one more night

OMG. Just one more night of burning the midnight oil! 1000 word essay for UGC112 stands before me and sem break! I do foresee a few more study nights because of the final exam on 3 Dec; but after that, every other night would be 'burnt' by catching up on my shows (:

*Some Indian guy just stepped so hard on my feet because he lost balance. I've been stepped on so many times in my past 21 years of taking public transport, but just now's incident totally takes the cake. & Fiona being Fiona, will always say no worries it's okay and smile while the pain is still throbbing

One more semester to go and I'll be done with university education! Fast or what! As much as I still feel that my education experience could have been better if I went to either of the local unis, I thank God for placing me here at SIM-UB. I know I still have resentment of being 'not so smart and no choice but have to study at SIM', one day, just one day, I would look back and thank God for paving the way for me to go to SIM-UB. One day I'll look back and praise God for the many things that have happened since Fall 2010. Just look, if I didn't enroll at UB, I wouldn't have met Edwin; and we wouldn't have started this wonderful relationship of 1 year and 1 month (:

do do do

Things to do after exams:

1. Create a video for DFC

2. Create Dot's 21st video

3. Work & get $$$

4. Exercise and eat healthy

all glory goes to Him

I'm thinking it's all his doing; all his help. Been doing some design/creative stuff. And they really do come like one after the other. It's great, keep em' coming! But I realized that at the same time, I procrastinate a lot or there's really no time to do it. I guess it's to prepare me for the real world? And I've to really manage my time well? So Lord, I thank you for the continuous blessing and opportunities that allow me to push myself to manage my time well.

So many things to do, so little time.

I have conquered a mountain

COM398 Project, CHECK. COM443 Project, CHECK. Even though it's just two checks, those two projects were major. Glad that it's all over for now. All that's remaining are my UGC112 essay and final exams before my actual holidays start! I feel like I've accomplished so much this semester. I've learnt a lot, made many new friends, learnt so much at work (both at Energia and Jipaban), improved my creative/design skills, fell in love a lot more deeply. However, on the physical fitness point of view, I've stopped running seriously. SIM T&F isn't my priority, my overall body is. I try to juggle between muay thai and running more consistently, but the time I have now just does not permit it. As much as I would like to represent school to run or to fight, I know that I'll never make it into the Top 3, so why bother? Yes, I can gain experience from the whole thing but it's just me being really logical and rationalizing everything. Seriously, why train soooo hard when there is no award? I like winning, but I'll participate if I know that if I can win. I know this is like some cockup mindset but seriously, who doesn't love winning? Winning a simple game of just scissors-paper-stone already brings much happiness.

Anyway, I typed this just to get it off my chest. Let's play some music!

die young

Love the artistic direction of ke$ha's new music video. Love how it's done and all the effects. Wish that someday I can produce a film like this or something. Hahaha. But way too many satanic imagery and illuminati references.

December Will Come Rolling Any Moment

October just passed and boy was it a hectic week. Relied on prayers & God a lot. Call it self-fufilling prophecy, optimism or whatever, prayers and having faith in the Lord works. There are countless number of times whereby I get through days with so little sleep. I am seriously amazed everytime that happens and when the hectic day ends. I somehow secretly enjoy the sleep that I take when I'm exhausted on Wednesdays. I collapse into my bed and completely knock out. I wish I didn't have to wake up ): I secretly enjoy the deep sleep that I get when I don't have enough sleep.

Anyway, pictures! These are the paper templates that I do for my own personal use for my iphone 5 covers. I modified an iphone psd template to fit this iphone 5 silicon case. It's basically printing it out and cutting it. Had to do a lot of trial and error and the template is still not perfect yet. Should I really turn this into a business? I really don't know whether people would pay $$$ for a piece of paper to be slotted into the case. Edwin says that I should sell the case AND the paper cover.

pimply

This pain in the ass pimple in my right nostril is giving me a lot of irritation

Tempt Me No More

I'm always tempted to procrastinate, tempted to lie, tempted to lust (over material objects, not people), tempted to gloat, tempted to glutton, tempted to anger, tempted to hate, tempted to sin. I guess I'm just human; imperfect. But made whole and pure again in God. I want to rid the thoughts that might lead me to sin. Googled "prayer to rid temptation" and the prayer from St Benedict's medal was the first on the search list. Not sure if this is right for a Christian but it is really apt:

VADE RETRO SATANA;
NUNQUAM SUADE MIHI VANA.
SUNT MALA QUAE LIBAS;
IPSE VENENA BIBAS!

Get behind me, Satan;
Never suggest vain thoughts to me. The cup you offer is evil;
Drink the poison yourself!

And in Jesus' name, Amen to that!

every tower higher than the next

The Luminesce app for the iPhone is mind-bogglingly good. The only qualms I have with it is that I can't choose the degree that I wanna rotate ): Fo example, if took a picture that is not horizontal or parallel to the ground, I can't edit it. I'd have to edit it with the Adobe Photoshop Express app before using the Luminesce app. Oh well what to do? #firstworldpains

holding a canon 7d

Over the past two days of filming for different projects, I've seriously learnt a lot. Thank God Adrian who patiently taught me how to adjust my camera settings for shooting. If we weren't station masters at Siloso beach, I wouldn't have known he did videography. The next person to thank God for would be Edwin. With his MBP, this whole editing process would be darn much easier. Using a MBA would take friggin long.

Are we defined by what we wear or carry? Do appearances really matter?

Right now, it's a strong yes. Just by simply holding the 7D, I've been approached to shoot for people. Do I really look like a professional photographer? Do I really look like I know my stuff?

This weekend it's gonna be a longggg weekend of editing and much painful trial and error. I just hope that FCPX's auto save will not be my downfall like previously.

clothes and accessories maketh the woman

Wore my Dr Martens consecutively for two days and ended up with blisters. But I felt strong and confident AND cool in those boots.

Over the past two days, I've been carrying around the DSLR. I totally felt like a photographer; rugged grungy,...