Breathe - Anna Nalick (Blake Jarrell Remix)

Dammit, this song is on loop on my mp3 player.

I'm kinda crazy about this track, and its not even hard trance. Just something about the lyrics i guess. Kinda leaves me with the impression of a mix between heartfelt emotion and that dash of nonchalance. Reminds me of the days i used to listen to Lene Marlin, hahaha.

Here's the video btw..
(the producers used some cheesy effects in the MTV... oh man.. wat a pity.)



Here's the lyrics of the track. I think it rocks.

2 AM and she calls me ’cause I’m still awake,
Can you help me unravel my latest mistake,
I don’t love him, winter just wasn’t my season
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites, you’re all here for the very same reason

‘Cause you can’t jump the track,we’re like cars on a cable
And life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button girl,
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breathe

May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
Just a day, he sat down to the flask in his fist,
Ain’t been sober, since maybe October of last year.
Here in town you can tell he’s been down for a while,
But my God it’s so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him, maybe I’ll just sing about it.

Cause you can’t jump the track, we’re like cars on a cable,
And life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe, just breathe,
Woah breathe, just breathe

There’s a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout
‘Cause you’re just as far in as you’ll ever be out
These mistakes you’ve made, you’ll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I’m still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, its no longer
Inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I’m naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you’ll use them, however you want to

Cause you can’t jump the track, we’re like cars on a cable,
And life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
And breathe, just breathe
Woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.

Line up everyone!

Ok, so the consecutive weekend shoots have started.

Gonna be shooting weddings, charity events, schools and all for the next few weeks.

In any case, i need to get out and do something else. Mebbe i'll sign up for a cooking course, or some shit. Like my long overdue driving lessons.

Gotta think abt that after July the 15th though.

;p

the right side up

i just had to add in the quirky title "the right side up".

My bro's back from "down under".

No pics, his hair is longer than usual. He looks like a live version of bruce banner. without the hulk ego.

I think i'm looking forward to more eating sprees now that he's back!

Heh heh

Jailhouse @ Bukit Timah

There's a new lifestyle club in Bukit Timah, located next to Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Maju Camp. Tacky, with all the pixel art people and smooth designs.

So i kinda signed up for a degree course that'll give me a paper and a little more pushing power to open doors, not that i really want to, but i think i need to. I've finished more than half already and i had to defer 2 courses so that i could indulge in my work as a videomaker. Here's the clause, "this course is suited for working individuals".

Apparently in this club's vocabulary, "working individuals" work 9 -5pm, have a 5 day work week, 21 days of leave, no overtime and the apparent ability to spring up with no pay leave.

Whats got me riled up is the style in which they are enforing their rules for this particular course i am going to take. i have to attend 12 / 16 classes or else i fail. for each class i miss, i end up giving up 5% of my total marks, hence increasing the chance to repeat course. Of course, if i have a valid reason or MC, i'm sure they'll accomdate. or so they say.

Project work is also now more ... streamlined. I now have to log in meeting dates, timing in / out(wtf, this is like NS all over again! do they want a falling-out parade as well?), commenting on work and project members... etc. heck, i might as well hire a secretary to do all that. make it a bombshell secretary at that. No doubt that is a good way to weed out slackers, but it also creates paths for potential backstabbers and distrust amongst project group members. Perhaps in their huge academic minds, they fail to take into caution the danger of the human heart. I've been at the receiving end of backstabs before and i can tell ya it wasn't pretty.

oh, did i forget to mention that this course is suited for working professionals?
Join the club, refreshment benefits to members only.

I quote an anonymous saying "Its the powerless who have to abide by the rules."

Right now, i'm sure i know where i stand. It sucks.

Chrysanthenum & Dandelion anyone?

Sat was a night of extremes. Friday was a night of lost plans.

What started out as a plan to hit Zouk for Marco V on Sat ended up in a quiet night eating food from Samy's Curry, reading books / mags from Book Cafe & having a bollywood time @ Mustafa centre.

i blame Marco V's less than trancey performance last year, which led us to like ... miss him out this year.

So yeah, we went to Samy's Curry. Great food, crap service. (and they had the papadums in a trash bin like thing. eep!)Only go there if you NEED indian food.

Then, due to Loon's hunger pangs, we ended up at The Book cafe (20 Martin Road, #01-02 Seng Kee Building)just outside of Mohammed Sultan Road.
Nice place to like sit down and unwind, for a short while. Had a pot of Chrysanthenum & Dandelion tea. They used fresh ingredients too, which kinda upped the attraction factor for me.

Then we (or rather me.)had the mad idea of going to Mustafa Centre to buy controllers for the PC so that i could play online games with the rest. Ian was playing with some dubious vibrating dog. Don't ask him about it. I found this neato Transformers toy that looks like a Sony Handycam, how cool is that?! I had half a mind to like buy it. Sounds interesting huh. But lazy me hasn't installed the controllers yet. So the gaming has to wait.

Bah, and the evil sibling of my PC has an illness. It hangs frequently, must've been battle fatigue. The mobo is gonna die i think.

On a sidenote, my videomaking tendencies are acting up. I need to make more vids.

Its all gone Pete Tong!

Its all gone Pete Tong!



Yeah, i was watching this movie earlier on, was rather restless la. Need to do something, anything. Which is also the reason why i'm blogging now.

In the guise of a superstar DJ "Frankie Wilde". Frankie's beef is that he's about to become deaf, but he's the top DJ! Not to mention he's also producing a music album too! Ouch. Very. Ouch.

I like it and i love the way the movie was made. Very polished yet gritty in style & flavor. Not for ppl below 16 though, there's alot of cussing in this one. Hhahaa



The business-oriented executives made for a gd laugh, but kinda sinks you down to reality and the way people bend over just to feed the desire of consumerism.

Just when u think it's gonna totally suck, Frankie pulls himself up and away from the drags his despair and works his way back to the DJ world. There's a twist, but i aint tellin! ;p

Just why they used the title " Its all gone Pete Tong" (yeah i know its a Cockney rhyming slang)eludes me, but what the heck...



Gotta get my act together mateys, or else its all gonna go Pete Tong!

Human Tetris

In japan, all TV shows are original, unlike SG ripoffs of "reality" shows and "PSC nites". Like this, the "human tetris", a quirky & funny take on the popular game. Teams have to contort, stretch, jump etc... to get through the trials.



i find this rather amusing, mebbe i could make it into a game too. Hhahahahahah

We have evolved!

Ok people, don't get offended. This is just satire. And i happen to find it funny, cuz its really about subculture and not really tied in with any political messages.

Check out the Zerg from Korea. Lol (the Koreans are real fans of Starcraft)



Yeah so... thats it la. Heh heh

Paper, work & madness

So i've shot 2 weddings the past week, they were fun and the people were nice.
There was one with 97 tables. The photo taking was mad, not to mention the editing for the video. Express Highlights are always a challenge for me due to the time involved and the lack of control with regards to the situations involving the bride & groom. But nontheless, they were fun and i had a good time taking their videos.

Early week, i was stuck in an army camp. Wouldn't name which one cuz i dun wan MSD to start knockin at my door. Anyhow, i was supposed to be deferred, but went in anyway due to the "pending" status as put by the army website. In short, i had to stay in 2 days just to get the deferment processed due to the efficiency of the SAF. When looking for someone to sign papers, i had to wait like 3 hrs per signature. When the time came for my paperwork to be processed, the office was closed for the night. In fact, more autonomy shld be given to the NS officers, this releases the need for ppl like us to seek multiple agencies for just one process.

Anyhow, i was missing for 2 days cuz i had a camera phone. So i had no access to my phone at all. Kudos to all the jokers who made fun of SAF with their camera phones which results in the inconvenience of normal ppl like us. I mean, the telcos are already giving ppl camera phones with pre-paid plans and etc. The free phones with each plan are also camera phones! Thats really funky ya knw? So in the future, where are we to find phones without cameras? Thats really bullshit. Blame the wannabe camera phone "filmmakers" (wtf, filmmakers using phones to make films. tacky but dumb) that take stuff in SAF thats supposed to be classified. If everyone minded their own business, life would be so much easier.

As an update to the treasure hunting, my 2 night stay at the army chalet got me to think things through. In fact, i'm less stressed to find the treasure, but more geared to get things right, if you know what i mean. The rock's still there, but i think i have less stress in trying to go round it. It kinda sucks but perhaps thats a good thing?

Will never know, so lets play ball. And the damn ball's on my court.

Keeping the regime going!

Admist the process of trying to improve myself, (yeah, i got bored and sick of my current state of affairs. hence the decision to finally stand up and start walking about instead of slobbing it out on the sofa.) I managed to find a treasure map.

Here's wat i did:
1) Made my wardrobe a lil more updated , meaning new t shirts, pseudo torn jeans. I need more work on the clothing dept but thats what i got at the moment. Oh, i intend to get new shoes btw.

2) Signed up for facials and tanning sessions. I don't dig the Oil of ULAY white skin look anymore, makes me feel old. It sucked and will suck again if i don't keep up my little regime.

3) A little more workout and a little less food intake. I used to be careless about the way i eat and when i eat. Double whammy and finally decided to tighten the reins a little. So, next time if u see me, say "No carbohydrates after 6pm dude."

4) Changed my hairstyle. Rather, i "zhnged" (the singlish equivalent of "modding") my hairstyle. Still short but a lil diff. No longer a patch of grass outta my head.

So by sheer chance, i found the spot and started to dig a little. Before long, i was knee deep within the soil. Suddenly, i realised i was trying to dig like a madman. Still no treasure chest. Hey, i haven't been digging long enough, of course there isn't a treasure chest.

So u see, here lies a grave flaw of mine. Impatience.

But i'm still digging, trying to search for that treasure chest with my new t shirts and pseudo torn jeans. At times, i don't know if thats the right spot or if its even true the treasure chest is there in the 1st place. Kinda fustrates me cuz i'm a sucker for instant results. (Which is bad, cuz i also believe in the saying "easy come, easy go" )

Frankly, i'm irritated by the fact that i can't do more than dig with a cheap shovel. My state of affairs would not allow me to get an excavator to really test things out, that costs too much. My insecurity and impatience constantly shout out to me that i should really get the hell outta the hole. But my hope and naivety, if you can call it that, constantly tell me "if you dig a little more, perhaps it'll be there? Finding the treasure would be really damn good." I really would love to know who's right in the end.. Even then, i must always remember it was by chance i found the treasure map.

I'm a little disheartened now cuz i think i've hit a rock and its hard to work around that. I gotta tell myself to "Keep the regime going!" Can't stop here folks. Gotta dig a lil more. Perhaps a lil more tomorrow...

2 weeks ago till now

I've went on a madhunt for Pirates of the carribean 2. Watched it the night before Pirates of the carribean 3. Sounds crazy but yeah, I've been a nut living in a shell. So, in a nutshell, i've been trying to watch some of the movies i've missed.

I was also present at a fren's bday party at Mcdonalds @ Tanglin Mall. No pics, no videos this time. Would you really want to see a "20 something" guy wearing the promo shrek ears?

Btw. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRIS.

We went to MOS after that and it (the progressions party) was damn good. Never listened to Yukun spin, but i guess it changes my outlook on local DJs. ;p

O, and we ate chicken wings at Hooters. The wings were great, esp the spicy "9/11" ones. The other "chicks" at Hooters weren't that hot. If u know what i mean. ;p

Cheers mateys!

The birds were restless....

Yoyo, i feel the lack of updates.

So, here's another video from my shoots. This one features Thomas, who was taking the field class of our videography course.

The video is titled "Happy Birds". Sounds corny, i know, but it beats BirdPark 1, 2 3 +++ since i think i'd be going back a few times. Hhahaha



Happy Birds is a short video showcasing the wonders of the inhabitants that crowd one of Singapore's best loved parks. The Singapore Bird Park. Watch out for the largest man-made waterfall as well as the myriad of birds that display their splendor. Some are playful, some are more reserved and some, just like to hang out in groups.