Repacked & Ready to go..

The work table has been packed and work can now move through more efficiently now :)
Will be archiving and updating my photographic portfolio for both print and online so watch my domain http://www.t3htarik.com/ for updates, will be sticking to the "File" concept but will modify it much more so it loads faster than the first version.

The Road Ahead

At this point in my life, yet another marker i have passed on the journey, how i felt looking back at 20 years of life, certainly with its many ups and downs but nevertheless progress as i see it and getting much better each day.

Looking to completing this academic year and graduating, not to mention going for an exchange program to Canberra which is still "99 Percent" confirmed, and flushed out all that Pre-NS nonsense usually we SG males have grew accustomed to and i can say i'm looking forward to it. The country has called 2 years of my live away I'd might as well go in, tough up and be a soldier, wayang or not ain't no matter but its the attitude that counts.

I recall the times back at Barker, being the M.R(Media Resource) chaps, I guess without us they can't get any assembly going, the DMs or the principal would have to get their voice boxes crackin if it weren't for the mike setups and what not, the usual delay in the playing of the national anthem if we didn't get the cue after the 'Sedia!'. Haiz those were the days of the unsung "heroes", we didn't expect much but just humbly did our jobs and kowtow to the senior blokes in the club.

What kept us going was the occasional 'Thank You' from a parent, staff or principal that at least took a brief moment to acknowledge us for that job well done.

"5Cs"On Set

It has been a joy to have been shooting photo stills for the "5Cs" a motion picture since principal photography commenced on the 22nd July.

It has Really extinguised the many myths i think exist about film making and the realities that come with regards to it, basically "On The Job" training as well, working with a professional crew is one of the best things i have ever accomplished so far in my working life, the genius of the Husband and Wife directing team with a great story to tell.

Being pushed to the limits of the creative process is always a mental challenge, nevertheless production timings might always end superbly late but passion is the driving force for me here.

Shooting will end on the 15th, and i will really miss the making of this production.

True Singaporeans

Think i'll just follow up other bloggers on the usual pre-national day rants, you know the usual "left-right-left" regimentation and sort of nation building initiatives our all so creative gahmen claims for themselves, themselves eh?

Recalling back a Straits Times article hinting the cutting of the Birthday Cake for 40 years of nation building and guess what? The MIW would be the ones at the podium doing the honour, i mean come on... getting paid "peanuts" is not enough? They dare steal the real honour which goes to the average hard-working Singaporean and those who brought the name of the country out of Singapore and being who they are and being the true patriots they are? Politicians be politicians, always have a stick up their arses all the time.

That i understand.

But perhaps time to think through where all this "National Day" racket is going, i mean we pay our taxes, the gahmen claims cost-cutting measures need to be made, but still enough moolah can be spent on annual parades and not for upgrading, subsidies, salary increases and last but not least financing our scholars who end of the day come back just to stick a rod up their .... and get paid peanuts.... now now i guess accounting statistics include peanut wages and not anything else less than a peanut what a pity.

So this national day, we have about half of our wages sitting in an account we can't touch, struggling to pay the bills, send our kids to school(Not married i am, but being a son one must know what his parents have done to send him to school), getting reprimanded for no obvious reason and being overworked to the core that sometimes the suicide statistics are often more untrue then whats published.

As this year's national theme song goes "Reach out for the skies", sounds a bit like "The Best Is Yet to Be", sometimes i wish the former has a better motto than that for it doesn't really state any form of achivement but "Still" going towards one... sheesh ain't the idea supposed to be achieving goals and moving on to achieve more goals?

Let us think this Independence Day, shall we hentakaki on and on or march forth in all aspects of nation building including politics.