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Educational Video for Men...

Saturday, November 25, 2006



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Flying to you through YouTube

I was surfing YouTube today and stumbled across this. As YouTube begins to gain more popularity and have access to hundreds of millions of people, we will definitely see more of this type of advertising. YouTube and other similar websites are really changing the face of marketing and advertising and for consumers like us, there's nothing better than having access to globalisation enabled, brainwashing, subliminal messages, embedded in these ads. At the click of a button, and by-demand too. Basically TV on Tap. Can't complain really.

Now if only TelBru can get their act together and provide a stable connection so my TV show doesn't start and stop every 2 seconds.....


It's a bird, it's a plane, IT'S SUPERMAN flying
through the Tube to You

(cheesy, Yes I know)

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One cool ad....

Friday, November 24, 2006

Came across this ad which was featured on the front page of YouTube. Amazing and beautiful .. and the edit... oh wow... if I can do this, I can quit my day job, seriously.. Those flickers you see on the ad.. I can get them online and add it to my videos, but it will cost me a couple of hundreds for the flicker pack of maybe 2 to three flickers... not cheap, but extremely cool effects... something for the future, currently safely bookmarked and snugly kept in my shopping wish list...

Enjoy the Red.. ermm I mean Ad...


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Bumper Sticker of the Feathery Kind

Today as usual is the day of the week where deep inside when I wake up at 6 to get ready to go to work, I scream a little scream 'Thank God its Friday'. And starting this week, I officially can have a 2 day weekend and lie in all morning instead of having to wake up at 8am for my part time job - a part time job I have yet been paid for (more on this in future posts).

Anyway, today I saw something that perhaps might only be seen on a comic strip or cartoon. As I am commuting up to work this morning, I noticed a green Mazda 6 driven by a lady driver. As her Mazda approached me, I noticed that her front bumper looked a bit funny, like it had something stuck on it. Turns out, that something was a chicken.. YES a chicken .. or a bird of some sort cos it had feathers. This lady driver must have hit this poor little bird/chicken and killed it and it got smacked glued right onto her front bumper.. I kid you now, I was amused, surprised, laughing and disgusted all at the same time. I can only imagine her face when she did eventually come out to see what's hanging onto her bumper.. heh.. just imagine her scraping it off.. OK OK enough.. too morbid and definitely getting gross now... Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately there was no way I could have snapped a picture of the said carnage.... but here's a Photoshop rendition of what I saw:


why did the chicken cross the ....... THUD!!!!!

If you happen to be that lady and you're now reading my post, how the hell did you hit a chicken and not know? More interestingly though, how did you eventually get it off your Mazda?

Have a good weekend folks....

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"In the quiet hours .....

Thursday, November 23, 2006


...... when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing."

A.A. Milne


Over the past few months, as a result of circumstance, I was given a real opportunity to really connect with my inner self. In the past, I was not someone who would duly pay notice to the spiritual side of life, of my life. I don't mean the religious side, I mean the spiritual side. About how I connected with the people around me, about connecting with nature. It's also about being close to the principles you believe and to try and practice these principles as best you can. I believe in my religion but I did not really connect spiritually to that side of my beliefs. When I moved to my new job, it required me to really look into these aspects of life (no I did not become a monk - I became a trainer) so that I could do my job better. In turn, it has helped me in my personal life, and with wonderful support from my wife, I am really getting in tune with myself in that spiritual sense.

Since I started making videos in April of this year, I have thought many a times about doing something spiritual. I've seen ads and videos that really struck the chord, like CAN did for me.... So what does this have to do with this post? Well alot really. I got an email from someone today (whom I think I know as name sounded familiar) and she's kindly asked me to see if I would be interested to shoot something for Pusat Ehsan in order to bring some awareness about the centre and their upcoming activities for the Special Olympics. My first reaction was Wow.. thank you for the huge compliment. I am flattered to say the least. There is of course a twinge of worry that I may suck if I agreed to do the real thing, fail miserably and have to hide in a rock somewhere until people forget about my blog and me. But then I realised this isn't about me. This is about doing something that has a bigger purpose and whatever fears and worries I have should not cloud that fact. So I agreed to the 'potential' project, provided that they realise, as I said in my email reply, that I am more a professional HOBBYIST (emphasis on hobbyist). In any case if this pans out and we do go ahead, I certainly promise to do my best for a bigger cause as I sincerely feel humbled and honoured by the offer to assist in a noble cause....


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and... ACTION!

Tuesday, November 21, 2006




YouTube has just approved my Director status....

What does it really mean?

Absolutely no idea....

But I like the idea of being called ...

..DI-REC-TOOR...


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CAN....

This is the ultimate demonstration of a father's love for his child... I saw this during a training session I attended today, found it on YouTube and shared it with my wife... and now I'll like to share it with all of you.... Please watch this with your loved ones and share it with your friends and family...



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Icklebooks ad....

Monday, November 20, 2006

Here it is folks. The ad for Icklebooks. Now this ad is not the one that we initially talked about shooting. The scenes for this ad was shot during the opening of Icklebooks last Sunday 19th November 2006. There were alot of people that day and a ton of kids enjoying the books and crayons and toys. When I edited the ad, I was careful not to have too many full face shots of kids in case the parents of the kids might not like that they're posted on YouTube. The kids you see are kids of close friends (and our daughter) and one or two, I sincerely hope the parents won't mind too much.

Before I shot the ad I knew which piece of music I already wanted to use. A friend of mine had sent me an advert with the same music earlier and when I saw it I thought it was wonderful, full of serenity and the mood and feel of the music would fit into the sort of advert I wanted this one to have. The music is called Little Star by Stina Nordenstam from the Romeo and Juliet movie soundtrack (a movie which I absolutely love - not just cos Claire Danes is in it). The ad was edited to capture the mood of the bookstore, the kids and them having fun (which they did!). In any case, enough ranting from me, I hope you enjoy the ad....

EDITED (21st November 2006): I have received ALOT of feedback regarding the lack of titles to explain the ad, and as a result they did not know what the ad was for. I would appreciate any feedback viewers can provide. I am going to start working on putting some titles into the ad and it will be re-uploaded when it is done. However it may take a few days to think up WHAT magic words and phrases to put into the ad.... so stay tuned.....



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CSI: Brunei

Sunday, November 19, 2006

I only read about this from AnakBrunei's and Ranoadidas' blogs this morning and it looks like Richard, the guy who was charged with murdering a couple and their little girl has been acquitted. Now Richard is someone who is within our family's circle of friends, and while I do not know him personally, my parents and my uncles do and work with him as well. He's lost 2 years of his life in jail for what the court has decided a crime he did not commit. While we may never know if he did do it as it seemed like the acquittal was based more on the technicality and shortcomings of the investigation process rather than outright evidence to show that he was indeed innocent, only the Man upstairs will know for sure. Whatever it is, I for one, and I am sure my parents and uncles wish him and his family well and that they can now move on from this episode.

So is the case closed then? I don't think so. There are more questions now than answers and some of them to say the least I think is highly politically sensitive. During the course of the case, it was evident from expert testimonials and many a part time CSI-Miami-New York die-hard fans that someone did not do a decent job of investigating the case. The three victims of this heinous and terrible crime have been let down by individual incompetence that has led to either of these 3 scenarios:

1) The acquittal of a guilty man,
2) A 2 year punishment dished out to an innocent party who just happen to be someone they thought would be easy to pin this crime on,
3) The wasted 2 years of investigation that I am sure the REAL guilty devils would be joyfully laughing and smiling everytime he/she/they see the case takes a twist to nail Richard while he/she/they are sitting comfortably and free in their homes.

In either case, let us not forget the victims. While I certainly hope they are now in a better place and whatever has since transpired, I feel that the families of the victims have been let down by at the very least a degree of incompetence that have failed to bring justice for them and the gallows for the true murderer(s).

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Dizzy Smiles of the Daisy Kind

Friday, November 17, 2006

I have had a LONG LONG LOOOOOOONG week. Work has been extra draining this week. Sleep deprivation, commuting and having to stand for 7 hours for 2 days talking and talking and talking is EXTREMELY tiring. It was fun, but by Wednesday, I was in LaDeeDa land, singing ZZZZZZZZs in my office but doing it ever so quietly....(In case my boss reads this, No, I did not sleep in my office, but I may as well be cos I was probably operating at 5% of my usual capacity). It's now the weekend but not really a weekend for me yet cos I still have ONE more day, yes ONE MORE DAY of my part time job and I can have my well deserved 2 day weekend for the first time in 3 months! Tomorrow is still going to be a full day of running around, making things happen and getting things done.

I've come to realise over the past couple of months that when you are always busy at work, you suddenly realise the worth of time, that the cliche saying that Time = Money is ACTUALLY true. That epiphany in itself should tell you I had a very NON taxing job previously. Too bad though that MANY Bruneians are in jobs that do not tax them and as such not many Bruneians appreciate that Time IS Money. All you have to do is look for tons of people waiting in line for absolute ages for whatever they need done in government offices. If I only have 1 day (Saturday) of each week to get stuff done, I want them done FAST.. cos I need my time with the family, go out and enjoy a meal, and catch Casino Royale and watch Dennis Craid (edited: Dennis? who the hell's Dennis Craig.. I meant DANIEL) kick arse as the new James Bond (Shaken or Stirred Mr Bond - Do I look I give a damn! - what a response!). sigh... but I have learnt a valuable lesson about time. It is the ultimate NON-renewable resource that many waste away without even an inch of thought about it.

In any case this Sunday, Icklebooks will be opening their doors for the masses of children and their parents, myself being one of them. I shall be bringing my DVX along to film some stuff so if you see a guy holding what looks like a sonic gun that'd be me. Just drop by to say hi and hopefully that dizzy smile of mine would have worn off, replaced by a somewhat more conventional welcoming one..

Have a good weekend people.

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BBZZbbzbzzbBZBBZZ.... poooooof.......ppssssss.....

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

KABOOOOM!


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I believe I can fly......

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Some of us live our mundane lives day in day out, never really making any sacrifices so we can fly.... We can learn alot from this little kiwi...




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Tickling the Icklebook mouse

Monday, November 13, 2006

Yesterday evening we dropped by at Icklebooks to discuss the proposed plan to shoot a viral ad for them. We had several ideas on how to make the ad work and after a brief discussion, settled on one simple yet interesting idea. We are currently using that mushy-squishy piece of equipment between our ears to work out how we can make the ad work. Suffice to say, our heads are snapping, crackling and popping sunrise to sundown. We've potentially identified some 'actors/actresses who aren't camera shy and who are also not adverse to being popularised through YouTube to the Bruneian community. We'll see how it goes on this one as the weeks progress, as the Icklebook mice is scurrying and scampering around in order to get the shop launched this weekend. The plan is to launch the ad probably sometime early next month before Christmas. I hope to make this project completed successfully, otherwise I will come back in December to disavow and delete all knowledge and evidence of this project from my blog, Mission Impossible style....

I must say though, that this is quite exciting. This is definitely an opportunity to learn even more about videography and Advertising on this project since this is completely NEW territory for me and co.! FUN FUN FUN!

.... not the Icklebook story board but a sample,
but something similar is in the works....

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My New Avatar.... and a raging torrent of rants!

Sunday, November 12, 2006

... Charlie Heston would be proud ...

I hope you like my new avatar. It took me 3 hours, YES, 3 freaking hours to post this less than 100kb avatar file. E-Speed2 our ADSL provider is on the blink AGAIN.

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B$98/month for this....

BruNet says 'Live the World Wide Way'
We E-Speeders say: 'Wide's useless without S-P-E-E-D!'

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11.11.06

Saturday, November 11, 2006

History will record this day as the day
the next generation of gaming began


The Playstation 3
.. ..welcome to the beginning of a new era in gaming....

...model comes as an optional add-on...
*eye-candy*

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Announcing the arrival of ...

... I might be working on a viral ad for icklebooks,
so stay tuned over the next couple of weeks......

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Roaring Laughter

Friday, November 10, 2006

How can you not laugh at this???


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I live in Singapura

This is pretty funny by a guy called Hossan Leong from Singapura. His site is here but it seems to be out of commission for the time being. We need more artists of this sort in Brunei to make Brunei a more interesting place. We also need more artistic freedom to liven up our abode of peace, which apparently according to Singaporeans are a little boring... Anyway, enjoy the video and wait for the song to come along...


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He aint Heavy, He's My Brother.....

Thursday, November 09, 2006

I had an interesting email from a local Bruneian Band a couple of days ago. They were interested in my MVs and wondered if I would be interested to shoot an MV for them. This obviously has peaked my interest, as this would be a real opportunity to put into practice the skills I've learned so far. However as I alluded to the band member who contacted me, my genre of music is a little different from theirs (heavy metal). If you've seen my MVs, you'll know I'm into the kinds of music that usually people listen to when they meditate or when they want to fall asleep! This divergence between the music genres may cause a problem but it may also be a positive as I might be able to bring something different to that genre of music, MV wise. Currently I am thinking about the proposal and waiting for the band to get back to me. So D, if you read this, just let me know. And in case you're wondering, yes, yes, that IS me holding the flowers... I look absolutely Faaaaabulous, don't you agree?

.... a match made in heaven? only time will tell ....

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....dizzy dayssss.....

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Please oh please oh please let the weekend come soon. I am absolutely knackered to the bone from having to get up at 5ish every morning to go to work. Commuting is tiring and spending two hours of your life everyday Monday to Friday driving is VERY tiring, especially when once you get into the office, it's all hectic! Well as my friend said to me when I switched jobs: I've made my bed, gotta sleep in it, so stop complaining. It's not all bad. I do like the job.. just the commute!!! I can't even sleep like this guy here! Ok off to bed now!

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Yada Yada NADA!

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Notice: Yada Yada Chatterbox is currently out of commission until we figure out how to fit it into the small side bar that this new blog template has. However I have added a link to my email address (see Contact Me under my profile) so please feel free to email me your abuses and questions. The only favour I ask of you when you email me is that you start the email off as Oh Captain My Captain ...

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The Emperor's New Skin (edited) ....

If you've visited my site before, you would've noticed that I have just put on a new snazzy skin for my blog. This couldn't have been done if not for my hardworking pal from across the South China Sea in Singapore who has helped me design it. I've wanted a new look for the site since I started blogging but did not have the time nor the skill to do it. So thank you my dear friend Zrano!!! You are one true friend and if you weren't married, and a woman instead (or we're both gay, which we're not) I'd bed you!

But here's a Kiss for you!...




.... erm.. wrong kind of kiss dude, but you get the idea...

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Epiphany of the Wise

Monday, November 06, 2006

I read this excerpt from a book a few weeks ago, and have decided I should share it with the world. It is an inspirational quote from Mother Teresa and it deals with how we handle ourselves even if the world has beaten the crap and bollocks out of us.

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self- centred;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world your best anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

So the next time you feel like your boss has dead-ended your career or you think just because of the colour of your skin you're discriminated and can't progress in life, do your best anyway, cos giving in would be a cop out to your God-given potential..

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Confucius say...

Sunday, November 05, 2006



..... how very true......
so from now on everytime you see someone who is really annoying
and you'd really want to just **%$%# the $#%#$%$ out of him
you should just breathe a deep breath and
imagine him as your pair of balls...


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Global Greetings

....global friends! come come, sit and enjoy my rants!...

Good Morning and Good Day, my global visitors,

In light of the surprisingly diverse nature of my blog visitors, I have taken it upon myself to learn the languages of the world so I can communicate with our global brethren better. So to start off with, let me greet all you warmly with some native tongue-ing action!

Australian: Good DAIy, Maite!
Canadian: Good Morning, eeeeeh!
Chinese (Mandarin): Knee How!
Chinese (Cantonese): Nei Hou Ma?
French: Bonjour Mon ami!
German: Gutenmorgen mein Freund
Japanese: Konichiwa, ogenki desuka? Watashi no ochin chin totemo okie desu! (...the last part of this sentence if you can figure out what I just said, you get Brownie points!...)
Malay: Selamat Datang!
Norwegian: Adjø meg venn!
Portuguese: Bom dia meu amigo!
Polish: Dobry dzień mój polski przyjaciel
Spanish: buena manana mi amigo!
Welsh: Da ddiwrnod 'm chyfaill!

Phew!! Learning a new language is hard enough but learning 13 is TOUGH!

On the videography front, my fellow vsitors, I haven't had much time the past few weeks to get any sort of DVXing and LETUSing done at all. I am in the process of making a support rod for my DVX and Letus35 so I can fit heavier lenses (such as my Canon F2.2 135mm) onto my DVX so that the weight won't eventually destroy my precious!!! ohh my preciiiiouuuus indeed!! Work proper (my 9-5) is hectic and now we go into FULL swing until middle of December when we'll break for Xmas and off we will go to Taiwan for a jolly good holiday to film a doco (see here). So until then there probably won't be alot of videos coming this way, although let me just say there are a few projects in the pipeline, these being:

1) Another MV! A fun music video with my friends. We're thinking of spoofing a music video in much the the same vain (vein? which vein/vain should I use?) as the Jenny video I featured here. We're thinking maybe Meat Loaf, Extreme (More than Words) or something similar. Wigs, make up and cheesy non-matching lipsyncing will be a definite feature. Expected Project Completion: Hopefully before Xmas!

2) Roll Call, Roll Call! I'm planning to do a small and short feature (5 mins, 10 mins tops)! Anyone who has a decent script/story and who's not bothered not to while away their hours experimenting with making a short film, let me know. As long as you don't have high expectations and only see the project as a fun way to waste time, you're welcomed! Cheesy acting is probably a common feature for this project too. This one has an open time frame. So let me know if you have an interesting story! Docos are most welcomed too.

That's all for now. Back to my work! It's a Sunday and I STILL have to work (preparing for my work for tomorrow!)

P.S. If you've figured out the second part of the Japanese translation above, please do not feel offended by my honest and candid nature. I do not mean any offense by speaking the truth.. (now I've REALLY got you interested in finding out what it means!)

P.P.S. (added): I just had a visitor from Serbia and Montenegro. I don't even know what language they speak so I guess I won't be able to say hello to them...

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Parallels, Sleeping and Crying myself a River (almost)

Friday, November 03, 2006

OK dear fellow Mac owners,
A quick warning. I have Parallels Workstation running on my Mac so that I can run some Windows programs (like SPSS for example). Anyways I was working on SPSS through Parallels and I was rushing off from work so I just closed the lid on my Mac. Thinking that it went to sleep, I proceeded to stuff it into my black foam sleeve I use to keep my Mac. While walking to the car, I hear a distinctive Windows' c dialog box chyme. I thought, hmm ok, my other work PC laptop is fully shut down, must be coming from my Mac. So I opened it up and lo and behold, the freaking Mac DID NOT sleep because I left Parallels running on the Full Mode and when I closed it, it was running Windows XP. My MacBook Pro was probably almost hot enough to cook some nice scrambled eggs by then and probably would've overheated and gone kaput, retire to Mac Heaven if I hadn't discovered this!!! So a learning point here, my Mac owning friends: If you run Parallels on FullScreen Mode and you shut the lid while it's on Windows, it WON'T sleep. So shut down Windows, exits Parallels, THEN put your Mac on Sleep Mode! Don't say I didn't warn you! Otherwise you'll have this for a Mac:


.... if this had happened, I would have
FREAKING cried me a Bruneian River....!

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Google Advertising

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Seriously, Google's going to gobble up mainstream terrestrial TV. Together with YouTube (if they don't get sued front, right and center, that is) they'll be making even more gajungas of money..... and all they started off was simply designing a piece of technology that helped people search for information faster.... shares IPOed at US$85 and now worth well over US$400++, if only in hindsight ..

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Exotic Visitors

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

I've had this blog going for over a month or so now and I think it'll now pretty much be a permanent feature and a place where I can share my videos (and other mundane thoughts and rants) with the global community. I've checked the stats on people who have been visiting my site and I am amazed at how global my blog visitors have been! My Bruneian hits have increased since getting referred by youparkingidiot and anakbrunei!

.... even one from Portugal .... 'dia bom meu amigo! obrigado muito muito visitando'

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