Saturday, June 18, 2011
{ 11:40 PM }
Lets talk about local drama or something?
Im currently watching this. C.L.I.F
Storyline. Well, typical. But the good thing is, it wasnt as commercial as I thought. But the first episode was. Shut me off at first. None of the case requires any brain storming. nothing too in depth, nothing too complicated.
scripting was so-so. well, cant blame. lots of SPF facts got to be thrown into the dialogues...in Chinese. I guess we are just too used to technical jargons in English, thats why the actors and actress were really stiff with their words, let alone those English speakers. there's a lot of times when when actors/actresses got to do ADR, I'll just go sighing. Really felt a little embarrassed with our Mandarin.
Storyboard...not bad? I can say. The way they introduce the different devisions of SPF and the collaboration and stuff to the audiences. At least, people like me with zero knowledge with our police-crest people will go "oh I see~"
BGM, hmm... local drama had a little breakthrough on BGM composition and selection. the opening song was not too bad. solemn and serious.
acting, uh huh. just personal opinion, no offense to any individual. I think Qi Yi Wu, Elvin Ng, Andie Chen and Romeo Tan did pretty well in their portrayal. Especially Elvin Ng. Though I think he still needs a bit of voice training, the way he played his role kind of reflect on one of my NPC friend. there are really people out there who find NPC sian but still take pride when they are in uniform.
I was told that Romeo Tan is a newbie. is he? not sure. rarely catch local dramas. To me, everybody feels new to me. Except for Tay ping hui, Chen Tai Ming and some other veteran actors. If Romeo Tan is a newbie, then I think he really has got the potential.
didnt mention about Tay Ping Hui's acting is because he always give me the image that he's acting Tay Ping Hui and not Zhong Yi Da. That identity is too strong. is that the reason why he never gets best actor award?
before concluding, I just want to express my 2 cents thoughts with local productions. Local production is something I very much would like to show my support to. but...hais... many times, I dont know why the slots are all filled up by taiwanese shows, be it variety shows or dramas. Local variety shows are all about food, travelling, sometimes a bit of fashion and rarely with unique themes. nothing else?
Local dramas heavily themed and localized with aunties doing some soap operas. hais...
Friday, June 03, 2011
{ 12:17 PM }
im really into pasta these days. PAAAASSSTAAAAAAAAAAAAA~! Beef bolognese is the common one and its my favourite!!!
Not sure whats the crave for it. I just never get sick of it. more pasta today? hmm...if my pocket allows. LOLS.
A couple of days ago, 28th May to be exact, had a good dinner with my whole family. come to think about it, the last time we had a meal together was about 2 or 3 years back. thats sad, really. that day was my lao pa and lao ma's 20+th anniversary.... sorry, i cant remember years.
somehow when your kins are too close to you, you tend to overlook at the most important detail. anyway, we had dinner, but the mist was a little stiff; we dont really know what to talk about at first. but the good thing is, im good with moments like this! LOLS.
this is what i told everybody - open up to them and they will open up to you (it depends actually)
Opened up to whatever things that happened in work, with friends and other things. they are my family, of course they opened up with me after that. thats what family are for.
i guess we should organise more family dinners like this. doing another shot on...
hmm....father's day? maybe.
oh ya, today is Norman's 21st birthday!!!! too bad, he's in Germany now... make sure you have a memorable birthday there!!!
Friday, May 27, 2011
{ 12:57 AM }
OMG~! Im so sorry that I abandoned you for the past 2 months!!!
This year's birthday was pretty special. Well, its my 21st big day. no party, no supper but alot of CAKES!!!!
Dont usually celebrate birthday. dont actually celebrate to be exact. But big appreciation for people who celebrated it for me. Thanks a million! I have been saying thanks to a lot of people today...
reason why I dont like celebration is because...okay lah, its embarrassing? not really used to being in the limelight, maybe? might be the reason why I wanted to avoid it as much as possible. appreciation to people who wished me....facebook, sms, calls, meal...oh yah...CAKES!
the reason why its special because I received 51/2 cakes today!!! and I mean 5 whole cakes (big ones) and one self baked cheese cake. literally celebrated 5 times with different groups of people.
im 5 years older in just 1 day! LOLS.
Im no good with cakes, seriously. dislike is one of the reason. its DISLIKE, I dont HATE it. However, my digestive system just cant accept them anyhow, anyway. not sure why. ran straight to the toilet right after I reached home. even went once earlier in Claire's house.
celebrating again, probably with family, this coming sunday together with my parents anniversary. 28 May is their 22/3th anniversary.
I know May and June is cramping with birthdays. A huge bunch of peeps out there celebrating their birthdays. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEOPLE!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
{ 12:13 AM }
MLB opening day tomorrow~!
cant believe ive waited 6months for baseball match.
baseball fan out there~~~~!!!! anyone~~~??!!!!
feel quite lonely to watch it myself.
anyway, spent a week slacking. Japan trip is ruined. so this week is a no-plan-week. took leave but I cant cancel with without my supervisor's permit. hes somewhere in Thailand anyway.
More if more freelance project for me to handle, I might seriously consider quitting the day job.
Work~ Study~ Freelance~ BASEBALL!!!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
{ 12:19 AM }
Canceled the trip.
Feel quite impacted on this great calamity. Because its Japan? maybe...
Will be donating my trip money after settling all the cancellations. not much though...
everyday is worrying, especially during work. Like earlier, Shizuoka prefecture, one of my colleague's hometown, was attacked by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake. worrying~
Bless Japan...
Sunday, March 13, 2011
{ 11:56 AM }
My first post with my new laptop!
not feeling that happy now. i'll be travelling to Japan on the 25th of March. good timing huh. Everything booked, bought, prepared... well, theres always this saying that expected the unexpected. this 8.9 magnitude earthquake is a little too "unexpected"
to go or not to go....thats a question. my main motive is not to go play and enjoy...its just part of plan. main thing is to go for school visit. totally lost the mood to enjoy life in japan seeing such disastrous scene. rather donate the money to the needs.
Sunday, March 06, 2011
{ 11:31 PM }
Hmmm... Was told that I have about 2 very obvious habits that I will do it subconsciously.
1. "serious?!"
Apparently I exclaim alot huh. "serious?!" just somehow becomes my pet phrase. Even when I was speaking in Japanese, this word just kind of blurt out naturally. Anyway, "serious?!" in japanese is "マジで(majide)?!"
Like I said, I was told by a 3rd party about this habit. In estimation, this "serious?!" appears every least 3 times in every conversation I participated in. Whoa~ that's scary.
2. If I got a pen or pencil, almost 100% of the time I would be spinning it.
When I was told about it, the first thing that came across my mind is...."serious?!"
Haha. Yup, now I admit...
Anyway, been doing this spinning thing for my entire school life... Almost, maybe. Since primary school I think? Very vague memories on how I started it, but I've been doing it for about 10years is a fact.
I'm not a pro-spinner, do know some not-that-high-end-tricks though. Never really tried learning it in the deliberate way, just that as you spin and spin, you're get the hang of it.
Habits...scary human nature. Really.
Feel like blogging about it is because I'm currently study about this habit thing. It turned out quite interesting... And kind of scary too.
10 more days to new laptop!!!!
