Shadows of Night

Zoo!!

2008-12-02T19:41:00.003+08:00

Zoo!!
28.11.2008
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Special thanks to Jordan for his lens!!

The Crossing

2008-12-01T15:40:00.003+08:00

- The Crossing -
Fly by Night Video Submission

Producers:
Zoe Lim
Dorothy Wi
Charles Wong
Daniel Yoo

Starring:
Alex Quah

Special Thanks:
Patricia Liew
Catherine Yeo
Alias Mohd
Dorothy's BF
Clementi Zone 3 RC

Garden Festival 2008

2008-10-15T01:10:00.002+08:00

Garden Festival 2008
25.07.2008

NTU Photo-Videographic Society Ad

2008-08-20T09:58:00.002+08:00

NTU Photo-Videographic Society Ad

Producer: Zoe Lim
Assistant Producer: Rong Cheng
Cast:
Photo- Nandakumar
Video- Charles
Darkroom - Boon Cheng

MRT Station Mayhem

2008-08-02T13:51:00.003+08:00

After a few hours of shooting at Derrick's press conference, with furious flashlights and squatting on my limited space in front of him, I was all sleepy and already half in wonderland. As I came out of the gates of Admiralty MRT Station, half awake and unaware of my surroundings, the only conscious thought on my mind was to head home, maybe slump onto bed and snore away, or maybe tackle a few more stuff on my worklist... or maybe...

Through my earpiece, I heard a shout. And a malay youngster with a slingbag on one shoulder and holding something else with his other hand suddenly ran past me. Zoooooom. o_o

Then another guy in bright orange shirt, which I later realised that it was the uniform for the staff at Prime Supermarket, was hot on his heels, running after him and yelling at the top of his voice. O_O

Then a police officer came lumbering behind, his right hand either holding onto his pants or his gun or something in his pocket (probably his ass), with an expression of 'huh? where did he go' sorta face. o_O

Oh great, if only I wasnt so pre-occupied in my own world, if only I had been more alert, I could stick out my leg and tripped him, or swing out my arm and whacked his face. Yes, he was THAT close to me.

That malay guy must be dumb enough to run through the MRT Station where dozensssss of security cameras are on the roll. I guessed he kinda secured a one way express trip ticket onto the Wanted list and a cell for himself.

And now now now... Why is the guy staff from Prime Supermarket leading the chase instead of the policeman. And from what I see, that guy wasnt exactly well built, a little round, and still can run better than the policeman, and can yell at the same time somemore.

Pretty well done huh, to trust our dear police force in enforcing order.

Southern Ridges Bridge Connectors Shoot

2008-07-30T02:13:00.013+08:00

PVS Southern Ridges Bridge Connectors Shoot
12.07.2008
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Special big Thank You to Vincent for lending me his extension tube to snap the pretty flowers!

WKWSCI FOC 2008 Miscellaneous

2008-07-28T15:54:00.005+08:00

WKWSCI FOC 2008
07.07.2008 - 11.07.2008
Miscellaneous
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(Photos of Jac and James are taken by Lyon! =D)

FOC 2008 Fusilli Day 5

2008-07-28T15:26:00.004+08:00

WKWSCI FOC 2008 FUSILLI
Day 5 - 11.07.2008
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FOC 2008 Fusilli Day 4

2008-07-28T08:09:00.005+08:00

WKWSCI FOC 2008 FUSILLI
Day 4 - 10.07.2008
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FOC 2008 Fusilli Day 3

2008-07-28T04:28:00.005+08:00

WKWSCI FOC 2008 FUSILLI
Day 3 - 09.07.2008
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FOC 2008 Fusilli Day 2

2008-07-20T02:59:00.005+08:00

WKWSCI FOC 2008 FUSILLI
Day 2 - 08.07.2008
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FOC 2008 Fusilli Day 1

2008-07-15T03:57:00.005+08:00

WKWSCI FOC 2008 FUSILLI
Day 1 - 07.07.2008
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I realized I did not manage to take everyone, my deepest apologies x_x. I shall leave these photos here still my new host is ready. Will update soon with photos taken during other days of the camp.

WKWSCI FOC 2008

2008-07-14T04:54:00.006+08:00

WKWSCI Freshmen Orientation Camp 2008
07.07.2008 - 11.07.2008
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More Fusilli photos coming soon! Stay tuned!

WKWSCI FOC 2008 Video

2008-07-14T04:00:00.006+08:00

WKWSCI Freshmen Orientation Camp 2008
07.07.2008 - 11.07.2008
Editor: Shi Xiong
Videographers: A whole bunch of them (lost track of who) + Me xD

Playgiochi: Corner

2008-07-04T23:12:00.006+08:00

Corner Board Game Product Shoot
04.07.2008

www.playgiochi.com

Heres the trailer that I shot some time ago.

Arts Street 2008

2008-06-17T02:17:00.003+08:00

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Chinatown

2008-06-17T00:41:00.005+08:00

Chinatown
14.06.2008

Mirror shot by MX.

Meow

2008-06-14T21:33:00.008+08:00

The GPS Film - Nine Lives
Singakuching Kitten
14.06.2008

www.GPSFilm.com

Dream Impressions

2008-05-02T01:55:00.005+08:00

"Dreamy Tunnel"
Esplanade Drive
01.05.2008

"Dreamy Path"
Bottle Tree Park - (Zoom Effect)
01.05.2008

Toni and Guy

2008-04-27T03:49:00.006+08:00

Toni & Guy Graduation Ceremony
The Arts House - Chamber
20.4.2008

Special thanks to Sean and Shyan Productions

X_X

2008-02-11T04:26:00.000+08:00

A joke? Is it real? What's happening to me?
But he said, appreciate each one. Special, and unique
The big question then, was it meant to be?
So bizzare, so astounding, but why when I am not free?

Was it fate that he dropped two keys
That accidentally revealed the hidden doors
But he stepped out of my life as soon as he gave them to me
Vanished. Poof. Gone. He was free.
So he opened two doors. I closed mine.
And walked down the dark shadowy paths he showed me.

The first move was made, but didnt notice at first.
First cought my attention, but the other had asked first.
I tried to see first, go along with it,
But no no no, I should have acted first.

Nice but too nice, I knew he was true.
Devoted. Thoughtful. Persistent. And loyal too.
A smile and powerful sharp eyes
Never knew we had a similar wild vision too.

Interesting. Hasty. But doubtful.
Ponders of what he was up to
Tricky. Trust issues. Tried to comprehend.
But other than that he is pretty cool.

She damn nice, she kept her cool, she's WhOo hOo~!
She's my ear, my eye, and my everything too.
Owe her so much, couldnt be more grateful
When nosy, wala! Could easily make out a fun story or two!

Tensions rise. Words exchanged. A players' minefield?
A few steps back. To run away, for a clearer view.
Refusal. Denial. Firm. Fed up. Confused.
Don't know about knowing what to do.

Knew what it all had to be.
Too messed up. Too screwed up for any potential someone.

Saw the signs. Knew something was wrong. I saw it coming.
No. No. No, not now. Could hear me screaming.
Not like the rest but already numbed. It was guilt that sets in.
Didnt mean for him to go through anything and everything.

But alas, what does the future hold?
Not interested for now. Sorry. Dont wanna know.
As I hold on to life, and each move I make,
I wonder if its the correct step to take.

[Night]

Screw Stars. Honey Stars is better. xD

2008-01-18T16:52:00.000+08:00

This message was sent with high importance.

From:	Fu Ji Lang	Sent:	Fri 1/18/2008 2:19 PM
To:	#LIM JOE EE ZOE#
Cc:	Nikki Draper
Subject:	Important - COM266 - Film Festival Practicum

Attachments:

Dear Zoe

We noted that you have registered for COM266 Film Festival Practicum. Please be informed that COM266 is not open to Year 1 students and that entry to COM266 is based on a selection process . You are advised to de-register from the course and reselect another UE to replace this.

Please drop me an email once you have de-registered the course.

Regards

Ms Fu

Well done. Totally outstanding! Now you tell me to de-register the course and find another UE.... AT THIS TIME OF THE ADD/DROP Period?!!!?!! You kidding... right?

And why then did STARS allow me to register that course in the first place? Screwed up system. Totally. Lols.

I've already attended 2 meetings. I've already approached Charlotte and asked the design committee what can I do. I've already got my temporary job scope. I've already started to do some sourcing (wells, only a tiniee whinnee bit though... xD). Oh wells, half of me don't wanna drop the course, the other half says drop and to hell with it. xDDD

Wells, I am too lazy to go follow up and try to get help. Just hope that they can successful run the Film Festival. Don't think I am of much help in the first place anyway. xD

Sparklers Shoot

2008-01-10T19:20:00.000+08:00

Dear Ah Da requested the sparklers video to be uploaded (probably so that he can admire himself xD), so here it is! I shot and edited this during the term break last semester, where we were celebrating the Mooncake Festival. Wells, we might get into trouble for this, but who can resist a bit of fun?

By the way, I was that close when the "boom" happened, so yeah, that things almost exploded into my face. xDDD

Changi Airport Terminal 3 Shoot II

2008-01-09T16:21:00.000+08:00

In one of my previous posts I posted some pictures for the Changi Airport Terminal 3 Shoot. Well, here is the video we shot, and the footages that I compiled. The compression and resolution here on youtube isnt that fantastic though. x_x

EE8090

2008-01-06T15:46:00.000+08:00

I came across my photos folder for EE8090 which I took last semester, and looked through the piles of photographs that I took for the sake of submitting 4 DOF photos. Here are my best favorites though, kinda think that I should have submitted the leaves for my assignment instead. xD

[Coins shot on MX's EOS350D with 100mm Macro lens]

Holiday Cruise

2008-01-05T10:59:00.003+08:00

Holiday Cruise
Superstar Virgo
Destination: Port Klang / KL
02.01.2008 - 04.01.2008

It was a short cruise before I go back to school. Didnt bring a tripod because it was too bulky, and kinda screwed up a lot of shots. x_x. Oh by the way all my photos are shot on a D80 with kit lens 18-135mm f/3.5.

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[Mountain Bread photo re-edited by Ek Ngee]

Changi Airport Terminal 3 Shoot

2008-01-05T08:44:00.001+08:00

PVS Changi Airport Terminal 3 Shoot
29.12.2007

Here are some of my random snappings.

[Group photo shot by Raymond on extreme right & edited by MX]

[Best viewed on a mac x_x]

Learn from the mistakes of others

2007-12-10T14:40:00.000+08:00

You cant make all of them yourself. xD

It was never about making the right decision, but making the decision right. But sometimes don't you wonder what the hell you are doing. Desperately searching for something lost isn't a good sign. The quest for more answers obviously spells that I'm in doubt. I thought of asking kuro-punny for help, and I know he will definitely unearth it so long as it is still there. Geez... but whats the point.

I will never make the same mistake she did, or at least I constantly remind myself not to. I already knew I made the right decision, instincts never failed me. Perhaps I should learn to trust them more.

... just like a tatto ...

2007-12-04T21:48:00.000+08:00

Enough said.
x_x

All righty...

2007-10-15T09:08:00.000+08:00

Yeah, buzzings on my tag board are poking me to update. *glares* xD

Nope, just a note that this blog is not dead, when the mood comes the words will flow.

I Love Studies

2007-09-04T20:32:00.000+08:00

I love studies so much that I never slept in my lectures.

I love studies so much that I have never done last minute work for my assignments, always completing them way before the deadline.

I love studies so much that I always complete my required readings and revise my work.

I love studies so much that I even sacrifice time for putting on socks and shoes in order to reach school earlier.

I love studies so much that I have already started on my research projects.

I love studies so much that I cant wait to go to school every morning.

I love studies so much that I have sweet dreams of NTU professors every night.

I love studies so much that I am always so prepared for my quizzes.

I love studies so much that it leaves me with a happy smile on my face.

I love studies so much that I think everyone will actually believe the crap that I just wrote.

And They Say...

2007-08-25T17:56:00.000+08:00

When I was in secondary school, they said this.

"JC life will suit you better."

Then comes JC. Mr Hanis said this.

"Maybe this system is not for you. Uni life should suit you better."

And now that I am where I am, I wonder if someone will be telling me...

"Maybe the working world will suit you better."

There you go Vanessa xD

2007-08-07T20:24:00.000+08:00

He gave me this comment, "you make it sound like being an undergraduate is a bad thing" because I was complaining about having to start school and attend classes on monday morning. Of course, anyone would say that, considering that he is suffering the wrath of national service and having a freaking retarded army life, where potato chips now mean the world to him.

Everyone was so excited to start school, but I wasnt. I didnt want to have any false hopes on the education system that I am going through. This is only the second day of school, and fate just presented me a topic to fill in the first chapter, about why university life is not as grand is it seems.

Bloody freaking hell fucking Add/Drop Period. I swear this system must be having its period. And I can bet my toes that many others are unhappy too. I chose to take it nice and easy, so maybe I made a wrong move. Even before we got access to the system, most of the vacancies are filled up by seniors. In the end, loads of people brought their notebooks into the lecture so that at 9.30am sharp, so they can login and try to beat everyone into getting a place in their chosen electives. But that is like no different from trying to squeeze through the crowd at a temple and stuff in their 'first joss stick' before others during the new year.

Wells, you might still get a chance to get the electives you want, provided someone decided to drop the elective that he/she is taking, and you quickly jump in to fill the space. Qi was saying you can camp in front of your monitor refreshing refreshing refreshing refreshing refreshing refreshing refreshing refreshing to see if some idiot had dropped the subject that you want to take. What the hell. If I can spend that same amount of time refreshing at the Chocolate Factory in Neopets I can prolly restock tons of goodies and make 6 digit profits.

I hear people complaining that they simply 'anyhow whack' and blindly grab subjects to study. Others rattle and pull their hair out because either the timetable or the exam schedules clashes with one another, so they have to give up a subject in order to take another subject they want. Some stopped giving a shit and gave up searching once they managed to find random subjects that helps fulfil their AU requirement, has no timetable and exam schedule clashes, and with vacancies. Many were forced to take some unknown-wierld-nobody-knows-about-it subjects, but whats the point of doing something just for the sake of doing it. Maybe I should learn how to script a program so that it helps me grab the electives I want. Wells, what to do.

White Unbalanced

2007-07-29T02:00:00.000+08:00

The term 'white balance' should be familiar to all video/photographers. To adjust the white balance, what people usually do is to chuck any spanking white object (usually a piece of paper) in front of the lens, and use your finger to jam the white balance button. Pretty straightforward.

This afternoon, after I left Jy and Henry at Bugis Junction, I decided against heading down to Bugis Village and went for the library instead. The book that I laid my eyes upon is a "cookbook" of camera tricks for low budget film makers, without the need for those ridiculously overpriced equipment. And zOmg, why didn't I think of this before!? One of the tricks was that instead of using something plain white to adjust the white balance, you can play around with the lighting effects by using other coloured cardboards to tune your white balance. So throw in a blue cardboard and the footages will have a slight orange flavour. (Of course there is the option of using colour correction, but thats besides the point now. xD) And presto, a scene that is originally brightly lit now has a golden glow, misleading the viewers that the sun should be setting, while in fact the shot was taken in afternoon conditions.

So simple, and yet so brilliant.

Attack of the Flying Stingrays

2007-07-25T02:30:00.000+08:00

I'm prolly gonna get whacked by certain people for making them hungry.

Some people call my dad's hawker stall at Redhill a disco, after my dad installed stero speakers and blasts his collection of mp3s whenever he lingers around. I even cought a couple or more people dancing shamelessly. Still, his music serves as entertainment to both my parents there, and me, whenever I head down to help out on weekends and tuesday evenings.

How long I've been there I've lost count. Looking child-like and being a familar face at the food center brings about plenty gift treats and discounts on dinners from other people. I've received bananas (bleughhhh!), chocolates, cheese, pork chops, corn, drinks, desserts and many other random food/items. There isnt much to observe while working, other than witnessing small snippets of people's eating life (this guy had to wash pieces of sotong in water so it's less spicy for his girlfriend). There isnt much to experience either, maybe first hand encounters with some baboonic assholes with foul behaviours and attitudes worse than my damaged hair. But I've managed to come up with a list of top 10 events/scenarios that happened right in front of the stall. In no particular order, here goes.

1. Cold Fish
This auntie peers into the transparent refrigerated display box of raw stingrays and asks "Ooi, your fish got put inside fridge one anot?". Either she has hopeless eyesight, or her brain is the size of an underaged peanut to be unable to realise that this fridge she is referring to is about 50 centimeters right under her nose.

2. $50 Ripoff
Mum warned me about desperate people using this lousy dirty trick to scam sellers into forcing them to give them a free meal plus tips. Guy A will hand over a $10 note and after you keep his note and present him his change, he will exclaim in a most unconvincing tone "Hey, I gave you a $50 note just now!" When he could no longer handle the penetrating stares of the customers that had queued up right beside him ever since he ordered his food, he gave up his already lost battle. Stupid git.

3. Take, take take take take
Oh yeah, it looks free. Certain irritating bastards just love to help themselves to the accompanying 'freebies' after they purchased their food. They'll grab extra disposable chopsticks although the pairs of chopsticks they have doubles the number of people they have. They'll snatch so many limes for their chicken wings, prolly to make themselves extra sour-grapes. They'll shamelessly take so much tissues which is prolly enough to wipe their dirty ass clean for days. They'll take the chilli bottle and overload their saucers with chilli so much so that the chilli spills over and we have to clean up the mess. My neighbouring store which sells Indian food prolly had the worst hit. This girl only ordered 2 pieces of roti prata, but the quantity of curry she requested can cook at least 2 bowls of laksa.

(zOmg, I'm only at no.3 and this is already so bloody leeeeeeeeeengthy.)

4. Look whos calling AUNTIE
Everyone at the food center thought I was a sec sch student when they first looked at me. Maybe this mother was jealous, I have no idea. After I served their order at their table, she requested for another plate so that she could place her 6 year old looking daughter's food separately. After I said "No problem", she turned to her daughter and said "Darling, go follow this auntie to get a plate for mummy." (What the bloody fuck?!)

5. Oversized Stingray
Customer walks up to my mum and looks at the display of raw stingray.

Customer: How much are the stingrays?
Mum: *points to each* We have small, medium, large, for $7, $8 and $10.
Customer: Got $12?
Me: o_O

6. The Mad Rush
As I brought a tray of food to a table, the 2 friends immediately whipped out their wallets and asked "How much in total?" Then they started arguing, pushing each other's wallets away so he himself could pay the bill instead. Both insisted on paying and I began to receive cash notes from both sides. When I stood there, loss for words, they thought that the amount they paid was not enough and thus, continued to stuff my hands with notes saying "Dont accept his payment! Take mine!!" Lols.

7. Sorry, Minimum 2
This auntie marched up to the store, ignoring the fact that we were taking down someone else's order, cuts the queue, and bellowed "One chicken wing, take away."

Mum: Sorry, minimum 2 pieces.
(Side track: Some stalls set their minimum amount at 5 pieces!)
Auntie: But I very full, just gimme 1, I want to try try only.
Dad: Sorry, we have a standard rule of a minimum purchase of 2 chicken wings.
Auntie: Aiya, now I trying out your chicken wing only, if nice then next time I come back and buy lots more, maybe 3, or 5, 6 pieces!
Dad: *smiles and shakes head* Sorry.
Auntie:*flares and starts bitching* *bitches...* *bitches...* *bitches...* *bitches...* I'm not coming back again!!

Good riddance.

8. Late
Guy B ordered a plate of sotong for Guy A and handed over a $5 bill. He told my mum that Guy A will come and collect the food at 7pm++. Dad cooked a plate of sotong around that time and left it aside for him. It was 8pm... 9pm... 10pm... 11pm, when my parents were about to close the store, Guy A happily came like he owned the element of time. And the thing is, he said that his dish was cold and demanded an explanation for it! You hopeless moron, you didnt come at 7++ k, you came at 7+++++++++++++++++++++++!!!

9. Guys, think twice before you try anything funny
An old ah pek sat at a table, ordered beer and got drunk. For hours, all he did was to root his ass on the seat, drink beer, and make cheeky faces at young teenage girls, whom he may consider too hot for his age. (That fucking sucker even tried to shoot a rubber band at me. Hes bloody lucky I didnt notice him, but too bad for him, someone else settled my revenge.) His strings of ridiculous faces finally pissed off a girl's parents, and when their first warning didnt work, the father grabbed him and delivered the first few blows. Each punch produced cries of "Ow!", "Argh!", but the ah pek got himself too drunk and weak to retaliate. Deciding that the current spot would attract too much attention, he then dragged the ah pek to a more secluded lane. That was obviously pointless, as it had already attracted a large crowd of on-lookers. As the father continued his bashing, while the mother used her slipper to slap the ah pek's face, the girl sat nearby, slowly sipped her drink, and gloated it all.

Well, so did I.

10. For the billionth time, NO!!!
My dad's store sells 1) Chicken Wings, 2) Stingrays, 3) Sotongs, 4) Otah. Thats it, 4 simple items. We have a fiery red-orange signboard, displaying the yummy (yes, YUMMY. xD) selections and dishes we have, and their prices printed clearly beside their items. Even when I stand as far as I can opposite the stall, I still can distinguish the food items on the signboard clearly from one another. The chicken wings look like chicken wings, the stingrays look like cooked fish, the sotongs look perfectly all right to me, and theres a separate sign board that spells "Hougang Otah". But why, why, do we keep having people every now and then, trotting up to us, and when my mum asks them what they would like to have, they give us a look of bewildered wonder, and say... "Satay".

*Stares in horror at the screen* Did I really blabber this lot? zOmg holy cow.

Alohomora

2007-07-23T02:41:00.000+08:00

So I've unlocked my online pensieve. Dont ask me why I did that, something must have gone seriously wrong for someone who did not give a slightest shit about ranting words on a liveless machine, to actually bother throwing posts into this tiny, insignificant space.

As much as I try not to turn this into another daily-records-of-what-happened-in-my-life thingy, I must first extend my apologies to anybody or anything that I may offend in my future posts. Afterall, something must be drastically wrong for me to conjure blabberings here.

Oh, one more thing, there will definately be typo errors, as I have fantastic accuracy when hitting the keys of the keyboard. On top of that, my chain of thought tends to flow faster than my moving fingers, so in order to keep up, there might be missing words in a constructed sentence. If you cant spot any errors, I must have won this week's lottery.

But then again, I dont buy lottery.