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| Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
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Yay, finally a break from the endless barrage of tests to sit down and do some blogging. So yeah, as most of you already know (perhaps too well), i did appear in an article in the Invest section of the Sunday Times on 17/2/08. Actually, it was an interview of my dad, and i merely koped like 1/10th of the photo space. D: I won't provide the link to it here though, go search ST Interactive or dig through your old pile of newspapers yourself, you lazy bishes. Seriously, we aren't really that rich though; in fact, you'll see me with some of the least expensive stuff in class, and im pretty conservative with my budget. (Yes the article is true, my parents do give me just enough allowance for food, with a little extra to spare at SIM sometimes.) My father runs a medium-sized company (Slide & Hide Systems) and got lucky in being chosen for the interview, thanks to a friend who introduced him to the journalist. For those who are interested to know what goes on behind the scenes, the interview was more of an email interview, with the journalist sending him a set of standard questions to answer. I helped a little with the editing though to make his English seem more pro, especially since back then their English education wasn't that advanced. (See i has 1337 journalism skillz lawl.) Then the photographer came down to our home to take a few shots of us about two weeks before the article was published. She took like 20+ photos though, and we even went down to the playground in a drizzle (at her request) for that. It was pretty quick, and she finished the job in just 1 hour. Of course only one photo was chosen, and that's the one you see in the article. My mother wants to frame a copy of it up, lol. She's gotten quite restless since the article was published, probably thanks to her nervousness in wondering what our friends' and relatives' reactions will be like, or whether they'll even read it at all. But i guess its pretty normal in wanting an "elevated" social status like that. (Btw, she says the photo isn't good cos the photographer didn't zoom in on us enough. I think it's pretty okay though, a close up of our faces isn't really that necessary.) Plzplz stop niaoing me too much over the article kay. Im not used to the extra attention, go target wilfie or gary instead, they live in like, landed property worhx...=P Speaking of that, if you watched Episode 1 of the new series of Police and Thief, it was actually filmed in our condominium. Apparently they had a plot twist so Tok Kong (Mark Lee) and his family received a condo unit from his "father" and moved in. Too bad they moved back to HDB at the end of the epidsode, would have liked to see them do the filming for a longer period - the crew only came down for a few days in the December holidays. =( I think it was pretty biased in portraying the condo community as being arrogant and unfriendly though. The residents are actually pretty warm if you break through the silence in lifts, and we're already good friends with some of our neighbours. And the "Condo Management" isn't that bad, it just handles all the admin work and organises a meeting once in a while. Hey, they even plan stuff like educational trips and events to let the residents mingle and know each other better - for the kids especially. Something like your Resident Committees in HDB estates. Then again, its just a comedy that's aimed at "heartlanders" living in HDBs, so i guess we shouldn't take it too seriously. Like meeting your arch-nemesis behind a cloud of steam in the sauna. xD Spoiler: If you actually look closely at the scenes in their new "condo apartment", you'll notice it isn't filmed in a condo at all, and there's actually outlines of HDB behind the drawn curtains (obviously so they could deceive the audience). Cost cutting measures ftl. And no, you can't see the sea from here. |
'Twas teh winnar at 5:40 pm.
