another blogger arrested

the same headline was posted in Malaysiakini just now... breaking news...

it is Kickdefella Syed Azidi this time being detained under sedition act. he was caught due to his upside-down national flag campaign on his blog. he is famous also for satiring the politician, especially Pak Lah, with modified movie posters.

first it's Raja Petra, then Tan Hoon Cheng, followed by Teresa Kok.

Now, an ex-colleague and a good friend of mine, Azidi... those Utarians who have been taught by him before must have remembered his wits and humours... this is so depressing...

How many more?? When will they stop using all this draconian acts?

this is so frustrating, one has to wonder what's wrong in this country...

In the midst of marking final exam papers

Half way through marking final exam papers, I abruptly stopped it to give way to my paper writing for my professor... sigh, was supposed to send a WIP report to her yesterday, but i was down on food allergy, whole body was full with swollen, itchy rashes. At first i though they were some kinda mosquito bites, but the next morning i realized they were all over my body and berlonggok-longgok, i know it cannot be... so took the med doctor gave, drowsy and knocked out for half a day... Only managed to send out the WIP to my professor just now... feel so sorry for her... written an apology note... kekekeke, but i doubt it will help with the situation.

Before that, i was hungry half way writing, too lazy to drive out to makan, i cooked myself some spaghetti. just screened through the fridge and see what ingredients available... mmm... capsicum, dried shrimp, tomato paste.... ah, will do then.

1. boil your spaghetti in a pot of water for 12 minutes with a pinch of salt.
2. while boiling, saute minced garlic and shallot until it's golden. Then put in dried shrimp & capsicum cubes and continue saute for 2 minutes or so.
3. add tomato paste, a cup of water, and simmer for 3 or 4 minutes.
4. put in salt, black pepper to taste. if you are up for some hot spicy sauce, can also put in chilli pepper.
5. pour in the al dente spaghetti, stir a bit, and serve.

here it is:


but while cooking, i accidently pour in too much chilli pepper, ok... actually half a bottle fell in, i scooped a LOT out... =.=" so this is like EXTRA HOT GILA MAMI spaghetti.... i tell you, i eat until my sweat and tears "dua lui dua lui" come out!!! but very syok lah that is! :P

Ok, now, back to finalizing my coding sheet, and later will have to continue marking exam papers.... sienz... =.="

Scriptwriting 101 - Evaluation of a script

"Kolsken's photo was teared into pieces, publicly. Maltians of Cheeny heritage were being warned not to be like Joey in US the A, and don't corner the Muays or they will be forced to fight for survival. Ironic as it is, when the reporter asked Artificial Intelligence (AI) what if he is to be detained under Institutionalized Citizens Act (ICA), the reporter instead is being accused by AI himself for being seditious. So?

AI's membership in UMPTE has been suspended for 3 years. So?

A lot of ppl (politicians & citizens) asked for him to be jailed under ICA, but few others said let's not request the use of an unjust Act that we all condemn for so long. So?

The major turn of event: Raj Poomy has been detained under ICA for 2 months. So?
The reporter has also been caught. So?
Even another totally unrelated Meshed Potatoes was caught. So?
They said there's a long list to come. So?

So what? haven't you seen it coming?

There's no hope for this M&Ms country... perhaps until the alleged 9/6. That will be the climax of the whole episode, if it happen."

Short question: Please read the above script/draft and criticize on its narrative structure. (10 marks)

Sample answer: The story is very forced, the build-up to the climax is weak too despite being too obvious. I also think that the role of protagonist and antagonist are blurred, audience will not like to see ambiguity. Personally i think the twist of the story is the major weakness of the whole script, as it comes in unannounced, which only will give our audience a shock, a jolt, but this technique is inferior to suspense which will sustain the audience's thrill for a longer time.
I suggest that the climax should come in earlier, and instead of allegation, which is weak in nature, it should be a concrete plan. Audience needs to feel hope in the story, and not a doomed setting.
In general, the story is unbelievable and unreal, it will not happen in real life, hence audience will find great difficulties in relating to the story. Without audience's involvement, the script will be a failure.

i cooked green curry chicken again... ;)

today decided to cook green curry again, last time when i cooked it, it was an instant hit... hehehe... but last time i didn't have the complete ingredients - lacking in a lot of things such as kaffir lime peel (i used the leaves as substitute), shrimp paste (replaced with salt), lesser/fingerrroot ginger (used more galangaal instead), fish sauce (used soya sauce) etc... so as you can see here... the color really not so ngam lor....

some more, i accidentally cut my own finger & fingernail when i chopped something...


this time, the 2nd attempt, i have gotten ready all the ingredients!!! hopefully i will have a more authentic green curry chicken!!!
all the ingredients for the green curry paste...

garlic, lemon grass, shallot, galangaal, kaffir lime, green chillies, corriander roots, lesser ginger or fingerroot ginger, tumeric roots, fish sauce, & shrimp paste.

then i started pounding all the ingredients............... until......... until i felt so tired and decided to give in to modern technology.... i took out the blender and the rest you know liao lah........ -___-"

so, the green curry paste is readied now!! the outcome.... was too watery, but the blender need water to function properly... sigh... so gotta compromise lor... what to do?

now all the ingredients for the green curry chicken are readied too... only lack off eggplant.... i forgot to buy lah... -.-"

coconut milk, baby corn, sweet basil leaves, cilli padi, kaffir leaves... and of course you need chicken meat lah... preferably slice into small small pieces, easier to cook later.

and wualah....

yeh, i think this time taste more like authentic thai dish lah...
forgot to take pic after everyone ate... not a single drop of gravvy is left... ^__^ *proud*

March General Election banner war at Penang

when i was writing a paper, these banner war at Penang caught my attention, and i was simply amazed by the creativity of these political parties...

at first, Barisan Nasional, the ruling coalition put up their banners stated "to change again" simply to plea from Penangites a chance to prove BN can change and improve.



but we all realized, especially the opposition parties, that Penang's economy is slugging after so many years of Gerakan's ruling... hence, this has irritated the opposition parties. Keadilan decided to put this banner under BN's.



It simply said "round & round, the more you turn, the more you can't"... well whatever, my translation sucks.
but of coz, the most creative one came from DAP, where they hijacked BN's idea and used it to their advantage:



where they copied exactly the same font and style, only changed the color to their party colours - red and white. now, these slogans read: "to change again, vote for rocket (DAP)".
that's just brilliant, and it rhymes in mandarin mind you. i'm sure Penangites were all smiling and grinning cynically.

of coz , the taiko felt the poke on their back... so they decided to take down the original batch of banners, and put up a new wave of banners to ridicule DAP.



it basically picked up from the previous sentence, it reads, "vote for rocket (DAP), they'd disappeared, so don't be fooled." but what's funny is the lower position has been taken by DAP, so they cannot "tag on" to their banners... well, this is not so creative lor... they should have just written on their banner "if you want to be fooled... vote for rocket (DAP)"...

but anyway, the war ended here...

only if they take their time and creativity to develop the nation, rather than involve themselves in this word games, we will be thankful.

ok. now back to writing the paper... -.-"

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OMG (UPDATED)

I was supposed to join my students to attend this Nextgen Contentpreneur Awards co-organized by Astro tonight/just now. then i was down on flu, so decided to call it a quit. but like my students told me just now through phone that it's really the worst timing to get sicked!! as they have won 4 awards from the competition. so proud of them weiiii..... but they really deserve the awards as they worked really hard for it. Bravo and kudos to them, hope that they will excel and do well in the future! i'll update the awards that they have won later when i got the details and photos ok.


UPDATED

the 4 awards won are:
-=OUTSTANDING MUSIC VIDEO=-
-=PHENOMENAL ART DIRECTION=-
-=FINEST MUSIC & ARRANGEMENT=-
-=EXCEPTIONAL LYRICS=-

out of 11 categories, this music video was nominated for 6 awards and they won 4. quite a good outcome i reckon. this will definitely boost their spirit and wallet. well, there was a comment on my evaluation stating that i'm kinda "questionable" because i approved a RM800 budget music video, i guess with these awards, it answers this query.

hahaha, hopefully the next production will be even better than this. if you haven't watched their latest production "the last exit" which i posted in my previous entry, you should!

now, you can enjoy the music video:

OK i know it's yesteryear's technology but...

it's really fun to play with this stupid function called Face Warp. I tried it on my mom and we all have a good laugh until my mom was holding her stomach and tears fell... we then took turns trying out our faces, although my dad refused to join the fun! =.=

here are a couple of not so crazy me, but funny enough... hope you'll enjoy! :P



i think the first one look handsomer than the real me... grrr... =.=

talented students' works.

Watch this short film produced by my (ex) students... i think very good lor... must support. Then proceed to the part 2 & 3 below:
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ_PDkUjUWg
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AoVPcxvzoU

And when you have done with that, also listen to the original soundtrack that was written and performed by the student's sister, it is haunting and very professionally done, not to mention suits the mood of the short film perfectly. And don't miss out the final part of the song where you can hear her haunting soprano.



people are so talented and genius nowaday!! i feel so inferior... haha.