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So, twitter is down. 10 of my tweets went down the drain. Thus, I decide the best way to keep record of my adventures here in LA is to blog.
6 Aug 2009, the day where I’ve shouted “I’m from Malaysia” in KODAK Theater with 3500 people in the audiences and got a DVD from some celebrity “audience MC”.
Ok, the day began with me hogging out of the bed and rush to Hollywood Blvd/Highland Ave thru 720+780 Metro Rapid. With some divine intervention, I got myself 2 tickets to the show as LIVE Audience. What I did was just to sign up on the “Waiting List” @ OnCamera Audience. Just before I am to leave for San Francisco 1st Aug, I got an email saying that I am given the opportunity to be the LIVE audience during the SYTYCD finale @ KODAK Theater. Whoa~
Without hesitation, I reserved 2 tickets. Ever since, I try to get someone to attend this joyous occasion with me. Weirdly, nobody is free? Finally I got someone but she didn’t turn up on that day itself, and after 10,000 missed calls and 4pm, I gave the extra tickets away to a lady and her daughter. They were walking around with a little piece of paper asking for 2 tickets for the show. They still need another ticket for both of them to get in, but eventually I’ve learned that someone else gave them another ticket.
The specific details of the show are reported all across the internet.
However there are some differences between the LIVE audience show and the show you see on TV. This website http://www.buzzsugar.com/3830041 gave an reality check on the TV recording. It is a clear proof that whatever you see on TV (even though it says LIVE) might not be truly LIVE at all. ^^ Thanks to the power of video editing!
Once clear example that I thought it’s worth mentioning is the fact that we (live audience) are staring at an empty stage during the mirror dance while people back home see the dance that’s pre-recorded.
Since it was a LIVE show, during the commercial breaks, the “Audience MC” (don’t remember his name, if someone knows please let me know) went around to interview people and gave out FREE SYTYCD DVD.
The highlight of the show (for me) is that I was chosen to be interviewed. I am sitting on Level 5 (3rd level of the balcony - called Mezzanine 3). I was asked “What’s your name” - “Joshua” | “where are you from?”, proudly I’ve answered “I’m from Malaysia”. There you go, I’m sure among the 3500 people some are wondering where is this place? Now you know - awareness created! Then the MC went on to ask me “Are you a dancer” - “No”. Then he went to ask a few questions and finally he commented that “The next time I see Cardio Funk it’ll remind me of Joshua as this is cardio [pointing at my cargo pants] and this is funk [pointing at my 'funky?' batik]. Then he handed me the DVD.
How I, among 3500 others was chosen dazzled me. The “mother” that I gave the extra ticket said that “It must be good KARMA, you gave us the ticket and now you get it”. KARMA or not, I believe this is not coincidence. This little event itself marks another BIG eye-opener for joshuatj, and things will never be the same again - I have my own stories to TELL!
After the event, I gave the incident some thought and I figure it must be the BATIK + Cargo Pants + long hair tied up combination that got me chosen. Of course, the fact is that the whole row is full of girls and I’m like the minority. Before my turn, little boys (8 years old) are chosen.
So there you go, a little exciting account of me getting a “So You Think You Can Dance - Cardio Funk Get Fit DVD”
Dear Lord,
Thank you for everything.
Thank you for all the opportunities that you’ve given me.
Thank you for the people that you’ve placed around me.
At this point of time, I’m starting to see my own life journey writing its own life journal right before my eyes. It’s such a satisfactory feeling.
AY0809 is truly a life-changing year. The amount of things that happened, the decisions that I have made, the situation that you’ve placed me in, all these formed a perfect symphony in this little page of my journey.
Lord, I pray that you’ll continue to guide me and lead me to where you want me to go. Empower me as I carry out your Will on earth as it is in heaven.
Thank you Lord.
In Jesus most precious name I pray,
Amen.
The next inline will be the video-editing workflow, Adobe ClipNotes is what I would like to explore next. Kana’s PAC MSW Spreadsheet rang a bell at the back of my mind that with the current EW structure we’re desperately in need of a better video-editing workflow with higher-level-approval-capabilities and comments-on-review-videos capability. EW is becoming more and more like a real Media Workgroup.
Archiving is a bit like doing your taxes (OK, I’m sorry, didn’t mean to leave this on a bad note. It’s nowhere near as bad as taxes, but bear with me here). If you don’t take care of the accounting for your finances daily, weekly and monthly, and you wait until April to calculate all things money, you won’t be loving life, at least in the first two weeks of April. But if you label your tapes methodically, keep all of your assets in a single folder, organize your file names and keep good notes, archiving will be a simple, and believe me, a rewarding final step in your production
That was an extract of the last paragraph of the article “Backing Up: Best Practices” http://www.videomaker.com/article/14395/
like what huanjin have said, I have been doing this archiving job all on my own thus far, I really should pass down the knowledge and move on.
My only problem is that Archiving is a tedious and boring job by nature. Unless the person who’s doing it has a solid future time perspective, it will be just another SAI KANG for him/her.
With CatDV acquired, I will spend more time on devising a proper Archiving Work Flow. By the looks of it, we will be start burning a lot of DVDs real soon.
In a way, the HDD Video Camera is really a savior! Love it!
I don’t know how true are all the facts in the video, but I do know that some of it is true. If the whole issue is explained that way, it seems like the jews are not in the wrong?
But I believe that to counter violence with violence is never the solution.
and this is the video response to the above video. disturbing…
world war III?
and here’s Bloomberg on CNN. If what he says are true.
Oh well, it’s just natural self-defense. But still, both side need to cease fire and start talking.
This post is to commemorate the many milestones of FIRST in my life.
I guess this trip back “Home” contributed as many FIRST as when I step into NUS on 19th July 2006.
ok here goes. (”this” refers to a lot of different incidents throughout the journey back @ Bangsar thus far)
this is the FIRST time I’m going back to my “HOME” @ Bangsar.
this is the FIRST time I slept on my bedroom @ my Bangsar Home.
this is the FIRST time I watched a movie in Megamall.
this is the FIRST time I sat on my father’s Honda Accord.
this is the FIRST time I drove the Honda Accord back to my house from Megamall. (second time driving on auto-gear)
this is the FIRST time I drove on KL Streets.
this is my FIRST and only 23rd Birthday.
this is my FIRST time in my life where I actually bought Christmas presents for my sisters (both blood-related and aiya-sisters) :p.
this is my FIRST birthday celebration on my exact birth-day with two pretty sisters (ONLY) whom are not from my blood-related family.
this is my FIRST time meeting Joyce’s friends SauHong, ShengJie and ShaoSheng.
this is my FIRST time experiencing how it is like to go on a shopping trip to a shopping center and not feeling bored.
We were @ Megamall from 11am till 8pm. (CRAZY…)
this is my FIRST time attempting to process 1600photos from 53rdDCYC and trying to upload it unto Facebook, I hope Facebook doesn’t put a limit on the number of photos that we can upload.
this is my FIRST time celebrating my birthday @ Bangsar HOME.
this is my FIRST time attempting to blow out candles which will not die off, I fan them off after a few blows.
this is my FIRST time bathing in a bath tub that’s only half the size of a normal bath tub with a special curve-in that allows you to sit and bathe… weird.
this is the FIRST time I’ve used FACEBOOK so intensively, more than 4hours straight per day.
this is also the FIRST time I’ve scored so many static electric shocks when I brisk my hands past Joyce’s. I wonder was that my FIRST aura in action… :p
ah.. this is my FIRST attempt to keep my hair LONG… very LONG!
I believe there are more to come.. stay tuned for part II?
ah… so many “FIRST TIME” and I’m reading the book “The Time Paradox”
I’ve contributed to the statistics of the most frequent used english word “TIME”, it beats “money” and “sex”.
Of course, how could I forget to THANK GOD for giving me so many FIRSTs in so short a time. It’s like turning over to a whole new chapter of my life, bursting off with so many FIRSTs.
Thank God for granting me the opportunity to realign my goals, my principles and my life back to where He wants me to…
Let’s start afresh!
Amen.
Oh well, if you are reading this post and you are still unaware of your friend here has been keeping his hair long, hop on to my facebook profile and peek at some of the amazing photos taken of long hair joshuatj.
I have long wanted to document this amazing experience of keeping a long hair for a Chinese Guy in South East Asia, specifically in Malaysia-Singapore.
First of all, I am amazed at the amount of people who inherently associate long hair to being a girl. Why must keeping a long hair a girls solely privilege?
Why can’t guys keep long hair as well?
Of course, keeping a long hair brings despair in the form of the hair constantly brushing against your face, the hair tickle your nose, the hair poke your eyes.. it seems to have more trouble than advantages.
So why did I decide to keep a long hair then?
I questioned myself on countless nights.
A simple hair cut in Singapore costs 10SGD and that’s RM24, that, coupled with the reluctance to find a cheap and decent saloon was the motivation in letting the hair grow on its own course.
Of course, my inherent nature of extreme curiousity and wanting to try something new pushes me forward and here I am with a hair-length of 15cm.
Part of me is very curious as to how people around me will react when they came to realise my plans or seeing me in long hair.
The best part of this journey is to be able to stun long-time-no-meet friends.
I’m waiting for the opportunity to meet up with my primary & secondary school friends in the upcoming Chinese New Year.
This time, I will try to jot down what is their first response after seeing me for the first time.
Honestly, I have quite a bit of fun trying to maintain my long hair. From learning the use of a conditioner and actually applying it to buying hair bands and to the most recent endeavor of buying a hair blower myself.
Of course, I have to thank quite a number of girls in being patient and explaining the art of maintaining a long hair.
But seriously, what is so good about keeping a long hair?
to be continued…
next up.. the ultimate plan… queue hair style!
Saw this while tan_ce was doing his rituals.
HuiEn, CheeEng and I went into a deep discussion about the video.
It was very interesting as this is the second night where interesting discussion sprouted out from EusoffWorks Rom.
I wasn’t prepared, thus I don’t think I can recall exactly how the discussion go.
We talked about what’s the intention of our act of kindness?
Simple answer: We love because God first loved us.
We meet people’s need because that’s exactly what God did when we’re in need.
His masterplan of salvation.
As we are God’s ambassador on Earth.
As we love our neighbours –> we love God.
What I’ve gotten out of this discussion is
“Meeting people’s need, we do because we want to bless our neighbours; we bless because God has blessed us first.
Sincerely we hope that our neighbours will be able to receive the same blessing as we do - from God.
But the way we share our gospel must be more tactful. Most importantly, it must be accompanied by prayer, as ultimately we are only the vessel. We plant faith seeds, we water, but God is the one that makes them grow.”
some question that will need more rounds of mental acrobatics.
Our mission is to make disciples of all nation,
how can we not concern about numbers?
Phew~
Thanks be to God,
I don’t even have a scratch on me.
It all happens around 7:00pm
@ 30minutes-distance from YongPing,
while I was sound asleep.
I felt a sudden jerk and follow by a long screech,
and BANG~
It seems that the bus that I’m on had banged onto something.
According to another passenger,
there was already another accident that happened before we arrive.
He saw a red car slowed down to "kepoh"
and just as the red car slowed down,
our bus tagging along behind never expect the red car to slow down
and as the driver try to avoid a head-on collision with the red car,
bang unto the lorry that was involved in the previous accident.
The damage is not severe,
the windscreen at the driver’s position was dented not smashed,
thanks to non-smash glasses.
Within 30minutes, the police arrived.
At around 8pm, another bus arrived,
our bus driver’s friend,
picked us up, all six of us.
Guess what, it’s a VIP bus,
with personal TV. ^^
Well… after 3++ hours of journey,
here I am, safely arrived in my cozy (little messy) room at C112, Eusoff Hall.
