who are you, GOD?

I would just like to share a video of an activist that i truly look up to;Marina Mahahir.

Marina Mahathir: Attacks on Ambiga in bad taste

She speaks sense and doesn't just lash out comments or remarks that are stupid or foolish.Arguments should be constructive and intelligent if one wants to show a greater deal of civilization & progress without losing grounds.

I totally agree with her opinion.People who resort to personal attacks are (shamefully to me) shallow and make their immaturity & foolishness 'shine' even more.

Oh heYYYyyy...wait!!.....look at this fine fella here, isn't he/she just as smart and foretelling as he/she can be...Awwww....



Hebatnya sorang nih, boleh nampak NUR kat muka orang.Jom tepuk tangan 10 jari kat kehebatan dia *applause*.

PS: That's not a personal attack.That just plain harmless sarcasm.But it can never beat the greatness of your remarks, that's for sure.

Berjaya Youth Short Film Comp..

OPEN TO ALL who desires to tell a good story through the medium of short film.

This is what i like about this competition you know,it's all about the storytelling,which should always be the core of starting and making a film work, rather than overdoing too much graphics that we lose our audience & message along the way.The Berjaya Youth Short Film is one that i would LOVE to participate in if i had the time...but since i don't (or just pray some day this month i will try!), I want to make sure i spread out the news of it!


Here are a few links for you to know more.Do check out the other details as well.

Contest Themes: Tell a Good Story

Submission Rules

The interesting part to me is not just the first prize of Rm40k and a canon camera,check out the judges man!!Two of my idols among them,Afdlin Shauki & Ah Niu!!Amazing directors and storytellers i tell ya.

Plus this is not just some simple film competition since the duration of the whole process until the shortlisting of the Top 5 ends about in November 2011.However,aspiring participants only have till 8th September 2011 to submit their entries.

It's for individual entry, which means everybody can enter if you're within the age limit of 18-25 years old =))

So please please please get your minds creative and shoot something!Maximum duration of 5 minutes only, there's no minimum for this competition.The themes are so close & related to our lives ; inspire, make a difference, & loving earth!

It would be so much fun and good for your portfolio too in the future, get your work recognised early no matter how greenhorn or tech-idiot you are, there must always be a place to start, this could be it!

Good Luck! =D

PS: Do watch Nell Ng's "Say No to Shark's Fin" feature video too,hilariously educational!!HAHA!

Off to Bangkok for 5 months!

Nope,i'm not going for a holiday.Purlezzz....i'm going for a one-semester exchange programme to Chulalongkorn University.

It's actually an ASEAN Scholarship for communication students given out by CU (Chulalongkorn Uni) to ASEAN countries.

I'm lucky enough to be chosen, together with other 5 students from Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, UK, and France.

I was at first sceptical. I was encouraged to apply by my faculty advisor, i wasn't expecting to make it through.Applicants needed to write a short essay of why they are interested in this programme. Then i received a response from CU for a skype-interview. All that happened during the hiatus of shooting the short film.You can say i was freaking exhausted after driving long hours (from Alor Star to UPM) for the first time and immediately rushing to a nearby McDonalds just to make it for the interview.At a stressful state like that, i was slowly losing my interest of going for this exchange,but i was polite & friendly enough during the interview.I do remember one remark by the interviewer, "You sound like a Singaporean". HAHHAA!

I had a feeling i did bad for the interview,and didn't hope much of getting it (considering the chances where i was competing with other universities around ASEAN too).Besides that,i felt so close to my team already, we bonded so much.Plus all the coming projects next semester, i didn't want to lose out.

The results came out and i was one of the receivers.My heart sank to be honest. I wasn't ready to leave yet, with so much in mind, i became restless.The decision of having to extend my studies for maybe a year if go for this exchange made things even worse. However, my team,friends & family gave the support i needed and told me it was okay.Accepting this would be the best decision to make because i've been given a chance that is hard to come by.

So,i built my confidence & interest back and walahHHh! I'm about 50% ready to depart on 2nd of August.

Yup, you got that right.Puasa dengan raya pun dekat sana lerr...Sayu tuh sayu jugak,tapi takpa la, ambil sebagai pengalaman. Dahla u OLSSss tak habis2 suruh i hantar 'salam perantauan' dekat Utusan or Berita Harian,HAHA!...Just for the sake of representing Malaysia, my mum & i rushed to make me a pair of baju kurung & baju kebaya to bring to Bangkok.Haha.Finally,i have my own kebaya! After so many years of "tahun depan nak pakai".

I will be staying off-campus,which means this will also be my first time renting an apartment & staying outside,haha!.....But,not going to be so happy about that since most of my classes start at 8am...it's going to be DREADFUL for me to wake myself up so early in the morning to catch a train or bus to CU -_-"

Oh well,wish me luck!!

PS: Mak dah pesan awai2,jgn carik chenta kt sana...sedihnyaa..baru excited nak cuci mata..pffff

Just in case you are interested to apply for this scholarship as well in the future,here's the link.
ASEAN Scholarship details

wow....been so quiet huh...

*knock knock* errr....is my blog still alive?HAHA!...

Well let me see where my last post ended...Oh yah,at the trailer of "Plan Your Love".Gosh,there's too much to update.Lets make it short & precised.

Milkyway Production won best PSA ( public service announcement) video at the Festival Filem & Video Pelajar ke- 8 at UUM. It was our first team effort & win which made all of us shockingly happy & ecstatic, considering we went through hurdles of troubles and emotions to finish a short 3 minute video.Being only 1st year students, we didn't expect to win anything yet, beginner's luck or not, we felt honoured =)

Our seniors won the Jury Award for their PSA too!It was a worth it full bus trip from UPM to UUM.

Next, as our exams were around the corner, our lecturer encouraged us to participate in the USM Adwave video competition (while still,racing to complete our documentary assignment). The Adwave's theme was "promoting domestic tourism through mobile internet devices". At first we were like "what..". Okay fine,maybe it's the growing trend of teenagers & the public of using tech stuff 24/7 these days (including us), but we got stuck as we didn't know what or how we wanted to focus on. Finally, we decided on our mutual Malaysian interest,,,,,,FOOD! Considering we didn't have much time left, ice kacang was all that came in mind. So poof!!Came the ice kacang advertisement!It took us a tiring rushing 3 days to complete pre,production,and post all at once.

Guess what, we got lucky enough to make it to the finalists selection!The difference was, we had to present our marketing proposal to a panel of judges...*raised eyebrows*. We ain't no marketing people,we're just broadcasting students and that came as a surprise to us. None the less, we tried our best anyways..(though i was kind of bombarded with tough questions i twisted my way around with,haha!). The finalists were all GOOD...tip top marketing proposals & skills, high-tech adobe after effects animation!I was wowed at the end,like literally dropped my jaw, because..our video was so simple..like seriously..PEANUT-cendol- ice kacang simple!!

Finally...woohoo!!We won second place!!And i was so happy when my long-time friends Ain,Alya,Majdiah and Dayah accompanied me from the day of the presentation till the closing ceremony!Muah3!!


The moment we arrived back to UPM, our work wasn't over yet. We still needed to complete our documentary assignment within a few days!!Our topic was Oyiza,who's also part of Milkyway Production team. She was really a darling throughout the Adwave & documentary shooting.All of us were so lucky to get such a sporting hardworking team, and mind you, "The Other Side" (the title of our doc) was our first experience shooting with real broadcasting equipments eg; camera, boom mic, track, etc.

We even went all the way to KLIA just to take a few visuals of Oyiza coming down the escalator,haha.Guess how much we spent?Almost rm500.Yup...then,we started to feel the pinch of working in this field. This kind of work really does empty our pockets alright.

Though in a rushing manner, we completed our assignment,well...not to the best we could,but still okay, it was a hella good experience =)

Our final assignment for the semester was the MOST challenging one of all...shooting a short film. And all of us had to present our short film script within 12hours!I wrote "2am" which was a thriller from 12am till about 6am! You can bet how horrible the script was,i didn't have time to even re-adjust or check it.

We started shooting right after our exams.Yes,we didn't enjoy our holidays for one-month at least.For those weeks, stress was over our heads as we started shooting in the morning & wrapping up almost 2am.Definitely an eye-opening adventure since the script required a lot of night time scenes. Again, as first timers using equipments like lighting, we fumbled a bit here & there.Thank God the whole team including the actors were supportive with each other.Cooperation & focus were much vital during the shooting.It was this experience that got Milkyway Production closer than ever.

We did complete the shooting but we didn't have enough time for the post-production as all of us had other commitments as well.So we decided to stall the process and continue next semester (too bad i wouldn't be around to help the team complete it,i'll explain in my next post).Our goal for this short film is to submit for the KL Film Festival 2012 next year.

Hopefully it would be as good as expected.Sometimes, when you have all these expectations, it can be a burden and it can be a motivation too..depending on how one sees & responds.

PS: Here are the links if you want to check out our videos =))

Plan Your Love PSA
PSA Plan Your Love

ADWAVE "Malaysia's Simplicity through Fingertips"
ADWAVE Ad

Documentary The Other Side
The Other Side



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