Friday, February 22, 2008

Tuesday Production House

Setting up a production house, anyone?

Sony DSR-PD150= US$3000
15" MacBook Pro= US$2000 (?)
LaCie 120 GB External Hard Drive= US$150 (?)
Final Cut Pro 4= US$1000 (?)
DVD Recorder= US$180 (?)
VCD Recorder= US$120 (?)
CD Cover Printer= US$200 (?)
Nikon CoolPix= US$280
Total= 6930

What else are needed for starting up?

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

My new refuge!





(View from the rooftop of my new rented house).

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Movies I wanna watch.

Good movies are the ones that you like watching.

1. Atonement
2. There will be blood
3. Sweeney Todd
4. The diving bell & the butterfly
5. Cloverfied
6. Alvin and the chipmunks
7. Breath (by Kim Ki Duk)
8. The assassination of Jesse James...
9. My Blueberry Night (by Wong Kar Wai)
10. Ratatouille
11. Elizaberth: the golden age
12. Bangkok Time (Thai movie)
13. Sabaidee Luangprabang (Lao movie)
14. The Simpsons Movie
15. Bridge to Terabithia
16. Shortbus
17. The kite runner
18. I'm not there
19. Le Labyrinthe Depan (???)
20. Rain dogs
21. A scanner darkly
22. Mystic River

Play that song again, Sam

Listening to 'Bubbly' by Colbie Caillat and it reminds me of Hanoi. We (me, Yas, LY and June) were in a hotel room watching MTV with this song being shown, the night before I left Hanoi for Bangkok. The following day while sitting inside a cab heading to Hanoi Airport, this song was playing again. And for the first time, I started to miss those left behind in the hotel. This song will forever remind me of Hanoi and the time spent traveling with friends there.

I'm sure you have songs that remind you or bring back memories of things, places, emotions or people you have come into contact with or experienced in your life.

Here are mine:

- 'Music' (Madonna), 'I Wanna Be with You' (Mandy Moore), 'Only Love' (Trademark) and 'Come on Over (Christina Aguilera) remind me of the time I had in King Edward VII Hall, NUS, Singapore. These songs were popular then. I would always hear these songs on my radio set. I didn't have a computer; the only source of entertainment and information when I was in my room was from a radio.
- 'Around the World' by Aqua reminds me of NUS and its Central Library. I remember the first time I stepped out of a shuttle bus and walked into the vicinity of Central Library, there was some event happening below the library (I can't remember what it was called. It was the event to mark the opening of a new academic year where students brought stuff and food to sell and put up some performances), this song was playing so loudly there. After that encounter, this song stuck in my head and it grew on me.

- 'All I Ask of You' (The Phantom of the Opera) and 'Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin' (The Moon represents my heart) remind me of the singing class I took as an elective subject in my 3rd year in NTU. These were two songs that we had to practice singing. I performed one of these songs in front of my classmates. I was shaking and very nervous at that time. I never manage to finish the song.

- 'Electric Storm' (U2) and 'Game of Love' (Santana Ft. Michelle Branch). When I was staying at Hall 2, Jeremy and Daryl were my neighbors. Jeremy liked to introduce new hit songs to people he knew. These two songs were introduced by him. I liked Michelle Branch. And soon these two songs became regular in my WMP's playing list.

- 'One Last Cry' (Brian McKnight). I sometimes get emotional when I hear this song. Camile Velasco performed this song on American Idol. And I have been in love with her ever since. I will get married anytime soon if I find someone like her.

-Besides 'Bubbly', 'Clumsy' (Fergie) reminds me of Hanoi too.

How about yours?