Fainting Spell

woke up today and it's everything was fine, got to work, got down from car and i had fainting spell. actually, come to think of it, not really spell but felt very light headed. like you're brain's all gone and it's filled with helium. a bit tipsy, cannot walk straight, a bit like drunk.

too bad it's not being filled with the Spirit. anyway... i soon began to imagine all sort of funny thing, like maybe there's a growth in my brain-lah, or something wrong with my ear-lah (that causes imbalance), and so on.

quickly drove back and went to the doctor. if it's something severe, i'll be dead already. had to wait 1 hour before i get to see the doc. and only spent 10 mins inside. temperature's ok, BP's ok , throat's ok, everything's ok...

doc says that i have a virus attack and this is a prelude to a fever or cold. funny coz i feel just fine (x'cept for the mabuk feeling of course).

what else to do but get home and rest. apa lagi, tidurlah.

now feeling much better.

house husband

yesterday i had to wake up early and get my daughter ready for school. i also did what my wife would do every morning, that is, wash up the dishes and do the laundry. actually, just throw the laundry into the washing machine. make breakfast for my daughter, get her tea time munchies ready and walk her to school.

later hang the clothes, do a bit of this and that, and get ready for work.
quite a bit of thing to have gotten done in 1 hour.

this got me thinking if i'm cut out to be a house husband. then i realise there's more to do than the above. there's lunch to prepare and cook, pick up and drop children from school, coaching of children's school work, dinner to prepare, floors to mop..... and the list goes on.

guess i'll stick to work.

wireless

wah....such freedom....blogging wireless from my sister's computer, can sit comfortably at the hall and blog. no more sitting in front of a desktop, staring at a screen that's not at eye level, not able to shift from place to place

wow.....



still don't know what to write. wireless's block !

S'kali

just got back form the premiere of S'kali, quite terror leh, when i went to pick up the movie pass, my name was listed under special guest. hehehe..... well, i know Arvind for quite a while and was suppose to edit this one for him but didn't happen.
straight to the point.

it's one of the raw-est 'digital movie' and the fact that it was shot on HDV did not show up at all. I've seen better colour from stuffs shot on DV. there were a few off focus shots,(not to worry, PGL had some as well) and certain 'feel' did not come across. although one can argue, and it's the content that's number one, it should meet up to a certain level of expectation.

ok guess you already know what i'm getting at. I hope it's the fault of the projector and someone's fixing it. there are complication when one is shooting on video (especially DV) and certain 'defects' are expected, like a white washed sky and high contrast on indoor shots that have some outdoor scenes in the background.

the team have much to learn technically, for future productions, it would be wise to get one who is technically sound, and learn from him/her. i think the indie community is a small, tight one and many will be willing to lend a hand.
having say all that, please don't think that the quality is bad, but it can and needs to be better.

the story's good but i feel a bit let down by not being able to get a glimse of the background of the characters. since this is a movie about teenagers by 'teenagers'
it'll be interesting to see the environment they're growing up in and how theyr're coping with it. perhaps then it'll make sense for parents to watch it to know what teenagers are into nowadays.

the issues that are brought up in this movie are good issues but i feel it's being given a too on the surface treatment. after having the boldness to bring them up, they are given an either black or white treatment. the audience should be made to look at themselves deeper/harder.

there's however no short talents in this movie, i feel they all did very well.

i know having said all these, i've not made a movie or write a script for one. these are my sincere thoughts and i've written them not as a critic or with a i'm better than you attitude but with the hope that the next movie will be a much better one.