Saturday, November 29, 2008

a new ending to an old story


This morning, grandma left us in peace.

Family was UNITED and we said goodbye.

We forget our differences and come together.

We shared tears and remembered our wonderful memories.

No more pain for you and I am glad.

Don't be scared POR POR, you will never be alone,

You will always be in our hearts and 

we can meet in dreams.

BUT still, wherever you are,

I am sure you will be smiling.

Gong Tsyn

PS: last night, memories flood back and i remembered scenes with her in my life.

it was CE (public exam) and i was feeling stressed out and feel pressured.

Mum told grandma about it and we had a really nice phone conversation.

i remembered her comforting me, telling me not to worry about it and go for it.
i could still remembered that i burst into tears hearing her words. 
I could remembered that i feel so much better after that phone call afterwards

as days go by, i guess this memory kinda faded away.

I will always remember her phone calls in the middle of the night.

she will be calling asking for my mother and once she hanged up she 
will call back straight after. 

I have to admit that there are times that i feel annoyed by her calls

BUT now thinking back....

i miss her voice so bad.

Friday, October 31, 2008

an old email~

this is an old email which i found while going through some old contacts,

it describes the day when I just score myself that cableTV job, the one that i have just quit, its interesting to read it at this moment of my life:

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Hi SXXXX,

How are you going? Hope everything is fine on your side.

I've been very well, went to china a couple of weeks ago, 
Haven't went back for more than 13 years !!

And, I would like to share with you some good news....I've just scored
myself a full time job at cableTV (a local pay TV station) , I will be their on-air promotions junior producer!! I will be responsible for producing quality promos for all their shows within the station. There will be a lot of video editing, title sequence design and video shootings involved. Should be very challenging working in a broadcast environment!! I am very excitied yet nervous at the moment as tomorrow is my first day of work!!

My job interview was certainly an interesting story to tell. For my 2nd interview, first they ask if i got anything else to do for the rest of the day....i said i am all good...

then they asked me to cut a 40 seconds movie promo, a film that i have never seen - Dear Frankie

i have to start from scratch, from watching the movie to selecting the shots, capturing the shots, writing the promo script, edit the shots, add music, add titles and designing the end titles....it was a bit rush...but still, i worked from 3 to 9pm

The following day, I got a call from my producer, telling me that they want to discuss further details with me about the job! That's it!!

I really hope that I can do well in my job and get settled in HK this time~
It just feels like the right move for me. I look forward to have a more routine and stable life and working style~

Will let you know how I go with it.

talk soon and take care!

Please say hi to FXXXX for me!!

cheers
Thomas

***  And now, my new job starts next monday, here we go again!! ***

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

City life - exclamation mark

I have quit my job and I am really enjoying the days where i don't have to rush to work , and to constantly meeting deadlines.

I started to think about my life that walked past me all these years as I finally have time to really sit down and think. (yes my 1.5 years at cable got my 200% of working capacity and I am glad that I am out now. )

Before I start my new job, it is a very good time to do the thing that I like the most, a review, a note about my current feelings.

I have lose contact with a lot of people over the past few years, some I just intended to stop contact because they shits me for some reasons. And for others, the connection was lost mainly because the online chatting software was out to date and I stopped using it.

I have been really addicted to facebook these days and found a lot of old friends that i used to be very close to while I was still using icq and when i was still socially active. I looked at their pages, and mainly their pictures and can't stop thinking to myself

"what have I missed all these years?"

i have chosen work above everything else, family, social life, and after looking at their pages, i started to question myself once again, is it worth it? As this is my hole in a tree (ref: in the mood for love) I don't mind telling you that quitting my current job mainly because of people that super irritates me, and that week, it makes me so angry that i swear that I have to get out of this hell hole. that's when I realize that when you put all your bet onto one thing and when that thing turns against you, you lose everything.

I am glad that i have decided to quit and move on. My new job should be relatively less working hours and working style should be more comfortable compare to my day to night | night to day insane marathon working routine. And I pray to whoever that's out there that please let me meet some good people at this new place. 

Although there are shit people at cable (quite a lot actually), there are still a lot of nice and friendly people that I am gonna miss. I am not a social person at all, and I wish my departure could be more all rounded but hey, everything got its first time.

which brings me back to the main theme of this note.

in recent years, people's relationships depend too much on social networking technologies, like myspace, facebook or blog...(yes .... I am one good example) is it good or is it bad? I am not going to judge it. But to have a gateway, a peeping hole to look at your friends is not such a bad idea, at least not for me, an otaku. Through these websites, i did get in touch with a lot of long lost friends. Although we have lost contact for too long that it's almost 100% that we are not going to meet face by face anymore (I am just not that kind of person), but having the opportunity to send messages to each other to see how things are going on the opposite side is kinda good. 

yes the human touch is lost. To be honest, i don't like talking on the phones anymore, especially to people that i don't know very well or haven't met in ages. Geez...sound like I have become an alien in social networking.  - A robot that forgets how to love. and to confess, I really don't enjoy social gatherings and I only like to spend time with people that I feel comfortable with and to be frank these kind of people are rare, but as long as you got one, you are set for life!!
I am glad that I still got friends and they basically form a very strong support architecture for me to function properly in this cold hearted city.

on monday, 3 NOV. new life begins and i wish myself all the best.

engine starts and go!!

(I am really into b/w photography these days, it just adds another level of emotion to the photos, one night at osaka & last days at cable) I will post the regular photos of my last days later on if I feel like it.


Saturday, October 04, 2008

new works!


Movie Promo for Assembly



Vexille Movie Promo

ENJOY!!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

China WIN!!





making of: http://www.xanga.com/postgal_workshop/669752232/coca-cola---olympic-tvc.html

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Afterthought

Afterthought

Song shakkazombie - big blue

I am now sitting in my seat of flight NH 911 flying back to hk.....I am going back to work straight away tomorrow and I am now doing some serious thinking

My job is just too tough and it is really time for me to seriouly consider what to do next. I want to have a job that allows me to have my own life while I can still able to use my multimedia skills and hopefully, i can go back to my animation production routine

music: Towa tei series let me know

I am really sick of doing promos now as the creative freedom is so small, especially with my tv station and I am starting to feel that my skills are not being fully utilized. I like some of the people there as they treat me like family but still i think it is not enough.

Besides I want to work less hours, I want to have time for friends and family. If I keep this long hours, there are no way they I can have a normal social life.

music: Miho album - drop by drop

I know I want to write this for quite a long time. And now since I am in the plane, it allows me to do so. I did have some serious thoughts during this trip while I am with my friends I couldn't help but thinking that I am afraid to get into a serious relationship

Is it because of my previous experience? I can't really tell. But know she for sure has moved on ages ago.

For me I am still standing at the same spot.

Before I gone to japan, I heard some stories which makes me wonder..... How can love be so blind.....it is clearly that a couple doesn't match but still they are together and in another case, after separation one still have feelings for The other one..... Life is simply too complex for me and I just want to make it as simple we possible.....

But looking at my best buddy, he is really doing ok and they didnt even seemed to stress about it at all

They are very happy and..... I want to be happy too.

There are a lot of mean people in my circle and I just dont like the feeling pf having to constantly maneuver in order to place myself in a comfortable situation, my brain needs to he on complex consequence analysis and it is really going to drive me nuts

Minimalism is what j need

Suddenly had a thought about job, I want to have a job that I can contribute something to our society. I think at this point of my life, i wan to do more than just making beautiful things

Also I also have to add a balance to job and personal tme that I devote in it, I want to make things perfect and they will require me to put in triple the time needed than just a regular output like my other workmates, this can easily reach a basic standard in my office but for me..... Seeing something that represents me and if it does not look at its best, it really irritates me.

I am really grateful to sayuri whom she took a day off just to show me around while I was in Osaka. We were traveling buddies back in my Melbourne days. I know she I'd a really punctual person in terms of time and I dare not to be late. For me, if my friend comes to visit hong kong , would I give up a day just for them ?

I really don't know and so far i have never done that

Meeting Fonteyn was a surprise too!!!! I just randomly asks people before I come to japan for any traveling tips and there she replies, not only she is coming to japan she and her friend also lives so close to me so ikebushi which the other night I realize that it was a red light district and our area was surrounded by " love hotel's" and adult video shops

I was am really good at making small conversations and make people feel comfortable. Breaking the ice during a lost in translation is my best strength really. (Like John Travolta keeping Uma Thurman a good company for the night in Pulp Fiction) I said to myself right here up high in the sky if I meet any girls that I like and I know they she is single i will make my move I think it is about time that I can be back in the circle

Song: what a difference they make

I know my workmates will ask if I get any "action" during my trip, well I am sorry that I have to disappoint them again.

When I go back home I will straight away make sure that all the photos are safely transferred into my computer. Because there are just so many important shots that I can't afford to loose them really.

I am going to spent a lot of time organizing my album and then post them online for the world to see

I am a spontaneous person. The main reason that I suddenly decided to come japan was because of a movie that I love so much - Sofia  Coppola's lost in translation. This movie inspires me a lot and visiting that big triangular zebra crossing at Shibuya was really a dream came true

I am really looking forward to the next movie that inspires me to visit

I still got quite a lot of days in my annual leave and I am absolutely positive about a second traveling this year but the destination is yet to be decided so staytune

Alright I got to chill out now

Great to have my iPod touch with me this time!!!!

10: 59 Japanese time

Cheers
Thomas
18-5-08
On the plane now located high up on the ocean


Sent from my iPod

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Finally finished all the big projects

and now, let's look at what i have done in the past 4 months:

Hannibal Rising Teaser A


Hannibal Rising Teaser B


Hannibal Rising Launch


The Go Master promo


Erotica Finecut


The Green City Trilogy -
episode one - Piggy Bank:


episode two - Telescope


episode three - Bowling


Hollywood Action Heroes


Green City Model Making Recruitment:


Hollywood Adventures


Olympics Celebration Promo:


These are some of the highlights of my works ..... it's a lot of working hours.....
but hey...i am proud of these works and they are not something that i just produce in order to deliver.

Enjoy!!

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

HK ICT awards 2007




another award for SUKKI - HK ICT awards 2007: Best Direction, Best Editing and Best screenplay.

Thanks to everyone that have put their effort into it and I am forever grateful!!

GO SUKKI TEAM! This trophy is OURS!!

Monday, January 21, 2008

fisheye 2.0

Got myself a Lomo fisheye 2.0, can't wait to try it out