a FAN WORK for the Dragonball Z. Look at it; this is much much more better than the up coming movie of "Dragonball Z". What’s happen with Hollywood nowadays, even the FAN WORK that I had impressed more than the “Movie”? Is that you called US$100 million plus budget movie? Please do show us Super Seiya, Cell, Vegeta, Son Gohan and Trunk. Sadly, nope of them has been shown in the up coming movie of "Dragonball Z".






Again, "Dragonball Z" the movie what's so interesting about this movie? Why i ever care about this movie? I had ever posted "Dragonball Z" the movie whenever i got the news or sources from somewhere. These are the previous here and here.

Emmm, i guess i am a big fans of Dragonball Z. It's really destroy my childhood memories. Well, honestly i will still watch this movie but no high expectation. Anyway, i understand a movie have to achieve on their goal, especially like box office movie, that's why they make it more commercial like, the fighting scene, action scene and even romance scene. Why i dislike the trailer? It's because the trailer it's too Hollywood style. What do you mean too Hollywood style? It's mean you always can predict, what will happen next and even the ending part. For example; Ironman, Spiderman, Transfomer, XXX II, Mummy Series and Tokyo Drift. You can see the heroes always get a woman in the end. TOO HOLLYWOOD. That's why i prefer HK movie, the style is really different.






Read the Dragonball Z movie how people comment on the trailer




For more comment on the Dragonball Z movie trailer click here

Seria-KB Slang (Mandarin)

Just finish reading Nonnie's blog at the post of "Speak my language", i found that post is so funny, actually i wanted to reply her at the comment box but this is too long for me to write so I decided to write it to my own post. Sorry again to copy the title and update and gather more information of Nonnie's post. I guess i did that before to Minna also. Please don't sue me, next time I will ask you guys permission before I post. Anyway, I better make the entire links, who has ever posted similarity issue of the Seria-KB slang (mandarin).

Nonnie's Blog on the post of "Speak my language" click here

Yaya's Blog something about on the post of "Chloe" Day 2, click here

Yes I guess there's an issue about the standard way to speak mandarin and the un-standard way to speak mandarin. Let’s talk about between Seria-KB slang (mandarin) and Bandar mandarin. There’s a lot of the Seria-KB slang that we always use daily however not all the slang we know the meaning but we ONLY know how to use and when to use, I am wonder where’s the slang comes from originally. Let me do some analysis and meaning here, please correct me if I am wrong.

"Nap Four" - Hot Babes [Unknown]
"Kick Four" - Sexy Babes [Unknowhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifn]
"Lui" - Careless, look nerd, stupid or idiot [Unknown]
"Hen" - Strength, Powerful [Hakka]
"Sat"(杀) - Cool [Unknown], (Kill) I guess so
"Teng" – emmm, don't know how to explain here, but people usually use it like that. Wa, you so "Teng" ahh yam cha at here or waaa "Teng" ohhh working with Shell. (So what's that mean?) [Mandarin], (Stable)
"Soy" - You are so mean [Cantonese], (Bad)
"Sien" - Bore [Mandarin, but modified meaning] (Salty)
"Nung" - Blur, Deep in thinking [Hakka & Cantonese, but modified meaning], (Think) according to Nonnie’s blog from the c box. i think i just copy and paste it here, so everyone will see.


Nonnie: [Red] - means "thick". I have no idea how to explain the meaning of it
22 Dec 08, 14:19

ReD: can i know what's mean by 濃?


“Lauya” – Lousy {please tell me, how it’s come from}

[ ] language or dialect come from
( ) Original Word or Meaning


The Trendy Seria-KB Slang

The latest trend of Seria-KB Slang is "他们讲". By right we called it "听说". Thanks again of the HK series and movie influence Seria-KB people the most, that's why people started to use these words "他们讲" to express their gossip and rumour, which people can play safe as what they say, because people will know "他们讲" mean is not a fact, it's just gossip and rumour. Safe huh.

"Kek Dao" wohoooo. I guess this is quite popular to the youngster or teenagers nowadays in Seria-KB people because I always see my friends say "Kek Dao" and also popular in MSN too. "Kek Dao" mean "fainted", "气到我啊° = gek dao wo ah", "Zha Dao" or "Heart Attack" if I am not mistaken and please correct me I am wrong. "Kek Dao" originally come from Hakka, I guess we always heard from our parents said "Kit Si Ain Ah". Oh, make it clear here, in Belait District mostly Chinese people are "Hakka" and Cantonese that's why we are influence by those slang.

"Nung" is popular Seria-KB Slang in facebook too. You can always see people comment something and use "Nung". Let's me explain more detail here. "Nung" usually people use it for face expression, when you are deep in thinking something or talking something deep, people will say “you are so "Nung" la”, so familiar? "Nung" is not a compliment word, so DO NOT feels proud or act proud of it and DO NOT get the wrong meaning, it's a sarcastic word. "Nung" can be use as blur in face expression or just "blur" meaning.


Logic or Unlogic Stories?
Seria-KB Slang is fully mix of Mandarin, Hakka and Cantonese. One of my KL’s friend told me, people in KL use "Four" and "Lui" as a same meaning as Seria-KB slang too. I guess our slang it's mix with KL too. If I am not mistaken "Sien" and “Sat” is come from Seria-KB slang and become more popular in whole Brunei.

Ok guys, want to share some thought here. This is not a fact it’s just something to do with logical thinking. As I know most of the Chinese in Belait District, their Ancestors were come from China and I GUESS, it’s from the same province or villages, that’s why there are mostly “Hakka”. I HEARD some eldest had told me, “Hakka” Chinese mostly develop in GuangZhou Province in China which also content mostly “Cantonese” people too. OK, HERE IS THE JOKE. Again this is not a fact, treat it’s as joke if you don’t agree with me. That’s why, you can see “Hakka” people in Seria-KB can speak “Cantonese” or some of them even can’t speak “Cantonese” but they can listen Cantonese as well because this is something to do with the origin, where our ancestors had come from.

Hong Konger find hard to communicate Chinese people in Bandar because mostly they are “Hokkien”, unless they use English and Mandarin to communicate or either one of them know each other language. In Seria-KB, Hong Kongers not need to headache how to communicate with Chinese people because mostly Chinese people can speak or listen Cantonese.


Conclusion:
Yes, I know speaking of Seria-KB Mandarin is not a standard enough to talk to and always lead Chinese Bandar-ians misunderstanding our meaning and we always get corrected or lecture by them. Ok, I know this is not the correct way to speak but this is how we grew up right? In Seria-KB, people use to speak Seria-KB Slang daily and this is very normal here. I would like to say this is different culture and different environment influence us different. I feel proud of it, that I can speak Seria-KB Slang as well.

Africa

Kevin Carter the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography


I had just read Minna's blog, she blogs something about Kevin Carter photographer. It's really shocked me and i find this very useful to remind us, not to waste every single food. After reading Minna's blog, i went to yahoo search engine and even wikipedia to gather more information and sources to find out what's the whole story about.

This following information and sources from this webpage please click here for original sources link


"Pulitzer Prize" winning photo by Kevin Carter

Taken during 1994 during Sudan famine. Picture depicts a famine striken child crawling towards United Nations food camp, located 1 kilometer away.

The vulture is waiting for the child to die so it can eat him. The picture shocked the world. No one knows what happened to the child as well as the photographer who left the place as soon as the photograph was taken.

Three months later, the photographer committed suicide due to depression.



This was found in his diary,

Dear God, I promise I will never waste my food no matter how bad it can taste and how full I may be. I pray that He will protect this little boy, guide and deliver him away from his misery. I pray that we will be more sensitive towards the world around us and not be blinded by our own selfish nature and interests. I hope this picture will always serve as a reminder to us that how fortunate we are and that we must never ever take things for granted.



The Movie "Blood Diamond"




After reading this, i know i was definitely right, whenever i can't finish my food i kept reminding myself the African suffer starvation to died and i even tell my house mate about the African starvation. I started to know more about Africa after watching "Blood Diamond" starring Leonardo Dicaprio. After watching "Blood Diamond" i was wonder it's that really happen in Africa? Again, thanks to nowadays modern technology i always can find the truth from internet especially wikipedia provide trustful and accurate sources. Sometimes movie it's a really good education tools, it's help me to gain knowledge and also documentary from "Discovery Channel".

k, I want to share my knowledge here that i know about Africa. Do you guys know "Child Soldiers"? Yes, exactly the real thing happen in the movie "Blood Diamond", RUF killed the villagers and keep their children and train them as a soldiers and brain wash them to loyal their Army Forces. This is cruel to the children to do this. Unfortunately, until nowadays child soldiers are still in a large number in African, there are around 20,000 child soldiers in Africa. Africa is a poor countries and people in Africa they used to fight for the natural resources like crude oil, ivory and diamond which broke out the civil war in Africa.

My conclusion is do not waste the food that we have. I am hereby trying to pray all the people who suffering in the world especially in Africa. Believe me, if you are reading it now, you are consider one of the luckily person in the world. At least you have a computer to reading it right?

A Documentary Project

Recently, i really feel like doing some documentary work for my own portfolio. This few weeks, my mind keep on coming those idea what Documentary Project that i want to do.

If i am not mistaken, last year 2007 i was thinking to do "Stray Animal" Documentary Project in Brunei. I did do the approach for the "Animal Shelter Team" in Brunei but they didn't reply my email, that's why the project i had put it aside and start my short film "Chloe" Project. If anyone know how can i contact the "Animal Shelter Team", please do tell me more information about this.

"The Old Times of Seria KB Town" is one of the Documentary Project i wanted to do but due to the budget wise and knowledge i can't do it all alone by myself. I think i mention it before at my previous post, looking for volunteers to help up with this project. then this project have to be pending again.

"Graduation" Documentary Project, is one of the possible project that i can do at the moment, will ask yaya whether she can helps me with this or not. I thought i even tell Jayden about this project before. He is interested to do this but still this is just a planning stage and will need time to do this. I guess after the "Chloe" project, the upcoming Project will be the "Graduation" Documentary Project. Maybe i should do it the "Chloe" Project and "Graduation" Documentary Project at the same time because the "Chloe" Project will takes a period of time to complete the shooting, editing and distribution or upload to youtube.

I ever think of shooting the "MV (Music Video)" for my own portfolio too, to able to gain more experience in videography and cinematography. However, shooting "MV (Music Video)" is definitely after the "Chloe" Project and "Graduation" Documentary Project.

The Old Towns That You Never Seen It Before

Recently, I found a "Seria BRUNEI" group in facebook. What's interested me, it's the old pictures about Seria KB town and these really make me excited seeing those old pictures collection has finally expose to the public.



As the photo show us the lion dance surrounding by crowded people as you hardly see this situation in Seria KB towns nowadays.





Let me tell you guys some history about Seria KB town, according to my dad around year 70s, the population of Seria KB were at least three times more than present year. Is that true? but now why Seria KB people have always called as Ghost Town. Do they know about the past? However the young people nowadays; they never know Seria KB town had their good time and rich economics in the 70ies. Correct me, if i am wrong but you can ask your parents about it.



Roxana cinema located beside Seria Gurka Camp.


Cinema was one of the popular entertainment at that time and very good in business too. When came to around year 80s people started to migrate out of Brunei and most of them migrate to Canada. Shenton ever told me, if I still remember he said, most of them lived in Edmonton, is that true?? If it’s true, then you may call “Edmonton” a new Seria KB town in Canada because most of them are from Seria KB.



If one day I become a movie director, I will make a movie story base on the 70s in Seria KB town.





Find a website which content a lot of an old pictures of Seria KB town http://photo.appsmiths.com/album15

It’s made me, really want to bring it back the time and see how it was look likes. I have see the people in the facebook of "Seria BRUNEI" group keep on commenting the old Seria KB town pictures and now that I had realized a lot of Seria KB people who migrate outside the country or working at oversea missed their hometown so much, especially for those people in their 30ies and 40ies years old. Anyway who don’t right? For those young people like me and teenagers don’t know much about the past of Seria KB town were like. I am curious about it, don’t you curious about this too?

Emmm, I got some idea here. Why not making a documentary about “Seria KB town”, does it sound interesting? Well, I kind of like these idea but I need someone to back me up. Maybe not someone, it’s a group of people to back me this project.


All pictures taken from the Facebook group "Seria BRUNEI".

TVB Anniversary Awards 2008

TVB Anniversary Awards 2008 is on this coming Saturday, 15th November. "A Journey Called Life (金石良缘)" had nominated "Best Drama" and "Best Actress in a Leading Role" (Linda Chung - Sze Ka-Ka). As i mention before, i loved this series more than other TVB series and also one of my favorite TVB series of all time. Hopefully, can win over the award home.

If i were the judge, the award i would like to give to,

"Best Actor in a Leading Role" Award (最佳男主角).
Series: Forensic Heroes II (法證先锋II)
Actor: Frankie Lam (林文龍)
Role: Koo Chak-Sam (Sam) (古澤琛)

I personally, hope Frankie Lam will take the award home. He has performance pretty well in the series of "Forensic Heroes II". His acting skill is unique and more mature than other actors, maybe is the character needs, that's why he acted different than other actors do. He has a charm character to make him more in real person than he is an artist.


"Best Actress in a Leading Role" Award (最佳女主角)
Series: A Journey Called Life (金石良缘)
Actress: Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣)
Role: Sze Ka-Ka (施嘉嘉)

Congratulation to Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣) has nominated as the "Best Actress in a Leading Role" Award (最佳女主角), which compete with Liza Wong (汪明荃), Sonija Kwok (郭羡妮), Nancy Sit (薛家燕), Charmaine Sheh (佘詩曼), Kate Tsui (徐子珊), Louise Li (李司棋), Susanna Kwan (關菊英), Michelle Yim (米雪) and Sheren Tang (鄧萃雯).

As i mention before, i started to like Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣) since i had watched the series of "A Journey Called Life (金石良缘)". Since she is 24 year old, she has a lot of things to learn in acting although i am not agree she has the best in acting compare with other nominees but she is a hardworking actress that i could see. She can throw her artist image out and act as other character that she wants and these make me really impress of her work, if you manage to watch the series of "A Journey Called Life (金石良缘)" and "Legend of the Demigods (搜神傳)". Between Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣) acted Sze Ka-Ka (施嘉嘉) very well, she copes the youth style very well, like the way she stands, expression and even the way she talks. Although it's not 100% like a Juvenile but at least i see her hard work, she needs time to mature up her acting, i guess.


"Best Actor in a Supporting Role" Award (最佳男配角).
Not interested to list


"Best Actress in a Supporting Role" Award (最佳女配角).
Series: Moonlight Resonance (溏心風暴之家好月圓 )
Actress: Tavia Yeung (楊怡)
Role: Suen Hou-Yuet (孫皓月)

I quite like Tavia Yeung (楊怡) in the series of "The Building Blocks of Life (建築有情天)", she cries a lot in the series and she is pretty.


"My Favourite Male Character Role" Award (我最喜愛的電視男角色).
Series: Legend of the Demigods (搜神傳)
Actor: Sunny Chan (陳錦鴻)
Role: An Hei (晏喜)

Good to see Sunny Chan (陳錦鴻) back to TVB again, he is an experience actors in TVB. Between i like his work in the series of "At the Threshold of an Era (創世紀|).




"My Favourite Female Character Role" Award (我最喜愛的電視女角色).
Series: Legend of the Demigods (搜神傳)
Actress: Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣)
Role: Gwai Choi-Chi (薊彩芝)

Again i can see Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣) hard work here, especially the part she acted an old lady. Very impress of that


"Most Vastly Improved Actor" Award (飛躍進步男藝員).
Sorry, don't know who are the nominees.


"Most Vastly Improved Actress" Award (飛躍進步女藝員).
Actress: Nancy Wu (胡定欣)
Series: Wars of In-Laws II (野蠻奶奶大戰戈師奶,), D.I.E. (古靈精探,), Legend of the Demigods (搜神傳), The Silver Chamber of Sorrows (銀樓金粉,), Strictly Come Dancing (2) (舞動奇跡 (二))


"Best Drama" Award (最佳劇集).
Series: A Journey Called Life (金石良緣)

A Journey Called Life (金石良緣)is a reality and emotionally series touch everybody heart. Hopefully, TVB can make more series like "A Journey Called Life (金石良緣)".




"TVB.com Popular Artist" Award (tvb.com人氣大獎).
Artist: Raymond Lam (林峯)

Moonlight Resonance has the highest rating points of this year, therefore Raymond Lam (林峯) has the biggest chance to take away the award due to the series popularity. Kevin Cheng is one of the highest possibility take the award home too, due to his popularity and series of "One Last Standing".




I have no idea these "TVB Anniversary Awards 2008" is depend on the voting or by judges. If anyone one of you wanna vote please click and for more information please click

Remember vote for "A Journey Called Life (金石良缘)" and Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣). All the best, i will watch the show of "TVB Anniversary Awards 2008" on this Saturday night.



Lastly the photo from a TVB series of "A Journey Called Life (金石良缘)"
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