Tin Man

looks like its going to be one sweet miniseries. Its a reimagining of The Wizard of Oz.

But what really caught my eye was this flash presentation thing they made.

http://www.scifi.com/tinman/oz/

Have a look see.

CNY only 1 day holiday

http://www.mmu.edu.my/Academic_Calendar.htm

4 Feb - 10 Feb Week 2 7 Feb - Chinese New Year


sad....next year CNY i cannot go back celebrate....

1 day holiday only...

y dint they put the holiday at cny...

sorry to my family at Sabah, i cant go back celebrate CNY!!!
is not tat i dont wan go back is just i CANT!!
T.T

*plan yr holiday b4 there is no more air ticket*

kinde MUST C MOVIE Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution

http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/lustcaution/trailer/

The new film from Ang Lee, the Academy Award-winning director of “Brokeback Mountain” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” A startling erotic espionage thriller about the fate of an ordinary woman’s heart, it is based on the short story by revered Chinese author Eileen Chang, and stars Asian cinema icon Tony Leung opposite screen newcomer Tang Wei. Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a call, and then sits and waits. She remembers...how her story began several years earlier, in 1938 China. She is not in fact Mrs. Mak, but shy Wong Chia Chi (Tang Wei). With WWII underway, Wong has been left behind by her father, who has escaped to England. As a freshman at university, she meets fellow student Kuang Yu Min (Wang Leehom) Kuang has started a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the theater troupe’s new leading lady, Wong realizes that she has found her calling, able to move and inspire audiences - and Kuang. He convenes a core group of students to carry out a radical and ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese collaborator, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung). Each student has a part to play; Wong will be Mrs. Mak, who will gain Yee’s trust by befriending his wife (Joan Chen) and then draw the man into an affair. Wong transforms herself utterly inside and out, and the scenario proceeds as scripted - until an unexpectedly fatal twist spurs her to flee. Shanghai, 1941. With no end in sight for the occupation, Wong - having emigrated from Hong Kong - goes through the motions of her existence. Much to her surprise, Kuang re-enters her life. Now part of the organized resistance, he enlists her to again become Mrs. Mak in a revival of the plot to kill Yee, who as head of the collaborationist secret service has become even more a key part of the puppet government. As Wong reprises her earlier role, and is drawn ever closer to her dangerous prey, she finds her very identity being pushed to the limit...

Trailer (1:46)
Drama
Rating: NC-17
In Theatres: September 28th, 2007

Ang Lee (dir.)
Tony Leung
Tang Wei
Joan Chen
Wang Leehom


*i just copy paste only*

Tips on writing

Hi and good morning. I like saying good morning cause I haven’t heard it in many years and I haven’t had a good one in a long time but I thought today I might. I just thought I share with you guys some of the stuff I know. Now an echo of Mr. Woo is going “take your hippy ideas to someone who cares boy. Try passing the subject then give tips” well Mr. Woo wouldn’t say that but you know… imagination. I hope it can become useful to you.

Well let me start by saying before you write prepare your mind that’s really important nobody can come from the toilet and let out all the stuff he or she thought of in there (I could say dreams but toilet is where I get my inspiration) so pick one thing and start writing.

Another useful tip is something a lot of writers do before writing which is “freefall”(such a cool name ha “writers making everything sound cool pffff”). Freefall is when you sit behind your keyboard or hold your pen with a paper ready and 3, 2, 1, write EVERY LITTLE THING THAT YOU THOUGHT OF IN THE TOILET or if you have got no ideas and you want to get your brain going write EVERY LITTLE THING THAT COMES TO YOUR BRAIN and remembering not to stop . Why? Because one you’ve thought of a fantastic thing it could change the world and you want to record all that but they are all over the place, they are images, they are sound, they are events, they are a whole bunch of crap which if you concentrate on one the other will be forgotten or changed. It’s like a big high way of thought you can’t catch one and tell the others to stop they are always moving. So don’t try to make a story right then and there just write down all the stuff. I know you will read them and they are going to make no sense to anyone but you. Remember use easy English or whatever your easier with. Another case If you have no ideas flowing in you do a freefall for like 10-20 min. one, it will clear your mind of anything like “ oo my girlfriend is bla or ooo I have to meet this guy for whatever what do I wear” you know all that stuff that comes in when your brain is in idle mode. and 2 creates an empty brain to put ideas and mix and match them from what you just wrote.

Looking for creative ideas … wow im turning into a typical mmu lecturer…. Not boring I swear. I just have to say thins ideas are all creative the more thought you put in it, it becomes more creative. Where can you find them? Start from under your nose mmm, lips that could be a great story. The other day found a can left in the middle of an empty parking it could be a story about a sad can that that is used appreciated then left in a place where no one gives a damn about it until someday some poor guy picks it up and melts it to gain 5cents. Or this can could be a metaphor of some real person and the life he or she went through. So observe with full consciousness.

Layout. The way you layout your writing is up to you some people like to start their story (based on an outline or a structure or idea that they had come up with)from start to finish, day after day. Some people like to write a story then keep adding to it until they feel there is nothing more to add. And there may be more I don’t know. But one thing I like to do is I to an out line of my idea like , this happens then this happens then he sees her then he dies but that’s just what happened. So then if one day im in a lonely mood I write about the lonely times the hero has or had in happy days I write the happy days I write about the happy times and the rest in the right mood. And that is how the out line happens.

Foot note : I always record my cool dreams I don’t like sharing them but I have done it for many years. So don’t think I just read some book I’m really hype. Its some insignificant experience that was worth sharing and I hope you enjoyed. Ask me if you have any questions. Good stuff you guys I’m really enjoying reading your stuff.

Mr. Woo good one with the 50% failing bit. My heart stopped for a like a second there

Fooling Around with Art

hey guys,

Here are some site you can explore when you're bored during the holidays. I'm sure you're introduced to this site that can do this:

It's Moto colors! http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/colors/

There are two more similar site you can play around and unleash your creativity to. the first one i would like to introduce to you is the Cola + Faithless site. http://www.faithless.coca-cola.com/html/start.html. A site that allows you to decorate your very own coke bottle! Here are some samples i did.

Randomly typing (read: slamming) of letters.

Made with 4 letters only... okay it's the letters f, u, c and k.

Next is the Rhythm of Lines by Audi http://www.rhythmoflines.co.uk/. Let your imagination run loose as you paint in this 3D space.

I honestly have no idea what i'm doing... =P

Hope you enjoy those sites. Have fun!

Blog Filling

Hi all. I'm here to fill the empty blog. Lets talk aboouuuttttt.... my trip home! :D
With MULTIMEDIA!

Ok ok here goes. So one of the first things that happened was that my beautiful handgun keychain got confiscated.


Gone. The abang guard first asked me to remove it. So I did. Then I took it out and gave it to him. Then I stood there for a moment thinking 'I'll never see it again.'

Then I said

'Bang, keychain tadi tu boleh ambik gambar skejap? Kenangan.'

Then he kindly gave back, said,

'Soria. Benda menyerupai senjata tak boleh bawak.'

So I snapped a shot. Said Thank You.



Then emoly waited for flight.

Soon it was time to board. A sticky Terengganu fellow sits next to me.


Heres a view from the window.

Then food came.



Then I eat.



Now I know why I dont get invited to dinners.



Done.

When I ate, I saw a kid across the aisle who had a beautiful model airplane. Its in MAS colors and it looks very high in quality. I called an air stewardess and asked her

'I'd like to ask how I can get one of those planes?'

'Its for children only.'

'Oh.'

I wish I said 'What if I'm a child at heart?'



Anyway after arriving Miri, I was looking for stuff to eat in the fridge.

Found this.

Probably one of the bitterest chocolates I've tasted.
Thats all for now.

BAI

A Note From Mr. Woo

Hello FA people. This is my first posting on a blog, ever. As promised I will post some interesting news and happenings around town, provide advice, plus whatever i feel like writing. if you have something you are interested in me writing about, tell me. Doesn't have to be film related. Also, I will occasionally be asking for *assistance* on some cool projects and the like.

Most importantly, now that i will no longer be your lecturer, I can finally be myself and chill.

As i saw the pictures that Val posted (very nice, thank you, i would like them sent to me, & thank you Wee for the monkey picture, v. nice), I am reminded of the time when i was a student myself, some... many years ago.

My thoughts are: It is a good time to be a student. you are young, inquisitive, have no big responsibilities, no huge issues like job, family, security, etc... here is a time you will meet your first loves, deal with heartbreak and other issues that will shatter or elevate you and for some of you, embark on some crazy adventure. sometimes i wish i could be like that... again. haha...

To be truthful, i loved being a student. that's one of the reasons why i teach. It keeps you young. plus i think most of you guys are cool. not all. but most. you guys seem to be enjoying yourself, and are close to each other, which is good. now is not the time to be a lone ranger if you know what i mean.

Anyway happy holidays to you guys. I have no idea what else to write. but hey, since i am on a roll let me tell you about yesterday.

Last night, i got drunk because my friend wanted to see Resident Evil 3. i knew the movie would suck so we had a few drinks. this is at the Curve. then i realised that i could watch the BOURNE ULTIMATUM instead. so we did. it was an awesome movie. all handheld camera. crazy action, and heart poundingly suspenseful from start to finish. Even though we did not get to see Milla Jovovich kick ass, i had no regrets.

I still might see Resident Evil 3, though. Milla is an unstoppable temptation.

This summer, I saw transformers, simpsons, ratta whatever, die hard 4, knocked up, and a couple more movies. Bourne is the best of the lot. in terms of summer hollywood movies.

BTW I am still marking your papers and must say that in the screenwriting subject, more than 50% of you failed.

That's not true. I'm kidding.

Ok, that's it for now.

I love blondes!

Blondes are super hot.
They look hotter when they are the subject for an art piece



that is made of chewed bubble gums like this





Hope that can somehow inspire you people that disgusting stuff can be cool sometimes :D
If wanna see more of these, check out GumBlondes





Happy holiday people!!

The Adventures Of Ben and the Egg Yolk

What is it?!


Ooooh. It's an egg yolk.


In a sink.



My yolk is burst a bits.

Looking For An Actress

Fellows, we are preparing to shoot a movie and we are looking for a Malay girl, 19 to 23 with a innocent face. If you know of somebody interested in acting let her know my email address. It would be a great help. my email address is khatami_a_r@yahoo.com

thanks