This is what happens when you procrastinate.

You promise yourself and your readers that you’ll update more often, in fact, update everyday where possible. You set yourself a 30-day challenge in an attempt to force yourself to blog more everyday.

Unfortunately, due to “ah gong’s” great idea of NS, and coming home late on weekends, plus sleepless nights during projects, plus always having the “I’ll get that photo out soon, just got to find the right one”, you find nothing being typed.

In fact, I find myself thinking, it’s nearly coming to the end of January! And I’m still deep over my head with blog debts. And not a single character typed out. So, guilty.

Frankly, and honestly, I have no idea how to update everyday. There’s just so much work to be done every time I come home from camp due to the backlog from the time wasted in camp. And if I do want to blog something really nice, I might take a couple of hours sometimes.

Of course in the process, I’ve since lost a lot of readers, some who never came back because they won’t know when I’ll next write. The only successful entry so far was the Child’s Eye 3D movie review. Ranked No.1 on Google’s Search Engine Results, I’ve gotten every reader who was looking for a review of the movie. Hope I did some justice to that film. Then again, it’s an asian one, and no one wrote a review about it so to speak. So that was a big hit for a while.

After that, the whole read-o-meter dipped like a crashing economy, probably even worse.

But no doubt, it’s not like I’m gonna abandon blogging at all. It’s just that many other social networking platforms seem to have taken over blogging as “the thing” to keep track of your friend’s lives. I definitely tweet and Facebook more than I blog. You’ve probably seen many blogs so obsolete, or even deleted for that matter. Though some resurface time and again, then poof they go again.

Anyhow, I’ll see what I can do, that’s if I manage to come back home more often, and when I’m in camp, try to get an iNet computer that’s not being hogged by Facebook-game crazy folks. They talk about games EVERYWHERE. It’s kinda freaky.

The necessity of a university education because the society “requires” you to have one.

Then again, it’s tough to succeed in Singapore because of the nature of the society here. Conservative, restricted, naive.

Why is the filming industry so protective and small? Cause there’re no opportunities for people to stand out? Or because people just don’t have the guts? Case in point, Jack Neo. He’s the only dude with the balls to make  a feature-length film, publicly that is. Too much of these arty farty stuff in SG. And what’s the point, to have many thousands of weird awards that you’ve never heard of before and to live on kopitiam food.

It’s a completely different lifestyle.

Have been doing a lot of research lately. On photography, geotagging, hard drive management, upgrading systems etc etc.

All of which, requires $$$. Which is currently in limited supply.

Off to do more research, you just gotta love Google.

If anyone is reading this at all, will appreciate opinions on the following.

1) Western Digital vs Seagate HDDs

2) Feasible to carry 3.5″ when going out to do editing at say, a hotel or external location?

3) WD Cavier Green vs Samsung EcoGreen

4) WD Green vs Blue vs Black. (Biggest confusion is whether the speed is that much of a difference.)

Most of it, do take $$ into consideration as well.

Had an amazing start to the new year. Not how I had imagined it be say… 2 years before. But nonetheless, God has been good. New opportunities arose, new projects undertaken. It’s just amazing.

Was handling graphics and media for the Siloso Beach Countdown Party 2010/11. In particular, doing the countdown video for the whole beach and Sentosa to see. You know that one that goes 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 on the video screens as you shout yourself horse? Yeah, that was done by me. The only challenging part was to sync it with the exact correct timing. Cos since the whole to Sentosa was probably there, and the event is also broadcasted live on 987FM! How awesome is that. And everyone is looking to the screens to countdown, that’s one big stress boulder.

The original 50-sec cue failed. Missed it by almost a full-second. Luckily the 30-sec cue was precise and then it went ‘live’. Whoa.

Another eventful thing that happened. While operating the crane camera, almost got burned by the pyrotechnics that went off right behind me as I was craning out of stage, which meant that my ass was facing the pops. Boom they went without warning, and sparks landed on my hair and hand. Well done man.

Anyhow, be glad that 2011 is here. ORD-ing in less than 6mths time. Totally looking forward to it, actually don’t feel like doing any work right about now. Not too sure what they’re going to revocate me as either, or where I’ll be for my reservice. How about having reservist while doing NDP or doing photography, or media consultation? That would be awesome. Woo.

Thanking God for all the great things that has been happening in my life, and of course all the great people that I have around me, in ministry, in church, in zone. :D

Edit: Perhaps I should do a collage of photos from key events in 2010. That’s provided if I have the time to do that to begin with. Bummer NS.