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Stein Yan Fernando .

The name's Stein
Born on the 10TH of March,
I'm currently 17, and I can't wait to be 18.
Iam obviously a Pisces
Born in Singapore
I ADORE the colour Red.
I have a burning passion for Guitar
I currently own 3 guitars.
2 semi-acoustics & 1 electric.
I'm currently learning fingerstyle plucking.
I idolize a man named Andy Mckee.
He is both an idol and a person to look up to.
Currently studying in Simei ITE
Digital Audio & Video Productions is what I study.
Photography is one of my favorites.
Computer Graphics is one of my hatreds.
Do NOT tick me off when I'm hungry.
Because a hungry man is an angry man.
To me, music is my life.
But of course, my friends always comes first.
I do not have a best friend.
I do not like to rank my friends.
But, rest assured that each of my friends are precious.

 
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Finally, a day when I can close my eyes in peace.
May 29, 2009
You know what they say; when you work, work Hard. When you rest, rest HARDER.

HECK YEAH! Finally, all my worries are gone. I've officially finished with all my final-project assignments. I grew alot of white strands of hair ever since. Well.. At least it's over. And now, I just realized that my exam is just next week. GREAT..

Today was kinda slack. When I arrived in class, Mr Dom had a HUGE box for us to put our assignments in. The coffee-table book and the CD. For me, my only worry at that time is that I didn't burn the files into the CD. Luckily, Mac computers has a burner already installed. So I asked Jasmine to borrow me her laptop and I burnt the files into the CD. (Not literally.)

Anyways, after I dropped the assignment into the box, Mr Graham came in and asked us to do some survey thingie. So I did. After I did it, I went over to Jonathan's group to.. y'know.. slack. I brought my PSP along with me, thinking that I could play Pokemon for awhile. But when I was about to turn my PSP on, Jonathan said that he wanted to play it. So me, being nice, lent it to him. He was stuck to it like glue ever since.

When Mr Graham's thingie was over, we decided to head over to Cafe 1, since we were all starving. Walked to the lift lobby, squeezed into the lift and walked into Cafe 1, of course, Jonathan still had his face buried into the PSP. I ordered the usual Ee-Mee. And it tasted GOOD.

Well, when lunch was over, me and Jasmine decided to head over to the PTC. Only to know that it's closed, since the young ones were out for kayaking. So we decided to head home.

Nothing special happened ever since. But, I'm still wondering what to eat now. Hungry me.

I still miss her.
'niets.
Stein + Not sleeping for a day cause of assignments = BAD.
May 28, 2009
Stein + Not sleeping for a day cause of assignments = VERY BAD.

Yeah well, the front title says everything. I spent the whole night doing my COG assignment. I managed to survive cause of afew cans of Red Bull. That thing really gives you wings. Anyway, I'm going to bed soon, cause I'm VERY tired. Both mentally and physically. Lemme elaborate further about today. And please, mind my english today. Too tired to do any corrections.

Basically, school started at 8.30am. I went to school at around 11.30am? Cause I mean, I hafta sleep SOMEHOW. So, I got up, realized that it was already 11am, rushed to bathe, and rushed to school. When I arrived, I saw many students leaving. And I thought to myself; "Walao, when they're school ends, my school starts." Took the lift up to the 4th floor, met Fish & Fuad and we continued on to COG.

When it was time for COG, I wanted to hand in my assignment quickly. I wanted to get it done and over with ASAP. So I hastily uploaded, and decided to play my PSP to relax. When COG was over, we decided to continue on with our DPH assignment. So, the gang and I, went to do some paste'ing of the pictures. Since Jasmine, Jonathan, Elizabeth & Cindy needed to attend their 'Visual Effects' lesson, me, Eric & Fish decided to join them. Only to realize that Mr Graham prohibited us to enter the class. So we were forced to stay outside and finish our assignments.

Let's just say the paste'ing didn't go so well, I did something horrible to my work, and it turned out BAD. Sad me.

After that sticky experience, I decided to rush down to the PTC since I needed to attend a guitar rehearsal. We were rehearsing for a upcoming performance that is on Sunday. In the end, I went down to realize that I was too late, and it was time for guitar lessons for the Sec 2's. Bored me. Anyways, when guitar lessons ended, me, CC, Kelvin, Felicia & Tin Yam decided to rest at the PTC for awhile. Since they needed to wait for Sister and such.

Anyways, we left the PTC, said our goodbyes, and went home.

I'm tired. Hopefully everything goes well tomoro. Its the submission date for all my assignments.

I miss her,
'niets.
I miss her, I miss her, I BLOODY miss her.
I, indefinitely, miss her.

TODAY, is basically the best day of this whole week. Why? Its because all my worries are gone! Why? Its because I'm done with my DPH & COG Project! I've printed out my photos and it came out perfectly. Also, while I'm typing this entry, I'm rendering my COG project as well. All my worries are OFFICIALLY gone. I can finally sleep in peace tonight. :D

Anyways, It's getting late, and I don't wanna talk too much tonight. I don't have enough mental energy to think about what to say next.

What I'll say is.. Thank you; Cindy, Jasmine, Joshua, Elizabeth, Kristy, Jonathan, Raja, Sun, Eric & Fish for letting me join you guys for printing. Without you guys, I wouldn't be able to print my photos. Thank you soo much! And, I had alot of fun in the MRT today! Even though I didn't know what was Raja & Jonathan doing, but I definitely had a great time today.



This is random, but I mean.. Its my blog, I can say whatever I want. Ignore this part my viewers.

Weirdly, I miss her.
Yes, her.
I've not seen her for AGES.
But I'm sure she's doing great.
Everything's new for her, and she doesn't need me there.
She's doing great so far. And I'm overly-proud of her.
I keep telling myself; Whenever she's happy, I'm happy.
Weird thing is, I'm not.
Why? Because it isn't the same anymore.
I'm starting to kill myself slowly inside, because.. I miss her.
Stupid.. I know, clinging on to the past.
But, she's a memory, that I want to remember all my life.
I want to remember her.
I want to remember her poems.
I want to remember her songs.
I want to remember her presence
I want to tell her how I feel.
But, what would she think?
People are right when they say; When you wanna dream, dream big. And that, unattainable dreams, are the best kind.
Right now, she IS a dream.
Right now, she IS unattainable.
She'll always be a dream.
Always, in my lil' chapter of my fairytale.
Right now, I'm trying to flip the page.
But it's stuck.
All I know,
Is that I miss her.
Period.


Anyway, today's a weird entry. Weird me. But anyways, thanks again. And Mervin, cheer up dude. If you need someone to talk to, just give me a call. I'll definitely give you a listening ear. Take care.

Signing off.
'niets.
Always count on your friends to cheer you up.
May 26, 2009
Always count on your friends to turn your frown, upside down.

Work, work, work. S&W starts at 9.30am today. In the end, I went to school at 1.45pm. Why? Its because I spent the whole day yesterday doing my Photoshop assignments. And when I meant by 'whole' I meant from the time I reached home, all the way to 3am in the morning. And yes, I skipped S&W today. Though, I would really like to know what my classmates did for S&W today.

Anyway, moving on, when I arrived in school, and when VP1 lecture started. The first thing that Mr Nick said was; MOVIE TIME. That definitely brightened up my day. The video that Mr Nick showed, was a Action / Chinese film called; Infernal Affairs. I know, I know, its an old film. But I mean.. Its chinese, and I don't watch chinese films. (No offence.)

The movie cutted when some guy fell on the taxi and died. Because it was time for our next class; LLA. Remember? Today is the last lesson of LLA? Yeah well, I was actually looking forward to what Mdm Haj had in store for us. Also, we weren't allowed to skip lessons cause Cindy said that we "HAD to go."

So we took our butts, and proceeded to the classroom. When we arrived, Mdm Haj started to read out some lame attendance thingie. After she read everything out, INCLUDING our final marks. We were allowed to leave. When everyone left, Jonathan, Joshua, Sun, Cindy & myself, decided to stay back to do some editing, since we had ALOT of time to spare. We did alot of nonsense when we were in the classroom. Jonathan started doodling on the whiteboard and I went to join him. Eventually, we made a film about some lame Pokemon trainer getting his ass pwned by some sheep-like 'thing.' It was HILARIOUS. We then stayed for another 2 hours, and then, we decided to go down to Cafe 2 to have our dinner.

I ordered a bowl of Ee-Mee. The noodle that tasted like Maggi Mee? Yeah, I ate that. Its been awhile since I did. Anyway, it was GOOD and definitely worth the $4 dollars. After our dinner, we yet again, decided to stay in the Cafe to continue our editing. Cindy, Jonathan & Sun was doing their film editing thingie, while I was sitting around listening to WTKs. I helped them once in awhile, to keep them entertained. After afew minutes, I whipped out my camera, and we started Camwhore'ing. Here are some of the peektures.

Lol @ Cindy's face.



Sun. :D
This is the part when we were doodling about the lame Pokemon trainer. And about his Pokemon (The slime.) getting pwned.






Thanks for the wonderful day today.
'niets.
Work, work, work.
May 25, 2009
With patience comes success.

Its Monday again, that means.. More school, more assignments, more nonsense from your classmates, more money wasted on bus fares. Whats more, today's first lesson is COG! Darn it. Oh well, I started at 8.00am. I woke up at the exact same timing. But I mean, since when have I ever woke up early for a 8 o'clock lesson?

Anyways, you know the drill. I woke up, bathed, blah blah. When I reached school, I ran into Fuad, and we, together the late-comers went to COG class.

COG wasn't that bad. I spent all my time doing something that I actually KNEW. So you can say I used my time wisely. Anyways, when COG was over. Me, Jonathan and the gang went to Cafe 3 to eat. I ordered a plate of ..Pepper Noodles? Probably its because the noodles tasted like pepper and nothing else. You can imagine how it sucked. What a good way to waste your $2.10. After I was done, I got up and went to buy a cup of Milo. Even the Milo there sucked, BIG TIME. I'm never going there ever again.

After that UN-appetizing brunch, we went up again to the same classroom for VP1. Today's lesson was kinda slack, we spent all of our time editing our film. Putting in abit of contrast here and there. Although the lesson was VP1, everyone else was doing our DPH assignments. Lol.

Then came the uber-boring 3-hour break. The gang and me, decided to go to a printing shop to 'test print' the photos, to see how it turns out. Turns out that the printer was kinda dull on colour and such. After the printing was over, we went outside to slack and buy some Bubble Tea. I have to say though; Singapore is FRIGGIN' HOT! I can practically cook an egg on the roadside. I was sweating my ass off even though I was enjoying my Strawberry Milk Tea. It was cold, mind you.

Went back to school, started with our editing and stuff. I got afew pointers from Elizabeth about Photoshop and stuff. (Damn, you have nice brushes Elizabeth!) Lazed around in the lab, went to walk around to spy on other people's work. I gotta say; Salwa, I like your macro shots! It was.. DAMN GOOD AR. Hope your photoshop'ing goes well! Anyway, after VP1 ended, the gang and I (again) went to Cafe 1 to have dinner. I ordered that Teriyaki Omelette Chicken thingie again. Now, THAT, was appetizing.

The deadline for the Final Project(s) is drawing nearer by the minute. F*ck, I've not done anything at all!

SMILE! Understoodereded?
'niets.
May 24, 2009
When times are grey, its up to you to make your day.

Sorry for not posting anything on Saturday. I didn't do anything special, so I decided not to post. Today, however, I went out for a shoot with Eric, Fuad, Sun & Fish. It was truly a memorable experience. Let me just share with you guys about today.

Basically, the objective of today, was to obtain pictures for our Final-Project which is due on Friday. Each of us is given 3 themes to choose from; Wet, Adventure & Belief. I chose Belief. So we decided to go around Singapore to find some shots.

The morning started when I woke up at around 10.50am. I realized that we were supposed to meet at 12 @ the City Hall MRT station. So I rushed to bathe, rushed to change, rushed to the MRT Station and rushed to City Hall. I arrived at the station at around.. 12.45. When I got out of the MRT, I looked frantically for my friends. To my disappointment, I was actually the FIRST to arrive. What the hell right? Anyway, I waited for the gang to come. And in the end, Fish & Sun was the second to arrive. We met and waited for Fuad & Eric.


When they both arrived, we decided to go to a nearby church which allows tourists / photographers to go in freely.


On the way there, Fish saw a balloon and he remembered that Fuad was actually afraid of balloons. So we took it with us, harressing Fuad all the way to the church.

On the way there, we stopped by at a 7-11 to get something to drink. Usually, when Iam in 7-11, I'd usually look for a bottle of Milk Tea. Since its always been my favourite. But, this time I saw something different. It was a CHOCOLATE Flavoured Milk Tea. And it was YUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYY. Heres a picture of it, you guys should really try it.

Anyway, after I took the pictures that I needed. Fuad then said that he wanted to shoot the theme; Belief, in flowers. So we went to the BEST place that has flowers; the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Here are some of the pictures which I took when we were there. I could've took alot more, but my camera's battery died on me. :[


P.S. This is my FIRST post that actually has peektures in it. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Another thing, Botanical Gardens have to stop over-feeding the fishes there. Those things are MASSIVE.

Signing off.
'niets.
Unnecessary Stress.
May 21, 2009
Always look on the brighter side of life.

I didn't go to school today. Why? It's probably because I woke up at about.. 9.30am? And classes started at 8.30am. So I figured, why go to school? So I didn't.

I spent my time at home lazing around, doing stuff that I never thought I would do. Stuff like, studying? Doing my DPH storyboards and such. For once, I actually used my time WISELY. Actually, before the studying, I was researching on how I can get Gameshark, Action Replay & etc.. codes to work on my PSP. I spent like, 2 hours doing that? And I actually got sick and tired, and I started planning on my storyboard. It wasn't long for me to realise that it was already 2 o'clock, and I remembered that I had to go down to the PTC for some guitar rehearsal. So I went to bathe, change, put my guitar into the bag & went down to the busstop.

Luckily, just when I was about to reach the busstop, a bus 17 drove in, and I hurriedly went in. Tapped and went to the back with my trusty guitar. When I reached PTC's busstop, I didn't realise that Felicia, Cassandra, Charlene, Tin Yam & Jermyn was on the same bus as me. So we took our time and walked towards PTC.

Everything else was kinda boring, cept' the part when my guitar's last string broke. It just HAD to break when I was JUST about to use it. ._.

ANYWAY, the new sec 2's were supposed to come for guitar lessons today, hosted by Cheng Chye & Me. The sec 2's were supposed to break up into 3 different groups. Each group compremising of 2 sub-groups. Cheng Chye & me, will then take 1 of the 2 sub-groups for teaching. Confusing huh? Anyway, I took my group, and we proceeded into the counselling room. We settled down and I started teaching them about the fundamentals of guitar. They seemed to be pretty enthusiastic about it. After classes were done, I went to teach the next group and they were pretty attentive too.

When guitar classes were over and PTC was about to close, me, Mervin, ZX & the rest went to the back of PTC to discuss about where we were going and who wanted to have dinner and such. We spent like.. 30 mins figuring out who wanted to go home and who wanted to have dinner. It was pretty amusing, since everyone was asking the same questions like.. "SO ARE WE GOING TO EAT OR NOT?" In the end, Melvin,Mervin, CC, Jasmine, Louis and me decided to go eat.

After dinner, I followed Mervin all the way to the interchange cause he wanted to buy a concession fare for his ez-link card. While on the way there, we had an amusing conversation about a girl.. and.. the pool centre.. Let's just say I regretted about NOT being there. (Dammit.) After Mervin got his concession thingie done, we took a long walk home talking about ..stuff. Don't worry, it ain't all bad.

P.S. Always remember, God is always challenging you.

Call her!
'niets.
DPH Test! Hard? ..Not really.
May 20, 2009
DPH TEST! Hard? ..Not really.

Y' know.. about a week ago, Mr Dom 'warned' us about a killer test, which is today. He made it sound like as though it was as hard as a 'Quantum Physics' paper. Which definitely made me shudder. But in the end, when I sat for the test.. It was.. like 1+1?

Today school starts at 8.30am. Guess what time I woke up? ..8.30am. Yeah, you could say I was late. VERY late. So I did the usual, got up, hurried to bathe and went down. I took a cab this time. Cause I know by the time I waited for the bus.. It'll be like.. 30 mins for the bus to arrived, 30 mins for the bus to reach ITE, 5 mins to walk to the class room and such. Yeah, you do the calculating. So, I took a cab and it costed like.. 10 bucks? When I reached, I tried calling Jasmine to confirm that the test isn't going on. In the end, she told me that classes was cancelled cause Mr Dom was pissed about the final project. So I asked them where they are and they said that they were in Cafe 2.

Skipping to the part about the test..

Finally, another one of my worries are finally gone. The test which Mr Dom said that would be as hard as rock. Which eventually turned out REALLY easy. Whats more, its in MCQ format. Which means I just hafta choose the answer. I don't need to write down anything. Which is probably a COMPLETE life saver. Well anyway, the test duration was like.. 1hr and 15mins. I managed to finish it in like.. 15 mins? Yeah.. It was THAT easy.

Anyway, after the test, I went down to Cafe 1 with a couple of my good friends to have a nice dinner. I ordered some Japanese Dish. Basically it was.. Omelette with some pieces of chicken in it topped off with teriyaki sauce. It was GOOOOD. Like seriously. The next time I order it, i'll definitely remember the name. (Probably i'll take a picture too. :p) After dinner, I recieved a call from Jet asking whether I would want to go down to the pool centre to meet ZX. Since he has to go off for CCA and stuff. So me, being a good friend, agreed. When we (Jasmine and I) arrived, I was surprised to see a third party. It was actually ZX's friend who opened the pool table for us. I decided to play a round with him, and he was really good. Anyway, after pool, me and ZX wanted to meet Merv and the rest. Unfortunately, we were too late. So we went home on the ever-faithful, bus 12.

P.S. Sorry about the crappy english again. I was just demoralised about how time flies. I thought I could play RO for awhile. But when I looked at the clock, it was already 10. ._.

Signing off,
'niets.
Happy Birthday my friend!
May 19, 2009
Happy birthday, my good friend.

First off, I would like to wish my good friend: Fuad, a very happy 17th birthday. You have finally matured! Sorry I couldn't attend the birthday dinner with ya. Hope you enjoyed yourself.

Today was kinda easy for me. The first lesson of the day was S&W which started at 11am. Knowing that classes started late, I didn't set my alarm like I usually do. Little did I know that I woke up at around 10.30am! I stumbled out of bed and rushed to the bathroom to bathe. When I got out, I realised that it was already 10.45am. I rushed again, ran out of my house and down to the busstop. Luckily, the bus just arrived. I got up and went to the second floor. I whipped out my PSP and started playing Pokemon. Yes.. Pokemon. When I arrived at the school busstop, I alighted and I didn't notice the person who alighted with me. It was Fish. I was shocked to see that he took bus 12, which he usually doesn't. Together, we walked to the school entrance. When I arrived in the IDSH, I was bombarded with questions like: "Why aren't you in your S&W attire?" or "How come your playing Pokemon?" What can I say? Pokemon is cool, and I just didn't feel like doing S&W today. So I sat down with my face buried into my PSP, playing Pokemon, while my friends continued on playing badminton.

When S&W was finished, the gang and I, went down to Cafe 1 to have our lunch. I ordered a bowl of 'Ba Chor Mee' which cost me a mere 2 dollars. I kinda enjoyed it. It was definitely worth it. After my lunch, I, yet again, whipped out my PSP playing Pokemon. After an hour, we made our way to the lecture hall, which usually is closed when we got there. What we'll usually do, is sit outside the lecture hall and wait for Mr Nick / Mr Boi to come. Seeing as I had ample time to spare, I played my PSP again.

Today's lecture was kinda 'out-of-syllabus'. Mr Boi thought us after effects using Adobe After Effects. Yet another powerful software which is usually used for post-production editing. Mr Boi went to a website that showed us the different tutorials which thought on how to use After Effects and such.

After the lecture, we made our way to the 5th floor where LLA was held. When we got into the room, I started playing my PSP again, while the lecturer: Mdm Haj, was reading out some attendance thingie. Mdm Haj had some SPLENDID news for us today. Apparently, next week is the LAST week of the module! Which means.. No more LLA! Happy me. LLA was kinda slack today, since Mdm Haj decided not to teach us. So we used the empty time to celebrate Fuad's birthday. It was kinda cool, cause we did a hamburger on him. Hamburger means we made him lie on the ground while my friends piled on top of him, one by one. It was a hilarious moment. And Fuad seemed to have fun.

After LLA, Jasmine and I went down to the pool centre where we met ZX and Daph. Seeing as there was an empty table, Jasmine wanted me to teach her a thing-or-two about pool, while ZX teached Daph. Jasmine wasn't such a bad learner, she picked up pool pretty quick. And after awhile, she was scoring balls like a pro. We played afew rounds together and we made our way to White Sands, where we met the 'Usuals' and had our dinner.

It was fun today. Simple.
'niets.
Tired me..
May 18, 2009
Tired me..

Oh jeez, I'am REALLY tired. Didn't get much sleep during the weekends cause of the shoots and such. My mind didn't rest at all during the weekends cause of the COG assignment thingie. Last week, has TRULY been a VERY tiring week for me. Just a heads up, if I ever anger anyone due to my expressions or attitude.. Iam sorry. I get grumpy easily when I'am tired. Well, just look on the brighter side, at least its a new week.

Well, on to today.. I went to school late, cause I had to push the amazingly huge briefcase, containing the redheads on a trolley. I took a cab down, and when I arrived in school, I realised that I was already an hour late. Seeing as the first class of the day is COG, I just took my time. When I arrived in class, I learnt from Jasmine that we had to do our storyboards AND pass it up by today. THAT was not cool.

When COG ended, me and the rest went down to Cafe 3. Yes.. Cafe 3. Actually, it was my first time there. I ordered a packet of Nasi Lemak and a milo on the side. The Nasi Lemak ain't so bad.. Cept' it only has one fish in it. Well, the rice tasted nice.. I think?

VP1 today was kinda easy, Mr Boi went through the nooks & crannys of Adobe Premier Pro. One of the many softwares which i'll be using when it comes to video editing. We played around with the transitions, cuts and such. It was kinda cool, it's kinda like Photoshop, cept' its on video.

After the mini-tutorial, Mr Boi was kind enough to borrow us afew cameras so that we could 'digitise' our tapes into .avi format. Yeah.. Basically, digitising means that we convert whatever we shot in tape into .avi format. So that we can view it on WMP and such.

School ended, and I went down to the pool centre to look for Merv and the rest. Played afew rounds on the challenge table.. And I finally lost to a malay guy. He was good, and I didn't feel like playing too. After pool, we went for dinner.. And then, home.

No mood to type anything else.
'niets.
Ready? 1.. 2.. ...Wait!
May 17, 2009
Ready? 1.. 2.. ...Wait!

That's probably one of the most common phrases I've heard today. Anyways, today was the LAST day of shooting. That means we're supposed to finish the shoot by today. Luckily, everything went according to plan.. Well, not really.

Firstly, I would like to thank & congratulate everyone that helped / acted in the short film: "Red String". Without your help and cooperation, we wouldn't be able to accomplish it. I've met many friends along the way. (Sort of.) Basically, I would like to thank them here. Really hope you see it. :D

Rayner: Hey! Thanks alot for coming down to cast in the film. Honestly, the first time I saw you, I thought you were a full-time gangster. But after getting to know you, your actually a very nice guy. Thank you for telling me about your 'life-story' and such. I really appreciate the 'open-ness' that you gave me. Stay cool, and remember: the 4 P's.

Cheryl: "What the hell?!" That was probably the catch-phrase of the day. Haha, sorry that I couldn't talk much with you. Really hope I could though. Anyways, your prelims are coming up right? Be sure to study HARD. I'am sure you wanna rub that "A+" thingie in my face. Oh and another thing, thanks for the card and the lollipop. Even though I won't eat it.. Uh.. Thanks anyways. :D

Janice: Lol. Thats all I can say. You're probably the one who usually brightens up my mood most of the time. Even though we made you go through hell, with the make-up and the blood and stuff. You never fail to wipe that smile of your face. Don't ever change your ways, cause I'm sure the crew enjoyed your happy-go-lucky mood, apart from me. Stay happy! And.. Always remember Alicia. :o

On to the shooting, today wasn't so bad. Even though we were in a rush to finish it. When morning came, the only thing that came to my mind when I woke up is.. FOOD. Yeah, food. It was probably cause I didn't manage to eat much yesternight. Anyways, thankfully, Cheryl (or Janice) volunteered to buy some burgers from Mcdonald's for us. Such kind people they are. Well, that was one problem out of my mind. When they came, they immediately sat on my couch and started watching TV. While me, Fuad and Rayner whipped out the burgers and began stuffing it into our mouths. After that appetizing brunch, we were ready to shoot.

After afew scenes, the battery of the camera decided to "go into the light." So we took a one-hour break, while we allowed the camera to revive itself. During the break, the crew decided to slack infront of the TV, while I went to bathe. When I was out, Rayner came rushing to me saying that he wanted to learn: 'Thunder' on acoustic. So I sat down with him and thought him the song. He was surprisingly easy to teach.

After the break was over, we continued shooting.. And shooting.. And even more shooting.. Till it was like.. 9 plus at night? We were supposed to finish like.. 7 hours earlier. Well anyway, we continued shooting and stuff. Until it was time for Janice to get make'd-up'd. Which bought us another.. hour to slack and eat? So we did. I don't know why, but I just felt really moody at that period of time. I just felt like sleeping and not talking to anyone. Weird me. Yeah well, we continued shooting and shooting till it was time to go back.

P.S. I'll probably upload some photos of the shoot whenever I get them from Fuad / Kristy. Till then, please be patient.

Soo tired,
'niets.
May 16, 2009
Shooting, shooting & more shooting.

Okay, here's the thing. Yesterday, was the first day of our shoot of the film: "Red String". At first, we had troubles in trying to find casts and a location to film. But since the cast problem has been resolved, the only problem left was the location. So me, being such a nice person, decided to offer my place as a location to shoot. At first, I thought I made a grave mistake. But eventually it turned out great. And I had a lot of fun with them at my place.

Okay, firstly I would like apologize for not making an entry yesterday, I was too busy shooting. Anyway, yesterday was great. The crew and cast came to my house for filming. When they came, they were carrying HUGE briefcases and bags (& a trolley.) So I led them in. (You can imagine the mess they made.) When they were inside, they kept telling me that my house was nice and such. Not trying to boast or anything, but I ignored their compliments. Maybe its because I live here? And I've been looking at my house since I was like.. what.. 5? Anyway, Eric, Fuad and myself, sat down on the couch to start thinking of what scenes we should do today. While the rest, went into my room to play my guitars. Eric focused on the morning scenes first, since we need it to look like 'morning.'

Shortly after, the cast, Salwa & Elizabeth (our producer and Art Director) arrived. And they were very efficient. Elizabeth started on the props and make-up, while Salwa was readying the paperwork. I hafta say, I was impressed at that time.

Soon after, we were about to shoot our first scene, which took place in my living room and the cast watching TV. We took about.. 8 takes? Because Fuad wanted to experiment with different angles and such. Not too bad. The second scene was kinda short cause it only involved a phone. Not too bad also. But when the third scene came.. Bad. I shall not blah about it.

Anyways, after the whole thing, we ended at around.. 11.30pm. And my house was a friggin' mess. Luckily, Elizabeth & Kristy, volunteered to stay and clean the house. Such nice people they are. After they went back, I did some more cleaning, and went to bed. Hey.. I was tired.

Today, the crew & cast are coming again. I just hope they don't make a mess like last time. Let's pray for the better yeah?

P.S. I just wanna thank the people who cleaned my house after the shoot. Esp. Elizabeth & Kristy. You guys were a great help. :D

Signing off,
'niets.
Waking up at 11am.. I can get used to it..
May 14, 2009
Wow, yet another day in which I can wake up at 11am. I could get used to this.. I was supposed to wake up at 8.30am, which is the usual timing in which class usually starts on this day. But, since classes were canceled to help with the production of our film, we were allowed to go to school late.

Anyways, I had a good rest and woke up at about 10.30am. I woke up this late, probably because I was up the whole night yesterday playing Ragnarok. :| Back to the subject.. I woke up, brushed my teeth and did the usual. I rushed down to the bus stop knowing that Daphane was on the next bus 12 which will arrive in afew minutes time. While I was running, I kept on telling myself: "Its good to exercise in the morning."

Upon reaching the bus stop, I met Emma, and said "Hi." in a panting manner. Emma was like her usual self. Alone, listening to her MP3 and such. I carefully sat beside her, afraid that I would break her "meditation". Shortly after, the bus arrived. And I went to the upper deck, ignoring the "Seats Available" sensor. I saw Daph, and went to take my seat, and as usual.. I whipped out my MP3. :D

When we alighted from the bus, I don't know how.. but I think Daphane lost her button to a commercial post. You know, the gigantic posters that are usually near bus stops? Yeah, that thing. I don't know how & why, but she did. Hope your able to sow it back.

Nothing much happened in school, so i'll skip to the part when I went to PTC.

When school ended, I took a bus down to the PTC. Upon arrival, I noticed that there were only 2 people inside PTC. Which is, Cheng Chye and Jie Han. Said "Hai." to them and went to sit beside them. Cheng Chye then told me that he has been messaging me about the guitar rehearsal and stuff and was telling me about how I should reply. Me, being as I am, do not reply much to messages. And therefore, I realise that it really IS my fault, I apologized to him and he continued telling me about the next upcoming performances and such.

When it was time for the rehearsal, I went to my 'group' which was in-charge of the song: "Your Guardian Angel." We practiced, and sang, practiced again.. sang again. Till I practically lost my voice for a few seconds. CC then came in and told us that we had to review the song to Sister Maria.

When it was time to review it to her, I was surprisingly nervous. Iunno, maybe its been a really long time since I've performed to anyone before. Who knows? Anyway, the review went well and Sister Maria liked it. SUCCESS.

After it was all over, we packed up and went home.

P.S. Sorry for the crappy english today, I just don't feel like making an entry today. But I did, soo...

Signing off.
'niets.
Tests, tests, TESTS..
May 13, 2009
Wow, today is FINALLY our FIRST DPH phase test.

I've been looking forward to this day for AGES. Why? Its because, I've not had a single DPH test since the day I joined the course. Anyway, the test was fairly easy. All I had to do, was to take a few shots of a few products, then.. Photoshop it. Not too hard right? Well, yeah.. It was kinda easy, but to my friends, it was not. Who knows? Anyway, I breezed past the exam and went down to Cafe 1 to meet Cindy and the rest.

The moment I sat down, I was bombarded with questions regarding the phase test. Stuff like: How did I do? or.. Was it hard? and such. Well, after that verbal harressment, I went to the drinks stall to buy some bread and a drink. Hoping that it would shut my stomach up for awhile. I ate, drank, and watched my friends stress about their group's film and such, while I laid back to enjoy my 'sort of' lunch.

After lunch, we went back up to the lecture hall to get lectured by the lecturer. The lecturer thought us about Adobe Premier. Amazing software it is. For those who do not know, Adobe Premier is a film / video editing software. Kinda like Photoshop, cept' its on film not photo. So we had a crash course on what buttons do what, and what do-hickeys do what. The lecture was surprisingly interesting, cause I consider Adobe programs "Marvels of software invention". I mean C'MON, its ADOBE. LOL.

Yeah so, after the lesson on Adobe Premier was over, the next lecturer: Mr Dominic & his sidekick Ms Raudah, came in to "warn" us about the next upcoming DPH test. He told us about the topics in which we had to study, and the stuff we needed to remember. According to Mr Dominic, the test is gonna be HARD. Like.. ROCK HARD. Stressful much? I guess I gotta start studying. :(

After the lecture, Eric, my film director, said he wanted to have a small meeting regarding the film. So we decided to go to Cafe 1 (again) to rest and 'meet'. Basically, the meeting was mainly for my group's producer, so I just went there to pretend that I care. (Which I really do.) Yeah so, while Eric was blah'ing to the producer, I decided to have an early dinner. So, I went to order "Yu Yuan Mian". Which is commonly known as: Fish Ball Noodle. I didn't really enjoy my dinner, cause it tasted like crap. The fish balls didn't taste like fish balls, and the fish cakes didn't taste like fish cakes. Shortly after my horrible dinner, ZX called and said that he wanted to meet me in Cafe 1.

Anyway, knowing that Daphane was finishing classes soon, we decided to wait for her. So that we could go back together. After she arrived, she made a surprising comment about us going to the beach. To.. relax. So I agreed. And we were on our way. We took the usual bus, bus 12. And, as usual, the 'Seats Available' sensor was full of crap. We went up, and took our places. I whipped out my phone and started listening to songs. After a few stops, a man who occupied 2 seats, cause he was sitting on the outer seat, stood up and left the bus. Seeing as I liked to sit near the window, went over to takeover his seat. Shortly after, Daphane came and sat beside me, and she started to tell me about her problems with her BF and such. So I gave her advice, and comforted her at the same time. Hope she feels better soon.

When we reached our busstop, we left the bus and headed for E!Hub. Us, feeling thirsty, decided to buy a drink at Cup Walker. I ordered my usual: Hazelnut Chocolate Milk Tea with Pearls. And yes, it was YUMM. So we took our drinks, and went to the park.

When we arrived, we sat and started talking, taking pictures, more talking and finally, started to play lame games. Lol. About an hour later, Mervin arrived with his ever-so-awesome electric bike. He sat down with us, and we started talking MORE crap. I even hitched a ride on his wicked bike! Yeah, so I practically enjoyed that "Relax" session with me pals.

P.S. This is a damn long entry. :|
Signing off,
'niets.
When life gives you lemons.. You make lemonade.
May 12, 2009
When life gives you lemons.. You make lemonade.

First off, I would like to apologize for not making an entry yesterday. I had alot of COG work to do, and I was practically pulling my hair out cause I was so bloody stressed out. But anyway, Its done, and I have some room to breathe now. There was COUNTLESS things that happened yesterday, but I won't blah on it today.

Lets talk about today. Well, today was the usual, school started at 9.30am. I woke up at about 8.30am to realize that I was late. So, I rushed and went down to wait for the bus. While waiting for the bus, I met Emma, who was listening to her MP3, blasting it at full volume of course. (She must be listening to WTKs!)

So, when the bus arrived, I went up to the upper deck to take a seat. Usually, bus 12 would be awfully full when it stops at like.. the next 2 or 3 stops. But amazingly, it was surprisingly empty today. Anyways, at about the 5th stop, a cute girl wearing the 'new' ITE uniform boarded the bus. (It really is random, but I just had to say it.) She sat at the front seat, which allowed me to stare at her till the bus arrived at ITE. Well, that took up most of my time in the bus.

When we got down, entered ITE's gate (Hi Carmen!) and walked into the indoor sports hall. I was greeted by my classmates, which really brightened up my day. I shook their hands and settled my stuff down. We was supposed to play Badminton today. But the S&W store was low on Badminton rackets.. Well, luckily I brought mine. So I went to play with some of the 'fortunate' people who brought theirs too. We played and played and played, till we realized that we've been playing for about 3 hours. We decided to stop and proceeded to Cafe 2.

Lessons today was kinda like a breeze. There wasn't much lessons, and the lessons that I had was short and kinda carefree today. I won't elaborate further.

After school, I waited at the busstop with Fish, Jonathan & Farhin. We talked (& played) till the bus arrived. Well.. the second one. The first one was PACKED. Anyway, we boarded the bus, said bye to Farhin, and went to stand at the 'Wheelchair corner'. I started a conversation with Jonathan regarding Kingdom Hearts 2, and shortly after.. he was blah'ing about it non-stop. After it was Fish's turn to stop, me and Jon found a seat and talked about KH2 all the way to WhiteSands where I met the 'Usuals' for dinner.

Dinner was great, I had a filling bowl of U-Mian. Which made my stomach happy. Daphane came shortly after we were finished with our dinners. And seeing as she had such a gloomy face, I decided to ask her what was wrong. And she said it was about her BF. So, Mervin, ZX & I, tried our best to comfort her. After the conversation, we went down to NTUC to buy some drinks, seeing as KOPITIAM's drinks cost a BOMB. I bought a small carton of Soy Bean milk which lasted me all the way home.

When me and Mervin reached the place where we were about to 'part our ways'. Me, being tired, decided to take a rest on the roadside curb. So we chatted about life and such for about.. iunno.. 2 hours? Then we made our way back home.

Lastly, I would just like to say: I hope I helped. Take care, and I'am rooting for you man. Don't give up hope and just DO IT. (:

Signing off,
'niets.
Its Mothers Day people!
May 10, 2009
Wow, its Mothers Day people!

From having you swimming in her womb, down to giving birth to you. There's no one out there that you would love more. And that person is your mum. You see her almost everyday, you hear her nagging at you to go and brush your teeth. You hate it when she starts talking about your future, but you always love it when she buys you whatever you want. You always appreciated the stuff she does for you, but you never had the guts to thank her. You wanted to buy her a gift for Mothers Day, but you always came up with the excuse of "I was too busy." And yet, she still forgives you, loves you & is always proud of you.

I would just like to say; I love you Mum. Thank you for always being there for me. Through thick and thin, through harsh and calm. I'm sorry I couldn't get you a present for Mothers Day. But at least you know.. That i'll always love you. ^^

Sweet huh? Now, ask yourself. What have you done for your Mum on Mothers Day?

Here's what the people in Gears of War 2 did.



Now go do something for your Mum. :p
Modelling shoot.. Wow.
May 8, 2009
Ever seen models taking photo shoots in studios? Or small products getting spammed by cameras ALSO in a studio? Well, today I had my first MODEL photo shoot. Yes, MODEL. I've been stressing about this for days now.. And finally, the time has COME.

Anyways, firstly, I would like to give a BIG thank you to Daphane. She was the one who volunteered to be my model. Thank you. It must be hard, carrying that big 'SONY' paper bag containing all your clothes. But I really appreciate your help. If you need mine, just give me a call. :D

So, carrying on with my day. Today, was also one of the better days in this week. I was allowed to wake up at around.. 9 plus? Which is considered kinda late already. Got changed, blah blah.. Went down, and I decided to take a cab down. Seeing as the Hai Sian students already were released from school. (How come the students ended so early today?) Anyway, as I got into the cab, the friendly cab driver greeted me with a LOUD: "NI HAO MA." Usually, I'd think he was crazy. But I thought to myself.. Cab drivers are kinda lonely almost everyday. They sit around on their fat asses, driving around their fat taxi's, stopping by every once in awhile to eat to satisfy their fat stomachs. So.. I greeted back with a friendly: "HAO". And yes, I speak chinese. (Very badly of course.)

So, the cab driver & me talked all the way to school. When I reached school.. I took the elevator, blah blah blah. And when I exited the lift, I saw a bunch of my friends sitting outside the studio with an anxious look on their faces. I mean, CMON, its a MODEL shoot, and its our FIRST TIME, can't blame us. So anyway, we waited for our turn to come.. And one by one, I see my friends dissappearing into the torture chamber, till it was my turn. "Well." I thought to myself. "Better get this done once and for all." I called both Daphane & my assistant: Jonathan to tell them that it was my turn.

When they arrived, we went into the studio. Daph was kinda enthusiastic about it, cause she was posing infront of the reflective wall. And Jonathan.. Was.. well.. Being himself. So, I asked Jonathan to ready the lights while I was trying the camera. A word of advice: Be sure to know what you are doing! We spent like.. Half of our time trying to figure out the lighting and stuff. So I didn't manage to take a lot of shots. Since each group had like.. 15 mins for a single shoot. After we wrapped up our last shot, we went to review it. Hey, it was kinda good. Lol.

After the shoot, I went down to the pool centre to look for the "Usuals". Met Mervin and the rest. And we played afew rounds of pool. Till it was about.. 5 o'clock? Then we got our arse's back home.

Oh and.. Daph! I love your hat! ;D

Thanks again.
'niets.
A day without school.
May 7, 2009
Oh someone please help me. I'm about to fail my COG!

Why on earth did somebody create a THING called COG? (Computer Graphics.) Its one of the HARDEST modules I've ever needed to study. And probably why I hate Mondays and Thursdays the most. (Cause COG falls on those days.) Not only that, its hard as hell to try to understand with all those BUTTONS that you hafta click. JEEZ! I swear, if I were to ever know the person or THING who invented that crappy module, I'll make sure.. that.. ima DO SOMETHING.

Anyways, putting that aside, today, I wasn't in school. So I lazed around at home.. Reading some books and playing some computer games. I never thought that I would miss school, maybe its because its too bloody boring at home. Who knows?

I won't make today's entry too long, since I've not done anything of interest.

Another thing, I would like to apologize to the crew doing the film; "Red String". That I was unable to attend school today. I hope I wasn't much of a problem when I wasn't there.

Signing off.
'niets.
R.I.P., Mr Mouse. T-T
May 6, 2009
Goodbye, Mr mouse. T-T

Today, is the death of my very good friend; my computer mouse. We have been through a lot, like playing Counter Strike: Source, down to surfing all those "funny" sites. (Don't get the wrong idea.) I'll surely miss it. Many things are passing through my mind as I throw Mr mouse down the chute. Things like, what mouse should I get next? Or.. What brand is good and such. ANYWAY, as my good friend likes to call it: "Unnecessary stress."

Now, about today. Today was one of the better days, since I could wake up at 11plus, cause classes started at about 1. So, you can say I had ALOT of rest. ;D Anyways, I went to do my usual stuff, like washing up and stuff. When I went down to wait for the bus.. Guess who I saw. I saw my long lost friends from Hai Sing, Leona and Charlene. As they passed & waved goodbye, Charlene made a comment about me being "emo" and such... SO NOT!

When I arrived in school, we had a class test about VP1 (Video Productions 1). Although I did not study alot, or even AT ALL. It was fairly easy. I was able to answer all the 30 MCQs that was written on the paper. The only hard thing about it was, the english. It was very.. "qim". As I was doing the paper, I occasionally turned to Jasmine. Seeing as she was rather bad at her english. After the test, we went out to have our lunch at Cafe 1. I went to order my personal favourite: Chicken Cutlet Rice @ $2.70 ea, complete with Black Pepper Gravy with a pinch of mayo at the side. It never fails to satisfy me.

Yeah, so, today, school was fun, since I was studying for only about 3 hours today. (My teacher decided to let us off early.)

After school, seeing as I had alot of time, me and Jasmine, decided to go down to the PTC, since I've not been there for AGES. When we arrived I was greeted by a LOUD "STEIN!". Seems that I've been missed, missed by Shawn.

Shawn is a sweet guy. He's gonna propose to his girlfriend on Saturday. He originally had a plan in mind, but it was ruined by.. iunno.. Something? So, he had an alternative. He decided to play a song called: I Could Not Ask For More by Edwin Mccain, with me being the guitarist, and him being the vocalist. The song is a AWESOMELY sweet song, if you guys have the time, go check it out! So, Shawn's plans were to video / record us playing / singing the song, and he would propose to her while singing the song. Good luck Shawn. May you two be happy! ;D

Signing off.
'niets.
A little more about me... Do not *toot*ING hit my head.
May 5, 2009
Hai,

Just a little something more you guys should know about me, is that I DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT like people to hit my head.

Why am I saying this? Well, it all started when classes finished. Jasmine, told me that Merv and the rest was at the Pool Centre. Seeing as the pool centre closes at 6, we rushed, since me and Jasmine wanted to play a round of pool. When we were there, we saw the "usuals": Kelvin, Jethro, Zhong Xin & of course, Mervin.
Mervin said he wanted to play with me after Kelvin and ZX was finished with their game. So we waited and we had a small trip to the toilet. When we returned, Kelvin and ZX were just about done. Seeing as the pool centre was about to close, we started immediately. After losing to Merv in pool, ZX said that he wanted to get a drink from Cafe 1. So, us, being kind souls, decided to follow him.

(Oh, and this is the part about why I mentioned I disliked people to hit my head.)

On the way to Cafe 1, Jasmine and I, saw our classmate. And she decided to 'hang' with us for awhile. I didn't mind. So, me being as I am, I made a jokey comment about us seeing her, and she, being agitated (I think), commented back about me being short. I didn't mind. UNTIL, she hit my head.. TWICE. Oh and did I say it was HARD. Not only that, she pushed it abit too. Thats where I MIND. Yeah so, you can say that after that incident, I was *toot*ing pissed. I even bitched about her when we left school. But what the heck, I hate her. And the next time she does it, I will NOT hesitate to retaliate.

So putting that aside, I'll continue on with the day,
So me and the rest, waited for bus 12, got into the bus, blah blah blah.. Though, I have to comment on the Bus's "Seats available." sensor. It always says 30++ or more, but when we went up, it was packed with people. They should really do something about it. ._. Yeah, anyway, me, Kelvin & Mervin found a seat, and we sat. While Kelvin and Mervin was chatting, me, being bored, whipped out my PSP, and played Need For Speed: Undercover. (That game never grows old.)

Also, I would like to apologize to Mervin, for not being able to have dinner with him. I R SORRY! (Seriously, sorry brah.)

Hope I can make it up to you.

@8.33pm. Mervin just showed me a HILARIOUS video. It DEFINITELY made me laugh.. HARD. Heres the video.



Signing off,
'niets.
We the Kings; Amazing much?
May 4, 2009
About a year ago, when I was completely oblivious to the AMAZING band called We the Kings (or WTKs for short). I was listening to shitty bands with their shitty songs. Well not all of course. Till one day, a really good friend of mine introduced to me one of their latest hit single: Secret Valentine. It was only then, when I fell in love with WTKs. As I am thinking of what to write next, I am listening to one of their songs (at full volume of course).

Okay, I might be overreacting, but lemme give you some of the reasons why I love WTKs;
  • They sound as good live, as they do in their album.
  • The lead guitarist (whose name is Hunter) has a Gold Top Les Paul.
  • Travis, the vocalist, is an amazing guy. Even though i've never met him. But I've seen him in his videos.
  • They'd make any girl melt whenever they play an acoustic version of their song.
  • I LOVE THEIR HAIR.
  • Their voices are amazingly smooth, and they keep their music concepts simple and clean. Yet they sound so good.
Okay, enough, I'm starting to sound like a girl. Instead of me blabbing on, lemme show you an example of what I mean when I say "AMAZING".

Here's Secret Valentine. Grabbed from Youtube.com. Enjoy.


Stein? BLOGGING?!
Yes yes, I know what you're thinking. But yes, i've started to blog. Maybe it's cause I have tons of things to say? Anyways, thanks to the people (Mervin esp.) who has given me the inspiration to start up a blog. THANK YOU.

Naturally, i'd fill this post up with today's crap and such. But I wont, this first post is to test out my new blog's skin and such.

So, be sure to check back for more updates! ;D

Signing off.
-niets.
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