http://colin.rantx.com/blog my blog Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:53:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Of the semester. MKT1003 Principles of Marketing: Attendence was higher than usual. The lecturer went through the past year exam papers, which was filled with some political humour, which names such as Jok Tong Co (say it out loud and you should know who), as she wanted us to have fun ... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/11/11/the-last-lectures/ A film by Zhang Yimou which I watched recently as part of my GEK2020 Film Art module. It was very poignant, touching and moving, a very good and simple love story. Here's a excerpt of an interesting Chinese poem from the book: 读书识字，多长见识。 能写会算，是件好事。 知今知古，知天知地。 东南西北，四方天地。 春夏秋冬，一年四季。 风霜雨雪，事事在意。 尊长爱幼，重情重意。 彬彬有礼，有规有矩。 人生在世，要有志气。 学业有成，为国出力... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/11/10/the-road-home/ This is like my favourite song now... I've been here before, now here I am again Standing at the door, praying You'll let me back in To label me a prodigal would be Only scratching the surface of who I've been known to be Turn me around pick me up Undo what I've become Bring me back ... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/11/09/undo-by-rush-of-fools/ Refering to my complain which I posted earlier, SBST finally replied after about one month: We are appalled to learn of the ungracious behaviour of the said Customer Service Officer(CSO) towards you on 29 September.  Please accept our sincere apologies for the service lapse. As frontliners, it is crucial for our CSO ... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/11/09/sbst-replies/ Write an elliptical script (a plot with gaps), and maybe a story with no fixed ending if you like Use long take, still shots without anticipating characters' movements, along with silence Use extreme close-ups of faces/objects/food? Break the 180-degree rule and take odd unusual artistic camera angles Include emo shots with a person talking ... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/10/28/how-to-create-an-arty-film/ LTA is quite amazing. They are re-aligning the traffic junction along Hougang Ave 10 outside Hougang Mall to improve the pedestrian crossing there. Recently, they constructed a ramp for wheelchair access over the current sloppy footpath. But in doing so, pedestrian like me have to walk one big round along ... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/10/23/feedback-mid-terms-and-of-chance-encounters/ Last week, I went to watch a play by the Singapore Repertory Theatre called "BOOM". It was about the en-bloc housing issues in Singapore, including housing of the alive, and of the dead. It was quite funny, albeit over-exaggerated Singlish, showing both sides of the scenario. It was not too ... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/10/04/boom-play-rude-sbst-nel-staff/ On 28 September 2008, Singapore lights up the world with F1 and showcased our city's skyline and the interesting sight of urban cars driving along Benjamin Sheares Bridge above F1 cars driving along the Marina Bay street circuit. The lights, setup and the race was brillantly done, and lots of ... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/10/04/f1-singapore-is-the-worlds-stage/ Time flies and six (!) weeks have passed since school started. Now is the mid-term break and I don't really feel that "mid" at all. lol. It's like we only been through a bit and then now half is already gone? University seems like a crash course now, with modules ... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/09/22/mid-term-break/ I remember the last dinner we had You cooked for us, the whole family The only dish I could remember Was the salmon wrapped in aluminium foil The only thing I could remember Was that I started eating before you even sat down While you were still serving the soup. I remember the last movie we watched We ... http://colin.rantx.com/blog/2008/09/10/the-only-thing/