KONOVA SLIDER Test Out! #2!!!!

On Sunday, Chris, Young and I went to Marina to shoot some pictures and videos. Here is how it looks:

Thank you Patrick for the music! It's just wonderful! :)



Plus, Chris did some timelapse shots and was so excited... so funny. :P

《飛不起 , 完不了》- A Short Film

It was summer, July 2010, when this site didn't even exist, me and my friend in Hong Kong made a short film, re-enacted the scenes described in an interview of a real former drug addict.

It was for a competition, held by Hong Kong Rover Scout, like a social service campagne. Super fun experience, working with Wallace Ng and Nelson Yip, and many others from First Hong Kong Scout Unit.

Shot on a 5D MkII and some 550D/T2i, incredible, right?! Yeah the 5D wasn't mine. T^T





Here is an interim report we made to hand in in the middle of the competition. Funny enough, many things in this report are fake! HAHA

This is what I love: COBA!

Suddenly, I realized, my mother was the main influence of my music taste...

COBA, the most unknown musician by my friends, but this Japanese accordionist is truly a genius. Why? Listen to these following songs, then you will fall in love with him. I just don't know why none of my friends knows him! What a shame!



And it's such a shame that US iTunes does not have any of his albums..........!

Ok, I gotta calm down... Thanks to YouTube, art is shared world wide. :)

Here's another song, and we get to see his performance.



When I was in elementary school, my mom was a hotel manager. She used to listen to Coba's music at night to relax from her stressed work. Every time I listen to his music with my mom, I feel very relaxed, but at the same time, lifted. I don't know how to explain. I feel liberated...? I don't get the same feeling from any other musicians.

KONOVA SLIDER Test Out!

Surprising enough, this was actually a birthday present from my friend, Hob! Crazy, right? Yea, he's just so kind! Great friend. :P

I just received it this today afternoon. I was so happy and immediately tried it out, and made this little video. This slider so far works really great.

This is what I love: CHAGE & ASKA!

Well, today, I decide to share the things that I love on this blog, not just share something I see randomly online. That would make this blog silly because Facebook is doing that same thing. Somehow, I feel like I always love something that people around me don't really like, or not even know about... so here is the first to mention:

CHAGE & ASKA!!!
(Chage & Aska on WIKI)

They're a Japanese duo, and here are two best songs from them. How could one not love Chage & Aska? Old stuffs are GREAT! Haha!





When Chage & Aska were on mountain top, I was too little to appreciate them, but their songs were around me somehow. I didn't recognize them until I was in middle school, illegally downloading bunch of musics and found that I know many of their songs. You know when you download songs, you just get whatever appears on the monitor. lol Then I truly fell in love with their songs.

Now I'm over 20, and I ask myself, "how can I not pay for their wonderful musics?" Guys! Go to iTunes, they have many remastering records of them! search CHAGE AND ASKA!! buy them!

Well, just to mention... I sometimes feel that Facebook is making us so shallow, don't you think so? Like... one "liked" something and automatically shares it out and everybody start liking it. But then we  do not really know anything about that person at all, apart from that one single line that says: "this MV is very cool!"

Hey, why am I writing this blog at the first place?

Pic via popandpop1980

I acted in these!

Here are two 16mm films I worked as an actor.



I met Oiping Chung at De Anza College. She's now a cinema undergrad at USC, but due to copy right issues, USC doesn't allow students to post their works online. I hope to see her works soon!



And this was made by Gregory Cortez, I met him at De Anza College as well, he's now at UCSD.

Why am I still living like a worm in SF State... damn.

A Hong Kong Music Video - A song by Ivana Wong

This is such an amazing MV. I wonder how the effects are done.



For years, music in Hong Kong was extremely commercial and meaningless. Karaoke being the most popular leisure in Hong Kong, many songs were written very easy-to-follow so that people would be likely to pick them in Karaoke, and companies made loads of similar songs so that people can be updated. We call them K-songs.

I am in fact not a big fan of Hong Kong pop songs, but in recent years I realized some great artists coming out, producing wonderful musics for the Hong Kong community, Ivana Wong is one of them. Some of you might know MC Jin, who was a successful rapper from the US. FAMA are great too. Don't forget to check out Denise Ho too.

Ivana Wong