WohOoO! Its friday again and thank you God SO MUCH for the much blessings. But then again due to limited time.. Guess I'll just resort to replying taggies instead. Yes!

Oh well... Have to "borrow" some ideas from other genius.

lydia : Oh! So you're craving for some encore or something. Might charge per watch know? Haha.

Bing: hey! My honor for your highly evaluation. But I think the youth in our church are very much the same you find in school. Don't they?

dot: Heyyyyyeeee! Thanks for the many affirmations! Ya! Thought I really didn't put in much but the returns are so abundant! And was really a relief it didn't turn out to be like the worst although I keep imagining the worst-case-scenario.

jouek: Sounds like "jo-black" (one of my black Indian-American friend in camp) when I read it real fast. BUT! ANYWAY! THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!!! YOUR ASSISTANCE! What can I do without you in place of me when I'm not available man! You're of much help! Really... maybe you should go buy yourself an ice cream and pat your own shoulder in front of a mirror tonight to show how much appreciated! :)

IT'S A HIT!! IT'S A HIT!!

What I least expect my video to be happens to turn out way high above the scale of excellence! Many thanks to you guys for the affirmation!
And yes! Pointing out to what Jo Quek mentioned, we really did fall into a perfect blend of creative-arty-farty people to work with. I guess God did bring out the best in every single one of us despite the many norms with school and NS.
You know what?! Both Qi Yang and myself being in the operational side turns out to be able to do SOOOO much work and Jo Q being in a A's this year. WOW! So blessed!

And of course not forgetting the musical people under the leading of Aric and also the support service group like Jerome and many of YOU people out there who lend your support at many alternate times of our preparations! THANKS!

To think that I only spent 3 puny hours on a Wed (Fri is the deadline) starting out with laying all the pieces randomly together, line a little music here and there. Scroll through the transitions and effect, placing 'em at random places. Put a play to it... ... NICE!
And least do I expect the music to line up with the video sequence! AND AND AND! I did it with the simplest dummy-could-operate fool proof Windows movie maker! No fancy applications like DIVx maker and "Final Cut Pro"! AND added to that... NO fuss over selection of music!
Wel... Guess I have to reveal a little on the music to you guys who have been asking :)
Here goes...

Opening : Hillsongs - The Time Has Come
First Seg : Desperation Band - Freedom Song
Second Seg : Nevertheless - The Real
Last Seg : The Afters - You


Yea! Rolling back the vid and watching it over and over again, I can't help but thank God for His Hands in this. (Guess it's always good to start with a prayer with everything we do !!)
Especially the many small shots that portrays the "searching" part, many of which end up with natural facial expression! Not acted!
And it was so widely receive that I felt like a successful launch of a movie or something! Rolling in tons and tons of big bucks. But of course I'll love the idea of having rolling in "big bucks", but I do hope on the 26th July we'll be rolling in "big CROWDS". :)

Till then...

Was actually realizing momentarily that I was constantly circling around my own miserable circle of emo-ness. To think that I was rather insignificant and such... ... Guess I was horribly wrong. Well.. atleast I could see from the people that bother to check out this blog although it was so dead most of the time. Yeap! Thank you guys! :)

In the same way, after spending some time with my parents I couldn't help but understand why most man pulls such long face, fathers having the "almighty, hail my Lord" look most of the time and doesn't seems to be that bubbly-guy-like-my-guy-classmate kinda character.
As I was nearing to understand adulthood" I realized that there was so much my parents had went through and so much un-spoken burden that I've miss that it displaying in every stage of my life. "BILLS" was the common word used, but there was actually so much more to it... ... ... child's education, responsibility of bring in the pay-check monthly, insurance, mountains of installment and such... utilities... pocket money... ... So many.

Alot of time I was so indulge in the idea of being a student for like a whole lifetime and failed to notice how self-centered and selfish I was to hold such thoughts.
I was merely escaping the fact of life and making my parents carrying the toll and burden longer. You see... nature has it in the principal of "supply & demand". As a curb was helpless and pre-matured, daddy lion would need to devote his life and time to bring the curb on his feet, strengthen it and prepare it for the future.
I think it was more then enough naturing and time for me to take that first step in sharing the same yoke with my parents.

No doubt adulthood is a tough and un-desirable path to take... when I chose to make my heart young and ignorant.
So much responsibilities...
So much choice...
So much option...
So... free...
I long for "freedom" so much when I was much younger (Not VERY long ago). Attaining it was everything I was looking forward to. But "freedom" as itself was perceive as fun and un-disciplined act of life.
Much dismay, actually "freedom" comprises with the price of having no support, total dependent and readiness of mind coming with maturity.
And why many parents chose to withheld our "freedom" simply that we're not ready for the sudden gush of life, the harsh factors atleast.

I must confess that many a time, un-knowingly, I had made my parents nothing more then a money machine. Life in school, friends, church, activities... ... had cruelly made them into a subtle money producing machines.
There was such saying from one of my mentor that literally brought me to tears whenever I thought of it..

"ever wondered when that pair of delicate hands once so smooth had become rough? Ever wondered when that face so robust and pink had gone to become lined with winkles and grey?"

Yea yea yea yea yea!

Was in the midst of rushing through the video editing. Hope you Xxonites will be in for a grand surprise!
Anyway! Really wish to say a big THANK YOU! To the crew that attribute to the success of the filming. Really! You guys were so cooperative and nice! :) :) Not forgetting semi-professional!
And now I might have to live with the toll of editing... and "editing video" does not run in my blood. Moreover having the "creative" genes in me. Gosh! I'm like a tone-deaf trying to make history with Major Chords. But anyway...

THANK YOU! :)