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Timeframe is a short film dedicated to Bobby and Emilia for their wedding. We really need to find a term for this kind of video. This is not a pre-wedding movie, not a Save the Date video. But anyway, I'm glad to come up with this work. I really love this couple, and they have been a very good friend of mine. Please enjoy the video.

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My Joyfear Experience

One of my favourite writer, Leo Babauta once wrote about the beauty of joyfear, and how it always happened in the life defining moments in our life. It's like having not a total joy and also not a total fear, it's the mix of having both of them at the same time. For example, having a baby, it's a flood of joy to have a new life in your hands, but at the same time,the fear flooding in, asking what ifs questions that won't spoil the joy. So it's a good mixture of joy and fear itself. It's Joyfear.

Last night, I was doing a quick edit wedding video for a friend. And it took me sleeping at 2 and that was only 70% of the offline editing. So I woke up the next day and finish the rest of it by 1pm, and the party starts at 7pm. So i've reached the checkpoint, I'm saved.

And my first joy is that I get to finish it on time and I do like the video. The fear, of course, what if they don't like it? what if it became a joke during the evening and my pride is on the line. So the evening came, we screened the video, some people clapped after it's finished, I assume some people liked it. Then, some of my buddies starts showering me with compliments. And after the evening ends, the bride and groom also told me that they loved it, my super-talented photographer friend also said it's "awesome". So, they liked it. I was overflow with joy that I've done okay. Then a super flooding fear came, what if I cannot keep up with that one? what if they were just saying those things? what if tomorrow some people copy my work? what if....what if....what if... I was overflowed with questions that I myself are reluctant to find out the answer.

Then, the best advice came from a close-friend of mine. That is, sleep and chew in all the compliments and inputs I got today. Then start tomorrow with a fresh and humble beginning. I guess it's the most sustainable thing I can do. I cannot control the "what ifs" and in fact worrying will make me come up with anticipation (quoted from LaoTzu). It's the beauty of Joyfear. And truly it is beautiful with the mixture of both.

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Levi's Roadwear : The Result

The result for the Levi's Roadwear Competition is out and we are *DRUMROLL* ......not included in the top 10 finalist shortlisted by the judges. We all did our best for this. And I can still remember clearly when we were about to start, we talked about not being upset if we don't win this thing. But today, we realized that losing is still hard to believe if you were so sure you're going to make it.

Earlier today on, I've posted "positivi-tea" on my blackberry's personal message. I guess it came to be useful when we know that we've lost. But as the positive thinking strucks, I believe that if we didn't make it to the top 10, then we must be the 11th on the scoreboard.

And since this is my first national video competition and I placed 11th (or so I believe). That means all I have to do now is to come up with more works and try harder. Keep on Moving Forward. I came to a thinking that if only we've won this one, then we must've think that we're good enough to win this. But we've lost, it just strives us to get up and try harder from being the 11th (I still believe so) to being the 1st in the next national competition we'll be participating in.

Many thanks to all the supportive team, Ronald and Raymond. And also Jennifer for keeping on supporting us. *for full credits, please check out my previous post. We'll come up with more creative films, so just wait. Happy being the 11th, thank you.

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The Bloopers and Credits from The Levi's Short

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The Short that me and some friend created for Levi's Roadwear Short Video Competition. Not excellent, but we gave out our best. Any input is welcome. Enjoy

Shot on a 7D + 24mm 1.4 Canon lens and using Glidetrack Shooter as the stabilizer