Friday, December 27, 2013

Do Not Call Registry

The DNC registry did an about turn after promising that we would no longer received marketing sms if we were to register. They have exempted marketers with" ongoing relationship" with consumers to continue sending these sms.
F***ed up. News came up yesterday amd today i start receving messages from gain city after a quiet period since i registered with them.
It is stupid to sell something and then smack you in the face with another. The exemption is really futile with broadly defined definitions and is surely going to bring the situation back to square one.
So now we have a new registry that does basically nothing more than what was already in existence.
真是脱裤放屁。

Monday, December 16, 2013

2013 12月16

Kallang station.
It always seems easier to shoot a horror movie than a heart warming one. On my train ride to work, i was thinking about making my own clip once again. I still remembered a short clip i made for my wedding, it was not the greatest clip but it was fun making it. Putting the ideas into actions and then watch yourself on the screen. Embarassing. 
I have got many sick thoughts about making sick horror movies. But as for the heart warming ones, not so much. I do not think i am a pervert. Heartwarming films are tough. It is too hard to create suspense or the mood. It takes a lot more in the plot to generate the feeling of closeness to the character. You have to let the audience feel close to the character and then slowly introduce the audience into a simple and yet touching act or senarios. If you rush into it, the scene would feel cheesy immmediately. Horror and suspense are easy. There is simply no reason for any sensible plot. If you kill, you kill. If you die, you die. Any reason for your death or intentions can all be attributed to the illogical mental disturbances.
And so, i am lost yet again about making another project. Or rather, i lack a camera to do it. If only Santa was real.

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

My Little One

3rd Dec 2013. Tuesday.
This is a snap shot of my little one. Took us a rather long time to get it done. Sandy had to visit the toilet quite a few times in the hope of waking the foetus up such that it would change it's position for some measurements to be taken for the down syndrome test.
The days leading up to the test were fairly normal but they were always dotted by the incessant, disturbing thought of the "what if's". Now that things have cleared, it sets the mind easy at least for a while.
The feeling of becoming a dad seems rather muted after the initial euphoria. I still remember the day when i received the whatsapp message from my wife. It's special. Just different from all the good news i have received til this point in my life. I am just thankful for this gift and the chance to experience a different phase of my life. 

Many changes are going to happen in 2014. I pray that things will work out fine. 


Thursday, June 20, 2013

丈夫有泪不轻弹

登高欲穷千里目,愁云低锁衡阳路。
鱼书不至雁无凭,几番空作悲秋赋。
回首西山月又斜,天涯孤客真难度。
丈夫有泪不轻弹,只因未到伤心处。出自:明·李开先《宝剑记·夜奔》

Scaling the heights in hopes of getting a better view of a distant friend, the roads to Hen Yang (衡阳) filled with sorrow.

There has been no letters or signs of winged messengers, tried to write sorrowful verses in this melancholic autumn. 

Turned around to look at the West Mountain (西山) and the night has drawn near, it must be hard for this world of lonely strangers.

Men do cry. Only when the deepest realms of his heart is touched.