Blah and the blah and the blah blah blah..
Hey peeps, what's up? Guess what? I'm back to my job-search frantic, and to acknowledge that, I'm going for an interview tomorrow. Some big international company I suppose. Actually I called them up the other time but didn't think it is the kind of job I would want. But then, I kept seeing their company name popping up everywhere so I thought I might as well just go down for an interview and we'll see how.
Recently, while being jobless, I'm more or less slacking. Though I've been keeping up with my school stuff as much as possible, participating in online discussion on those discussion boards. Lol. Good thing there's e-learning. Now I'm glad I'm not bound to full-time study courses. At least I'm pretty much on my own, with all the flexible study schedules. Having that said, I need to work on the several assignments that are soon to be due.
Other than that, I'm pretty much just indulged in what I usually like to do yeah. DVDs. Books. Music. Speaking of DVDs, I rented this excellent movie called "Half Nelson" starring The Notebook's Ryan Gosling. It was such an amazing, emotional, heartfelt and sincere movie that speaks volumes. I think it's up in my favourite list of movies. I saw this movie advertisement at the cinemas few months back but just didn't get to watch it. Anyway, I'm glad I discovered yet another gem. Awesome. Watched "Funny Games U.S." last night. Some psychological thriller flick. Pretty demented in a way. And it's one of the few movies with a bad ending. Bad as in not lousy, but sad ending. Well, not exactly sad, but yeah, just no survivors in the end. So that's probably the sad part. But it's clever. And quite well acted I would say.
Here's my ratings
"Half Nelson": 4.3/5
"Funny Games U.S.": 3.8/5
Ok, 2 movies down. I'm left with 3:10 with Yuma now. Heard it's pretty good. Other than that, guess I'm gonna check out more dvds soon. Haha.
Oh yeah, by the way, you could really ask me for recommendations if you need any good movie to watch. Or you can even try to ask me out for a movie. Lol.
Books wise, well, been reading Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys and I have to say I like it so far. He has such a way with language and his imagination really goes into places. Weird places. Guess after I'm done with the book, I will check out more of his works, particularly American Gods. Other than that, I'm still catching up with my graphic novels. Can't wait for Ben Templesmith's Wormwood Vol. 1 to arrive since I placed an order. Still reading 30 Days of Night. Vol. 3 and 4. Cool and freaky stuff.
Yeah that's about all.
What a drone eh?
Hahaha.
Some highlights...
Coming Sunday, Aug 3. Outing to JB with fellow SIM colleagues. Is anyone getting excited already? =P
Embrace change.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Stop the snooze.
It's no surprise to see that my blog entries are now seperated by a few days at one go, punctuated by pauses every now and then. I'm not even sure who reads my blog nowadays anyway. It's getting mundane bit by bit.
My personal life currently ain't getting any better as well, been through lots and ups and downs. Life after ORD does not seem as carefree as it seems to be, eh? You know, there have been a number of occasions when I kind of REALLY missed army life. Back there, I had so much company and everyday was a new experience. I missed those greeneries, those 2 days 1 night field exercises which I loved and hated. Though there were tough times, but they were generally memorable, with all my army camp mates, and my bunk mates especially. Ahh..
Just started school 2 days back. Evening class. Not that bad. Quite light-hearted actually. But I guess a lot of it now really depends on independent learning. And it's really high-time now I learn to be independent, having been so laid back for so long. Suddenly, it dawned upon me that I'm stepping into the adult world(Though I refused to accept the fact).
What lies ahead? I used to say it's uncertainties. However, my point of view changed quite a bit, since every thinking and action you make is pivotal to what you get at the end. So don't undermine your thinkings. The past made me realise that I have not done much to use my time wisely, and hence causing disappointment to not just myself but others as well.
So perhaps, it's now a good time for me to shape things up, to redeem myself for good. It might be a blurry future, but the future lies in your own hands. That is really true.
Maybe I should start setting an "alarm clock" now for me to wake up from all the past nightmares and start creating a new dream of my own.
Onward!
It's no surprise to see that my blog entries are now seperated by a few days at one go, punctuated by pauses every now and then. I'm not even sure who reads my blog nowadays anyway. It's getting mundane bit by bit.
My personal life currently ain't getting any better as well, been through lots and ups and downs. Life after ORD does not seem as carefree as it seems to be, eh? You know, there have been a number of occasions when I kind of REALLY missed army life. Back there, I had so much company and everyday was a new experience. I missed those greeneries, those 2 days 1 night field exercises which I loved and hated. Though there were tough times, but they were generally memorable, with all my army camp mates, and my bunk mates especially. Ahh..
Just started school 2 days back. Evening class. Not that bad. Quite light-hearted actually. But I guess a lot of it now really depends on independent learning. And it's really high-time now I learn to be independent, having been so laid back for so long. Suddenly, it dawned upon me that I'm stepping into the adult world(Though I refused to accept the fact).
What lies ahead? I used to say it's uncertainties. However, my point of view changed quite a bit, since every thinking and action you make is pivotal to what you get at the end. So don't undermine your thinkings. The past made me realise that I have not done much to use my time wisely, and hence causing disappointment to not just myself but others as well.
So perhaps, it's now a good time for me to shape things up, to redeem myself for good. It might be a blurry future, but the future lies in your own hands. That is really true.
Maybe I should start setting an "alarm clock" now for me to wake up from all the past nightmares and start creating a new dream of my own.
Onward!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
I have a new obsession.
And here's my confession.
I made a decision,
To pick up the action,
And definitely illustration,
In the wonderful world of
GRAPHIC NOVELS.
Now yeah, that's the notion.
You know what's my first grasp of this hobby? Well, yeah, maybe Marvel superheroes was a kick-start but that was like during my "toddling" days? Haha. But sure, who would forget Superman, Spiderman, and most notably, Batman(DC comics superhero btw)? But there's the real deal. After watching a not-so-long-ago movie "30 Days of Night", I checked out the graphic novel series by Steve Niles(since the movie's adapted from the first book), and guess what?
I'm hooked.
And I'm particularly obsessed with the illustrator, Ben Templesmith. He's such a genius he made me spend close to 200 bucks yesterday buying comic books by him.
What I like about Ben Templesmith's works is that he can really draw an atmosphere so well and detailed it feels like you are watching some movie. And his dark-themed drawings are very very nice.
Just finished reading Warren Ellis' "Fell" series and was absolutely excited.
I was not into crime stuff, but this series got me. Warren Ellis - man, whoever this guy is, he's a great storyteller. Nice plot. Fantastic drawings by Ben Templesmith, as usual.
And I was very excited to get this mini-series written and drawn by Ben Templesmith! It's sold out at kino but I found it at the comic shop at Bugis Junction level 3. Damn. Their comic books are so over-priced but I have no choice but to buy it since I can't find it at kino anymore and can't bother to look elsewhere yet, or probably too impatient to. 40 bucks.
I also bought his first art book collection, "Tommyrot" for 40 bucks. It's not available at kino but kino's only selling the 2nd book for 31 bucks or so! So I went to get the 2nd book at kino. It was amazing illustration.
Another series by Templesmith is "Wormwood: Gentlemen Corpse". I heard book one is sold out anywhere. So I managed to get book two at Bugis' comic shop and book three at kino. $34 and $28 respectively. 
Ok, so currently I have in my collection "30 Days of Night" vol 1-4, "Fell" vol 1(issues #1-#8), "Wormwood: Gentlemen Corpse" vol 2 and 3, "Tommyrot", "Conluvio".. More to come..
And I just found out that Ben Templesmith's new series is coming out! Looks demented I know, such stuff rocks.(Ok i'm not a psycho, just happen to like such genre)
A fan wrote in a website, "I'm so excited I think I wet myself".
Ok.
Ben Templesmith.
I'm so worshipping your stuff.
Back to reading!
Monday, July 14, 2008
Haarrowww...
Lag of updates I know. Bear with me, cos there really isn't much exciting stuff going on right now, except that I'm starting school soon! Yep. Went SIM to collect my course materials. Saw many familiar faces there, colleagues and supervisors I used to work with last time. Kinda good to know that I stepped into the admin office not feeling a tad bit of awkwardness or look like I'm some newbie or something. Haha. Saw Amy and another staff at the front counter so I approached her immediately and said "Hey Amy, where do I collect my course materials?" And I think that was the first time she looked at me so quizzically yet spoke so amiably. Like surprised I was there. "Yeah man I'm studying here" I told her.
Got to know more about the study system in UniSIM. So alright, what I like about this whole thing is probably that I'll be doing more of OTOT(own time own target) study. That means I really have a lot of time to do what I want and not be restricted with mandatory lectures. Thankfully, they are not strict with their attendence policy. But that does not mean I'm going to skip any lecture. I didn't pay 2000 bucks for the textbooks only yeah?!
Well, the only bad part about this is that I don't get to experience whatever "hall life" or get involved in orientation camps like those taking mainstream courses in NUS and NTU. Unless those working professionals in SIM wants to. (Imagine guys in office wear and ties doing cheerleading and aunties and whatever doing mass dance?! LoL). But I guess there's a flip side to every coin. I realise it's not as bad as I thought. There's quite a good mixture of youngsters(like me) and of course adult-adults. And it'll be a good way to get to know more of the working world through my course mates perhaps? I remember complaining to Joe the other time that doing this part-time degree makes me feel like an "adult" - losing on all those fun or whatever. Then he replied, "But you're an adult!" Well, maybe. But I'm still young at heart.
Nevertheless, I'm already getting excited with my course. Like hello? Communications. As always, a topic that always piques my interests.
On another unrelated note, received a sms from Edwin zeh zeh saying that we would be having an outing to JB on 3 August. I was rather taken aback. JB ah! Haha some say best in JB ah! Eh but you guys quite 'hiong' la. Haha. Next time go overseas lo. Hahaha.
By the way, posted a few articles recently. You guys might want to check them out ya?
Wanna know what kind of music I'm into? What kind of songs I like? Who are my favourite artistes/bands? Check out my list! Click HERE.
Like movies? Think you have watched enough? How about some recommendations from yours truly? Check out my reviews of some movies you ought to be watching HERE!
Some new poems I wrote..
Missery
Mosaic of Emotions
Bedtime
And as always, you can visit the main website for my works.
http://www.triond.com/users/nightcharmer
Cheers!!!
Lag of updates I know. Bear with me, cos there really isn't much exciting stuff going on right now, except that I'm starting school soon! Yep. Went SIM to collect my course materials. Saw many familiar faces there, colleagues and supervisors I used to work with last time. Kinda good to know that I stepped into the admin office not feeling a tad bit of awkwardness or look like I'm some newbie or something. Haha. Saw Amy and another staff at the front counter so I approached her immediately and said "Hey Amy, where do I collect my course materials?" And I think that was the first time she looked at me so quizzically yet spoke so amiably. Like surprised I was there. "Yeah man I'm studying here" I told her.
Got to know more about the study system in UniSIM. So alright, what I like about this whole thing is probably that I'll be doing more of OTOT(own time own target) study. That means I really have a lot of time to do what I want and not be restricted with mandatory lectures. Thankfully, they are not strict with their attendence policy. But that does not mean I'm going to skip any lecture. I didn't pay 2000 bucks for the textbooks only yeah?!
Well, the only bad part about this is that I don't get to experience whatever "hall life" or get involved in orientation camps like those taking mainstream courses in NUS and NTU. Unless those working professionals in SIM wants to. (Imagine guys in office wear and ties doing cheerleading and aunties and whatever doing mass dance?! LoL). But I guess there's a flip side to every coin. I realise it's not as bad as I thought. There's quite a good mixture of youngsters(like me) and of course adult-adults. And it'll be a good way to get to know more of the working world through my course mates perhaps? I remember complaining to Joe the other time that doing this part-time degree makes me feel like an "adult" - losing on all those fun or whatever. Then he replied, "But you're an adult!" Well, maybe. But I'm still young at heart.
Nevertheless, I'm already getting excited with my course. Like hello? Communications. As always, a topic that always piques my interests.
On another unrelated note, received a sms from Edwin zeh zeh saying that we would be having an outing to JB on 3 August. I was rather taken aback. JB ah! Haha some say best in JB ah! Eh but you guys quite 'hiong' la. Haha. Next time go overseas lo. Hahaha.
By the way, posted a few articles recently. You guys might want to check them out ya?
Wanna know what kind of music I'm into? What kind of songs I like? Who are my favourite artistes/bands? Check out my list! Click HERE.
Like movies? Think you have watched enough? How about some recommendations from yours truly? Check out my reviews of some movies you ought to be watching HERE!
Some new poems I wrote..
Missery
Mosaic of Emotions
Bedtime
And as always, you can visit the main website for my works.
http://www.triond.com/users/nightcharmer
Cheers!!!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Rewind/Remind
Today, I gave my Vios a first wash! Yeah! Scrubbed it clean together with dearie. Used the wax & shine car shampoo that I bought earlier and gave it a good wash. It felt great to wash my own car. Glad I didn't procrastinate anymore. Whoppee! At least it looks sparkling clean again. =) But hor.. I suspect there's something wrong with the engine recently, cos it's rather difficult to accelerate from a stop position. Like as if the power isn't strong enough. Whenever there's a red light and I need to start moving off when it's green light, the car will inch forward gradually, so much so that I thought I might be driving a "retro" car. Lol. Guess I need to bring it to the service centre for some fine tuning soon!
Earlier on, I went to this interview at this production company. It was very cosy and I saw lots of movie posters around which kind of excited me. I was introduced to the new job positions. They were looking production administrators and production assistant interns. After hearing what the supervisor had to say, I realise it's much of a "saikang" job, meaning, I would have to handle all the daily errands, keeping things in prim and proper condition, making sure stuff are ready for "on-location" shootings... Minute details like maybe ordering lunch or deliver water to the cast are required to be filled in as well. After listening to all these, I was a bit "shivered". But I guess to venture into this industry, I need to start from scratch. At least it gets me good exposure to what the film industry is all about, right? Well, let's see if they would call me up for another round of interview.
On an unrelated note, I have to admit I am a person who often contemplates on things, decisions, so much so that sometimes it gets a bit draggy and I ended up wasting time. For this, I think I really need to do something about it. What should I do then? It's hard not for me to keep making comparison on things, cos I am always looking for better alternatives. But sometimes, it ended up losing opportunities that I am unaware of. Maybe I need to set my mind on something, like limit myself to a few choices so I can work it out from there?
Ok don't mind me. Just blabbering some reminder to myself.
Today, I gave my Vios a first wash! Yeah! Scrubbed it clean together with dearie. Used the wax & shine car shampoo that I bought earlier and gave it a good wash. It felt great to wash my own car. Glad I didn't procrastinate anymore. Whoppee! At least it looks sparkling clean again. =) But hor.. I suspect there's something wrong with the engine recently, cos it's rather difficult to accelerate from a stop position. Like as if the power isn't strong enough. Whenever there's a red light and I need to start moving off when it's green light, the car will inch forward gradually, so much so that I thought I might be driving a "retro" car. Lol. Guess I need to bring it to the service centre for some fine tuning soon!
Earlier on, I went to this interview at this production company. It was very cosy and I saw lots of movie posters around which kind of excited me. I was introduced to the new job positions. They were looking production administrators and production assistant interns. After hearing what the supervisor had to say, I realise it's much of a "saikang" job, meaning, I would have to handle all the daily errands, keeping things in prim and proper condition, making sure stuff are ready for "on-location" shootings... Minute details like maybe ordering lunch or deliver water to the cast are required to be filled in as well. After listening to all these, I was a bit "shivered". But I guess to venture into this industry, I need to start from scratch. At least it gets me good exposure to what the film industry is all about, right? Well, let's see if they would call me up for another round of interview.
On an unrelated note, I have to admit I am a person who often contemplates on things, decisions, so much so that sometimes it gets a bit draggy and I ended up wasting time. For this, I think I really need to do something about it. What should I do then? It's hard not for me to keep making comparison on things, cos I am always looking for better alternatives. But sometimes, it ended up losing opportunities that I am unaware of. Maybe I need to set my mind on something, like limit myself to a few choices so I can work it out from there?
Ok don't mind me. Just blabbering some reminder to myself.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Chrysalis
I just thought I need to blog something before I go to bed, though it's already past midnight here. So I shall blog. Be it anything. My usual ramblings perhaps? I don't know. Let's just pretend you are reading this. Oh why pretend when you are really reading this? Haha. Whatever.
Great news. I mean great news to me because I'm back to writing for my online publication thingy. In case you don't know what I'm talking about, you should really go to www.triond.com/users/nightcharmer to see what I'm talking about. And if you still don't have any idea what I'm blabbering about, you need to give me a call or sms or fix an appointment with me(I'm free nowadays anyway, well not so free soon I guess). But yeah. Old habits die hard. This isn't just a habit, for writing is my form of expression. Be it poetry, songs, or just words you see on my blog or on whatever article I write, it's all me. It's all typed out through my "speedy typing" skills.
If you belong to the male species and you want to learn how to be sexy, I have the perfect article for you. Click here to discover what you can do to hone and sharpen your sensual-ness and yeah, just be more appealing perhaps? Well, don't get too serious on this. You need more work on your part in order to work though.
Next, a poem I wrote. If you feel like sleeping, read this and you know why. There is another word for "sleep" by the way, so find out what's the word in this poem. Click here to start to appreciate the beauty of sleep for good.
And in any case you are not interested in either that I'm talking about, you just got to deal with it. Cos writing is a big part of my life. Much like waking up each day to a brand new day. Writing renews itself everyday.
Ok, back to blog.
So anyway, I read up somewhere that Pisceans get bored very easily doing just one thing. So I need to constantly seek fresh adventures to keep my momentum going. You see, it's not easy to get me "hooked" to something for long, unless it's like Chrysalis(the morphing of a butterfly), where it's constantly changing for a newer and more interesting/beautiful object of desire.
So in short, I need to keep myself entertained. I need to seek out new avenues. I need to spark some light out of my interests, feel them getting reborn again, and get them alive and kicking again.
Tomorrow I'll be having an interview at some production company. Film and media related. Coolness with a capital C.
I just thought I need to blog something before I go to bed, though it's already past midnight here. So I shall blog. Be it anything. My usual ramblings perhaps? I don't know. Let's just pretend you are reading this. Oh why pretend when you are really reading this? Haha. Whatever.
Great news. I mean great news to me because I'm back to writing for my online publication thingy. In case you don't know what I'm talking about, you should really go to www.triond.com/users/nightcharmer to see what I'm talking about. And if you still don't have any idea what I'm blabbering about, you need to give me a call or sms or fix an appointment with me(I'm free nowadays anyway, well not so free soon I guess). But yeah. Old habits die hard. This isn't just a habit, for writing is my form of expression. Be it poetry, songs, or just words you see on my blog or on whatever article I write, it's all me. It's all typed out through my "speedy typing" skills.
If you belong to the male species and you want to learn how to be sexy, I have the perfect article for you. Click here to discover what you can do to hone and sharpen your sensual-ness and yeah, just be more appealing perhaps? Well, don't get too serious on this. You need more work on your part in order to work though.
Next, a poem I wrote. If you feel like sleeping, read this and you know why. There is another word for "sleep" by the way, so find out what's the word in this poem. Click here to start to appreciate the beauty of sleep for good.
And in any case you are not interested in either that I'm talking about, you just got to deal with it. Cos writing is a big part of my life. Much like waking up each day to a brand new day. Writing renews itself everyday.
Ok, back to blog.
So anyway, I read up somewhere that Pisceans get bored very easily doing just one thing. So I need to constantly seek fresh adventures to keep my momentum going. You see, it's not easy to get me "hooked" to something for long, unless it's like Chrysalis(the morphing of a butterfly), where it's constantly changing for a newer and more interesting/beautiful object of desire.
So in short, I need to keep myself entertained. I need to seek out new avenues. I need to spark some light out of my interests, feel them getting reborn again, and get them alive and kicking again.
Tomorrow I'll be having an interview at some production company. Film and media related. Coolness with a capital C.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Swirl
Recently, there's a swirl of confusion going on in my mind. I can't seem to think properly anymore. And the choices I made? It seems like they are on "rewind" mode. Once I made a choice or something, I kinda regret it. Not that it's a bad choice or something, it's that my mind constantly seeks out better opportunities, like an automatic weighing machine, weighing the pros and cons of this compared to that.
I'm starting my school soon, but I'm already having second thoughts if I have signed up with the right institution, since I just found out something "ridiculous" - that there's a full-time course at MDIS that appeals to me. But oh well, I already paid for my first semester fee, so I guess I just got to go ahead and see how.
I don't know. It seems that when stress comes, my fickle-mindedness kicks in. A very bad trait.
I don't even know what to blog about anymore...
Recently, there's a swirl of confusion going on in my mind. I can't seem to think properly anymore. And the choices I made? It seems like they are on "rewind" mode. Once I made a choice or something, I kinda regret it. Not that it's a bad choice or something, it's that my mind constantly seeks out better opportunities, like an automatic weighing machine, weighing the pros and cons of this compared to that.
I'm starting my school soon, but I'm already having second thoughts if I have signed up with the right institution, since I just found out something "ridiculous" - that there's a full-time course at MDIS that appeals to me. But oh well, I already paid for my first semester fee, so I guess I just got to go ahead and see how.
I don't know. It seems that when stress comes, my fickle-mindedness kicks in. A very bad trait.
I don't even know what to blog about anymore...
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