This is a special video request for my dear friend Alistair. 
Hey Alistair… as promised! Here’s a video of the Zip Orb in action. Hope that you get the idea. It’s loads of unpredictable fun. Hahah!
I’ve been religiously following Crystal and Bjorn’s blog called: Life can be wonderful! Wwoofers’ journey to enlightenment of the soul. The blog chronicles their adventures as they go woofing through England and beyond. Their adventures thus far have been nothing short of amazing and I am incredibly proud of them for taking the path less traveled. Quitting their jobs in advertising and pursuing a crazy dream to get closer to the environment, to foster better relationships with people across the globe and to really live Life and to enjoy working with the land.
Crystal & Bjorn in Cornwall
Crystal is an old friend of mine whom I’ve known since I was 6 years old. Yup.. I can’t believe that we both went to the same primary, secondary and polytechnic schools together. While in polytechnic, she took the path of Mass Communications, and ended up working in Advertising; while I took the path of Film, Sound & Video, and ended up behind the camera in the Media industry.
We haven”t kept in much contact over the past few years, but when she was back in town recently, I got a chance to have dinner and drinks with her in Little India. That little reunion reminded me of how much talent this whirlwind of a woman has. She is incredible with the written word, and behind that brilliant smile, she holds a tongue that can throw you off your tracks if you dare to cross her. She doesn’t put up with bullshit, has a deep sense of commitment and swings between being a Monica and a Pheobe (characters from the sitcom Friends) every time we meet, which sure makes for interesting conversations. But anyway… their blog is truly inspiring, and I only wish Crystal and Bjorn all the very best on their incredible adventures ahead. Namaste!
Here’s the music video that I worked on a few months ago. Am incredibly proud that it’s a true misc (Made In Singapore Collective) production, because we really rocked as a team behind the video. Cheryl directed, Yean shot, Mickey on sound, Gen produced, Pam, Sha, Lena and so many others like myself, contributed in what little ways we could. We shot at Raw Kitchen – which is an awesome restaurant (276 Upper Bukit Timah Road) and despite my lack of an R&B groove I still think that the song is really beautiful and fitting with the music video. Once again… it was our dearest friend, Syakirin Samad who stole the show with his amazing motion graphics. Look out Beijing! If you don’t hire him, you’re obviously blind to his talent! As for me… my role on this project was really relaxed… behind-the-scenes photographer. Here are some samples:
Spent last weekend with my dear friend Arthur Bumblebee posing in front of a camera. We were trying to get a decent photo of him to use for his next presentation. Here are some of the shots that didn’t make the cut for obvious reasons… 
Arthur BumbleBee does his best Zoolander impression...
And here’s what we finally got after a whole lotta coffee and Lily Allen playing at full blast! Obviously… there’s tons of room for improvement. Erm… yeah… there’s enough room for a whole family of 20 really… Perhaps I should go learn how to properly light a subject in a studio, instead of mucking around like a monkey behind the lens, and always hoping for favorable lighting conditions. Whoolooloo…
Arthur BumbleBee
This show looks so amazing! I love how his work is simple and straight to the point. The mockery, and the in-your-face provocativeness of the pieces speaks volumes. I especially love the series of caged animals. It so beautifully illustrates how cruel animal testing is and how toxic our food has become. Applause! Applause!
Love this video by Jason Mraz about Yoga on the move! Hahahahhaa! Laughed till I ached! I especially love the heavy metal Yoga music and the way that he lusciously pronounces the word… ‘Yooogaahhh’! Bwahhahhahhaha!
Oohh… you know how there are some people we are just way too anal retentive about their Yoga practice? Well… I love how some of us can (and should) laugh about Yoga. If you fail to see the funny side of Yoga… ooohhh… beware… you just might be turning into one of those Yoga Nazis! (cues hitch-cock murder music)
Alrighty! Here’s what I’ve been busy with on the weekends! Editing these little video tutorials to contribute to the worldwide poi community playpoi better! So… here’s No Beat Windmill:
And Shifting Planes – Stall and Cubing:
It’s my favorite season in Singapore! Durian Season! Yummy yum yum! Unfortunately, my dear poifriends don’t seem to agree. Whoops…
My eyes and ears were opened by a new friend today – Ian. Here is a guy who has been dating with one of my best friend for awhile now, but whom I’ve never gotten to known beyond superficial levels of Hello and Goodbyes.
But today, today… he really opened my mind. I pointed the camera at him and posed to him a simple question: “What do you think of this piece of Art?” He thought for awhile, and then proceeded to give me a detailed and profound insight into how he viewed this particular installation. He measured every nuance of his answer, and generously suggested his many readings of what he felt about the piece. I was deeply impressed and suddenly humbled.
For me, I’ve viewed this piece of work for two nights in a row, and it has always been just an object, in a warehouse, at an art exhibition, that I had to include in a video. To me, it was merely somebody else’s work, that I did not engage with, because I was busy doing my work – videotaping the event. But now, all of a sudden, Ian’s observations brought this object to life and it reminded me to engage with art. It also reminded me that I should view all future projects as ART|Work. Engage with real Life first, and then weave that into the video. Don’t forget to focus on what is really in front of you, and not just what you see through a view finder. Engage with Art. Engage with Life.
This is probably the 11th night in a row that I have been dealing with insomnia – or rather… bits of insomnia. I fall asleep at around 12am, suddenly awake between 3am to 6am and sometimes, if I’m really lucky, I get to go back to sleep before getting out of bed at 7:30am. Am really really really exhausted from this disrupted sleep schedule. Bleh… and then to top it off, there are the inter-mitten nightmares that range from burning kids alive in a tree, to having cervical cancer or falling off cliffs. Cold sweat and stressful nights? Hell yeah.
But… it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that this sudden change in sleeping habits is directly related to the difficult decisions that I’ve been making in the past week. In many ways… it feels like I’m back in the driver’s seat and like a newbie, I’m checking the rearview mirror, crossing out the blind spots and cautiously changing lanes on this highway. A little burn-out and weary… but I’ve still got my foot on the gas and wind in my hair.
Now… lets see if I’m lucky and can grab another hour of shut eye before the morning comes.
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