Happy Birthday Sayang :D
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
tentang Lost Symbol, National Treasure, Lunch Box and Birthday Card
those are the pressies i got for my lovely wife.
Happy Birthday Sayang :D
Happy Birthday Sayang :D
Friday, January 22, 2010
tentang Over-Creative, Trying-Too-Hard-to-Sound-Cute, and SMS Language
after reading dylan-zd's post and the discussion at bloggerunited.com, i decided to post this. it is my opinion about Using Proper English in blogging.
i am pro-english hence i blog in english. but if people write comments in malay i am happy to reply in malay or english. this post isn't just about english language but any language that i can understand (only malay and english :P).
having time to think of the issue a lot more (thank you procrastination), i realize it is not the weak mastery in english that annoys me. it is in fact the over-creative, trying-too-hard-to-sound-cute, and sms language, all in blogging, that really annoys me.. whatever language one uses to blogging.
over-creative
a simple example would be like the title of this post. it is what i would say overly creative. i was sleep deprived when i began writing so, gomen~! i admit i do this often but so far nobody said anything about it, so.. it has became a habit of mine. but i reckon it's harmless :P. annoying if overused, but pretty harmless :P
trying-too-hard-to-sound-cute
i loathe blogs that spells by randomizing capital letters for each single alphabet (tHis cAPiTal leTTEr tHinG).. to those still using this, newsflash, it is NOT cute. it is juvenile, and unforgivable.. unless you are under the age of 14 (12 if you're a male).
sms language
worst offender. L2SPELL N00B!!! (<--thats learn to spell in l33t talk). i can understand using shortforms if texting because of the obvious limitations of mobile phones. but in blogs? yes, some people blog from their mobile.. but only a freakin minority! i find most of the blogs that does this are malay-language blogs. hey i speak malay probably 90% of the time, but i still have a hard time deciphering those messages and comments or even blogs written in that fashion.
my point is, communication is a very important part in blogging and if one cannot effectively communicate, i have to say, your blog makes no sense at all. if people other than yourself cant understand what you're writing, why bother blogging?
some people say it is to improve their english. fair enough. a bid you good luck and i do hope you will learn from this practice of blogging and apply it. identify your mistake in spelling,grammar,etc and improve.
owh i need to stop making this wall of texts or people might stop visiting my blog >_<
i am pro-english hence i blog in english. but if people write comments in malay i am happy to reply in malay or english. this post isn't just about english language but any language that i can understand (only malay and english :P).
having time to think of the issue a lot more (thank you procrastination), i realize it is not the weak mastery in english that annoys me. it is in fact the over-creative, trying-too-hard-to-sound-cute, and sms language, all in blogging, that really annoys me.. whatever language one uses to blogging.
over-creative
a simple example would be like the title of this post. it is what i would say overly creative. i was sleep deprived when i began writing so, gomen~! i admit i do this often but so far nobody said anything about it, so.. it has became a habit of mine. but i reckon it's harmless :P. annoying if overused, but pretty harmless :P
trying-too-hard-to-sound-cute
i loathe blogs that spells by randomizing capital letters for each single alphabet (tHis cAPiTal leTTEr tHinG).. to those still using this, newsflash, it is NOT cute. it is juvenile, and unforgivable.. unless you are under the age of 14 (12 if you're a male).
sms language
worst offender. L2SPELL N00B!!! (<--thats learn to spell in l33t talk). i can understand using shortforms if texting because of the obvious limitations of mobile phones. but in blogs? yes, some people blog from their mobile.. but only a freakin minority! i find most of the blogs that does this are malay-language blogs. hey i speak malay probably 90% of the time, but i still have a hard time deciphering those messages and comments or even blogs written in that fashion.
my point is, communication is a very important part in blogging and if one cannot effectively communicate, i have to say, your blog makes no sense at all. if people other than yourself cant understand what you're writing, why bother blogging?
some people say it is to improve their english. fair enough. a bid you good luck and i do hope you will learn from this practice of blogging and apply it. identify your mistake in spelling,grammar,etc and improve.
owh i need to stop making this wall of texts or people might stop visiting my blog >_<
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
tentang Shorts
first of all, just to be clear, i am talking about movies/films/animations/etc
a 'short' is an abbreviation for a short film or short movie or short animation.. basically any story on any medium that is short is considered a short . according to wikipedia.com anything longer than 1 minute and shorter than 15 minutes is considered a short.
for example.. the 15malaysia project (15malaysia.com) last year are all short films by different directors to commemorate Malaysia's Independance Day. shorts from that project that i kinda liked would be Chocolate by the late Yasmin Ahmad and Potong Saga by Ho Yuhang.
if you have ever been to the movies to watch a Pixar movie, each movie will start with an animated short not related to the movie you're going to watch. like for example Wall-E was paired with the short film Presto, a story of this magician doing this magic trick on stage but his rabbit isn't behaving like he wished. hilarious.. sorry i'm not giving a pretty good description because i cant quite recall the whole story but hey.. here's a preview
making a short is kinda like the platform for an aspiring director to launch their career.. and for most, the platform to practice their directoral skills to gain confidence before tackling a bigger project (with bigger budgets). making a short is a lot simpler than making a full movie.
simpler does not mean easier (well some directors might say it is an easy task). but in actuality, making a short will consist of the same production process of a box-office movie. pre-production, production and post-production. the difference would be in how much work to do.. and maybe the budget.
but i would say probably the quickest short to make would be a short movie. shoot with a movie camera, transfer for editing, edit and final output. of course before these steps there would be the pre-pro process (research, research, research) to go through.
i wonder if anyone reading this would be interested in making their own short. if yes, do let me know of your project. i would really like to see it^^. just keep in mind.. often, simplicity is the key.
^^
a 'short' is an abbreviation for a short film or short movie or short animation.. basically any story on any medium that is short is considered a short . according to wikipedia.com anything longer than 1 minute and shorter than 15 minutes is considered a short.
for example.. the 15malaysia project (15malaysia.com) last year are all short films by different directors to commemorate Malaysia's Independance Day. shorts from that project that i kinda liked would be Chocolate by the late Yasmin Ahmad and Potong Saga by Ho Yuhang.
if you have ever been to the movies to watch a Pixar movie, each movie will start with an animated short not related to the movie you're going to watch. like for example Wall-E was paired with the short film Presto, a story of this magician doing this magic trick on stage but his rabbit isn't behaving like he wished. hilarious.. sorry i'm not giving a pretty good description because i cant quite recall the whole story but hey.. here's a preview
making a short is kinda like the platform for an aspiring director to launch their career.. and for most, the platform to practice their directoral skills to gain confidence before tackling a bigger project (with bigger budgets). making a short is a lot simpler than making a full movie.
simpler does not mean easier (well some directors might say it is an easy task). but in actuality, making a short will consist of the same production process of a box-office movie. pre-production, production and post-production. the difference would be in how much work to do.. and maybe the budget.
but i would say probably the quickest short to make would be a short movie. shoot with a movie camera, transfer for editing, edit and final output. of course before these steps there would be the pre-pro process (research, research, research) to go through.
i wonder if anyone reading this would be interested in making their own short. if yes, do let me know of your project. i would really like to see it^^. just keep in mind.. often, simplicity is the key.
^^
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