Awaits Football Manager 2010
Everything looked so unfamiliar as I returned to the dashboard of this WordPress blog, I had gone missing once (yet) again. After some hectic weeks at work, a well-deserved holiday would make up for everything, nevertheless the overseas trip that I went did not turn out well as what I expected. Sigh!
Being a non-gamer, be it the PC, PS2 or PSP, that explains why my PS2 and PSP are collecting spider-web at home. All these years, the only game that had kept my interest is Championship Manager later renamed as Football Manager. I’ve been an avid fan and follower of this football/soccer management game. It never made me bored, less the last Football Manager 2009 which I failed to play on my PC and played a few months on my PSP.
5th Asian Festival of First Films Call for Entries Announced!
The 5th Asian Festival of First Films (AFFF) has been receiving entries for AFFF 2009 to be held in Singapore from 28 November to 4 December 2009.
AFFF created a dynamic platform to showcase first time excellence in film making from the Asia – Pacific film making community. The festival continues to highlights the diversity and uniqueness of Asian – Pacific cultures and its Diaspora through film and documentary.
“The diversity and talent that continues to emerge from the Asia – Pacific area is outstanding. From the steppes of Mongolia to the oceans of the Pacific, from the streets of Teheran to the Forests of Vietnam, our film makers continue to inspire us with stories of passion and hope, love and despair’ says Sanjoy Roy, Festival Director.
The final nominations will be announced in October 2009 and they will be judged by an eminent jury who will award films across 11 categories. The results will be announced at the gala awards night on 4th December in Singapore.
Last year’s winners include ‘Firaaq’, a thought-provoking Indian film about the aftermath of the 2002 riots in Gujarat; which won a hat trick of awards, including Best Film. Other winners included Singaporean Bosco Francis for Best Actor for his excellent performance in Eric Khoo’s ‘My Magic’ and Dante Nico Garcia from Philippines for his outstanding directorial work in ‘Ploning’.
Award winning films have gone on to find commercial success in film territories across the world. ‘The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros’ (AFFF Best Film 2005 and Philippines’ official Academy Award entrant 2007 for Best Foreign Film), grossed over 20 Million USD in revenues after being discovered at AFFF. ‘Jump’ which was awarded Best Documentary went on to find theatrical release in Taiwan. Shoe Fairy – Japan, Bombivili Fast – India, ‘Puteri Gunung Ledang’ – Malaysia, ‘A Hero’s Journey’ – Singapore, and the ‘Dragon Eye Congee’ – Taiwan also found commercial success.
AFFF is a part of the Asia TV Forum (2-4 December 2009) organized by the Media Development Authority (MDA) which helps in the marketing of film rights internationally. “AFFF and ATF present a strong platform for any first time film maker to showcase their work and find success in the world of film making” commented Shweta Asnani, Executive Producer of the AFFF.
All filmmakers of Asian Pacific origin are encouraged to submit their films and documentaries at the earliest. Submission forms, rules and regulations are available on the AFFF website at www.asianfirstfilms.com. There is no entry fee and the final submission deadline is 15 September 2009.
The nominated first-time films and documentaries will compete for eleven awards in the categories of:
• Best Actor in a Leading Role
• Best Actress in a Leading Role
• Best Cinematographer
• Best Director
• Best Director (Documentary)
• Best Documentary
• Best Film
• Best Producer
• Best Script or Screenplay
• Best Short Film
• Purple Orchid Foreign Correspondents Association Choice Award
For more information on the AFFF, please log on to www.asianfirstfilms.com.
In-accurate report from TNP on Andy Lau!
I’m delighted to see the above photograph of my idol Andy Lau together with his girlfriend Carol Zhu Liqian, finally it’s official! I have knew it all these years that they’re a couple. Hope that all those jealous fans whom e-mail or leave comments on my AndyLauSounds website can stop now.
Nevertheless, I was rather angry and amazed on the article on Andy Lau with regards to this incident on the New Paper on 25 August 2005 by Maureen Koh.
Asian Festival of 1st Films 2009
In November 2005, Singapore’s Media Development Authority and Teamwork Productions organized The Asian Festival of First Films as part of the Asia Media Festival.
It became an annual film and documentary festival that celebrates the achievements and excellence of first-time filmmakers, including producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, actors and documentary-makers.
Despite only for first-time filmmakers, it still attracted support from veteran filmmakers from the Asian region. After the success in previous years, it will be back for the 5th time from 28th November to 4th December 2009 where some of the best movies from across the world to be showcased for the first time.
Free snacks…
Left-over snacks of a tea reception being distributed everyone in the office, I picked a chocolate ball and an “interesting looking” kaya tart….
The chocolate ball is very rich in chocolate, now time to grab a bite in the kaya tart…
Chatting with a 17-yrs-old army boy
Tencent QQ, generally referred to as QQ, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in Mainland China, and the world’s third most popular IM service.
I’m quite an avid user of it because of the interesting and interactive games they have (which I will share in future post). Recently out of boredom, I got myself a new ID, “disguising” as a 28-years-old female staying in Shenzhen. Within minutes, I had fellow male QQs requesting to add me. Of course, I approve them.
Surprise, surprise …
Why?
It’s Monday, the first working day of the week! It’ll be 4 or 4.5 more days to go before weekend, most of the people will be suffering from Monday blues. However, I’m feeling the blues whenever I’m at work!
TGX09 vs. ChinaJoy 2009
Earlier this month, I attended TGX09 event with THB many thanks to the invitation of BLOG2u.SG.
I did brought my reliable ‘lau kok kok’ Canon A95 digital camera, but discovered that the 4 AA batteries were flat, thus I went to TGX09 without my camera, if I wanted any photographs, I could grabbed some from THB.
With both of us being non-gamer, we took around 5 minutes to walk through the whole exhibition, without any photographs taken, no idea what to write. Sigh, what a disappointment.
However, it could be a different story if TGX09 is as “happening” as ChinaJoy 2009.
I’m back!
Due to changes in my lifestyle, I had not been blogging for some time. Other commitments had took up much of my time. Priorities changed. Napaboaniya even though I was kidnapped by aliens!!! ;P
Blogging is kinda strange, constant blogging will motivate you to blog more, however when you cut down on blogging, then you became lazy and all the blogger instinct and interest in me died off… you won’t have the urge to blog anymore! That’s what happened to me.
I decided to give another shot to blogging, however my posts not so long widened, maybe just a short post will do, maybe not so frequent… and it could be less personal.. as in blog whatever I deem suitable.
With a fresh approach, I switched and use a new platform in WordPress.
In this way, I could also blog in a more anonymous manner …. haha… as if I’m an anonymous blogger.
