it's my birthday, but it sure hell feels just like another ordinary stressed out day. if i only had one wish, that would be to complete this project well. and soon. director happy, production house happy, agency happy, client happy, joey can sleep. pls give me at least one good night's sleep. that's the greatest present a man can ever have. but the looks of it, i doubt it. oh well.
Gwen Stefani. i think she's one of those superstars that doesn't need to try to hard in being one. please, even if you don't like her tracks, you gotta admit she is talented. she's hot, a sassy attitude to go with that and she has sang some really great tracks that goes down in music history. this ain't one of them, but i adore this song.
apparently, this song is about the birth of her child, Kingston. not bad for a kid named after rams. anyways, i personally think this is one of those songs you play in your car as you take a midnight drive. i love the mood in this music video. love what 35mm and a little colour grade can do to a great subject. enjoy.
it's been a crazy week. the weekends ain't easing up either. fuck. got a fucking fever last night in the midst of a deadline. why la. as if i not enough stress as it is. kaninehhhh! got so fed up, i decided to do an overhaul on my hair. bleach, dye, wash and cut. all for 240 ringgit. waa-laa! this is what i look like now. it's actually ash colour. quite nice the colour, just not on me i guess. lol.
no more the stupid rain+my chemical romance look. haha. at least thats what i wanted initially. what was i thinking the last time when i combine an asian with a gwai lou. you get sohai hair. its like mix breeding between a pitbull and a shitzu. what you get? bullshit lor.
dunno la, got that hongkie ah beng feel to it. dun really like it, but hell, its fucking therapeutic lor. feels so much better. can you feel the ahbengism?
a close friend of mine, joachim, introduced me to this tune and i've been loving it ever since. my anthem of serenity and solitude. this track makes me wanna take a five... minute break every time i listen to it. the lyrics to the track.Above & Beyond - Good For Me
To be with you is easy
I know you're good for me
This feeling inside me
Oh it sends me sky high
To for feel for you is easy oh baby
I know your good for me
This feeling inside me
Oh it sends me sky high
You're good for me my baby
So good for me my love
Your good for me my baby
So good for me oh love
of course this feeling sends me sky high la, just chill oni. no worries. so above and beyond on a five... minute break.
click on the image for a closer read.he malas wanna layan me after that.
happy birthday mommy. i know it was yesterday. i hope you are reading this, just as you read the rest of it. haha. i hope the flowers reach you well in Singapore. and i hope you like them. i love you so much, mi. queen of my heart. ah, don't cry ah. you cry, i cry wan leh.
to my dearest friend,
i hope this reaches you well. i know it hurts inside my dear. i feel you hurting though i don't show it. i really don't know what else to do. i would take it as my own if it helps ease the pain. please don't be blaming yourself or feel second best. you are worth so much more, take it from me. it's not your fault that he did what he did. neither is it your fault that the marriage was shaken. it was his period. the selfish bastard fucked up! it's that simple. though im aware that even if its his fault, its you thats gonna bear the consequence. i know you are dying a little inside every day, and things can't be the way it use to be, as much as you wish it could. it's ok to be weak for now, we are only human, but know that you'll need to pull yourself out of it eventually. i can't decide for you but i'll be here like a soldier for you. you'll need to move on. and time is your only cure. you'll wake up one day and it won't hurt as much. but for now, take each step at a time. im behind you each step of the way. it's gonna be alright my dear.
hugs.
ju-hann
meet charlene. she is getting her tattoo done. zzt-zzt-zzt. haha. i took this over the weekends when i dropped by the shop and she was there getting her 3rd session. she probably has another 3 sessions to go. the piece is huge lor. i bet she is one strong girl. she's pretty determine to get it all done asap. at least she doesn't whin like a girl like another friend of mine, which i also designed for across the back. haha. and hers is larger and has much more details mind you.
this is the original artwork as painted in photoshop. good luck my dear charlene. haha. bes eh kena that spot? well, that's the shit you go tru when you get joey khor to art direct. it won't be some simple shit that's for sure. haha. literally, no pain no gain.
most of you already know what i do, and some of you are still fucking vague. its ok if you don't get, what's most important is that i get it anyway. haha. but if this turns you on as much it does to me, then lemme share with you the recent shoot in Jakarta. and for those of you who knows a little, don't give me your 2 cents worth and try educating me like you've been there done that. i take shit from the client, i dun have to take it from you. till the day you are la.
of course the client is p&c, so i can't disclose that or the intention of the TVC. but i'll be sharing with you a day on shoot. lights, camera, action! everytime i walk into a studio before the shoot, when the lights are still dim, and everyone is setting up, i feel strong and good. its my world of make belief, and for that brief moment, i get away from reality.
i arrived in Jakarta on Friday afternoon, and immediately head for a pre-production meeting with the production house. was bouncing off with the art director on the specifications of the props, cos this is a fairly large set. we actually decided to build to front deck of a cruise ship on separate plates, brought in a jeep, and shipped an actual hot air baloon basket from Bali, all by Sunday morning, cos we shoot on Monday. in lay man's terms, all that meticulously done in a day.
that's not all, we had to be precise with how many light that would do the trick. too few, and you're fucked, too many and the cost goes up. we shot the whole thing on a 16mm camera, so we had to prepare tracks, film stock, and a whole lot of other gadgets that you probably can't pronounce.
the front plate of the deck is build to actual scale over night. siap got lights that works and flashes, with lifesavers. haha. i respect their professionalism.
this is from my angle when we shoot. however, we shot on film, so you wont' be getting what you are seeing in the viewfinder. dunno why i seem to be running up and down the studio like a headless chicken the whole day. tired balls.
testing out the rotation of the basket, too slow, and you waste film, too fast and you don't have enough frames. it's a bitch when either one happens lor.
this is on shoot day with the talents in the basket. i kesian the talents lor. we worked the poor kids to the bone, takes after takes, but that's part of professionalism ain't it. as we were delayed with some technical hiccups, the female talent, shalwini, got a bit bored of waiting as her co talent, chiko is digging some really chunky gold. bet you didn't see me take that did you? haha. i see everything my dear friend. that's my job. haha.
in a shoot, it's always true with the theory, 'what can go wrong will always go wrong'. and it's certainly not easy doing what i do, plus the pay ain't all that. and that's just the shoot, we have the animation and compositing from there on. however, im excited to see the complete motion after 2 weeks. will keep you posted if you are too.
i am fortunate to do what i do. i love this more than anything else and i live to do it all over again.
