When the Christmas is merry again...

NOTE: More details in the coming soon posts...

iOS 5.0.1 Update Wirelessly

Few days ago, I updated my phone straight from the phone itself, without having to plug it into computer. It was very convenient and fast because the file size is smaller.

After reading the About this update, I quickly tapped on the Download button.

2011年11月11日的11点11分

现在是壹壹壹壹壹壹壹壹壹壹的时刻！

这一个壹，成双成对的出现5次！实在有点壮观哪~

这种壮观的场面，使到我全身上下都战抖了越5分钟左右。在这5分钟的战抖中，我尝试拿起一杯水，结果杯里的水都溢了出来。使到我无法实现“饮水思源”的想法！可悲、可悲.…

Malaysian English

The purpose of commercial is to advertise or promote or let people know about certain product or service. A strong commercial will attract people to adapt or buy their product or service.

In this MaLeiSia, everywhere and anytime you can see commercials. Commercials that appear on TV, means they are from BIG companies. Commercials from sign post, tree, wall, lamp post, fire host, or even rubbish bin, and so on so forth, are those from small (also some big) companies.

马来人？

“Halou, sini tunggu bas ini ah?”

这……不单止是一句马来话，也是一句由马来西亚华裔才可以讲出来的马来话。

注：“不单止”并不是正确华语，而是广东话的“唔單止”。

我知道

我知道我很久没有更新这个 Blog 了。我知道。

我也知道其中的原因，是因为在中国翻墙，并不是一件简单的事情。虽然说有软体可以轻易的翻墙，却会拖慢网速。因而导致我没心情为了写 Blog 而翻墙。

在中国生活5个月的点滴，就让它留在我“无法探索”的心里吧！

到广州

如果十加七等于十七的话，那么我想这一天就是十七号。不单只是十七号，而且还是五月份的十七号。

这十七号究竟有什么这样“霸掰”呢？这虽然不是个世界纪录，但这是小弟的人生大记录！

去中国

很早，我就起身了。至少比平时早一些。

5月9日那很早的早上，我享用了我最飞窝乐的点心后，便用心良苦地准备一切行李。

2点50分，我就会开始飞去香港。因为我还没有长出翅膀，也没有飞的能力，所以只好花一笔血汗钱，买下一架飞机⋯⋯

How to bypass Great Firewall of China (GFW) in Macintosh

Note: If you prefer to read in Chinese, go here.

The internet censorship in China is quite irritating. Here I have found this Tor Project which can be used to bypass the GFW.

用 Tor 在 Mac 翻墙

终于找到了翻墙的方法！

踏入中国这块土地，网络也就被中国的防火墙 (GFW) 给限制。要在 Mac 的系统下“免费”翻墙，可说是 比上不足，比下有余 比登天还难！GFW 的用处，就好像中国的万里长城般，坚固到无法形容的地步！

借助谷歌伟大的搜索功能，我终于在昨天5月24日找到了在 Mac 的系统翻墙的方法！

家乡鸡的广告与现实

虽然我明白广告是骗人的，但是因为参与了那次的拍摄，感觉好像很好吃的样子。因此就跑去 Try 一 Try，结果我失望到极点……

Colgate Shoot

This was my second Colgate shoot. If you've ever watched the Colgate ad, you'll know how the ad goes. It was an interview TVC. The cameras were rolling like 10-15 minutes per take. Same as my first Colgate shoot. (in Chinese)

OldTown White Coffee TVC Shoot

This was yet another OldTown White Coffee TVC shoot. Shot at SS2, PJ.

辞职（三）

辞职，是每个打工仔都会面临的时刻。我想，这世界上应该没有人一生之中，只打过一份工吧！除了那些打家里工的 二世祖 人。

辞职，是每个打工仔都有经历过的某门。不同的是，辞职的次数。在下，于辛卯年庚寅月丁巳日，也就是俗人所说的本年农历正月29日，或是公历2011年3月3日，递交了第二封辞职信⋯⋯

Carrie Junior TVC Shoot

This was a TVC Shoot for Carrie Junior. Everything happened in a studio. Read on, you'll see how pity was the boy (main cast) while he was naked inside an air-conditioned studio, with wind blowing towards him.

洗白白记

4月头，我把我那黑色的俊车，拿给黑色皮肤的人洗白白。

虽然他们拥有一身黑色的皮肤，但是他们的表现却很专业！当我问道洗我的俊车需要多少小时，他们回答，不需要小时，只是15分钟罢了！瞬间令我“感慨”！因此，我决定让他们做成这单价值8零吉的生意。

KFC O.R. Chicken Chop TVC Shoot

Every Almost every KFC TVC shoot will be from early morning to late late night, due to the food shot. This ad has shown on TV was actually shot on March.

“鸥套”的咖啡馆

去年的尾巴，也就是去年年尾，我参与了一支“鸥套”的广告拍摄。那一整天，没有一秒钟我是感觉到饿的。因为午餐、下午茶、晚餐、宵夜，也是吃那边的食物。详情呢，就到这里慢慢摸索吧！

哈！当月亮大大粒的时候，海水就会涨潮。但是不知道为什么，在今年的3月某一天，我的心血来潮了！我跑到一个差不多近又差不多远的“鸥套”的咖啡馆，享用午餐。

Dumex TVC Shoot

This Dumex TVC was a 2-day shoot. Kid's stuff, it would be from day to night and to another day...

TM UniFi SME Shoot

Back in February this year, TM has its SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) TVC shot.

Dielac Pedia TVC Shoot

This was another studio shoot done on January this year. This shoot was a difficult one as it needed to deal with many young children.

Celcom TVC Shoot

Few different sets were set in a studio. It took lots of time while changing the set, though it was an easy shoot for me....^^

On A Flight To Jakarta - Day 3

Without having a nice sleep after the shoot, I need to prepare my stuff as I was leaving to KL this day.



I was given One Hundred Fifty Thousand to pay the airport tax. Though it was Rupiah, holding this money I felt like a millionaire...

On A Flight To Jakarta - Day 2

It was a 3-camera shoot, which I haven't done here in Malaysia. As the TVC agencies in Malaysia are not willing to give more money for better ads?



One camera was brought down from KL.

On A Flight To Jakarta - Day 1

This starting of year 2011, I had a job in Jakarta. Departure from KL on the 6th, and coming back on the 8th. This was my second flight experience but was my first flight flying alone.

With too much of excitement, I could not sleep throughout the night...

A Shoot About Water

This was a shoot done on last year December, 3 days before the Breeze TVC Shoot. This was I guess kinda like a PSA ad because it tells people to not waste water. And somehow I never saw this on TV yet.

Sprite 3G Day 4 Shoot

Here it came, the "scheduled" last day of shoot. The third camera was used, it was a Canon 5D Mark 2.

Sprite 3G Day 3 Shoot

This miniature model gives an overview of one part of Port Dickson. Oh yeah~ we were shooting at Port Dickson! I have forgotten the exact location but this was the second time I was here. The first time was doing a TVC shoot for American Express, that was about a year ago...

Sprite 3G Day 2 Shoot

The second day shoot, the second location. It was about 1 hour away from the first day location. The place is called Cyberjaya.

Sprite 3G Day 1 Shoot

2 Red One Mysterium-X cameras.

This was a 4-day shoot TVC on last year December. More info about it was unknown but I believed it was an ad for foreign country.

Compared to Breeze shoot, this was much "bigger" budget production. As it was also a 2-camera shoot with lots of foreign extras and lots of locations, and it was a 5-day shoot (it was a 4-day shoot but they couldn't finish it in time...).

Breeze TVC Shoot

This Breeze ad, if you did watch (Malaysia) TV last few month, has gone on air. Although it was a 2-day shoot, the final ad is just about 15-30 sec long.


⁂ Quest: From the above image, can you find where the second camera is? ⁂

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part Final

11 Nov 2010, we shot at this field which had lots and lots of Leeches!! If you read back this post, this was the location we went for the camera test where we found the Golden Mushroom.

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 13

We came back to this no-man isle early in the morning, to shoot the sunrise. And we spend another whole day here...

Stay tuned for Part Final!

辛卯年之肉骨茶

维基哥哥说：

「肉骨」如其名，是以肉与骨配合中药煲成的汤。而「茶」字则是源自创始人的名字「林文地」，因为卖肉骨汤而被顾客称作「肉骨地」，福建话中的「地」与「茶」音近，故后来被称为「肉骨茶」。
肉骨茶通常伴白饭或以油条蘸汤来吃。以酱油、碎红椒和蒜蓉一起调味。各类中国清茶通常会随汤奉上，相信可以清走猪肉的油腻。在马来西亚，肉骨茶是一道典型的早点菜式。

辛卯年的前夕的前夕，我与我的可爱父母亲去吃只有马来西亚的马来人不敢吃的肉骨茶！

辛卯年之烧卖、虾饺

过年回家，唯一不可不做的事情就是去吃点心！因为点心实在是小弟的“飞窝乐”。这里的点心，比上次的害剃还要好吃一百万倍！


真希望可以每一天都能享用到我的“飞窝乐”……

*飞窝乐 = Favourite*

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 12

On the 1st Nov 2010, the shoot continued after having 2 down days. Shooting at the lake/ocean, kinda adventurous~

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 11

We had a night shoot on the 29th October 2010. And had a Down day on 30th. On the 31st, strong wind blew and rain pour down heavily for a whole day, made us another Down day.



For more updates, stay tuned for Part 12!

[Lomography] Ang Pow/Red Envelope

I recommend LomoLomo on your iPhone!


Camera: Diana | Lens: Valentine Martini

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 10

After the night shoot, the next morning we arrived at this fish village.

辛卯年之礼篮

辛卯年来到前，公司收到了个礼篮。

KFC Celebration Combo Meal A

** please note that this post is not meant to advertise for KFC **


FCK... er no, I mean KFC...

KFC is celebrating its 500th restaurant and launches the "Celebration Combo Meal". And so last Sunday I went for a try...

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 9

28 October 2010, we went back this wooden coffee shop we shot yeasterday.

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 8

Day 5, there were many locations to shoot. First location was this place.

Malaysian Labour Law - Are You Protected?

Every Malaysian works in Malaysia is protected by the Labour Law. But, how well do you know about this law? Here I would introduce some basic laws that everyone should know.

Why Should I Know?

As an employee, I do not want to be cheated blindly by the company I work with heart and soul for. Hence, I must understand how can I be protected. And be sure to get what I should get from the company.

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 7

Shoot day 4, same location as the previous day.



For Part 8, subscribe to stay tuned!

辛卯年之红包

2月7日，公司……终于都肯给红包了！

自我上这个公司的班以来，度过了虎年快乐跟辛卯年，加起来总共两个华人新年。但，这却是公司给的第一个红包……

不过又好像不是。去年好像也有红包……唉，忘了。

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 6

Wrapped at the first location, we moved to the second location the next day. Again, at another wooden house.



Most of the Malay houses are not wholly attached on the ground. They have space. And for this shot, the camera was placed underneath the wooden house.

辛卯年

一二三四五，从一数到五；
五四三二一，大家来倒数。

噼里啪啦啪，举头向天看；
啪啦啪里噼，烟火满天放。

害剃

在古时候，害剃，是只有高尚的人类才能享有的活动。不过在今时今日的  色会  社会，这古时候高尚的活动已经变得一文不值了⋯⋯就连在天桥底下睡觉的流浪者，也有可能去餐厅害一害剃。（只要他有钱付单）

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 5

This was the sky on the second day shoot. Still, it was unbelievably hot! Same as the first day shoot.

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 4

Here it came. The first day shoot for this Malay feature film commenced on the 23rd of October last year. After we had a night of rest at the resort, we came to this wooden house.

马来西亚的国产车

这个马来人领导的国家，在1983年的时候成立了一个叫做“宝腾”的国产汽车品牌。当然，这些事迹我完全是不知道的。告诉我的，就是那个很伟大的“维基百科”网。

这个“宝腾”推出很多车。这些除了便宜以外就没有什么性能的车，终于在我在吉隆坡“饭共”的时期，使用着。除了 Alarm Lock 失灵，车窗不能上升外，最近我的车牌掉了……

Heading to Kuala Terengganu - Part 3

The Camera Test was over. On the 23rd of October, the shoot began...

We took off from KL early in the morning and reach there in the afternoon. The place we lived was still at Pandan Laut beach resort (Find out more on Part 1). I was a bit disappointed, indeed.



And, it was the same kind of chalet we stayed last month. It was a small little room with 2 single bed. Since I was staying with 2 other camera department guys, I would be sleeping on the floor. This was kind of unreasonable treatment and I was FUCKING not happy about it.

I View My Blog On iPhone!

Oh Yeah~

Yeo's TVC Shoot

Yeo's had its commercial for Chinese New Year shot early on last year September 30 and October 1.

Ammeltz Yoko Yoko TVC Shoot

This TVC was shot last year September 18. It was a Ammeltz Yoko Yoko TVC.

Maxis iPhone 4

After I have decided to buy an iPhone 4, I went to some Maxis centres for more information. But sadly, they have NO STOCKS!

I wondered how they were trained to serve their customers but I was really disappointed at their service regarding of this iPhone 4.

Time and money were wasted in return of their reply "No Stocks". I have fed up with them. I was asked to go to the Maxis centre in KLCC but there was not certainly having stocks. It was like when I wanted to buy an ice-cream, the ice-cream guy asked me to go to his house which was far away and may not have "stocks". It seemed like the iPhone 4 was a money-can't-buy thing.

Quacker TVC Shoot

A one-location shoot located at a mamak stall in Ara Damansara, on the 10th last month.

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